Aruna Becomes the Sun's Charioteer

Verse 1 (1.24.1)

स श्रुत्वाऽथात्मनो देहं सुपर्णः प्रेक्ष्य च स्वयम् । शरीरप्रतिसंहारमात्मनः संप्रचक्रमे ॥

sa śrutvā'thātmano dehaṃ suparṇaḥ prekṣya ca svayam | śarīrapratisaṃhāramātmanaḥ saṃpracakrame

Hearing this, and seeing his own body, Suparna himself set about drawing in his form.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 2 (1.24.2)

न मे सर्वाणि भूतानि बिभियुर्देहदर्शनात् । भीमरूपात्समुद्विग्नास्तस्मात्तेजस्तु संहरे ॥

na me sarvāṇi bhūtāni bibhiyurdehadarśanāt | bhīmarūpātsamudvignāstasmāttejastu saṃhare

Let not all creatures be frightened at the sight of my body, alarmed by its terrible form. Therefore I draw in my splendour.

Note on the text: Corrected विभियुर् → बिभियुर् and समुद्विग्रास् → समुद्विग्नास् (misprints in Wikisource; neither form is a word, and the critical edition's apparatus reads bibhiyur … samudvignās). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 3 (1.24.3)

ततः कामगमः पक्षी कामवीर्यो विहंगमः । अरुणं चात्मनः पृष्ठमारोप्य स पितुर्गृहात् ॥

tataḥ kāmagamaḥ pakṣī kāmavīryo vihaṃgamaḥ | aruṇaṃ cātmanaḥ pṛṣṭhamāropya sa piturgṛhāt

Then the bird, who went where he wished and had whatever strength he wished, set Aruna on his back and, from his father's house,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 4 (1.24.4)

मातुरन्तिकमागच्छत्परं तीरं महोदधेः । तत्रारुणश्च निक्षिप्तः पुरोदेशे महाद्युतेः ॥

māturantikamāgacchatparaṃ tīraṃ mahodadheḥ | tatrāruṇaśca nikṣiptaḥ purodeśe mahādyuteḥ

came to his mother's side on the far shore of the great ocean. There Aruna was set down in front of the radiant Sun,

Note on the text: Corrected निक्षिप्तो → निक्षिप्तः (misprint in Wikisource; the visarga cannot become o before प, and the critical edition's apparatus reads nikṣiptaḥ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 5 (1.24.5)

सूर्यस्तेजोभिरत्युग्रैर्लोकान्दग्धुमना यदा ॥

sūryastejobhiratyugrairlokāndagdhumanā yadā

at the time when the Sun, with his fierce rays, was bent on burning the worlds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Wikisource prints this as a single line because the speaker changes in mid-couplet; kept as given.

Verse 6 (1.24.6)

किमर्थं भगवान्सूर्यो लोकान्दग्धुमनास्तदा ॥

kimarthaṃ bhagavānsūryo lokāndagdhumanāstadā

Why was the blessed Sun then bent on burning the worlds?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Wikisource prints this as a single line because the speaker changes in mid-couplet; kept as given.

Verse 7 (1.24.7)

किमस्यापकृतं देवैर्येनेमं मन्युराविशत् ॥

kimasyāpakṛtaṃ devairyenemaṃ manyurāviśat

What wrong had the gods done him, that this wrath took hold of him?

Note on the text: Corrected किमस्तापहृतं → किमस्यापकृतं and येनमं → येनेमं (misprints in Wikisource; the line makes no sense as printed, and the critical edition's apparatus reads kim asyāpakṛtaṃ … yenemaṃ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Wikisource prints this as a single line because the speaker changes in mid-couplet; kept as given.

Verse 8 (1.24.8)

चन्द्रार्काभ्यां यदा राहुराख्यातो ह्यमृतं पिबन् ॥

candrārkābhyāṃ yadā rāhurākhyāto hyamṛtaṃ piban

When Rahu, as he drank the nectar, was exposed by the Moon and the Sun,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Wikisource prints this as a single line because the speaker changes in mid-couplet; kept as given.

Verse 9 (1.24.9)

वैरानुबन्धं कृतवांश्चन्द्रादित्यौ तदाऽनघ । बाध्यमानं ग्रहेणाथ ह्यादित्यं मन्युराविशत् ॥

vairānubandhaṃ kṛtavāṃścandrādityau tadā'nagha | bādhyamānaṃ graheṇātha hyādityaṃ manyurāviśat

he bound himself in lasting enmity to the Moon and the Sun, sinless one; and when the Sun was tormented by that planet, anger took hold of him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 10 (1.24.10)

सुरार्थाय समुत्पन्नो रोषो राहोस्तु मां प्रति । बह्वनर्थकरं पापमेकोऽहं समवाप्नुयाम् ॥

surārthāya samutpanno roṣo rāhostu māṃ prati | bahvanarthakaraṃ pāpameko'haṃ samavāpnuyām

The Sun thought: "Rahu's fury against me arose because of what I did for the gods, yet I alone must suffer this evil that brings so much harm.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 11 (1.24.11)

सहाय एव कार्येषु न च कृच्छ्रेषु दृश्यते । पश्यन्ति ग्रस्यमानं मां सहन्ते वै दिवौकसः ॥

sahāya eva kāryeṣu na ca kṛcchreṣu dṛśyate | paśyanti grasyamānaṃ māṃ sahante vai divaukasaḥ

In their undertakings they are my allies, but in hardship they are nowhere to be seen. The heaven-dwellers watch me being swallowed and simply put up with it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 12 (1.24.12)

तस्माल्लोकविनाशार्थं ह्यवतिष्ठे न संशयः । एवं कृतमतिः सूर्यो ह्यस्तमभ्यगमद्गिरिम् ॥

tasmāllokavināśārthaṃ hyavatiṣṭhe na saṃśayaḥ | evaṃ kṛtamatiḥ sūryo hyastamabhyagamadgirim

Therefore I shall stand firm to destroy the worlds, without a doubt." Having resolved thus, the Sun went to the western mountain.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 13 (1.24.13)

तस्माल्लोकविनाशाय संतापयत भास्करः । ततो देवानुपागम्य प्रोचुरेवं महर्षयः ॥

tasmāllokavināśāya saṃtāpayata bhāskaraḥ | tato devānupāgamya procurevaṃ maharṣayaḥ

And from there the Sun scorched the worlds in order to destroy them. Then the great seers went to the gods and spoke thus:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 14 (1.24.14)

आद्यार्धरात्रसमये सर्वलोकभयावहः । उत्पत्स्यते महान्दाहस्त्रैलोक्यस्य विनाशनः ॥

ādyārdharātrasamaye sarvalokabhayāvahaḥ | utpatsyate mahāndāhastrailokyasya vināśanaḥ

"Tonight at midnight a great burning will arise, bringing fear to all the worlds and destroying the three worlds."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 15 (1.24.15)

ततो देवाः सर्षिगणा उपगम्य पितामहम् । अब्रुवन्किमिवेहाद्य महद्दाहकृतं भयम् ॥

tato devāḥ sarṣigaṇā upagamya pitāmaham | abruvankimivehādya mahaddāhakṛtaṃ bhayam

Then the gods together with the hosts of seers approached the Grandsire and said: "What is this great fear of burning here today?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 16 (1.24.16)

न तावद्दृश्यते सूर्यः क्षयोऽयं प्रतिभाति च । उदिते भगवन्भानौ कथमेतद्भविष्यति ॥

na tāvaddṛśyate sūryaḥ kṣayo'yaṃ pratibhāti ca | udite bhagavanbhānau kathametadbhaviṣyati

The sun is not yet seen, and yet this looks like destruction. When the sun has risen, O lord, what will become of us?"

Note on the text: Corrected कथनेतद् → कथमेतद् (misprint in Wikisource; कथन् is not a word, the critical edition's apparatus reads katham etad). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 17 (1.24.17)

एष लोकविनाशाय रविरुद्यन्तुमुद्यतः । दृश्यन्नेव हि लोकान्स भस्मराशीकरिष्यति ॥

eṣa lokavināśāya ravirudyantumudyataḥ | dṛśyanneva hi lokānsa bhasmarāśīkariṣyati

The Sun is ready to rise for the destruction of the worlds; merely by being seen he will turn the worlds into heaps of ash.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 18 (1.24.18)

तस्य प्रतिविधानं च विहितं पूर्वमेव हि । कश्यपस्य सुतो धीमानरुणेत्यभिविश्रुतः ॥

tasya pratividhānaṃ ca vihitaṃ pūrvameva hi | kaśyapasya suto dhīmānaruṇetyabhiviśrutaḥ

But the remedy for it was arranged long ago. Kashyapa has a wise son, well known by the name of Aruna.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 19 (1.24.19)

महाकायो महातेजाः स स्थास्यति पुरो रवेः । करिष्यति च सारथ्यं तेजश्चास्य हरिष्यति ॥

mahākāyo mahātejāḥ sa sthāsyati puro raveḥ | kariṣyati ca sārathyaṃ tejaścāsya hariṣyati

Huge of body and great in splendour, he will stand in front of the Sun; he will serve as his charioteer and take away his heat.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 20 (1.24.20)

लोकानां स्वस्ति चैवं स्यादृषीणां च दिवौकसाम् ॥

lokānāṃ svasti caivaṃ syādṛṣīṇāṃ ca divaukasām

In this way the worlds, the seers and the heaven-dwellers will be safe.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Wikisource prints this as a single line because the speaker changes in mid-couplet; kept as given.

Verse 21 (1.24.21)

ततः पितामहाज्ञातः सर्वं चक्रे तदाऽरुणः ॥

tataḥ pitāmahājñātaḥ sarvaṃ cakre tadā'ruṇaḥ

Then, as the Grandsire commanded, Aruna did all this.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Wikisource prints this as a single line because the speaker changes in mid-couplet; kept as given.

Verse 22 (1.24.22)

उदितश्चैव सविता ह्यरुणेन समावृतः । एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं यत्सूर्यं मन्युराविशत् ॥

uditaścaiva savitā hyaruṇena samāvṛtaḥ | etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ yatsūryaṃ manyurāviśat

And the Sun rose, screened by Aruna. I have now told you all about why anger took hold of the Sun,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 23 (1.24.23)

अरुणश्च यथैवास्य सारथ्यमकरोत्प्रभुः । भूय एवापरं प्रश्नं शृणु पूर्वमुदाहृतम् ॥

aruṇaśca yathaivāsya sārathyamakarotprabhuḥ | bhūya evāparaṃ praśnaṃ śṛṇu pūrvamudāhṛtam

and how the mighty Aruna came to be his charioteer. Now hear the answer to the other question, raised earlier.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).