पुष्करा नाम ते पक्षा बृहन्तस्तोयधारिणः पुष्करावर्तका नाम कारणेनेह शब्दिताः
Your wings are called Puṣkarā, vast and water-bearing; they are named Puṣkarāvartakā for this reason.
नानारूपधराश्चैव महाघोरस्वराश्च ते कल्पान्तवृष्टिकर्तारः कल्पान्ताग्नेर् नियामकाः
They assume various forms and have terrifying sounds; they bring the rains at the end of an age and restrain the fire of dissolution.
वाय्वाधारा वहन्ते वै सामृताः कल्पसाधकाः यान्यस्याण्डस्य भिन्नस्य प्राकृतान्यभवंस्तदा
Supported by the wind, they move, immortal and fulfilling the course of the age; when the cosmic egg was broken, these were its natural products.
यस्मिन् ब्रह्मा समुत्पन्नश् चतुर्वक्त्रः स्वयं प्रभुः तान्येवाण्डकपालानि सर्वे मेघाः प्रकीर्तिताः
From which Brahmā, the self-born Lord with four faces, arose—those very shell fragments of the egg are all declared to be clouds.
तेषामाप्यायनं धूमः सर्वेषाम् अविशेषतः तेषां श्रेष्ठश्च पर्जन्यश् चत्वारश्चैव दिग्गजाः
Their nourishment is smoke, without exception; among them, Parjanya is the best, along with the four elephants of the directions.
गजानां पर्वतानां च मेघानां भोगिभिः सह कुलमेकं द्विधा भूतं योनिरेका जलं स्मृतम्
The families of elephants, mountains, and clouds, together with serpents, are of one kind, divided in two; their single origin is said to be water.
पर्जन्यो दिग्गजाश्चैव हेमन्ते शीतसम्भवम् तुषारवर्षं वर्षन्ति वृद्धा ह्यन्नविवृद्धये
Parjanya and the elephants of the directions, in winter, produce cold-born frost and rain for the increase of crops.
षष्ठः परिवहो नाम वायुस्तेषां परायणः यौ ऽसौ बिभर्ति भगवान् गङ्गामाकाशगोचराम्
The sixth, called Parivaha, is the wind that is their support, who, as the Lord, bears the Ganges moving through the sky.
दिव्यामृतजलां पुण्यां त्रिपथामिति विश्रुताम् तस्या विस्पन्दितं तोयं दिग्गजाः पृथुभिः करैः
That sacred, divine, nectar-like water, renowned as Tripathā, its trembling drops are scattered by the elephants of the directions with their broad hands.
शीकरान् सम्प्रमुञ्चन्ति नीहार इति स स्मृतः दक्षिणेन गिरिर्यो ऽसौ हेमकूट इति स्मृतः
They release droplets, which are called mist; to the south is the mountain known as Hemakūṭa.
उदग्धिमवतः शैलस्य्-ओत्तरे चैव दक्षिणे पुण्ड्रं नाम समाख्यातं सम्यग्वृष्टिविवृद्धये
To the north of that southern mountain lies the region called Puṇḍra, renowned for the abundant increase of rainfall.
तस्मिन्प्रवर्तते वर्षं तत्तुषारसमुद्भवम् ततो हिमवतो वायुर् हिमं तत्र समुद्भवम्
There, rain arises, originating from frost; then, from the wind of the Himalaya, snow is produced there.
आनयत्यात्मवेगेन सिञ्चयानो महागिरिम् हिमवन्तमतिक्रम्य वृष्टिशेषं ततः परम्
Driven by its own force, it brings and pours down upon the great mountain, crossing the Himalaya, and then the remaining rain proceeds further.
इभास्ये च ततः पश्चाद् इदं भूतविवृद्धये वर्षद्वयं समाख्यातं सम्यग्वृष्टिविवृद्धये
Afterwards, on the face of the elephant, for the growth of beings, a double rain is declared, for the abundant increase of rainfall.
मेघाश्चाप्यायनं चैव सर्वमेतत्प्रकीर्तितम् सूर्य एव तु वृष्टीनां स्रष्टा समुपदिश्यते
The clouds and their nourishment have all been described; but the Sun alone is taught as the creator of rains.
वर्षं घर्मं हिमं रात्रिं संध्ये चैव दिनं तथा शुभाशुभफलानीह ध्रुवात्सर्वं प्रवर्तते
Rain, heat, cold, night, twilight, and day, as well as auspicious and inauspicious results, all proceed here from Dhruva.
ध्रुवेणाधिष्ठिताश्चापः सूर्यो वै गृह्य तिष्ठति सर्वभूतशरीरेषु त्व् आपो ह्यनुश्रिताश्च याः
Presided over by Dhruva, the Sun holds the waters; and those waters, which are present in the bodies of all beings, are indeed established.
दह्यमानेषु तेष्वेव जङ्गमस्थावरेषु च धूमभूतास्तु ता ह्यापो निष्क्रामन्तीह सर्वशः
When those moving and unmoving beings are burned, those waters, having become smoke, depart from here entirely.
तेन चाभ्राणि जायन्ते स्थानमभ्रमयं स्मृतम् तेजोभिः सर्वलोकेभ्य आदत्ते रश्मिभिर्जलम्
From that, clouds are produced; the place where clouds are formed is called 'cloud-region.' By means of rays, the sun draws water from all worlds.
समुद्राद्वायुसंयोगाद् वहन्त्यापो गभस्तयः ततस्त्वृतुवशात्काले परिवर्तन्दिवाकरः
From the ocean, through the union with wind, the rays carry water; then, according to the seasons and time, the sun revolves.
नियच्छत्यापो मेघेभ्यः शुक्लाः शुक्लैस्तु रश्मिभिः अभ्रस्थाः प्रपतन्त्यापो वायुना समुदीरिताः
He restrains water from the clouds, the white ones with white rays; the waters residing in the clouds, stirred by the wind, fall down.
ततो वर्षति षण्मासान् सर्वभूतविवृद्धये वायुभिः स्तनितं चैव विद्युतस्त्वग्निजाः स्मृताः
Then, for six months, it rains for the growth of all beings; thunder is caused by winds, and lightning is said to arise from fire.
मेहनाच्च मिहेर् धातोर् मेघत्वं व्यञ्जयन्ति च न भ्रश्यन्ते ततो ह्यापस् तस्मादभ्रस्य वै स्थितिः स्रष्टासौ वृष्टिसर्गस्य ध्रुवेणाधिष्ठितो रविः
From the root 'mih,' the term 'megha' (cloud) is derived, and thus its nature is indicated; the waters do not perish, so the existence of clouds is established. The sun, fixed by the pole, is the creator and sustainer of rainfall.
ध्रुवेणाधिष्ठितो वायुर् वृष्टिं संहरते पुनः ग्रहन्निवृत्त्या सूर्यात्तु चरते ऋक्षमण्डलम्
The wind, established by the pole, gathers the rain again; due to the cessation of the eclipse, it moves from the sun to the circle of stars.
चारस्यान्ते विशत्यर्कं ध्रुवेण समधिष्ठितम् अतः सूर्यरथस्यापि संनिवेशं प्रचक्षते
At the end of its movement, it enters the sun, established by the pole; therefore, the arrangement of the sun's chariot is described.
स्थितेन त्वेकचक्रेण पञ्चारेण त्रिणाभिना हिरण्मयेनाणुना वै अष्टचक्रैकनेमिना चक्रेण भास्वता सूर्यः स्यन्दनेन प्रसर्पिणा
With a single wheel, five spokes, three hubs, a golden and minute axle, eight wheels, one rim, and a radiant wheel, the sun moves with its chariot.
शतयोजनसाहस्रो विस्तारायाम उच्यते द्विगुणा च रथोपस्थाद् ईषादण्डः प्रमाणतः
Its breadth and length are said to be a hundred thousand yojanas; the shaft is twice the size of the chariot's base, measured precisely.
स तस्य ब्रह्मणा सृष्टो रथो ह्यर्थवशेन तु असङ्गः काञ्चनो दिव्यो युक्तः पवनगैर्हयैः
That chariot, created by Brahma for a purpose, is unattached, golden, divine, and yoked with horses driven by the wind.
छन्दोभिर्वाजिरूपैस्तैर् यथाचक्रं समास्थितैः वारुणस्य रथस्येह लक्षणैः सदृशश्च सः
With meters in the form of steeds, arranged according to the wheels, it resembles the chariot of Varuna in its features.
तेनासौ चरति व्योम्नि भास्वाननुदिनं दिवि अथाङ्गानि तु सूर्यस्य प्रत्यङ्गानि रथस्य च संवत्सरस्यावयवैः कल्पितानि यथाक्रमम्
By means of that, the radiant one travels daily in the sky; the parts of the sun and the chariot are conceived as the components of the year, arranged in order.