Shloka 23

Adhyaya 78 — Hymn to Surya and the Distribution of Solar Splendour; Genealogy of Vaivasvata and Chaya’s Line

Sanskrit

ततश्च नासिकायोगं तयोस्तत्र समेतयोः ।

नासत्यदस्त्रौ तनयावश्वीवक्त्रविनिर्गतौ ॥

Transliteration

tataśca nāsikāyogaṃ tayostatra sametayoḥ / nāsatyadastrau tanayāvaśvīvaktravinirgatau

Translation

やがて二人がその場で相まみえると、鼻を通じての合一が起こり、二人の子—ナーサティヤとダスラ—が、馬のような顔貌をもって生まれ出た。

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) ‘thereupon/from that’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• नासिकायोगम्: the nasal connection/junction
• नासिकायोगम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नासिका + योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative) ‘connection of the nose’; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• तयोः: of the two
• तयोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विवचन-षष्ठी/सप्तमी (Genitive/Locative dual) of pronoun; here genitive ‘of the two’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• समेतयोः: of the two who had met
• समेतयोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; qualifying ‘tayoḥ’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-इ (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP) ‘समेत’ = ‘having come together’; षष्ठी/सप्तमी द्विवचन (Gen/Loc dual)

• नासत्यदस्त्रौ: the Nāsatyada weapons (two weapons)
• नासत्यदस्त्रौ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नासत्यद (प्रातिपदिक) + अस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (determinative) ‘weapon(s) of Nāsatyada’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग? here dual nominative/accusative; context suggests पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा द्विवचन (Nominative dual)

• तनयौ: the two sons
• तनयौ: Apposition (समानााधिकरण/subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), द्विवचन

• अश्वीवक्त्रविनिर्गतौ: emerged from Aśvinī’s mouth
• अश्वीवक्त्रविनिर्गतौ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अश्वी + वक्त्र + वि-निर्गत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘from the horse-faced (Aśvinī)’s mouth, emerged’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; adjective to ‘तनयौ/अस्त्रौ’

Speakers

• Narratorial Purāṇic narration

Primary Deities

• Aśvinau (Nāsatya, Dasra)
• Sūrya (Vivasvān)
• Saṃjñā

Key Themes

• Divine birth narratives
• Aśvins as divine physicians
• Mythic etiology

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Purāṇic genealogy often teaches that divine functions (here, healing and rescue by the Aśvins) arise from extraordinary origins, emphasizing that cosmic roles transcend ordinary biological norms.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Vaṃśānucarita: the narrative accounts for the origin of key devas (Aśvins) connected to the Solar household.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Nasal union’ symbolically links prāṇa (breath) with restoration/medicine: the Aśvins as healers emerge from the channel of breath, suggesting life-force as the basis of healing.