आययौ भुवनं तेजःक्षीरपूरेण पूरयन् । रसायनमयाकारः शशिक्षीरार्णवो नभः ॥ २७ ॥
āyayau bhuvanaṁ tējaḥkṣīrapūrēṇa pūrayan | rasāyanamayākāraḥ śaśikṣīrārṇavō nabhaḥ || 27 ||
Translation
The moon, an ocean of milk in the sky, came, filling the world with a flood of the milk of its light, its form made of the nectar of life.
Word by word
- āyayau
- came
- bhuvanaṁ
- the world
- tējaḥ
- of its light
- kṣīra
- of the milk; of milk
- pūrēṇa
- with a flood
- pūrayan
- filling
- rasāyana
- of the nectar of life
- maya
- made
- ākāraḥ
- its form
- śaśi
- the moon
- arṇavō
- (arṇavaḥ) an ocean
- nabhaḥ
- in the sky
Meaning
Moonlight as milk is an old figure; rasāyana is the elixir that renews life, and the moon was held to be its store. After the blindness of the dark, the world is filled again.