शमसंसक्तमनसां महतां गुणशालिनाम् । उदेति निर्वृतिश्चित्ताज्ज्योत्स्नेव सितरोचिषः ॥ ८२ ॥
śamasaṁsaktamanasāṁ mahatāṁ guṇaśālinām | udēti nirvṛtiścittājjyōtsnēva sitarōciṣaḥ || 82 ||
Translation
In the great, rich in virtue, whose minds cling to peace, happiness rises from the heart, like moonlight from the white-rayed moon.
Word by word
- śama
- to peace
- saṁsakta
- cling
- manasāṁ
- whose minds
- mahatāṁ
- in the great
- guṇa
- in virtue
- śālinām
- rich
- udēti
- rises
- nirvṛtiś
- (nirvṛtiḥ) happiness
- cittāt
- from the heart
- jyōtsnā
- moonlight
- iva
- like
- sita
- white
- rōciṣaḥ
- from the rayed moon
Meaning
Moonlight is not made by the moon for an occasion. It is what the moon is, seen from the outside. Nirvṛti, the happiness of fulfilment, rises in such people in the same way, cittāt, from their own hearts. It owes nothing to what happens.