Shloka 15
Uttarā-diśā Māhātmya — Suparṇa’s Praise of the Northern Quarter
Suparṇa–Gālava Saṃvāda
Devanagari script
अतः:प्रभृति सूर्यस्य तिर्यगावर्तते गति: । अत्र ज्योतींषि सर्वाणि विशन्त्यादित्यमण्डलम्
Transliteration
ataḥprabhṛti sūryasya tiryagāvartate gatiḥ | atra jyotīṃṣi sarvāṇi viśanty ādityamaṇḍalam |
Translation
自此而后，太阳的行程转为倾斜回旋之路；在此处，诸般光曜尽皆入于日轮之中。
Word by Word
अतःthereafter; from this point
अतः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअतः
प्रभृतिbeginning from
प्रभृति:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रभृति
सूर्यस्यof the Sun
सूर्यस्य:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
तिर्यक्obliquely; transversely
तिर्यक्:
Karana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतिर्यक्
आवर्ततेturns; revolves
आवर्तते:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootआ√वृत्
FormPresent, Indicative, Atmanepada, Third, Singular
गतिःmovement; course
गतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र
ज्योतींषिluminaries; lights (stars etc.)
ज्योतींषि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootज्योतिस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
सर्वाणिall
सर्वाणि:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
विशन्तिenter
विशन्ति:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootवि√श्
FormPresent, Indicative, Parasmaipada, Third, Plural
आदित्य-मण्डलम्the solar orb; Sun's sphere
आदित्य-मण्डलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआदित्य-मण्डल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
Speaker
युपर्ण उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
Sūrya (the Sun/Āditya)Ā
Ādityamaṇḍala (solar orb)J
Jyotīṃṣi (luminaries)Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes niyati/niyama—regulated cosmic law: the Sun and other lights follow an ordained course. By implication, dharma is aligned with order and discipline, not arbitrary action.
The speaker describes a cosmological point or region from which the Sun’s motion becomes a slanting, revolving course, and where all luminaries are said to enter the Sun’s sphere—an explanatory passage about celestial movement.