वास्तुमण्डलम्The maṇḍala of Vāstu
Verse 51
ततो भित्वा पुच्छमूलं वारुणाद्वासवावधि । कौबेराद् याम्यपर्यन्तं दद्याद्रेखाद्वयं सुधीः ॥ ५१ ॥
tatō bhitvā pucchamūlaṁ vāruṇādvāsavāvadhi | kaubērād yāmyaparyantaṁ dadyādrēkhādvayaṁ sudhīḥ || 51 ||
Translation
Then, cutting through the roots of the tails, the wise man should draw two lines, from the west to the east and from the north to the south.
Word by word
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) then
- bhitvā
- cutting through
- puccha
- of the tails
- mūlaṁ
- the roots
- vāruṇāt
- from the west
- vāsava
- the east
- avadhi
- (avadhi) as far as
- kaubērāt
- (kauberāt) from the north
- yāmya
- the south
- paryantaṁ
- as far as
- dadyāt
- should draw
- rēkhā
- lines
- dvayaṁ
- two
- sudhīḥ
- (sudhīḥ) the wise man
Meaning
The commentary names the directions by their guardians: vāruṇa (Varuṇa, west), vāsava (Indra, east), kaubera (Kubera, north), yāmya (Yama, south). The two lines cross the centre and divide the square into four smaller squares.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
With "tataḥ" and the rest. Then the wise man should cut through the root of the tails and draw two lines: one beginning from the west (vāruṇa) as far as the east (vāsava), and one beginning from the north (kaubera) as far as the south (yāmya).