ग्रहयन्त्रम्The yantra of the planets
Verse 78
श्वेतपीतौ विधातव्यौ पृष्ठभागः सितेतरः । अष्टदिक्पतिवर्णेन पर्णान्यष्टौ प्रपूरयेत् ॥ ७८ ॥
śvētapītau vidhātavyau pṛṣṭhabhāgaḥ sitētaraḥ | aṣṭadikpativarṇēna parṇānyaṣṭau prapūrayēt || 78 ||
Translation
…are to be made white and yellow, and the back other than white; and he should fill the eight petals with the colours of the eight guardians of the directions.
Word by word
- śvēta
- white
- pītau
- and yellow
- vidhātavyau
- are to be made
- pṛṣṭha
- the back
- bhāgaḥ
- (bhāgaḥ) part
- sita
- white
- itaraḥ
- (itaraḥ) other than
- aṣṭa
- of the eight
- dik
- directions
- pati
- guardians
- parṇāni
- (parṇāni) petals
- aṣṭau
- the eight
- prapūrayēt
- he should fill
Meaning
Each guardian has his own colour, given in his meditation below (verses 90-95): Indra yellow, Agni red, Yama black, Nirṛti dark, Varuṇa white, Vāyu black, Kubera golden, Īśāna white as the full moon.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 77.