Shloka 26
Śara-śayyā-sthita-bhīṣma-saṃvāda-prastāvaḥ
The Prelude to Questioning Bhīṣma on the Bed of Arrows
Devanagari script
शीतांशुश्नन्द्र इत्युक्ते लोके को विस्मयिष्यति । तथैव यशसा पूर्णे मयि को विस्मयिष्यति
Transliteration
śītāṃśuś candra iti ukte loke ko vismayiṣyati | tathaiva yaśasā pūrṇe mayi ko vismayiṣyati ||
Translation
伐由说道：“世间若有人说：‘月亮的光辉清凉’，谁会惊异？无人会惊异。同样，若从我——圆满荣耀的主宰——得闻至善的教诲，听者又何必惊讶？”
Word by Word
{'śītāṃśuḥ''the moon
{'śītāṃśuḥ':
‘cool-rayed’ (one whose rays are cool)', 'candraḥ''the moon', 'iti': 'thus
‘cool-rayed’ (one whose rays are cool)', 'candraḥ':
‘so’ (quotative particle)', 'ukte''when said
‘so’ (quotative particle)', 'ukte':
upon being stated (locative absolute sense)', 'loke''in the world
upon being stated (locative absolute sense)', 'loke':
among people', 'kaḥ''who?', 'vismayiṣyati': 'will be astonished
among people', 'kaḥ':
will marvel', 'tathā eva''just so
will marvel', 'tathā eva':
in the same manner', 'yaśasā''with fame, glory, renown (instrumental)', 'pūrṇe': 'full, complete (locative singular
in the same manner', 'yaśasā':
‘in one who is complete’)', 'mayi''in me', 'uttama-upadeśaḥ': 'excellent instruction/teaching (implied by the prose gloss)'}
‘in one who is complete’)', 'mayi':
Speaker
वायुदेव उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
Vāyu (Vāyudeva)C
Candra (the Moon)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Educational Q&A
Do not treat genuine excellence as surprising when it arises from its natural source: wise counsel from a supremely glorious divine being is as expected as cool rays from the moon.
Vāyudeva speaks using an analogy: just as no one marvels at the moon being cool-rayed, one should not be astonished to receive lofty instruction from the Lord who is complete in renown.