Shloka 8

Devanagari script

प्राणानुपस्पृश्य तदा ह्वाजुहाव दिवाकरम्‌ । आजगाम ततो राजंस्त्वरमाणो दिवाकर:,उसने विधिपूर्वक आचमन और प्राणायाम करके भगवान्‌ दिवाकरका आवाहन किया। राजन! तब भगवान्‌ सूर्य बड़ी उतावलीके साथ वहाँ आये

Transliteration

prāṇān upaspṛśya tadā hvājuhāva divākaram | ājagāma tato rājan tvaramāṇo divākaraḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana nói: Rồi nàng làm lễ súc miệng theo nghi thức và điều tức (prāṇāyāma), đoạn khẩn thỉnh Thần Mặt Trời Divākara. Tâu Đại vương, ngay sau đó Divākara vội vã đến nơi, không chậm trễ chút nào.

Word by Word

प्राणान्breaths / vital airs

उपस्पृश्यhaving touched / having sipped (ācamya)

तदाthen

हindeed (emphatic particle)

आह्वाजुहावhe invoked / called

दिवाकरम्the Sun (lit. maker of day)

आtowards / hither (preverb)

जगामcame

ततःthereupon / from there

राजन्O king

त्वरमाणःhastening

दिवाकरःthe Sun

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Divākara (Sūrya, the Sun-god)

Janamejaya (implied by 'rājan')

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights disciplined approach to seeking divine aid: purification (ācamana), inner regulation (prāṇāyāma), and then a focused invocation. Ethically, it suggests that power or help is approached through self-control and proper conduct rather than impulsiveness.

What is happening in the narrative?

After completing ritual sipping and breath-regulation, a person formally invokes the Sun-god (Divākara). In response, the deity arrives swiftly, indicating the immediacy of divine response to a properly performed, earnest summons.