Shloka 12

Devanagari script

सुवर्णशिरसो<प्यत्र हरिरोम्ण: प्रगायत: । अदृश्यस्याप्रमेयस्य श्रूयते विपुलो ध्वनि:,इसी दिशामें पिंगलवर्णके केशोंसे सुशोभित, अप्रमेय प्रभावशाली एवं अदृश्यमूर्ति मुनिवर सुवर्णशिरा सामगान करते हैं। उनके उस गीतकी विपुल ध्वनि स्पष्ट सुनायी देती है

Transliteration

suvarṇaśiraso 'py atra harirómṇaḥ pragāyataḥ | adṛśyasyāprameyasya śrūyate vipulo dhvaniḥ ||

Translation

Здесь же Суварнаширас, с золотисто-рыжими волосами, воспевает гимны Самана. Хотя он невидим и неизмерим, могучий разлёт его песнопения слышен ясно.

Word by Word

सुवर्णशिरसःof Suvarṇaśiras (golden-headed sage)

अपिalso/even

अत्रhere

हरिरोम्णःof Hari-romā (one having tawny/greenish hair; epithet/name)

प्रगायतःsings forth/chanting aloud

अदृश्यस्यof the invisible

अप्रमेयस्यof the immeasurable/incomprehensible

श्रूयतेis heard

विपुलःgreat/abundant

ध्वनिःsound

Speaker

युपर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

य

युपर्ण (Yuparṇa)

स

सुवर्णशिरा (Suvarṇaśiras)

स

सामगान (Sāman chant)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that spiritual reality may be apprehended through sacred sound and disciplined practice rather than through ordinary sight; the sage’s invisibility contrasts with the unmistakable, expansive resonance of Vedic chant.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yuparṇa reports that in this region the sage Suvarṇaśiras is chanting Sāman hymns; although the sage cannot be seen and is described as beyond measure, the powerful sound of his singing is distinctly heard.