न चास्माकं निशानाथ ऋतुमात्रमपि प्रभो । प्रयच्छति पुनस्तेन युष्मत्पार्श्वं समागताः
na cāsmākaṃ niśānātha ṛtumātramapi prabho | prayacchati punastena yuṣmatpārśvaṃ samāgatāḥ
اے مالک! رات کا ناتھ، چندرما، ہمیں اپنی صحبت کا ایک موسم بھر کا حصہ بھی نہیں دیتا؛ اسی لیے ہم پھر آپ کے پاس حاضر ہوئے ہیں۔
Dakṣa's daughters (Nakṣatras)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (addressed as Mahādevī in nearby verse)
Scene: The many wives of the Moon plead before Dakṣa: their faces show neglect and longing, hands folded, describing how Candra grants them no season’s share of companionship.
Fair distribution and fidelity to agreed duty are dhārmic; neglecting them causes suffering and social/cosmic imbalance.
The complaint is part of the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya’s sacred narrative frame.
None; the verse concerns relational obligation (dharma) rather than a rite.