Shloka 27

Devanagari script

अध्वा सूर्येण निर्दिष्ट: कीटवच्च चरेन्महीम्‌ । दयार्थ चैव भूतानां समीक्ष्य पृथिवीं चरेत्‌

Transliteration

adhvā sūryeṇa nirdiṣṭaḥ kīṭavac ca caren mahīm | dayārtha caiva bhūtānāṃ samīkṣya pṛthivīṃ caret ||

Translation

«ໃຫ້ລາວເດີນຕາມເສັ້ນທາງທີ່ພະອາທິດຊີ້ນຳ ເຄື່ອນໄປເທິງແຜ່ນດິນດັ່ງແມງນ້ອຍ—ຖ່ອມຕົນ ແລະບໍ່ມີຄວາມຍິ່ງຍໂສ. ແລະເພື່ອເມດຕາຕໍ່ສັດທັງປວງ ໃຫ້ລາວເດີນທາງໄປມາ ພິຈາລະນາເບິ່ງໂລກ».

Word by Word

अध्वाpath, course (of travel)

सूर्येणby the sun

निर्दिष्टःindicated, pointed out

कीटवत्like an insect

चand

चरेत्should wander/roam

महीम्the earth

दयार्थम्for compassion's sake

चand

एवindeed, just

भूतानाम्of beings (for beings)

समीक्ष्यhaving observed/examined

पृथिवीम्the earth

चरेत्should wander/roam

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva

Sūrya (the Sun)

Pṛthivī (Earth)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

One should live and move through the world with humility (like a small insect, unnoticed and harmless) and with active compassion toward all beings, using one’s travels and observations to cultivate mercy and ethical conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva is speaking, giving a prescriptive instruction on right conduct: to follow a disciplined course ‘indicated by the Sun’ (a regulated, orderly way of moving through the world) while observing the earth and acting from compassion toward living beings.