Shloka 8

Devanagari script

एकततक्ष द्वितश्रैव त्रितश्नादित्यसंनिभा: । सर्वे प्रजापतिसमा: प्रजावन्तस्तथैव च

Transliteration

ekatata-kṣa dvitāś caiva tritāśnāditya-saṁnibhāḥ | sarve prajāpati-samāḥ prajā-vantas tathaiva ca ||

Translation

ឯកតៈ និង ទ្វិតៈ ហើយត្រិតៈ—ពួកគេភ្លឺរលោងដូចព្រះអាទិត្យ។ ពួកគេទាំងអស់ស្មើនឹងប្រជាបតិ ជាអ្នកបង្កើតពូជពង្សដ៏មហិទ្ធិឫទ្ធិ ហើយម្នាក់ៗក៏មានកូនចៅដូចគ្នា។

Word by Word

एकतश्चon one side

द्वितश्चon the second side

एवindeed/just

त्रितश्चon the third side

आदित्य-संनिभाःresembling the sun

सर्वेall

प्रजापति-समाःequal to Prajapati

प्रजावन्तःhaving offspring

तथाthus/likewise

एवindeed/also

चand

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Āditya (the Sun)

Prajāpati

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?

The verse emphasizes the ideal of generative responsibility and creative potency: beings described as radiant and extraordinary are praised not merely for power, but for being ‘like Prajāpati’—figures associated with sustaining life through progeny and orderly creation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana is describing a group of extraordinary, sun-bright beings distinguished by having one, two, or three eyes, and characterizing them as progenitor-like (prajāpati-samāḥ) and endowed with offspring (prajā-vantaḥ), highlighting their stature and creative lineage.