Shloka 114

Devanagari script

अस्तं गच्छन्‌ यथा55दित्य: प्रभामादाय सत्वर:

Transliteration

astaṃ gacchan yathādityaḥ prabhām ādāya satvaraḥ

Translation

സഞ്ജയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—“അസ്തമയത്തിലേക്ക് വേഗത്തിൽ പോകുന്ന സൂര്യൻ തന്റെ പ്രഭയും കൂടെ കൊണ്ടുപോകുന്നതുപോലെ…”

Word by Word

• अस्तम्: to setting (to the west); to sunset
• अस्तम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• गच्छन्: going; proceeding
• गच्छन्: कर्ता
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ, वर्तमान (कृदन्त-भाव), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा

• यथा: as; just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

• आदित्यः: the Sun
• आदित्यः: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• प्रभाम्: radiance; light
• प्रभाम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आदाय: having taken; taking along
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + दा (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप् (क्त्वान्त/अव्ययीभाव-रूप), पूर्वकाल (absolutive)

• सत्वरः: swift; in haste
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Āditya (the Sun)
• prabhā (radiance)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The simile underscores impermanence: even the sun’s brilliance withdraws at its appointed time. In the war narrative, it hints that power and glory are transient and subject to time and destiny, urging sobriety and ethical restraint amid conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes an event or person’s departure through a vivid comparison: like the sun quickly going to set while taking its light with it. The line functions as a poetic transition, suggesting a swift withdrawal and a dimming of splendor in the unfolding battle account.