Shloka 3

Devanagari script

प्राच्यां देशि सहस्रांशोररुणेनारुणीकृतम्‌ । तपनीयं यथा चक्र भ्राजते रविमण्डलम्‌,प्राचीमें अरुणके द्वारा अरुण किया हुआ सूर्यदेवका मण्डल सुवर्णमय चक्रके समान सुशोभित होने लगा

Transliteration

prācyāṃ deśi sahasrāṃśor aruṇenāruṇīkṛtam | tapanīyaṃ yathā cakra bhrājate ravimaṇḍalam ||

Translation

ପୂର୍ବ ଦିଗରେ ଅରୁଣଙ୍କ ଦ୍ୱାରା ଅରୁଣାଭ ହୋଇଥିବା ସହସ୍ରକିରଣ ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟମଣ୍ଡଳ ତପ୍ତ ସୁବର୍ଣ୍ଣଚକ୍ର ପରି ଦୀପ୍ତିମାନ ହେଲା।

Word by Word

प्राच्याम्in the east

देशेin the region

सहस्रांशोःof the thousand-rayed (Sun)

अरुणेनby Aruṇa

अरुणीकृतम्made reddish; reddened

तपनीयम्golden

यथाas; like

चक्रम्a disc; wheel

भ्राजतेshines; is resplendent

रविमण्डलम्the sun’s orb; solar disc

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Ravi (Sun)

Aruṇa

Prācī (the eastern direction)

ravimaṇḍala (sun-disc)

cakra (wheel/disc of gold)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the steady movement of cosmic order (time and dawn) regardless of human conflict, reminding the listener that dharma and consequence unfold within an impartial universe.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes sunrise: the eastern sky is reddened by Aruṇa, and the sun’s disc gleams like a golden wheel—signaling the start of a new phase of events in the war narrative.