candravarṇanam · Chapter 1

tataḥ sa madhyaṃ gatamaṃśumantaṃ
jyotsnāvitānaṃ muhurudvamantam /
dadarśa dhīmān bhuvi bhānumantaṃ
goṣṭhe vṛṣaṃ mattamiva bhramantam //५/५

lokasya pāpāni vināśayantaṃ
mahodadhiṃ cāpi samedhayantam /
bhūtāni sarvāṇi virājayantaṃ
dadarśa śītāṃśumathābhiyāntam //५/५

yā bhāti lakṣmīrbhuvi mandarasthā
yathā pradoṣeṣu ca sāgarasthā /
tathaiva toyeṣu ca puṣkarasthā
rarāja sā cāruniśākarasthā //५/५

haṃso yathā rājatapañjarasthaḥ
siṃho yathā mandarakandarasthaḥ /
vīro yathā garvitakuñjarasthaś
candro'pi babhrāja tathāmbarasthaḥ //५/५

sthitaḥ kakudmāniva tīkṣṇaśṛṅgo
mahācalaḥ śveta ivordhvaśṛṅgaḥ /
hastīva jāmbūnadabaddhaśṛṅgo
vibhāti candraḥ paripūrṇaśṛṅgaḥ //५/५

vinaṣṭaśītāmbutuṣārapaṅko
mahāgrahagrāhavinaṣṭapaṅkaḥ /
prakāśalakṣmyāśrayanirmalāṅko
rarāja candro bhagavāñśaśāṅkaḥ //५/५

śilātalaṃ prāpya yathā mṛgendro
mahāraṇaṃ prāpya yathā gajendraḥ /
rājyaṃ samāsādya yathā narendras
tathāprakāśo virarāja candraḥ //५/५

prakāśacandrodayanaṣṭadoṣaḥ
pravṛddharakṣaḥpiśitāśadoṣaḥ /
rāmābhirāmeritacittadoṣaḥ
svargaprakāśo bhagavān pradoṣaḥ //५/५