ध्रुवचर्याकीर्तनं / Dhruva-caryā-kīrtana
Account of Dhruva’s Course and Related Cosmological Ordering
हेमन्ते ताम्रवर्णस्तु शैशिरे लोहितो रविः / इति वर्णाः समा ख्याताः सूर्यस्यर्तुसमुद्भवाः
hemante tāmravarṇastu śaiśire lohito raviḥ / iti varṇāḥ samā khyātāḥ sūryasyartusamudbhavāḥ
In hemanta the Sun is copper-hued; in śaiśira Ravi is ruddy red. Thus are the Sun’s colors, born of the seasons, declared to be well known.