Shloka 2

Devanagari script

यथा मरीच्य: सहिताश्षरन्ति सर्वत्र तिष्ठन्ति च दृश्यमाना: । देहैविमुक्तानि चरन्ति लोकां- स्तथैव सत्त्वान्यतिमानुषाणि,जैसे सूर्यकी किरणें परस्पर मिली हुई ही सर्वत्र विचरती हैं एवं स्थित हुई दृष्टिगोचर होती हैं, उसी प्रकार अलौकिक जीवात्मा स्थूल शरीरसे निकलकर सम्पूर्ण लोकोंमें जाते हैं। (यह ज्ञानदृष्टिसे ही जाननेमें आ सकता है)

Transliteration

yathā marīcyaḥ sahitāḥ śaranti sarvatra tiṣṭhanti ca dṛśyamānāḥ | dehair vimuktāni caranti lokāṁs tathaiva sattvāny atimānuṣāṇi ||

Translation

यथा मरीच्यः सहिताः स्रवन्ति सर्वत्र तिष्ठन्ति च दृश्यमानाः। देहैर्विमुक्तानि चरन्ति लोकान् तथैव सत्त्वान्यतिमानुषाणि॥

Word by Word

यथाjust as

मरीच्यःrays (of the sun)

सहिताःtogether, united

स्रवन्तिflow, stream forth

सर्वत्रeverywhere

तिष्ठन्तिstand, remain

चand

दृश्यमानाःbeing seen, visible

देहैःby/with bodies

विमुक्तानिfreed, released

चरन्तिmove about, roam

लोकान्worlds, realms

तथाso, in the same way

एवindeed, just

सत्त्वानिbeings

अतिमानुषाणिsuperhuman, beyond human

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

marīci (sun-rays)

lokāḥ (worlds/realms)

deha (body)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that certain beings, once freed from the gross body, can move through multiple realms; this subtle truth is apprehended not by ordinary sense-perception but by jñāna (spiritual insight).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa is explaining an unseen metaphysical process using a visible analogy: as sunbeams are perceived everywhere while continuously streaming, so liberated-from-body beings can traverse the worlds—knowable only through the perspective of knowledge.