प्रतिष्ठादौ नवग्रहादेः पूजाविधिःWorship of the nine planets and the rest at an installation
Verse 69
ग्रहाश्चापि तथा पूज्या दशदिक्पतिभिर्युताः । ब्रह्मा विष्णुश्च रुद्रश्च वाणी लक्ष्मीश्च शङ्करी ॥ ६९ ॥
grahāścāpi tathā pūjyā daśadikpatibhiryutāḥ | brahmā viṣṇuśca rudraśca vāṇī lakṣmīśca śaṅkarī || 69 ||
Translation
…so too are the planets to be worshipped, together with the guardians of the ten directions; and Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Rudra, Vāṇī, Lakṣmī and Śaṅkarī,
Word by word
- grahāḥ
- (grahāḥ) the planets
- ca
- and
- api
- too
- tathā
- so
- pūjyāḥ
- (pūjyāḥ) are to be worshipped
- daśa
- of the ten
- dik
- directions
- patibhiḥ
- (patibhiḥ) with the guardians
- yutāḥ
- (yutāḥ) together
- brahmā
- Brahmā
- viṣṇuḥ
- (viṣṇuḥ) Viṣṇu
- rudraḥ
- (rudraḥ) Rudra
- vāṇī
- Vāṇī
- lakṣmīḥ
- (lakṣmīḥ) Lakṣmī
- śaṅkarī
- Śaṅkarī
Meaning
Verses 69-70 list all who are honoured at the start of an installation: the nine planets, the ten guardians of the directions, the three great gods, their three consorts (Sarasvatī, Lakṣmī, Pārvatī),
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 65.