अथ च यावन्नभोमण्डलं सह द्यावापृथिव्योर्मण्डलाभ्यां कार्त्स्न्येन स ह भुञ्जीत तं कालं संवत्सरं परिवत्सरमिडावत्सरमनुवत्सरं वत्सरमिति भानोर्मान्द्यशैघ्र्यसमगतिभि: समामनन्ति ॥ ७ ॥
atha ca yavan nabho-mandalam saha dyav-aprthivyor mandalabhyam kartsnyena sa ha bhunjita tam kalam samvatsaram parivatsaram idavatsaram anuvatsaram vatsaram iti bhanor mandya-saighrya-sama-gatibhih samamananti.
- atha
- now
- ca
- also
- yavat
- as long as
- nabhah-mandalam
- outer space, between the upper and lower world
- saha
- along with
- dyau
- of the upper world
- aprthivyoh
- of the lower world
- mandalabhyam
- the spheres
- kartsnyena
- entirely
- sah
- he
- ha
- indeed
- bhunjita
- may pass through
- tam
- that
- kalam
- time
- samvatsaram
- Samvatsara
- parivatsaram
- Parivatsara
- idavatsaram
- Idavatsara
- anuvatsaram
- Anuvatsara
- vatsaram
- Vatsara
- iti
- thus
- bhanoh
- of the sun
- mandya
- slow
- saighrya
- speedy
- sama
- and equal
- gatibhih
- by the speeds
- samamananti
- the experienced scholars describe
The sun-god has three speeds—slow, fast and moderate. The time he takes to travel entirely around the spheres of heaven, earth and space at these three speeds is referred to, by learned scholars, by the five names Samvatsara, Parivatsara, Idavatsara, Anuvatsara and Vatsara.