Shloka 32
Lokapāla-samāgamaḥ—Arjuna Receives Astras from the World-Guardians
Book 3, Chapter 42
ददर्शाद्भधुतरूपाणि विमानानि सहस्रश: । न तत्र सूर्य: सोमो वा द्योतते न च पावक:,ऊपर जाकर उन्होंने सहस्रों अद्भुत विमान देखे। वहाँ न सूर्य प्रकाशित होते हैं, न चन्द्रमा। अग्निकी प्रभा भी वहाँ काम नहीं देती है
dadārśādbhuta-rūpāṇi vimānāni sahasraśaḥ | na tatra sūryaḥ somo vā dyotate na ca pāvakaḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana said: Ascending higher, he beheld thousands of wondrous aerial chariots. In that realm neither the sun nor the moon gives light, and even fire’s radiance is of no use—suggesting a domain whose splendor is not dependent on ordinary, worldly sources of illumination.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse contrasts ordinary, physical sources of illumination (sun, moon, fire) with a higher realm whose brilliance is independent of them, implying that some domains of experience and value transcend material measures and sensory supports.
The narrator reports that, upon going upward, the observer sees thousands of marvelous vimānas, and enters (or beholds) a region where the sun, moon, and even fire do not provide light—highlighting the extraordinary nature of that celestial setting.