Shloka 25

सोमवर्णनम्

Graha–Ratha–Aśva Varṇana, Dhruva-Nibaddha Gati, Maṇḍala-Pramāṇa, Graha-Arcana

Devanagari script

तस्मादुत्तरमार्गस्थो ह्य् अमावास्यां निशाकरः ददृशे दक्षिणे मार्गे नियमाद्दृश्यते न च

Transliteration

tasmāduttaramārgastho hy amāvāsyāṃ niśākaraḥ dadṛśe dakṣiṇe mārge niyamāddṛśyate na ca

Translation

ゆえに、新月の夜には、ウッタラーヤナ（北行）の道にある月（ニシャーカラ）が見られた。しかし南の道では、宇宙の定めにより、それは見られない。

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore

• uttara-mārga-sthaḥ: situated in the northern path/course

• hi: indeed

• amāvāsyām: on the new-moon day/night

• niśākaraḥ: the Moon (maker of night-light)

• dadṛśe: was seen/appeared

• dakṣiṇe mārge: on the southern path

• niyamāt: by rule/ordinance

• dṛśyate: is seen

• na ca: and not

Speaker

Suta Goswami