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Shloka 50

Āścarya-kathana: Brāhmaṇa–Nāga Dialogue on Sūrya (Vivasvat) and the ‘Second Sun’ Phenomenon

Devanagari script

ततो ज्येषछ्े तु दौहित्रे प्रादाद्‌ दक्षो नृपोत्तम । आदित्ये सवितुर्ज्येछ्ले विवस्वाउ्जगृहे तत:

Transliteration

tato jyeṣṭhe tu dauhitrē prādād dakṣo nṛpottama | āditye savitur jyeṣṭhe vivasvān jagṛhe tataḥ ||

Translation

ನೃಪಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠನೇ! ನಂತರ ದಕ್ಷನು ತನ್ನ ಜ್ಯೇಷ್ಠ ದೌಹಿತ್ರನಿಗೆ—ಸವಿತೃನ ಜ್ಯೇಷ್ಠ ಪುತ್ರನಾದ ಆದಿತ್ಯನಿಗೆ—ಈ ಧರ್ಮವನ್ನು ನೀಡಿದನು. ತದನಂತರ ಅವನಿಂದಲೇ ವಿವಸ್ವಾನ್ (ಸೂರ್ಯ) ಈ ಉಪದೇಶವನ್ನು ಸ್ವೀಕರಿಸಿದನು.

Word by Word

ततःthen/thereafter

ज्येष्ठेin/with regard to the eldest

तुbut/indeed

दौहित्रेto the daughter's son (grandson)

प्रादात्gave

दक्षःDaksha

नृपोत्तमःthe best of kings

आदित्येin/among the Adityas; in (the case of) Aditi's line

सवितुःof Savitṛ

ज्येष्ठेin/with regard to the eldest

विवस्वान्Vivasvān (the Sun)

जगृहेreceived/accepted

ततःthen/thereafter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Dakṣa

Āditya

Savitṛ

Vivasvān (Sūrya)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharma as a preserved and authoritative teaching transmitted through a venerable lineage. Ethical instruction is portrayed as something to be received from qualified elders and passed onward intact, reinforcing continuity and legitimacy.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates a succession of instruction: Dakṣa imparts the doctrine of dharma to his eldest grandson Āditya (associated with Savitṛ), and from Āditya the Sun-god Vivasvān receives that teaching.