Shloka 22

Devanagari script

तस्यैवोर्ध्व॑ तिर्यगधश्षुरन्ति गभस्तयो मेदिनीं भासयन्त: । त॑ं ब्राह्मणा वेदविदो जुषन्ति तस्यादित्यो भामुपयुज्य भाति,इन्हींके ऊपर-नीचे तथा अगल-बगलनमें पृथ्वीको प्रकाशित करनेवाली किरणें फैलती हैं। वेदवेत्ता ब्राह्मण इन्हींकी सेवा करते हैं और इन्हींके प्रकाशका सहारा लेकर सूर्यदेव प्रकाशित होते हैं

Transliteration

tasyaivordhvaṁ tiryag adhaś ca śuranti gabhastayo medinīṁ bhāsayantaḥ | taṁ brāhmaṇā vedavido juṣanti tasyādityo bhām upayujya bhāti ||

Translation

Daripada-Nya semata-mata, sinar memancar ke atas, ke sisi, dan ke bawah, menerangi bumi. Para Brahmana yang mengetahui Veda memuliakan serta berkhidmat kepada Prinsip itu sendiri; dan Dewa Surya bersinar dengan bersandar pada cahaya kemuliaan-Nya.

Word by Word

• {'tasya eva': 'of Him alone

• from that very one', 'ūrdhvam': 'upward', 'tiryak': 'horizontally

• sideways', 'adhaḥ': 'downward', 'śuranti (√sṛ)': 'flow, stream forth, spread', 'gabhastayaḥ': 'rays

• beams of light', 'medinīm': 'the earth', 'bhāsayantaḥ (caus. √bhās)': 'illuminating

• making shine', 'brāhmaṇāḥ': 'Brahmins

• custodians of sacred learning', 'vedavidaḥ': 'knowers of the Veda', 'juṣanti (√juṣ)': 'honor, cherish, serve, attend upon', 'ādityaḥ': 'the Sun

• the solar deity', 'bhām': 'radiance

• light', 'upayujya (upa-√yuj)': 'having employed

• drawing upon', 'bhāti (√bhā)': 'shines

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Brahmins (Veda-knowers)
• Aditya (the Sun)
• Medini (Earth)
• Gabhastayaḥ (rays/beams)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

All illumination and order—symbolized by rays pervading every direction and even the Sun’s shining—depend on a single supreme source. Dharma is implied to be living in harmony with that source through Vedic insight, reverence, and disciplined service.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma describes a cosmic vision: rays spread in all directions to light the earth; Veda-knowing Brahmins honor that supreme principle; and the Sun itself shines by relying on that higher radiance.