Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 15 — Chapter 18
AV 15 18.1
तस्य व्रात्यस्य
tasya vrātyasya
Of that Vrātya:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Of that Vrātya.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 15 18.2
यद् अस्य दक्षिणम् अक्ष्य् असौ स आदित्यो यद् अस्य सव्यम् अक्ष्य् असौ स चन्द्रमाः
yad asya dakṣiṇam akṣy asau sa ādityo yad asya savyam akṣy asau sa candramāḥ
His right eye — that is yonder sun; his left eye — that is yonder moon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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The right eye is the Sun and the left eye is the Moon.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 15 18.3
यो ऽस्य दक्षिणः कर्णो ऽयं सो अग्निर् यो ऽस्य सव्यः कर्णो ऽयं स पवमानः
yo 'sya dakṣiṇaḥ karṇo 'yaṃ so agnir yo 'sya savyaḥ karṇo 'yaṃ sa pavamānaḥ
His right ear — that is this Agni; his left ear — that is this Pavamāna (the purifying wind).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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His right ear is Agni and his left ear is Pavamāna.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 15 18.4
अहोरात्रे नासिके दितिश् चादितिश् च शीर्षकपाले संवत्सरः शिरः
ahorātre nāsike ditiś cāditiś ca śīrṣakapāle saṃvatsaraḥ śiraḥ
Day and night are his two nostrils; Diti and Aditi are the halves of his skull; the year is his head.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Day and Night are his nostrils. Diti and Aditi are his head and skull.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 15 18.5
अह्ना प्रत्यङ् व्रात्यो रात्र्या प्राङ् नमो व्रात्याय
ahnā pratyaṅ vrātyo rātryā prāṅ namo vrātyāya
By day the Vrātya faces west, by night he faces east. Homage to the Vrātya!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
By day the Vrātya is turned westward, by night he is turned eastward. Worship to the Vrātya!
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)