Shloka 44

नारायणास्त्र-शमनं द्रौणि-प्रहारश्च

Pacification of the Nārāyaṇāstra and Drauni’s Renewed Assault

Devanagari script

आदित्येन यथा व्याप्तं तमो लोके प्रणश्यति

Transliteration

ādityena yathā vyāptaṃ tamo loke praṇaśyati

Translation

جس طرح سورج کے پھیل جانے سے دنیا کا اندھیرا مٹ جاتا ہے، اسی طرح روشنی کے پھیلنے سے ہر طرح کی موہ-تاریکی بھی زائل ہو جاتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• आदित्येन: by the sun
• आदित्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• यथा: just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• व्याप्तम्: pervaded, filled
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्याप्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• तमः: darkness
• तमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• प्रणश्यति: perishes, disappears
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश्
• Form: Lat (present), Parasmaipada, Third, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Āditya (the Sun)
• loka (the world)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that darkness—both literal and metaphorical—cannot endure when true light spreads; ethically, it suggests that confusion, fear, and ignorance are overcome by clear knowledge, right judgment, and the presence of truth.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, narrating events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, uses a vivid simile: as sunlight pervades and eliminates darkness in the world, so a decisive illuminating force in the unfolding battle-scene dispels obscurity and uncertainty.