Shloka 33

Adhyāya 22: Śālva’s Weapon-Shower, Dāruka’s Wounding, and the Māyā-Report of Vasudeva’s Father

Devanagari script

रूप॑ सुदर्शनस्थासीदाकाशे पततस्तदा । द्वितीयस्येव सूर्यस्य युगान्ते प्रपतिष्यत:,आकाशमें जाते ही उस सुदर्शन चक्रका स्वरूप प्रलयकालमें उगनेवाले द्वितीय सूर्यके समान प्रकाशित हो उठा

Transliteration

rūpaṃ sudarśanasthāsīd ākāśe patatas tadā | dvitīyasyeva sūryasya yugānte prapatiṣyataḥ ||

Translation

ヴァーユは言った。「それが天空へと飛び去るや、スダルシャナ（Sudarśana）の円盤は姿も光も燃え立ち、劫末に昇る第二の太陽のごとく輝いた。まるで世界が滅尽へと突き進むかのようであった。」

Word by Word

रूपम्form, appearance

सुदर्शनस्यof Sudarśana (the discus)

आसीत्was

आकाशेin the sky

पततःof (it) falling / while falling

तदाthen

द्वितीयस्यof a second

इवas if, like

सूर्यस्यof the sun

युगान्तेat the end of an age (at the cosmic dissolution)

प्रपतिष्यतःof (it) about to fall down

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva

Sudarśana (discus)

Sūrya (the Sun)

Ākāśa (the sky)

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 uses apocalyptic imagery to convey the overwhelming, world-ordering force of divine weapons: when dharma is protected or restored, the power involved can appear cosmic in scale, inspiring reverence and restraint rather than mere fascination with violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva describes the Sudarśana discus as it moves through the sky; its brilliance is compared to a second sun at the end of the yuga, emphasizing its terrifying radiance and extraordinary potency.