Shloka 4

सोमवर्णनम्

Graha–Ratha–Aśva Varṇana, Dhruva-Nibaddha Gati, Maṇḍala-Pramāṇa, Graha-Arcana

Devanagari script

रथ आपोमयैरश्वैर् दशभिस्तु सितेतरैः स्वर्भानोर्भास्करारेश् च तथा चाष्टहयः स्मृतः

Transliteration

ratha āpomayairaśvair daśabhistu sitetaraiḥ svarbhānorbhāskarāreś ca tathā cāṣṭahayaḥ smṛtaḥ

Translation

太陽の戦車は、水の精髄より成る白と非白の十頭の馬に牽かれると説かれる。同様に、太陽の敵スヴァルバーヌもまた、八頭の馬に牽かれる戦車を有すると記憶される。

Word by Word

• rathaḥ: chariot

• āpaḥ: waters

• mayaiḥ: made of/consisting of

• aśvaiḥ: by horses

• daśabhiḥ: by ten

• tu: indeed

• sita: white

• itaraiḥ: and others (non-white)

• svarbhānoḥ: of Svarbhānu

• bhāskara: of the Sun

• areḥ: enemy/foe

• ca: and

• tathā: likewise

• ca: also

• aṣṭa: eight

• hayaḥ: horses

• smṛtaḥ: is remembered/declared

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)