Shloka 49

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

Jyotish-chakra: Surya’s Motion and Monthly Retinues

Devanagari script

वसन्ति ग्रीष्मकौ मासौ मित्रश् च वरुणश् च ह ऋषिरत्रिर्वसिष्ठश् च तक्षको नाग एव च

Transliteration

vasanti grīṣmakau māsau mitraś ca varuṇaś ca ha ṛṣiratrirvasiṣṭhaś ca takṣako nāga eva ca

Translation

Bagi musim Bunga dan Panas, kuasa yang memerintah ialah Mitra dan Varuṇa; para ṛṣi Atri dan Vasiṣṭha turut memayungi, dan Takṣaka sang nāga juga. Demikianlah waktu ditata oleh dewa, ṛṣi dan makhluk halus—di bawah pemerintahan Tuhan Pati (Śiva), yang mengekalkan dunia bergerak dalam irama dan hukum.

Word by Word

• वसन्ति: spring

• ग्रीष्मकौ: the two (seasonal periods) spring and summer / pertaining to summer

• मासौ: months/seasonal months

• मित्रः: Mitra (solar deity of friendship/covenant)

• च: and

• वरुणः: Varuṇa (deity of ṛta/cosmic order and waters)

• च: and

• ह: indeed/also

• ऋषिः: seer

• अत्रिः: Atri (ṛṣi)

• वसिष्ठः: Vasiṣṭha (ṛṣi)

• च: and

• तक्षकः: Takṣaka (serpent-king)

• नागः: nāga/serpent-being

• एव: indeed/only

• च: and

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmological correspondences of time to the sages of Naimisharanya)