Vayu Purana — Purvardha — Chapter 53
VaP 1 53.1
।। शांशपायन उवाच ।। एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु मुनयः पुनस्ते संशयान्विताः। पप्रच्छुरुत्तरं भूयस्तदा ते लोमहर्षणम्
|| śāṃśapāyana uvāca || etacchrutvā tu munayaḥ punaste saṃśayānvitāḥ| papracchuruttaraṃ bhūyastadā te lomaharṣaṇam
Śāṃśapāyana said: Having heard this, the sages, again filled with doubt, then asked Lomaharṣaṇa a further question.
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VaP 1 53.2
।।ऋषय उचुः ।। यदेतदुक्तम्भवता गृहाण्येतानि विश्रितम्। कथं देवगृहाणि स्युः कथं ज्योतींषि वर्णय
||ṛṣaya ucuḥ || yadetaduktambhavatā gṛhāṇyetāni viśritam| kathaṃ devagṛhāṇi syuḥ kathaṃ jyotīṃṣi varṇaya
The sages said: As to what you said, that these are houses spread out—how can they be houses of the gods, and how are they lights? Explain.
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VaP 1 53.3
एतत्सर्वं समाचक्ष्व ज्योतिषाञ्चैव निश्चयम्। श्रुत्वा तु वचनं तेषां तदा सूतः समाहितः
etatsarvaṃ samācakṣva jyotiṣāñcaiva niścayam| śrutvā tu vacanaṃ teṣāṃ tadā sūtaḥ samāhitaḥ
Tell all this, and the settled truth about the lights. Hearing their words, the Sūta then, with collected mind (said):
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VaP 1 53.4
अस्मिन्नर्थे महाप्राज्ञैर्यदुक्तं ज्ञानबुद्धिभिः। तद्वोऽहं सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि सूर्याचन्द्रमसोर्भवम्। यथा देवगृहाणीह सूर्याचन्द्रमसोर्गृहम्
asminnarthe mahāprājñairyaduktaṃ jñānabuddhibhiḥ| tadvo'haṃ sampravakṣyāmi sūryācandramasorbhavam| yathā devagṛhāṇīha sūryācandramasorgṛham
What has been said on this matter by the greatly wise ones, whose intellect is knowledge, that I shall fully declare to you: the origin of the sun and the moon, and how here the houses of the gods and the house of the sun and moon (came to be).
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VaP 1 53.5
अतः परं त्रिविधाग्नेर्वक्ष्येऽहन्तु समुद्भवम्। दिव्यस्य भौतिकस्याग्नेरथाग्नेः पार्थिवस्य च
ataḥ paraṃ trividhāgnervakṣye'hantu samudbhavam| divyasya bhautikasyāgnerathāgneḥ pārthivasya ca
After that I shall tell the arising of the threefold fire: of the celestial fire, of the elemental fire, and of the earthly fire.
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VaP 1 53.6
व्युष्टायान्तु रजन्यां वै ब्रह्मणोऽव्यक्तजन्मनः। अव्याकृतमिदन्त्वासीन्नैशेन तमसावृतम्
vyuṣṭāyāntu rajanyāṃ vai brahmaṇo'vyaktajanmanaḥ| avyākṛtamidantvāsīnnaiśena tamasāvṛtam
When the night of Brahmā, whose birth is unmanifest, had passed away, this (world) was unevolved, covered by the darkness of night.
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VaP 1 53.7
चतुर्भूतावशिष्टेऽस्मिन् पार्थिवः सोऽग्निरुच्यते। यश्चादौ तपते सूर्ये शुचिरग्निस्तु स स्मृतः
caturbhūtāvaśiṣṭe'smin pārthivaḥ so'gnirucyate| yaścādau tapate sūrye śuciragnistu sa smṛtaḥ
When in this only the four elements remained, that fire is called the earthly one; and that which first burns in the sun, that is known as the fire Śuci (the pure).
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VaP 1 53.8
वैद्युताख्यस्तु विज्ञेयस्तेषां वक्ष्येऽथ लक्षणम्। वैद्युतो जाठरः सौरो ह्यपाङ्गर्भास्त्रयोऽग्नयः। तस्मादपः पिबन् सूर्यो गोभिदीर्प्यत्यसौ दिवि
vaidyutākhyastu vijñeyasteṣāṃ vakṣye'tha lakṣaṇam| vaidyuto jāṭharaḥ sauro hyapāṅgarbhāstrayo'gnayaḥ| tasmādapaḥ piban sūryo gobhidīrpyatyasau divi
But (the third) is to be known as the one called vaidyuta (of lightning); now I shall state their marks. The lightning-fire, the belly-fire, and the solar fire — these three fires are born of the waters. Therefore the sun, drinking up water, blazes in the sky with its rays.
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VaP 1 53.9
वैद्युतेन समाविष्टो वार्क्षो नाद्भिः प्रशाम्यति । मानवानाञ्च कुक्षिस्थो नाद्भिः शाम्यति पावकः
vaidyutena samāviṣṭo vārkṣo nādbhiḥ praśāmyati | mānavānāñca kukṣistho nādbhiḥ śāmyati pāvakaḥ
The fire in wood, when entered by the lightning-fire, is not put out by water; and the fire lodged in the belly of men is not quelled by water.
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VaP 1 53.10
अर्च्चिष्मान् परमः सोऽग्निः प्रभवो जाठरः स्मृतः। यश्चायं मण्डली शुक्लो निरूष्मा संप्रकाशते
arcciṣmān paramaḥ so'gniḥ prabhavo jāṭharaḥ smṛtaḥ| yaścāyaṃ maṇḍalī śuklo nirūṣmā saṃprakāśate
That highest fire is flame-possessing; the belly-fire is held to be prabhava (the productive one); and this which shines forth disc-shaped, white, without heat (i.e. the moon) —
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VaP 1 53.11
प्रभा हि सौरी पादेन ह्यस्तं याति दिवाकरे। अग्निमाविशते रात्रौ तस्माद्दूरात् प्रकाशते
prabhā hi saurī pādena hyastaṃ yāti divākare| agnimāviśate rātrau tasmāddūrāt prakāśate
For the solar radiance, with a fourth part, goes to setting when the day-maker sets; at night it enters into fire, and therefore (fire) shines from afar.
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VaP 1 53.12
उद्यन्तञ्च पुनः सूर्यमौष्ण्यमाग्नेयमाविशत्। पादेन पार्थिवस्याग्नेस्तस्मादग्निस्तपत्यसौ
udyantañca punaḥ sūryamauṣṇyamāgneyamāviśat| pādena pārthivasyāgnestasmādagnistapatyasau
And again, as the sun rises, the heat belonging to fire enters into it, with a fourth part of the terrestrial fire; therefore that (sun) burns.
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VaP 1 53.13
प्रकाशश्च तथौष्ण्यञ्च सौराग्नेये तु तेजसी। परस्परानुप्रवेशादाप्यायेते दिवानिशम्
prakāśaśca tathauṣṇyañca saurāgneye tu tejasī| parasparānupraveśādāpyāyete divāniśam
Light, and likewise heat — the two energies, the solar and the fiery — by entering into each other grow full by day and by night.
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VaP 1 53.14
उत्तरे चैव भूम्यर्द्धे तस्मादस्मिंश्च दक्षिणे। उत्तिष्ठति पुनः सूर्ये रात्रिराविशते त्वपः। तस्मात्ताम्रा भवन्त्यापो दिवारात्रिप्रवेशनात्
uttare caiva bhūmyarddhe tasmādasmiṃśca dakṣiṇe| uttiṣṭhati punaḥ sūrye rātrirāviśate tvapaḥ| tasmāttāmrā bhavantyāpo divārātripraveśanāt
And in the northern half of the earth, and hence in this southern one: when the sun rises again, night enters into the waters; therefore the waters become coppery, from the entering in of day and night.
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VaP 1 53.15
अस्तं याति पुनः सूर्ये अहर्वै प्रविशत्यपः। तस्मान्नक्तं पुनः शुक्ला आपो विश्यन्ति भास्करे
astaṃ yāti punaḥ sūrye aharvai praviśatyapaḥ| tasmānnaktaṃ punaḥ śuklā āpo viśyanti bhāskare
When the sun sets again, day indeed enters into the waters; therefore at night the waters, white again, enter into the sun.
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VaP 1 53.16
एतेन क्रमयोगेन भूम्यर्द्धे दक्षिणोत्तरे । उदयास्तमये नित्यमहोरात्रं विशत्यपः
etena kramayogena bhūmyarddhe dakṣiṇottare | udayāstamaye nityamahorātraṃ viśatyapaḥ
By this sequence of process, in the southern and northern halves of the earth, at rising and at setting, day and night constantly enter the waters.
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VaP 1 53.17
यश्चासौ तपते सूर्ये पिबन्नम्भो गभस्तिभिः। पार्थिवो हि विमिश्रोऽसौ दिव्यः शुचिरिति स्मृतः
yaścāsau tapate sūrye pibannambho gabhastibhiḥ| pārthivo hi vimiśro'sau divyaḥ śuciriti smṛtaḥ
And that sun which burns, drinking up water with its rays: that terrestrial (fire) is mixed, while the heavenly one is called śuci (the pure).
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VaP 1 53.18
सहस्रपादः सोऽग्निस्तु वृत्तः कुम्भनिभः शुचिः। आदत्ते तत्तु रश्मीनां सहस्रेण समन्ततः
sahasrapādaḥ so'gnistu vṛttaḥ kumbhanibhaḥ śuciḥ| ādatte tattu raśmīnāṃ sahasreṇa samantataḥ
That fire is thousand-rayed, round, pot-like, pure; and it draws that (water) up from all sides with its thousand rays —
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VaP 1 53.19
नादेयीश्चैव सामुद्रीः कौप्याश्चैव सधान्वनीः। स्थावरा जङ्गमाश्चैव यश्च सूर्यो हिरण्मयः। तस्य रश्मिसहस्रन्तु वर्षशीतोष्णनिःस्रवम्
nādeyīścaiva sāmudrīḥ kaupyāścaiva sadhānvanīḥ| sthāvarā jaṅgamāścaiva yaśca sūryo hiraṇmayaḥ| tasya raśmisahasrantu varṣaśītoṣṇaniḥsravam
(waters) of rivers and of oceans, of wells and of the dry lands, both fixed and moving; and the sun which is golden — its thousand rays are the outflow of rain, cold and heat.
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VaP 1 53.20
तासाञ्चतुःशता नाड्यो वर्षन्ति चित्रमूर्त्तयः। वन्दनाश्चैव वन्द्यश्च ऋतना नूतनास्तथा। अमृता नामतः सर्व्वा रश्मयो वृष्टिसर्जनाः
tāsāñcatuḥśatā nāḍyo varṣanti citramūrttayaḥ| vandanāścaiva vandyaśca ṛtanā nūtanāstathā| amṛtā nāmataḥ sarvvā raśmayo vṛṣṭisarjanāḥ
Of these, four hundred channels, of varied forms, send rain: vandanā and vandyā, ṛtanā and likewise nūtanā, and amṛtā — by name all these rays are the senders of rain.
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VaP 1 53.21
हिमवाहाश्च ताभ्योऽन्या रश्मयस्त्रिशताः पुनः। दृश्या मेध्याश्च वाह्याश्च ह्रादिन्यो हिमसर्जनाः
himavāhāśca tābhyo'nyā raśmayastriśatāḥ punaḥ| dṛśyā medhyāśca vāhyāśca hrādinyo himasarjanāḥ
And other than these, again three hundred rays are the bearers of snow: dṛśyā, medhyā, vāhyā, and hrādinī, the senders of snow.
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VaP 1 53.22
चन्द्रास्ता नामतः सर्वाः पीताभास्तु गभस्तयः। शुक्लाश्च ककुभश्चैव गावो विश्वभृतस्तथा
candrāstā nāmataḥ sarvāḥ pītābhāstu gabhastayaḥ| śuklāśca kakubhaścaiva gāvo viśvabhṛtastathā
All those are by name candrā; and the (other) rays are yellow-hued: śuklā, kakubhā, gāvaḥ, and likewise viśvabhṛt.
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VaP 1 53.23
शुक्लास्ता नामतः सर्वास्त्रिशता घर्मसर्जनाः। समं बिभर्ति ताभिस्तु मनुष्यपितृदेवताः
śuklāstā nāmataḥ sarvāstriśatā gharmasarjanāḥ| samaṃ bibharti tābhistu manuṣyapitṛdevatāḥ
All those are by name śuklā, three hundred, the senders of heat; with them he supports equally men, ancestors, and gods.
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VaP 1 53.24
मनुष्यानौषधेनेह स्वधया च पितॄनपि। अमृतेन सुरान् सर्वांस्त्रींस्त्रिभिस्तर्पयत्यसौ
manuṣyānauṣadheneha svadhayā ca pitṝnapi| amṛtena surān sarvāṃstrīṃstribhistarpayatyasau
Men here with plants, and the fathers too with the svadhā offering, and all the gods with nectar: these three he satisfies with the three.
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VaP 1 53.25
वसन्ते चैव ग्रीष्मे च सतैः सुतपते त्रिभिः। वर्षास्वथो शरदि च चतुर्भिः सम्प्रकर्षति
vasante caiva grīṣme ca sataiḥ sutapate tribhiḥ| varṣāsvatho śaradi ca caturbhiḥ samprakarṣati
In spring and in summer he burns well with three hundreds; then in the rains and in autumn he draws (water) up with four.
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VaP 1 53.26
हेमन्ते शिशिरे चैव हिमं स सृज ते त्रिभिः। ओषधीषु बलन्धत्ते स्वधया च पितॄनपि। सूर्योऽमरत्वममृतत्रयन्त्रिषु नियच्छति
hemante śiśire caiva himaṃ sa sṛja te tribhiḥ| oṣadhīṣu balandhatte svadhayā ca pitṝnapi| sūryo'maratvamamṛtatrayantriṣu niyacchati
In winter and in the cold season he sends forth snow with three; he puts strength into the plants, and (nourishes) the fathers with the svadhā offering; the sun bestows on the three (classes) immortality, the threefold nectar.
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VaP 1 53.27
एवं रश्मिसहस्रन्तत् सौरं लोकार्थ साधकम्। भिद्यते ऋतुमासाद्य जलशीतोष्णनिःस्रवम्
evaṃ raśmisahasrantat sauraṃ lokārtha sādhakam| bhidyate ṛtumāsādya jalaśītoṣṇaniḥsravam
Thus that thousand of solar rays accomplishes the purpose of the worlds; on reaching the season it divides, being the outflow of water, cold, and heat.
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VaP 1 53.28
इत्येतन्मण्डलं शुक्लं भास्वरं सूर्यसंज्ञितम्। नक्षत्रग्रहसोमानां प्रतिष्ठायोनिरेव च। ऋक्षचन्द्रग्रहाः सर्वे निज्ञेयाः सूर्यसम्भवाः
ityetanmaṇḍalaṃ śuklaṃ bhāsvaraṃ sūryasaṃjñitam| nakṣatragrahasomānāṃ pratiṣṭhāyonireva ca| ṛkṣacandragrahāḥ sarve nijñeyāḥ sūryasambhavāḥ
Thus this disk, white and shining, is called the sun; and it is indeed the foundation and womb of the lunar mansions, the planets, and the moon. All the constellations, the moon, and the planets are to be known as arisen from the sun.
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VaP 1 53.29
नक्षत्राधिपतिः सोमो ग्रहराजो दिवाकरः। शेषाः पञ्चग्रहा ज्ञेया ईश्वराः कामरूपिणः
nakṣatrādhipatiḥ somo graharājo divākaraḥ| śeṣāḥ pañcagrahā jñeyā īśvarāḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ
The moon is the lord of the lunar mansions, the day-maker (sun) is the king of planets; the remaining five planets are to be known as sovereigns able to take on any form at will.
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VaP 1 53.30
पठ्यते चाग्निरादित्य औदकश्चन्द्रमाः स्मृतः। शेषाणां प्रकृतिं सम्यग्वर्ण्यमानां निबोधत
paṭhyate cāgnirāditya audakaścandramāḥ smṛtaḥ| śeṣāṇāṃ prakṛtiṃ samyagvarṇyamānāṃ nibodhata
And the sun is declared to be fire, while the moon is held to be of watery nature. Learn now the nature of the rest, being properly described.
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VaP 1 53.31
सुरसेनापति स्कन्दः पठ्यतेऽङ्गारको ग्रहः । नारायणं बुधं प्राहुर्देवं ज्ञानविदो विदुः
surasenāpati skandaḥ paṭhyate'ṅgārako grahaḥ | nārāyaṇaṃ budhaṃ prāhurdevaṃ jñānavido viduḥ
The planet Mars is declared to be Skanda, the commander of the army of the gods; the knowers of knowledge call Mercury Nārāyaṇa, and know him as a god.
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VaP 1 53.32
रुद्रो वैवस्वतः साक्षाद्धर्मो लोके प्रभुः स्वयम्। महाग्रहो द्विजश्रेष्ठो मन्दगामी शनैश्चरः
rudro vaivasvataḥ sākṣāddharmo loke prabhuḥ svayam| mahāgraho dvijaśreṣṭho mandagāmī śanaiścaraḥ
The great planet Saturn, slow-moving, best of the twice-born, is Rudra, the son of Vivasvat, in visible form Dharma himself, the lord in the world.
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VaP 1 53.33
देवासुरगुरू द्वौ तु भानुमन्तौ महाग्रहौ। प्रजापतिसुतावेतावुभौ शुक्रबृहस्पती। दैत्यो महेन्द्रश्च तयोराधिपत्ये विनिर्मितौ
devāsuragurū dvau tu bhānumantau mahāgrahau| prajāpatisutāvetāvubhau śukrabṛhaspatī| daityo mahendraśca tayorādhipatye vinirmitau
But the two teachers of the gods and of the asuras are luminous great planets: these two, Venus and Jupiter, are both sons of Prajāpati; and they were appointed to the overlordship of these two, the Daitya (host) and great Indra.
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VaP 1 53.34
आदित्यमूलमखिलं त्रिलोकं नात्र संशयः। भवत्यस्य जगत्कृत्स्नं सदेवासुरमानुषम्
ādityamūlamakhilaṃ trilokaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ| bhavatyasya jagatkṛtsnaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam
The whole triple world has the sun as its root; there is no doubt of this. This entire world, with gods, asuras, and men, comes to be from him.
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VaP 1 53.35
रुद्रेन्द्रोपेन्द्रचन्द्राणां विप्रेन्द्रास्त्रिदिवौकसाम्। द्युतिर्द्युतिमतां कृत्स्ना यत्तेजः सार्वलौकिकम्
rudrendropendracandrāṇāṃ viprendrāstridivaukasām| dyutirdyutimatāṃ kṛtsnā yattejaḥ sārvalaukikam
O best of brahmins, the entire radiance of the radiant ones—of Rudra, Indra, Upendra, and the moon, and of the dwellers in heaven—whatever brilliance belongs to all the worlds (is his).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 53.36
सर्वात्मा सर्वलोकेशो मूलं परमदैवतम्। ततः संजायते सर्वं तत्र चैव प्रलीयते
sarvātmā sarvalokeśo mūlaṃ paramadaivatam| tataḥ saṃjāyate sarvaṃ tatra caiva pralīyate
He is the self of all, the lord of all worlds, the root, the highest deity; from him all is born, and in him it dissolves.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 53.37
बावाभावौ हि लोकानामादित्यान्निः सृतौ पुरा। जगज्ज्ञेयो ग्रहो विप्रा दीप्तिमान् सुग्राहो रविः
bāvābhāvau hi lokānāmādityānniḥ sṛtau purā| jagajjñeyo graho viprā dīptimān sugrāho raviḥ
For the existence and non-existence of the worlds issued forth from the sun of old; O brahmins, the sun is to be known as the planet of the world, blazing, easy to grasp (or firmly seizing).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 53.38
यत्र गच्छन्ति निधनं जायन्ते च पुनः पुनः। क्षणा मुहूर्त्ता दिवसा निशाः पक्षाश्च कृत्स्नशः। मासाः संवत्सराश्चैव ऋतवोऽन्दयुगानि च
yatra gacchanti nidhanaṃ jāyante ca punaḥ punaḥ| kṣaṇā muhūrttā divasā niśāḥ pakṣāśca kṛtsnaśaḥ| māsāḥ saṃvatsarāścaiva ṛtavo'ndayugāni ca
In whom they go to destruction and are born again and again: moments, instants (muhūrtas), days, nights, and fortnights entirely, months and years, seasons and yugas of years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 53.39
तदादित्यादृते तेषां कालसंख्या न विद्यते। कालादृते न निगमो न दीक्षा नाह्निकक्रमः
tadādityādṛte teṣāṃ kālasaṃkhyā na vidyate| kālādṛte na nigamo na dīkṣā nāhnikakramaḥ
Apart from that sun there is no reckoning of time for them; and without time there is no scriptural instruction, no initiation, no order of daily rites.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 53.40
ऋतुनामविभागश्च पुष्पमूलफलं कुतः। कुतः सस्याभिनिष्पत्तिर्गुणौषधिगणादि वा
ṛtunāmavibhāgaśca puṣpamūlaphalaṃ kutaḥ| kutaḥ sasyābhiniṣpattirguṇauṣadhigaṇādi vā
And without the division of the names of the seasons, whence flower, root, and fruit? Whence the ripening of crops, or the classes of potent herbs and the rest?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 53.41
अभावो व्यवहाराणां देवानां दिवि चेह च। जगत्प्रतापनमृते भास्करं वारितस्करम्
abhāvo vyavahārāṇāṃ devānāṃ divi ceha ca| jagatpratāpanamṛte bhāskaraṃ vāritaskaram
There would be a non-existence of the transactions of the gods, both in heaven and here, without the sun, the world-heater, the taker-up of waters.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 53.42
स एव कालश्चाग्निश्च द्वादशात्मा प्रजापतिः। तपत्येष द्विजश्रेष्टास्त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम्
sa eva kālaścāgniśca dvādaśātmā prajāpatiḥ| tapatyeṣa dvijaśreṣṭāstrailokyaṃ sacarācaram
He alone is Time and Fire, Prajāpati of twelvefold nature; he, O best of the twice-born, heats the triple world with all that moves and does not move.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 53.43
स एष तेजसां राशिः समस्तः सार्वलौकिकः। उत्तमं मार्गमास्थाय वायोभाभिरिदञ्जगत्। पार्श्वमूर्द्ध्वमधश्चैव तापयत्येष सर्वशः
sa eṣa tejasāṃ rāśiḥ samastaḥ sārvalaukikaḥ| uttamaṃ mārgamāsthāya vāyobhābhiridañjagat| pārśvamūrddhvamadhaścaiva tāpayatyeṣa sarvaśaḥ
He is this whole mass of splendours belonging to all the worlds; taking the highest path, (illumining) this world with rays of wind(?), he heats it on every side—to the sides, above, and below.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 53.44
रवेरश्मिसहस्रं यत् प्राङ्मया समुदाहृतम् । तेषां श्रेष्ठाः पुनः सप्त रश्मयो ग्रहयोनयः
raveraśmisahasraṃ yat prāṅmayā samudāhṛtam | teṣāṃ śreṣṭhāḥ punaḥ sapta raśmayo grahayonayaḥ
Of the thousand rays of the sun that I mentioned before, seven rays again are the best, being the sources of the planets.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 53.45
सुषुम्नो हरिकेशश्च विश्वकर्मा तथैव च। विश्वश्रवाः पुनश्चान्यः संयद्वसुरतः परम् । अर्वावसुः पुनश्चान्यो मया चात्र प्रकीर्त्तितः
suṣumno harikeśaśca viśvakarmā tathaiva ca| viśvaśravāḥ punaścānyaḥ saṃyadvasurataḥ param | arvāvasuḥ punaścānyo mayā cātra prakīrttitaḥ
Suṣumna, and Harikeśa, and likewise Viśvakarman; then another, Viśvaśravas; after that Saṃyadvasu; and yet another, Arvāvasu—these are proclaimed by me here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 53.46
सुषुम्नः सूर्यरश्मिस्तु क्षीणं शशिनमेधयन्। तिर्यगूर्द्ध्वप्रभावोऽसौ सुषुम्नः परिकीर्त्यते
suṣumnaḥ sūryaraśmistu kṣīṇaṃ śaśinamedhayan| tiryagūrddhvaprabhāvo'sau suṣumnaḥ parikīrtyate
The sun's ray Suṣumna, making the waned moon grow—that one, whose power extends sideways and upward, is called Suṣumna.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 53.47
हरिकेशः पुरस्त्वाद्या ऋक्षयोनिः प्रकीर्त्यते। दक्षिणे विश्वकर्मा तु रश्मिर्वर्द्धयते बुधम्
harikeśaḥ purastvādyā ṛkṣayoniḥ prakīrtyate| dakṣiṇe viśvakarmā tu raśmirvarddhayate budham
Harikeśa, in the east, is proclaimed as the first, the source of the constellations; but the ray Viśvakarman, in the south, makes Mercury grow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 53.48
विश्वश्रवास्तु यः पश्चात् शुक्रयोनिः स्मृतो बुधैः। संयद्वसुश्च यो रश्मिः सा योनिर्लोहितस्य च
viśvaśravāstu yaḥ paścāt śukrayoniḥ smṛto budhaiḥ| saṃyadvasuśca yo raśmiḥ sā yonirlohitasya ca
But that (ray) which is Viśvaśravas, in the west, is held by the wise to be the source of Śukra (Venus); and the ray which is Saṃyadvasu, that is the source of Lohita (Mars).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 53.49
षष्ठस्त्वर्वावसू रश्मिर्योनिस्तु स बृहस्पतेः। शनैश्चरं पुनश्चापि रश्मिराप्यायते स्वराट्
ṣaṣṭhastvarvāvasū raśmiryonistu sa bṛhaspateḥ| śanaiścaraṃ punaścāpi raśmirāpyāyate svarāṭ
The sixth ray is Arvāvasu, and that is the source of Bṛhaspati (Jupiter); and again the ray Svarāṭ nourishes Śanaiścara (Saturn).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 53.50
एवं सूर्यप्रभावेण ग्रहनक्षत्रतारकाः। वर्द्धन्ते विदिताः सर्वा विश्वञ्चैदं पुनर्जगत् । नक्षीयन्ते पुनस्तानि तस्मान्नक्षत्रता स्मृता
evaṃ sūryaprabhāveṇa grahanakṣatratārakāḥ| varddhante viditāḥ sarvā viśvañcaidaṃ punarjagat | nakṣīyante punastāni tasmānnakṣatratā smṛtā
Thus, by the sun's radiance, the planets, lunar mansions and stars are all known to increase, and so too this whole world; and they waste away again — hence their being called nakṣatras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 53.51
क्षेत्राण्येतानि वै पूर्वमापतन्ति गभस्तिभिः। तेषां क्षेत्राण्यथादत्ते सूर्यो नक्षत्रताङ्गतः
kṣetrāṇyetāni vai pūrvamāpatanti gabhastibhiḥ| teṣāṃ kṣetrāṇyathādatte sūryo nakṣatratāṅgataḥ
These fields (of theirs) first come under (the sun's) rays; then the sun, having attained the condition of a nakṣatra, takes over their fields.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 53.52
तीर्णानां सुकृतेनेह सुकृतान्ते ग्रहाश्रयात् । ताराणां तारका ह्येताः शुक्लत्वाच्चैव तारकाः
tīrṇānāṃ sukṛteneha sukṛtānte grahāśrayāt | tārāṇāṃ tārakā hyetāḥ śuklatvāccaiva tārakāḥ
Of those who have crossed over here by their good deeds, when their merit is exhausted, through resort to the planets — these are the tārakās of the stars (tārā); and they are tārakās because of their whiteness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 53.53
दिव्यानां पार्थिवानाञ्च नैशानाञ्चैव सर्वशः । आदानान्नित्यमादित्यस्तमसां तेजसां महान्
divyānāṃ pārthivānāñca naiśānāñcaiva sarvaśaḥ | ādānānnityamādityastamasāṃ tejasāṃ mahān
Because he constantly takes up (ādāna) the darknesses — celestial, earthly and nocturnal — in every way, the Āditya is the great one among lights.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 53.54
सुवति स्पन्दनार्थे च धातुरेष विभाव्यते। सवनात्तेजसोऽपाञ्च तेनासौ सविता मतः
suvati spandanārthe ca dhātureṣa vibhāvyate| savanāttejaso'pāñca tenāsau savitā mataḥ
'Suvati' — this root is understood in the sense of setting in motion; because he sets in motion (savana) light and the waters, he is therefore held to be Savitṛ.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 53.55
बह्वर्थश्चन्द्र इत्येष ह्लादने धातुरिष्यते । शुक्लत्वे चामृतत्वे च शीतत्वे च विभाव्यते
bahvarthaścandra ityeṣa hlādane dhāturiṣyate | śuklatve cāmṛtatve ca śītatve ca vibhāvyate
This word 'candra' has many senses; the root is taken in the sense of refreshing, and is understood as whiteness, as deathlessness, and as coolness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 53.56
सुर्याचन्द्रमसोर्दिव्ये मण्डले भास्वरे खगे। ज्वलत्तेजोमये शुक्ले वृत्तकुम्भनिभे शुभे
suryācandramasordivye maṇḍale bhāsvare khage| jvalattejomaye śukle vṛttakumbhanibhe śubhe
The two orbs of the sun and moon are divine, shining, sky-going, made of blazing light, white, like a round jar, auspicious.
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VaP 1 53.57
घनतोयात्मकं तत्र मण्डलं शशिनः स्मृतम्। घनतेजोमयं शुक्लं मण्डलं भास्करस्य तु
ghanatoyātmakaṃ tatra maṇḍalaṃ śaśinaḥ smṛtam| ghanatejomayaṃ śuklaṃ maṇḍalaṃ bhāskarasya tu
Of these, the orb of the moon is said to consist of dense water, while the orb of the sun is white and consists of dense light.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 53.58
विशन्ति सर्वदेवास्तु स्थानान्येतानि सर्वशः। मन्वन्तरेषु सर्वेषु ऋक्षसूर्यग्रहाश्रयाः
viśanti sarvadevāstu sthānānyetāni sarvaśaḥ| manvantareṣu sarveṣu ṛkṣasūryagrahāśrayāḥ
All the gods enter these stations in every way, in all the manvantaras, taking their abode in the stars, the sun and the planets.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 53.59
तानि देवगृहाण्येव तदाख्यास्ते भवन्ति च। सौरं सूर्यो विशस्थानं सौम्यं सोमस्तथैव च
tāni devagṛhāṇyeva tadākhyāste bhavanti ca| sauraṃ sūryo viśasthānaṃ saumyaṃ somastathaiva ca
Those are indeed the houses of the gods, and (the gods) come to bear their names: the sun enters the solar station, and Soma likewise the lunar one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 53.60
शौक्रं शुक्रो विशस्थानं षोडशार्च्चिः प्रतापवान्। बृहद्बृहस्पतिश्चैव लोहितश्चैव लौहितः । शानैश्चरं तथा स्थानं देव श्चैव शनैश्चरः
śaukraṃ śukro viśasthānaṃ ṣoḍaśārcciḥ pratāpavān| bṛhadbṛhaspatiścaiva lohitaścaiva lauhitaḥ | śānaiścaraṃ tathā sthānaṃ deva ścaiva śanaiścaraḥ
Śukra, glowing with sixteen rays, enters the station of Śukra; Bṛhaspati the Bṛhat, and Lohita the Lauhita; likewise the station Śānaiścara, and the god Śanaiścara (enters it).
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VaP 1 53.61
आदित्यरश्मिसंयोगात् संप्रकाशात्मिकाः स्मृताः । नवयोजनसाहस्रो विष्कम्भः सवितुः स्मृतः
ādityaraśmisaṃyogāt saṃprakāśātmikāḥ smṛtāḥ | navayojanasāhasro viṣkambhaḥ savituḥ smṛtaḥ
By their conjunction with the sun's rays they are held to be luminous. The diameter of Savitṛ is said to be nine thousand yojanas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 53.62
त्रिगुणस्तस्य विस्तारो मण्डलञ्च प्रमाणतः। द्विगुणः सूर्यविस्ताराद्विस्तारः शशिनः स्मृतः
triguṇastasya vistāro maṇḍalañca pramāṇataḥ| dviguṇaḥ sūryavistārādvistāraḥ śaśinaḥ smṛtaḥ
His extent, and his orb by measure, is three times that. The extent of the moon is said to be double the extent of the sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 53.63
तुल्यस्तयोस्तु स्वर्भानुर्भूत्वाधस्तात् प्रसर्पति। उद्धृत्य पार्थिवच्छायां निर्मितो मण्डलाकृतिः
tulyastayostu svarbhānurbhūtvādhastāt prasarpati| uddhṛtya pārthivacchāyāṃ nirmito maṇḍalākṛtiḥ
Svarbhānu, equal to those two, coming into being, creeps along beneath; he was fashioned, orb-shaped, by drawing up the earth's shadow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 53.64
स्वर्भानोस्तु बृहत् स्थानन्निर्मितं यत्तमोमयम्। आदित्यात्तच्च निष्क्रम्य सोमं गच्छति पर्वसु
svarbhānostu bṛhat sthānannirmitaṃ yattamomayam| ādityāttacca niṣkramya somaṃ gacchati parvasu
From the great station of Svarbhānu that which consists of darkness was fashioned; and going forth from the sun it goes to the moon at the junctures (parvas).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 53.65
आदित्यमेति सोमाच्च पुनः सोमञ्च पर्वसु। स्वर्भासानुदते यस्मात्ततः स्वर्भानुरुच्यते
ādityameti somācca punaḥ somañca parvasu| svarbhāsānudate yasmāttataḥ svarbhānurucyate
It goes from the moon to the sun, and again to the moon at the junctures; since it thrusts away the light of heaven (svar-bhās), it is therefore called Svarbhānu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 53.66
चन्द्रस्य षोडशो भागो भार्गवश्च निधीयते। विष्कम्भान्मण्डलाच्चैव योजनाग्रात् प्रमाणतः
candrasya ṣoḍaśo bhāgo bhārgavaśca nidhīyate| viṣkambhānmaṇḍalāccaiva yojanāgrāt pramāṇataḥ
And Bhārgava (Venus) is reckoned a sixteenth part of the moon, by the measure of diameter and of orb, in yojanas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 53.67
भार्गवात्पादहीनस्तु विज्ञेयो वै बृहस्पतिः। बुहस्पतेः पादहीनौ कुजसौरावुभौ स्मृतौ । विस्तारान्मण्डलाच्चैव पादहीनस्तयोर्बुधः
bhārgavātpādahīnastu vijñeyo vai bṛhaspatiḥ| buhaspateḥ pādahīnau kujasaurāvubhau smṛtau | vistārānmaṇḍalāccaiva pādahīnastayorbudhaḥ
Bṛhaspati is to be known as less by a quarter than Bhārgava; Kuja (Mars) and Saura (Saturn) are both held to be less by a quarter than Bṛhaspati; and Budha is less by a quarter than those two in extent and orb.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 53.68
तारानक्षत्ररूपाणि स्वपुष्मन्तीह यानि वै। बुधेन समतुल्यानि विस्तारान्मण्डलादथ
tārānakṣatrarūpāṇi svapuṣmantīha yāni vai| budhena samatulyāni vistārānmaṇḍalādatha
Those star- and constellation-forms that here shine with their own light are equal to Mercury in extent and in (the size of their) disc.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 53.69
प्रायशश्चन्द्रयोगानि विद्यादृक्षाणि तत्त्ववित्। तारानक्षत्ररूपाणि हीनानि तु परस्परम्
prāyaśaścandrayogāni vidyādṛkṣāṇi tattvavit| tārānakṣatrarūpāṇi hīnāni tu parasparam
One who knows the truth should know the constellations mostly by their conjunction with the moon; but the star- and constellation-forms are (each) less than one another.
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VaP 1 53.70
शतानि पञ्च चत्वारि त्रीणि द्वे चैव योजने। पूर्वापरनिकृष्टानि तारकामण्डलानि तु। योजनान्यर्द्धमात्राणि तेभ्यो ह्रस्वं न विद्यते
śatāni pañca catvāri trīṇi dve caiva yojane| pūrvāparanikṛṣṭāni tārakāmaṇḍalāni tu| yojanānyarddhamātrāṇi tebhyo hrasvaṃ na vidyate
Five hundred, four hundred, three hundred, and two hundred yojanas — the circles of the stars are diminished (in size) from east to west; (some are only) half a yojana, and smaller than these there is none.
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VaP 1 53.71
उपरिष्टात्रयस्तेषां ग्रहा ये दूरसर्पिणः। सौरोऽङ्गिराश्च वक्रश्च ज्ञेया मन्दविचारिणः
upariṣṭātrayasteṣāṃ grahā ye dūrasarpiṇaḥ| sauro'ṅgirāśca vakraśca jñeyā mandavicāriṇaḥ
Above these are three planets which move at a distance: Saturn, Jupiter (Aṅgiras' son), and Mars — they are to be known as slow-moving.
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VaP 1 53.72
तेभ्योऽधस्तात्तु चत्वारः पुनरन्ये महाग्रहाः। सूर्यः सोमो बुधश्चैव भार्गवश्चैव शीघ्रगाः
tebhyo'dhastāttu catvāraḥ punaranye mahāgrahāḥ| sūryaḥ somo budhaścaiva bhārgavaścaiva śīghragāḥ
Below these are four other great planets: the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, and Venus — these are swift-moving.
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VaP 1 53.73
यावन्त्य स्तारकाः कोट्यस्तावदृक्षाणि सर्वशः। वीथीनां नियमाच्चैवमृक्षमार्गो व्यवस्थितः
yāvantya stārakāḥ koṭyastāvadṛkṣāṇi sarvaśaḥ| vīthīnāṃ niyamāccaivamṛkṣamārgo vyavasthitaḥ
As many crores of stars as there are, so many are the constellations altogether; and thus, by the fixed rule of the paths (vīthīs), the course of the constellations is established.
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VaP 1 53.74
गतिस्तास्त्वेव सूर्यस्य नीचोच्चत्वेऽयनक्रमात्। उत्तरायण मार्गस्थो यदा पर्वसु चन्द्रमाः। बौधं बौधोऽथ स्वर्भानुः स्वर्भानोः स्थानमास्थितः
gatistāstveva sūryasya nīcoccatve'yanakramāt| uttarāyaṇa mārgastho yadā parvasu candramāḥ| baudhaṃ baudho'tha svarbhānuḥ svarbhānoḥ sthānamāsthitaḥ
These indeed are the motions of the sun, in its low and high (positions), according to the order of the solstitial courses. When the moon, standing in the northern course, at the parvan days (stands) in Mercury's place, then Mercury (stands) in Rāhu's place, and Rāhu takes up (another's) station.
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VaP 1 53.75
नक्षत्राणि च सर्वाणि नक्षत्राणि विशन्त्युत। गृहाण्ये तानि सर्वाणि ज्योतींषि सुकृतात्मनाम्
nakṣatrāṇi ca sarvāṇi nakṣatrāṇi viśantyuta| gṛhāṇye tāni sarvāṇi jyotīṃṣi sukṛtātmanām
And all the constellations enter into (other) constellations; all those luminaries are the houses of those of pure deeds.
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VaP 1 53.76
कल्पादौ संप्रवृत्तानि निर्मितानि स्वयम्भुवा। स्थानान्येतानि तिष्ठन्ति यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्
kalpādau saṃpravṛttāni nirmitāni svayambhuvā| sthānānyetāni tiṣṭhanti yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam
Set in motion at the beginning of the kalpa, fashioned by the Self-existent one, these stations endure until the dissolution of beings.
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VaP 1 53.77
मन्वन्तरेषु सर्वेषु देवतायतनानि वै। अभिमानिनोऽवतिष्टन्ति यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्
manvantareṣu sarveṣu devatāyatanāni vai| abhimānino'vatiṣṭanti yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam
In all the manvantaras the abodes of the deities, and the presiding (deities themselves), remain until the dissolution of beings.
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VaP 1 53.78
अतीतैस्तु सहातीता भाव्याभाव्यैः सुरासुरैः । वर्त्तन्ते वर्त्तमानैश्च स्थानानि स्वैः सुरैः सह
atītaistu sahātītā bhāvyābhāvyaiḥ surāsuraiḥ | varttante varttamānaiśca sthānāni svaiḥ suraiḥ saha
With the past (gods) they were past, with the gods and demons to come they will be; and with the present ones the stations continue, together with their own gods.
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VaP 1 53.79
अस्मिन् मन्वन्तरे चैव ग्रहा वैमानिकाः स्मृताः। विवस्वानदितेः पुत्रः सूर्यो वैवस्वतेऽन्तरे
asmin manvantare caiva grahā vaimānikāḥ smṛtāḥ| vivasvānaditeḥ putraḥ sūryo vaivasvate'ntare
And in this manvantara the planets are held to travel in celestial cars: Vivasvat, son of Aditi, is the Sun in the Vaivasvata (manvantara).
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VaP 1 53.80
त्विषिमान्धर्मपुत्रस्तु सोमदेवो वसुः स्मृतः। शुक्रो देवस्तु विज्ञेयो भार्गवोऽसुरराजकः
tviṣimāndharmaputrastu somadevo vasuḥ smṛtaḥ| śukro devastu vijñeyo bhārgavo'surarājakaḥ
Tviṣimān, son of Dharma, is held to be the Moon-god, a Vasu; and Śukra is to be known as the god, the Bhārgava, king of the demons.
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VaP 1 53.81
बृहत्तेजाः स्मृतो देवो देवाचार्योऽङ्गिरःसुतः। बुधो मनोहरश्चैव त्विषिपुत्रस्तु स स्मृतः
bṛhattejāḥ smṛto devo devācāryo'ṅgiraḥsutaḥ| budho manoharaścaiva tviṣiputrastu sa smṛtaḥ
Bṛhattejas is held to be the god, the preceptor of the gods, son of Aṅgiras; and Manohara is Mercury, held to be the son of Tviṣi.
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VaP 1 53.82
अग्निर्विकल्पात् संजज्ञे युवाऽसौ लोहिताधिपः। नक्षत्रऋक्षगामिन्यो दाक्षायण्यः स्मृतास्तु ताः
agnirvikalpāt saṃjajñe yuvā'sau lohitādhipaḥ| nakṣatraṛkṣagāminyo dākṣāyaṇyaḥ smṛtāstu tāḥ
Agni was born of Vikalpa; that youth is the lord of the red (planet, Mars). And they are held to be the daughters of Dakṣa, the (goddesses) who move as the lunar mansions.
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VaP 1 53.83
स्वर्भानुः सिंहिकापुत्रो भूतसन्तापनोऽसुरः। सोमर्क्षग्रहसूर्ये तु कीर्तितास्त्वभिमानिनः
svarbhānuḥ siṃhikāputro bhūtasantāpano'suraḥ| somarkṣagrahasūrye tu kīrtitāstvabhimāninaḥ
Svarbhānu, son of Siṃhikā, is the demon Bhūtasantāpana. Thus have been declared the presiding (deities) of the Moon, the constellations, the planets and the Sun.
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VaP 1 53.84
स्थानान्येतान्यथोक्तानि स्थानिन्यश्चैव देवताः। शुक्लमग्निमयं स्थानं सहस्रांशोर्विवस्वतः
sthānānyetānyathoktāni sthāninyaścaiva devatāḥ| śuklamagnimayaṃ sthānaṃ sahasrāṃśorvivasvataḥ
These stations have been declared, and also the deities that dwell in them. The station of Vivasvat of the thousand rays is white and made of fire.
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VaP 1 53.85
सहस्रांशोस्त्विषः स्थानमम्मयं शुक्लमेव च। अथ श्यामं मनोज्ञस्य पञ्चरश्मेर्गृहं स्मृतम्
sahasrāṃśostviṣaḥ sthānamammayaṃ śuklameva ca| atha śyāmaṃ manojñasya pañcaraśmergṛhaṃ smṛtam
The station of Tviṣ of the thousand rays is made of water and is white; and the house of Manojña of the five rays is said to be dark.
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VaP 1 53.86
शुक्रस्याप्यम्मयं स्थानं सद्म षोडशरश्मिवत्। नवरश्मेस्तु यूनो हि लोहितस्थानमम्मयम्
śukrasyāpyammayaṃ sthānaṃ sadma ṣoḍaśaraśmivat| navaraśmestu yūno hi lohitasthānamammayam
The station of Śukra too is made of water, a seat with sixteen rays; and the red station of the youth (Mars) of nine rays is made of water.
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VaP 1 53.87
हरिश्चाप्यं बृहच्चापि द्वादशांशोर्बृहस्पतेः। अष्ट रश्मेर्गृहं प्रोक्तं कृष्णं बुद्धस्य अम्मयम्
hariścāpyaṃ bṛhaccāpi dvādaśāṃśorbṛhaspateḥ| aṣṭa raśmergṛhaṃ proktaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ buddhasya ammayam
That of Jupiter of the twelve rays is green, watery, and large; and the house of Mercury of eight rays is said to be black and made of water.
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VaP 1 53.88
स्वर्भानोस्तामसं स्थानं भूतसन्तापनालयम्। विज्ञेयास्तारकाः सर्वास्त्वम्मयास्त्वेकरश्मयः
svarbhānostāmasaṃ sthānaṃ bhūtasantāpanālayam| vijñeyāstārakāḥ sarvāstvammayāstvekaraśmayaḥ
Svarbhānu's (Rāhu's) station is of darkness, the abode that torments beings. All the stars are to be known as made of water and as having a single ray.
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VaP 1 53.89
आश्रयाः पुण्यकीर्तीनां सुशुक्लाश्चैव वर्णतः। घनतोयात्मिका ज्ञेयाः कल्पादौ वेदनिर्मिताः
āśrayāḥ puṇyakīrtīnāṃ suśuklāścaiva varṇataḥ| ghanatoyātmikā jñeyāḥ kalpādau vedanirmitāḥ
They are the resorts of those of meritorious fame, and in colour very white; they are to be known as consisting of dense water, fashioned by the Veda at the beginning of the kalpa.
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VaP 1 53.90
उच्चत्वाद्दृश्यते शीघ्रमभिव्यक्तैर्गभस्तिभिः। तथा दक्षिणमार्गस्थो नीविवीथीसमाक्षितः
uccatvāddṛśyate śīghramabhivyaktairgabhastibhiḥ| tathā dakṣiṇamārgastho nīvivīthīsamākṣitaḥ
Because of (its) height (the sun) is seen quickly, with its rays made manifest; likewise, standing on the southern path, it is seen equally in the Nīvi track.
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VaP 1 53.91
भूमिलेखावृतः सूर्यः पूर्णामावास्ययोस्तथा। नदृश्यते यथाकालं शाघ्रतोऽस्तमुपैति च
bhūmilekhāvṛtaḥ sūryaḥ pūrṇāmāvāsyayostathā| nadṛśyate yathākālaṃ śāghrato'stamupaiti ca
So too the sun, covered by the earth's line (horizon), on the full-moon and new-moon days is not seen at the due time, and it goes quickly to setting.
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VaP 1 53.92
तस्मादुत्तरमार्गस्थो ह्यमावास्यां निशाकरः। दृश्यते दक्षिणे मार्गे नियमाद्दृश्यते न च
tasmāduttaramārgastho hyamāvāsyāṃ niśākaraḥ| dṛśyate dakṣiṇe mārge niyamāddṛśyate na ca
Therefore the moon, standing on the northern path, is seen on the new-moon day; but on the southern path, by rule, it is not seen.
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VaP 1 53.93
ज्योतिषां गतियोगेन सूर्याचन्द्रमसावुभौ। समानकालास्तमयौ विषुवत्सु समोदयौ
jyotiṣāṃ gatiyogena sūryācandramasāvubhau| samānakālāstamayau viṣuvatsu samodayau
By the conjunction of the motion of the luminaries, both the sun and the moon have their settings at the same time and their risings together at the equinoxes.
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VaP 1 53.94
उत्तरासु च वीथीषु व्यन्तरास्तमयोदयौ। पूर्णामावास्ययोर्ज्ञेयौ ज्योतिश्चक्रानुवर्त्तिनौ
uttarāsu ca vīthīṣu vyantarāstamayodayau| pūrṇāmāvāsyayorjñeyau jyotiścakrānuvarttinau
But in the northern tracks their settings and risings are at different times; on the full-moon and new-moon days these two are to be known as following the circle of the luminaries.
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VaP 1 53.95
दक्षिणायनमार्गस्थो यदा भवति रश्मिवान्। तदा सर्वग्रहाणां स सूर्योऽधस्तात् प्रसर्पति
dakṣiṇāyanamārgastho yadā bhavati raśmivān| tadā sarvagrahāṇāṃ sa sūryo'dhastāt prasarpati
When the ray-possessing (sun) stands on the path of its southern course, then that sun moves along below all the planets.
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VaP 1 53.96
विस्तीर्णं मण्डलं कृत्वा तस्योर्द्ध्वञ्चरते शशी। नक्षत्रमण्डलं कृत्स्नं सोमादूर्द्ध्वं प्रसर्पति
vistīrṇaṃ maṇḍalaṃ kṛtvā tasyorddhvañcarate śaśī| nakṣatramaṇḍalaṃ kṛtsnaṃ somādūrddhvaṃ prasarpati
Having made a wide circle, the moon travels above it; the whole circle of the lunar mansions moves above the moon.
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VaP 1 53.97
नक्षत्रेभ्यो बुधश्वोर्द्ध्वं बुधादूर्द्ध्वं बृहस्पतिः। तस्माच्छनैश्चरश्चोर्द्ध्वं तस्मात्सप्तर्षिमण्डलम् । ऋषीणाञ्चैव सप्तानां ध्रुव ऊर्द्ध्वं व्यवस्थितः
nakṣatrebhyo budhaśvorddhvaṃ budhādūrddhvaṃ bṛhaspatiḥ| tasmācchanaiścaraścorddhvaṃ tasmātsaptarṣimaṇḍalam | ṛṣīṇāñcaiva saptānāṃ dhruva ūrddhvaṃ vyavasthitaḥ
Above the lunar mansions is Mercury, and above Mercury Jupiter; above him Saturn, and above him the circle of the seven sages; and above the seven sages Dhruva is established.
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VaP 1 53.98
द्विगुणेषु सहस्रेषु योजनानां शतेषु च। ताराग्रहान्तराणि स्युरुपरिष्टाद्यथाक्रमम्
dviguṇeṣu sahasreṣu yojanānāṃ śateṣu ca| tārāgrahāntarāṇi syurupariṣṭādyathākramam
The intervals between the stars and the planets are, in order upward, in twice-thousands and hundreds of yojanas.
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VaP 1 53.99
ग्रहाश्च चन्द्रसूर्यौ तु दिवि दिव्येन तेजसा। नित्यमृक्षेषु युज्यन्ति गच्छन्ति नियमक्रमात्
grahāśca candrasūryau tu divi divyena tejasā| nityamṛkṣeṣu yujyanti gacchanti niyamakramāt
And the planets and the sun and moon, in the sky, with divine radiance, are constantly joined with the lunar mansions and move by a fixed order.
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VaP 1 53.100
ग्रहनक्षत्रसूर्यास्तु नीचोच्चमृद्ववस्थिताः। समागमे च भेदे च पश्यन्ति युगपत् प्रजाः
grahanakṣatrasūryāstu nīcoccamṛdvavasthitāḥ| samāgame ca bhede ca paśyanti yugapat prajāḥ
The planets, lunar mansions and suns are situated low and high (and) gently; both in their coming together and in their separation, the creatures see them at the same time.
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VaP 1 53.101
परस्परस्थिताः ह्येते युज्यन्ते च परस्परम्। असङ्करेण विज्ञेयस्तेषां योगस्तु वै बुधैः
parasparasthitāḥ hyete yujyante ca parasparam| asaṅkareṇa vijñeyasteṣāṃ yogastu vai budhaiḥ
For these stand in relation to one another and are joined with one another; their conjunction is to be understood by the wise as occurring without confusion.
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VaP 1 53.102
इत्येष सन्निवेशो वः पृथिव्यां ज्यौतिषस्य च। द्वीपानामुद्नधीनां च पर्वतानां तथैव च
ityeṣa sanniveśo vaḥ pṛthivyāṃ jyautiṣasya ca| dvīpānāmudnadhīnāṃ ca parvatānāṃ tathaiva ca
Thus (has been described) for you this arrangement on the earth and of the heavenly bodies, and of the continents and the oceans and likewise of the mountains,
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VaP 1 53.103
वर्षाणां च नदीनाञ्च येषु तेषु वसन्ति वै। एते चैव ग्रहाः पूर्वं नक्षत्रेषु समुत्थिताः
varṣāṇāṃ ca nadīnāñca yeṣu teṣu vasanti vai| ete caiva grahāḥ pūrvaṃ nakṣatreṣu samutthitāḥ
and of the regions and the rivers, in which (creatures) dwell. And these planets formerly arose in the lunar mansions.
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VaP 1 53.104
विवस्वानदितेः पुत्रः सूर्यो वै चाक्षुषेऽन्तरे। विशाखासु समुत्पन्नो ग्रहाणां प्रथमो ग्रहः
vivasvānaditeḥ putraḥ sūryo vai cākṣuṣe'ntare| viśākhāsu samutpanno grahāṇāṃ prathamo grahaḥ
Vivasvān, the son of Aditi, the sun, in the Cākṣuṣa interval (manvantara) arose in the Viśākhās, the first of the planets.
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VaP 1 53.105
त्विषिमान् धर्म्मपुत्रस्तु सोमो विश्वावसुस्तथा। शीतरश्मिः समुत्पन्नः कृत्तिकासु निशाकरः
tviṣimān dharmmaputrastu somo viśvāvasustathā| śītaraśmiḥ samutpannaḥ kṛttikāsu niśākaraḥ
The radiant son of Dharma, Soma, also called Viśvāvasu, the cool-rayed maker of night, arose in the Kṛttikās.
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VaP 1 53.106
षोडशार्चिर्भृगोः पुत्रः शुक्रः सूर्यादनन्तरम्। ताराग्रहाणां प्रवरस्तिष्यक्षेत्रे समुत्थितः
ṣoḍaśārcirbhṛgoḥ putraḥ śukraḥ sūryādanantaram| tārāgrahāṇāṃ pravarastiṣyakṣetre samutthitaḥ
Śukra (Venus), of sixteen rays, son of Bhṛgu, (came) next after the sun; the foremost of the star-planets, he arose in the field of Tiṣya (Puṣya).
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VaP 1 53.107
ग्रहश्चाङ्गिरसः पुत्रो द्वादशार्च्चिर्बृहस्पतिः। फाल्गुनीषु समुत्पन्नः सर्वासु च जगद्गुरुः
grahaścāṅgirasaḥ putro dvādaśārccirbṛhaspatiḥ| phālgunīṣu samutpannaḥ sarvāsu ca jagadguruḥ
The planet Bṛhaspati (Jupiter), son of Aṅgiras, of twelve rays, the teacher of the world, arose in all the Phalgunīs.
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VaP 1 53.108
नवार्चिर्लोहिताङ्गस्तु प्रजापतिसुतो ग्रहः । आषाढास्विह पूर्वासु समुत्पन्न इति श्रुतिः
navārcirlohitāṅgastu prajāpatisuto grahaḥ | āṣāḍhāsviha pūrvāsu samutpanna iti śrutiḥ
But the nine-rayed, red-bodied planet, the son of Prajāpati, was born here in the former Āṣāḍhās — so runs the tradition.
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VaP 1 53.109
रेवतीष्वेव सप्तार्चि स्तथा सौरशनैश्चरः। रोहिणीषु समुत्पन्नौ ग्रहौ चन्द्रार्कमर्द्दनौ
revatīṣveva saptārci stathā sauraśanaiścaraḥ| rohiṇīṣu samutpannau grahau candrārkamarddanau
In the Revatī (asterisms) indeed (arose) the seven-rayed one, and likewise Śanaiścara, son of the Sun; in the Rohiṇīs were born the two planets that crush the moon and the sun.
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VaP 1 53.110
एते ताराग्रहाश्चैव बोद्धव्या भार्गवादय। जन्मनक्षत्रपीडासु यान्ति वैगुण्यतां यतः। स्पृशन्ते तेन दोषेण ततस्ता ग्रहभक्तिषु
ete tārāgrahāścaiva boddhavyā bhārgavādaya| janmanakṣatrapīḍāsu yānti vaiguṇyatāṃ yataḥ| spṛśante tena doṣeṇa tatastā grahabhaktiṣu
These are to be known as the star-planets, beginning with Bhārgava (Venus), since in the afflictions of the birth-constellation they fall into defectiveness; (beings) are touched by that fault, and hence those (constellations are reckoned) among the planetary shares.
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VaP 1 53.111
सर्वग्रहाणामेतेषामादिरादित्य उच्यते। ताराग्रहाणां शुक्रस्तु केतूनाञ्चैव धूमवान्
sarvagrahāṇāmeteṣāmādirāditya ucyate| tārāgrahāṇāṃ śukrastu ketūnāñcaiva dhūmavān
Of all these planets the Sun is said to be the first; but of the star-planets it is Venus, and of the comets the smoky one (Dhūmaketu).
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VaP 1 53.112
ध्रुवः कालो ग्रहाणां तु विभक्तानां चतुर्दिशम् । नक्षत्राणां श्रविष्ठा स्यादयनानां तथोत्तरम्
dhruvaḥ kālo grahāṇāṃ tu vibhaktānāṃ caturdiśam | nakṣatrāṇāṃ śraviṣṭhā syādayanānāṃ tathottaram
But Dhruva is the (first in) time among the heavenly bodies distributed in the four directions; among the lunar mansions it would be Śraviṣṭhā, and among the half-year courses the northern one.
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VaP 1 53.113
वर्षाणाञ्चापि पञ्चानामाद्यः संवत्सरः स्मृतः। ऋतूनां शिशिरञ्चापि मासानां माघ एव च
varṣāṇāñcāpi pañcānāmādyaḥ saṃvatsaraḥ smṛtaḥ| ṛtūnāṃ śiśirañcāpi māsānāṃ māgha eva ca
And of the five years, the first is held to be the saṃvatsara; of the seasons, the cool season (śiśira); and of the months, Māgha.
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VaP 1 53.114
पक्षाणां शुक्लपक्षस्तु तिथीनां प्रतिपत्तथा। अहोरात्रविभागानामहश्चापि प्रकीर्तितम्
pakṣāṇāṃ śuklapakṣastu tithīnāṃ pratipattathā| ahorātravibhāgānāmahaścāpi prakīrtitam
Among the fortnights, the bright fortnight (is first), and among lunar days, the first day; and among the divisions of day and night, the day is declared (first).
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VaP 1 53.115
मुहूर्त्तानां तथैवादिर्मुहूर्त्तो रुद्रदैवतः। अक्ष्णोश्चापि निमेषादिः कालः कालविदो मतः
muhūrttānāṃ tathaivādirmuhūrtto rudradaivataḥ| akṣṇoścāpi nimeṣādiḥ kālaḥ kālavido mataḥ
Likewise, among the muhūrtas the first is the muhūrta whose presiding deity is Rudra; and, as those who know time hold, time (begins) with the blink (nimeṣa) of the two eyes.
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VaP 1 53.116
श्रवणान्तं श्रविष्ठादियुगं स्यात् पञ्चवार्षिकम्। भानोर्गतिविशेषेण चक्रवत् परिवर्त्तते
śravaṇāntaṃ śraviṣṭhādiyugaṃ syāt pañcavārṣikam| bhānorgativiśeṣeṇa cakravat parivarttate
The five-year cycle (yuga) begins with Śraviṣṭhā and ends with Śravaṇa; by the particular motion of the sun it turns round like a wheel.
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VaP 1 53.117
दिवाकरः स्मृतस्तस्मात्कालस्तं विद्धि चेश्वरम्। चतुर्वनिधानां भूतानां प्रवर्त्तकनिवर्त्तकः
divākaraḥ smṛtastasmātkālastaṃ viddhi ceśvaram| caturvanidhānāṃ bhūtānāṃ pravarttakanivarttakaḥ
Therefore the day-maker (the sun) is called Time; know him to be the Lord as well. He is the setter-in-motion and the stopper of beings of the four kinds.
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VaP 1 53.118
इत्येष ज्योतिषामेव सन्निवेशोऽर्थनिश्चयात्। लोकसंव्यवहारार्थमीश्वरेण विनिर्मितः
ityeṣa jyotiṣāmeva sanniveśo'rthaniścayāt| lokasaṃvyavahārārthamīśvareṇa vinirmitaḥ
Thus this is the arrangement of the heavenly lights, determined according to (their) purpose; it was fashioned by the Lord for the sake of the world's ordinary transactions.
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VaP 1 53.119
उत्पन्नः श्रवणेनासौ संक्षिप्तश्च ध्रुवे तथा। सर्वतोऽन्तेषु विस्तीर्णो वृक्षाकार इति स्थितिः
utpannaḥ śravaṇenāsau saṃkṣiptaśca dhruve tathā| sarvato'nteṣu vistīrṇo vṛkṣākāra iti sthitiḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
VaP 1 53.120
बुद्धिपूर्वम्भगवता कल्पादौ संप्रकीर्तितः। साश्रयः सोऽभिमानी च सर्वस्य ज्योतिरात्मकः। विश्वरूपः प्रधानस्य परिणामोऽयमद्भुतः
buddhipūrvambhagavatā kalpādau saṃprakīrtitaḥ| sāśrayaḥ so'bhimānī ca sarvasya jyotirātmakaḥ| viśvarūpaḥ pradhānasya pariṇāmo'yamadbhutaḥ
(This) was proclaimed by the Blessed One with (deliberate) intelligence at the beginning of the kalpa; it has its own support, and it is the self-identifying principle of all, consisting of light; it has the form of the universe—this is the wondrous transformation of pradhāna.
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VaP 1 53.121
नैव शक्यं प्रसंख्यातुं याथातथ्येन केनचित्। गतागतं मनुष्येषु ज्योतिषां मांसचक्षुषा
naiva śakyaṃ prasaṃkhyātuṃ yāthātathyena kenacit| gatāgataṃ manuṣyeṣu jyotiṣāṃ māṃsacakṣuṣā
— tr. refused: cyber
VaP 1 53.122
आगमादनुमानाच्च प्रत्यक्षादुपपत्तितः। परीक्ष्य निपुणं भक्त्या श्रद्धातव्यं विपश्चिता
āgamādanumānācca pratyakṣādupapattitaḥ| parīkṣya nipuṇaṃ bhaktyā śraddhātavyaṃ vipaścitā
From tradition, from inference, from direct perception, and from reasoning — having examined (it) skillfully, the learned man should place faith (in it) with devotion.
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VaP 1 53.123
चक्षुः शास्त्रं जलं लेख्यं गणितं बुद्धिसत्तमाः। पञ्चैते हेतवो ज्ञेया ज्योतिर्गणविचिन्तने
cakṣuḥ śāstraṃ jalaṃ lekhyaṃ gaṇitaṃ buddhisattamāḥ| pañcaite hetavo jñeyā jyotirgaṇavicintane
The eye, the treatise, water, writing, and reckoning — O you who are foremost in intelligence, these five are to be known as the means in the investigation of the host of heavenly lights.
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