Shloka 45

Śākadvīpa–Pramāṇa–Varṇana

Measurements and Description of Śākadvīpa

Devanagari script

अष्टपञ्चाशतं राजन्‌ विपुलत्वेन चानघ । श्रूयते परमोदार: पतगो5सौ विभावसु:,कुरुनन्दन! सूर्यका व्यासगत विस्तार दस हजार योजन है और उनकी परिधि या मण्डलका विस्तार तीस हजार योजन है तथा उनकी विपुलता अद्बावन सौ योजनकी है। अनघ! इस प्रकार शीघ्रगामी परम उदार भगवान्‌ सूर्यके त्रिविध विस्तारका वर्णन सुना जाता है

Transliteration

aṣṭapañcāśataṁ rājan vipulatvena cānagha | śrūyate paramodāraḥ patago 'sau vibhāvasuḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya disse: “Ó rei, ó imaculado! Ouve-se que o Sol—Vibhāvasu, esse luminar ‘alado’, supremamente generoso e de curso veloz—tem uma vasta medida de cinquenta e oito (centenas) em largura.”

Word by Word

• {'aṣṭa': 'eight', 'pañcāśat': 'fifty', 'aṣṭapañcāśatam': 'fifty-eight (often used in such contexts with an implied ‘hundred’ as a unit of measure)', 'rājan': 'O king (address to Dhṛtarāṣṭra)', 'vipulatvena': 'in vastness

• in breadth/expanse', 'ca': 'and', 'anagha': 'O blameless one

• sinless (honorific address)', 'śrūyate': 'is heard

• is traditionally reported', 'parama-udāraḥ': 'supremely generous/noble (epithet)', 'patagaḥ': 'bird

• ‘winged one’ (metaphor for the Sun moving across the sky)', 'asau': 'that (well-known one)', 'vibhāvasuḥ': 'Vibhāvasu, the Sun

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Sūrya (Vibhāvasu)