Adhyaya 77 — Sanjna’s Withdrawal from Surya: The Birth of Yama and Yamuna, and the Emergence of Chhaya
सौम्यमूर्तिः शुभाकारो मम भर्ता भवेदिति ।
अभिसन्धिं च तपसो बुबुधे 'स्या दिवाकरः ॥
saumya-mūrtiḥ śubhākāro mama bhartā bhaved iti / abhisandhiṃ ca tapaso bubudhe 'syā divākaraḥ
「わが夫が柔和なる姿となり、吉祥なる相貌を具えますように」—これが彼女の苦行の意図であり、ディヴァーカラはそれを悟った。
Power must be tempered by gentleness; the ideal of authority is śubha (beneficent) rather than merely intense.
Manvantara/vaṃśa narrative: it motivates the subsequent ‘tejas-reduction’ that enables social and cosmic functioning.
The ‘gentle form’ indicates transmutation of raw tejas into sattva—illumination that nurtures rather than burns.