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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.21.16
purastāt savitur arunah paścāc ca niyuktah sautye karmani kilāste
SYNONYMS
purastāt — in front; savituh — of the sun-god; arunah — the demigod named Aruna; paścāt — looking backward; ca — and; niyuktah — engaged; sautye — of a charioteer; karmani — in the work; kila — certainly; āste — remains.
TRANSLATION
Although Arunadeva sits in front of the sun-god and is engaged in driving the chariot and controlling the horses, he looks backward toward the sun-god.
PURPORT
In the Vāyu Purāna the position of the horses is described:
saptāśva-rūpa-cchandāmsī
vahante vāmato ravim
Although Arunadeva is in the front seat, controlling the horses, he looks back toward the sun-god from his left side.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness