Shloka 3

Adhyaya 72 — Puradāha: Rudra’s Cosmic Chariot, Pāśupata-Vrata, and Brahmā’s Shiva-Stuti

Devanagari script

रथाङ्गं दक्षिणं सूर्यो वामाङ्गं सोम एव च दक्षिणं द्वादशारं हि षोडशारं तथोत्तरम्

Transliteration

rathāṅgaṃ dakṣiṇaṃ sūryo vāmāṅgaṃ soma eva ca dakṣiṇaṃ dvādaśāraṃ hi ṣoḍaśāraṃ tathottaram

Translation

Nesta roda cósmica, o Sol é o seu lado direito e a Lua, de fato, o seu lado esquerdo. Diz-se que a porção direita tem doze raios, e do mesmo modo a porção do norte tem dezesseis raios.

Word by Word

• रथाङ्गम्: wheel of the chariot/cosmic wheel

• दक्षिणम्: right side/southern portion

• सूर्यः: the Sun

• वामाङ्गम्: left side

• सोमः: the Moon

• एव च: indeed and

• द्वादश-अरम्: twelve-spoked

• हि: verily/indeed

• षोडश-अरम्: sixteen-spoked

• तथा: likewise

• उत्तरम्: northern portion/upper side

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)