Shloka 16
Devanagari script
ततो भिन्त्वैव गगन प्रविष्टो रश्मिमण्डलम् । एकीभूतं च तत् तेज: क्षणेनादित्यतां गतम्
Transliteration
tato bhittvaiva gaganaṁ praviṣṭo raśmimaṇḍalam | ekībhūtaṁ ca tat tejaḥ kṣaṇenādityatāṁ gatam ||
Translation
そして彼は天を突き破るかのようにして光線の輪へと入り、たちまちその光は一つに融け合い、ひとつの烈しい輝きとなって、太陽の位に至った。
Word by Word
ततःthereupon; then
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतद्
FormAvyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from that/thereupon')
भित्त्वाhaving pierced/split
भित्त्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootभिद्
FormAbsolutive (क्त्वा), active; 'having split/broken'
एवindeed; just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
FormAvyaya
गगनम्sky
गगनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगगन
FormNeuter, accusative, singular
प्रविष्टःentered
प्रविष्टः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-विश्
FormPast passive participle (क्त), masculine nominative singular
रश्मि-मण्डलम्orb/cluster of rays
रश्मि-मण्डलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरश्मि + मण्डल
FormNeuter, accusative, singular
एकीभूतम्become one; unified
एकीभूतम्:
TypeVerb
Rootएकी-भू
FormPast passive participle (क्त), neuter nominative/accusative singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
FormAvyaya
तत्that
तत्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, nominative/accusative, singular
तेजःsplendor; radiance
तेजः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootतेजस्
FormNeuter, nominative, singular
क्षणेनin a moment; instantly
क्षणेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootक्षण
FormMasculine, instrumental, singular
आदित्यताम्the state of being the Sun; sunhood
आदित्यताम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआदित्यता
FormFeminine, accusative, singular
गतम्gone to; attained
गतम्:
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
FormPast passive participle (क्त), neuter nominative/accusative singular
Speaker
नाग उवाच
Characters & Entities
N
Nāga (speaker)G
gagana (sky)R
raśmimaṇḍala (orb/cluster of rays)Ā
Āditya (the Sun)Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse presents an image of instantaneous unification with a higher luminous reality: individuality (a distinct tejas) dissolves into a greater cosmic principle (Āditya). Ethically, it can be read as pointing toward alignment with dharma as cosmic order—moving from separateness to harmony with the universal.
The speaker describes a being who pierces the sky, enters the sphere of solar rays, and in a moment becomes one with that radiance—attaining the very nature of the Sun.