Shloka 8

Devanagari script

स्वप्नान्ते निशि राजेन्द्र दर्शयामास रश्मिवान्‌ | कृपया परया<<विष्ट: पुत्रस्नेहाच्य भारत,राजेन्द्र! भरतनन्दन! अंशुमाली भगवान्‌ सूर्यने पुत्रस्नेहवश अत्यन्त दयाभावसे युक्त हो रातको सपनेमें कर्णको दर्शन दिया

Transliteration

svapnānte niśi rājendra darśayāmāsa raśmivān | kṛpayā parayāviṣṭaḥ putrasnehāc ca bhārata ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。「王よ、バーラタの裔よ、夜の深み、夢の終わりに、光輝ある太陽が幻視として現れた—深い慈悲に満たされ、父としての愛情に動かされて。」

Word by Word

स्वप्नान्तेat the end of a dream

निशिat night

राजेन्द्रO king of kings

दर्शयामासcaused to see; showed; revealed

रश्मिवान्the radiant one; possessing rays

कृपयाwith compassion

परयाsupreme; great

आविष्टःpossessed; filled; pervaded

पुत्रस्नेहात्from affection for (his) son

चand

भारतO Bharata

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Sūrya (the Sun, Raśmivān, Aṃśumālī)

Bhārata (address/lineage epithet)

Rājendra (address to the king)

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?

Even cosmic powers are portrayed as responsive to human bonds: compassion and parental affection can motivate divine guidance, suggesting that dharma is not merely law but also humane concern expressed through timely counsel.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator states that during the night, in a dream-vision, the radiant Sun manifested—driven by great compassion and paternal love—setting up a moment of divine communication (traditionally connected with Sūrya’s relationship to Karṇa).