tvam yaksmana balavatasi grhita indo

ksinas tamo na nija-didhitibhih ksinosi

kaccin mukunda-gaditani yatha vayam tvam

vismrtya bhoh sthagita-gir upalaksyase nah

 

Translation by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada:

 

My dear moon, having contracted a severe case of tuberculosis, you have become so emaciated that you fail to dispel the darkness with your rays. Or is it that you appear dumbstruck because, like us, you cannot remember the encouraging promises Mukunda once made to you?