ग्रहाणां वर्णध्यानादि कथनम्The colours and meditations of the planets
Verse 87
कुजमीषत्कुब्जतनुं हस्ताभ्यां दण्डधारिणम् । ध्यायेत् सोमात्मजं बालं भाललोलितकुन्तलम् ॥ ८७ ॥
kujamīṣatkubjatanuṁ hastābhyāṁ daṇḍadhāriṇam | dhyāyēt sōmātmajaṁ bālaṁ bhālalōlitakuntalam || 87 ||
Translation
Kuja with a slightly bent body, holding a staff in his two hands; he should meditate on the son of Soma as a boy, his locks playing about his forehead.
Word by word
- kujam
- Kuja
- īṣat
- slightly
- kubja
- bent
- tanuṁ
- with a body
- hastābhyāṁ
- in his two hands
- daṇḍa
- a staff
- dhāriṇam
- holding
- dhyāyēt
- he should meditate on
- sōma
- of Soma
- ātmajaṁ
- (ātmajam) the son
- bālaṁ
- as a boy
- bhāla
- about his forehead
- lōlita
- playing
- kuntalam
- his locks
Meaning
Kuja, "earth-born", is Mars. The son of Soma is Budha (Mercury), whose hair, the commentary says, stirs on his brow.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Somātmajam: Budha (Mercury, the son of the Moon). Bhālalolitakuntalam: whose locks (kuntala, hair) play, stir (lolita, calita), on his forehead (bhāla).