Shloka 6

जनक–ब्राह्मणसंवादः

Viṣaya, Mamatva, and Self-Mastery

Devanagari script

तमासीनं ध्यायमानं राजानममितौजसम्‌ | कश्मलं सहसागच्छद्‌ भानुमन्तमिव ग्रह:

Transliteration

tam āsīnaṃ dhyāyamānaṃ rājānam amitaujasam | kaśmalaṃ sahasāgacchad bhānumantam iva grahaḥ ||

Translation

ଅମିତ ତେଜସ୍ବୀ ରାଜା ଜନକ ଆସୀନ ହୋଇ ଧ୍ୟାନମଗ୍ନ ଥିବାବେଳେ, ସହସା ମୋହ ତାଙ୍କୁ ଏମିତି ଆବୃତ କଲା—ଯେପରି ରାହୁ ଦୀପ୍ତିମାନ ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟକୁ ଗ୍ରସେ।

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आसीनम्: seated
• आसीनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आस् (धातु) → आसीन (कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ध्यायमानम्: meditating, thinking
• ध्यायमानम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ध्यै (धातु) → ध्यायमान (शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्यय, वर्तमान कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• राजानम्: the king
• राजानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अमितौजसम्: of immeasurable vigor
• अमितौजसम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमित-ओजस्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कश्मलम्: delusion, faintness, confusion
• कश्मलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कश्मल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सहसा: suddenly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा

• अगच्छत्: came upon, seized
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भानुमन्तम्: the radiant one (the sun)
• भानुमन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानुमत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• ग्रहः: the seizer (Rahu), planet
• ग्रहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ब्राह्मण (the Brahmin narrator/speaker)
• राजा (the king)
• जनक (Janaka, as identified in the given context/translation)
• राहु (implied by the eclipse simile: graha eclipsing the sun)
• सूर्य (Bhānumān / the Sun)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that even a ruler of great strength can be suddenly overtaken by kaśmala—bewilderment or moral confusion. Ethically, it points to the necessity of vigilance, self-mastery, and clarity of judgment in leadership, since inner delusion can eclipse discernment just as an eclipse obscures the sun.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Brahmin describes a powerful king seated in deep thought. At that moment, a sudden wave of confusion seizes the king, compared to an eclipsing planet (Rāhu) covering the radiant sun—an image conveying abrupt mental darkness overtaking brilliance.