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THE SURYASATAKA OF MAYŪRA
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so slacken their pace, and turn to look, and neigh. This action on their
part arouses the anger of Aruna, their driver, who desires to drive past
the assembled gods in dashing style. 6. Or, 'matchless.'
V.L. (b) VJHB brīḍāvatīnām pratikuhara-. (c) VH kandharörddhäir,
K kamdharagraiḥ; VHB vahadbhir. (d) VHB asamaharad hreșitam, J
asamaharer hreşitam.
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dhunvanto niradālīr nijaruciharitāḥ pārsvayoḥ pakṣatulyas
tālūttānāiḥ khalīnāiḥ khacitamukharucaś cyotatā lohitena
uḍdiyeva vrajanto viyati gativaśād arkavāhāḥ kriyāsuḥ
kṣemam hemādrihṛdyadrumaśikharaśiraḥśreṇiśākhāśukā vaḥ
(ity aśvavarṇanam)
The horses of Arka (Sürya), [resting] on the row of the summits
of (Meru), the Golden Mountain,¹ are like parrots [perched]
on the branches in the top of a favorite tree,³
[For] they agitate the line of clouds that [project] like wings on
either side, and that have a greenish tinge [reflected] from
their own [i. e., the horses' own] color,5
And their beautiful mouths are flecked' with the blood that
trickles out because of the bits stretched across their palates,³
And, in conformity with their [usual] behavior, they, as it were,
fly up and move about in the sky.
May these horses of Arka (Sürya) bring you happiness!
(Here ends the description of the horses.) ¹⁰
2. The
Notes. 1. For a description of Meru, see stanza 1, note 4.
commentary supplies iva, 'like.' 3. Lit. 'parrots on the branches-
which branches are the row of summits-in the top of a favorite tree-
which tree is the Golden Mountain'; the compound is of unusual form,
with the words curiously intermingled. 4. That is, as the horses fly
through the clouds, the latter appear to be the wings of the horses. The
commentary notes that parrots also flap their wings. 5. On harit,
green,' as applied to the horses of Sürya, see stanza 8, note 2; stanza 46,
note 8; and Candiśataka, stanza 8, note 2. The commentary notes that
parrots also are green (harit). 6. Lit. 'the beauty of their mouths.'
7. Lit. khacita means 'inlaid.' 8. For this same picture-the mouths
of the horses stained with blood from the wounds caused by the bits-see
stanza 8. The commentary notes that parrots also have red on their
beaks. 9. Parrots also of course fly. 10. For the divisions of the
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so slacken their pace, and turn to look, and neigh. This action on their
part arouses the anger of Aruna, their driver, who desires to drive past
the assembled gods in dashing style. 6. Or, 'matchless.'
V.L. (b) VJHB brīḍāvatīnām pratikuhara-. (c) VH kandharörddhäir,
K kamdharagraiḥ; VHB vahadbhir. (d) VHB asamaharad hreșitam, J
asamaharer hreşitam.
49
dhunvanto niradālīr nijaruciharitāḥ pārsvayoḥ pakṣatulyas
tālūttānāiḥ khalīnāiḥ khacitamukharucaś cyotatā lohitena
uḍdiyeva vrajanto viyati gativaśād arkavāhāḥ kriyāsuḥ
kṣemam hemādrihṛdyadrumaśikharaśiraḥśreṇiśākhāśukā vaḥ
(ity aśvavarṇanam)
The horses of Arka (Sürya), [resting] on the row of the summits
of (Meru), the Golden Mountain,¹ are like parrots [perched]
on the branches in the top of a favorite tree,³
[For] they agitate the line of clouds that [project] like wings on
either side, and that have a greenish tinge [reflected] from
their own [i. e., the horses' own] color,5
And their beautiful mouths are flecked' with the blood that
trickles out because of the bits stretched across their palates,³
And, in conformity with their [usual] behavior, they, as it were,
fly up and move about in the sky.
May these horses of Arka (Sürya) bring you happiness!
(Here ends the description of the horses.) ¹⁰
2. The
Notes. 1. For a description of Meru, see stanza 1, note 4.
commentary supplies iva, 'like.' 3. Lit. 'parrots on the branches-
which branches are the row of summits-in the top of a favorite tree-
which tree is the Golden Mountain'; the compound is of unusual form,
with the words curiously intermingled. 4. That is, as the horses fly
through the clouds, the latter appear to be the wings of the horses. The
commentary notes that parrots also flap their wings. 5. On harit,
green,' as applied to the horses of Sürya, see stanza 8, note 2; stanza 46,
note 8; and Candiśataka, stanza 8, note 2. The commentary notes that
parrots also are green (harit). 6. Lit. 'the beauty of their mouths.'
7. Lit. khacita means 'inlaid.' 8. For this same picture-the mouths
of the horses stained with blood from the wounds caused by the bits-see
stanza 8. The commentary notes that parrots also have red on their
beaks. 9. Parrots also of course fly. 10. For the divisions of the
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