Verse 40

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In plain words

O Kāmākṣī, the moon's orb is made purer only by its own moonlight, the lotus blooming in autumn's play only by the swans, the sky's round only by the clear, shining hosts of stars; and your face gathers its wealth of beauty only from your holy soft smiles.

Word for word

By moonlight-lustres only purer the night-maker's orb; by swans only in the autumn-play-time blooming the lotus; by clear only shining star-hosts, Kāmākṣī, the disc of the sky; by holy only soft smiles your face nourishes beauty-wealth.