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
毗湿摩说道：其时，具福德的哈维耶瓦哈那（阿耆尼，火神）向他们显现。祂现出自身光辉之相，炽然如秋日之阳，赐予那些婆罗门得见其身——以此印证其仪轨之清净与如实履行职责之真理力量。
Word by Word
तान्them
तान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
दर्शयामासcaused (them) to see; showed; granted दर्शन
दर्शयामास:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormPerfect (Periphrastic), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, Yes
तदाthen
तदा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा
भगवान्the Blessed Lord
भगवान्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभगवत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हव्यवाहनःHavyavāhana (Agni, carrier of oblations)
हव्यवाहनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootहव्यवाहन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
स्वम्his own
स्वम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootस्व
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
रूपम्form
रूपम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरूप
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
दीप्तिमत्radiant, blazing
दीप्तिमत्:
TypeAdjective
Rootदीप्तिमत्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
कृत्वाhaving made
कृत्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada, with the main verb's subject
शरदर्कसमद्युतिḥwhose splendor is like the autumn sun
शरदर्कसमद्युतिḥ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootशरद्-अर्क-सम-द्युति
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaH
Havyavāhana (Agni)B
brāhmaṇasCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
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).
Agni (Havyavāhana), taking on a brilliantly radiant form like the autumn sun, appears before the brāhmaṇas and grants them a direct vision of himself.