पुरस्तात्सवितुररुण: पश्चाच्च नियुक्त: सौत्ये कर्मणि किलास्ते ॥ १६ ॥
purastat savitur arunah pascac ca niyuktah sautye karmani kilaste.
- purastat
- in front
- savituh
- of the sun-god
- arunah
- the demigod named Aruna
- pascat
- looking backward
- ca
- and
- niyuktah
- engaged
- sautye
- of a charioteer
- karmani
- in the work
- kila
- certainly
- aste
- remains.
Although Arunadeva sits in front of the sun-god and is engaged in driving the chariot and controlling the horses, he looks backward toward the sun-god.