TEXT 13
yasyaikam cakram dvadasaram san-nemi tri-nabhi samvatsaratmakam samamananti tasyakso meror murdhani krto manasottare krtetara-bhago yatra protam ravi-ratha-cakram taila-yantra-cakravad bhraman manasottara-girau paribhramati.
SYNONYMS
yasyaof which; ekamone; cakramwheel; dvadasatwelve; aramspokes; satsix; nemithe segments of the rim; tri-nabhithe three pieces of the hub; samvatsara-atmakamwhose nature is a samvatsara; samamanantithey fully describe; tasyathe chariot of the sun-god; aksahthe axle; merohof Sumeru Mountain; murdhanion the top; krtahfixed; manasottareon the mountain known as Manasottara; krtafixed; itara-bhagahthe other end; yatrawhere; protamfixed on; ravi-ratha-cakramthe wheel of the chariot of the sun-god; taila-yantra-cakra-vatlike the wheel of an oil-pressing machine; bhramatmoving; manasottara-girauon Manasottara Mountain; paribhramatiturns.
TRANSLATION
The chariot of the sun-god has only one wheel, which is known as Samvatsara. The twelve months are calculated to be its twelve spokes, the six seasons are the sections of its rim, and the three catur-masya periods are its three-sectioned hub. One side of the axle carrying the wheel rests upon the summit of Mount Sumeru, and the other rests upon Manasottara Mountain. Affixed to the outer end of the axle, the wheel continuously rotates on Manasottara Mountain like the wheel of an oil-pressing machine.

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