Shanti Parva Adhyaya 346 Shloka 146 - Mahabharata | Sanskrit | Vedapath

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Shloka 146

नागैः सह ब्राह्मणस्य अतिथिधर्म-व्रतसंवादः | The Brahmin’s Vow and the Nāgas’ Hospitality Appeal

Devanagari script

परमाणुभूता भूत्वा तु त॑ देवं प्रविशन्त्युत । सूर्यदेव उनके सम्पूर्ण अंगोंको जलाकर भस्म कर देते हैं। फिर कहीं कोई उन्हें देख नहीं पाता। वे परमाणुस्वरूप होकर उन्हीं सूर्यदेवमें प्रवेश कर जाते हैं

Transliteration

paramāṇubhūtā bhūtvā tu taṁ devaṁ praviśanty uta |

Translation

परमाणुभूता भूत्वा तु तं देवं प्रविशन्त्युत। दग्ध्वा तेषां शरीराणि सूर्यः स्वेन तेजसा॥ भस्मीकृत्य ततः कश्चित् पश्यति न तु तान् जनः। सूक्ष्मा परमाणुरूपा भूत्वा सूर्यं विशन्ति ते॥

Word by Word

परमाणु-भूताhaving become atom-like

भूत्वाhaving become

तुbut/indeed

तत्that (him/it)

देवम्the god (Sun-god)

प्रविशन्तिthey enter

उतalso/and

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Sūrya (Sun-god)

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 highlights the transience of the physical body and the notion that under an overpowering divine force (here Sūrya), embodied existence can be reduced to an imperceptible subtle state, culminating in merger with a cosmic deity—suggesting purification, dissolution, and the limits of ordinary perception.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada describes beings whose bodies are consumed by the Sun’s energy; once reduced to ash and no longer visible, they become atom-like and enter into Sūrya himself, implying a final absorption into the solar divinity.