Vayu Purana

मानवानां शुभं ह्येते हरन्ति दुरितात्मनाम्। दुरितं हि प्रचाराणां व्यपोहन्ति व्कचित् व्कचित् ।। ५२.

For people of wicked nature, these indeed remove good fortune; yet, at times, they also dispel the misfortune of some.

विमानेऽवस्थिता दिव्ये कामगा वातरंहसः। एते सहैव सूर्येण भ्रमन्ति दिवसानुगाः ।। ५२.

Residing in a divine chariot, moving at will with the speed of wind, these, together with the sun, wander following the days.

वर्षन्तश्च तपन्तश्च ह्लादयन्तश्च वै प्रजाः। गोपायन्ति तु भूतानि सर्वानीहामनुक्षयात् ।। ५२.

Raining, burning, and delighting the creatures, they protect all beings here from complete destruction.

स्थानाभिमानिनामेतत् स्थानं मन्वन्तरेषु वै। अतीतानागतानां वै वर्त्तन्ते साम्प्रतन्तु ये ।। ५२.

This is the station of those who preside over their realms in each Manvantara—those of the past, the future, and those who exist now.

एवं वसन्ति वै सूर्ये सप्तकास्ते चतुर्द्दिशम्। चतुर्द्दशसु सर्गेषु गणा मन्वन्तरेषु च ।। ५२.

Thus, these seven groups dwell with the sun in the four directions, in the fourteen creations and in the Manvantaras.

ग्रीष्मे हिमे च वर्षासु मुञ्चमाना घर्मं हिम़ञ्च वर्षञ्च दिनं निशाञ्च। कालेन गच्छत्यृतुवशात् परिवृत्तरश्मि र्देवान् पितॄंश्च मनुजांश्च तर्पयन् वै ।। ५२.

In summer, winter, and the rains, releasing heat, cold, and rain, day and night, by the force of time and the seasons, with revolving rays, he satisfies the gods, ancestors, and humans.

प्रीणाति देवानमृतेन सूर्यः सोमं सुषुम्नेन विवर्द्धयित्वा । शुक्ले तु पूर्णं दिवसक्रमेण तं कृष्णपक्षे विबुधाः पिबन्ति ।। ५२.

The sun delights the gods with nectar, having increased Soma with his gentle rays; in the bright fortnight, it becomes full in the course of days, and in the dark fortnight, the wise drink it.

पीतन्तु सोमं द्विकालावशिष्टं कृष्णक्षये रश्मिभिस्तं क्षरन्तम्। सुधामृतं तत्पितरः पिबन्ति देवाश्च सौम्याश्च तथैव कव्यम् ।। ५२.

When the Soma, remaining for two periods, is drunk up at the end of the dark fortnight, as it flows with rays, the ancestors, the gods, and the gentle deities, as well as the spirits, drink that nectar.

सूर्येण गोभिस्तु समुद्धृताभिरद्भिः पुनश्चैव समुद्धृताभिः। वृष्ट्यातिवृद्धाभिरथौषधीभिर्मर्त्याः क्षुधन्त्वन्नपानैर्जयन्ति ।। ५२.

Drawn up by the sun with his rays, and again with waters drawn up, increased greatly by rain and by plants, mortals overcome hunger with food and drink.

अमृतेन तृप्तिस्त्वर्द्धमासं सुराणां मासार्द्धतृप्तिः स्वधया पितॄणाम्। अन्नेन शश्वत्तु दधाति मर्त्यान् सूर्यः स्वयं तच्च बिभर्ति गोभिः ।। ५२.

With nectar, the gods are satisfied for half a month; with Svadhā, the ancestors are satisfied for half a month; and with food, the sun always nourishes mortals, and he himself bears it with the rays.

अयं हरिस्तैर्हरिभिस्तुरङ्गमैरयन् हि चापो हरतीति रश्मिभिः। विसर्गकाले विसृजंश्च ताः पुनर्बिभर्ति शश्वत् सविता चराचरम् ।। ५२.

This Hari, with those golden horses, indeed draws up the waters with his rays; at the time of release, sending them forth again, the sun ever sustains all that moves and is still.

हरिर्हरिद्भिर्ह्रियते तुरङ्गमैः पिबत्यथापो हरिभिः सहस्रधा। ततः प्रमुञ्चत्यपि तास्त्वसौ हरिः स मुह्यमानो हरिभिस्तुरङ्गमैः ।। ५२.

Hari is drawn by golden horses, and drinks the waters with them in a thousand streams; then, releasing them again, this Hari, bewildered, is carried by the golden horses.

इत्येष एकचक्रेण सूर्यस्तूर्णं रथेन तु। भद्रैस्तैरक्षतैरश्वैः सर्पतेऽसौ दिवि क्षये ।। ५२.

Thus, with a single wheel, the sun swiftly moves in his chariot, drawn by those excellent, uninjured horses, traversing the sky at day's end.

अहोरात्राद्रथैनासौ एकचक्रेण तु भ्रमन्। सप्तद्वीपसमुद्रान्तं सप्तभिः सप्तभिर्हयैः ।। ५२.

By day and night, he circles with his chariot of one wheel, with seven groups of seven horses, reaching to the ends of the seven continents and oceans.

छन्दोभिरश्वरूपैस्तैर्यतश्चक्रन्ततः स्थितैः। कामरूपैः सकृद्युक्तैरमितैस्तैर्मनोजवैः ।। ५२.

With those horses in the form of metres, standing wherever they move, with forms at will, yoked at once, countless, swift as the mind.

हरितैरव्ययैः पिङ्गैरीश्वरैर्ब्रह्मवादिभिः। अशीति मण्डलशतं भ्रमन्त्यब्देन ते हयाः ।। ५२.

Golden, imperishable, tawny, lordly, praised by the knowers of Brahman—those horses circle eighty hundred wheels in a year.

बाह्यमभ्यन्तरञ्चैव मण्डलं दिवसक्रमात् । कल्पादौ सम्प्रयुक्तास्ते वहन्त्याभूतसम्प्लवात्। आवृता वालखिल्यैस्ते भ्रमन्ते रात्र्यहानि तु ।। ५२.

The outer and inner circles, in the course of days, set in motion at the beginning of the kalpa, they carry, except at the dissolution of beings; surrounded by the Vālakhilyas, they revolve through day and night.

प्रथितैर्वचोभङिरग्र्यैः स्तूयमानो महर्षिभिः। सैव्यते गीतवृत्यैश्च गन्धर्वैरप्सरोगणैः। पतङ्गः पत गैरश्वैर्भ्रममाणो दिवस्पतिः ।। ५२.

Praised by renowned words and excellent hymns by great sages, sung in melodious verses by Gandharvas and groups of Apsaras, the lord of the sky moves, accompanied by swift horses, wandering like a bird.

वीथ्याश्रयाणि चरति नक्षत्राणि तथा शशी। ह्रासवृद्धी तथैवास्य रश्मीनां सूर्यवत् स्मृते ।। ५२.

He travels along the paths of the stars, and likewise the moon; his rays, like those of the sun, undergo both decrease and increase.

त्रिचक्रोभयपार्श्वस्थो विज्ञेयः शशिनो रथः। अपां गर्भसमुत्पन्नो रथः साश्वः ससारथिः। शतारैश्च त्रिभिश्चक्रैर्युक्तः शुल्कैर्हयोत्तमैः ।। ५२.

The chariot of the moon is to be understood as having three wheels and positioned on both sides; it is born from the womb of the waters, with horses and a charioteer, equipped with a hundred spokes and three wheels, drawn by excellent horses yoked with yokes.

दश भिस्तु कृशैर्दिव्यैरसङ्गैस्तैर्मनोजवैः। सकृद्युक्ते रथे तस्मिन् वहन्ते चायुगक्षयात् ।। ५२.

Ten slender, divine, unattached horses, swift as the mind, are yoked at once to that chariot, carrying it without weariness or exhaustion.

संगृहीते रथे तस्मिन् श्वेतश्चक्षुःश्रवास्तु वै। अश्वा स्तमेकवर्णास्ते वहन्ते शङ्खवर्च्चसम् ।। ५२.

When the chariot is assembled, the white horse named Chakshu-shravas, possessing a single color and shining like a conch, draws it.

ययुश्च त्रिमनाश्चैव वृषो राजीवलो हयः। अस्वो वामस्तुरण्यश्च हंसो व्योमी मृगस्तथा ।। ५२.

The horses are named Yayu, Trimana, Vrisha, Rajivala, Vama, Turanya, Hamsa, Vyomi, Mriga, and Ashva.

इत्येते नामभिः सर्वे दश चन्द्रमसो हयाः । एते चन्द्रमसं देवं वहन्ति दिवसक्षयात् ।। ५२.

Thus, all ten horses of the moon are called by these names; these carry the moon god day after day.

देवैः परिवृतः सौम्यः पितृभिश्चैव गच्छति। सोमस्य शुक्ल पक्षादौ भास्करे पुरतः स्थिते। आपूर्यते पुरस्यान्तः सततं दिवसक्रमात् ।। ५२.

Surrounded by gods and ancestors, the gentle moon proceeds; at the beginning of the bright fortnight of Soma, with the sun standing ahead, he is filled within his orb continually, day by day.

देवैः पीतं क्षये सोममाप्याययति नित्यदा। पीतं पञ्चदशाहन्तु रश्मिनैकेन भास्करः ।। ५२.

The moon, drunk by the gods at its waning, is replenished constantly; the sun drinks it for fifteen days with a single ray.

आपूरयन् सुषुम्नेन भागं भागमहःक्रमात् । सुषुम्नाप्यायमानस्य शुक्ला वर्द्धन्ति वै कलाः ।। ५२.

The sun fills the moon, part by part, day by day, with the ray named Sushumna; as Sushumna replenishes, the bright phases of the moon increase.

तस्माद्ध्रसन्ति वै कृष्णे शुक्ल आप्याययन्ति च। इत्येवं सूर्यवीर्येण चन्द्रस्याप्यायिता तनुः ।। ५२.

Therefore, the phases decrease in the dark fortnight and increase in the bright; thus, by the power of the sun, the body of the moon is replenished.

पौर्णमास्यां स दृश्येत शुक्लः सम्पूर्णमण्डलः । एवमाप्यायितः सोमः शुक्लपक्षे दिनक्रमात् ।। ५२.

On the full moon day, the moon appears bright, with a complete orb; thus, Soma is replenished in the bright fortnight, day by day.