Matsyapurana 127
English (machine translation) 127
- Language
- English
127.1
Sūta said: / Next I shall describe the chariots of the starry planets and of Svarbhānu. / Now, the chariot of the son of Soma is radiant and white,
127.2
yoked with ten reddish-brown horses swift as the wind: / white, reddish-brown, speckled, dark-blue, black, crimson,
127.3
white, green, spotted, and variegated— / with ten most excellent and illustrious [horses] born of the wind.
127.4
Then the chariot of Mars is recorded as having eight parts and made of gold; / with eight red horses born of fire, bearing banners, / that youth moves along, progressing straight, retrograde, and re-retrograde.
127.5
And after this, the wise son of Aṅgiras, the teacher of the gods, Bṛhaspati, / moves about in a golden chariot with pale-yellow horses,
127.6
yoked with eight horses born of fire, with banners. / He who dwells for a year in a zodiac sign proceeds in his own direction by means of it.
127.7
Yoked with eight horses resembling fire, bearing banners, / the son of Bhṛgu travels in a chariot of swift speed.
127.8
Then Śanaiścara also, with dappled horses swift as the wind, / mounting an iron chariot—that Saturn moves.
127.9
The eight black horses of Svarbhānu, swift as the wind, / well-armoured, carry his chariot made of darkness.
127.10
Rāhu, whose abode is in the sun, approaches the moon at the conjunctions; / and from the moon he approaches the sun at the conjunctions of darkness.
127.11
Then the horses of Ketu are eight, swift as the wind, / the colour of straw smoke, with emaciated bodies, very fierce.
127.12
These steeds of the planets along with their chariots have been described by me. / They are all bound to Dhruva, bound by wind-cables.
127.13
While being whirled about, they draw [their chariots] according to their proper courses, / bound by invisible wind-cables made of air.
127.14
Bound by them, the moon, sun, and planets revolve in the sky, / while the host of heavenly bodies circles around Dhruva.
127.15
Just as a boat in a river's water is carried along with the water, / so the dwellings of the gods are carried along by the speed of the wind; / therefore they are called "dwellings of the gods" in the sky.
127.16
As many stars as there may be, so many are his rays; / all bound to Dhruva, revolving, they cause [others] to revolve.
127.17
Just as an oil-press wheel turns and turns [everything else], / so the luminaries revolve on all sides, bound by the wind.
127.18
Driven by the wheel of wind, they move like a whirling firebrand. / Because it carries them forward, it is called Pravaha.
127.19
Thus fastened to Dhruva, that host of heavenly bodies revolves. / This star-formed Dhruva is spoken of in the sky within Śiśumāra.
127.20
Whatever sin one commits by day, one is released from it upon seeing him at night. / As many stars as are situated in the body of Śiśumāra,
127.21
so many additional years one lives upon seeing them, / knowing the form of Śiśumāra according to all its divisions.
127.22
Uttānapāda is to be known as his upper jaw; / Yajña is to be known as the lower [jaw], and Dharma rests upon his head.
127.23
Nārāyaṇa is in his heart, the Sādhyas and the Aśvins in his forefeet; / Varuṇa and Aryaman are his two hind thighs.
127.24
The year is to be known in his penis, and Mitra resides in his anus; / in his tail are Agni, Mahendra, Marīci, Kaśyapa, and Dhruva.
127.25
This stellar pillar neither sets nor rises. / The lunar mansions, the moon, the sun, and the planets along with the hosts of stars,
127.26
all face towards his mouth, stationed in the sky forming a wheel. / Presided over by Dhruva, keeping Dhruva to the right,
127.27
they circle around Dhruva, the best of gods, who serves as the pivot in the sky. / For the descendants of Āgnīdhra and Kaśyapa, he is the supreme Dhruva.
127.28
He alone revolves inside the summit of Meru, / taking the wheel of the luminaries and drawing it with face turned downwards; / gazing upon Meru, he moves keeping it to the right.
Translations (1)
- The Matsya Puranam — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
Linked texts (1)
- Matsyapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit