Shloka 3

Devanagari script

यस्य रश्मिसहस्रेषु शाखास्विव विहंगमा: । वसन्त्यश्रित्य मुनय: संसिद्धा देवतै: सह

Transliteration

yasya raśmi-sahasreṣu śākhāsv iva vihaṅgamāḥ | vasanti āśritya munayaḥ saṃsiddhā devataiḥ saha ||

Translation

ଯେପରି ଗଛର ଶାଖାରେ ଅନେକ ପକ୍ଷୀ ଆଶ୍ରୟ ନେଇ ବସନ୍ତି, ସେପରି ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟଦେବଙ୍କ ସହସ୍ର କିରଣର ଆଶ୍ରୟ ନେଇ ଦେବତାମାନଙ୍କ ସହିତ ସିଦ୍ଧ ଓ ମୁନିମାନେ ନିବାସ କରନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• यस्य: of whom/whose
• यस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• रश्मि-सहस्रेषु: in (his) thousands of rays
• रश्मि-सहस्रेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रश्मि + सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• शाखासु: on branches
• शाखासु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाखा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Plural

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

• विहंगमाः: birds
• विहंगमाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विहंगम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वसन्ति: dwell/live
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• आश्रित्य: having resorted to/taking refuge in
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-श्रि
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Active (sense)

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• संसिद्धाः: perfected/accomplished (ones)
• संसिद्धाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संसिद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally)

• देवतैः: with the deities
• देवतैः: Sahakari
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

Speaker

नाग उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nāga (speaker)
• Sūrya (Sun-god)
• Munis (sages)
• Devatās (gods)
• Saṃsiddhas (perfected beings)
• Raśmis (sun-rays)
• Śākhās (tree-branches)
• Vihaṅgamas (birds)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches interdependence within cosmic dharma: higher beings—gods and perfected sages—are portrayed as relying upon the Sun’s sustaining radiance, just as birds rely on a tree’s branches. It emphasizes a single luminous support that upholds many lives.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Nāga speaks, using a vivid simile: birds resting on tree-branches are compared to sages and perfected beings dwelling by taking refuge in the Sun’s thousand rays, highlighting the Sun’s role as a cosmic abode and support.