Shloka 5

नागैः सह ब्राह्मणस्य अतिथिधर्म-व्रतसंवादः | The Brahmin’s Vow and the Nāgas’ Hospitality Appeal

Devanagari script

या हि सूर्यसहस्रस्य समस्तस्य भवेद्‌ झद्युतिः । स्थानस्य सा भवेत्‌ तस्य स्वयं तेन विराजता

Transliteration

yā hi sūryasahasrasya samastasya bhaved jadyutiḥ | sthānasya sā bhavet tasya svayaṃ tena virājatā ||

Translation

那罗陀说道：“若千个太阳汇聚一处，其所生光辉如何——那处所在的庄严光耀亦复如是；因为主亲自安坐其间，以自身照耀彼处。”

Word by Word

• या: which (that)
• या: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• सूर्य-सहस्रस्य: of a thousand suns
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य-सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• समस्तस्य: of the whole/combined (mass)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समस्त
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• भवेत्: might be/would be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यत्: whatever/that which
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• द्युतिः: splendour/radiance
• द्युतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्युति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• स्थानस्य: of the place
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• सा: that (same)
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• भवेत्: would be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तस्य: of that (place/person)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• स्वयम्: himself/itself
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम्

• तेन: by him/thereby
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• विराजता: by (him) shining/being resplendent
• विराजता: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-राज्
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Sūrya (the Sun)
• Bhagavān (the Lord, implied by context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that the highest splendor is the sanctifying radiance of the Divine presence: a place becomes supremely luminous and venerable not by external light, but because the Lord Himself abides there.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is describing the extraordinary brilliance of the Lord’s abode or seat, comparing it to the combined radiance of a thousand suns to convey overwhelming, transcendent majesty.