ग्रहयन्त्रम्The yantra of the planets
Verse 79
सितरक्तासितैश्चूर्णैः पुरः प्राकारमाचरेत् । पुरो बहिःस्थे द्वे वृत्ते देवि प्रादेशसम्मिते ॥ ७९ ॥
sitaraktāsitaiścūrṇaiḥ puraḥ prākāramācarēt | purō bahiḥsthē dvē vṛttē dēvi prādēśasammitē || 79 ||
Translation
With white, red and black powders he should make the wall of the enclosure. The two circles outside the enclosure, O Devī, a span in measure,
Word by word
- sita
- white
- rakta
- red
- asitaiḥ
- (asitaiḥ) and black
- cūrṇaiḥ
- (cūrṇaiḥ) with powders
- puraḥ
- (puraḥ) of the enclosure; the enclosure
- prākāram
- the wall
- ācarēt
- he should make
- bahiḥ
- (bahiḥ) outside
- sthē
- standing
- dvē
- the two
- vṛttē
- circles
- dēvi
- O Devī
- prādēśa
- a span
- sammitē
- in measure
Meaning
The wall of the bhūpura has three bands of colour.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Sita" and the rest. Then with white, red and black powders (sita, rakta, asita) he should make the wall (prākāra) of the bhūpura (pura). O Devī, making the two round circles, a span in measure, that stand outside the bhūpura red and white in the order upper and lower, the wise sādhaka should colour the joints of the yantra as he pleases.