Brahmanda Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 23
BndP 1 23.1
सूत उवाच सरथो ऽधिष्ठितो देवैरादित्यैर्मुनिभिस्तथा । गन्धर्वैरप्सरोभिश्च ग्रामणीसर्पराक्षसैः
sūta uvāca saratho 'dhiṣṭhito devairādityairmunibhistathā / gandharvairapsarobhiśca grāmaṇīsarparākṣasaiḥ
Sūta said: The chariot is occupied by gods, by Ādityas and by sages, by gandharvas and apsarases, by troop-leaders, serpents and rākṣasas.
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BndP 1 23.2
एते वसंति वै सूर्ये द्वौ द्वौ मासौ क्रमेण तु । धातार्ऽयमा पुलस्त्यश्च पुलहश्च प्रजापतिः
ete vasaṃti vai sūrye dvau dvau māsau krameṇa tu / dhātār'yamā pulastyaśca pulahaśca prajāpatiḥ
These dwell in the sun, two by two, each for two months in turn: Dhātṛ and Aryaman, and Pulastya, and Pulaha the lord of creatures,
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BndP 1 23.3
एरावतो वासुकिश्च कंसो भीमश्च तावुभौ । रथकृच्च रथौजाश्च यक्षावेतावुदा त्दृतौ
erāvato vāsukiśca kaṃso bhīmaśca tāvubhau / rathakṛcca rathaujāśca yakṣāvetāvudā tdṛtau
and Erāvata and Vāsuki, and the two, Kaṃsa and Bhīma; and Rathakṛt and Rathaujas — these two are said to be the yakṣas.
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BndP 1 23.4
तुंबुरुर्नारदश्चैव सुस्थला पुञ्जिकस्थला । रक्षो हेतिः प्रहेतिश्च यातुधानावुदाहृतौ
tuṃbururnāradaścaiva susthalā puñjikasthalā / rakṣo hetiḥ prahetiśca yātudhānāvudāhṛtau
Tumburu and Nārada, Susthalā and Puñjikasthalā; and Heti and Praheti are declared to be the two demons, the yātudhānas.
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BndP 1 23.5
एते वसंति वै सूर्य्ये मधुमाधवयोः सदा । मित्रश्च वरुणश्चैव मुनिरत्रिरुदाहृतः
ete vasaṃti vai sūryye madhumādhavayoḥ sadā / mitraśca varuṇaścaiva muniratrirudāhṛtaḥ
These always dwell in the sun during (the months) Madhu and Mādhava. Mitra and Varuṇa, and the sage Atri are named,
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BndP 1 23.6
तथा वसिष्ठो विख्यातः सहजन्या च मेनका । राक्षसौ च समाख्यातौ पौरुषेयो वधस्तथा
tathā vasiṣṭho vikhyātaḥ sahajanyā ca menakā / rākṣasau ca samākhyātau pauruṣeyo vadhastathā
and likewise the renowned Vasiṣṭha, and Sahajanyā and Menakā; and the two rākṣasas are named, Pauruṣeya and Vadha.
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BndP 1 23.7
हाहा हूहूश्च गन्धर्वौं यज्ञश्चापि रथस्वनः । रथचित्रस्तथैवान्यो नागसाक्षकसंज्ञेतः
hāhā hūhūśca gandharvauṃ yajñaścāpi rathasvanaḥ / rathacitrastathaivānyo nāgasākṣakasaṃjñetaḥ
Hāhā and Hūhū are the two gandharvas; and Yajña and Rathasvana; and likewise another, called Rathacitra, and the serpents Sākṣaka (?),
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BndP 1 23.8
रंभकश्च वसन्त्येते मासयोः शुचिशुक्रयोः । ततः सूर्ये पुनस्त्वन्या निवसंतीह देवताः
raṃbhakaśca vasantyete māsayoḥ śuciśukrayoḥ / tataḥ sūrye punastvanyā nivasaṃtīha devatāḥ
and Raṃbhaka — these dwell in the two months Śuci and Śukra. Then again other deities dwell in the sun here:
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BndP 1 23.9
इद्रश्चैव विवस्वांश्च अङ्गिरा भृगुरेव च । एलापत्रस्तथा सर्पः शङ्खपालाश्च तावुभौ
idraścaiva vivasvāṃśca aṅgirā bhṛgureva ca / elāpatrastathā sarpaḥ śaṅkhapālāśca tāvubhau
Indra and Vivasvat, Aṅgiras and Bhṛgu, and likewise the serpents, the two Elāpatra and Śaṅkhapāla,
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BndP 1 23.10
विश्वावसूग्रसेनौ च श्वेतश्चैवारुणस्तथा । प्रम्लोचा इति विख्यातानुम्लोचेति च ते उभे
viśvāvasūgrasenau ca śvetaścaivāruṇastathā / pramlocā iti vikhyātānumloceti ca te ubhe
And Viśvāvasu and Ugrasena, and Śveta and Aruṇa likewise; and those two (apsarases) renowned as Pramlocā and Anumlocā.
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BndP 1 23.11
यातुधानस्तदा सर्पो व्याघ्रश्चव तु तावुभौ । नभोनभस्ययोरेष गाणो वसति भास्करे
yātudhānastadā sarpo vyāghraścava tu tāvubhau / nabhonabhasyayoreṣa gāṇo vasati bhāskare
Then Yātudhāna as the serpent, and Vyāghra — those two as well. This troop dwells in the sun during (the months of) Nabhas and Nabhasya.
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BndP 1 23.12
शरद्यन्याः पुनः शुभ्रा वसंति मुनिदेवताः पर्जन्यश्चैव पूषा च भारद्वाजः सगौतमः
śaradyanyāḥ punaḥ śubhrā vasaṃti munidevatāḥ parjanyaścaiva pūṣā ca bhāradvājaḥ sagautamaḥ
In autumn again other bright ones dwell (there): the sage-deities, and Parjanya and Pūṣan, Bhāradvāja together with Gautama.
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BndP 1 23.13
परावसुश्च गन्धर्वस्तथैव सुरुचिश्च यः । विश्वाची च घृताची च उभे ते शुभलक्षणे
parāvasuśca gandharvastathaiva suruciśca yaḥ / viśvācī ca ghṛtācī ca ubhe te śubhalakṣaṇe
And Parāvasu the gandharva, and likewise he who is Suruci; and Viśvācī and Ghṛtācī, those two of auspicious marks.
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BndP 1 23.14
नाग एरावतश्चैव विश्रुतश्च धनञ्जयः । श्चेनजिच्च सुषेणश्च सेनीर्ग्राम णीश्च तौ
nāga erāvataścaiva viśrutaśca dhanañjayaḥ / ścenajicca suṣeṇaśca senīrgrāma ṇīśca tau
The serpent Erāvata, and Viśruta, and Dhanañjaya; and Senajit and Suṣeṇa, those two as commander and village-chief.
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BndP 1 23.15
आपो वातश्च द्वावेतौ यातुधानावुदाहृतौ । वसंत्येते तु वै सूर्ये सदैवाश्विनकर्तिके
āpo vātaśca dvāvetau yātudhānāvudāhṛtau / vasaṃtyete tu vai sūrye sadaivāśvinakartike
Āpa and Vāta — these two are declared to be the yātudhānas. These indeed always dwell in the sun in (the months) Āśvina and Kārttika.
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BndP 1 23.16
हैमन्तिकौ तु द्वौ मासौ वसंति च दिवाकरे । अंशो भगश्च द्वावैतौ कश्यपश्य क्रतुश्च ह
haimantikau tu dvau māsau vasaṃti ca divākare / aṃśo bhagaśca dvāvaitau kaśyapaśya kratuśca ha
And for the two winter months these dwell in the sun: Aṃśa and Bhaga, these two, and Kaśyapa and Kratu.
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BndP 1 23.17
भुजङ्गश्च महापद्मः सर्वः कर्केटक स्तथा । चित्रसेनश्च गन्धर्व ऊर्णायुश्चैव तावुभौ
bhujaṅgaśca mahāpadmaḥ sarvaḥ karkeṭaka stathā / citrasenaśca gandharva ūrṇāyuścaiva tāvubhau
And the serpents Mahāpadma and Karkoṭaka likewise; and Citrasena the gandharva and Ūrṇāyu, those two.
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BndP 1 23.18
उर्वशी पूर्वचित्तिश्च तथैवाप्सरसा उभे । तार्क्षश्चारिष्टनेमिश्च सेनानीर् ग्रामणीश्च तौ
urvaśī pūrvacittiśca tathaivāpsarasā ubhe / tārkṣaścāriṣṭanemiśca senānīr grāmaṇīśca tau
Urvaśī and Pūrvacitti, likewise the two apsarases; and Tārkṣya and Ariṣṭanemi, those two as commander and village-chief.
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BndP 1 23.19
विद्युत्स्फूर्जः शतायुश्च यातुधानावुदात्दृतौ । सहे चैव सहस्ये च वसंत्येते दिवाकरे
vidyutsphūrjaḥ śatāyuśca yātudhānāvudātdṛtau / sahe caiva sahasye ca vasaṃtyete divākare
Vidyutsphūrja and Śatāyu are declared to be the two yātudhānas. These dwell in the sun in (the months) Saha and Sahasya.
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BndP 1 23.20
ततः शैशिर योश्चापि मासयोर्निवसंति वै । त्वष्टा विष्णुर्जामदग्न्यो विश्वामित्रस्तथैव च
tataḥ śaiśira yoścāpi māsayornivasaṃti vai / tvaṣṭā viṣṇurjāmadagnyo viśvāmitrastathaiva ca
Then in the two months of the cool season these dwell (there): Tvaṣṭṛ, Viṣṇu, the son of Jamadagni, and Viśvāmitra likewise.
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BndP 1 23.21
काद्रवेयौ तथा नागौ कंबलाश्वतरावुभौ । गन्धर्वो धृतराष्ट्रश्च सूर्यवर्चास्तथैव च
kādraveyau tathā nāgau kaṃbalāśvatarāvubhau / gandharvo dhṛtarāṣṭraśca sūryavarcāstathaiva ca
And likewise the two serpents born of Kadrū, Kambala and Aśvatara, both; and the gandharva Dhṛtarāṣṭra, and Sūryavarcas likewise.
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BndP 1 23.22
तिलोत्तमा तथा रंभा ब्रह्मापेतश्च राक्षसः । यज्ञापेतम्तथैवान्यो विश्यातो राक्षसो त्तमः
tilottamā tathā raṃbhā brahmāpetaśca rākṣasaḥ / yajñāpetamtathaivānyo viśyāto rākṣaso ttamaḥ
And Tilottamā and Rambhā, and the rākṣasa Brahmāpeta; and likewise the other renowned foremost rākṣasa, Yajñāpeta.
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BndP 1 23.23
ऋतजित्सत्यजिच्चैव गन्धर्वौं समुदाहृतौ । तपस्तपस्ययोः सूर्ये वसंति मुनिसत्तमाः
ṛtajitsatyajiccaiva gandharvauṃ samudāhṛtau / tapastapasyayoḥ sūrye vasaṃti munisattamāḥ
Ṛtajit and Satyajit are declared to be the two gandharvas. These best of sages dwell in the sun in (the months) Tapas and Tapasya.
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BndP 1 23.24
पितृदेवमनुष्यादीन्स सदाप्याययन्प्रभुः । परिवर्त्तत्यहोरात्रकारणं सविता द्विजाः
pitṛdevamanuṣyādīnsa sadāpyāyayanprabhuḥ / parivarttatyahorātrakāraṇaṃ savitā dvijāḥ
That lord, ever nourishing the fathers, gods, men and the rest, revolves as the cause of day and night — (he is) Savitṛ, O twice-born ones.
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BndP 1 23.25
एते देवा वसंत्यर्के द्वौ द्वौ मासौ क्रमेण तु । स्थानाभिमानिनो ह्येते गाणा द्वादशसप्तकाः
ete devā vasaṃtyarke dvau dvau māsau krameṇa tu / sthānābhimānino hyete gāṇā dvādaśasaptakāḥ
These gods dwell in the sun, two by two, for two months in order; for these troops, twelve sets of seven, are the presiding (deities) of that station.
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BndP 1 23.26
सुर्यस्याप्याययन्त्येते तेजसा तेज उत्तममा । ग्रथितैः स्वैर्वचोभिश्च स्तुवन्ति ह्यृषयो रविम्
suryasyāpyāyayantyete tejasā teja uttamamā / grathitaiḥ svairvacobhiśca stuvanti hyṛṣayo ravim
These nourish the sun's supreme radiance with their own radiance; and the seers praise the sun with their own composed words.
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BndP 1 23.27
गन्धर्वाप्सरसश्चैव गीतनृत्यैरुपासते । ग्रामणीयक्षभूतानि कुर्वते ऽभीषुसंग्रहम्
gandharvāpsarasaścaiva gītanṛtyairupāsate / grāmaṇīyakṣabhūtāni kurvate 'bhīṣusaṃgraham
And the gandharvas and apsarases attend (him) with song and dance; the village-chiefs, yakṣas and (other) beings take hold of the reins.
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BndP 1 23.28
सर्पा वहन्ति वै सूर्यं यातुधानास्तु यान्ति च । वालखिल्या नंयत्यस्तं परिवार्योदयाद्रविम्
sarpā vahanti vai sūryaṃ yātudhānāstu yānti ca / vālakhilyā naṃyatyastaṃ parivāryodayādravim
The serpents draw the sun, while the yātudhānas drive (it) along; and the Vālakhilyas escort the sun, surrounding him from rising to setting.
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BndP 1 23.29
एतेषामेव देवानां यथावीर्यं यथातपः । यथाधर्मं यथायोगं यथासत्यं यथाबलम्
eteṣāmeva devānāṃ yathāvīryaṃ yathātapaḥ / yathādharmaṃ yathāyogaṃ yathāsatyaṃ yathābalam
According to the valour, according to the ascetic heat, according to the dharma, according to the yoga, according to the truth, according to the strength of these very gods —
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BndP 1 23.30
तपत्यसौ तश्रा सूर्य एषामिन्द्रस्तु तेजसा । इत्येते निवसंतीह द्वौ द्वौ मासौ दिवाकरे
tapatyasau taśrā sūrya eṣāmindrastu tejasā / ityete nivasaṃtīha dvau dvau māsau divākare
That sun burns (with heat)... and Indra among these (shines) with fiery energy; thus these dwell here, two by two, in the sun for (each pair of) months.
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BndP 1 23.31
ऋषयो देवगन्धर्वाः पन्नगाप्सरसां गणाः । ग्रामण्यश्च तथा यक्षा यातुधानाश्च मुख्यशः
ṛṣayo devagandharvāḥ pannagāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ / grāmaṇyaśca tathā yakṣā yātudhānāśca mukhyaśaḥ
Seers, gods, gandharvas, the hosts of serpents and apsarases, and the village-chiefs, likewise the yakṣas and the yātudhānas (demons), each according to rank.
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BndP 1 23.32
एते तपन्ति वर्षन्ति भान्ति वान्ति सृजन्ति च । भूतानां चशुभं कर्म व्यपोहन्ति प्रकीर्त्तिताः
ete tapanti varṣanti bhānti vānti sṛjanti ca / bhūtānāṃ caśubhaṃ karma vyapohanti prakīrttitāḥ
These burn, rain, shine, blow, and create, and, as declared, they drive away the unwholesome deeds of beings.
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BndP 1 23.33
मानवानां शुभं ह्येते हरन्ते दुरितात्मनाम् । दुरितं सुप्रचाराणां व्यपोहन्ति क्वचि त्क्वचित्
mānavānāṃ śubhaṃ hyete harante duritātmanām / duritaṃ supracārāṇāṃ vyapohanti kvaci tkvacit
For these carry off the good of men whose selves are given to evil, and here and there they drive away the evil of those of good conduct.
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BndP 1 23.34
एते सहैव सूर्येण भ्रमन्ति दिवासानुगाः । वर्षन्तश्च तपन्तश्च ह्लादयन्तश्च वै प्रजाः
ete sahaiva sūryeṇa bhramanti divāsānugāḥ / varṣantaśca tapantaśca hlādayantaśca vai prajāḥ
These wander along together with the sun, following it by day, raining and burning and refreshing the creatures.
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BndP 1 23.35
गोपायन्ति च भूतानि सर्वाणीहामनुक्षयात् । स्थानाभिमानिनामेतत्स्थानं मन्वन्तरेषु वै
gopāyanti ca bhūtāni sarvāṇīhāmanukṣayāt / sthānābhimānināmetatsthānaṃ manvantareṣu vai
And they guard all beings here without decay; this is the station of those who bear the (respective) titles of station in the several manvantaras.
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BndP 1 23.36
अतीतानागतानां च वर्त्तन्ते सांप्रतं च ये । एवं वसंति वै सूर्ये सप्तकास्ते चतुर्दश । चतुर्दशसु सर्वेषु गणा मन्वन्तरेष्विह
atītānāgatānāṃ ca varttante sāṃprataṃ ca ye / evaṃ vasaṃti vai sūrye saptakāste caturdaśa / caturdaśasu sarveṣu gaṇā manvantareṣviha
And (they) of the past and the future, and those who function in the present — thus these fourteen sets of seven dwell in the sun; in all the fourteen manvantaras here (there are these) groups.
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BndP 1 23.37
ग्रीष्मे च वर्षासु च मुञ्चमानो घर्मं हिमं वर्ष दिनं निशां च । गच्छत्यसावृतुवशात्परिवृत्तरश्मिर्देवान् पितॄ#ंश्च मनुजांश्च हि तर्पयन्वै
grīṣme ca varṣāsu ca muñcamāno gharmaṃ himaṃ varṣa dinaṃ niśāṃ ca / gacchatyasāvṛtuvaśātparivṛttaraśmirdevān pitṝ#ṃśca manujāṃśca hi tarpayanvai
Releasing, in summer and in the rains, heat, cold, rain, day and night, that one moves on with his rays turned about according to the seasons, gratifying gods, ancestors and men.
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BndP 1 23.38
प्रीणाति देवानमृतेन सूर्यः सोमं सुषुम्णेन च वर्द्धयित्वा । शुक्ले तु पूर्णं दिवसक्रमेण तं कृष्णपक्षे विबुधाः पिबन्ति
prīṇāti devānamṛtena sūryaḥ somaṃ suṣumṇena ca varddhayitvā / śukle tu pūrṇaṃ divasakrameṇa taṃ kṛṣṇapakṣe vibudhāḥ pibanti
The sun gladdens the gods with the nectar (of the moon), having made the moon wax by (the vein) suṣumṇa; but in the bright fortnight, when it is full by the succession of days, the gods drink it in the dark fortnight.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 23.39
पीतं च सोमं हि कलावशिष्टं कृष्णक्षये रश्मिभिरक्षरन्तम् । सुधामृतं तत्पितरः पिबन्ति देवाश्च सौम्याश्च तथैव काव्याः
pītaṃ ca somaṃ hi kalāvaśiṣṭaṃ kṛṣṇakṣaye raśmibhirakṣarantam / sudhāmṛtaṃ tatpitaraḥ pibanti devāśca saumyāśca tathaiva kāvyāḥ
And the soma that has been drunk, remaining as a (single) digit at the wane of the dark fortnight, flowing forth through the rays — that sweet nectar the ancestors drink, and the gods, and the Saumyas, and likewise the Kāvyas.
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BndP 1 23.40
सूर्येण गोभिश्च समुज्झिताभिरद्भिः पुनश्चैव समुद्धृताभिः । वृष्ट्याभिवृद्धाभिरथौषधीभिर्मर्त्याः क्षुधं त्वन्नपानैर्जयन्ति
sūryeṇa gobhiśca samujjhitābhiradbhiḥ punaścaiva samuddhṛtābhiḥ / vṛṣṭyābhivṛddhābhirathauṣadhībhirmartyāḥ kṣudhaṃ tvannapānairjayanti
By the sun and by its rays the waters are given up and again drawn up; then by the herbs grown large through the rain, mortals conquer hunger with food and drink.
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BndP 1 23.41
तृप्तिश्च शुक्ले सुधया सुराणां पक्षे च कृष्णे सुधया पितणाम् । अन्नेन शश्वच्च दधाति मर्त्यान्सुर्यस्तपंस्तान्सुबिभर्त्ति गोभिः
tṛptiśca śukle sudhayā surāṇāṃ pakṣe ca kṛṣṇe sudhayā pitaṇām / annena śaśvacca dadhāti martyānsuryastapaṃstānsubibhartti gobhiḥ
And in the bright fortnight there is satisfaction of the gods by the nectar, and in the dark fortnight (satisfaction) of the ancestors by the nectar; and with food he constantly sustains mortals — the sun, burning, well supports them with his rays.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 23.42
ह्रियन्हरिस्तैर्हरिभिस्तुरङ्गमैर्हरत्यथापः किरणैर्हरिद्भिः । विसर्गकाले विसृजंश्च ताः पुनर्बिभर्त्ति शश्वत्सविता चराचरम्
hriyanharistairharibhisturaṅgamairharatyathāpaḥ kiraṇairharidbhiḥ / visargakāle visṛjaṃśca tāḥ punarbibhartti śaśvatsavitā carācaram
Hari (the sun), being borne along by those tawny (harit) horses, takes up the waters with his tawny rays; and at the time of release, releasing them again, the impeller (Savitṛ) constantly supports the moving and the unmoving.
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BndP 1 23.43
हरिर्हरिद्भिर्ह्रि यते तुरङ्गमैः पिबत्यथापो हरिभिः सहस्रधा । ततः प्रमुञ्चत्यपि तास्त्वसौ हरिः समूह्यमानो हरिभिस्तुरङ्गमैः
harirharidbhirhri yate turaṅgamaiḥ pibatyathāpo haribhiḥ sahasradhā / tataḥ pramuñcatyapi tāstvasau hariḥ samūhyamāno haribhisturaṅgamaiḥ
Hari is carried by the tawny horses; then he drinks up the waters with his tawny rays in a thousand ways; and thereafter that Hari releases them again, as he is borne along by the tawny horses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 23.44
इत्येष एकचक्रेण सूर्यस्तूर्णरथेन तु । भद्रैस्तैरक्रमैरश्वैः स्पन्दने वैदिकक्षयः
ityeṣa ekacakreṇa sūryastūrṇarathena tu / bhadraistairakramairaśvaiḥ spandane vaidikakṣayaḥ
Thus this sun, with his swift chariot of a single wheel, with those auspicious horses of unfaltering pace... (the rest is uncertain).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 23.45
अहोरात्राद्रथेनासावेकचक्रेण वै भ्रमन् । सप्तद्वीपसमुद्रान्तां सप्तभिः सप्तभिर्हयैः
ahorātrādrathenāsāvekacakreṇa vai bhraman / saptadvīpasamudrāntāṃ saptabhiḥ saptabhirhayaiḥ
Wandering by day and night with that one-wheeled chariot, (he traverses the earth) bounded by the seven continents and oceans, with his seven and seven horses.
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BndP 1 23.46
छन्दोभिरश्वरूपैस्तैर्यतश्चक्रं ततः स्थितैः । कामरूपैः सकृद्युक्तैर्वामतस्तैर्मनोजवैः
chandobhiraśvarūpaistairyataścakraṃ tataḥ sthitaiḥ / kāmarūpaiḥ sakṛdyuktairvāmatastairmanojavaiḥ
By those metres that have the form of horses, standing there whence the wheel (turns), taking shape at will, yoked once for all, on the left, swift as thought,
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BndP 1 23.47
हरितैख्ययैः पिङ्गैरीश्वरैर्ब्रह्मवादिभिः । त्र्यशीतिमण्डलशतं भ्रमन्त्यब्देन ते हयाः
haritaikhyayaiḥ piṅgairīśvarairbrahmavādibhiḥ / tryaśītimaṇḍalaśataṃ bhramantyabdena te hayāḥ
...tawny, yellow-brown, lordly, uttering the Veda — those horses circle one hundred and eighty-three orbits in a year.
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BndP 1 23.48
बाह्यमाभ्यन्तरं चैव मण्डलं दिवसक्रमात् । कल्पादौ संप्र युक्तास्ते वहन्त्याभूतसंप्लवात्
bāhyamābhyantaraṃ caiva maṇḍalaṃ divasakramāt / kalpādau saṃpra yuktāste vahantyābhūtasaṃplavāt
The outer and the inner orbit, by the succession of days — yoked at the beginning of the kalpa, they draw (him) until the dissolution of beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 23.49
आवृत्ता वालखिल्यैस्ते भ्रमन्ते रात्र्यहानि तु । वचोभिरग्र्यैर्ग्रथितैः स्तूयमानो महर्षिभिः
āvṛttā vālakhilyaiste bhramante rātryahāni tu / vacobhiragryairgrathitaiḥ stūyamāno maharṣibhiḥ
Surrounded by the Vālakhilyas, they revolve through nights and days, while he is praised by the great seers with foremost words woven together.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 23.50
सेव्यते गीतनृत्यैश्च गन्धर्वैश्चाप्सरोगणैः । पतङ्गैः पतगैरश्वैर्भ्रममाणो दिवस्पतिः
sevyate gītanṛtyaiśca gandharvaiścāpsarogaṇaiḥ / pataṅgaiḥ patagairaśvairbhramamāṇo divaspatiḥ
He is attended with songs and dances by the gandharvas and the hosts of apsarases; the lord of heaven, borne by flying, winged horses, wheels (through the sky).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 23.51
रथास्त्रचक्रःसोमस्य कुदाभास्तस्य वाजिनः । वामदक्षिणतो युक्ता दश तेन चरन्त्यसौ
rathāstracakraḥsomasya kudābhāstasya vājinaḥ / vāmadakṣiṇato yuktā daśa tena carantyasau
Soma's chariot (has) three wheels(?); his horses have the sheen of kuśa-grass; ten are yoked, to the left and to the right, and with them he travels yonder.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 23.52
वीथ्याश्रयाणि ऋक्षाणि ध्रुवाधारेण वेगिताः । ह्रासवृद्धी तथैवास्य रश्मीनां सूर्यवत्स्मृते
vīthyāśrayāṇi ṛkṣāṇi dhruvādhāreṇa vegitāḥ / hrāsavṛddhī tathaivāsya raśmīnāṃ sūryavatsmṛte
The constellations that rest upon the (lunar) paths are driven along by the support of Dhruva; and likewise the waning and waxing of his rays are held to be as with the sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 23.53
त्रिचक्रोभयतो ऽश्वश्च विज्ञेयः शशिनो रथः । अपां गर्णात्समुत्पन्नो रथः साश्वः ससारथिः
tricakrobhayato 'śvaśca vijñeyaḥ śaśino rathaḥ / apāṃ garṇātsamutpanno rathaḥ sāśvaḥ sasārathiḥ
The moon's chariot is to be known as three-wheeled, with horses on both sides; the chariot, together with its horses and its charioteer, arose from the essence of the waters.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 23.54
शतारैश्च त्रिभिश्चक्रैर्युक्तः शुक्लैर्हयोत्तमैः । दशभिस्तु कृशैर्दिव्यैरसंगैस्तैर्मनोजवैः
śatāraiśca tribhiścakrairyuktaḥ śuklairhayottamaiḥ / daśabhistu kṛśairdivyairasaṃgaistairmanojavaiḥ
It is furnished with three hundred-spoked wheels, and with excellent white horses—ten of them, slender, divine, unhindered, swift as thought.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 23.55
सकृद्युक्ते रथे तास्मिन्वहन्ते चायुगक्षयात् । संगृहीतरथे तस्मिञ्श्वेतश्चक्षुःश्रवाश्च वै
sakṛdyukte rathe tāsminvahante cāyugakṣayāt / saṃgṛhītarathe tasmiñśvetaścakṣuḥśravāśca vai
Yoked to that chariot but once, they draw it until the destruction of the yuga; in that chariot, when it is taken in hand, (are) Śveta and Cakṣuḥśravas,
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BndP 1 23.56
अश्वास्तमेकवर्णस्ते वहन्ते शङ्खवर्चसः । यजुश्चण्डमनाश्चैव वृषो वाजी नरो हयः
aśvāstamekavarṇaste vahante śaṅkhavarcasaḥ / yajuścaṇḍamanāścaiva vṛṣo vājī naro hayaḥ
—those horses of a single colour, with the sheen of a conch, draw him: Yajus, Caṇḍamanas, Vṛṣa, Vājī, Nara, Haya,
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BndP 1 23.57
अश्वो गविष्णुर्विख्यातो हंसो व्योमो मृगस्तथा । इत्येते नामभिः सर्वे दश चन्द्रमसो हयाः
aśvo gaviṣṇurvikhyāto haṃso vyomo mṛgastathā / ityete nāmabhiḥ sarve daśa candramaso hayāḥ
Aśva, the renowned Gaviṣṇu, Haṃsa, Vyoma, and Mṛga—these, by their names, are all the ten horses of the moon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 23.58
एते चन्द्रमसं देवं वहन्ति सह दीक्षया । देवैः परिवृतः सोमः पितृभिश्चैव गच्छति
ete candramasaṃ devaṃ vahanti saha dīkṣayā / devaiḥ parivṛtaḥ somaḥ pitṛbhiścaiva gacchati
These carry the god Moon together with Dīkṣā; Soma goes surrounded by the gods and by the fathers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 23.59
सोमस्य शुक्लपक्षादौ भास्करे परतः स्थिरे । आपूर्यते परस्यान्ते सततं दिवसक्रमात्
somasya śuklapakṣādau bhāskare parataḥ sthire / āpūryate parasyānte satataṃ divasakramāt
At the beginning of Soma's bright fortnight, while the sun stands fixed beyond (him), he is filled up at the far end, continually, by the succession of days.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 23.60
देवैः पीततनुं सोममाप्याययति नित्यदा । क्षीणं पञ्चदशाहं तु रश्मिनैकेन भास्करः
devaiḥ pītatanuṃ somamāpyāyayati nityadā / kṣīṇaṃ pañcadaśāhaṃ tu raśminaikena bhāskaraḥ
(The sun) constantly replenishes Soma, whose body has been drunk by the gods; and when he is waned for fifteen days, the sun with a single ray
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 23.61
आपूरयन्सुषुम्णेन भागं भागमहःक्रमात् । सुषुम्णाप्यायमानस्य शुक्ला वर्द्धन्ति वै कलाः
āpūrayansuṣumṇena bhāgaṃ bhāgamahaḥkramāt / suṣumṇāpyāyamānasya śuklā varddhanti vai kalāḥ
fills him with the Suṣumṇa (ray), portion by portion, in the order of the days; and as he is replenished by Suṣumṇa the bright digits increase.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 23.62
तस्माद्ध्रसंति वै कृष्णे शुक्ले स्वाप्याययन्ति तम् । इत्येवं सूर्यवीर्येण चन्द्रश्चाप्यायितस्ततः
tasmāddhrasaṃti vai kṛṣṇe śukle svāpyāyayanti tam / ityevaṃ sūryavīryeṇa candraścāpyāyitastataḥ
Therefore in the dark (fortnight) they wane, and in the bright they fill him up; thus the moon is replenished by the sun's power.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 23.63
पौर्णमास्यां स दृश्येत शुक्लः संपूर्णमण्डलः । एवमाप्यायितः सोमः शुक्ल पक्षे दिनक्रमात्
paurṇamāsyāṃ sa dṛśyeta śuklaḥ saṃpūrṇamaṇḍalaḥ / evamāpyāyitaḥ somaḥ śukla pakṣe dinakramāt
On the full-moon day he is seen white, with his orb complete; thus is Soma replenished in the bright fortnight by the succession of days.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 23.64
ततो द्वितीयाप्रभृति बहुलस्य चतुर्द्दशीम् । अपां सारमयस्येन्दो रसमात्रात्मकस्य तु
tato dvitīyāprabhṛti bahulasya caturddaśīm / apāṃ sāramayasyendo rasamātrātmakasya tu
Then, from the second (day) up to the fourteenth of the dark (fortnight), of the moon who is made of the essence of the waters and whose very being is pure liquid—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 23.65
पिबत्यंबुमयं देवा हृष्टाः सौम्यं स्वधामृतम् । संभृतं त्वर्द्धमासेन ह्यमृतं सूर्यतेजसा
pibatyaṃbumayaṃ devā hṛṣṭāḥ saumyaṃ svadhāmṛtam / saṃbhṛtaṃ tvarddhamāsena hyamṛtaṃ sūryatejasā
—the gods, delighted, drink the watery lunar nectar that is their own food, the nectar amassed over half a month by the sun's heat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 23.66
भक्षार्थममृतं सोमः पौर्णमास्यामुपासते । एकां रात्रिं सुरैः सर्वैः पितृभिः सर्षिभिः सह
bhakṣārthamamṛtaṃ somaḥ paurṇamāsyāmupāsate / ekāṃ rātriṃ suraiḥ sarvaiḥ pitṛbhiḥ sarṣibhiḥ saha
Soma waits upon the nectar, meant for their eating, on the full-moon day, for one night, together with all the gods, the fathers, and the sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 23.67
सोमस्य कृष्णपक्षादौ भास्कराभिमुखस्य तु । प्रक्षीयन्ते पिदृदेवैः पीयमानाः कलाः क्रमात्
somasya kṛṣṇapakṣādau bhāskarābhimukhasya tu / prakṣīyante pidṛdevaiḥ pīyamānāḥ kalāḥ kramāt
At the beginning of Soma's dark fortnight, as he faces the sun, his digits are drunk by the fathers and the gods and waste away in order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 23.68
त्रयश्च त्रिंशतश्चैव त्रयस्त्रिंशत्तथैव च । त्रयश्च त्रिसहस्राश्च देवाः सोमं पिबन्ति वै
trayaśca triṃśataścaiva trayastriṃśattathaiva ca / trayaśca trisahasrāśca devāḥ somaṃ pibanti vai
Three, and thirty, and thirty-three likewise, and three, and three thousand—(so many) gods drink Soma.
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BndP 1 23.69
इत्येतैः पीयमानस्य कृष्णा वर्द्धति वै कलाः । क्षीयन्ति तस्माच्छुक्लाश्च कृष्णा आप्याययन्ति च
ityetaiḥ pīyamānasya kṛṣṇā varddhati vai kalāḥ / kṣīyanti tasmācchuklāśca kṛṣṇā āpyāyayanti ca
Thus, as he is drunk by these, the dark digits increase; therefore the bright ones wane and the dark ones grow full.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 23.70
एवं दिनक्रमात्पीते विबुधैस्तु निशाकरे । पीत्वार्द्ध मासं गच्छन्ति चामावास्यां सुरोत्तमाः
evaṃ dinakramātpīte vibudhaistu niśākare / pītvārddha māsaṃ gacchanti cāmāvāsyāṃ surottamāḥ
Thus, when the moon has been drunk by the gods in the sequence of days, the foremost gods, having drunk for half a month, come to the new-moon day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 23.71
पितरश्चोपतिष्ठन्ति ह्यमावास्यां निशाकरम् । ततः पञ्चदशेकाले किञ्चिच्छिष्टे कलात्मके
pitaraścopatiṣṭhanti hyamāvāsyāṃ niśākaram / tataḥ pañcadaśekāle kiñcicchiṣṭe kalātmake
And the fathers attend upon the moon on the new-moon day; then, at the time of the fifteenth (day), when a little, consisting of a digit, remains—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 23.72
अपराह्णे पितृगणा जघन्यं पयुपासते । पिबन्ति द्विलवं कालं शिष्टास्तस्य कलास्तु याः
aparāhṇe pitṛgaṇā jaghanyaṃ payupāsate / pibanti dvilavaṃ kālaṃ śiṣṭāstasya kalāstu yāḥ
in the afternoon the hosts of the fathers wait upon the last (portion); they drink for the time of two lavas whatever digits of it remain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 23.73
निःसृतं तदमावास्यां गभस्तिभ्यः स्वधामृतम् । तां स्वधां मासतृप्त्यै च पीत्वा गच्छन्ति ते ऽमृतम्
niḥsṛtaṃ tadamāvāsyāṃ gabhastibhyaḥ svadhāmṛtam / tāṃ svadhāṃ māsatṛptyai ca pītvā gacchanti te 'mṛtam
That nectar-of-svadhā which has issued forth from (the moon's) rays on the new-moon day—having drunk that svadhā for a month's satisfaction, they go to (their) immortality.
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BndP 1 23.74
सूर्यस्तस्मिन्सुषुम्णे यस्तापितस्तेन चन्द्रमाः । कृष्णपक्षे सुरैस्तद्वत्पीयते वै सुधामयः
sūryastasminsuṣumṇe yastāpitastena candramāḥ / kṛṣṇapakṣe suraistadvatpīyate vai sudhāmayaḥ
The sun which (dwells) in that Suṣumṇa (ray)—by it the moon is heated; likewise in the dark fortnight the (moon), full of nectar, is drunk by the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 23.75
सौम्या बर्हिषदश्चैव अग्निष्वात्ताश्च ते त्रिधा । काव्यश्चैव तु ये प्रोक्ताः पितरः सर्व एव ते
saumyā barhiṣadaścaiva agniṣvāttāśca te tridhā / kāvyaścaiva tu ye proktāḥ pitaraḥ sarva eva te
The Saumyas, the Barhiṣads, and the Agniṣvāttas—these are threefold; and those who are called the Kāvyas: all these are the fathers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 23.76
संवत्सरास्तु वै काव्याः पञ्चाब्दा ये द्विचैः स्मृताः । सौम्यास्तु ऋतुवो ज्ञेया मासा बर्हिषदः स्मृताः
saṃvatsarāstu vai kāvyāḥ pañcābdā ye dvicaiḥ smṛtāḥ / saumyāstu ṛtuvo jñeyā māsā barhiṣadaḥ smṛtāḥ
The years are the Kāvyas, those which are reckoned as periods of five years (?); the seasons are to be known as the Saumyas, and the months are called the Barhiṣads.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 23.77
अग्निष्वात्तार्त्तवाश्चैव पितृसर्गा हि वै द्विजाः । पितृभिः पीयमानस्य पञ्चदश्यां कला तु वै
agniṣvāttārttavāścaiva pitṛsargā hi vai dvijāḥ / pitṛbhiḥ pīyamānasya pañcadaśyāṃ kalā tu vai
And the Agniṣvāttas are the (periods) belonging to the seasons—these indeed, O twice-born, are the creations of the fathers. Of (the moon) that is drunk by the fathers on the fifteenth, one digit (remains).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 23.78
यावत्प्रक्षीयते तस्य भागः पञ्चदशस्तु यः । अमावास्यां तदा तस्य तत आपूर्यते परः
yāvatprakṣīyate tasya bhāgaḥ pañcadaśastu yaḥ / amāvāsyāṃ tadā tasya tata āpūryate paraḥ
To the extent that that fifteenth part of it wanes away, on the new-moon day, then from that the further (part) is filled up again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 23.79
वृद्धक्षयौ वै पक्षादौ षोडश्यां शशिनः स्मृता । एवं सूर्यनिमित्तैष क्षयोवृद्धिर्निशाकरे
vṛddhakṣayau vai pakṣādau ṣoḍaśyāṃ śaśinaḥ smṛtā / evaṃ sūryanimittaiṣa kṣayovṛddhirniśākare
The waxing and waning of the moon are said (to occur) at the beginnings of the fortnights, in the sixteenth (part); thus this waning and waxing in the moon is caused by the sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 23.80
ताराग्रहाणां वक्ष्यामि स्वर्भानोश्च रथान्पुनः । तेयतेजोमयः शुभ्रः सोमपुत्रस्य वै रथः
tārāgrahāṇāṃ vakṣyāmi svarbhānośca rathānpunaḥ / teyatejomayaḥ śubhraḥ somaputrasya vai rathaḥ
I shall speak again of the chariots of the stars and planets and of Svarbhānu (Rāhu). The chariot of the son of Soma (Mercury) is bright, made of that same radiance,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 23.81
सोपासंगप ताकस्तु सध्वजो मेघनिस्वनः । भार्गवस्य रथः श्रीमांस्तेजसा सूर्यसन्निभः
sopāsaṃgapa tākastu sadhvajo meghanisvanaḥ / bhārgavasya rathaḥ śrīmāṃstejasā sūryasannibhaḥ
provided with a quiver (and) an armour (?), with a banner, thundering like a cloud. The chariot of the son of Bhṛgu (Venus) is splendid, in radiance like the sun,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 23.82
पृथिवीसंभवैर्युक्तो नानावर्णैर्हयोत्तमैः । श्वेतः पिशङ्गः सारङ्गो नीलः पीतो विलोहितः
pṛthivīsaṃbhavairyukto nānāvarṇairhayottamaiḥ / śvetaḥ piśaṅgaḥ sāraṅgo nīlaḥ pīto vilohitaḥ
yoked with excellent horses of various colours, born of the earth: white, tawny, dappled, dark blue, yellow, deep red,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 23.83
कृष्णश्च हरितश्चैव पृषतः पृश्रिरेव च । दशभिस्तैर्महाभागैरकृशैर्वातरंहसैः
kṛṣṇaśca haritaścaiva pṛṣataḥ pṛśrireva ca / daśabhistairmahābhāgairakṛśairvātaraṃhasaiḥ
black, green, spotted, and speckled—with those ten, greatly fortunate, not lean, having the speed of the wind (it moves).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 23.84
अष्टाश्वः काञ्चनः श्रीमान्भौमस्यापि रथोत्तमः । असंगैर्लोहितैरश्वैः सर्वगैरग्निसंभवैः
aṣṭāśvaḥ kāñcanaḥ śrīmānbhaumasyāpi rathottamaḥ / asaṃgairlohitairaśvaiḥ sarvagairagnisaṃbhavaiḥ
The excellent chariot of the son of Earth (Mars) too is golden and splendid, with eight horses, with red horses that are unfettered, going everywhere, born of fire;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 23.85
प्रसर्पति कुमारो वै ऋजुवक्रानुव क्रगैः । ततश्चाङ्गिरसो विद्वान्देवाचार्यो बृहस्पतिः
prasarpati kumāro vai ṛjuvakrānuva kragaiḥ / tataścāṅgiraso vidvāndevācāryo bṛhaspatiḥ
the youth (Mars) moves on with (horses) that go straight and crooked and follow (crooked) courses. Then Bṛhaspati, the learned son of Aṅgiras, preceptor of the gods,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 23.86
गौरैरश्वैः काञ्चनेन स्यन्दनेन प्रसर्पति । अब्जैस्तु वाजिभिर्दिव्यैरष्टभिर्वातरंहसैः
gaurairaśvaiḥ kāñcanena syandanena prasarpati / abjaistu vājibhirdivyairaṣṭabhirvātaraṃhasaiḥ
moves on with white horses and a golden car; (drawn) by eight divine steeds born of the waters, swift as the wind,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 23.87
नक्षत्रे ऽब्दं स तिष्ठन्वै संवेधास्तेन गच्छति । ततः शनैश्चरो ऽप्यश्वैः सबलैर्व्योमसंभवैः
nakṣatre 'bdaṃ sa tiṣṭhanvai saṃvedhāstena gacchati / tataḥ śanaiścaro 'pyaśvaiḥ sabalairvyomasaṃbhavaiḥ
remaining a year in each lunar mansion, he goes by that (path) of conjunction. Then Śanaiścara (Saturn) too, with strong horses born of the sky,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 23.88
कार्ष्णायसं समारुह्य स्यन्दनं याति वै शनैः । स्वर्भानोश्च तथैवाश्वाः कृष्णा ह्यष्टौ मनोजवाः
kārṣṇāyasaṃ samāruhya syandanaṃ yāti vai śanaiḥ / svarbhānośca tathaivāśvāḥ kṛṣṇā hyaṣṭau manojavāḥ
having mounted an iron car, goes slowly. And likewise Svarbhānu's horses are eight, black, swift as thought;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 23.89
रथं तमोमयं तस्य सकृद्युक्ता वहं त्युत । आदित्यान्निःसृतो राहुः सोमं गच्छति पर्वसु
rathaṃ tamomayaṃ tasya sakṛdyuktā vahaṃ tyuta / ādityānniḥsṛto rāhuḥ somaṃ gacchati parvasu
yoked once and for all, they draw his chariot made of darkness. Having gone out from the sun, Rāhu goes to the moon at the junctures (parvas),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 23.91
आदित्यमेति सोमश्च पुनः सौरेषु पर्वसु । अथ केतुरथस्याश्वा अष्टौ वै वातरंहसः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_१,२३।९० ॥ पलालधूमवर्णाभा सबला रासभारुणाः । एते वाहा ग्रहाणां च ह्युपाख्याता रथैः सह
ādityameti somaśca punaḥ saureṣu parvasu / atha keturathasyāśvā aṣṭau vai vātaraṃhasaḥ // bndp_1,23.90 // palāladhūmavarṇābhā sabalā rāsabhāruṇāḥ / ete vāhā grahāṇāṃ ca hyupākhyātā rathaiḥ saha
And the moon comes to the sun, and again (Rāhu goes) to the sun at the solar conjunctions. Now the horses of Ketu's chariot are eight, swift as the wind, // 90 // of the hue of the smoke of straw, powerful, ruddy like donkeys. These are declared to be the mounts of the planets, together with their chariots.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 23.92
सर्वे ध्रुवनिब द्धास्ते प्रवृद्धा वातरश्मिभिः । तपन्ते ब्राम्यमाणास्तु यथायोगं भ्रमन्ति वै
sarve dhruvaniba ddhāste pravṛddhā vātaraśmibhiḥ / tapante brāmyamāṇāstu yathāyogaṃ bhramanti vai
All of them are bound to the pole star, driven on by the wind-reins; being whirled about they give heat, and they revolve as is fitting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 23.93
वायव्याभिरदृश्याभिः प्रवृद्धा वातरश्मिभिः । परिभ्रमन्ति तद्ब्रद्धांश्चन्द्रसुर्यग्रहा दिवि
vāyavyābhiradṛśyābhiḥ pravṛddhā vātaraśmibhiḥ / paribhramanti tadbraddhāṃścandrasuryagrahā divi
Driven by invisible wind-reins belonging to the wind, the moon, sun and planets, bound to it, circle about in the sky.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 23.94
भ्रमन्तमनुगछन्ति ध्रुवं ते ज्योतिषां गणाः । यथा नह्युदके नौस्तु सलिलेन सहो ह्यते
bhramantamanugachanti dhruvaṃ te jyotiṣāṃ gaṇāḥ / yathā nahyudake naustu salilena saho hyate
Those hosts of luminaries follow the revolving pole star; for just as a boat in water is carried along by the water,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 23.95
तथा देवालया ह्येते ऊह्यन्ते वातरश्मिभिः । सर्प्पमाणा न दृश्यन्ते व्योम्नि देवगणास्तु ते
tathā devālayā hyete ūhyante vātaraśmibhiḥ / sarppamāṇā na dṛśyante vyomni devagaṇāstu te
so these dwellings of the gods are borne along by the wind-reins; those hosts of gods, though creeping along, are not seen in the sky.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 23.96
यावत्यश्चैव ताराश्च तावन्तो वातरश्मयः । सर्वा ध्रुवे निबद्धाश्च भ्रमन्त्यो भ्रामयन्ति ताः
yāvatyaścaiva tārāśca tāvanto vātaraśmayaḥ / sarvā dhruve nibaddhāśca bhramantyo bhrāmayanti tāḥ
As many as the stars are, so many are the wind-reins; all are bound to the pole star, and revolving they make those (stars) revolve.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 23.97
तैलपीडा यथा चक्रं भ्रमन्तो भ्रामयन्ति ह । तथा भ्रमन्ति ज्योतींषि वातबद्धानि सर्वशः
tailapīḍā yathā cakraṃ bhramanto bhrāmayanti ha / tathā bhramanti jyotīṃṣi vātabaddhāni sarvaśaḥ
As oil-pressers, turning, make the wheel turn, so the luminaries, bound by the wind on all sides, revolve.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 23.98
अलातचक्रवद्यान्ति वातचक्रेरितानि तु । यतो ज्योतींषि वहते प्रवहस्तेन स स्मृतः
alātacakravadyānti vātacakreritāni tu / yato jyotīṃṣi vahate pravahastena sa smṛtaḥ
Impelled by the wheel of wind they move like a whirling firebrand; because it carries the luminaries onward, it is therefore called Pravaha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 23.99
एवं ध्रुवनिबद्धो ऽसौ सर्पते ज्योतिषां गणः । सैष तारामयो ज्ञेयः शिशुमारो ध्रुवो दिवि
evaṃ dhruvanibaddho 'sau sarpate jyotiṣāṃ gaṇaḥ / saiṣa tārāmayo jñeyaḥ śiśumāro dhruvo divi
Thus this host of luminaries, bound to the pole star, creeps along; and this, made of stars, is to be known as the Śiśumāra (porpoise), the fixed one in the sky.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 23.100
यदह्ना कुरुते पापं दृष्ट्वा तन्निशिमुञ्चते । यावत्यश्चैव तारास्ताः शिशुमाराश्रिता दिवि
yadahnā kurute pāpaṃ dṛṣṭvā tanniśimuñcate / yāvatyaścaiva tārāstāḥ śiśumārāśritā divi
Whatever sin one commits by day, one is released from it by seeing that at night; and as many as are those stars that rest upon the Śiśumāra in the sky,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 23.101
तावन्त्येव तु वर्षाणि जीवताभ्यधिकानि तु । साकारः शिशुमारश्च विज्ञेयः प्रविभागशः
tāvantyeva tu varṣāṇi jīvatābhyadhikāni tu / sākāraḥ śiśumāraśca vijñeyaḥ pravibhāgaśaḥ
just so many years, and more, does he live. And the Śiśumāra with its form is to be known part by part.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 23.102
औत्तानपादस्तस्याथ विज्ञेयो ह्यत्तरो हनुः । यज्ञः परस्तु विज्ञेयो धर्मो मर्द्धानमाश्रितः
auttānapādastasyātha vijñeyo hyattaro hanuḥ / yajñaḥ parastu vijñeyo dharmo marddhānamāśritaḥ
The son of Uttānapāda is to be known as its upper jaw; the sacrifice as the other (lower jaw), and Dharma as resting on its head.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 23.103
हृदि नारायणः साध्यो ह्यश्विनौ पूर्वपादयोः । वरुणश्चार्यमा चैव पश्चिमे तस्य सक्थिनी
hṛdi nārāyaṇaḥ sādhyo hyaśvinau pūrvapādayoḥ / varuṇaścāryamā caiva paścime tasya sakthinī
In the heart is Nārāyaṇa, and the Sādhyas and the two Aśvins in the forefeet; Varuṇa and Aryaman are its two hind thighs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 23.104
शिश्रं संवत्सरस्तस्य मित्रो ऽपानं समाश्रितः । पुच्छे ऽग्निश्च महेन्द्रश्च मारीचः कश्यपो ध्रुवः
śiśraṃ saṃvatsarastasya mitro 'pānaṃ samāśritaḥ / pucche 'gniśca mahendraśca mārīcaḥ kaśyapo dhruvaḥ
Saṃvatsara (the year) is its penis, Mitra abides in its anus; in its tail are Agni, Mahendra, Kaśyapa the son of Marīci, and Dhruva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 23.105
तारकाः शिशुमारस्य नास्तं याति चतुष्टयम् । नक्षत्रचन्द्रमूर्याश्च ग्रहास्तारागणैः सह
tārakāḥ śiśumārasya nāstaṃ yāti catuṣṭayam / nakṣatracandramūryāśca grahāstārāgaṇaiḥ saha
The four stars of the Śiśumāra do not set. The constellations, moon and sun, the planets together with the hosts of stars,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 23.106
उन्मुखा विमुखाः सर्वे वक्रीभूताः श्रिता दिवि । ध्रुवेणाधिष्ठिताश्चैव ध्रुवमेव प्रदक्षिणम्
unmukhā vimukhāḥ sarve vakrībhūtāḥ śritā divi / dhruveṇādhiṣṭhitāścaiva dhruvameva pradakṣiṇam
all facing up, facing away, turned crooked, are fixed in the sky; and, presided over by Dhruva, they go round Dhruva keeping him on the right.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 23.107
परियान्तीश्वरश्रेष्ठं मेढीभूतं द्रुवं दिवि । अग्नीन्द्रकश्यपानां तु चरमो ऽसौ ध्रुवः स्मृतः
pariyāntīśvaraśreṣṭhaṃ meḍhībhūtaṃ druvaṃ divi / agnīndrakaśyapānāṃ tu caramo 'sau dhruvaḥ smṛtaḥ
They circle around Dhruva, the best of lords, who stands as the post in the sky; and this Dhruva is said to be the last of Agni, Indra and Kaśyapa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 23.108
एक एव भ्रमत्येष मेरुपर्वतमूर्द्धनि । ज्योतिषां चक्रमेतद्धि गदा कर्षन्नवाङ्मुखः । मेरुमालोकयत्येष पर्यन्ते हि प्रदक्षिणम्
eka eva bhramatyeṣa meruparvatamūrddhani / jyotiṣāṃ cakrametaddhi gadā karṣannavāṅmukhaḥ / merumālokayatyeṣa paryante hi pradakṣiṇam
He alone revolves upon the summit of Mount Meru; facing downward he draws this wheel of luminaries along with a mace, and he looks upon Meru, keeping it on his right at the circuit's end.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain