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

Śakra (Đế Thích) nói: “Ai dâng cúng đèn trong mùa mưa thì sẽ rạng ngời như vầng trăng—trở thành nguồn sáng và sự dẫn đường hữu hình giữa bóng tối và gian nan. Lời dạy này ca ngợi bố thí đúng lúc, đem lợi ích cho người khác khi hoàn cảnh khó khăn.”

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.