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ब्राह्मण उवाच॥
brāhmaṇa uvāca॥
[ब्राह्मण (brāhmaṇa) - brāhmaṇa; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(brāhmaṇa said;)
The brāhmaṇa said.
विवस्वतो गच्छति पर्ययेण; वोढुं भवांस्तं रथमेकचक्रम्। आश्चर्यभूतं यदि तत्र किं चि; द्दृष्टं त्वया शंसितुमर्हसि त्वम् ॥१२-३५०-१॥
vivasvato gacchati paryayeṇa; voḍhuṃ bhavāṃstaṃ rathamekacakram. āścaryabhūtaṃ yadi tatra kiṃ ci; dṛṣṭaṃ tvayā śaṃsitumarhasi tvam ॥12-350-1॥
[विवस्वतो (vivasvataḥ) - of Vivasvat (the Sun); गच्छति (gacchati) - goes; moves; पर्ययेण (paryayeṇa) - by turn; in succession; वोढुं (voḍhum) - to bear; to carry; भवांस् (bhavāṃs) - you (respectful); तं (tam) - that; रथम् (ratham) - chariot; एकचक्रम् (ekacakram) - with one wheel; आश्चर्यभूतं (āścaryabhūtam) - wonderful; astonishing; यदि (yadi) - if; तत्र (tatra) - there; किं चि (kiṃ ci) - anything; द्दृष्टं (dṛṣṭam) - seen; त्वया (tvayā) - by you; शंसितुम् (śaṃsitum) - to declare; to tell; अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought; you should; त्वम् (tvam) - you;]
(Of Vivasvat goes by turn; to bear you that chariot with one wheel. Wonderful if there anything seen by you, to declare you ought, you.)
The chariot of Vivasvat moves in turn; you are to bear that one-wheeled chariot. If you have seen anything wonderful there, you ought to tell it. (12-350-1)
नाग उवाच॥
nāga uvāca॥
[नाग (nāga) - serpent; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Serpent said;)
The serpent said.
यस्य रश्मिसहस्रेषु शाखास्विव विहङ्गमाः। वसन्त्याश्रित्य मुनयः संसिद्धा दैवतैः सह ॥१२-३५०-२॥
yasya raśmi-sahasreṣu śākhāsu iva vihaṅgamāḥ। vasanti āśritya munayaḥ saṃsiddhā daivataiḥ saha ॥12-350-2॥
[यस्य (yasya) - of whom; रश्मिसहस्रेषु (raśmi-sahasreṣu) - in thousands of rays; शाखासु (śākhāsu) - in branches; इव (iva) - like; विहङ्गमाः (vihaṅgamāḥ) - birds; वसन्ति (vasanti) - dwell; आश्रित्य (āśritya) - having resorted to; मुनयः (munayaḥ) - sages; संसिद्धाः (saṃsiddhāḥ) - perfected; दैवतैः (daivataiḥ) - with deities; सह (saha) - together with;]
(Of whom, in thousands of rays, in branches, like birds, dwell, having resorted to, sages, perfected, with deities, together with.)
In whose thousands of rays, perfected sages together with deities dwell, having resorted to them, like birds in branches. (12-350-2)
यतो वायुर्विनिःसृत्य सूर्यरश्म्याश्रितो महान्। विजृम्भत्यम्बरे विप्र किमाश्चर्यतरं ततः ॥१२-३५०-३॥
yato vāyurviniḥsṛtya sūryaraśmyāśrito mahān। vijṛmbhatyambare vipra kimāścaryataraṃ tataḥ ॥12-350-3॥
[यतः (yataḥ) - from which; वायुः (vāyuḥ) - wind; विनिःसृत्य (viniḥsṛtya) - having emerged out; सूर्यरश्मि-आश्रितः (sūryaraśmi-āśritaḥ) - resorted to the sun's rays; महान् (mahān) - great; विजृम्भति (vijṛmbhati) - expands; अम्बरे (ambare) - in the sky; विप्र (vipra) - O brāhmaṇa; किम् (kim) - what; आश्चर्यतरम् (āścaryataram) - more wonderful; ततः (tataḥ) - than that;]
(From which wind, having emerged out, resorted to the sun's rays, great, expands in the sky, O brāhmaṇa, what more wonderful than that?)
O brāhmaṇa, from which the great wind, having emerged and resorted to the sun's rays, expands in the sky—what could be more wonderful than that? (12-350-3)
शुक्रो नामासितः पादो यस्य वारिधरोऽम्बरे। तोयं सृजति वर्षासु किमाश्चर्यमतः परम् ॥१२-३५०-४॥
śukro nāmāsitaḥ pādo yasya vāridharo’mbare। toyaṃ sṛjati varṣāsu kimāścaryamataḥ param ॥12-350-4॥
[शुक्रः (śukraḥ) - Venus; (the planet); नाम (nāma) - named; by name; असितः (asitaḥ) - dark; black; पादः (pādaḥ) - foot; limb; यस्य (yasya) - whose; वारिधरः (vāridharaḥ) - cloud; bearer of water; अम्बरे (ambare) - in the sky; तोयम् (toyam) - water; सृजति (sṛjati) - creates; produces; वर्षासु (varṣāsu) - in the rains; during the rainy season; किम् (kim) - what; आश्चर्यम् (āścaryam) - wonder; marvel; अतः (ataḥ) - from this; than this; परम् (param) - greater; beyond;]
(Venus named dark-footed, whose foot is the cloud in the sky, creates water during the rains; what wonder is greater than this;)
Venus, called the dark-footed one, whose foot is the cloud in the sky, produces water during the rainy season; what could be more wonderful than this? (12-350-4)
योऽष्टमासांस्तु शुचिना किरणेनोज्झितं पयः। पर्यादत्ते पुनः काले किमाश्चर्यमतः परम् ॥१२-३५०-५॥
yo'ṣṭamāsāṃstu śucinā kiraṇenojjhitaṃ payaḥ। paryādatte punaḥ kāle kimāścaryamataḥ param ॥12-350-5॥
[यः (yaḥ) - who; अष्टमासान् (aṣṭamāsān) - eight months; तु (tu) - but; शुचिना (śucinā) - by the pure; किरणेन (kiraṇena) - by the ray; उज्ज्हितम् (ujjhitaṃ) - abandoned; पयः (payaḥ) - water; परि (pari) - completely; आदत्ते (ādatte) - takes up; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; काले (kāle) - in time; किम् (kim) - what; आश्चर्यम् (āścaryam) - wonder; अतः (ataḥ) - than this; परम् (param) - greater;]
(Who, the eight months but by the pure ray abandoned water, completely takes up again in time; what wonder than this greater;)
Who takes up again, in due time, the water that was abandoned by the pure ray for eight months; what wonder is greater than this? (12-350-5)
यस्य तेजोविशेषेषु नित्यमात्मा प्रतिष्ठितः। यतो बीजं मही चेयं धार्यते सचराचरम् ॥१२-३५०-६॥
yasya tejo-viśeṣeṣu nityam ātmā pratiṣṭhitaḥ। yato bījaṃ mahī ca iyaṃ dhāryate sa-carācaram ॥12-350-6॥
[यस्य (yasya) - of whom; तेजः (tejaḥ) - splendor; विशेषेषु (viśeṣeṣu) - in the distinctions; नित्यम् (nityam) - always; आत्मा (ātmā) - self; प्रतिष्ठितः (pratiṣṭhitaḥ) - established; यतः (yataḥ) - from whom; बीजम् (bījam) - seed; मही (mahī) - earth; च (ca) - and; इयम् (iyam) - this; धार्यते (dhāryate) - is supported; सचराचरम् (sa-carācaram) - with moving and unmoving;]
(Of whom, in the distinctions of splendor, always the self is established; from whom the seed and this earth with moving and unmoving is supported.)
He, in whose various forms of splendor the self is ever established; from whom the seed and this earth, with all that moves and does not move, is sustained. (12-350-6)
यत्र देवो महाबाहुः शाश्वतः परमोऽक्षरः। अनादिनिधनो विप्र किमाश्चर्यमतः परम् ॥१२-३५०-७॥
yatra devo mahābāhuḥ śāśvataḥ paramo'kṣaraḥ। anādinidhano vipra kimāścaryamataḥ param ॥12-350-7॥
[यत्र (yatra) - where; देवः (devaḥ) - the god; महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - great-armed; शाश्वतः (śāśvataḥ) - eternal; परमः (paramaḥ) - supreme; अक्षरः (akṣaraḥ) - imperishable; अनादिनिधनः (anādinidhanaḥ) - without beginning or end; विप्र (vipra) - O brāhmaṇa; किम् (kim) - what; आश्चर्यम् (āścaryam) - wonder; अतः (ataḥ) - than this; परम् (param) - greater;]
(Where the god, great-armed, eternal, supreme, imperishable, without beginning or end, O brāhmaṇa, what wonder is greater than this?)
O brāhmaṇa, where the god who is great-armed, eternal, supreme, and imperishable, without beginning or end, exists—what wonder can be greater than this? (12-350-7)
आश्चर्याणामिवाश्चर्यमिदमेकं तु मे शृणु। विमले यन्मया दृष्टमम्बरे सूर्यसंश्रयात् ॥१२-३५०-८॥
āścaryāṇām ivāścaryam idam ekaṃ tu me śṛṇu। vimale yan mayā dṛṣṭam ambare sūryasaṃśrayāt ॥12-350-8॥
[आश्चर्याणाम् (āścaryāṇām) - of wonders; इव (iva) - like; आश्चर्यम् (āścaryam) - wonder; इदम् (idam) - this; एकम् (ekam) - one; तु (tu) - but; मे (me) - to me; शृणु (śṛṇu) - hear; विमले (vimale) - in the clear (sky); यत् (yat) - which; मया (mayā) - by me; दृष्टम् (dṛṣṭam) - seen; अम्बरे (ambare) - in the sky; सूर्यसंश्रयात् (sūryasaṃśrayāt) - from the support of the sun;]
(Of wonders like wonder this one but to me hear. In the clear (sky) which by me seen in the sky from the support of the sun.)
Hear from me of this one wonder, like the wonders, which I saw in the clear sky, due to the support of the sun. (12-350-8)
पुरा मध्याह्नसमये लोकांस्तपति भास्करे। प्रत्यादित्यप्रतीकाशः सर्वतः प्रत्यदृश्यत ॥१२-३५०-९॥
purā madhyāhnasamaye lokāṁstapati bhāskare। pratyādityapratīkāśaḥ sarvataḥ pratyadṛśyata ॥12-350-9॥
[पुरा (purā) - formerly; in ancient times; मध्याह्नसमये (madhyāhnasamaye) - at midday time; लोकान् (lokān) - worlds; beings; तपति (tapati) - he burns; heats; भास्करे (bhāskare) - in the sun; प्रत्यादित्यप्रतीकाशः (pratyādityapratīkāśaḥ) - having the appearance of a counter-sun; resembling another sun; सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - on all sides; everywhere; प्रत्यदृश्यत (pratyadṛśyata) - was seen; appeared;]
(Formerly, at midday time, the sun burns the worlds; having the appearance of a counter-sun, on all sides, was seen.)
Long ago, at midday, as the sun scorched the worlds, a figure resembling a second sun was seen everywhere. (12-350-9)
स लोकांस्तेजसा सर्वान्स्वभासा निर्विभासयन्। आदित्याभिमुखोऽभ्येति गगनं पाटयन्निव ॥१२-३५०-१०॥
sa lokāṁs tejasā sarvān svabhāsā nirvibhāsayan। ādityābhimukho'bhyeti gaganaṁ pāṭayann iva ॥12-350-10॥
[स (sa) - he; लोकान् (lokān) - worlds; तेजसा (tejasā) - by brilliance; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; स्वभासा (svabhāsā) - by his own light; निर्विभासयन् (nirvibhāsayan) - illuminating completely; आदित्याभिमुखः (ādityābhimukhaḥ) - facing the sun; अभ्येति (abhyeti) - approaches; गगनम् (gaganam) - the sky; पाटयन् (pāṭayan) - as if splitting; इव (iva) - as if;]
(He, illuminating all the worlds completely by brilliance and by his own light, facing the sun, approaches the sky as if splitting (it).)
He, shining with his own brilliance and illuminating all the worlds, moves towards the sky facing the sun, as if splitting it. (12-350-10)
हुताहुतिरिव ज्योतिर्व्याप्य तेजोमरीचिभिः। अनिर्देश्येन रूपेण द्वितीय इव भास्करः ॥१२-३५०-११॥
hutāhutiriva jyotirvyāpya tejomarīcibhiḥ। anirdeśyena rūpeṇa dvitīya iva bhāskaraḥ ॥12-350-11॥
[हुताहुतिः (hutāhutiḥ) - offering into the fire; इव (iva) - like; ज्योतिः (jyotiḥ) - light; व्याप्य (vyāpya) - pervading; तेजोमरीचिभिः (tejomarīcibhiḥ) - by rays of brilliance; अनिर्देश्येन (anirdeśyena) - indescribable; रूपेण (rūpeṇa) - by form; द्वितीयः (dvitīyaḥ) - second; इव (iva) - like; भास्करः (bhāskaraḥ) - sun;]
(Like an offering into the fire, pervading with rays of brilliance, by an indescribable form, like a second sun.)
He, like an offering into the fire, pervading with rays of brilliance and possessing an indescribable form, appeared like a second sun. (12-350-11)
तस्याभिगमनप्राप्तौ हस्तो दत्तो विवस्वता। तेनापि दक्षिणो हस्तो दत्तः प्रत्यर्चनार्थिना ॥१२-३५०-१२॥
tasyābhigamanaprāptau hasto datto vivasvatā। tenāpi dakṣiṇo hasto dattaḥ pratyarcanārthinā ॥12-350-12॥
[तस्य (tasya) - of him; अभिगमन (abhigamana) - approach; प्राप्तौ (prāptau) - on attainment; हस्तः (hastaḥ) - hand; दत्तः (dattaḥ) - was given; विवस्वता (vivasvatā) - by Vivasvat; तेन (tena) - by him; अपि (api) - also; दक्षिणः (dakṣiṇaḥ) - right; हस्तः (hastaḥ) - hand; दत्तः (dattaḥ) - was given; प्रत्यर्चनार्थिना (pratyarcanārthinā) - by the one desiring to worship;]
(Of him, on approach attainment, the hand was given by Vivasvat. By him also, the right hand was given by the one desiring to worship.)
When he approached, his hand was given by Vivasvat. In turn, the right hand was also given by the one who wished to worship. (12-350-12)
ततो भित्त्वैव गगनं प्रविष्टो रविमण्डलम्। एकीभूतं च तत्तेजः क्षणेनादित्यतां गतम् ॥१२-३५०-१३॥
tato bhittvaiva gaganaṃ praviṣṭo ravimaṇḍalam। ekībhūtaṃ ca tattejaḥ kṣaṇenādityatāṃ gatam ॥12-350-13॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; भित्त्वा (bhittvā) - having pierced; एव (eva) - indeed; गगनम् (gaganam) - sky; प्रविष्टः (praviṣṭaḥ) - entered; रविमण्डलम् (ravimaṇḍalam) - solar orb; एकीभूतम् (ekībhūtam) - become one; च (ca) - and; तत् (tat) - that; तेजः (tejaḥ) - splendor; क्षणेन (kṣaṇena) - in an instant; आदित्यताम् (ādityatām) - state of the sun; गतम् (gatam) - attained;]
(Then, having pierced indeed the sky, (he) entered the solar orb; and that splendor, having become one, in an instant attained the state of the sun.)
Then, having pierced the sky, he entered the solar orb; and that radiance, having become one, instantly attained the state of the sun. (12-350-13)
तत्र नः संशयो जातस्तयोस्तेजःसमागमे। अनयोः को भवेत्सूर्यो रथस्थो योऽयमागतः ॥१२-३५०-१४॥
tatra naḥ saṁśayo jātastayostejaḥsamāgame। anayoh ko bhavetsūryo rathastho yo'yamāgataḥ ॥12-350-14॥
[तत्र (tatra) - there; नः (naḥ) - our; संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt; जातः (jātaḥ) - arisen; तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two; तेजः (tejaḥ) - splendor; समागमे (samāgame) - in the meeting; अनयोः (anayoḥ) - of these two; को (ko) - who; भवेत् (bhavet) - would be; सूर्यः (sūryaḥ) - the Sun; रथस्थः (rathasthaḥ) - standing in the chariot; यः (yaḥ) - who; अयम् (ayam) - this; आगतः (āgataḥ) - has come;]
(There our doubt has arisen in the meeting of the splendor of those two. Of these two, who would be the Sun, standing in the chariot, who is this that has come? (12-350-14))
There, our doubt has arisen at the meeting of the splendor of those two. Of these two, who is the Sun, standing in the chariot, who is this that has come? (12-350-14)
ते वयं जातसंदेहाः पर्यपृच्छामहे रविम्। क एष दिवमाक्रम्य गतः सूर्य इवापरः ॥१२-३५०-१५॥
te vayaṃ jātasandehāḥ paryapṛcchāmahe ravim। ka eṣa divamākramya gataḥ sūrya ivāparaḥ ॥12-350-15॥
[ते (te) - they; वयम् (vayam) - we; जातसंदेहाः (jātasandehāḥ) - having arisen doubt; पर्यपृच्छामहे (paryapṛcchāmahe) - we inquired all around; रविम् (ravim) - the Sun; क (ka) - who; एष (eṣa) - this; दिवम् (divam) - the sky; आक्रम्य (ākramya) - having ascended; गतः (gataḥ) - gone; सूर्य (sūrya) - Sun; इव (iva) - like; अपरः (aparaḥ) - another;]
(They we, having arisen doubt, inquired all around the Sun. Who this, having ascended the sky, gone, Sun like another.)
We, having become doubtful, asked the Sun all around: "Who is this, who, having ascended the sky, has gone like another Sun?" (12-350-15)
