ग्रहयन्त्रम्The yantra of the planets
Verse 73
यत्र सम्पूजिताः सेन्द्रा ग्रहा यच्छन्ति वाञ्छितम् । त्रित्रिकोणैर्लिखेद्यन्त्रं तद्बहिर्वृत्तमालिखेत् ॥ ७३ ॥
yatra sampūjitāḥ sēndrā grahā yacchanti vāñchitam | tritrikōṇairlikhēdyantraṁ tadbahirvṛttamālikhēt || 73 ||
Translation
…in which the planets, together with Indra, grant what is desired when they are worshipped. He should draw the yantra with three triangles and draw a circle outside it;
Word by word
- yatra
- in which
- sampūjitāḥ
- (sampūjitāḥ) worshipped
- sēndrāḥ
- (sendrāḥ) together with Indra
- grahāḥ
- (grahāḥ) the planets
- yacchanti
- grant
- vāñchitam
- what is desired
- tri
- with three
- trikōṇaiḥ
- (trikoṇaiḥ) triangles
- likhēt
- he should draw
- yantraṁ
- the yantra
- tad
- (tat) it
- bahiḥ
- (bahiḥ) outside
- vṛttam
- a circle
- ālikhēt
- he should draw
Meaning
The commentary takes "sendrāḥ" as "with Indra and the other guardians of the ten directions". It reads verses 73-76 as one description: three triangles one within another, a circle around them,
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Sendrāḥ: together with Indra and the other guardians of the ten directions. Yacchanti: they give.