Chapter 6
यत्र स्नात्वा दक्षशापाद् गृहीतो यक्ष्मणोडुराट् । विमुक्त: किल्बिषात् सद्यो भेजे भूय: कलोदयम् ॥ ३६ ॥
Transliteration
yatra snātvā dakṣa-śāpād gṛhīto yakṣmaṇodu-rāṭ vimuktaḥ kilbiṣāt sadyo bheje bhūyaḥ kalodayam
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
yatra — where; snātvā — taking bath; dakṣa-śāpāt — because of the curse of Prajāpati Dakṣa; gṛhītaḥ — seized; yakṣmaṇā — by consumptive lung disease; uḍu-rāṭ — the king of stars, the moon; vimuktaḥ — freed; kilbiṣāt — from his sinful reaction; sadyaḥ — immediately; bheje — he assumed; bhūyaḥ — once again; kalā — of his phases; udayam — the increasing.
Translation
“Once, the moon was afflicted with consumption because of the curse of Dakṣa, but just by taking bath at Prabhāsa-kṣetra, the moon was immediately freed from his sinful reaction and again resumed the waxing of his phases.”