Shloka 17
Devanagari script
संसरन्ति दिश: सर्वा यशसो<स्य इवांशव: । उदितस्थेव सूर्यस्य तेजसो5नु गभस्तय:
Transliteration
saṁsaranti diśaḥ sarvā yaśaso 'sya ivāṁśavaḥ | uditasth eva sūryasya tejaso 'nu gabhastayaḥ ||
Translation
અર્જુને કહ્યું—જેમ સૂર્યોદય પછી સૂર્યના તેજને અનુસરી તેની કિરણો સર્વ દિશાઓમાં ફેલાય છે, તેમ જ તેના યશના તેજસ્વી અંશ સર્વ દિશાઓમાં વ્યાપી રહ્યા છે.
Word by Word
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
Speaker
अर्जुन उवाच
Characters & Entities
A
ArjunaS
Sun (Sūrya)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
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.