The Moon is always seen to decrease and once more increase. Seeing this decrease and increase that go on repeatedly, I do not wish to have a form of existence in which there are such changes.
क्षीयते हि सदा सोमः पुनश्चैवाभिपूर्यते। नेच्छाम्येवं विदित्वैते ह्रासवृद्धी पुनः पुनः॥