Sukta 17

Mantra 1

तस्य॒ व्रात्य॑स्य । योऽस्य प्रथ॒मो व्या॒नः सेयं भूमिः॑

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

Mantra 2

तस्य॒ व्रात्य॑स्य । योऽस्य द्वि॒तीयो॑ व्या॒नस्तद॒न्तरि॑क्षम्

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

Mantra 3

तस्य॒ व्रात्य॑स्य । योऽस्य तृ॒तीयो॑ व्या॒नः सा द्यौः

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

Mantra 4

तस्य॒ व्रात्य॑स्य ।योऽस्य चतु॒र्थो व्या॒नस्तानि॒ नक्ष॑त्राणि

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

Mantra 5

तस्य॒ व्रात्य॑स्य । योऽस्य पञ्च॒मो व्या॒नस्त ऋ॒तवः॑

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

Mantra 6

तस्य॒ व्रात्य॑स्य । योऽस्य ष॒ष्ठो व्या॒नस्त आ॑र्त॒वाः

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

Mantra 7

तस्य॒ व्रात्य॑स्य । योऽस्य सप्त॒मो व्या॒नः स सं॑वत्स॒रः

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

Mantra 8

तस्य॒ व्रात्य॑स्य । स॒मा॒नमर्थं॒ परि॑ यन्ति दे॒वाः सं॑वत्स॒रं वा ए॒तदृ॒तवो॑ऽनु॒परि॑यन्ति॒ व्रात्यं॑ 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

तस्य॒ व्रात्य॑स्य । यदा॑दि॒त्यम॑भिसंवि॒शन्त्य॑मावा॒स्यां चै॒व तत् पौ॑र्णमा॒सीं च॑

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

तस्य॒ व्रात्य॑स्य । एकं॒ तदे॑षाममृत॒त्वमित्याहु॑तिरे॒व

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