Shloka 41
Arjuna meets the Lokapālas, is tested by Indra, and is led to Amarāvatī for astra-śikṣā
Indraloka-gamana
संतता गतिरेतस्य नैष तिष्ठति पाण्डव | आदायैव तु भूतानां तेजो विसृजते पुन:
saṃtatā gatir etasya naiṣa tiṣṭhati pāṇḍava | ādāyaiva tu bhūtānāṃ tejo visṛjate punaḥ ||
ヴァイシャṃパーヤナは語った。「パーṇḍヴァよ、この太陽の行路は途切れることがない。彼は一瞬たりとも立ち止まらぬ。万有の生命の輝きと精髄を吸い上げ、しかるべき季にそれを再び放つ——雨となして。かくしてサヴィトリは、生きものに寿命と業の果を配しつつ、昼と夜、そして刹那の細分に至るまで、時の秩序を絶えず生み出し続けるのだ。」
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents the Sun as a model of unwavering duty and cosmic order: he never pauses, sustains life by drawing up and returning vitality through seasonal cycles, and thereby supports the moral and practical idea that one should perform one’s appointed function steadily, without negligence.
Vaiśaṃpāyana explains to Yudhiṣṭhira the Sun’s ceaseless motion and life-sustaining role—taking up the ‘tejas’/essence of beings and releasing it again—linking natural cycles (rain, time divisions) with the governance of life-span and the distribution of karmic results.