That tender feeling began to grow in the heart of the great saint, like the moon gradually increasing in the light fortnight.
ववृधे हि ततस्तस्य हृदि कामो महात्मनः॥ यथा शुक्लस्य पक्षस्य प्रवृत्तौ चन्द्रमाः शनैः।