Shloka 57

Devanagari script

समुद्रके जलमें ज्वार आ गया, धरती काँपने लगी, पर्वत टूट-फूटकर बिखरने लगे और दिग्गज मूर्च्छित हो गये ।। अन्धेन तमसा लोका न प्राकाशन्त संवृता: । जध्निवान्‌ सह सूर्येण सर्वेषां ज्योतिषां प्रभा:,घोर अन्धकारसे आच्छादित हो जानेके कारण सम्पूर्ण लोकोंमें कहीं भी प्रकाश नहीं रह गया। भगवान्‌ शिवने सूर्यसहित सम्पूर्ण ज्योतियोंकी प्रभा नष्ट कर दी

Transliteration

andhena tamasā lokā na prākāśanta saṃvṛtāḥ | jadhnivān saha sūryeṇa sarveṣāṃ jyotiṣāṃ prabhāḥ ||

Translation

ヴィヤーサは語った。「恐るべき闇が諸世界を覆うと、どこにも光は残らなかった。主シヴァは、まるで輝きそのものを打ち砕くかのように、太陽をも含むあらゆる光体の光輝を消し去った――戦の惨禍のただ中で、道義の秩序が揺らいだことを告げる凶兆であった。」

Word by Word

अन्धेनby blind/dense

तमसाby darkness

लोकाःworlds/people

नnot

प्राकाशन्तshone/appeared bright

संवृताःcovered/enveloped

जध्निवान्having slain/destroyed

सहtogether with

सूर्येणwith the sun

सर्वेषाम्of all

ज्योतिषाम्of lights/luminaries

प्रभाःsplendours/radiances

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Śiva

Sūrya (the Sun)

Lokāḥ (the worlds)

Jyotiṣ (luminaries)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames catastrophic darkness as a moral and cosmic warning: when adharma and violence peak, even the natural order appears to withdraw its light, reminding listeners that power and victory in war are subordinate to dharma and divine governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

During the Drona Parva’s intense battle context, a terrifying darkness spreads so that no realm remains illuminated; it is described as Śiva’s act of extinguishing the radiance of all lights, including the sun, functioning as an ominous portent.