History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.114

v6.c82.114

⁷²¹ आ रोदसी अपृणादोत मध्यं पञ्च देवाँ ऋतुशः सप्तसप्त। चतृस्त्रिंशता पुरुधा वि चष्टे सरूपेण ज्योतिषा विव्रतेन ॥ ऋ X. 55 3. The verse is rather enigmatic. It is in praise of Indra. The five gods are the planets that do not appear all at once but according to their respective seasons (ऋतुशः). The 34 lights are the Sun, Moon, the five planets and 27 nakṣatras, Ludwig and Oldenberg accept this interpretation. No other satisfactory explanation of 34 has been given by any one.