Shloka 44

नारायणास्त्र-शमनं द्रौणि-प्रहारश्च

Pacification of the Nārāyaṇāstra and Drauni’s Renewed Assault

Devanagari script

आदित्येन यथा व्याप्तं तमो लोके प्रणश्यति

Transliteration

ādityena yathā vyāptaṃ tamo loke praṇaśyati

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「世の闇が太陽に遍く満たされれば滅び去るように、真実と識別の光が広がれば、迷いもまた消え失せる。」

Word by Word

• आदित्येन: by the sun
• आदित्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• यथा: just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• व्याप्तम्: pervaded, filled
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्याप्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• तमः: darkness
• तमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• प्रणश्यति: perishes, disappears
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश्
• Form: Lat (present), Parasmaipada, Third, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Āditya (the Sun)
• loka (the world)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that darkness—both literal and metaphorical—cannot endure when true light spreads; ethically, it suggests that confusion, fear, and ignorance are overcome by clear knowledge, right judgment, and the presence of truth.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, narrating events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, uses a vivid simile: as sunlight pervades and eliminates darkness in the world, so a decisive illuminating force in the unfolding battle-scene dispels obscurity and uncertainty.