yatra snātvā dakṣa-śāpād
gṛhīto yakṣmaṇodu-rāṭ
vimuktaḥ kilbiṣāt sadyo
bheje bhūyaḥ kalodayam

 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.


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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.

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