Shloka 46
युधिछिर उवाच ब्रह्मादित्यमुन्नयति देवास्तस्याभितकश्चरा: । धर्मश्षास्तं नयति च सत्ये च प्रतितिष्ठति,युधिष्ठिर बोले--ब्रह्म सूर्यको ऊपर उठाता (उदित करता) है, देवता उसके चारों ओर चलते हैं, धर्म उसे अस्त करता है और वह सत्यमें प्रतिष्ठित है
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | brahmādityam unnayati devās tasyābhitaś carāḥ | dharmaś cāstaṃ nayati ca satye ca prati tiṣṭhati ||
Yudhiṣṭhira said: “Brahmā raises the Sun at dawn; the gods move about on every side of him. Dharma leads him to his setting, and he stands established in Truth.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents the Sun’s daily course as governed by higher principles: cosmic agency (Brahmā), divine order (the devas’ attendance), and moral law (Dharma), culminating in the claim that the Sun is established in Satya. It implies that even the most powerful and regular phenomenon is rooted in truth and righteousness, suggesting that human conduct too should be anchored in Satya and Dharma.
Yudhiṣṭhira speaks in a reflective, didactic mode, using the Sun’s rising and setting as an illustration. He describes a cosmic procession—Brahmā causing sunrise, gods surrounding the Sun, and Dharma guiding sunset—to emphasize the moral-cosmic framework that sustains the world.