ग्रहाणां वर्णध्यानादि कथनम्The colours and meditations of the planets
Verse 86
चतुर्भुजं रविं ध्यायेत् पद्मद्वयवराभयैः । चिन्तयेच्छशिनं दानमुद्रामृतकराम्बुजम् ॥ ८६ ॥
caturbhujaṁ raviṁ dhyāyēt padmadvayavarābhayaiḥ | cintayēcchaśinaṁ dānamudrāmṛtakarāmbujam || 86 ||
Translation
He should meditate on Ravi as four-armed, with two lotuses, the boon and fearlessness; he should think of the Moon with lotus hands holding nectar and making the gesture of giving.
Word by word
- caturbhujaṁ
- four-armed
- raviṁ
- Ravi
- dhyāyēt
- he should meditate on
- padma
- lotuses
- dvaya
- two
- vara
- the boon
- abhayaiḥ
- (abhayaiḥ) and fearlessness
- cintayēt
- he should think of
- śaśinaṁ
- the Moon
- dāna
- of giving
- mudrā
- the gesture
- amṛta
- nectar
- kara
- hands
- ambujam
- lotus
Meaning
Verses 86-89 give each planet its meditation. The Sun holds two lotuses and shows the boon and fearlessness; the Moon holds amṛta and makes the giving gesture.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Now he tells in turn the meditation of the nine planets, the Sun and the rest, with "caturbhujam" and the rest. He should meditate on Ravi, the Sun, four-armed, marked by two lotuses, the boon and fearlessness. He should contemplate Śaśin, the Moon, "dānamudrāmṛtakarāmbujam", whose lotus-hands hold the gesture of giving and the nectar (amṛta).