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
释迦罗（Śakra，帝释）说道：“在雨季施灯者，光辉如月——于黑暗与艰难之中，成为可见的光明与指引之源。此教诲称赞适时之布施，尤在境况困厄时能利益众生。”
Word by Word
वर्षासुin the rainy season(s)
वर्षासु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवर्षा
FormFeminine, Locative, Plural
दीपदानेनby (the act of) giving a lamp
दीपदानेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootदीपदान
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
शशिवत्like the moon
शशिवत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशशिवत्
शोभतेshines / appears splendid
शोभते:
TypeVerb
Rootशुभ्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
नरःa man
नरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
शक्र उवाच
Characters & Entities
Ś
Śakra (Indra)L
lamp (dīpa)M
moon (śaśin)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
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.
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.