Sukta 17

Mantra 1

तस्य व्रात्यस्य । योऽस्य प्रथमो व्यानः सेयं भूमिः

Of that Vratya: that which is his first—Vyāna, the pervading breath—that is this Earth.

Mantra 2

तस्य व्रात्यस्य । योऽस्य द्वितीयो व्यानस्तदन्तरिक्षम्

Of that Vratya: that which is his second—Vyāna, the pervading breath—that is the Mid-air.

Mantra 3

तस्य व्रात्यस्य । योऽस्य तृतीयो व्यानः सा द्यौः

Of that Vratya: that which is his third—Vyāna, the pervading breath—that is Heaven.

Mantra 4

तस्य व्रात्यस्य ।योऽस्य चतुर्थो व्यानस्तानि नक्षत्राणि

Of that Vratya: that which is his fourth—Vyāna, the pervading breath—those are the Asterisms.

Mantra 5

तस्य व्रात्यस्य । योऽस्य पञ्चमो व्यानस्त ऋतवः

Of that Vrātya: that which in him is the fifth, the Vyāna-breath—those are the Seasons.

Mantra 6

तस्य व्रात्यस्य । योऽस्य षष्ठो व्यानस्त आर्तवाः

Of that Vrātya: that which in him is the sixth, the Vyāna-breath—those are the seasonal (periodic) portions.

Mantra 7

तस्य व्रात्यस्य । योऽस्य सप्तमो व्यानः स संवत्सरः

Of that Vrātya: that which in him is the seventh, the Vyāna-breath—that is the Year.

Mantra 8

तस्य व्रात्यस्य । समानमर्थं परि यन्ति देवाः संवत्सरं वा एतदृतवोऽनुपरियन्ति व्रात्यं च

Of that Vrātya: the Gods move in circuit with one and the same intent. For this, verily, is the Year: the Seasons, in ordered succession, go round about both the Vrātya and the Year.

Mantra 9

तस्य व्रात्यस्य । यदादित्यमभिसंविशन्त्यमावास्यां चैव तत् पौर्णमासीं च

Of that Vrātya: when they enter into the Sun—then that is, in very truth, both the New-moon and the Full-moon.

Mantra 10

तस्य व्रात्यस्य । एकं तदेषाममृतत्वमित्याहुतिरेव

Of that Vratya—this one thing of theirs is immortality, so, men say: it is aid indeed.