ग्रहयन्त्रम्The yantra of the planets
Verse 80
उपर्यधःक्रमेणैव रक्तश्वेते विधाय च । सन्धिस्थानानि यन्त्रस्य स्वेच्छया रंजयेत् सुधीः ॥ ८० ॥
uparyadhaḥkramēṇaiva raktaśvētē vidhāya ca | sandhisthānāni yantrasya svēcchayā raṁjayēt sudhīḥ || 80 ||
Translation
…he should make red and white, the upper and the lower in turn, and the wise man may colour the joints of the yantra as he pleases.
Word by word
- upari
- (upari) upper
- adhaḥ
- (adhaḥ) and lower
- kramēṇa
- in turn
- ēva
- indeed
- rakta
- red
- śvētē
- and white
- vidhāya
- making
- ca
- and
- sandhi
- of the joints
- sthānāni
- the places
- yantrasya
- of the yantra
- svēcchayā
- as he pleases
- raṁjayēt
- may colour
- sudhīḥ
- (sudhīḥ) the wise man
Meaning
The upper circle, for Brahmā, is red, the lower, for Ananta, white, matching their meditations in verses 100-101.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 79.