तत्र पूजाविधिःThe rite of worship in it
Verse 84
बृहस्पतिं वारुणे च दैत्याचार्यं प्रपूजयेत् । शनैश्चरं तु वायव्ये कौबेरेशानयोः क्रमात् । राहुं केतुं यजेत् चन्द्रं परितस्तारकागणान् ॥ ८४ ॥
bṛhaspatiṁ vāruṇē ca daityācāryaṁ prapūjayēt | śanaiścaraṁ tu vāyavyē kaubērēśānayōḥ kramāt | rāhuṁ kētuṁ yajēt candraṁ paritastārakāgaṇān || 84 ||
Translation
…Bṛhaspati, and in the west the teacher of the daityas; Śanaiścara in the north-west; in the north and the north-east, Rāhu and Ketu in turn; and around the Moon he should worship the hosts of stars.
Word by word
- bṛhaspatiṁ
- Bṛhaspati
- vāruṇē
- in the west
- ca
- and
- daitya
- of the daityas
- ācāryaṁ
- (ācāryam) the teacher
- prapūjayēt
- he should worship
- śanaiścaraṁ
- Śanaiścara
- tu
- and
- vāyavyē
- in the north-west
- kaubēra
- in the north
- īśānayōḥ
- (īśānayoḥ) and the north-east
- kramāt
- in turn
- rāhuṁ
- Rāhu
- kētuṁ
- Ketu
- yajēt
- he should worship
- candraṁ
- the Moon
- paritaḥ
- (paritaḥ) around
- tārakā
- of stars
- gaṇān
- the hosts
Meaning
The teacher of the daityas is Śukra (Venus); Śanaiścara, the slow-moving, is Saturn. The commentary glosses "paritaḥ" as "all around": the stars are worshipped around the Moon, their lord.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Paritaḥ: all around.