Shloka 20

Devanagari script

तच्छुत्वा भगवान्‌ देवो भानु: स्वभनुसूदन: । उवाच त॑ तथेत्येव कर्ण सूर्य: स्मयन्निव,राहुका संहार करनेवाले भगवान्‌ सूर्यदेवने यह सब सुनकर कर्णसे मुसकराते हुए-से कहा--“तुमने जो कुछ देखा है, वह सब ठीक है”

Transliteration

tac chrutvā bhagavān devo bhānuḥ svabhānusūdanaḥ | uvāca taṁ tathety eva karṇa sūryaḥ smayann iva ||

Translation

Выслушав всё это, блаженный бог Бхану — Солнце, губитель (демона) Сварбхану — обратился к Карне с лёгкой, понимающей улыбкой: «Да будет так; то, что ты постиг, воистину верно».

Word by Word

तत्that (thing)

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

भगवान्the blessed lord

देवःthe god

भानुःBhānu (the Sun)

स्वभानुसूदनःslayer of (his) own Bhānu (i.e., of his own radiance/brightness)

उवाचsaid

तम्to him

तथाso, thus

इतिthus (quotative)

एवindeed, just

कर्णम्Karna

सूर्यःthe Sun (god)

स्मयन्smiling

इवas if

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Sūrya (Bhānu)

Karṇa

Svarbhānu (Rāhu, by epithet)

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?

Divine speech here functions as confirmation: the deity validates the hero’s understanding and steadies his resolve. Ethically, it highlights how perceived truth and inner conviction are strengthened when aligned with a higher, cosmic order (ṛta/dharma), even amid looming conflict and fate.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Sūrya, hearing what Karṇa has said or reported, responds approvingly—‘So be it; it is exactly so’—and does so with a slight smile, signaling reassurance and consent.