Matsya Purana — Chapter 125
MtP 125.1
एवं श्रुत्वा कथां दिव्याम् अब्रुवंल्लौमहर्षणिम् सूर्याचन्द्रमसोश् चारं ग्रहाणां चैव सर्वशः
evaṃ śrutvā kathāṃ divyām abruvaṃllaumaharṣaṇim sūryācandramasoś cāraṃ grahāṇāṃ caiva sarvaśaḥ
Having thus heard the divine account, they said to Lomaharṣaṇa: (tell us) the course of the sun and moon, and of the planets, in full.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 125.2
भ्रमन्ति कथमेतानि ज्योतींषि रविमण्डले अव्यूहेनैव सर्वाणि तथा चासंकरेण वा
bhramanti kathametāni jyotīṃṣi ravimaṇḍale avyūhenaiva sarvāṇi tathā cāsaṃkareṇa vā
How do these lights revolve in the sun's orbit — all of them without any (fixed) array, or else without confusion?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 125.3
कश्च भ्रामयते तानि भ्रमन्ति यदि वा स्वयम् एतद्वेदितुम् इच्छामस् ततो निगद सत्तम
kaśca bhrāmayate tāni bhramanti yadi vā svayam etadveditum icchāmas tato nigada sattama
And who makes them revolve, or do they revolve of themselves? This we wish to know; so tell it, best of men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 125.4
भूतसंमोहनं ह्येतद् ब्रुवतो मे निबोधत प्रत्यक्षमपि दृश्यं तत् संमोहयति वै प्रजाः
bhūtasaṃmohanaṃ hyetad bruvato me nibodhata pratyakṣamapi dṛśyaṃ tat saṃmohayati vai prajāḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
MtP 125.5
यो ऽसौ चतुर्दशर्क्षेषु शिशुमारो व्यवस्थितः उत्तानपादपुत्रो ऽसौ मेढीभूतो ध्रुवो दिवि
yo 'sau caturdaśarkṣeṣu śiśumāro vyavasthitaḥ uttānapādaputro 'sau meḍhībhūto dhruvo divi
— tr. refused: cyber
MtP 125.6
सैष भ्रमन्भ्रामयते चन्द्रादित्यौ ग्रहैः सह भ्रमन्तमनुसर्पन्ति नक्षत्राणि च चक्रवत्
saiṣa bhramanbhrāmayate candrādityau grahaiḥ saha bhramantamanusarpanti nakṣatrāṇi ca cakravat
He himself, turning, makes the moon and the sun turn along with the planets, and the lunar mansions creep after him as he turns, like a wheel.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 125.7
ध्रुवस्य मनसा यो वै भ्रमते ज्योतिषां गणः वातानीकमयैर् बन्धैर् ध्रुवे बद्धः प्रसर्पति
dhruvasya manasā yo vai bhramate jyotiṣāṃ gaṇaḥ vātānīkamayair bandhair dhruve baddhaḥ prasarpati
That host of lights which indeed revolves by Dhruva's will moves along bound to Dhruva by fetters made of masses of wind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 125.8
तेषां भेदश्च योगश्च तथा कालस्य निश्चयः अस्तोदयास्तथोत्पाता अयने दक्षिणोत्तरे
teṣāṃ bhedaśca yogaśca tathā kālasya niścayaḥ astodayāstathotpātā ayane dakṣiṇottare
Their separation and their conjunction, and likewise the fixing of time, their settings and risings, and portents too, the southern and northern courses (of the sun) —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 125.9
विषुवद्ग्रहवर्णश्च सर्वमेतद्ध्रुवेरितम् जीमूता नाम ते मेघा यदेभ्यो जीवसम्भवः
viṣuvadgrahavarṇaśca sarvametaddhruveritam jīmūtā nāma te meghā yadebhyo jīvasambhavaḥ
the equinox and the colours of the planets — all this is impelled by Dhruva. Those clouds are called Jīmūta, since from them comes the arising of life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 125.10
द्वितीय आवहन्वायुर् मेघास्ते त्वभिसंश्रिताः इतो योजनमात्राच्च अध्यर्धविकृता अपि
dvitīya āvahanvāyur meghāste tvabhisaṃśritāḥ ito yojanamātrācca adhyardhavikṛtā api
The second wind is Āvaha; those clouds are attached to it. (They extend) from here only a yojana, and some are altered (in extent) by half again as much.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 125.11
वृष्टिसर्गस्तथा तेषां धारासारः प्रकीर्तितः पुष्करावर्तका नाम ये मेघाः पक्षसम्भवाः
vṛṣṭisargastathā teṣāṃ dhārāsāraḥ prakīrtitaḥ puṣkarāvartakā nāma ye meghāḥ pakṣasambhavāḥ
And their discharge of rain is declared to be a downpour in streams. Those clouds named Puṣkarāvartaka, which arose from wings —
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MtP 125.12
शक्रेण पक्षाश्छिन्ना वै पर्वतानां महौजसा कामगानां समृद्धानां भूतानां नाशमिच्छताम्
śakreṇa pakṣāśchinnā vai parvatānāṃ mahaujasā kāmagānāṃ samṛddhānāṃ bhūtānāṃ nāśamicchatām
By Śakra of great might the wings of the mountains were cut off — (those mountains) that moved at will, that were abundant, and that sought the destruction of living beings.
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MtP 125.13
पुष्करा नाम ते पक्षा बृहन्तस्तोयधारिणः पुष्करावर्तका नाम कारणेनेह शब्दिताः
puṣkarā nāma te pakṣā bṛhantastoyadhāriṇaḥ puṣkarāvartakā nāma kāraṇeneha śabditāḥ
Those wings, being large and water-bearing, are called puṣkaras; for that reason (these clouds) are here named puṣkarāvartakas ('those that revolve from the puṣkaras').
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 125.14
नानारूपधराश्चैव महाघोरस्वराश्च ते कल्पान्तवृष्टिकर्तारः कल्पान्ताग्नेर् नियामकाः
nānārūpadharāścaiva mahāghorasvarāśca te kalpāntavṛṣṭikartāraḥ kalpāntāgner niyāmakāḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
MtP 125.15
वाय्वाधारा वहन्ते वै सामृताः कल्पसाधकाः यान्यस्याण्डस्य भिन्नस्य प्राकृतान्यभवंस्तदा
vāyvādhārā vahante vai sāmṛtāḥ kalpasādhakāḥ yānyasyāṇḍasya bhinnasya prākṛtānyabhavaṃstadā
— tr. refused: cyber
MtP 125.16
यस्मिन् ब्रह्मा समुत्पन्नश् चतुर्वक्त्रः स्वयं प्रभुः तान्येवाण्डकपालानि सर्वे मेघाः प्रकीर्तिताः
yasmin brahmā samutpannaś caturvaktraḥ svayaṃ prabhuḥ tānyevāṇḍakapālāni sarve meghāḥ prakīrtitāḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
MtP 125.17
तेषामाप्यायनं धूमः सर्वेषाम् अविशेषतः तेषां श्रेष्ठश्च पर्जन्यश् चत्वारश्चैव दिग्गजाः
teṣāmāpyāyanaṃ dhūmaḥ sarveṣām aviśeṣataḥ teṣāṃ śreṣṭhaśca parjanyaś catvāraścaiva diggajāḥ
Smoke is what swells (nourishes) them, all of them without distinction; and the foremost among them is Parjanya, and the four elephants of the quarters.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 125.18
गजानां पर्वतानां च मेघानां भोगिभिः सह कुलमेकं द्विधा भूतं योनिरेका जलं स्मृतम्
gajānāṃ parvatānāṃ ca meghānāṃ bhogibhiḥ saha kulamekaṃ dvidhā bhūtaṃ yonirekā jalaṃ smṛtam
Of elephants, of mountains, and of clouds, together with the serpents, the family is one, though it has become twofold; their source is one — it is held to be water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 125.19
पर्जन्यो दिग्गजाश्चैव हेमन्ते शीतसम्भवम् तुषारवर्षं वर्षन्ति वृद्धा ह्यन्नविवृद्धये
parjanyo diggajāścaiva hemante śītasambhavam tuṣāravarṣaṃ varṣanti vṛddhā hyannavivṛddhaye
Parjanya and the elephants of the quarters, swollen (with water), rain down in winter a rain of frost, born of cold, for the increase of the grain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 125.20
षष्ठः परिवहो नाम वायुस्तेषां परायणः यौ ऽसौ बिभर्ति भगवान् गङ्गामाकाशगोचराम्
ṣaṣṭhaḥ parivaho nāma vāyusteṣāṃ parāyaṇaḥ yau 'sau bibharti bhagavān gaṅgāmākāśagocarām
The sixth wind, named Parivaha, is the support of those (winds); it is that lord who bears the Gaṅgā that has the sky for its course,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 125.21
दिव्यामृतजलां पुण्यां त्रिपथामिति विश्रुताम् तस्या विस्पन्दितं तोयं दिग्गजाः पृथुभिः करैः
divyāmṛtajalāṃ puṇyāṃ tripathāmiti viśrutām tasyā vispanditaṃ toyaṃ diggajāḥ pṛthubhiḥ karaiḥ
(the Ganges) whose water is divine nectar, holy, famed as "the Three-Pathed" — her water, set trembling (churned up) by the elephants of the quarters with their broad trunks,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 125.22
शीकरान् सम्प्रमुञ्चन्ति नीहार इति स स्मृतः दक्षिणेन गिरिर्यो ऽसौ हेमकूट इति स्मृतः
śīkarān sampramuñcanti nīhāra iti sa smṛtaḥ dakṣiṇena giriryo 'sau hemakūṭa iti smṛtaḥ
(The elephants of the quarters) scatter fine spray-drops; that is known as mist. The mountain that lies to the south is known as Hemakūṭa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 125.23
उदग्धिमवतः शैलस्य्-ओत्तरे चैव दक्षिणे पुण्ड्रं नाम समाख्यातं सम्यग्वृष्टिविवृद्धये
udagdhimavataḥ śailasy-ottare caiva dakṣiṇe puṇḍraṃ nāma samākhyātaṃ samyagvṛṣṭivivṛddhaye
To the north of the Himavat mountain, and on the south, (a region) named Puṇḍra is proclaimed, for the proper increase of rainfall.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 125.24
तस्मिन्प्रवर्तते वर्षं तत्तुषारसमुद्भवम् ततो हिमवतो वायुर् हिमं तत्र समुद्भवम्
tasminpravartate varṣaṃ tattuṣārasamudbhavam tato himavato vāyur himaṃ tatra samudbhavam
There rain sets in, arising from frost; then the wind from Himavat (carries) the snow that has arisen there,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 125.25
आनयत्यात्मवेगेन सिञ्चयानो महागिरिम् हिमवन्तमतिक्रम्य वृष्टिशेषं ततः परम्
ānayatyātmavegena siñcayāno mahāgirim himavantamatikramya vṛṣṭiśeṣaṃ tataḥ param
and brings it on by its own force, drenching the great mountain; and passing beyond Himavat, the remainder of the rain thereafter
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 125.26
इभास्ये च ततः पश्चाद् इदं भूतविवृद्धये वर्षद्वयं समाख्यातं सम्यग्वृष्टिविवृद्धये
ibhāsye ca tataḥ paścād idaṃ bhūtavivṛddhaye varṣadvayaṃ samākhyātaṃ samyagvṛṣṭivivṛddhaye
(falls) then afterwards on Ibhāsya, for the increase of beings here. Thus a twofold rainfall is declared, for the proper increase of rain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 125.27
मेघाश्चाप्यायनं चैव सर्वमेतत्प्रकीर्तितम् सूर्य एव तु वृष्टीनां स्रष्टा समुपदिश्यते
meghāścāpyāyanaṃ caiva sarvametatprakīrtitam sūrya eva tu vṛṣṭīnāṃ sraṣṭā samupadiśyate
The clouds and their replenishing — all this has been proclaimed; but the sun alone is taught to be the creator of the rains.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 125.28
वर्षं घर्मं हिमं रात्रिं संध्ये चैव दिनं तथा शुभाशुभफलानीह ध्रुवात्सर्वं प्रवर्तते
varṣaṃ gharmaṃ himaṃ rātriṃ saṃdhye caiva dinaṃ tathā śubhāśubhaphalānīha dhruvātsarvaṃ pravartate
Rain, heat, snow, night, the two twilights and likewise day, and the good and bad fruits here — all this proceeds from Dhruva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 125.29
ध्रुवेणाधिष्ठिताश्चापः सूर्यो वै गृह्य तिष्ठति सर्वभूतशरीरेषु त्व् आपो ह्यनुश्रिताश्च याः
dhruveṇādhiṣṭhitāścāpaḥ sūryo vai gṛhya tiṣṭhati sarvabhūtaśarīreṣu tv āpo hyanuśritāśca yāḥ
The waters are governed by Dhruva, and the sun stands holding them; and those waters which are lodged in the bodies of all beings —
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MtP 125.30
दह्यमानेषु तेष्वेव जङ्गमस्थावरेषु च धूमभूतास्तु ता ह्यापो निष्क्रामन्तीह सर्वशः
dahyamāneṣu teṣveva jaṅgamasthāvareṣu ca dhūmabhūtāstu tā hyāpo niṣkrāmantīha sarvaśaḥ
when those very (beings), moving and unmoving, are burnt, those waters, having become smoke, go out here in every direction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 125.31
तेन चाभ्राणि जायन्ते स्थानमभ्रमयं स्मृतम् तेजोभिः सर्वलोकेभ्य आदत्ते रश्मिभिर्जलम्
tena cābhrāṇi jāyante sthānamabhramayaṃ smṛtam tejobhiḥ sarvalokebhya ādatte raśmibhirjalam
And by that the clouds are born; the (cloud's) station is said to consist of abhra. With its heat, with its rays, it takes up water from all the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 125.32
समुद्राद्वायुसंयोगाद् वहन्त्यापो गभस्तयः ततस्त्वृतुवशात्काले परिवर्तन्दिवाकरः
samudrādvāyusaṃyogād vahantyāpo gabhastayaḥ tatastvṛtuvaśātkāle parivartandivākaraḥ
From the ocean, through conjunction with the wind, the rays carry the waters; then the sun, turning in time according to the season,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 125.33
नियच्छत्यापो मेघेभ्यः शुक्लाः शुक्लैस्तु रश्मिभिः अभ्रस्थाः प्रपतन्त्यापो वायुना समुदीरिताः
niyacchatyāpo meghebhyaḥ śuklāḥ śuklaistu raśmibhiḥ abhrasthāḥ prapatantyāpo vāyunā samudīritāḥ
releases the waters from the clouds — white waters by his white rays; and the waters that are in the clouds fall down, driven on by the wind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 125.34
ततो वर्षति षण्मासान् सर्वभूतविवृद्धये वायुभिः स्तनितं चैव विद्युतस्त्वग्निजाः स्मृताः
tato varṣati ṣaṇmāsān sarvabhūtavivṛddhaye vāyubhiḥ stanitaṃ caiva vidyutastvagnijāḥ smṛtāḥ
Then it rains for six months, for the increase of all beings; and the thundering is (produced) by the winds, while the lightnings are said to be born of fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 125.35
मेहनाच्च मिहेर् धातोर् मेघत्वं व्यञ्जयन्ति च न भ्रश्यन्ते ततो ह्यापस् तस्मादभ्रस्य वै स्थितिः स्रष्टासौ वृष्टिसर्गस्य ध्रुवेणाधिष्ठितो रविः
mehanācca miher dhātor meghatvaṃ vyañjayanti ca na bhraśyante tato hyāpas tasmādabhrasya vai sthitiḥ sraṣṭāsau vṛṣṭisargasya dhruveṇādhiṣṭhito raviḥ
And from the root mih, 'to shed', they explain the cloud's being called megha; and since the waters do not fall away from it, therefore the cloud (abhra) has (its) standing. That sun, governed by Dhruva, is the creator of the production of rain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 125.36
ध्रुवेणाधिष्ठितो वायुर् वृष्टिं संहरते पुनः ग्रहन्निवृत्त्या सूर्यात्तु चरते ऋक्षमण्डलम्
dhruveṇādhiṣṭhito vāyur vṛṣṭiṃ saṃharate punaḥ grahannivṛttyā sūryāttu carate ṛkṣamaṇḍalam
The wind, governed by Dhruva, again gathers up the rain. By the turning back of the planets, the circle of stars moves (away) from the sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 125.37
चारस्यान्ते विशत्यर्कं ध्रुवेण समधिष्ठितम् अतः सूर्यरथस्यापि संनिवेशं प्रचक्षते
cārasyānte viśatyarkaṃ dhruveṇa samadhiṣṭhitam ataḥ sūryarathasyāpi saṃniveśaṃ pracakṣate
At the end of its course it enters the sun, which is governed by Dhruva. Hence they also describe the construction of the sun's chariot.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 125.38
स्थितेन त्वेकचक्रेण पञ्चारेण त्रिणाभिना हिरण्मयेनाणुना वै अष्टचक्रैकनेमिना चक्रेण भास्वता सूर्यः स्यन्दनेन प्रसर्पिणा
sthitena tvekacakreṇa pañcāreṇa triṇābhinā hiraṇmayenāṇunā vai aṣṭacakraikaneminā cakreṇa bhāsvatā sūryaḥ syandanena prasarpiṇā
With a single fixed wheel, five-spoked, three-naved, golden, fine, having eight wheel-parts(?) and one rim — with that shining wheel the sun (moves) by his gliding chariot.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 125.39
शतयोजनसाहस्रो विस्तारायाम उच्यते द्विगुणा च रथोपस्थाद् ईषादण्डः प्रमाणतः
śatayojanasāhasro vistārāyāma ucyate dviguṇā ca rathopasthād īṣādaṇḍaḥ pramāṇataḥ
Its breadth and length are said to be a hundred thousand yojanas; and the pole-shaft, measured from the chariot's body, is twice (that).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 125.40
स तस्य ब्रह्मणा सृष्टो रथो ह्यर्थवशेन तु असङ्गः काञ्चनो दिव्यो युक्तः पवनगैर्हयैः
sa tasya brahmaṇā sṛṣṭo ratho hyarthavaśena tu asaṅgaḥ kāñcano divyo yuktaḥ pavanagairhayaiḥ
That chariot of his was created by Brahmā for a purpose: unattached, golden, divine, yoked with horses that go like the wind,
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MtP 125.41
छन्दोभिर्वाजिरूपैस्तैर् यथाचक्रं समास्थितैः वारुणस्य रथस्येह लक्षणैः सदृशश्च सः
chandobhirvājirūpaistair yathācakraṃ samāsthitaiḥ vāruṇasya rathasyeha lakṣaṇaiḥ sadṛśaśca saḥ
with the metres as those horse-shapes, stationed each according to the wheel; and in its marks it resembles here the chariot of Varuṇa.
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MtP 125.42
तेनासौ चरति व्योम्नि भास्वाननुदिनं दिवि अथाङ्गानि तु सूर्यस्य प्रत्यङ्गानि रथस्य च संवत्सरस्यावयवैः कल्पितानि यथाक्रमम्
tenāsau carati vyomni bhāsvānanudinaṃ divi athāṅgāni tu sūryasya pratyaṅgāni rathasya ca saṃvatsarasyāvayavaiḥ kalpitāni yathākramam
By it that shining one travels in the sky, in heaven, day after day. Now the limbs of the sun and the parts of the chariot are fashioned, in order, out of the divisions of the year.
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MtP 125.43
अहर्नाभिस्तु सूर्यस्य एकचक्रस्य वै स्मृतः अराः संवत्सरास्तस्य नेम्यः षडृतवः स्मृताः
aharnābhistu sūryasya ekacakrasya vai smṛtaḥ arāḥ saṃvatsarāstasya nemyaḥ ṣaḍṛtavaḥ smṛtāḥ
The nave of the sun's single wheel is said to be the day; its spokes are the years, and its rims are said to be the six seasons.
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MtP 125.44
रात्रिर्वरूथो धर्मश्च ध्वज ऊर्ध्वं व्यवस्थितः अक्षकोट्योर्युगान्यस्य आर्तवाहाः कलाः स्मृताः
rātrirvarūtho dharmaśca dhvaja ūrdhvaṃ vyavasthitaḥ akṣakoṭyoryugānyasya ārtavāhāḥ kalāḥ smṛtāḥ
Night is (the chariot's) protective screen, and dharma is the banner set upright; the yokes are at the two tips of its axle, and the kalās are said to be the bearers of the seasons.
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MtP 125.45
तस्य काष्ठा स्मृता घोणा दन्तपङ्क्तिः क्षणास्तु वै निमेषश्चानुकर्षो ऽस्य ईषा चास्य कला स्मृता
tasya kāṣṭhā smṛtā ghoṇā dantapaṅktiḥ kṣaṇāstu vai nimeṣaścānukarṣo 'sya īṣā cāsya kalā smṛtā
Its kāṣṭhā is said to be the muzzle(-piece), the kṣaṇas its row of teeth, the nimeṣa its undercarriage-beam, and the kalā is said to be its pole.
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MtP 125.46
युगाक्षकोटी ते तस्य अर्थकामावुभौ स्मृतौ सप्ताश्वरूपाश्छन्दांसि वहन्ते वायुरंहसा
yugākṣakoṭī te tasya arthakāmāvubhau smṛtau saptāśvarūpāśchandāṃsi vahante vāyuraṃhasā
Those two of its yoke and axle-tip are said to be both wealth and desire; the metres, in the form of seven horses, draw (it) with the speed of the wind.
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MtP 125.47
गायत्री चैव त्रिष्टुप्च जगत्यनुष्टुप्तथैव च पङ्क्तिश्च बृहती चैव उष्णिगेव तु सप्तमम्
gāyatrī caiva triṣṭupca jagatyanuṣṭuptathaiva ca paṅktiśca bṛhatī caiva uṣṇigeva tu saptamam
Gāyatrī and Triṣṭubh, Jagatī and likewise Anuṣṭubh, Paṅkti and Bṛhatī, and Uṣṇih as the seventh.
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MtP 125.48
चक्रमक्षे निबद्धं तु ध्रुवे चाक्षः समर्पितः सहचक्रो भ्रमत्यक्षः सहाक्षो भ्रमति ध्रुवः
cakramakṣe nibaddhaṃ tu dhruve cākṣaḥ samarpitaḥ sahacakro bhramatyakṣaḥ sahākṣo bhramati dhruvaḥ
The wheel is fastened to the axle, and the axle is fixed upon Dhruva (the pole star); the axle turns together with the wheel, and Dhruva turns together with the axle.
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MtP 125.49
अक्षः सहैव चक्रेण भ्रमते ऽसौ ध्रुवेरितः एवमर्थवशात्तस्य संनिवेशो रथस्य तु
akṣaḥ sahaiva cakreṇa bhramate 'sau dhruveritaḥ evamarthavaśāttasya saṃniveśo rathasya tu
The axle, together with the wheel, turns, being set in motion by Dhruva; thus, according to purpose, is the arrangement of that chariot.
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MtP 125.50
तथा संयोगभागेन सिद्धो वै भास्करो रथः तेनासौ तरणिर्देवो नभसः सर्पते दिवम्
tathā saṃyogabhāgena siddho vai bhāskaro rathaḥ tenāsau taraṇirdevo nabhasaḥ sarpate divam
Thus, by the portion of (their) conjunction, the sun's chariot is made complete; by it that god, the sun, glides from the sky (across) the heaven.
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MtP 125.51
युगाक्षकोटी ते तस्य दक्षिणे स्यन्दनस्य तु भ्रमतो भ्रमतो रश्मी तौ चक्रयुगयोस्तु वै
yugākṣakoṭī te tasya dakṣiṇe syandanasya tu bhramato bhramato raśmī tau cakrayugayostu vai
Those two, the yoke and the axle-tip of that moving chariot, are on the right; and those two reins belong to the pair of wheels.
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MtP 125.52
मण्डलानि भ्रमन्ते ऽस्य खेचरस्य रथस्य तु कुलालचक्रभ्रमवन् मण्डलं सर्वतोदिशम्
maṇḍalāni bhramante 'sya khecarasya rathasya tu kulālacakrabhramavan maṇḍalaṃ sarvatodiśam
The circles of this sky-going chariot revolve; like the whirling of a potter's wheel, the circle (turns) in every direction.
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MtP 125.53
युगाक्षकोटी ते तस्य वातोर्मी स्यन्दनस्य तु संक्रमेते ध्रुवमहो मण्डले सर्वतोदिशम्
yugākṣakoṭī te tasya vātormī syandanasya tu saṃkramete dhruvamaho maṇḍale sarvatodiśam
Those two, the yoke and axle-tip of that moving chariot, are the two wind-currents; they pass over the circle in every direction (through) Dhruva.
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MtP 125.54
भ्रमतस्तस्य रश्मी ते मण्डले तूत्तरायणे वर्धेते दक्षिणेष्वत्र भ्रमतो मण्डलानि तु
bhramatastasya raśmī te maṇḍale tūttarāyaṇe vardhete dakṣiṇeṣvatra bhramato maṇḍalāni tu
As it turns, those two rays of it increase in the circle in the northern course; and here, as it turns, the circles (increase) in the southern (course).
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MtP 125.55
युगाक्षकोटीसम्बद्धौ द्वौ रश्मी स्यन्दनस्य तु ध्रुवेण प्रगृहीतौ तौ रथौ यौ वनतो रविम्
yugākṣakoṭīsambaddhau dvau raśmī syandanasya tu dhruveṇa pragṛhītau tau rathau yau vanato ravim
The two rays of the chariot, bound to the yoke and axle-tip, are held fast by Dhruva — the two which (draw?) the sun.
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MtP 125.56
आकृष्येते यदा ते तु ध्रुवेण समधिष्ठिते तदा सो ऽभ्यन्तरे सूर्यो भ्रमते मण्डलानि तु
ākṛṣyete yadā te tu dhruveṇa samadhiṣṭhite tadā so 'bhyantare sūryo bhramate maṇḍalāni tu
When those two, governed by Dhruva, are drawn in, then that sun revolves through the inner circles.
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MtP 125.57
अशीतिमण्डलशतं काष्ठयोरुभयोश्चरन् ध्रुवेण मुच्यमानेन पुना रश्मियुगेन च
aśītimaṇḍalaśataṃ kāṣṭhayorubhayoścaran dhruveṇa mucyamānena punā raśmiyugena ca
Traversing one hundred and eighty circles in both kāṣṭhās (i.e. quarters), with Dhruva letting (them) loose and again by means of the pair of rays —
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MtP 125.58
तथैव बाह्यतः सूर्यो भ्रमते मण्डलानि तु उद्वेष्टयन्वै वेगेन मण्डलानि तु गच्छति
tathaiva bāhyataḥ sūryo bhramate maṇḍalāni tu udveṣṭayanvai vegena maṇḍalāni tu gacchati
just so the sun revolves through the circles on the outside; unwinding (them) with speed, he passes through the circles.
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