Shloka 47
अग्नीषोमोत्पत्तिः
Agni–Soma Origin and the Brahmāgnīṣomīya Doctrine
दूरात् प्रतिहतो यस्मिन्नेकरश्मिर्दिवाकर: । योनिरंशुसहस्रस्थ येन भाति वसुन्धरा
dūrāt pratihato yasminn eka-raśmir divākaraḥ | yoniḥ aṃśu-sahasrasthaḥ yena bhāti vasundharā ||
جس کے سبب دور ہی سے روک دیا جا کر، ہزاروں شعاعوں کا سرچشمہ سورج ایک ہی شعاع والا سا دکھائی دیتا ہے؛ اور اسی کے اثر سے یہ زمین روشن ہوتی ہے۔
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Visible splendor (like sunlight) depends on subtle, regulating forces (here, a form of wind) that uphold cosmic order; the verse points to disciplined, law-governed principles as the basis of stability and illumination in the world.
In Bhishma’s discourse, a particular wind-principle is being characterized through its cosmic effects: it checks the sun’s many rays so that the sun appears one-rayed from afar, and through it the earth is illuminated.