Shloka 3
Adhyaya 77 — Sanjna’s Withdrawal from Surya: The Birth of Yama and Yamuna, and the Emergence of Chhaya
संज्ञा च रविणा दृष्टा निमीलयति लोचने ।
यतस्ततः सरोषोऽर्कः संज्ञां निष्ठुरमब्रवीत् ॥
saṃjñā ca raviṇā dṛṣṭā nimīlayati locane / yatas tataḥ saroṣo 'rkaḥ saṃjñāṃ niṣṭhuram abravīt
സഞ്ജ്ഞാ, രവി (സൂര്യൻ) നോക്കിക്കൊണ്ടിരിക്കെ കണ്ണുകൾ അടച്ചു; അതിനാൽ അർക്കൻ (സൂര്യൻ) ക്രുദ്ധനായി സഞ്ജ്ഞയോട് കടുത്ത വാക്കുകൾ പറഞ്ഞു.
FAQs
The episode portrays the challenge of bearing intense brilliance: relationships require appropriate measure and accommodation; harshness arises when capacity and demand are mismatched.
Vaṃśānucarita: narrative details around progenitors in the Solar line that will produce Vaivasvata Manu.
Saṃjñā shutting her eyes before the Sun can symbolize the jīva’s inability to face unmediated truth; the Sun’s ‘harsh speech’ reflects the purifying, uncompromising nature of illumination.