Golden Gleaming Drop up in the Sky
Completed in July 2008, Bangalore, India
Golden gleaming drop up in the sky,
Chandra, luminous, creator of the night.
Scheduler of rituals, he’s dazzlingly white,
Shining full on Purnima his intoxicating light.
Fair and youthful, a doe-eyed peaceful one,
He’s passion-filled and watery, a cool-rayed silver one.
God who stores the waters and actuates the rain,
Lord of the vegetation, he waxes and he wanes.
God, King Soma, a friend to all the world,
He’s a bliss-filled wanderer, all dressed in white and pearl.
From the tears of Atri Rishi, in joy he was born,
He’s the ruler of all the oceans, he’s God in a lunar form.
Om shram shrim shraum sa chandra namah.
Om dadi shankatu sharabam shiro darnawa samatbawam
Namami shashinam somam shambo murkata bushanam
Om chandraya namah Om som somaya namah.
Chandra, luminous, creator of the night.
Scheduler of rituals, he’s dazzlingly white,
Shining full on Purnima his intoxicating light.
Fair and youthful, a doe-eyed peaceful one,
He’s passion-filled and watery, a cool-rayed silver one.
God who stores the waters and actuates the rain,
Lord of the vegetation, he waxes and he wanes.
God, King Soma, a friend to all the world,
He’s a bliss-filled wanderer, all dressed in white and pearl.
From the tears of Atri Rishi, in joy he was born,
He’s the ruler of all the oceans, he’s God in a lunar form.
Om shram shrim shraum sa chandra namah.
Om dadi shankatu sharabam shiro darnawa samatbawam
Namami shashinam somam shambo murkata bushanam
Om chandraya namah Om som somaya namah.