इत्येते निवसंतीह द्वौ द्वौ मासौ दिवाकरे
Thus, these reside here, two by two months, in the sun.
ग्रामण्यश्च तथा यक्षा यातुधानाश्च मुख्यशः
And likewise the Grāmaṇyas, Yakṣas, and chief Yātudhānas.
भूतानां चशुभं कर्म व्यपोहन्ति प्रकीर्त्तिताः
It is declared that they remove the inauspicious deeds of beings.
दुरितं सुप्रचाराणां व्यपोहन्ति क्वचि त्क्वचित्
They remove misfortune for those who act well, here and there.
वर्षन्तश्च तपन्तश्च ह्लादयन्तश्च वै प्रजाः
They cause rain, heat, and delight for the creatures.
स्थानाभिमानिनामेतत्स्थानं मन्वन्तरेषु वै
This is the station of those who are proud of their place, indeed, in the Manvantaras.
चतुर्दशसु सर्वेषु गणा मन्वन्तरेष्विह
All the groups exist here in the fourteen Manvantaras.
गच्छत्यसावृतुवशात्परिवृत्तरश्मिर्देवान् पितॄ#ंश्च मनुजांश्च हि तर्पयन्वै
This one moves according to the seasons, with revolving rays, nourishing gods, ancestors, and humans.
शुक्ले तु पूर्णं दिवसक्रमेण तं कृष्णपक्षे विबुधाः पिबन्ति
In the bright fortnight, the full day, in order, the gods drink it; in the dark fortnight.
सुधामृतं तत्पितरः पिबन्ति देवाश्च सौम्याश्च तथैव काव्याः
The ancestors drink that nectar, and so do the gods, the gentle ones, and the Kāvyas likewise.
वृष्ट्याभिवृद्धाभिरथौषधीभिर्मर्त्याः क्षुधं त्वन्नपानैर्जयन्ति
Mortals, increased by rain and by herbs, overcome hunger with food and drink.
अन्नेन शश्वच्च दधाति मर्त्यान्सुर्यस्तपंस्तान्सुबिभर्त्ति गोभिः
The sun continually gives food to mortals, sustaining them with heat and with cows.
विसर्गकाले विसृजंश्च ताः पुनर्बिभर्त्ति शश्वत्सविता चराचरम्
At the time of release, Savitā again continually supports all that moves and does not move.
ततः प्रमुञ्चत्यपि तास्त्वसौ हरिः समूह्यमानो हरिभिस्तुरङ्गमैः
Then, he releases them; that Hari, being gathered by swift horses.
भद्रैस्तैरक्रमैरश्वैः स्पन्दने वैदिकक्षयः
With those auspicious, unblemished horses, the Vedic movement is accomplished.
सप्तद्वीपसमुद्रान्तां सप्तभिः सप्तभिर्हयैः
With seven horses, he traverses the seven continents and oceans.
कामरूपैः सकृद्युक्तैर्वामतस्तैर्मनोजवैः
With those who possess forms at will, swift as the mind, harnessed on the left side at once,
त्र्यशीतिमण्डलशतं भ्रमन्त्यब्देन ते हयाः
Those horses circle eighty-three hundred orbs in a year.
कल्पादौ संप्र युक्तास्ते वहन्त्याभूतसंप्लवात्
At the beginning of the kalpa, harnessed thus, they carry him until the great dissolution.
वचोभिरग्र्यैर्ग्रथितैः स्तूयमानो महर्षिभिः
Praised by the great sages with excellent, well-composed words,
पतङ्गैः पतगैरश्वैर्भ्रममाणो दिवस्पतिः
The lord of the day moves, drawn by winged steeds and celestial horses.
वामदक्षिणतो युक्ता दश तेन चरन्त्यसौ
Ten are harnessed to him, five on the left and five on the right, and thus he moves.
ह्रासवृद्धी तथैवास्य रश्मीनां सूर्यवत्स्मृते
His rays, like those of the sun, are said to wax and wane in the same way.
अपां गर्णात्समुत्पन्नो रथः साश्वः ससारथिः
His chariot, with horses and charioteer, arose from the waters.
दशभिस्तु कृशैर्दिव्यैरसंगैस्तैर्मनोजवैः
With ten slender, divine, untiring, mind-swift horses,
संगृहीतरथे तस्मिञ्श्वेतश्चक्षुःश्रवाश्च वै
On that assembled chariot are Śveta and Cakṣuḥśravā,
यजुश्चण्डमनाश्चैव वृषो वाजी नरो हयः
Yaju, Caṇḍa, Manas, Vṛṣa, Vājī, Nara, and Haya.
इत्येते नामभिः सर्वे दश चन्द्रमसो हयाः
Thus, these are the ten horses of the Moon, each by these names.
देवैः परिवृतः सोमः पितृभिश्चैव गच्छति
Soma, surrounded by the gods and also by the ancestors, proceeds.
आपूर्यते परस्यान्ते सततं दिवसक्रमात्
He is continually filled at the end of the half-month, in the course of days.