ग्रहाणां वर्णध्यानादि कथनम्The colours and meditations of the planets
Verse 88
यज्ञसूत्रान्वितं ध्यायेत् पुस्तकाक्षकरं गुरुम् । एवं दैत्यगुरुञ्चापि काणं खञ्ज शनैश्चरम् ॥ ८८ ॥
yajñasūtrānvitaṁ dhyāyēt pustakākṣakaraṁ gurum | ēvaṁ daityaguruñcāpi kāṇaṁ khañja śanaiścaram || 88 ||
Translation
He should meditate on the Guru wearing the sacred thread, with book and rosary in his hands; so too on the teacher of the daityas; and on Śanaiścara as one-eyed and lame.
Word by word
- yajñasūtra
- the sacred thread
- anvitaṁ
- (anvitam) wearing
- dhyāyēt
- he should meditate on
- pustaka
- book
- akṣa
- and rosary
- karaṁ
- in his hands
- gurum
- the Guru
- ēvaṁ
- so
- daitya
- of the daityas
- guruṁ
- the teacher
- ca
- and
- api
- too
- kāṇaṁ
- one-eyed
- khañja
- lame
- śanaiścaram
- Śanaiścara
Meaning
Bṛhaspati, the guru of the gods, holds book and rosary; Śukra, guru of the daityas, is pictured the same way. Saturn is one-eyed and lame (khañja), as tradition depicts the slowest of the planets.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 87.