Shloka 97

Devanagari script

भानुर्यावत्‌ प्रयात्यस्तं यावच्च विमला दिश: । तावदेनं परित्यज्य प्रेतकार्याण्युपासत,जबतक सूर्य डूब नहीं जाते हैं और जबतक दिशाएँ निर्मल हैं, तभीतक इसे यहाँ छोड़कर तुमलोग इसके प्रेतकार्यमें लग जाओ

Transliteration

bhānur yāvat prayāty astaṃ yāvac ca vimalā diśaḥ | tāvad enaṃ parityajya pretakāryāṇy upāsata ||

Translation

«ຕາບໃດທີ່ດວງອາທິດຍັງບໍ່ຕົກ ແລະທິດທັງຫຼາຍຍັງແຈ້ງສະອາດ ຈົ່ງປະໄວ້ຜູ້ນີ້ຢູ່ນີ້ຊົ່ວຄາວ ແລ້ວໄປປະຕິບັດພິທີກຳສຳລັບຜູ້ຕາຍ»។

Word by Word

भानुःthe sun

यावत्as long as / until

प्रयातिgoes / proceeds

अस्तम्to setting (to the west) / to sunset

यावत्as long as / until

चand

विमलाःpure / clear

दिशःdirections (quarters)

तावत्so long / until then

एनम्this one / him

परित्यज्यhaving left / abandoning

प्रेतकार्याणिfuneral rites (rites for the departed)

उपासतattend to / perform

Speaker

गृध्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

ग

गृध्र (Gṛdhra, the vulture)

भ

भानु (Bhānu, the sun)

द

दिशः (the directions/quarters)

प

प्रेतकार्याणि (funeral rites)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes dharma as timely obligation: when death has occurred, one should set aside other concerns and promptly perform the prescribed rites for the departed while conditions and time are suitable.

What is happening in the narrative?

Gṛdhra addresses others present, instructing them to leave the body/person in place for the moment and to begin the funeral duties before sunset, while the surroundings remain clear.