'Twas Chaitra's ninth returning day.[130]

The moon within that mansion shone

Which Aditi looks kindly on.

Raised to their apex in the sky

Five brilliant planets beamed on high.

Shone with the moon, in Cancer's sign,

Vṛihaspati[131] with light divine.

Kauśalyá bore an infant blest

With heavenly marks of grace impressed;

Ráma, the universe's lord,