Shloka 3

Devanagari script

शाल्मलिं चैव तत्त्वेन क्रौज्चद्वीपं तथैव च । ब्रूहि गावल्गणे सर्व राहो: सोमार्कयोस्तथा,गवल्गणकुमार संजय! इसी प्रकार शाल्मलिद्वीप, क्रौंचद्वीप तथा सूर्य, चन्द्रमा एवं राहुसे सम्बन्ध रखनेवाली सब बातोंका यथार्थरूपसे प्रतिपादन करो

Transliteration

śālmalīṁ caiva tattvena krauñcadvīpaṁ tathaiva ca | brūhi gāvalgaṇe sarvaṁ rāhoḥ somārkayostathā ||

Translation

并请你如实叙述娑罗摩梨洲，以及同样的鸠槃荼洲。噢，伽瓦尔伽那之子三阇耶，也请详尽说明罗睺之事，以及他与月与日的关联。

Word by Word

शाल्मलिम्Śālmalī (island/continent)

चand

एवindeed/just

तत्त्वेनin truth; accurately

क्रौञ्चद्वीपम्Krauñca-dvīpa (island/continent)

तथाthus/likewise

एवindeed/also

चand

ब्रूहिtell; explain

गावल्गणेO Gāvalgaṇa

सर्वम्all (of it)

राहोःof Rāhu

सोमार्कयोःof the Moon and the Sun

तथाand likewise; also

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Gāvalgaṇa

Śālmalī-dvīpa

Krauñca-dvīpa

Rāhu

Soma (Moon)

Arka (Sun)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights disciplined inquiry and faithful transmission of knowledge: the listener asks for a precise (tattvena) account, emphasizing accuracy and completeness in explaining traditional cosmology and celestial phenomena.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, addressed as Gāvalgaṇa’s son, is requested to describe specific dvīpas (Śālmalī and Krauñca) and to explain the account of Rāhu in relation to the Sun and Moon—setting up a cosmographical and astronomical digression within the parva.