Shloka 24

Description of Uttara-Kuru and the Meru-Flank Regions

Bhadrāśva, Sudarśana Jambū, Solar Attendants

Devanagari script

रक्षणार्थं तु भूतानां प्रविशंति दिवाकरम् । षष्टिस्तानि सहस्राणि षष्टिरेव शतानि च

Transliteration

rakṣaṇārthaṃ tu bhūtānāṃ praviśaṃti divākaram | ṣaṣṭistāni sahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭireva śatāni ca

Translation

ജീവികളുടെ രക്ഷാർത്ഥം അവർ ദിവാകരനിൽ (സൂര്യനിൽ) പ്രവേശിക്കുന്നു; അവരുടെ എണ്ണം അറുപതിനായിരവും ആറുനൂറും ആകുന്നു।

Word by Word

• रक्षण-अर्थम्: for protection (purpose)
• रक्षण-अर्थम्: प्रयोजन (Purpose; अर्थे द्वितीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षण (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष-समासः: रक्षणस्य अर्थम् = 'for the purpose of protection' (अर्थे द्वितीया)

• तु: but; indeed
• तु: निपात (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), निपात (particle) (contrast/emphasis)

• भूतानाम्: of beings; of creatures
• भूतानाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• प्रविशन्ति: enter
• प्रविशन्ति: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + विश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• दिवाकरम्: the Sun (Divākara)
• दिवाकरम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवाकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• षष्टिः: sixty
• षष्टिः: विशेषण (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); संख्या (numeral) used for counting

• तानि: those (items)
• तानि: कर्ता (Karta/Subject) (with implied counted items)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); सर्वनाम (pronoun) (correlative/demonstrative)

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: सम्बन्ध/परिमाण (Measure/Count complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• षष्टिः: sixty
• षष्टिः: विशेषण (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); संख्या (numeral)

• एव: just; exactly
• एव: निपात (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), अवधारणार्थक (restrictive particle)

• शतानि: hundreds
• शतानि: सम्बन्ध/परिमाण (Measure/Count complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

Speaker

Unspecified (narratorial voice within Svarga-khaṇḍa context)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: vira

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: रक्षणार्थं → रक्षण-अर्थम्; प्रविशंति → प्रविशन्ति; षष्टिस्तानि → षष्टिः + तानि; षष्टिरेव → षष्टिः + एव.

Characters & Entities

• Divākara (Sun)

FAQs

Who are the ones said to ‘enter the Sun’ in this verse?

The verse does not name them explicitly; it refers generally to a group associated with the Sun’s function of safeguarding beings, described only by their number.

What is the significance of the number ‘sixty thousand and six hundred’?

It functions as a traditional cosmological enumeration, emphasizing an ordered, vast retinue connected with the Sun’s protective role.

What ethical or spiritual idea is conveyed here?

The verse frames cosmic order as protective and purposeful—natural powers are portrayed as serving the welfare and preservation of living beings.