स्थितः ककुद्मानिव तीक्ष्णशृङ्गो महाजलः श्वेत इवोर्ध्वशृङ्गः। हस्तीव जाम्बूनदबद्धशृङ्गो विभाति चन्द्रः परिपूर्णशृङ्गः॥
sthitaḥ kakudmāniva tīkṣṇaśṛṅgo mahājalaḥ śveta ivordhvaśṛṅgaḥ| hastīva jāmbūnadabaddhaśṛṅgo vibhāti candraḥ paripūrṇaśṛṅgaḥ||
English Meaning
the Moon resembled a sharp-horned bull, or a mighty white-hued hill with towering summits, or an elephant with his horns plated with gold. And with (the mark of) the horn.* *The sun. It is a planet in Hindu cosmogony.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)