udyat - rising; candra - with the moon; niśā - nighttime; vaktraḥ - whose face; pravāla - of new sprouts; stabaka - and blossoms; ālibhiḥ - with rows; gopa - being hidden; druma - of the trees; latā - and creepers; jālaiḥ - along with the multitude; tatra - there; āsīt - appeared; kusuma-ākaraḥ - the spring season.

Springtime then appeared in Mārkaṇḍeya’s āśrama. Indeed, the evening sky, glowing with the light of the rising moon, became the very face of spring, and sprouts and fresh blossoms virtually covered the multitude of trees and creepers.