Shloka 8

The Arkāṅga Saptamī (Bhāskara Saptamī) Vow: Origin of Sūrya, Pacification of Rays, and Māgha Saptamī Observance

Devanagari script

अयं रजोमयः साक्षात्सुधांशुस्तनुमध्यगः । एताभ्यां पालिता लोकास्त्रैलोक्ये सचराचराः

Transliteration

ayaṃ rajomayaḥ sākṣātsudhāṃśustanumadhyagaḥ | etābhyāṃ pālitā lokāstrailokye sacarācarāḥ

Translation

Ang isang ito’y tunay na may likas na rajas; at ang Buwan (Sudhāṁśu) ay nananahan sa gitna ng katawan. Sa dalawang ito, ang mga daigdig sa tatlong kaharian—gumagalaw at di-gumagalaw—ay inaalalayan.

Word by Word

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (demonstrative pronoun)

• रजोमयः: made of rajas
• रजोमयः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रजस् (प्रातिपदिक) + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तद्धितार्थ-तत्पुरुषः (रजसा मयः = consisting of rajas)

• साक्षात्: directly/manifestly
• साक्षात्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/विशेषणभाव)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साक्षात् (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात/क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (indeclinable adverb: directly, manifestly)

• सुधांशुः: the moon
• सुधांशुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुधा (प्रातिपदिक) + अंशु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सुधायाः अंशुः = moon, nectar-rayed)

• तनुमध्यगः: situated in the middle of the body
• तनुमध्यगः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तनु (प्रातिपदिक) + मध्य (प्रातिपदिक) + ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सप्तमी/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषसमासार्थः (तनौ/तनुमध्ये गतः = situated in the middle of the body)

• एताभ्याम्: by these two
• एताभ्याम्: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-प्रयोगानुसार, तृतीया (करण), द्विवचन; सर्वनाम (by these two)

• पालिताः: protected
• पालिताः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पाल् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि-क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (protected)

• लोकाः: worlds/people
• लोकाः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता/कर्मणि-प्रयोगे कर्म), बहुवचन

• त्रैलोक्ये: in the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्ये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (त्रयाणां लोकानां समाहारः)

• सचराचराः: with moving and non-moving beings
• सचराचराः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय-उपसर्गार्थ) + चर (प्रातिपदिक) + अचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (चराः च अचराः च) with सह- (together with) sense

Speaker

Unspecified in the provided excerpt (context needed from surrounding verses of Adhyaya 77).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: sākṣātsudhāṃśus… → साक्षात् + सुधांशुः; lokāstrailokye → लोकाः + त्रैलोक्ये; sacarācarāḥ is analyzed as सह + चर + अचर (dvandva: चर-अचर).

Characters & Entities

• Sudhāṁśu (Moon)

FAQs

What is the main idea of this verse?

It links cosmic sustenance of the three worlds (all moving and unmoving beings) to two sustaining principles, one described as rajomaya (rajas-dominant) and the other associated with the Moon (Sudhāṁśu) situated in the body’s middle.

Why is the Moon (Sudhāṁśu) mentioned in relation to the body?

Purāṇic and yogic symbolism often correlates celestial powers with inner physiology; here the Moon—‘nectar-rayed’—is presented as an inner sustaining presence located in the body’s mid-region.

Does this verse teach an ethical or spiritual lesson?

Indirectly: it frames life and the cosmos as sustained by specific forces/principles, encouraging a contemplative view that the macrocosm (triloka) and microcosm (the body) are interconnected.