Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.372
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12.372.1
विवस्वतो गच्छति पर्ययेण ।
वोडुं भवांस्तं यथमेकचक्रम्।
आश्चर्यभूतं यदि तत्र किंचि ।
द्दृष्टं त्वयाशंसितुमर्हसि त्वम् ॥ १२.३७२.१ ॥
The sun Vivasvān goes on in due order. How do you carry that one-wheeled chariot? If you have seen any marvel there, you ought to tell it.
12.372.2
आश्चर्याणामनेकानां प्रतिष्ठा भगवान्रविः ।
यतो भूताः प्रवर्तन्ते सर्वे त्रैलोक्यसंमताः ॥ १२.३७२.२ ॥
The blessed Sun is the foundation of many wonders; from him all beings, honored in the three worlds, arise and proceed.
12.372.3
यस्य रश्मिसहस्रेषु शाखास्विव विहंगमाः ।
वसन्त्याश्रित्य मुनयः संसिद्धा दैवतैः सह ॥ १२.३७२.३ ॥
In whose thousand rays, like birds on the branches of a tree, the perfected sages dwell, having taken refuge together with the gods.
12.372.4
यतो पायुर्विनिःसृत्य सूर्यरश्म्याश्रितो महान् ।
विजृम्भत्यम्बरे तत्र किमाश्चर्यमतः परम् ॥ १२.३७२.४ ॥
From whence the great wind, issuing forth and resting on the sun's rays, spreads out great in the sky — what greater wonder than this could there be?
12.372.5
विभज्यं तं तु विप्रर्षे प्रजानां हितकाम्यया ।
तोयं सृजति वर्षासु किमाश्चर्यमतः परम् ॥ १२.३७२.५ ॥
O sage among brahmins, out of desire for the welfare of creatures, having divided it, he creates water in the rainy seasons — what greater wonder than this?
12.372.6
यस्य मण्डलमध्यस्थो महात्मा परमत्विषा ।
ीप्तः समीक्षतेऽलोकान्किमाश्चर्यमतः परम् ॥ १२.३७२.६ ॥
In the middle of whose orb the great soul, blazing with supreme radiance, looks down upon the worlds — what greater wonder than this?
12.372.7
शुक्रो नामासितः पादो यश्च वारिधरोऽम्बरे ।
तोयं सृजति वर्षासु किमाश्चर्यमतः परम् ॥ १२.३७२.७ ॥
The dark part called Śukra, which as a cloud in the sky releases water in the rainy seasons — what greater wonder is there than this?
12.372.8
योऽष्टमासांस्तु शुचिना किरणेनोक्षितं पयः ।
प्रत्यादत्ते पुनः काले किमाश्चर्यमतः परम् ॥ १२.३७२.८ ॥
That which, for eight months, takes back again in due time the water drawn up by its pure ray — what greater wonder is there than this?
12.372.9
यस्य तेजोविशेषेषु स्वयमात्मा प्रतिष्ठितः ।
यतो बीजं मही चेयं धार्यते सचराचरम् ॥ १२.३७२.९ ॥
In whose particular splendors the Self itself is established, from whom this earth is the seed, and by whom this whole world of moving and unmoving things is held.
12.372.10
यत्र देवो महाबाहुः शाश्वतः पुरुषोत्तमः ।
अनादिनिधनो विप्र किमाश्चर्यमतः परम् ॥ १२.३७२.१० ॥
Where the god of mighty arms, eternal and supreme among persons, has no beginning and no end — O brāhmaṇa, what greater wonder is there than this?
12.372.11
आश्चर्याणामिवाश्चर्यमिदमेकं तु मे शृणु ।
विमले यन्मया दृष्टमम्बरे सूर्यसंश्रयात् ॥ १२.३७२.११ ॥
Among wonders, listen to this one wonder from me, which I saw in the clear sky by the support of the sun.
12.372.12
पुरा मध्याह्नसमये लोकांस्तपति भास्करे ।
प्रत्यादित्यप्रतीकाशः सर्वतः समदृश्यत ॥ १२.३७२.१२ ॥
Formerly, at midday, while the sun was scorching the worlds, it was seen on all sides, resembling a second sun.
12.372.13
स लोकांस्तेजसा सर्वान्स्वभासा निर्विभासयन् ।
आदित्याधिमुखोऽभ्येति गगनं पाटयन्निव ॥ १२.३७२.१३ ॥
Making all the worlds dim with his radiance and his own light, facing toward the sun, he approached as if splitting the sky.
12.372.14
हुताहुतिरिव ज्योतिर्व्याप्य तेजोमरीचिभिः ।
अनिर्देश्येन रूपेण द्वितीय इव भास्करः ॥ १२.३७२.१४ ॥
Like an oblation poured into the fire, pervading the light with rays of radiance, in an indescribable form, like a second sun.
12.372.15
तस्याभिगमनप्राप्तौ हस्तौ दत्तौ विवस्वता ।
तेनापि दक्षिणो हस्तो दत्तः प्रत्यर्चितार्थिना ॥ १२.३७२.१५ ॥
When he came near, Vivasvat gave him both hands; and the suppliant, who had honored him in return, gave his right hand as well.
12.372.16
ततो भित्त्वैव गगन प्रविष्टो रश्मिमण्डलम् ।
एकीभूतं च तत्तेजः क्षणेनादित्यतां गतम् ॥ १२.३७२.१६ ॥
Then, piercing the very sky, he entered the orb of rays; and that radiance, becoming one in a moment, attained the state of a sun.
12.372.17
तत्र नः संशयो जातस्तयोस्तेजः समागमे ।
अनयोः को भवेत्सूर्यो रथस्थो योऽयमागतः ॥ १२.३७२.१७ ॥
There, at the union of their radiance, doubt arose in us: which of these two is the sun? Who is this one who came standing in the chariot?
12.372.18
ते वयं जातसंदेहाः पर्यपृच्छामहे रविम् ।
क एष दिवमाक्रम्य गतः सूर्य इवापरः ॥ १२.३७२.१८ ॥
Filled with doubt, we asked the sun: who is this one who ascended the sky and went like another sun?