Shloka 45

Devanagari script

यक्ष उवाच कि स्विदादित्यमुन्नयति के च तस्याभितकश्नचरा: । कश्नैनमस्तं नयति कम्मेंश्ष प्रतेतिष्ठति,यक्षने पूछा--सूर्यको कौन ऊपर उठाता (उदित करता) है? उसके चारों ओर कौन चलते हैं? उसे अस्त कौन करता है? और वह किसमें प्रतिष्ठित है?

Transliteration

yakṣa uvāca—kiṃ svid ādityam unnayati? ke ca tasyābhitaś carāḥ? kaś cainam astaṃ nayati? kasmin eṣa pratiṣṭhitaḥ?

Translation

The Yaksha asked: “By what power is the Sun raised up at dawn? Who are those that move about him on every side? Who causes him to set? And in what does he ultimately rest?” In this riddle-like inquiry, the Yaksha probes Yudhiṣṭhira’s grasp of cosmic order—hinting that true wisdom sees the universe as governed by dharma and by the sustaining principles behind visible phenomena.

Word by Word

यक्षःthe Yaksha

उवाचsaid

किम्what?

स्वित्indeed / pray (interrogative particle)

आदित्यम्the Sun (Aditya)

उन्नयतिraises / lifts up

केwho? (plural)

चand

तस्यof him/it (of the Sun)

अभितःaround

गच्छन्तिgo / move

चराःwanderers / movers

कःwho?

एनम्him (the Sun)

अस्तम्to setting (down) / into sunset

नयतिleads / takes

कस्मिन्in what?

एषःthis one (he)

प्रतितिष्ठतिstands firm / is established / rests

Speaker

यक्ष उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yaksha

Aditya (the Sun)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes