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There is no enmity, we may say, between the sunlotus and the moon. But the plain fact is: the moon pours (or confers) beauty (lit. happiness) into the moon-lotus, the rival of the sun-lotus.
USĀNIRUDDHA
Twofold is the cause of enmity of the day-lotus towards the night-lotus: Common birth-place and equal regard shown by the bees!
"I am the abode of Lakṣmi and am born of the navel of Lakṣmīnātha (i.e., Viṣṇu)" thinking thus does the day-lotus regard itself superior to the night-lotus?
The hostility entertained by the great towards the low is indeed a matter of laughter (or ridiculous)! O, the ignorance of the day-lotus that is hostile to the night-lotus !
The day-lotus, although the pleasure-house of Laksmi, is really unfortunate. For it can never have the pleasure (or opportunity) of looking at the moon, the delight to the eyes of all.
When even an inanimate moon-stone oozes at the light touch of the moon, is it any wonder that the heart of us (all), who are animate, melts at the moon-rise?
Pre-eminent amongst the appreciative is the cakora, none else. (For he alone has taste for the nectar-rays of the moon.)
Do you bow, O lovely one, to the moon, who has been churned out of the ocean along with Laksmi, Kaustubha, the Pārijāta tree, and Airavata (elephant). He is the crest-jewel in the long and matted hair of
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