Shloka 6

सूर्यरथनिर्णयः (चन्द्रस्य पक्षवृद्धिक्षयविधानम्)

Devanagari script

आपूरयन् सुषुम्नेन भागं भागमनुक्रमात् इत्येषा सूर्यवीर्येण चन्द्रस्याप्यायिता तनुः

Transliteration

āpūrayan suṣumnena bhāgaṃ bhāgamanukramāt ityeṣā sūryavīryeṇa candrasyāpyāyitā tanuḥ

Translation

சுஷும்னா வழியாக ஒவ்வொரு பகுதியையும் முறையே நிரப்பி—இவ்வாறு சூரியத்தின் வீரியத்தால் சந்திரனின் உடல் போஷிக்கப்பட்டு பெருகுகிறது.

Word by Word

• आपूरयन्: filling, saturating

• सुषुम्नेन: through the Suṣumnā (central nāḍī)

• भागं भागम्: portion by portion

• अनुक्रमात्: sequentially, in due order

• इति: thus

• एषा: this

• सूर्यवीर्येण: by the Sun’s vigor/potency

• चन्द्रस्य: of the Moon

• अप्यायिता: nourished, increased, made to wax

• तनुः: body, form

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana’s teaching to the sages; internal yogic-cosmic explanation)