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The glorious Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Sundara Kāṇḍa, fifth canto. Then the wise one saw the radiant moon, which had reached mid-sky, repeatedly pouring forth a canopy of moonlight, moving across the earth like an intoxicated bull in a cattle pen.
He then saw the moon approaching, destroying the sins of the world, increasing the great ocean, and causing all beings to shine.
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Sanskrit · 5.5.p12551
या भाति लक्ष्मीर्भुवि मन्दरस्था
यथा प्रदोषेषु च सागरस्था।
तथैव तोयेषु च पुष्करस्था
रराज सा चारुनिशाकरस्था॥ ३॥
English · Meaning
That which shines—the Goddess of Fortune stationed upon Mount Mandara, as she is in the ocean at twilight and likewise upon a lotus in the waters—shone there, stationed in the beautiful moon.
As a swan situated in a silver cage, as a lion situated in a cave of Mount Mandara, and as a hero situated upon a proud elephant, so too the moon shone, situated in the sky.
The moon stands forth like a hump-backed bull with a sharp horn, like a great white mountain with an upward-pointing peak, and like an elephant with a tusk bound in gold; with its full, rounded orb, it shines.
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