निवृत्ताकाशशयनाः पुष्यनीता हिमारुणाः। शीतवृद्धतरायामास्त्रियामा यान्ति साम्प्रतम्॥ रविसंक्रांन्तसौभाग्यस्तुषारारुणमण्डलः। निःश्वासान्ध इवादर्शश्चन्द्रमा न प्रकाशते॥ ज्योत्स्ना तुषारमलिना पौर्णमास्यां न राजते। सीतेव चातपश्यामा लक्ष्यते न च शोभते॥
nivṛttākāśaśayanāḥ puṣyanītā himāruṇāḥ| śītavṛddhatarāyāmāstriyāmā yānti sāmpratam|| ravisaṃkrāṃntasaubhāgyastuṣārāruṇamaṇḍalaḥ| niḥśvāsāndha ivādarśaścandramā na prakāśate|| jyotsnā tuṣāramalinā paurṇamāsyāṃ na rājate| sīteva cātapaśyāmā lakṣyate na ca śobhate||
English Meaning
And now at night people cannot lie down in unsheltered places; and the nights are inferred from the presence of Pusya And at night the atmosphere (being covered with vapour) looks brown; and it is bitter cold then; and the hours are long And the good fortune of the Moon has fallen to the Sun; and the disc of the former is reddish with vapour; and like to a glass breathed upon, it dose not shine clearly. And the moonlight furnished by vapour dose not appear pleasant; and like Sītā pallid because of exposure to) sunshine, is perceptible, but dose not look beauteous,
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)