Linga Purana — Chapter 59
LiP 59.1
एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु मुनयः पुनस्तं संशयान्विताः पप्रच्छुरुत्तरं भूयस् तदा ते रोमहर्षणम्
etacchrutvā tu munayaḥ punastaṃ saṃśayānvitāḥ papracchuruttaraṃ bhūyas tadā te romaharṣaṇam
Having heard this, the sages, still filled with doubt, then asked him — Romaharṣaṇa — yet another further question.
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LiP 59.2
यदेतदुक्तं भवता सूतेह वदतां वर एतद्विस्तरतो ब्रूहि ज्योतिषां च विनिर्णयम्
yadetaduktaṃ bhavatā sūteha vadatāṃ vara etadvistarato brūhi jyotiṣāṃ ca vinirṇayam
"What you have said here, O Sūta, best of speakers — tell this in detail, and (give) the determination of the heavenly lights."
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LiP 59.3
श्रुत्वा तु वचनं तेषां तदा सूतः समाहितः उवाच परमं वाक्यं तेषां संशयनिर्णये
śrutvā tu vacanaṃ teṣāṃ tadā sūtaḥ samāhitaḥ uvāca paramaṃ vākyaṃ teṣāṃ saṃśayanirṇaye
Hearing their words, the Sūta, composed, then spoke supreme speech for the resolving of their doubt.
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LiP 59.4
अस्मिन्नर्थे महाप्राज्ञैर् यदुक्तं शान्तबुद्धिभिः एतद्वो ऽहं प्रवक्ष्यामि सूर्यचन्द्रमसोर्गतिम्
asminnarthe mahāprājñair yaduktaṃ śāntabuddhibhiḥ etadvo 'haṃ pravakṣyāmi sūryacandramasorgatim
What has been said on this matter by the greatly wise ones of tranquil mind — this I shall declare to you: the course of the sun and the moon.
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LiP 59.5
यथा देवगृहाणीह सूर्यचन्द्रादयो ग्रहाः अतः परं तु त्रिविधम् अग्नेर्वक्ष्ये समुद्भवम्
yathā devagṛhāṇīha sūryacandrādayo grahāḥ ataḥ paraṃ tu trividham agnervakṣye samudbhavam
How the planets here, the sun, moon and the rest, are the houses of the gods; and next I shall tell the threefold origin of fire,
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LiP 59.6
दिव्यस्य भौतिकस्याग्नेर् अथो ऽग्नेः पार्थिवस्य च व्युष्टायां तु रजन्यां च ब्रह्मणो ऽव्यक्तजन्मनः
divyasya bhautikasyāgner atho 'gneḥ pārthivasya ca vyuṣṭāyāṃ tu rajanyāṃ ca brahmaṇo 'vyaktajanmanaḥ
of the divine fire, the elemental fire, and then of the earthly fire — when the night of Brahmā, whose birth is from the unmanifest, had passed away.
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LiP 59.7
अव्याकृतमिदं त्वासीन् नैशेन तमसा वृतम् चतुर्भागावशिष्टे ऽस्मिन् लोके नष्टे विशेषतः
avyākṛtamidaṃ tvāsīn naiśena tamasā vṛtam caturbhāgāvaśiṣṭe 'smin loke naṣṭe viśeṣataḥ
This (universe) was undifferentiated, wrapped in the darkness of night, when this world had perished, particularly so, with (only) a fourth part remaining.
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LiP 59.8
स्वयंभूर्भगवांस्तत्र लोकसर्वार्थसाधकः खद्योतवत्स व्यचरद् आविर्भावचिकीर्षया
svayaṃbhūrbhagavāṃstatra lokasarvārthasādhakaḥ khadyotavatsa vyacarad āvirbhāvacikīrṣayā
There the Lord Self-existent, the accomplisher of all the world's purposes, moved about like a firefly, wishing to bring about manifestation.
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LiP 59.9
सो ऽग्निं सृष्ट्वाथ लोकादौ पृथिवीजलसंश्रितः संहृत्य तत्प्रकाशार्थं त्रिधा व्यभजदीश्वरः
so 'gniṃ sṛṣṭvātha lokādau pṛthivījalasaṃśritaḥ saṃhṛtya tatprakāśārthaṃ tridhā vyabhajadīśvaraḥ
He, the Lord, having created fire at the beginning of the world, resting in earth and water, and having drawn it together, divided it threefold for the sake of illumination.
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LiP 59.10
पवनो यस्तु लोके ऽस्मिन् पार्थिवो वह्निरुच्यते यश्चासौ लोकादौ सूर्ये शुचिरग्निस्तु स स्मृतः
pavano yastu loke 'smin pārthivo vahnirucyate yaścāsau lokādau sūrye śuciragnistu sa smṛtaḥ
That which is the wind in this world is called the earthly fire; and that which was in the sun at the world's beginning is remembered as the pure fire.
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LiP 59.11
वैद्युतो ऽब्जस्तु विज्ञेयस् तेषां वक्ष्ये तु लक्षणम् वैद्युतो जाठरः सौरो वारिगर्भास्त्रयो ऽग्नयः
vaidyuto 'bjastu vijñeyas teṣāṃ vakṣye tu lakṣaṇam vaidyuto jāṭharaḥ sauro vārigarbhāstrayo 'gnayaḥ
And the water-born (fire) is to be known as the lightning-fire. I shall tell their characteristics: the lightning-fire, the digestive fire, and the solar — these three fires have water for their womb.
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LiP 59.12
तस्मादपः पिबन्सूर्यो गोभिर् दीप्यत्यसौ विभुः जले चाब्जः समाविष्टो नाद्भिर् अग्निः प्रशाम्यति
tasmādapaḥ pibansūryo gobhir dīpyatyasau vibhuḥ jale cābjaḥ samāviṣṭo nādbhir agniḥ praśāmyati
Therefore the sun, drinking up the waters, that pervading one blazes with its rays; and the water-born fire, having entered into water, that fire is not quenched by waters.
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LiP 59.13
मानवानां च कुक्षिस्थो नाग्निः शाम्यति पावकः अर्चिष्मान्पवनः सो ऽग्निर् निष्प्रभो जाठरः स्मृतः
mānavānāṃ ca kukṣistho nāgniḥ śāmyati pāvakaḥ arciṣmānpavanaḥ so 'gnir niṣprabho jāṭharaḥ smṛtaḥ
And the fire that resides in the bellies of men, the purifying fire, does not go out; fanned by wind that fire is flaming, (yet) the digestive fire is held to be without radiance.
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LiP 59.14
यश्चायं मण्डली शुक्ली निरूष्मा सम्प्रजायते प्रभा सौरी तु पादेन ह्य् अस्तं याते दिवाकरे
yaścāyaṃ maṇḍalī śuklī nirūṣmā samprajāyate prabhā saurī tu pādena hy astaṃ yāte divākare
And that (light) which arises as a disc, white and without heat — that is the sun's radiance by a quarter (part), when the day-maker has gone to setting.
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LiP 59.15
अग्निमाविशते रात्रौ तस्माद्दूरात्प्रकाशते उद्यन्तं च पुनः सूर्यम् औष्ण्यम् अग्नेः समाविशेत्
agnimāviśate rātrau tasmāddūrātprakāśate udyantaṃ ca punaḥ sūryam auṣṇyam agneḥ samāviśet
At night it enters into fire; therefore (fire) shines from afar. And again, the heat of fire enters into the rising sun,
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LiP 59.16
पादेन पार्थिवस्याग्नेस् तस्मादग्निस्तपत्यसौ प्रकाशोष्णस्वरूपे च सौराग्नेये तु तेजसी
pādena pārthivasyāgnes tasmādagnistapatyasau prakāśoṣṇasvarūpe ca saurāgneye tu tejasī
by a quarter (part) of the earthly fire; therefore that (sun) burns. And the two radiances, the solar and the fiery, have light and heat as their forms.
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LiP 59.17
परस्परानुप्रवेशाद् आप्यायेते परस्परम् उत्तरे चैव भूम्यर्धे तथा ह्यग्निश् च दक्षिणे
parasparānupraveśād āpyāyete parasparam uttare caiva bhūmyardhe tathā hyagniś ca dakṣiṇe
By entering into each other they nourish each other; and (the sun) is in the northern half of the earth, and likewise fire in the southern.
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LiP 59.18
उत्तिष्ठति पुनः सूर्यः पुनर्वै प्रविशत्य् अपः तस्मात्ताम्रा भवन्त्यापो दिवारात्रिप्रवेशनात्
uttiṣṭhati punaḥ sūryaḥ punarvai praviśaty apaḥ tasmāttāmrā bhavantyāpo divārātripraveśanāt
The sun rises again, and again it enters the waters; therefore the waters become copper-red, from the entering of day into night.
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LiP 59.19
अस्तं याति पुनः सूर्यो ऽहर्वै प्रविशत्य् अपः तस्मान्नक्तं पुनः शुक्ला आपो दृश्यन्ति भास्वराः
astaṃ yāti punaḥ sūryo 'harvai praviśaty apaḥ tasmānnaktaṃ punaḥ śuklā āpo dṛśyanti bhāsvarāḥ
The sun goes to setting again, and the day enters the waters; therefore at night the waters are seen again white and shining.
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LiP 59.20
एतेन क्रमयोगेन भूम्यर्धे दक्षिणोत्तरे उदयास्तमने नित्यम् अहोरात्रं विशत्य् अपः
etena kramayogena bhūmyardhe dakṣiṇottare udayāstamane nityam ahorātraṃ viśaty apaḥ
By this sequence of movement, in the southern and northern half of the earth, at rising and setting, day and night constantly enter the waters.
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LiP 59.21
यश्चासौ तपते सूर्यः पिबन्नंभो गभस्तिभिः पार्थिवाग्निविमिश्रो ऽसौ दिव्यः शुचिरिति स्मृतः
yaścāsau tapate sūryaḥ pibannaṃbho gabhastibhiḥ pārthivāgnivimiśro 'sau divyaḥ śuciriti smṛtaḥ
And that sun which burns, drinking up water with its rays — that one, mingled with earthly fire, is called the divine pure (fire).
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LiP 59.22
सहस्रपादसौ वह्निर् वृत्तकुम्भनिभः स्मृतः आदत्ते स तु नाडीनां सहस्रेण समन्ततः
sahasrapādasau vahnir vṛttakumbhanibhaḥ smṛtaḥ ādatte sa tu nāḍīnāṃ sahasreṇa samantataḥ
That thousand-rayed fire is said to be like a round jar; and it takes up (water) on every side by a thousand channels:
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LiP 59.23
नादेयीश्चैव सामुद्रीः कूपाश्चैव तथा घनाः स्थावरा जङ्गमाश्चैव वापीकुल्यादिका अपः
nādeyīścaiva sāmudrīḥ kūpāścaiva tathā ghanāḥ sthāvarā jaṅgamāścaiva vāpīkulyādikā apaḥ
the waters of rivers and of the sea, and wells, and likewise clouds, and standing and moving waters, those of ponds, canals and the rest.
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LiP 59.24
तस्य रश्मिसहस्रं तच् छीतवर्षोष्णनिःस्रवम् तासां चतुःशता नाड्यो वर्षन्ते चित्रमूर्तयः
tasya raśmisahasraṃ tac chītavarṣoṣṇaniḥsravam tāsāṃ catuḥśatā nāḍyo varṣante citramūrtayaḥ
That thousand of rays of his pours out cold, rain and heat; of these, four hundred channels, of varied form, send down rain.
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LiP 59.25
भजनाश्चैव माल्याश् च केतनाः पतनास् तथा अमृता नामतः सर्वा रश्मयो वृष्टिसर्जनाः
bhajanāścaiva mālyāś ca ketanāḥ patanās tathā amṛtā nāmataḥ sarvā raśmayo vṛṣṭisarjanāḥ
The bhajanas, the mālyas, the ketanas, and likewise the patanas — all these rays, by name amṛtā, are the dischargers of rain.
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LiP 59.26
हिमोद्वहाश् च ता नाड्यो रश्मयस् त्रिशताः पुनः रेशा मेघाश् च वात्स्याश् च ह्लादिन्यो हिमसर्जनाः
himodvahāś ca tā nāḍyo raśmayas triśatāḥ punaḥ reśā meghāś ca vātsyāś ca hlādinyo himasarjanāḥ
And those channels that carry snow are again three hundred rays: the reśās, the meghas, the vātsyas, the hlādinīs, the dischargers of snow,
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LiP 59.27
चन्द्रभा नामतः सर्वा पीताभाश् च गभस्तयः शुक्लाश् च ककुभाश्चैव गावो विश्वभृतस् तथा
candrabhā nāmataḥ sarvā pītābhāś ca gabhastayaḥ śuklāś ca kakubhāścaiva gāvo viśvabhṛtas tathā
all by name candrabhā; and the yellow-gleaming beams, and the white ones, and the kakubhas, the gāvas, and likewise the viśvabhṛts —
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LiP 59.28
शुक्लास्ता नामतः सर्वास् त्रिशतीर्घर्मसर्जनाः सोमो बिभर्ति ताभिस्तु मनुष्यपितृदेवताः
śuklāstā nāmataḥ sarvās triśatīrgharmasarjanāḥ somo bibharti tābhistu manuṣyapitṛdevatāḥ
those white ones, all by name śuklā, three hundred, dischargers of heat. With these Soma sustains men, ancestors and gods:
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LiP 59.29
मनुष्यानौषधेनेह स्वधया च पितॄनपि अमृतेन सुरान् सर्वांस् तिसृभिस् तर्पयत्यसौ
manuṣyānauṣadheneha svadhayā ca pitṝnapi amṛtena surān sarvāṃs tisṛbhis tarpayatyasau
men here with plants, and the ancestors with the svadhā offering, and all the gods with amṛta — with these three he refreshes (them).
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LiP 59.30
वसन्ते चैव ग्रीष्मे च शतैः स तपते त्रिभिः वर्षास्वथो शरदि च चतुर्भिः संप्रवर्षति
vasante caiva grīṣme ca śataiḥ sa tapate tribhiḥ varṣāsvatho śaradi ca caturbhiḥ saṃpravarṣati
In spring and in summer he burns with three hundred; then in the rains and in autumn he rains down with four hundred;
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LiP 59.31
हेमन्ते शिशिरे चैव हिममुत्सृजते त्रिभिः इन्द्रो धाता भगः पूषा मित्रो ऽथ वरुणो ऽर्यमा
hemante śiśire caiva himamutsṛjate tribhiḥ indro dhātā bhagaḥ pūṣā mitro 'tha varuṇo 'ryamā
in early and late winter he sends forth snow with three hundred. Indra, Dhātā, Bhaga, Pūṣā, Mitra, then Varuṇa, Aryamā,
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LiP 59.32
अंशुर् विवस्वांस्त्वष्टा च पर्जन्यो विष्णुरेव च वरुणो माघमासे तु सूर्य एव तु फाल्गुने
aṃśur vivasvāṃstvaṣṭā ca parjanyo viṣṇureva ca varuṇo māghamāse tu sūrya eva tu phālgune
Aṃśu, Vivasvān, Tvaṣṭā, Parjanya, and Viṣṇu: Varuṇa in the month of Māgha, and Sūrya in Phālguna.
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LiP 59.33
चैत्रे मासि भवेदंशुर् धाता वैशाखतापनः ज्येष्ठे मासि भवेदिन्द्र आषाढे चार्यमा रविः
caitre māsi bhavedaṃśur dhātā vaiśākhatāpanaḥ jyeṣṭhe māsi bhavedindra āṣāḍhe cāryamā raviḥ
In the month of Caitra it is Aṃśu; Dhātā is the burner in Vaiśākha; in the month of Jyeṣṭha it is Indra, and in Āṣāḍha the sun is Aryamā.
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LiP 59.34
विवस्वान् श्रावणे मासि प्रौष्ठपदे भगः स्मृतः पर्जन्यो ऽश्वयुजे मासि त्वष्टा वै कार्तिके रविः
vivasvān śrāvaṇe māsi prauṣṭhapade bhagaḥ smṛtaḥ parjanyo 'śvayuje māsi tvaṣṭā vai kārtike raviḥ
In the month of Śrāvaṇa (the sun is) Vivasvān; in Prauṣṭhapada he is held to be Bhaga; in the month of Aśvayuj (Āśvina) Parjanya, and in Kārttika the sun is Tvaṣṭā.
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LiP 59.35
मार्गशीर्षे भवेन्मित्रः पौषे विष्णुः सनातनः पञ्चरश्मिसहस्राणि वरुणस्यार्ककर्मणि
mārgaśīrṣe bhavenmitraḥ pauṣe viṣṇuḥ sanātanaḥ pañcaraśmisahasrāṇi varuṇasyārkakarmaṇi
In Mārgaśīrṣa he is Mitra, in Pauṣa the eternal Viṣṇu. Five thousand rays belong to Varuṇa in the work of the sun.
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LiP 59.36
षड्भिः सहस्रैः पूषा तु देवो ऽंशुः सप्तभिस् तथा धाताष्टभिः सहस्रैस्तु नवभिस्तु शतक्रतुः
ṣaḍbhiḥ sahasraiḥ pūṣā tu devo 'ṃśuḥ saptabhis tathā dhātāṣṭabhiḥ sahasraistu navabhistu śatakratuḥ
But Pūṣā (shines) with six thousand, and the god Aṃśu with seven; Dhātā with eight thousand, and Śatakratu with nine.
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LiP 59.37
विवस्वान् दशभिर् याति यात्येकादशभिर् भगः सप्तभिस्तपते मित्रस् त्वष्टा चैवाष्टभिः स्मृतः
vivasvān daśabhir yāti yātyekādaśabhir bhagaḥ saptabhistapate mitras tvaṣṭā caivāṣṭabhiḥ smṛtaḥ
Vivasvān goes with ten thousand, Bhaga goes with eleven; Mitra burns with seven, and Tvaṣṭā is held (to shine) with eight.
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LiP 59.38
अर्यमा दशभिर् याति पर्जन्यो नवभिस् तथा षड्भी रश्मिसहस्रैस्तु विष्णुस्तपति मेदिनीम्
aryamā daśabhir yāti parjanyo navabhis tathā ṣaḍbhī raśmisahasraistu viṣṇustapati medinīm
Aryamā goes with ten, and Parjanya with nine; but with six thousand rays Viṣṇu heats the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 59.39
वसंते कपिलः सूर्यो ग्रीष्मे काञ्चनसप्रभः श्वेतो वर्षासु वर्णेन पाण्डुः शरदि भास्करः
vasaṃte kapilaḥ sūryo grīṣme kāñcanasaprabhaḥ śveto varṣāsu varṇena pāṇḍuḥ śaradi bhāskaraḥ
In spring the sun is tawny, in summer golden-hued; in the rains he is white in colour, in autumn the sun-maker is pale.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 59.40
हेमन्ते ताम्रवर्णस्तु शिशिरे लोहितो रविः इति वर्णाः समाख्याता मया सूर्यसमुद्भवाः
hemante tāmravarṇastu śiśire lohito raviḥ iti varṇāḥ samākhyātā mayā sūryasamudbhavāḥ
In the cold season he is copper-coloured, in the dewy season the sun is red. Thus have the colours arising from the sun been declared by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 59.41
ओषधीषु बलं धत्ते स्वधया च पितृष्वपि सूर्यो ऽमरेष्वप्यमृतं त्रयं त्रिषु नियच्छति
oṣadhīṣu balaṃ dhatte svadhayā ca pitṛṣvapi sūryo 'mareṣvapyamṛtaṃ trayaṃ triṣu niyacchati
He places strength in the plants, and with svadhā (offering) also among the fathers, and among the immortals the nectar: the sun dispenses the three (things) among the three.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 59.42
एवं रश्मिसहस्रं तत् सौरं लोकार्थसाधकम् भिद्यते लोकमासाद्य जलशीतोष्णनिःस्रवम्
evaṃ raśmisahasraṃ tat sauraṃ lokārthasādhakam bhidyate lokamāsādya jalaśītoṣṇaniḥsravam
Thus that thousandfold radiance of the sun, which accomplishes the purpose of the world, on reaching the world is divided into the outflow of water, cold and heat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 59.43
इत्येतन्मण्डलं शुक्लं भास्वरं सूर्यसंज्ञितम् नक्षत्रग्रहसोमानां प्रतिष्ठायोनिरेव च
ityetanmaṇḍalaṃ śuklaṃ bhāsvaraṃ sūryasaṃjñitam nakṣatragrahasomānāṃ pratiṣṭhāyonireva ca
Such is this white, shining orb named the sun, and it is the foundation and the source of the constellations, the planets and the moon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 59.44
चन्द्रऋक्षग्रहाः सर्वे विज्ञेयाः सूर्यसंभवाः नक्षत्राधिपतिः सोमो नयनं वाममीशितुः
candraṛkṣagrahāḥ sarve vijñeyāḥ sūryasaṃbhavāḥ nakṣatrādhipatiḥ somo nayanaṃ vāmamīśituḥ
The moon, the stars and all the planets are to be known as arising from the sun. Soma, lord of the constellations, is the left eye of the Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 59.45
नयनं चैवम् ईशस्य दक्षिणं भास्करः स्वयम् तेषां जनानां लोके ऽस्मिन् नयनं नयते यतः
nayanaṃ caivam īśasya dakṣiṇaṃ bhāskaraḥ svayam teṣāṃ janānāṃ loke 'smin nayanaṃ nayate yataḥ
And so the right eye of the Lord is the sun-maker himself, since he leads the sight of those people in this world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain