ध्रुवचर्याकीर्तनं / Dhruva-caryā-kīrtana
Account of Dhruva’s Course and Related Cosmological Ordering
क्षेत्राण्येतानि वै पूर्वमापतन्ति गभस्तिभिः / तेषां क्षेत्राण्यथादत्ते सूर्यो नक्षत्रकारकाः
kṣetrāṇyetāni vai pūrvamāpatanti gabhastibhiḥ / teṣāṃ kṣetrāṇyathādatte sūryo nakṣatrakārakāḥ
These regions first appear with their rays; then the Sun—who is the maker and regulator of the Nakshatras—takes up their regions in due order.