Atharvaveda · Sūkta 15.18
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15.18.1
तस्य व्रात्यस्य ॥ १५.१८.१ ॥
Of that vrātya.
15.18.2
यदस्य दक्षिणमक्ष्यसौ स आदित्यो यदस्य सव्यमक्ष्यसौ स चन्द्रमाः ॥ १५.१८.२ ॥
His right eye is yonder sun, and his left eye is yonder moon.
15.18.3
योऽस्य दक्षिणः कर्णोऽयं सो अग्निर्योऽस्य सव्यः कर्णोऽयं स पवमानः ॥ १५.१८.३ ॥
His right ear is this Agni, and his left ear is this Pavamāna (the purifying wind).
15.18.4
अहोरात्रे नासिके दितिश्चादितिश्च शीर्षकपाले संवत्सरः शिरः ॥ १५.१८.४ ॥
Day and night are his two nostrils; Diti and Aditi are the two skull-plates of his head; the year is his head.
15.18.5
अह्ना प्रत्यङ्व्रात्यो रात्र्या प्राङ्नमो व्रात्याय ॥ १५.१८.५ ॥
By day the vrātya faces backward (west); by night he faces forward (east). Homage to the vrātya.