Shloka 4

Uttarā-diśā Māhātmya — Suparṇa’s Praise of the Northern Quarter

Suparṇa–Gālava Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

अत्र पीत्वा समस्तान्‌ वै वरुणस्य रसांस्तु षट्‌ । जायते तरुण: सोम: शुक्लस्यादौ तमिस्रहा

Transliteration

atra pītvā samastān vai varuṇasya rasāṁs tu ṣaṭ | jāyate taruṇaḥ somaḥ śuklasyādau tamisrahā ||

Translation

ຢູ່ບ່ອນນີ້ ໂສມະ (ພຣະຈັນ) ຜູ້ໜຸ່ມ—ຜູ້ຂັບໄລ່ຄວາມມືດ—ໄດ້ດື່ມຮອບຄົບນ້ຳສານຫົກປະການຂອງວຣຸນະ ແລ້ວເກີດໃໝ່ໃນຕົ້ນຂອງຂ້າງຂຶ້ນ (ສຸກລະປັກສະ)។

Word by Word

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• पीत्वा: having drunk
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (पिबति)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), active, prior action

• समस्तान्: all, entire
• समस्तान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समस्त
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• वरुणस्य: of Varuṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुण
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• रसान्: juices/essences
• रसान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• तु: but/and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• षट्: six
• षट्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट्
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• जायते: is born/arises
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (जायते)
• Form: लट्, आत्मनेपद, third, singular, middle

• तरुणः: young, new
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तरुण
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• सोमः: Soma (the Moon)
• सोमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• शुक्लस्य: of the bright (fortnight)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुक्ल
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• आदौ: at the beginning
• आदौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• तमिस्रहा: darkness-destroying
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तमिस्रहन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

युपर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Varuṇa
• Soma (Moon)
• Śukla-pakṣa (bright fortnight)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents the waxing Moon as a symbol of lawful renewal: by receiving sustaining essences (rasas) in due order, light is restored and darkness is dispelled—an image of dharma as cyclical reestablishment of balance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yuparṇa describes a cosmological process: Soma (the Moon) stays near Varuṇa, drinks six kinds of essences, and then rises anew at the start of the bright fortnight, growing in brilliance as a remover of darkness.