Shloka 18
Devanagari script
ते वयं जातसंदेहा: पर्यपृच्छामहे रविम् | क एष दिवमाक्रम्य गत: सूर्य इवापर:,ऐसी शंका होनेपर हमने सूर्यदेवसे पूछा--“भगवन्! ये जो दूसरे सूर्यके समान आकाशको लाँघकर यहाँतक आये थे, कौन थे?”
Transliteration
te vayaṁ jāta-saṁdehāḥ paryapṛcchāmahe ravim | ka eṣa divam ākrāmya gataḥ sūrya ivāparaḥ ||
Translation
そこでわれらは疑いにとらわれ、ラヴィ（太陽神）に問うた。「大いなる御方よ。あの者は誰なのですか――第二の太陽のごとく天を踏み越えて、ここへ来たあの者は。」
Word by Word
तेthey
ते:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
वयम्we
वयम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Nominative, Plural
जातarisen, having occurred
जात:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootजन् (धातु) → जात (क्त)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
सन्देहाःdoubts
सन्देहाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसन्देह
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
परिaround, thoroughly (prefix)
परि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि
अपृच्छामहेwe asked
अपृच्छामहे:
TypeVerb
Rootप्रच्छ् (धातु)
FormImperfect (Laṅ), First, Plural, Ātmanepada
रविम्the Sun (Ravi)
रविम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरवि
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
कःwho?
कः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
एषःthis (one)
एषः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दिवम्heaven, sky
दिवम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौ (दिव)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
आक्रम्यhaving overstepped, having crossed
आक्रम्य:
TypeVerb
Rootक्रम् (धातु) + आ (उपसर्ग) → आक्रम्य (ल्यप्)
FormAbsolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada/General
गतःgone, having gone
गतः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु) → गत (क्त)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सूर्यःthe Sun
सूर्यः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इवlike, as if
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
अपरःanother, second
अपरः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअपर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
नाग उवाच
Characters & Entities
N
Nāga (speaker)R
Ravi/Sūrya (Sun-god)D
diva (sky/heaven)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
When uncertainty arises, one should seek clarification from a reliable, luminous source of knowledge; the verse models respectful inquiry rather than speculation.
The Nāga narrator describes how, after becoming doubtful, they questioned the Sun-god about a mysterious being who appeared like a second Sun and seemed to traverse the sky to reach that place.