Shloka 47

Śākadvīpa–Pramāṇa–Varṇana

Measurements and Description of Śākadvīpa

Devanagari script

चन्द्रादित्यौ महाराज संक्षेपो5यमुदाह्नत: । इत्येतत्‌ ते महाराज पृच्छत: शास्त्रचक्षुषा

Transliteration

candradityau mahārāja saṅkṣepo ’yam udāhṛtaḥ | ity etat te mahārāja pṛcchataḥ śāstracakṣuṣā ||

Translation

ข้าแต่มหาราช! เรื่องพระจันทร์และพระอาทิตย์ ข้าพเจ้าได้กล่าวโดยสังเขปแล้ว. ข้าแต่มหาราช! นี่คือถ้อยคำที่ข้าพเจ้ากราบทูลตอบ ตามที่พระองค์ทรงไต่ถามด้วยดวงตาแห่งศาสตรา

Word by Word

• चन्द्रादित्यौ: the Moon and the Sun
• चन्द्रादित्यौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र + आदित्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• संक्षेपः: a summary
• संक्षेपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्षेप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उदाहृतः: has been stated / has been cited
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-आ-हृ (उदाहर्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• एतत्: this (matter)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पृच्छतः: of (you) asking / while (you) ask
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)

• शास्त्रचक्षुषा: with the eye of scripture (scriptural insight)
• शास्त्रचक्षुषा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शास्त्र + चक्षुस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Candra (Moon)
• Āditya (Sun)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes disciplined inquiry and authoritative explanation: a king should ask with “śāstra-cakṣuṣā” (learned, principled discernment), and the responder should present the essence clearly and concisely—linking ethical governance with informed understanding of cosmic order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya concludes a brief exposition about the Moon and the Sun, telling Dhṛtarāṣṭra that he has answered the king’s question in summary form, framing the exchange as a respectful, knowledge-based dialogue.