ग्रीष्मे हिमे च वर्षासु मुञ्चमाना यथाक्रमम् धर्मं हिमं च वर्षं च यथाक्रममहर्निशम्
In summer, winter, and the rains, they release, in due order, righteousness, cold, and rain, day and night, as is proper.
गच्छत्यसावनुदिनं परिवृत्य रश्मीन् देवान्पितॄंश्च मनुजांश्च सुतर्पयन्वै शुक्ले च कृष्णे तदहःक्रमेण कालक्षये चैव सुराः पिबन्ति
He moves on day by day, turning his rays, fully satisfying the gods, ancestors, and humans; in the waxing and waning fortnights, and at the end of time, the gods drink (the essence).
मासेन तच्चामृतमस्य मृष्टं सुवृष्टये रश्मिषु रक्षितं तु सर्वे ऽमृतं तत्पितरः पिबन्ति देवाश्च सौम्याश्च तथैव काव्याः
In a month, that nectar of his, preserved in the rays for good rainfall, is drunk by all the ancestors; the gods, the gentle ones, and the Kavyas likewise partake.
सूर्येण गोभिर्हि विवर्धिताभिर् अद्भिः पुनश्चैव समुच्छ्रिताभिः वृष्ट्याभिवृष्टाभिर् अथौषधीभिर् मर्त्या अथान्नेन क्षुधं जयन्ति
Nourished by the waters raised by the sun's rays, and again by the waters lifted up, and by the rain that falls, mortals overcome hunger with food produced from those plants.
तृप्तिश्च तेनार्धमासं सुराणां मासं सुधाभिः स्वधया पितॄणाम् अन्नेन जीवन्त्यनिशं मनुष्याः सूर्यः श्रितं तद्धि बिभर्ति गोभिः
By that, the gods are satisfied for half a month, the ancestors for a month with nectar and oblations, and humans live constantly by food; the sun bears all this, supported by cows.
इत्येष एकचक्रेण सूर्यस्तूर्णं प्रसर्पति तत्र तैरक्रमैरश्वैः सर्पते ऽसौ दिनक्षये
Thus, the sun swiftly moves with a single wheel; there, with those unceasing horses, he travels at the end of the day.
हरिर् हरिद्भिर् ह्रियते तुरंगमैः पिबत्यथापो हरिभिः सहस्रधा पुनः प्रमुञ्चत्यथ ताश्च यो हरिः स मुह्यमानो हरिभिस्तुरंगमैः
Hari is borne by green horses; he drinks the waters along with the Haris, releasing them again in a thousand streams; that Hari, bewildered, is carried by the swift Haris.
अहोरात्रं रथेनासाव् एकचक्रेण वै भ्रमन् सप्तद्वीपसमुद्रांश्च सप्तभिः सप्तभिर्द्रुतम्
He circles day and night in his chariot with a single wheel, swiftly traversing the seven continents and oceans with his seven teams of seven.
छन्दोरूपैश्च तैरश्वैर् युतश्चक्रं ततः स्थितिः कामरूपैः सकृद्युक्तैः कामगैस्तैर्मनोजवैः
With those horses of metrical forms, the wheel is joined; its stability comes from those who take on forms at will, yoked once, moving as they desire, swift as the mind.
हरितैरव्यथैः पिङ्गैर् ईश्वरैर् ब्रह्मवादिभिः बाह्यतो ऽनन्तरं चैव मण्डलं दिवसक्रमात्
With green, tireless, tawny horses—lords versed in the Vedas—outside and within, the circle (of the sun) proceeds in the order of days.
कल्पादौ सम्प्रयुक्ताश्च वहन्त्याभूतसंप्लवम् आवृतो वालखिल्यैश्च भ्रमते रात्र्यहानि तु
At the beginning of the kalpa, joined together, they carry the great flood of beings; enveloped by the Vālakhilya sages, it wanders through days and nights.
ग्रथितैः स्ववचोभिश्च स्तूयमानो महर्षिभिः सेव्यते गीतनृत्यैश्च गन्धर्वाप्सरसां गणैः
Praised by the great sages with their composed words, it is served with songs and dances by the hosts of Gandharvas and Apsarases.
पतंगैः पतगैरश्वैर् भ्राम्यमाणो दिवस्पतिः वीथ्याश्रयाणि चरति नक्षत्राणि तथा शशी
The lord of the sky, revolving with birds, winged horses, and steeds, moves along the paths, and so do the stars and the moon.
ह्रासवृद्धी तथैवास्य रश्मयः सूर्यवत्स्मृताः त्रिचक्रोभयतो ऽश्वश्च विज्ञेयः शशिनो रथः
Its rays, remembered as those of the sun, undergo increase and decrease; the chariot of the moon is known to have three wheels and horses on both sides.
अपां गर्भसमुत्पन्नो रथः साश्वः ससारथिः सहारैस्तैस्त्रिभिश्चक्रैर् युक्तः शुक्लैर्हयोत्तमैः
The chariot, together with horses and charioteer, arises from the womb of the waters, equipped with three white, excellent horses and wheels.
दशभिस्तुरगैर्दिव्यैर् असङ्गैस् तन्मनोजवैः सकृद्युक्ते रथे तस्मिन् वहन्तस्त्वायुगक्षयम्
With ten divine horses, unattached and swift as the mind, once yoked to the chariot, they carry it without fatigue.
संगृहीता रथे तस्मिञ् छ्वेतश्चक्षुःश्रवाश्च वै अश्वास्तमेकवर्णास्ते वहन्ते शङ्खवर्चसः
Gathered in that chariot are the horses named Śveta and Cakṣuḥśravā; all are of one color, bearing the brilliance of conch shells.
अजश्च त्रिपथश्चैव वृषो वाजी नरो हयः अंशुमान् सप्तधातुश्च हंसो व्योममृगस्तथा
Aja, Tripatha, Vṛṣa, Vājī, Nara, Haya, Aṃśumān, Saptadhātu, Haṃsa, and Vyomamṛga—these are their names.
इत्येते नामभिश्चैव दश चन्द्रमसो हयाः एवं चन्द्रमसं देवं वहन्ति स्मायुगक्षयम्
Thus, these ten horses of the moon, by their names, carry the god Chandra without fatigue.
देवैः परिवृतः सोमः पितृभिः सह गच्छति सोमस्य शुक्लपक्षादौ भास्करे परतः स्थिते
Surrounded by the gods, Soma travels together with the ancestors, beginning from the bright fortnight, when the sun stands apart.
आपूर्यते परो भागः सोमस्य तु अहःक्रमात् ततः पीतक्षयं सोमं युपगद्व्यापयन् रविः
The upper portion of Soma is filled day by day; then, the sun, approaching the sacrificial post, causes the waning of Soma.
पीतं पञ्चदशाहं च रश्मिनैकेन भास्करः आपूरयन्ददौ तेन भागं भागमहःक्रमात्
For fifteen days, the sun, with a single ray, consumes Soma, then fills it again, portion by portion, day by day.
सुषुम्नाप्ययमानस्य शुक्ले वर्धन्ति वै कलाः तस्माद्ध्रसन्ति वै कृष्णे शुक्ले ह्याप्याययन्ति च
When Suṣumnā is absorbed, the digits increase in the bright fortnight; therefore, they decrease in the dark, and in the bright, they are replenished.
इत्येवं सूर्यवीर्येण चन्द्रस्याप्यायते तनुः पौर्णमास्यां प्रदृश्येत शुक्लः सम्पूर्णमण्डलः
Thus, by the power of the sun, the body of the moon is replenished; at the full moon, the bright, complete orb is visible.
एवमाप्यायते सोमः शुक्लपक्षेष्वहःक्रमात् ततो द्वितीयाप्रभृति बहुलस्य चतुर्दशी
In this way, Soma is replenished day by day during the bright fortnight; then, from the second onward, the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight.
अपां सारमयस्येन्दो रसमात्रात्मकस्य च पिबन्त्यम्बुमयं देवा मधु सौम्यं तथामृतम्
The gods drink the nectar, the essence of water, which is entirely made of Soma, sweet and gentle, and also immortal.
संभृतं त्वर्धमासेन अमृतं सूर्यतेजसा भक्षार्थमागतं सोमं पौर्णमास्यामुपासते
The nectar, gathered in half a month by the sun's energy, is sought by the gods at the full moon for consumption.
एकरात्रं सुराः सार्धं पितृभिरृषिभिश्च वै सोमस्य कृष्णपक्षादौ भास्कराभिमुखस्य वै
For one night, together with the ancestors and sages, the gods partake of Soma at the beginning of the dark fortnight, when it faces the sun.
प्रक्षीयते परे ह्यात्मा पीयमानकलाक्रमात् त्रयश्च त्रिंशता सार्धं त्रयस्त्रिंशच्छतानि तु
The essence is diminished in the other, being consumed gradually, and there are three hundred and thirty-three in total.
त्रयस्त्रिंशत्सहस्राणि देवाः सोमं पिबन्ति वै इत्येवं पीयमानस्य कृष्णे वर्धन्ति ताः कलाः
The gods drink Soma for thirty-three thousand cycles, and as it is being consumed, its dark phases increase.