Shloka 27

Chapter 2: Sudarśana Upākhyāna — Atithi-Dharma and the Conquest of Mṛtyu

Gṛhastha-Vrata

Devanagari script

तान्‌ दर्शयामास तदा भगवान्‌ हव्यवाहन: । स्वं रूप॑ दीप्तिमत्‌ कृत्वा शरदर्कसमद्युति:

Transliteration

tān darśayāmāsa tadā bhagavān havyavāhanaḥ | svaṁ rūpaṁ dīptimat kṛtvā śarad-arka-samad-yutiḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: Bấy giờ đấng Havyavāhana (Agni) phúc đức đã tự hiện ra trước họ. Ngài khoác lấy chính hình tướng rực sáng của mình, chói lòa với quang huy như mặt trời mùa thu, và ban cho các bà-la-môn ấy được chiêm bái—xác chứng sự thanh tịnh của nghi lễ và sức mạnh đạo lý của bổn phận được hành trì trong chân thật.

Word by Word

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• दर्शयामास: caused (them) to see; showed; granted दर्शन
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, Yes

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हव्यवाहनः: Havyavāhana (Agni, carrier of oblations)
• हव्यवाहनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव्यवाहन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वम्: his own
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• रूपम्: form
• रूपम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दीप्तिमत्: radiant, blazing
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीप्तिमत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कृत्वा: having made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada, with the main verb's subject

• शरदर्कसमद्युतिḥ: whose splendor is like the autumn sun
• शरदर्कसमद्युतिḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शरद्-अर्क-सम-द्युति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Havyavāhana (Agni)
• brāhmaṇas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When dharma is upheld through sincere, properly performed sacred duty, it gains moral and spiritual efficacy; the divine is portrayed as responding to such integrity by granting confirmation (darśana).

What is happening in the narrative?

Agni (Havyavāhana), taking on a brilliantly radiant form like the autumn sun, appears before the brāhmaṇas and grants them a direct vision of himself.