ददिशङ्ख तुषाराभं क्षीरार्णव समुद्भवम्
ददिशङ्ख तुषाराभं क्षीरार्णव समुद्भवम् ।
नमामि शशिनं सोमं शम्भोर्मकुट भूषणम् ॥ 1 ॥
dadiśaṅkha tuṣārābhaṃ kṣīrārṇava samudbhavam ।
namāmi śaśinaṃ sōmaṃ śambhōrmakuṭa bhūṣaṇam ॥ 1 ॥
I bow to Śaśī, Soma, the jewel of Śambhu's crown, born from the ocean of milk, bright as curd, conch-shell, and snow. (1)
कलाधरः कालहेतुः कामकृत्कामदायकः ।
दशाश्वरध संरूढ दण्डपाणिर्थनुर्धरः ॥ 2 ॥
kaḻādharaḥ kālahētuḥ kāmakṛtkāmadāyakaḥ ।
daśāśvaradha saṃrūḍha daṇḍapāṇirthanurdharaḥ ॥ 2 ॥
The carrier of the phases of time, the cause of time, maker of desire and fulfiller of desire, mounted on a chariot of ten horses, holding a staff and a bow. When the Moon is in affliction, one should worship the Moon; I shall describe the meditation on the Moon for the pacification of mental sorrows. (2-3)
चन्द्रारिष्टेतु सम्प्राप्ते चन्द्र पूजाञ्च कारयेत् ।
चन्द्रध्यानं व्रपक्ष्यामि मनः पीडोशान्तये ॥ 3 ॥
chandrāriṣṭētu samprāptē chandra pūjāñcha kārayēt ।
chandradhyānaṃ vrapakṣyāmi manaḥ pīḍōśāntayē ॥ 3 ॥
The carrier of the phases of time, the cause of time, maker of desire and fulfiller of desire, mounted on a chariot of ten horses, holding a staff and a bow. When the Moon is in affliction, one should worship the Moon; I shall describe the meditation on the Moon for the pacification of mental sorrows. (2-3)
कुन्दपुष्पोज्जलाकारो नयनाज्ज समुद्भवः ।
औदुम्बर नगावास उदारो रोहिणीपतिः ॥ 4 ॥
kundapuṣpōjjalākārō nayanājja samudbhavaḥ ।
audumbara nagāvāsa udārō rōhiṇīpatiḥ ॥ 4 ॥
He whose form blazes brilliant as the kunda flower, born from the eye [of Viṣṇu], dwelling on the udumbara tree, the noble lord of Rohiṇī. (4)
श्वेत माल्याम्बरधरं श्वेतगन्दानुलेपनम् ।
श्वेतच्छत्र धरं देवं तं सोमं प्रणमाम्यहम् ॥ 5 ॥
śvēta mālyāmbaradharaṃ śvētagandānulēpanam ।
śvētachChatra dharaṃ dēvaṃ taṃ sōmaṃ praṇamāmyaham ॥ 5 ॥
I bow to that Soma, the divine one, adorned with white garlands and robes, anointed with white sandal paste, bearing a white parasol. (5)