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Shloka 17

संसरन्ति दिश: सर्वा यशसो<स्य इवांशव: । उदितस्थेव सूर्यस्य तेजसो5नु गभस्तय:,जैसे सूर्योदय होनेपर सूर्यके तेजके पश्चात्‌ उनकी किरणें समस्त दिशाओंमें फैल जाती हैं, उसी प्रकार इनके सुयशके साथ-साथ उसकी सुधाधवल किरणें समस्त दिशाओंमें छा रही हैं

saṁsaranti diśaḥ sarvā yaśaso 'sya ivāṁśavaḥ | uditasth eva sūryasya tejaso 'nu gabhastayaḥ ||

Arjuna sprach: „Wie beim Sonnenaufgang die Strahlen, die dem Glanz der Sonne folgen, sich in alle Richtungen ausbreiten, so breitet sich auch der Glanz des Ruhmes dieses Mannes überall aus—sein makelloser, nektarweiß leuchtender Ruhm begleitet seinen Namen.“

संसरन्तिmove about, spread
संसरन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootसं√सृ
FormLat (Present), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada
दिशःdirections
दिशः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदिश्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
सर्वाःall
सर्वाः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
यशसःof fame
यशसः:
TypeNoun
Rootयशस्
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
अस्यof him/this (his)
अस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
इवas if, like
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
अंशवःrays
अंशवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअंशु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
उदितस्यof the risen (having arisen)
उदितस्य:
TypeAdjective
Rootउदित
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
इवas if, like
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
सूर्यस्यof the sun
सूर्यस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
तेजसःof radiance/splendour
तेजसः:
TypeNoun
Rootतेजस्
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
अनुafter, following
अनु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु
गभस्तयःrays, beams
गभस्तयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगभस्ति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural

अर्जुन उवाच

A
Arjuna
S
Sun (Sūrya)

Educational Q&A

True merit and righteous conduct generate a fame that naturally spreads everywhere, like sunlight at dawn—suggesting that ethical excellence becomes self-evident and widely acknowledged without force.

Arjuna is praising a person’s widespread renown, using a simile: just as the sun’s rays spread in all directions after sunrise, so this individual’s pure, bright fame is said to pervade all quarters.