Shloka 5

सूर्यरथनिर्णयः (चन्द्रस्य पक्षवृद्धिक्षयविधानम्)

Devanagari script

देवैः पीतं क्षये सोमम् आप्याययति नित्यशः पीतं पञ्चदशाहं तु रश्मिनैकेन भास्करः

Transliteration

devaiḥ pītaṃ kṣaye somam āpyāyayati nityaśaḥ pītaṃ pañcadaśāhaṃ tu raśminaikena bhāskaraḥ

Translation

Wenn Soma (der Mond) schwindet—gleichsam von den Devas „getrunken“—, nährt Bhāskara (die Sonne) ihn unablässig erneut; fünfzehn Tage lang füllt die Sonne mit einem einzigen Strahl das Verzehrte wieder auf.

Word by Word

• देवैः: by the gods (Devas)

• पीतम्: drunk/consumed

• क्षये: in the waning/diminution

• सोमम्: Soma, the Moon

• आप्याययति: nourishes, makes grow, replenishes

• नित्यशः: continually, always

• पीतम्: drunk/consumed

• पञ्चदशाहम्: for fifteen days

• तु: indeed/but

• रश्मिना: by a ray

• एकेन: by one/single

• भास्करः: Bhāskara, the Sun

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmic order as taught in the Purana)