Shloka 9

सूर्यरथनिर्णयः (चन्द्रस्य पक्षवृद्धिक्षयविधानम्)

Devanagari script

संभृतं त्वर्धमासेन ह्य् अमृतं सूर्यतेजसा पानार्थममृतं सोमं पौर्णमास्यामुपासते

Transliteration

saṃbhṛtaṃ tvardhamāsena hy amṛtaṃ sūryatejasā pānārthamamṛtaṃ somaṃ paurṇamāsyāmupāsate

Translation

太陽の光輝によって半月のあいだに集められた甘露、それがソーマである。その不死の精髄を飲むために、人々は満月の夜（パウルナマーシー）にソーマを礼拝する。

Word by Word

• saṃbhṛtam: accumulated, gathered

• tu: indeed

• ardha-māsena: in/over half a month (a fortnight)

• hi: surely

• amṛtam: nectar, deathless essence

• sūrya-tejasā: by the radiance/power of the Sun

• pāna-artham: for the purpose of drinking

• amṛtam: nectar/immortal essence

• somam: Soma (Moon, Soma-deity)

• paurṇamāsyām: on the full-moon day/night

• upāsate: they worship, they venerate

Speaker

Suta Goswami