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तमसा ग्रस्तवद्भानादग्रस्तोऽपि रविर्जनैः ।ग्रस्त इत्युच्यते भ्रान्त्या ह्यज्ञात्वा वस्तुलक्षणम् ॥ ५४८ ॥

tamasā grastavadbhānādagrasto’pi ravirjanaiḥ ;grasta ityucyate bhrāntyā hyajñātvā vastulakṣaṇam . 548 .

Anvaya

सुखं चsukhaṃ ca
Happiness
दुःखं चduḥkhaṃ ca
misery
शुभाशुभे चśubhāśubhe ca
and also good and bad
स्थूल–आदि–सम्बन्ध–वतःsthūla–ādi–sambandha–vataḥ
are for the person associated with the gross and other bodies
अभिमानिनःabhimāninaḥ
for the one identifying with them
मुनेःmuneḥ
For the sage
सद्–आत्मनःsad–ātmanaḥ
abiding as pure existence
विद्वस्त–बन्धस्यvidvasta–bandhasya
for the one who has cut off the bondages
कुतःkutaḥ
where
शुभं फलं वाśubhaṃ phalaṃ vā
the fruit of either good
अपि अशुभं वाapi aśubhaṃ vā
or bad?

Translation

The Sun, appearing as though swallowed by darkness, is alleged by deluded people to have been swallowed, not knowing the real nature of the Sun.

Annotation

Incidentally, we may note that the reality of solar eclipse (though the puranic version was that the Sun was swallowed by Rahu) was known by the time of Sri Shankara.

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