Shloka 26

Devanagari script

न चापि गन्तुं युक्त हि मया मिथ्याकृतेन वै । असमेत्य त्वया भीरु मन्त्राहूतेन भाविनि,निर्दोष अंगोंवाली सुन्दरी! तुमने मन्त्रद्वारा मेरा आवाहन किया है; इस दशामें उस आवाहनको व्यर्थ करके तुमसे मिले बिना ही लौट जाना मेरे लिये उचित न होगा। भीरु! यदि मैं इसी तरह लौटूँगा तो जगत्‌में मेरा उपहास होगा। शुभे! सम्पूर्ण देवताओंकी दृष्टिमें भी मुझे निन्दनीय बनना पड़ेगा

Transliteration

na cāpi gantuṁ yuktaṁ hi mayā mithyākṛtena vai | asametya tvayā bhīru mantrāhūtena bhāvini ||

Translation

スーリヤは言った。「また、むなしく来てむなしく去るのは、わたしにふさわしくない。臆する者よ、おまえがマントラでわたしを呼び出した以上、会わずに帰ることはできぬ。もしこのまま戻れば、わたしは世の嘲りの的となり、諸神の御前においてさえ咎められよう。」

Word by Word

नnot

चand

अपिalso/even

गन्तुम्to go

युक्तम्proper/fit

हिindeed/for

मयाby me

मिथ्याfalsely/in vain

कृतेनhaving been done/done

वैindeed/truly

असमेत्यwithout meeting (you)

त्वयाby you/with you

भीरुO timid one

मन्त्रby a mantra

आहूतेनhaving been invoked/called

भाविनिO fair lady / O dear one

Speaker

सूर्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sūrya (Sun-god)

the gods (devāḥ)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames an ethical tension: a divine being claims that an invocation creates an obligation to respond, and that failing to do so would invite public and divine censure. It highlights how reputation, social accountability, and perceived duty can be used to justify action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sūrya addresses a young woman who has summoned him through a mantra. He argues that he cannot return without meeting her, because doing so would make his coming ‘in vain’ and expose him to ridicule and blame among the world and the gods.