Vamana Purana — Caturmasya Observances, Shloka 28
The Cāturmāsya Observances and the Sleeping–Awakening Cycle of the Gods (Hari–Hara Worship)
तेनासौ दीप्तिमांश्चन्द्रः परिभूय दिवाकरम् अस्माकमानन्दकरो दिवा तपति सूर्यवत्
tenāsau dīptimāṃścandraḥ paribhūya divākaram asmākamānandakaro divā tapati sūryavat
അതുകൊണ്ട് ആ ദീപ്തിമാൻ ചന്ദ്രൻ സൂര്യനെ മറികടന്ന് ഞങ്ങൾക്ക് ആനന്ദം നൽകുന്നു; പകലിൽ സൂര്യനെപ്പോലെ തപിക്കുന്നു।
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FAQs
Devotion is portrayed as yielding not only personal benefit but also ‘ānanda’ for the world—suggesting that spiritual attainment naturally becomes beneficent and life-sustaining to others.
Sarga-adjacent cosmological framing (talk of luminaries and their powers) presented through an anucarita-style moral causality: worship → splendor → cosmic function.
The Moon ‘surpassing’ the Sun is a poetic reversal to stress that divine grace can elevate beyond expected hierarchies; ‘daytime blazing’ signifies extraordinary empowerment (tejas) granted by Viṣṇu-bhakti.