वास्तुमण्डलम्The maṇḍala of Vāstu
Verse 56
शाम्भवं कोष्ठमारभ्य कोष्ठानां द्वादशं क्रमात् । श्वेतकृष्णपीतरक्तैश्चतुर्वर्णैः प्रपूरयेत् ॥ ५६ ॥
śāmbhavaṁ kōṣṭhamārabhya kōṣṭhānāṁ dvādaśaṁ kramāt | śvētakṛṣṇapītaraktaiścaturvarṇaiḥ prapūrayēt || 56 ||
Translation
Beginning with the square of Śambhu, he should fill the twelve squares in order with four colours, white, black, yellow and red.
Word by word
- śāmbhavaṁ
- of Śambhu
- kōṣṭham
- the square
- ārabhya
- beginning with
- kōṣṭhānāṁ
- squares
- dvādaśaṁ
- the twelve
- kramāt
- in order
- śvēta
- white
- kṛṣṇa
- black
- pīta
- yellow
- raktaiḥ
- (raktaiḥ) and red
- catur
- (catuḥ) four
- varṇaiḥ
- (varṇaiḥ) with colours
- prapūrayēt
- he should fill
Meaning
The twelve outer squares are coloured in turn, starting from the north-east, the corner of Śambhu (Īśāna).
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 54.