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Adh. LIII. Sl. 44-48.] त्रिपञ्चाशोऽध्यायः 435.
पूषा वितथबृहत्क्षतयमगन्धर्वाख्यभृङ्गराजमृगाः ।
पितृदौवारिकसुग्रीवकुसुमदन्ताम्बुपत्यसुराः ॥४४॥
शोषोऽथ पापयक्ष्मा रोगः कोणे ततोऽहिमुख्यौ च ।
भल्लाटसोमभुजगास्ततोऽदितिर्दितिरिति क्रमशः ॥४५॥
Slokas 43-45.—The deities situated in the outer
compartments beginning with the north-eastern corner
and ending with the south-eastern are :—Sikhi, Parjanya,
Jayanta, Indra, Surya, Satya, Bhrisa, Antariksha and
Anila. Then follow from South-east to South-west,
thence to north-west and thence to north-east, Pushan,
Vitatha, Brihatkshata, Yama, Gandharva, Bhringaraja,
Mriga, Pitru, Dauvarika, Sugriva, Kusumadanta, Varuna,
Asura, Sosha, Papayakshma, Roga, Ahi, Mukhya, Bhal-
lata, Soma, Bhujaga, Aditi, and Diti, thus 32 in all.
मध्ये ब्रह्मा नवकोष्ठकाधिपोऽस्यार्यमा स्थितः प्राच्याम् ।
• एकान्तरात् प्रदक्षिणमस्मात् सविता विवस्वांश्च ॥४६॥
विबुधाधिपतिस्तस्मान्मित्रोऽन्यो राजयक्ष्मनामा च ।
पृथिवीधरापवत्सावित्येते ब्रह्मणः परिधौ ॥४७॥
आपो नामैशाने कोणे हौताशने च सावित्रः ।
जय इति च नैर्ऋते रुद्र आनिलेऽभ्यन्तरपदेषु ॥४८॥
Slokas 46-48.—In the centre, there is Brahman occu-
pying nine divisions; to his east, there is Aryaman (in 3
squares); next and to the right of Aryaman, at
the interval of one compartment, there is Savita in a
single square; next to him to the right is Vivaswan;
next to him is Indra; then going up, i. e., to the west
of Brahman there are Mitra (in 3) and Raja Yakshma;
then turning to the east, there is Prithvi Dhara (in 3) and
Apavatsa. Thus, these eight are along the circumfe-