Sanskrit quote nr. 29 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अकलङ्कान्तिके कान्तिः केति कालङ्कलङ्किनः ।
अरुणे तरुणे मस्या धावं कामयते शशी ॥akalaṅkāntike kāntiḥ keti kālaṅkalaṅkinaḥ |
aruṇe taruṇe masyā dhāvaṃ kāmayate śaśī ||⏒⏒⏒⏒¦⏑⎼⎼⏒¦¦⏒⏒⏒⏒¦⏑⎼⏑⏒¦¦
⏒⏒⏒⏒¦⏑⎼⎼⏒¦¦⏒⏒⏒⏒¦⏑⎼⏑⏒¦¦Meter name: Śloka; Type: pathyā (‘normal’); 8 syllables per quarter (pāda).
Primary English translation:
“The moon desires to cleanse his dark spot in the young (morning) sun, as otherwise his brilliance is nowhere near one who is spotless.”
(translation by A. A. Ramanathan)
