Shloka 80

Vānaprastha-dharma and Tapas: Śiva–Umā Saṃvāda

Forest-Stage Discipline and Austerity

Devanagari script

वर्षासु दीपदानेन शशिवच्छो भते नर:

Transliteration

varṣāsu dīpadānena śaśivac chobhate naraḥ

Translation

ສັກຣະ (Śakra) ກ່າວວ່າ: ຜູ້ໃດຖວາຍປະທີບ (ໄຟບູຊາ) ໃນລະດູຝົນ ຜູ້ນັ້ນຈະສ່ອງສະຫວ່າງດັ່ງດວງຈັນ—ເປັນແຫຼ່ງແສງສະຫວ່າງ ແລະການນໍາທາງທີ່ເຫັນໄດ້ ທ່າມກາງຄວາມມືດ ແລະຄວາມລໍາບາກ. ຄໍາສອນນີ້ຍົກຍ້ອງທານທີ່ຖືກການເວລາ ເມື່ອເງື່ອນໄຂຫຍຸ້ງຍາກ.

Word by Word

• वर्षासु: in the rainy season(s)
• वर्षासु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्षा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Plural

• दीपदानेन: by (the act of) giving a lamp
• दीपदानेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीपदान
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• शशिवत्: like the moon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शशिवत्

• शोभते: shines / appears splendid
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुभ्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

शक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• lamp (dīpa)
• moon (śaśin)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Timely charity is especially meritorious: giving light (lamps) in the rainy season symbolizes relieving others’ difficulty and making oneself radiant in virtue, like the moon that brightens darkness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Indra (Śakra) is describing the फल (result) of a specific act of dāna: donating lamps during the rains. He frames it as a dharmic practice whose visible metaphor is lunar radiance.