Shloka 108

कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः

Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma

Devanagari script

तत्र पश्यामि गगन चन्द्रसूर्यविराजितम्‌ । जाज्वल्यमानं तेजोभि: पावकार्कसमप्रभम्‌

Transliteration

tatra paśyāmi gaganaṃ candrasūryavirājitam | jājvalyamānaṃ tejobhiḥ pāvakārkasamaprabham ||

Translation

ທີ່ນັ້ນ ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າໄດ້ເຫັນພື້ນຟ້າ ທີ່ປະດັບດ້ວຍດວງຈັນ ແລະ ດວງອາທິດ—ລຸກໂຊດດ້ວຍລັດສະໝີອັນບໍ່ມີຂອບເຂດ ແລະສ່ອງສະຫວ່າງດັ່ງໄຟ ແລະ ດວງອາທິດ.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• पश्यामि: I see
• पश्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Present (Lat), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• गगनम्: sky
• गगनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गगन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• चन्द्रसूर्यविराजितम्: adorned by the moon and the sun
• चन्द्रसूर्यविराजितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चन्द्रसूर्यविराजित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• जाज्वल्यमानम्: blazing, flaming
• जाज्वल्यमानम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जाज्वल्यमान (from धातु: ज्वल्)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तेजोभिः: with splendors / with radiances
• तेजोभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• पावकार्कसमप्रभम्: having a luster equal to fire and the sun
• पावकार्कसमप्रभम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पावकार्कसमप्रभ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• gagana (sky/firmament)
• candra (moon)
• sūrya (sun)
• pāvaka (fire/Agni)
• arka (sun)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse evokes reverence for the cosmic order: the moon and sun illuminate the heavens with a fire-like brilliance, suggesting that human life and dharma unfold under a vast, steady, and awe-inspiring universal framework.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a striking vision of the sky—resplendent with the moon and sun and blazing with intense radiance—serving as a vivid scene-setting image within the Vana Parva narration.