12.350
The brāhmaṇa said.
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)
The serpent said.
In whose thousands of rays, perfected sages together with deities dwell, having resorted to them, like birds in branches. (12-350-2)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Long ago, at midday, as the sun scorched the worlds, a figure resembling a second sun was seen everywhere. (12-350-9)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
