Shloka 41
Arjuna meets the Lokapālas, is tested by Indra, and is led to Amarāvatī for astra-śikṣā
Indraloka-gamana
संतता गतिरेतस्य नैष तिष्ठति पाण्डव | आदायैव तु भूतानां तेजो विसृजते पुन:
saṃtatā gatir etasya naiṣa tiṣṭhati pāṇḍava | ādāyaiva tu bhūtānāṃ tejo visṛjate punaḥ ||
Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: “O Pāṇḍava, ang landas ng Araw na ito ay walang putol; hindi siya tumitigil kahit isang saglit. Matapos higupin ang mahalagang ningning at katas-buhay ng lahat ng nilalang, muli niya itong pinakakawalan—sa takdang panahon—bilang ulan. Kaya si Savitṛ, na nagtatakda ng haba ng buhay at bunga ng gawa para sa mga nilalang, ay patuloy na lumilikha ng kaayusan ng panahon—araw at gabi, at ang mas masusing hati ng mga sandali—nang walang pahinga.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents the Sun as a model of unwavering duty and cosmic order: he never pauses, sustains life by drawing up and returning vitality through seasonal cycles, and thereby supports the moral and practical idea that one should perform one’s appointed function steadily, without negligence.
Vaiśaṃpāyana explains to Yudhiṣṭhira the Sun’s ceaseless motion and life-sustaining role—taking up the ‘tejas’/essence of beings and releasing it again—linking natural cycles (rain, time divisions) with the governance of life-span and the distribution of karmic results.