विचारशमसत्सङ्गसन्तोषवति मानवे । प्रवर्तन्ते प्रपूर्णेन्दौ सौन्दर्याद्या गुणा इव ॥ २५ ॥
vicāraśamasatsaṅgasantōṣavati mānavē | pravartantē prapūrṇēndau saundaryādyā guṇā iva || 25 ||
Translation
In a man endowed with inquiry, peace, good company and contentment, the virtues arise as beauty and the rest arise in the full moon.
Word by word
- vicāra
- with inquiry
- śama
- peace
- satsaṅga
- good company
- santōṣa
- and contentment
- vati
- endowed
- mānavē
- in a man
- pravartantē
- arise
- pra
- quite
- pūrṇa
- full
- indau
- in the moon
- saundarya
- beauty
- ādyā
- (ādyāḥ) and the rest
- guṇā
- (guṇāḥ) the virtues
- iva
- as
Meaning
Another commentary names the virtues: serenity and the rest. The full moon does not acquire its beauty piece by piece; beauty belongs to its fullness. The virtues come to the one who has these four in the same way, as part of the fullness.