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## The Thirty-Fifth Chapter
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The people, with their eyes opened in that dense darkness, could not see anything in front of them, being deluded by false perception. ||171||
Forced by the darkness, the people were agitated within, their vision failing them, so they considered sleep to be the best option. ||172||
The lamps, lit in every house, were shining brightly, as if countless needles were prepared to pierce the dense darkness. ||173||
At that moment, the moon, destroying the darkness with its radiant rays, rose, as if bathing the world in milk. ||174||
That moon, rising to bring joy to the world, was like a noble king, for just as a noble king holds his entire kingdom with love, so too does the moon hold its entire disc with radiance. And just as a noble king spreads his power throughout his kingdom, so too does the moon spread its rays throughout the world. ||175||
Seeing the moon, marked with the symbol of a deer, the darkness fled, even though it was vast, just as a large herd of elephants flees upon seeing a lion that has captured a deer. ||176||
The group of moonbeams, with rows of stars spread out, appeared like a flow of the sky-ocean, filled with bubbles, pouring down from above. ||177||
Like a young swan, the moon, searching for the seaweed of darkness, was swimming in the sky-lake, filled with swan-like stars. ||178||
Destroying all darkness and filling the world with its rays, the moon made the entire world like nectar at that time. ||179||
Even after removing the darkness, the moon remained stained. This is right, because natural darkness is very difficult to overcome, even for great men. ||180||
This must be a woman who is wearing a blue garment and adorned with shining pearls. ||170||