Vayu Purana — Purvardha — Chapter 52
VaP 1 52.1
।।सूत उवाच।। स रथोऽधिष्ठितो देवैरादित्यैऋषिभिस्तथा। गन्धर्वैरप्सरोभिश्च ग्रामणीसर्पराक्षसैः
||sūta uvāca|| sa ratho'dhiṣṭhito devairādityaiṛṣibhistathā| gandharvairapsarobhiśca grāmaṇīsarparākṣasaiḥ
Sūta said: That chariot is occupied by gods, by Ādityas and by sages, by gandharvas and apsarases, by troop-leaders, serpents and rākṣasas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 52.2
एते वसन्ति वै सूर्ये द्वौ द्वौ मासौ क्रमेण तु। धातार्यमा पुलस्त्यश्च पुलहश्च प्रजापतिः
ete vasanti vai sūrye dvau dvau māsau krameṇa tu| dhātāryamā pulastyaśca pulahaśca prajāpatiḥ
These dwell in the sun, two months each in succession: Dhātā, Aryamā, and Pulastya, and Pulaha the Prajāpati;
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VaP 1 52.3
उरगो वासुकिश्चैव सङ्कीर्णारश्च तावुभौ। तुम्बुरुर्नारदश्चैव गन्धर्वौ गायतां वरौ
urago vāsukiścaiva saṅkīrṇāraśca tāvubhau| tumbururnāradaścaiva gandharvau gāyatāṃ varau
and the serpents Vāsuki and Saṅkīrṇāra, those two; and Tumburu and Nārada, the two gandharvas, best of singers;
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VaP 1 52.4
क्रतुस्थल्यप्सराश्चैव तथा वै पुञ्जिकस्थली। ग्रामणी रथकृच्छ्रश्च तपोर्यश्चैव तावुभौ
kratusthalyapsarāścaiva tathā vai puñjikasthalī| grāmaṇī rathakṛcchraśca taporyaścaiva tāvubhau
and the apsarases Kratusthalī and likewise Puñjikasthalī; and the two troop-leaders Rathakṛcchra and Tāporya;
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VaP 1 52.5
रक्षो हेतिः प्रहेतिश्च यातुधानावुदाहृतौ। मधुमाधवयोरेष गणो वसति भास्करे
rakṣo hetiḥ prahetiśca yātudhānāvudāhṛtau| madhumādhavayoreṣa gaṇo vasati bhāskare
the rākṣasas Heti and Praheti, declared to be the two yātudhānas — this company dwells in the sun during (the months) Madhu and Mādhava.
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VaP 1 52.6
वासन्तौ ग्रैष्मिकौ मासौ मित्रश्च वरुणश्च ह। ऋषिरत्रिर्वसिष्ठश्च तक्षको रम्भ एव च
vāsantau graiṣmikau māsau mitraśca varuṇaśca ha| ṛṣiratrirvasiṣṭhaśca takṣako rambha eva ca
(For) the two spring and the two summer months: Mitra and Varuṇa; the sages Atri and Vasiṣṭha; Takṣaka and Rambha;
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VaP 1 52.7
मेनका सहजन्या च गन्धर्वौ च हहा हुहूः। रथस्वनश्च ग्रामण्यो रथचित्रश्च तावुभौ
menakā sahajanyā ca gandharvau ca hahā huhūḥ| rathasvanaśca grāmaṇyo rathacitraśca tāvubhau
Menakā and Sahajanyā, and the two Gandharvas Hāhā and Huhū; and Rathasvana and Rathacitra, those two (are) the village-leaders (grāmaṇīs).
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VaP 1 52.8
पौरुषेयो धवश्चैव यातुधानावुदाहृतौ। एते वसन्ति वै सूर्ये मासयोः शुचिशुक्रयोः
pauruṣeyo dhavaścaiva yātudhānāvudāhṛtau| ete vasanti vai sūrye māsayoḥ śuciśukrayoḥ
Pauruṣeya and Dhava are declared to be the two Yātudhānas (demons). These dwell in the sun during the two months Śuci and Śukra.
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VaP 1 52.9
ततः सूर्ये पुनस्त्वन्या निवसन्तीह देवताः। इन्द्रश्चैव विवस्वांश्च अङ्गिरा भृगुरेव च
tataḥ sūrye punastvanyā nivasantīha devatāḥ| indraścaiva vivasvāṃśca aṅgirā bhṛgureva ca
Then again other deities dwell here in the sun: Indra, and Vivasvat, and Aṅgiras, and Bhṛgu.
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VaP 1 52.10
एलापर्णस्तथा सर्पः शङ्खपालश्च तावुभौ। विश्वावसूग्रसेनौ च प्रातश्चैवारुणश्च ह
elāparṇastathā sarpaḥ śaṅkhapālaśca tāvubhau| viśvāvasūgrasenau ca prātaścaivāruṇaśca ha
Likewise the serpents Elāparṇa and Śaṅkhapāla, those two; and Viśvāvasu and Ugrasena, and Prātas and Aruṇa.
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VaP 1 52.11
प्रम्लोचेति च विख्याता निम्लोचेति च ते उभे। यातुधानस्तथा सर्पो व्याघ्रः श्वेतश्च तावुभौ। नभोनभस्ययोरेष गणो वसति भास्करे
pramloceti ca vikhyātā nimloceti ca te ubhe| yātudhānastathā sarpo vyāghraḥ śvetaśca tāvubhau| nabhonabhasyayoreṣa gaṇo vasati bhāskare
And the two well known as Pramlocā and Nimlocā; likewise the Yātudhānas, the serpent Vyāghra and Śveta, those two — this troop dwells in the sun in (the months) Nabhas and Nabhasya.
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VaP 1 52.12
शरदृ-तौ पुनः शुभ्रा वसन्ति मुनि देवताः। पर्ज्जन्यश्चाथ पूषा च भरद्वाजः सगौतमः
śaradṛ-tau punaḥ śubhrā vasanti muni devatāḥ| parjjanyaścātha pūṣā ca bharadvājaḥ sagautamaḥ
Again in the autumn season these bright deities dwell (there), O sage: Parjanya, and Pūṣan, and Bharadvāja together with Gautama.
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VaP 1 52.13
विश्वावसुश्च गन्धर्वास्तथैव सुरभिश्च यः। विश्वाची च घृताची च उभे ते शुभलक्षणे
viśvāvasuśca gandharvāstathaiva surabhiśca yaḥ| viśvācī ca ghṛtācī ca ubhe te śubhalakṣaṇe
And the Gandharvas Viśvāvasu and likewise he who is Surabhi; and Viśvācī and Ghṛtācī, those two of auspicious marks.
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VaP 1 52.14
नाग ऐरावतश्चैव विश्रुतश्च धनञ्जयः। सेनजिच्च सुषेणशचव सेनानीर्ग्रामणीश्च तौ
nāga airāvataścaiva viśrutaśca dhanañjayaḥ| senajicca suṣeṇaśacava senānīrgrāmaṇīśca tau
The serpent Airāvata, and Viśruta, and Dhanañjaya; and Senajit and Suṣeṇa, those two, the leader of the army and the village-leader.
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VaP 1 52.15
आपो वातश्च तावेतौ यातुधानावुभौ स्मृतौ। वसन्त्येते तु वै सूर्ये मासयोश्च इषोर्जयोः
āpo vātaśca tāvetau yātudhānāvubhau smṛtau| vasantyete tu vai sūrye māsayośca iṣorjayoḥ
And these two, Āpa and Vāta, are recorded as the two Yātudhānas. These indeed dwell in the sun in the two months Iṣa and Ūrja.
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VaP 1 52.16
हैमन्तिकौ तु द्वौ मासौ वसन्ति तु दिवाकरे। अंशो भगश्च द्वावेतौ कश्यपश्च ऋतुश्च ह
haimantikau tu dvau māsau vasanti tu divākare| aṃśo bhagaśca dvāvetau kaśyapaśca ṛtuśca ha
For the two winter months these dwell in the maker of day: Aṃśa and Bhaga, these two, and Kaśyapa and Ṛtu.
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VaP 1 52.17
भुजङ्गश्च महापझः सर्पः कर्कोटकस्तथा। चित्रसेनश्च गन्धर्व ऊर्णायुश्चैव तावुभौ
bhujaṅgaśca mahāpajhaḥ sarpaḥ karkoṭakastathā| citrasenaśca gandharva ūrṇāyuścaiva tāvubhau
And the serpents Bhujaṅga and Mahāpadma, and likewise Karkoṭaka; and the Gandharvas Citrasena and Ūrṇāyu, those two.
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VaP 1 52.18
उर्वशी विप्रचित्तिश्च तथैवाप्सरसौ शुभे। तार्क्ष्यश्चारिष्टनेमिश्च सेनानीर्ग्रामणीश्च तौ
urvaśī vipracittiśca tathaivāpsarasau śubhe| tārkṣyaścāriṣṭanemiśca senānīrgrāmaṇīśca tau
Urvaśī and Vipracitti, likewise the two lovely Apsarases; and Tārkṣya and Ariṣṭanemi, those two, the leader of the army and the village-leader.
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VaP 1 52.19
विद्युत्स्फूर्ज्जश्च तावुग्रौ यातुधानावुदाहृतौ। सहे चैव सहस्ये च वसन्त्येते दिवाकरे
vidyutsphūrjjaśca tāvugrau yātudhānāvudāhṛtau| sahe caiva sahasye ca vasantyete divākare
And Vidyut and Sphūrja, those two fierce ones, are declared to be the Yātudhānas. These dwell in the maker of day in Saha and Sahasya.
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VaP 1 52.20
ततः शैशिरयोश्वापि मासयोर्निवसन्ति वै। त्वष्टा विष्णुर्जमदग्निर्विश्वामित्रस्तथैव च
tataḥ śaiśirayośvāpi māsayornivasanti vai| tvaṣṭā viṣṇurjamadagnirviśvāmitrastathaiva ca
Then in the two Śiśira months these dwell (there): Tvaṣṭṛ, Viṣṇu, Jamadagni, and likewise Viśvāmitra.
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VaP 1 52.21
काद्रवेयौ तथा नागौ कम्बलाश्वतरावुभौ। गन्धर्वो धृतराष्ट्रश्च सूर्यवर्च्चास्तथैव च
kādraveyau tathā nāgau kambalāśvatarāvubhau| gandharvo dhṛtarāṣṭraśca sūryavarccāstathaiva ca
Likewise the two serpents sprung from Kadrū, Kambala and Aśvatara, both; and the Gandharva Dhṛtarāṣṭra, and likewise Sūryavarcas.
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VaP 1 52.22
तिलोत्तमाप्सराश्चैव देवी रम्बा मनोरमा। ऋतजित्सत्यजिच्चैव ग्रामण्यौ लोकविश्रुतौ
tilottamāpsarāścaiva devī rambā manoramā| ṛtajitsatyajiccaiva grāmaṇyau lokaviśrutau
And the Apsaras Tilottamā, and the goddess Rambhā the delightful; and Ṛtajit and Satyajit, the two village-leaders famed in the world.
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VaP 1 52.23
ब्रह्मोपेतस्तथा दक्षो यज्ञोपेतश्च स स्मृतः। एते देवा वसन्त्यर्के द्वौ मासौ तु क्रमेण तु
brahmopetastathā dakṣo yajñopetaśca sa smṛtaḥ| ete devā vasantyarke dvau māsau tu krameṇa tu
Brahmopeta, likewise Dakṣa, and he who is recorded as Yajñopeta — these gods dwell in the sun, each for two months in turn.
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VaP 1 52.24
स्थानाभिमानिनो ह्येते गणा द्वादश सप्तकाः। सूर्यमाप्याययन्त्येते तेजसा तेज उत्तमम्
sthānābhimānino hyete gaṇā dvādaśa saptakāḥ| sūryamāpyāyayantyete tejasā teja uttamam
For these troops, twelve groups of seven, take pride in their stations; by their splendour they cause the sun's supreme splendour to swell.
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VaP 1 52.25
प्रथितैस्तैर्वचोबिस्तु स्तुवन्ति मुनयो रविम्। गन्धर्वाप्सरसश्चैव गीतनृत्यैरुपासते
prathitaistairvacobistu stuvanti munayo ravim| gandharvāpsarasaścaiva gītanṛtyairupāsate
With those renowned words the sages praise the sun; and the Gandharvas and Apsarases attend upon (him) with song and dance.
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VaP 1 52.26
ग्रामणीयक्षभूतास्तु कुर्वते भीमसंग्रहम्। सर्पा वहन्ति सूर्यञ्च यातुधानानुयान्ति च। वालखिल्या नयन्त्यस्तं परिचार्योदयाद्रविम्
grāmaṇīyakṣabhūtāstu kurvate bhīmasaṃgraham| sarpā vahanti sūryañca yātudhānānuyānti ca| vālakhilyā nayantyastaṃ paricāryodayādravim
The village-leaders, who are Yakṣas, effect the fearsome assembling (of the retinue); the serpents carry the sun, and the Yātudhānas follow after; the Vālakhilyas, serving the sun from his rising, lead him to his setting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 52.27
एतेषामेव देवानां यतावीर्यं यथातपः। यथायोगं यथासत्यं यथाधर्मं यताबलम्
eteṣāmeva devānāṃ yatāvīryaṃ yathātapaḥ| yathāyogaṃ yathāsatyaṃ yathādharmaṃ yatābalam
Of these very gods, in accordance with their valour, in accordance with their austerity, in accordance with their yoga, in accordance with their truth, in accordance with their dharma, in accordance with their strength —
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VaP 1 52.28
यथा तपत्यसौ सूर्यस्तेषां सिद्धस्तु तेजसा। इत्येते वै वसन्तीह द्वौ द्वौ मासौ दिवाकरे
yathā tapatyasau sūryasteṣāṃ siddhastu tejasā| ityete vai vasantīha dvau dvau māsau divākare
— accordingly does that sun give heat, he being made effective by their fiery energy. Thus these indeed dwell here in the sun, two and two for (each pair of) months.
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VaP 1 52.29
ऋषयो देवगन्धर्वाः पन्नगाप्सरसाङ्गणाः । ग्रामण्यश्च तथा यक्षा यातुधानाश्च भूरिशः
ṛṣayo devagandharvāḥ pannagāpsarasāṅgaṇāḥ | grāmaṇyaśca tathā yakṣā yātudhānāśca bhūriśaḥ
Seers, gods, gandharvas, serpents, and troops of apsarases, and village-chiefs (grāmaṇīs), yakṣas, and yātudhānas in great numbers —
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VaP 1 52.30
एते तपन्ति वर्षन्ति भान्ति वान्ति सृजन्ति च। भूतानामशुभं कर्म व्यपोहन्तीह कीर्तिताः
ete tapanti varṣanti bhānti vānti sṛjanti ca| bhūtānāmaśubhaṃ karma vyapohantīha kīrtitāḥ
These give heat, they rain, they shine, they blow, and they create; here, as is declared, they drive away the inauspicious karma of beings.
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VaP 1 52.31
मानवानां शुभं ह्येते हरन्ति दुरितात्मनाम्। दुरितं हि प्रचाराणां व्यपोहन्ति व्कचित् व्कचित्
mānavānāṃ śubhaṃ hyete haranti duritātmanām| duritaṃ hi pracārāṇāṃ vyapohanti vkacit vkacit
They indeed carry off the good of men whose selves are given to evil; and here and there they drive away the evil of those who go about (in the world).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 52.32
विमानेऽवस्थिता दिव्ये कामगा वातरंहसः। एते सहैव सूर्येण भ्रमन्ति दिवसानुगाः
vimāne'vasthitā divye kāmagā vātaraṃhasaḥ| ete sahaiva sūryeṇa bhramanti divasānugāḥ
Stationed in a divine aerial car, going at will, swift as the wind, these revolve together with the sun, following upon the days.
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VaP 1 52.33
वर्षन्तश्च तपन्तश्च ह्लादयन्तश्च वै प्रजाः। गोपायन्ति तु भूतानि सर्वानीहामनुक्षयात्
varṣantaśca tapantaśca hlādayantaśca vai prajāḥ| gopāyanti tu bhūtāni sarvānīhāmanukṣayāt
Raining and giving heat and refreshing the creatures, they guard all beings here until (their) destruction.
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VaP 1 52.34
स्थानाभिमानिनामेतत् स्थानं मन्वन्तरेषु वै। अतीतानागतानां वै वर्त्तन्ते साम्प्रतन्तु ये
sthānābhimānināmetat sthānaṃ manvantareṣu vai| atītānāgatānāṃ vai varttante sāmpratantu ye
This is the station, in the manvantaras, of those who identify themselves with (these) stations — of the past ones and the ones to come, and of those who function at present.
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VaP 1 52.35
एवं वसन्ति वै सूर्ये सप्तकास्ते चतुर्द्दिशम्। चतुर्द्दशसु सर्गेषु गणा मन्वन्तरेषु च
evaṃ vasanti vai sūrye saptakāste caturddiśam| caturddaśasu sargeṣu gaṇā manvantareṣu ca
Thus these groups of seven dwell in the sun on all four sides, in the fourteen creations and in the manvantaras.
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VaP 1 52.36
ग्रीष्मे हिमे च वर्षासु मुञ्चमाना घर्मं हिम़ञ्च वर्षञ्च दिनं निशाञ्च। कालेन गच्छत्यृतुवशात् परिवृत्तरश्मि र्देवान् पितॄंश्च मनुजांश्च तर्पयन् वै
grīṣme hime ca varṣāsu muñcamānā gharmaṃ hima़ñca varṣañca dinaṃ niśāñca| kālena gacchatyṛtuvaśāt parivṛttaraśmi rdevān pitṝṃśca manujāṃśca tarpayan vai
In the hot season, in the cold, and in the rains, releasing heat and cold and rain, day and night, with his rays turned about by force of the seasons, he goes along with time, satisfying the gods, the fathers, and men.
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VaP 1 52.37
प्रीणाति देवानमृतेन सूर्यः सोमं सुषुम्नेन विवर्द्धयित्वा । शुक्ले तु पूर्णं दिवसक्रमेण तं कृष्णपक्षे विबुधाः पिबन्ति
prīṇāti devānamṛtena sūryaḥ somaṃ suṣumnena vivarddhayitvā | śukle tu pūrṇaṃ divasakrameṇa taṃ kṛṣṇapakṣe vibudhāḥ pibanti
The sun gratifies the gods with nectar, having caused the moon to wax by means of the suṣumnā ray; in the bright fortnight (the moon becomes) full by the succession of days, and in the dark fortnight the gods drink it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 52.38
पीतन्तु सोमं द्विकालावशिष्टं कृष्णक्षये रश्मिभिस्तं क्षरन्तम्। सुधामृतं तत्पितरः पिबन्ति देवाश्च सौम्याश्च तथैव कव्यम्
pītantu somaṃ dvikālāvaśiṣṭaṃ kṛṣṇakṣaye raśmibhistaṃ kṣarantam| sudhāmṛtaṃ tatpitaraḥ pibanti devāśca saumyāśca tathaiva kavyam
The soma that has been drunk, what is left over from the two periods, oozing out through the rays at the waning of the dark fortnight — that sudhā-nectar the fathers drink, and the gods and the saumyas likewise the kavya offering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 52.39
सूर्येण गोभिस्तु समुद्धृताभिरद्भिः पुनश्चैव समुद्धृताभिः। वृष्ट्यातिवृद्धाभिरथौषधीभिर्मर्त्याः क्षुधन्त्वन्नपानैर्जयन्ति
sūryeṇa gobhistu samuddhṛtābhiradbhiḥ punaścaiva samuddhṛtābhiḥ| vṛṣṭyātivṛddhābhirathauṣadhībhirmartyāḥ kṣudhantvannapānairjayanti
By the waters drawn up by the sun with his rays, and drawn up again, and then by the herbs grown large through the rain, mortals overcome hunger with food and drink.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 52.40
अमृतेन तृप्तिस्त्वर्द्धमासं सुराणां मासार्द्धतृप्तिः स्वधया पितॄणाम्। अन्नेन शश्वत्तु दधाति मर्त्यान् सूर्यः स्वयं तच्च बिभर्ति गोभिः
amṛtena tṛptistvarddhamāsaṃ surāṇāṃ māsārddhatṛptiḥ svadhayā pitṝṇām| annena śaśvattu dadhāti martyān sūryaḥ svayaṃ tacca bibharti gobhiḥ
For the gods satisfaction by nectar for half a month; for the fathers satisfaction for half a month by svadhā; but mortals he sustains continually with food — and the sun himself supports that (food) by his rays.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 52.41
अयं हरिस्तैर्हरिभिस्तुरङ्गमैरयन् हि चापो हरतीति रश्मिभिः। विसर्गकाले विसृजंश्च ताः पुनर्बिभर्ति शश्वत् सविता चराचरम्
ayaṃ haristairharibhisturaṅgamairayan hi cāpo haratīti raśmibhiḥ| visargakāle visṛjaṃśca tāḥ punarbibharti śaśvat savitā carācaram
This one is Hari with those tawny (hari) horses: because, going, he takes away (harati) the waters with his rays — and at the time of release, releasing them again, Savitṛ continually supports the moving and the unmoving.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 52.42
हरिर्हरिद्भिर्ह्रियते तुरङ्गमैः पिबत्यथापो हरिभिः सहस्रधा। ततः प्रमुञ्चत्यपि तास्त्वसौ हरिः स मुह्यमानो हरिभिस्तुरङ्गमैः
harirharidbhirhriyate turaṅgamaiḥ pibatyathāpo haribhiḥ sahasradhā| tataḥ pramuñcatyapi tāstvasau hariḥ sa muhyamāno haribhisturaṅgamaiḥ
Hari is drawn along by the tawny horses; and he drinks up the waters thousandfold with his tawny rays; then again that Hari lets them go, he being carried by the tawny horses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 52.43
इत्येष एकचक्रेण सूर्यस्तूर्णं रथेन तु। भद्रैस्तैरक्षतैरश्वैः सर्पतेऽसौ दिवि क्षये
ityeṣa ekacakreṇa sūryastūrṇaṃ rathena tu| bhadraistairakṣatairaśvaiḥ sarpate'sau divi kṣaye
Thus this sun, with his one-wheeled chariot, swiftly moves in the sky with those excellent, unhurt horses, until the dissolution.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 52.44
अहोरात्राद्रथैनासौ एकचक्रेण तु भ्रमन्। सप्तद्वीपसमुद्रान्तं सप्तभिः सप्तभिर्हयैः
ahorātrādrathaināsau ekacakreṇa tu bhraman| saptadvīpasamudrāntaṃ saptabhiḥ saptabhirhayaiḥ
He, revolving day and night with the single wheel of his chariot, (traverses) to the limit of the seven continents and oceans with seven and seven horses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 52.45
छन्दोभिरश्वरूपैस्तैर्यतश्चक्रन्ततः स्थितैः। कामरूपैः सकृद्युक्तैरमितैस्तैर्मनोजवैः
chandobhiraśvarūpaistairyataścakrantataḥ sthitaiḥ| kāmarūpaiḥ sakṛdyuktairamitaistairmanojavaiḥ
With those metres as his horse-shapes, standing on whichever side the wheel is, taking forms at will, yoked once for all, countless, swift as thought,
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VaP 1 52.46
हरितैरव्ययैः पिङ्गैरीश्वरैर्ब्रह्मवादिभिः। अशीति मण्डलशतं भ्रमन्त्यब्देन ते हयाः
haritairavyayaiḥ piṅgairīśvarairbrahmavādibhiḥ| aśīti maṇḍalaśataṃ bhramantyabdena te hayāḥ
green, undecaying, tawny, lordly, reciters of brahman — those horses circle a hundred and eighty maṇḍalas in a year.
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VaP 1 52.47
बाह्यमभ्यन्तरञ्चैव मण्डलं दिवसक्रमात् । कल्पादौ सम्प्रयुक्तास्ते वहन्त्याभूतसम्प्लवात्। आवृता वालखिल्यैस्ते भ्रमन्ते रात्र्यहानि तु
bāhyamabhyantarañcaiva maṇḍalaṃ divasakramāt | kalpādau samprayuktāste vahantyābhūtasamplavāt| āvṛtā vālakhilyaiste bhramante rātryahāni tu
(They draw) the outer and the inner circuit alike, in the succession of days; yoked once at the beginning of the kalpa, they carry (him) until the dissolution of beings. Surrounded by the Vālakhilyas they revolve through nights and days.
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VaP 1 52.48
प्रथितैर्वचोभङिरग्र्यैः स्तूयमानो महर्षिभिः। सैव्यते गीतवृत्यैश्च गन्धर्वैरप्सरोगणैः। पतङ्गः पत गैरश्वैर्भ्रममाणो दिवस्पतिः
prathitairvacobhaṅiragryaiḥ stūyamāno maharṣibhiḥ| saivyate gītavṛtyaiśca gandharvairapsarogaṇaiḥ| pataṅgaḥ pata gairaśvairbhramamāṇo divaspatiḥ
Praised by the great sages with celebrated, excellent turns of speech, he is attended also by Gandharvas and hosts of Apsarases with their singing and dancing — the Sun (pataṅga), lord of heaven, wheeling on with his flying horses.
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VaP 1 52.49
वीथ्याश्रयाणि चरति नक्षत्राणि तथा शशी। ह्रासवृद्धी तथैवास्य रश्मीनां सूर्यवत् स्मृते
vīthyāśrayāṇi carati nakṣatrāṇi tathā śaśī| hrāsavṛddhī tathaivāsya raśmīnāṃ sūryavat smṛte
The moon too travels through the constellations that rest in the (celestial) roads; and its waning and waxing of rays is held to be just like the sun's.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 52.50
त्रिचक्रोभयपार्श्वस्थो विज्ञेयः शशिनो रथः। अपां गर्भसमुत्पन्नो रथः साश्वः ससारथिः। शतारैश्च त्रिभिश्चक्रैर्युक्तः शुल्कैर्हयोत्तमैः
tricakrobhayapārśvastho vijñeyaḥ śaśino rathaḥ| apāṃ garbhasamutpanno rathaḥ sāśvaḥ sasārathiḥ| śatāraiśca tribhiścakrairyuktaḥ śulkairhayottamaiḥ
The moon's chariot is to be known as three-wheeled, standing on both sides; the chariot, with its horses and charioteer, arose from the womb of the waters; it is joined with three hundred-spoked wheels and with excellent white horses,
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VaP 1 52.51
दश भिस्तु कृशैर्दिव्यैरसङ्गैस्तैर्मनोजवैः। सकृद्युक्ते रथे तस्मिन् वहन्ते चायुगक्षयात्
daśa bhistu kṛśairdivyairasaṅgaistairmanojavaiḥ| sakṛdyukte rathe tasmin vahante cāyugakṣayāt
—with ten (horses), lean, divine, unattached, swift as thought; yoked once to that chariot, they draw it until the destruction of the yuga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 52.52
संगृहीते रथे तस्मिन् श्वेतश्चक्षुःश्रवास्तु वै। अश्वा स्तमेकवर्णास्ते वहन्ते शङ्खवर्च्चसम्
saṃgṛhīte rathe tasmin śvetaścakṣuḥśravāstu vai| aśvā stamekavarṇāste vahante śaṅkhavarccasam
When that chariot is taken up (driven), (the horse) Śveta and Cakṣuḥśravas indeed — those horses, all of one colour, draw him whose lustre is that of a conch.
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VaP 1 52.53
ययुश्च त्रिमनाश्चैव वृषो राजीवलो हयः। अस्वो वामस्तुरण्यश्च हंसो व्योमी मृगस्तथा
yayuśca trimanāścaiva vṛṣo rājīvalo hayaḥ| asvo vāmasturaṇyaśca haṃso vyomī mṛgastathā
And Yayu and Trimanas, Vṛṣa, the horse Rājīvala, Asva, Vāma, Turaṇya, Haṃsa, Vyomī and Mṛga —
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VaP 1 52.54
इत्येते नामभिः सर्वे दश चन्द्रमसो हयाः । एते चन्द्रमसं देवं वहन्ति दिवसक्षयात्
ityete nāmabhiḥ sarve daśa candramaso hayāḥ | ete candramasaṃ devaṃ vahanti divasakṣayāt
these, all by their names, are the ten horses of the moon; these draw the god Moon until the destruction of the day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 52.55
देवैः परिवृतः सौम्यः पितृभिश्चैव गच्छति। सोमस्य शुक्ल पक्षादौ भास्करे पुरतः स्थिते। आपूर्यते पुरस्यान्तः सततं दिवसक्रमात्
devaiḥ parivṛtaḥ saumyaḥ pitṛbhiścaiva gacchati| somasya śukla pakṣādau bhāskare purataḥ sthite| āpūryate purasyāntaḥ satataṃ divasakramāt
The gentle one goes surrounded by the gods and by the fathers; at the beginning of the moon's bright fortnight, when the sun stands in front (of it), the interior of its orb is filled up continually by the succession of days.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 52.56
देवैः पीतं क्षये सोममाप्याययति नित्यदा। पीतं पञ्चदशाहन्तु रश्मिनैकेन भास्करः
devaiḥ pītaṃ kṣaye somamāpyāyayati nityadā| pītaṃ pañcadaśāhantu raśminaikena bhāskaraḥ
He (the sun) always replenishes the soma that has been drunk by the gods at its waning; the sun, with a single ray, (restores) what was drunk over the fifteen days,
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VaP 1 52.57
आपूरयन् सुषुम्नेन भागं भागमहःक्रमात् । सुषुम्नाप्यायमानस्य शुक्ला वर्द्धन्ति वै कलाः
āpūrayan suṣumnena bhāgaṃ bhāgamahaḥkramāt | suṣumnāpyāyamānasya śuklā varddhanti vai kalāḥ
filling it up portion by portion through the Suṣumṇa (ray), in the succession of days; and as it is replenished by the Suṣumṇa, the bright digits increase.
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VaP 1 52.58
तस्माद्ध्रसन्ति वै कृष्णे शुक्ल आप्याययन्ति च। इत्येवं सूर्यवीर्येण चन्द्रस्याप्यायिता तनुः
tasmāddhrasanti vai kṛṣṇe śukla āpyāyayanti ca| ityevaṃ sūryavīryeṇa candrasyāpyāyitā tanuḥ
Therefore in the dark (fortnight) they wane, and in the bright they grow full; thus by the sun's power the moon's body is replenished.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 52.59
पौर्णमास्यां स दृश्येत शुक्लः सम्पूर्णमण्डलः । एवमाप्यायितः सोमः शुक्लपक्षे दिनक्रमात्
paurṇamāsyāṃ sa dṛśyeta śuklaḥ sampūrṇamaṇḍalaḥ | evamāpyāyitaḥ somaḥ śuklapakṣe dinakramāt
On the full-moon day he is seen bright, with his orb complete; thus the moon, replenished in the bright fortnight by the succession of days—
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VaP 1 52.60
ततो द्वितीयाप्रभृति बहुलस्य चतुर्द्दशी। अपां सारमयस्येन्दो रसमात्रात्मकस्य च। पिबन्त्यम्बुमयं देवा मधु सौम्यं सुधाम यम्
tato dvitīyāprabhṛti bahulasya caturddaśī| apāṃ sāramayasyendo rasamātrātmakasya ca| pibantyambumayaṃ devā madhu saumyaṃ sudhāma yam
then, from the second day of the dark (fortnight) up to the fourteenth, the gods drink the water-made, honeyed, lunar, nectar-bright (draught) of the moon, who consists of the essence of the waters and is made of pure sap.
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VaP 1 52.61
सम्भृतञ्चार्द्धमासेन अमृतं सूर्यतेजसा । भक्षार्थममृतं सौम्यं पौर्णमास्यामुपासते
sambhṛtañcārddhamāsena amṛtaṃ sūryatejasā | bhakṣārthamamṛtaṃ saumyaṃ paurṇamāsyāmupāsate
And the nectar accumulated in half a month by the sun's heat — on the full-moon day they attend upon the lunar nectar for the sake of eating (it),
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VaP 1 52.62
एकरात्रं सुरैः सर्वैः पितृभिश्च महर्षिभिः। सोमस्य कृष्णपक्षादौ भास्कराभिमुखस्य च
ekarātraṃ suraiḥ sarvaiḥ pitṛbhiśca maharṣibhiḥ| somasya kṛṣṇapakṣādau bhāskarābhimukhasya ca
for one night, together with all the gods, the fathers and the great sages. And at the beginning of the moon's dark fortnight, when it faces the sun,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 52.63
प्रक्षीयते पुरस्यान्तः पीयमानाः कलाः क्रमात्। क्षीयन्ते तस्मात् कृष्णे याः शुक्ले ह्याप्याययन्ति ताः
prakṣīyate purasyāntaḥ pīyamānāḥ kalāḥ kramāt| kṣīyante tasmāt kṛṣṇe yāḥ śukle hyāpyāyayanti tāḥ
the interior of its orb dwindles away, the digits being drunk one after another; therefore in the dark (fortnight) those digits wane which in the bright fortnight grow full.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 52.64
एवं दिनक्रमातीते विबुधास्तु निशाकरम् । पीत्वाऽर्द्धमासङ्गच्छन्ति अमावास्यां सुरोत्तमाः । पितरश्चोपतिष्ठन्ति अमावास्यां निशाकरम्
evaṃ dinakramātīte vibudhāstu niśākaram | pītvā'rddhamāsaṅgacchanti amāvāsyāṃ surottamāḥ | pitaraścopatiṣṭhanti amāvāsyāṃ niśākaram
Thus, when the succession of days has passed, the gods, having drunk of the night-maker for half a month, the best of gods depart on the new-moon day; and the fathers wait upon the night-maker on the new-moon day.
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VaP 1 52.65
ततः पञ्चदशे भागे किञ्चिच्छिष्टे कलात्मके। अपराह्ने पितृगणैर्जघन्यः पर्युपास्यते
tataḥ pañcadaśe bhāge kiñcicchiṣṭe kalātmake| aparāhne pitṛgaṇairjaghanyaḥ paryupāsyate
Then, when a little of the fifteenth part, consisting of digits, remains, in the afternoon the last (remnant) is attended upon by the hosts of the fathers.
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VaP 1 52.66
पिबन्ति द्विकलाकालं शिष्टा तस्य तु या कला। निःसृतं तदमावास्याङ्गभस्तिभ्यः स्वधामृतम्। तां स्वधां मासतृप्त्यै तु पीत्वा गच्छन्ति तेऽमृतम्
pibanti dvikalākālaṃ śiṣṭā tasya tu yā kalā| niḥsṛtaṃ tadamāvāsyāṅgabhastibhyaḥ svadhāmṛtam| tāṃ svadhāṃ māsatṛptyai tu pītvā gacchanti te'mṛtam
They drink for the time of two digits; and the digit of his that remains — that svadhā-nectar which issues from his rays on the new-moon day, having drunk that svadhā for a month's satisfaction, they go (satisfied) to the nectar.
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VaP 1 52.67
सौम्या बर्हिषदश्चैव अग्निष्वात्तास्तथैव च। कव्याश्चैव तु ये प्रोक्ताः पितरः सर्व एव ते
saumyā barhiṣadaścaiva agniṣvāttāstathaiva ca| kavyāścaiva tu ye proktāḥ pitaraḥ sarva eva te
The Saumyas, the Barhiṣads, and likewise the Agniṣvāttas, and those who are called the Kavyas — all these are the fathers.
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VaP 1 52.68
संवत्सरास्तु वै कव्याः पञ्चाब्दा ये द्विजैः स्मृताः। सौम्यास्तु ऋतवो ज्ञेया मासा बर्हिषदः स्मृताः। अग्निष्वात्तार्तवश्चैव पितृसर्गा हि वै द्विजाः
saṃvatsarāstu vai kavyāḥ pañcābdā ye dvijaiḥ smṛtāḥ| saumyāstu ṛtavo jñeyā māsā barhiṣadaḥ smṛtāḥ| agniṣvāttārtavaścaiva pitṛsargā hi vai dvijāḥ
The Kavyas are the years — the five-year (cycles) which are recorded by the twice-born; the Saumyas are to be known as the seasons, the Barhiṣads are said to be the months; and the Agniṣvāttas are the seasonal (divisions) — these indeed, O twice-born, are the classes of the fathers.
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VaP 1 52.69
पितृभिः पीयमानस्य पञ्चदश्यां कला तु वै। यावन्न क्षीयते तस्य भागः पञ्चदश स्तु सः
pitṛbhiḥ pīyamānasya pañcadaśyāṃ kalā tu vai| yāvanna kṣīyate tasya bhāgaḥ pañcadaśa stu saḥ
Of (the moon), which is drunk by the fathers on the fifteenth (day), so long as one digit is not exhausted, that is his fifteenth part.
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VaP 1 52.70
अमावस्यान्तदा तस्य अन्तमापूर्यते परम्। वृद्धिक्षयौ वै पक्षादौ षोडश्यां शशिनः स्मृतौ
amāvasyāntadā tasya antamāpūryate param| vṛddhikṣayau vai pakṣādau ṣoḍaśyāṃ śaśinaḥ smṛtau
At the end of the new-moon day his farthest end is filled up again; the waxing and waning of the moon are said (to take place) at the beginnings of the fortnights, in the sixteenth (part).
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VaP 1 52.71
एवं सूर्यनिमित्तैषा क्षयवृद्धि र्निशाकरे। ताराग्रहाणां वक्ष्यामि स्वर्भानोश्च रथं पुनः
evaṃ sūryanimittaiṣā kṣayavṛddhi rniśākare| tārāgrahāṇāṃ vakṣyāmi svarbhānośca rathaṃ punaḥ
Thus this waning and waxing of the night-maker is caused by the sun. Next I shall describe the chariot of the stars and planets, and of Svarbhānu (Rāhu).
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VaP 1 52.72
तोयतेजोमयः शुभ्रः सोमपुत्रस्य वै रथः। युक्तो हयैः पिशङ्गैस्तु अष्टाभिर्वातरंहसैः
toyatejomayaḥ śubhraḥ somaputrasya vai rathaḥ| yukto hayaiḥ piśaṅgaistu aṣṭābhirvātaraṃhasaiḥ
The chariot of Soma's son (Mercury) is bright, made of water and fire, yoked with eight tawny horses of the speed of the wind.
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VaP 1 52.73
सवरूथः सानुकर्षः सूतो दिव्यो रथे महान्। सोपासङ्गपताकस्तु सध्वजो मेघसन्निभः
savarūthaḥ sānukarṣaḥ sūto divyo rathe mahān| sopāsaṅgapatākastu sadhvajo meghasannibhaḥ
It has a fender and a pole-brace; great and divine is the driver on the chariot; it has quivers and pennons, it bears a banner, and it resembles a cloud.
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VaP 1 52.74
भार्गवस्य रथः श्रीणांस्तेजसा सूर्यसन्निभः। पृथिवीसम्भवैर्युक्तो नानावर्णैर्हयोत्तमैः
bhārgavasya rathaḥ śrīṇāṃstejasā sūryasannibhaḥ| pṛthivīsambhavairyukto nānāvarṇairhayottamaiḥ
The chariot of the son of Bhṛgu (Venus) is glorious, like the sun in brilliance, yoked with excellent horses of various colours, born of the earth.
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VaP 1 52.75
श्वेतः पिशङ्गः सारङ्गो नीलः पीतो विलोहितः। कृष्णश्च हरितश्चैव पृषतः पृष्णिरेव च। दशभि स्तैर्महाभागैरकृशैर्वातवेगितैः
śvetaḥ piśaṅgaḥ sāraṅgo nīlaḥ pīto vilohitaḥ| kṛṣṇaśca haritaścaiva pṛṣataḥ pṛṣṇireva ca| daśabhi stairmahābhāgairakṛśairvātavegitaiḥ
White, tawny, dappled, dark blue, yellow, deep red, black, green, spotted, and speckled — with these ten, greatly favoured, not lean, swift as the wind.
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VaP 1 52.76
अष्टाश्वः काञ्चनः श्रीमान् सोमस्यापि रथोऽभवत्। असङ्गैर्लौहितैरश्वैः सर्वगैरग्निसम्भवैः। सर्पतेऽसौ कुमारो वै ऋजुवक्रानुचक्रगः
aṣṭāśvaḥ kāñcanaḥ śrīmān somasyāpi ratho'bhavat| asaṅgairlauhitairaśvaiḥ sarvagairagnisambhavaiḥ| sarpate'sau kumāro vai ṛjuvakrānucakragaḥ
The chariot of Soma too was golden and splendid, with eight horses. With unimpeded red horses, going everywhere, born of fire, that youth moves along, straight and crooked, following the wheel.
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VaP 1 52.77
ततस्त्वाङ्गिरसो विद्वान् देवाचार्यो बृहस्पतिः। शोणैरश्वैः काञ्चनेन स्यन्दनेन प्रसर्पति
tatastvāṅgiraso vidvān devācāryo bṛhaspatiḥ| śoṇairaśvaiḥ kāñcanena syandanena prasarpati
Then the learned son of Aṅgiras, Bṛhaspati, teacher of the gods, moves on with red horses and a golden car.
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VaP 1 52.78
युक्तस्तु वाजिभिर्दिव्यैरष्टाभिर्वातसम्मितैः। नक्षत्रेऽब्दन्निवसति सवेगस्तेन गच्छति
yuktastu vājibhirdivyairaṣṭābhirvātasammitaiḥ| nakṣatre'bdannivasati savegastena gacchati
Yoked with eight divine steeds equal to the wind, he dwells a year in (each) lunar mansion; with that speed he goes.
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VaP 1 52.79
ततः शनैश्वरोप्यश्वैः शबलैर्व्योमसम्भवैः। कार्ष्णायसं समारुह्य स्यन्दनं याति वै शनैः
tataḥ śanaiśvaropyaśvaiḥ śabalairvyomasambhavaiḥ| kārṣṇāyasaṃ samāruhya syandanaṃ yāti vai śanaiḥ
Then Śanaiścara too, mounting an iron car with dappled horses born of the sky, goes slowly.
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VaP 1 52.80
स्वर्भानोस्तु तथैवाश्वाः कृष्णा ह्यष्टौ मनोजवाः। रथन्तमोमयन्तस्य सकृद्युक्ता वहन्त्युत
svarbhānostu tathaivāśvāḥ kṛṣṇā hyaṣṭau manojavāḥ| rathantamomayantasya sakṛdyuktā vahantyuta
So too Svarbhānu's horses are eight, black, swift as thought; once yoked, they draw his chariot made of darkness.
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VaP 1 52.81
आदित्यान्निःसृतो राहुः सोमं गच्छति पर्वसु। आदित्यमेति सोमाच्च पुनः सौरेषु पर्वसु
ādityānniḥsṛto rāhuḥ somaṃ gacchati parvasu| ādityameti somācca punaḥ saureṣu parvasu
Rāhu, having gone forth from the sun, goes to the moon at the conjunctions; and from the moon he comes back to the sun at the solar conjunctions.
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VaP 1 52.82
अथ केतुरथस्याश्वा अष्टाष्टौ वातरंहसः। पलालधूमसङ्काशाः शबला रासभारुणाः
atha keturathasyāśvā aṣṭāṣṭau vātaraṃhasaḥ| palāladhūmasaṅkāśāḥ śabalā rāsabhāruṇāḥ
Now the horses of Ketu's chariot are eight and eight, with the speed of the wind, like the smoke of straw, dappled, donkey-grey.
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VaP 1 52.83
एते वाहा ग्रहाणां वै मया प्रोक्ता रथैः सह। सर्वे ध्रुवनिबद्धास्ते प्रबद्धा वातरश्मिभिः
ete vāhā grahāṇāṃ vai mayā proktā rathaiḥ saha| sarve dhruvanibaddhāste prabaddhā vātaraśmibhiḥ
These conveyances of the planets, together with their chariots, have been declared by me; all of them are fastened to Dhruva, bound fast by cords of wind.
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VaP 1 52.84
एते वै भ्राम्यमाणास्तु यथा योगं भ्रमन्ति वै। वायव्याभिरदृश्याभिः प्रबद्धा वातरश्मिभिः
ete vai bhrāmyamāṇāstu yathā yogaṃ bhramanti vai| vāyavyābhiradṛśyābhiḥ prabaddhā vātaraśmibhiḥ
These, being whirled around, revolve according to their conjunction, bound fast by invisible cords of wind belonging to Vāyu.
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VaP 1 52.85
परिभ्रमन्ति तद्बद्धाश्चन्द्रसूर्यग्रहा दिवि। भ्रमन्तमनुगच्छन्ति ध्रुवन्ते ज्योतिषां गणाः
paribhramanti tadbaddhāścandrasūryagrahā divi| bhramantamanugacchanti dhruvante jyotiṣāṃ gaṇāḥ
Bound by that, the moon, the sun and the planets revolve in the sky; the hosts of luminaries follow Dhruva as he turns.
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VaP 1 52.86
यथा नद्युदके नौस्तु सलिलेन सहोह्यते। तथा देवालया ह्येते उह्यन्ते वातरश्मिभिः। तस्मात्सर्वेण दृस्यन्ते व्योम्नि देवगणास्तु ते
yathā nadyudake naustu salilena sahohyate| tathā devālayā hyete uhyante vātaraśmibhiḥ| tasmātsarveṇa dṛsyante vyomni devagaṇāstu te
As a boat in a river's water is carried along by the water, so these abodes of the gods are carried by the cords of wind; therefore those hosts of gods are seen by everyone in the sky.
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VaP 1 52.87
यावन्त्यश्चैव तारास्तु तावन्तो वातरश्मयः। सर्वा ध्रुवनिबद्धास्ता ब्रमन्त्यो भ्रामयन्ति तम्
yāvantyaścaiva tārāstu tāvanto vātaraśmayaḥ| sarvā dhruvanibaddhāstā bramantyo bhrāmayanti tam
As many as the stars are, so many are the cords of wind; all of them, bound to Dhruva, revolving, make him revolve.
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VaP 1 52.88
तैलपीडाकरं चक्रं भ्रमद्भ्रामयते यथा। तथा भ्रमन्ति ज्योतींषि वायबद्धानि सर्वशः
tailapīḍākaraṃ cakraṃ bhramadbhrāmayate yathā| tathā bhramanti jyotīṃṣi vāyabaddhāni sarvaśaḥ
As the wheel that presses out oil, turning, makes (things) turn, so the lights revolve, bound by the wind on every side.
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VaP 1 52.89
अलातचक्रवद्यान्ति वातचक्रेरितानि तु। तस्माज्ज्योतींषि वहते प्रवहंस्तेन स स्मृतः
alātacakravadyānti vātacakreritāni tu| tasmājjyotīṃṣi vahate pravahaṃstena sa smṛtaḥ
They move like a whirling firebrand, driven by the wheel of wind; since it carries the lights along, it is therefore called Pravaha ('the carrier-forward').
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VaP 1 52.90
एवं ध्रुवनिबद्धोऽसौ सर्पते ज्योतिषां गणः। सैष तारामयोज्ञेयः शिशुमारो ध्रुवो दिवि। यदह्ना कुरुते पापं दृष्टवा तं निशि मुच्यते
evaṃ dhruvanibaddho'sau sarpate jyotiṣāṃ gaṇaḥ| saiṣa tārāmayojñeyaḥ śiśumāro dhruvo divi| yadahnā kurute pāpaṃ dṛṣṭavā taṃ niśi mucyate
Thus this host of lights, bound to Dhruva, glides along. This is to be known as the Śiśumāra, made of stars, Dhruva in the sky. Whatever sin one commits by day, by seeing him at night one is released from it.
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VaP 1 52.91
यावत्यश्चैव तारास्ताः शिशूमाराश्रिता दिवि। तावन्त्येव तु वर्षाणि जीवन्त्यभ्यधिकानि तु
yāvatyaścaiva tārāstāḥ śiśūmārāśritā divi| tāvantyeva tu varṣāṇi jīvantyabhyadhikāni tu
However many stars there are in the sky that rest upon the Śiśumāra, just that many years—and more—do (those who see it) live.
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VaP 1 52.92
शाश्वतः शिशुमारोऽसौ विज्ञेयः प्रविभागशः। उत्तानपादस्तस्याथ विज्ञेयो ह्युत्तरो हनुः
śāśvataḥ śiśumāro'sau vijñeyaḥ pravibhāgaśaḥ| uttānapādastasyātha vijñeyo hyuttaro hanuḥ
That Śiśumāra is to be known as everlasting, part by part: Uttānapāda is to be known as its upper jaw.
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VaP 1 52.93
यज्ञोऽधरस्तु विज्ञेयो धर्मो मूर्द्धानमाश्रितः। हृदि नारायणः साध्यः अश्विनौ पूर्वपादयोः
yajño'dharastu vijñeyo dharmo mūrddhānamāśritaḥ| hṛdi nārāyaṇaḥ sādhyaḥ aśvinau pūrvapādayoḥ
Yajña is to be known as the lower jaw, Dharma is placed in the head; Nārāyaṇa in the heart, Sādhya (there too), the two Aśvins in the forefeet.
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VaP 1 52.94
वरुणश्चार्यमा चैव पश्चिमे तस्य सस्थिनि। शिश्रः संवत्सरस्तस्य मित्रोऽपाने समाश्रितः
varuṇaścāryamā caiva paścime tasya sasthini| śiśraḥ saṃvatsarastasya mitro'pāne samāśritaḥ
Varuṇa and Aryaman are in its two hind thighs; its (member) is the Year; Mitra is set in the anus.
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VaP 1 52.95
पुच्छेऽग्निश्च महेन्द्रश्च मरीचिः कश्यपो ध्रुवः। तारकाः शिशुमारश्च नास्तमेति चतुष्टयम्
pucche'gniśca mahendraśca marīciḥ kaśyapo dhruvaḥ| tārakāḥ śiśumāraśca nāstameti catuṣṭayam
In the tail are Agni, Mahendra, Marīci, Kaśyapa, Dhruva; the stars and the Śiśumāra—this set of four does not set.
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VaP 1 52.96
नक्षत्रचन्द्रसूर्याश्च ग्रहास्तारागणेः सह। उन्मुखाभिमुखाः सर्वे चक्रीभूताश्रिता दिवि
nakṣatracandrasūryāśca grahāstārāgaṇeḥ saha| unmukhābhimukhāḥ sarve cakrībhūtāśritā divi
The lunar mansions, the moon and the sun, and the planets together with the host of stars—all of them, facing upward, are set in the sky having become a wheel.
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VaP 1 52.97
ध्रुवेणाधिष्ठिताः सर्वे ध्रुवमेव प्रदक्षिणम् । प्रयान्तीह वरं श्रेष्ठमेधीभूतं ध्रुवन्दिवि
dhruveṇādhiṣṭhitāḥ sarve dhruvameva pradakṣiṇam | prayāntīha varaṃ śreṣṭhamedhībhūtaṃ dhruvandivi
All presided over by Dhruva, they proceed here keeping Dhruva on their right—Dhruva, the choice and best one, who has become the central post in the sky.
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VaP 1 52.98
ध्रुवाग्निकश्यपानान्तु वरस्वासौ ध्रुवः स्मृतः। एक एव भ्रमत्येष मेरुपर्वतमूर्द्धनि
dhruvāgnikaśyapānāntu varasvāsau dhruvaḥ smṛtaḥ| eka eva bhramatyeṣa meruparvatamūrddhani
Among Dhruva, Agni and Kaśyapa, this Dhruva is held to be the choicest; he alone revolves upon the summit of Mount Meru.
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VaP 1 52.99
ज्योतिषाञ्चक्रमेतद्धि सदा कर्षत्यवाङ्मुखः। मेरुमालोकयत्येष प्रयातीह प्रदक्षिणम्
jyotiṣāñcakrametaddhi sadā karṣatyavāṅmukhaḥ| merumālokayatyeṣa prayātīha pradakṣiṇam
For, facing downward, he constantly draws along this wheel of lights; he looks upon Meru and moves here toward the right.
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