ग्रहवर्णानुरूपं पुष्पादिदानविधिःFlowers and gifts in the colours of the planets
Verse 116
ग्रहादिभ्यः प्रदातव्यं पुष्पं वासश्च भूषणम् । तेषां वर्णानुरूपेण नान्यथा प्रीतये भवेत् ॥ ११६ ॥
grahādibhyaḥ pradātavyaṁ puṣpaṁ vāsaśca bhūṣaṇam | tēṣāṁ varṇānurūpēṇa nānyathā prītayē bhavēt || 116 ||
Translation
Flowers, clothes and ornaments are to be given to the planets and the rest in keeping with their colours; otherwise they do not bring their pleasure.
Word by word
- graha
- to the planets
- ādibhyaḥ
- (ādibhyaḥ) and the rest
- pradātavyaṁ
- are to be given
- puṣpaṁ
- flowers
- vāsaḥ
- (vāsaḥ) clothes
- ca
- and
- bhūṣaṇam
- ornaments
- tēṣāṁ
- their
- varṇa
- colours
- anurūpēṇa
- (anurūpeṇa) in keeping with
- na
- not
- anyathā
- (anyathā) otherwise
- prītayē
- to their pleasure
- bhavēt
- do they bring
Meaning
The colours of verse 85 decide the gifts: red flowers and cloth for the Sun, white for the Moon, and so on.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Teṣām: of the planets and the rest.