Shloka 45
यक्ष उवाच कि स्विदादित्यमुन्नयति के च तस्याभितकश्नचरा: । कश्नैनमस्तं नयति कम्मेंश्ष प्रतेतिष्ठति,यक्षने पूछा--सूर्यको कौन ऊपर उठाता (उदित करता) है? उसके चारों ओर कौन चलते हैं? उसे अस्त कौन करता है? और वह किसमें प्रतिष्ठित है?
yakṣa uvāca—kiṃ svid ādityam unnayati? ke ca tasyābhitaś carāḥ? kaś cainam astaṃ nayati? kasmin eṣa pratiṣṭhitaḥ?
ヤクシャは問うた。「いかなる力によって太陽は暁に持ち上げられるのか。四方からその周りを巡る者たちは誰か。誰がそれを沈ませるのか。そして究極において、それは何に依りて安住するのか。」
यक्ष उवाच
Educational Q&A
The question frames the cosmos as an ordered system with underlying causes; it tests whether one can interpret visible events (sunrise, orbiting companions, sunset, resting-place) in terms of deeper sustaining principles aligned with dharma rather than mere appearances.
During the Yaksha’s interrogation (Yakṣa-praśna) in the forest, the Yaksha poses a sequence of riddling questions to Yudhiṣṭhira. This verse is one such question, aimed at assessing his insight into the forces and principles that govern the world.