Shloka 45
यक्ष उवाच कि स्विदादित्यमुन्नयति के च तस्याभितकश्नचरा: । कश्नैनमस्तं नयति कम्मेंश्ष प्रतेतिष्ठति
yakṣa uvāca—kiṃ svid ādityam unnayati? ke ca tasyābhitaś carāḥ? kaś cainam astaṃ nayati? kasmin eṣa pratiṣṭhitaḥ?
यक्ष उवाच— कः स्विदादित्यमुन्नयति? के च तस्याभितः चराः? क एनमस्तं नयति? कस्मिंश्च प्रतेतिष्ठति?
यक्ष उवाच
Educational Q&A
The question frames the cosmos as an ordered system with underlying causes; it tests whether one can interpret visible events (sunrise, orbiting companions, sunset, resting-place) in terms of deeper sustaining principles aligned with dharma rather than mere appearances.
During the Yaksha’s interrogation (Yakṣa-praśna) in the forest, the Yaksha poses a sequence of riddling questions to Yudhiṣṭhira. This verse is one such question, aimed at assessing his insight into the forces and principles that govern the world.