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Shloka 30

Chapter 7: Dvīpa–Varṣa–Meru-varṇana

Description of the Dvīpa, Varṣas, and Mount Meru

ब्रह्मलोकच्युता: सर्वे सर्वे सर्वेषु साधव: । तपस्तप्यन्ति ते तीव्र भवन्ति हार्ध्वरेतस: । रक्षणार्थ तु भूतानां प्रविशन्ते दिवाकरम्‌,वे सब लोग ब्रह्मलोकसे नीचे आये हुए पुण्यात्मा मनुष्य हैं। उन सबका सबके प्रति साधुतापूर्ण बर्ताव होता है। वे ऊर्ध्वरेता (नैष्ठिक ब्रह्मचारी) होते और कठोर तपस्या करते हैं। फिर समस्त प्राणियोंकी रक्षाके लिये सूर्यलोकमें प्रवेश कर जाते हैं

sañjaya uvāca |

brhmalokacyutāḥ sarve sarve sarveṣu sādhavaḥ |

tapastapyanti te tīvraṃ bhavanti ūrdhvaretasaḥ |

rakṣaṇārthaṃ tu bhūtānāṃ praviśanti divākaram |

Sañjaya berkata: “Mereka semua adalah makhluk yang turun dari alam Brahmā—berbudi luhur dan berperilaku welas asih kepada siapa pun. Mereka menjalani tapa yang berat dan hidup sebagai brahmacari yang teguh, menahan serta menjaga daya hidupnya. Lalu, demi perlindungan segenap makhluk, mereka memasuki Sang Surya dan menjadi bagian dari kekuatan-Nya yang menopang dunia.”

ब्रह्मलोकच्युताḥfallen/descended from Brahmaloka
ब्रह्मलोकच्युताḥ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootब्रह्मलोकच्युत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
Karta
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootसर्व
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
Karta
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootसर्व
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
सर्वेषुtowards/in regard to all (beings/people)
सर्वेषु:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootसर्व
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Plural
साधवःvirtuous, good
साधवः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसाधु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तपःausterity, penance
तपः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतपस्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
तप्यन्तिthey practice (austerity), they perform penance
तप्यन्ति:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootतप्
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
तेthey
ते:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तीव्रम्intense, severe
तीव्रम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootतीव्र
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
भवन्तिthey become/are
भवन्ति:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
ऊर्ध्वरेतसःthose whose semen is restrained/turned upward (lifelong celibates)
ऊर्ध्वरेतसः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootऊर्ध्वरेतस्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
रक्षणार्थम्for the purpose of protection
रक्षणार्थम्:
Prayojana (Karma-pravacanīya sense)
TypeNoun
Rootरक्षणार्थ
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
भूतानाम्of beings/creatures
भूतानाम्:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootभूत
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
प्रविशन्तेthey enter
प्रविशन्ते:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-विश्
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Atmanepada
दिवाकरम्the Sun (lit. maker of day)
दिवाकरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदिवाकर
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
B
Brahmaloka
D
Divākara (Sun)

Educational Q&A

The verse links personal discipline (tapas and brahmacarya/ūrdhvaretas) with universal welfare: the power generated by ethical self-restraint is portrayed as sustaining and protecting all beings, even to the point of merging with the Sun’s life-giving function.

Sañjaya describes a class of highly virtuous ascetics said to have descended from Brahmaloka. Through intense austerity and celibate discipline, they become spiritually potent and then ‘enter the Sun’—a cosmological image for contributing their merit/energy to the Sun’s protective, sustaining role for living creatures.