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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 13.83

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Ullāsa 13 · Verse 83

तत्र पूजाविधिःThe rite of worship in it

Verse 83

भानूर्ध्वकोणे पूर्वस्यामर्चयेद्रजनीकरम् । आग्नेये मङ्गलं याम्ये बुधं नैरृतकोणके ॥ ८३ ॥

bhānūrdhvakōṇē pūrvasyāmarcayēdrajanīkaram | āgnēyē maṅgalaṁ yāmyē budhaṁ nairṛtakōṇakē || 83 ||

Translation

In the angle above the Sun, in the east, he should worship the maker of night, the Moon; Maṅgala in the south-east, Budha in the south; in the south-west corner

Word by word

bhānu
the Sun
ūrdhva
(ūrdhva) above
kōṇē
in the angle
pūrvasyām
in the east
arcayēt
he should worship
rajanī
of night
karam
the maker
āgnēyē
in the south-east
maṅgalaṁ
Maṅgala
yāmyē
in the south
budhaṁ
Budha
nairṛta
south-west
kōṇakē
in the corner

Meaning

The other planets take the eight angles around the Sun by the directions: Moon east, Mars south-east, Mercury south, Jupiter south-west, Venus west, Saturn north-west, Rāhu north, Ketu north-east.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 79.