संवत्सरादयः पञ्च चतुर्मानविकल्पिताः
The five divisions beginning with the year are determined according to the four Manus.
संवत्सरस्तु प्रथमो द्वितीयः परिवत्सरः
The first is the saṃvatsara, the second is the parivatsara.
पञ्चमोवत्सरस्तेषां कालस्तु युगसंहितः
Of these, the fifth is called vatsara; this time is reckoned with the yugas.
शतान्यष्टादश त्रिंशदुदयाद्भास्करस्य च
There are one thousand eight hundred and thirty sunrises.
पञ्च च त्रिशतं चापि षष्टिवर्षं च भास्करम्
And also three hundred and sixty-five years of the sun.
एकषष्टि त्वहोरात्रमृतुरेको विभाव्यते
Sixty-one days and nights together are considered as one season.
मानं तच्चित्रभानोस्तु विज्ञेयमयनस्य ह
This is the measure of Citrabhānu, which should be known as the solar year.
मानान्येतानि चत्वारि यैःपुराणे हि निश्चयः
These four measures are those by which certainty is established in the Purāṇas.
त्रीणितस्य तु शृङ्गाणि स्पृशन्तीव नभस्तलम्
Its three peaks seem to touch the vault of the sky.
एकश्च मार्गविष्कंभविस्तारश्चास्य कीर्तितः
One is the path’s breadth, and its expanse is also described.
दक्षिणं राजतं चैव शृङ्गं तु स्फटिकप्रभम्
The southern and the silver peak, and the one shining like crystal.
एवं कूटैस्त्रिभिः शैलः शृङ्गवानिति विश्रुतः
Thus, with three summits, the mountain is renowned as Śṛṅgavān.
शरद्वसंतयोर्मध्ये मध्यमां गतिमास्थितः
Between autumn and spring, it maintains a middle course.
अनुलिप्ता इवाभान्ति पद्मरक्तैर्गभस्तिभिः
They shine as if anointed with rays as red as lotuses.
मुहूर्त्ता दश पञ्चैव अहो रात्रिश्च तावती
Ten and five muhūrtas make up a day and night of that measure.
विशाखानां तदा ज्ञेयश्चतुर्थांश निशाकरः
At that time, the moon should be understood as being in the fourth part of Viśākhā.
तदा चन्द्रं विजानीयात्कृत्तिकाशिरसि स्थितम्
Then, know that the moon is positioned at the head of Kṛttikā.
विषुवं तं विजानीयादेवमाहुर्महर्षयः
That is to be known as the equinox, as declared by the great sages.
समा रात्रिरहश्चैव यदा तद्विषुवं भवेत्
When day and night are equal, that is called the equinox.
ब्राह्मणेभ्यो विशेषेण मुखमेतत्तु दैवतम्
This, in particular, is the divine mouth among the Brāhmaṇas.
सिनीवाली कुहूश्चैव राका चानुमतिस्तथा
Sinīvālī, Kuhū, Rākā, and Anumati as well—
नभोनभस्याविषऊर्जसंज्ञौ सहःसहस्याविति दक्षिणं स्यात्
Nabho and Nabhasya, Aviṣa and Ūrja, Saha and Sahasya—these are the southern ones.
आर्तवाश्च ततो ज्ञेया पञ्चाब्दा ब्रह्मणाः सुताः
Next are to be known the Ārtavas, five years, the sons of Brahmā.
तस्मादृतुमुखी ज्ञेया अमावास्यास्य पर्वणः
Therefore, the new moon is to be known as the gateway to the seasons for this rite.
पर्व ज्ञात्वा न मुह्येत पित्र्ये दैवे च मानवः
Knowing the proper time, a person does not become confused in ancestral or divine rites.
आलोकात्तु स्मृतो लोको लोकालोकः स उच्यते
From the light, the world is remembered; it is called Lokāloka.
चत्वारस्ते महात्मानस्तिष्टन्त्याभूतसंप्लवात्
There stand four great beings, from the flood of non-being.
हिरण्यरोमा पर्जन्यः केतुमान्राजसश्च यः
They are Hiraṇyaromā, Parjanya, Ketumān, and Rājasa.
लोकपालाः स्थिता ह्येते लोकालोके चतुर्दिशम्
These are the guardians of the worlds, stationed in the four directions at Lokāloka.
पितृयानः स वै पन्था वैश्वानरपथाद्वहिः
The path of the ancestors is indeed outside the Vaiśvānara path.