The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Viṣṇusahasranāmastotram

Verse 343

मध्यमाने पयोनिधौ अमृतांशोश्चन्द्रस्य उद्भवो यस्मात् सः अमृतांशुद्भवः ।भातीति भानुः, 'तमेव भान्तम्' इत्यादिश्रुतेः ।शश इव बिन्दुर्लाञ्छनमस्येति शशबिन्दुः ।चन्द्रः तद्वत्प्रजाः पुष्णातीति शशबिन्दुः, 'पुष्णामि चौषधीः सर्वाः सोमो भूत्वा रसात्मकः' इति भगवद्वचनात् ।सुराणां देवानां शोभनदातॄणां च ईश्वरः सुरेश्वरः ।संसाररोगभेषजत्वात् औषधम् ।जगतां समुत्तारणहेतुत्वात् असंभेदकारणत्वाद्वा सेतुवत् वर्णाश्रमादीनां जगतः सेतुः, 'एष सेतुर्विधरण एषां लोकानामसंभेदाय' इति श्रुतेः ।सत्या अवि

In plain words

From the churning of the ocean of milk arose the nectar-rayed moon, making Him Amṛtāṃśudbhava, the source of the moon. He shines, hence Bhānu, as the śruti declares: 'Him shining, everything shines after Him.' Because the mark of a hare is on Him, He is Śaśabindu; and like the moon that nourishes subjects, He is Śaśabindu, echoing the divine promise: 'I become the sap-filled Soma and nourish all herbs.' As the lord of the beneficent deities, He is Sureśvara. Because He is the healing balm for the disease of worldly existence, He is Auṣadha. Because He is the means to cross over and the safeguard preventing the confusion of castes and stages of life, acting like a dam for the universe—as the scripture states, 'This bridge is the sustainer to prevent the confusion of these worlds'—He is Setu.

Close to the Sanskrit

When the ocean of milk is being churned, the emergence of the moon whose rays are nectar from which it is Amṛtāṃśudbhava. He shines thus, so Bhānu, from the śruti text 'Him alone shining'; having a hare-mark like a mark is Śaśabindu. Nourishing subjects like that because Chandra, based on the Lord's statement 'I nourish all herbs becoming Soma of liquid essence'. Lord of the auspicious givers is Sureśvara. Because He is medicine for the disease of samsara, Auṣadha. Because He is the cause of complete crossing and cause of non-confusion of the worlds like a bridge for varnas and ashramas and the world, 'This bridge is the sustainer for the non-confusion of these worlds', from the śruti. By true avi...