Shloka 15

Devanagari script

प्रकाशितस्त्वं स्वगुणैर्यशोगर्भगभस्तिभि: । शशाड्ककरसंस्पर्शै्द्यैरात्मप्रकाशितै:

Transliteration

prakāśitastvaṁ svaguṇair yaśo-garbha-gabhastibhiḥ | śaśāṅka-kara-saṁsparśair yair ātma-prakāśitaiḥ ||

Translation

برہمن نے کہا—تم اپنی ہی خوبیوں سے روشن ہو؛ نیک نامی کی وہ خود تاباں کرنیں جو چاندنی کی طرح نرم اور فرحت بخش لمس رکھتی ہیں، تمہیں منور کرتی ہیں۔ تمہاری فضیلت ہی تمہیں تابناک بناتی ہے اور قریب آنے والوں کے دلوں میں سکون اور رفعت پیدا کرتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• प्रकाशितः: made manifest; illumined
• प्रकाशितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रकाशित (प्र+काश्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वगुणैः: by (your) own virtues
• स्वगुणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वगुण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• यशोगर्भगभस्तिभिः: by rays whose core is fame (i.e., fame-filled beams)
• यशोगर्भगभस्तिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशोगर्भगभस्ति
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• शशाङ्ककरसंस्पर्शैः: by touches like the moon’s rays
• शशाङ्ककरसंस्पर्शैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शशाङ्ककरसंस्पर्श
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• यैः: by which
• यैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• आत्मप्रकाशितैः: self-luminous; self-illuminating
• आत्मप्रकाशितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आत्मप्रकाशित
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ब्राह्मण (Brāhmaṇa, speaker)
• शशाङ्क/चन्द्रमा (the Moon)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True radiance comes from inner virtue: good qualities generate ‘self-luminous’ renown that naturally comforts and benefits others, like the cool touch of moonlight.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Brāhmaṇa addresses someone with respectful praise, using the metaphor of moonbeams to describe how the person’s virtues and good fame shine on their own and bring soothing influence to those around them.