Verse 2.17
शैवो भिषङ्नृपतिरध्वरकृत्प्रधानी व्याध्रो मृगो दिनपतेः किल चक्रवाकः शास्ताङ्गनारजकर्कषकतोयगाः स्युरिन्दोः शशश्च हरिणश्च बकश्चकोरः
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Shiva, the physician, the king, the performer of sacrifice, and the chief are of the Sun; the tiger, the deer, and indeed the Chakravaka bird are also of the Sun. The teacher, the woman, the rough one, the hard one, and the water-born are…
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