वास्तुमण्डलम्The maṇḍala of Vāstu
Verse 53
एवं सङ्केतविधिना कोष्ठानां षोडशं लिखन् । पञ्चवर्णेन चूर्णेन रचयेद्यन्त्रमुत्तमम् ॥ ५३ ॥
ēvaṁ saṅkētavidhinā kōṣṭhānāṁ ṣōḍaśaṁ likhan | pañcavarṇēna cūrṇēna racayēdyantramuttamam || 53 ||
Translation
Drawing the sixteen squares by this method thus signified, he should make the excellent yantra with powder of five colours.
Word by word
- ēvaṁ
- thus
- saṅkēta
- signified
- vidhinā
- by the method
- kōṣṭhānāṁ
- squares
- ṣōḍaśaṁ
- sixteen
- likhan
- drawing
- pañca
- of five
- varṇēna
- colours
- cūrṇēna
- with powder
- racayēt
- he should make
- yantram
- yantra
- uttamam
- the excellent
Meaning
The result is a square of sixteen compartments, coloured with five powders.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Evam" and the rest. By the method thus signified (saṅketa), he should draw sixteen squares. Then, to the question "with what material should he draw this maṇḍala?" he says "pañcavarṇena" and the rest.