Shloka 50

Sūrya-stava: Dhaumya’s Counsel and the Aṣṭaśata-nāma of Sūrya

Devanagari script

तपन्त्यन्ये दहन्त्यन्ये गर्जन्त्यन्ये तथा घना: । विद्योतन्ते प्रवर्षन्ति तव प्रावृषि रश्मय:,वर्षा-ऋतुमें आपकी कुछ किरणें तपती हैं, कुछ जलाती हैं, कुछ मेघ बनकर गरजती, बिजली बनकर चमकती तथा वर्षा भी करती हैं

Transliteration

tapantyanye dahantyanye garjantyanye tathā ghanāḥ | vidyotante pravarṣanti tava prāvṛṣi raśmayaḥ ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “In the rainy season, your rays take on many forms—some scorch with heat, some burn fiercely; some become clouds that thunder, some flash as lightning, and some pour down as rain.”

Word by Word

तपन्तिthey heat / they burn (by heat)

अन्येothers

दहन्तिthey burn / scorch

अन्येothers

गर्जन्तिthey roar / thunder

अन्येothers

तथाthus; likewise

घनाःclouds

विद्योतन्तेthey flash / shine (like lightning)

प्रवर्षन्तिthey rain; they pour down

तवyour

प्रावृषिin the rainy season / at the onset of rains

रश्मयःrays; beams

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

rays of the sun

clouds

lightning

rainy season (Prāvṛṣ)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes