Shloka 21

सूर्यरथ-रचना, ध्रुव-प्रेरणा, मास-गणाः च

Jyotish-chakra: Surya’s Motion and Monthly Retinues

Devanagari script

वालखिल्या नयन्त्यस्तं परिवार्योदयाद्रविम् इत्येते वै वसन्तीह द्वौ द्वौ मासौ दिवाकरे

Transliteration

vālakhilyā nayantyastaṃ parivāryodayādravim ityete vai vasantīha dvau dvau māsau divākare

Translation

“ວາລະຂິລຍະທັງຫຼາຍ ອ້ອມລ້ອມຣະວິຕັ້ງແຕ່ຍາມອອກ ແລ້ວນຳພຣະອົງໄປຈົນເຖິງຍາມຕົກ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ຜູ້ຕິດຕາມເຫຼົ່ານີ້ພຳນັກຢູ່ກັບຈອມແຫ່ງກາງວັນ ຄັ້ງລະສອງເດືອນ.”

Word by Word

• वालखिल्याः: the Vālakhilya sages

• नयन्ति: lead, conduct

• अस्तम्: to setting (sunset)

• परिवार्य: having surrounded, encircling

• उदयात्: from the rising (dawn)

• रविम्: Ravi, the Sun

• इति: thus

• एते: these (attendants)

• वै: indeed

• वसन्ति: dwell, remain

• इह: here (in this cosmic order)

• द्वौ द्वौ: two and two (in pairs)

• मासौ: months

• दिवाकरे: in/with the maker of day, the Sun.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmic order of Surya’s attendants to the sages of Naimisharanya)