नूनमस्तंगतो यत्र तृष्णाकृष्णनिशाक्रमः ।पुण्यानि तत्र वर्धन्ते शुक्लपक्ष इवेन्दवः
In plain words
Surely, wherever the dark night-march of tṛṣṇā has set, there puṇyas increase, as the moon waxes through the bright fortnight.
नूनमस्तंगतो यत्र तृष्णाकृष्णनिशाक्रमः ।पुण्यानि तत्र वर्धन्ते शुक्लपक्ष इवेन्दवः
Surely, wherever the dark night-march of tṛṣṇā has set, there puṇyas increase, as the moon waxes through the bright fortnight.