एवं चन्द्रमा अर्कगभस्तिभ्य उपरिष्टाल्लक्षयोजनत उपलभ्यमानोऽर्कस्य संवत्सरभुक्तिं पक्षाभ्यां मासभुक्तिं सपादर्क्षाभ्यां दिनेनैव पक्षभुक्तिमग्रचारी द्रुततरगमनो भुङ्क्ते ॥ ८ ॥
evam candrama arka-gabhastibhya uparistal laksa-yojanata upalabhyamano ’rkasya samvatsara-bhuktim paksabhyam masa-bhuktim sapadarksabhyam dinenaiva paksa-bhuktim agracari drutatara-gamano bhunkte.
- evam
- thus
- candrama
- the moon
- arka-gabhastibhyah
- from the rays of the sunshine
- uparistat
- above
- laksa-yojanatah
- by a measurement of 100,000 yojanas
- upalabhyamanah
- being situated
- arkasya
- of the sun globe
- samvatsara-bhuktim
- the passage of one year of enjoyment
- paksabhyam
- by two fortnights
- masa-bhuktim
- the passage of one month
- sapada-rksabhyam
- by two and a quarter days
- dinena
- by a day
- eva
- only
- paksa-bhuktim
- the passage of a fortnight
- agracari
- moving impetuously
- druta-tara-gamanah
- passing more speedily
- bhunkte
- passes through
Above the rays of the sunshine by a distance of 100,000 yojanas (800,000 miles) is the moon, which travels at a speed faster than that of the sun. In two lunar fortnights the moon travels through the equivalent of a samvatsara of the sun, in two and a quarter days it passes through a month of the sun, and in one day it passes through a fortnight of the sun.