Prakriya Pada Adhyaya 13 Shloka 14 - Brahmanda Purana | English | Vedapath

Shloka 14

अग्निनिचयः (Agninichaya) / The Accumulation of Sacred Fire & the Classification of Pitṛs by Time-Order

Devanagari script

अहोरात्राणि मासाश्च ऋतवश्चायनानि च / संवत्सराश्च स्थानानि कामाख्या ह्यभिमानिनाम्

Transliteration

ahorātrāṇi māsāśca ṛtavaścāyanāni ca / saṃvatsarāśca sthānāni kāmākhyā hyabhimāninām

Translation

Day and night, the months, the seasons, the ayanas, and the years—these are the stations of the abhimānin powers, spoken of under the name ‘Kāma’.

Word by Word

अहोरात्राणिday-and-nights

मासाःmonths

चand

ऋतवःseasons

चand

अयनानिsolstices/half-year courses (ayanas)

चand

संवत्सराःyears

चand

स्थानानिplaces/positions

काम-आख्याःcalled ‘kāma’ (desire)

हिindeed/for

अभिमानिनाम्of the presiding/identifying ones