दिक्पालपूजादिWorship of the guardians of the directions
Verse 89
राहुकेतू शिरःकायौ विकृतौ क्रूरचेष्टितौ । स्वैः स्वैर्ध्यानैर्ग्रहानिष्ट्वा यजेदिन्द्रादिदिक्पतीन् ॥ ८९ ॥
rāhukētū śiraḥkāyau vikṛtau krūracēṣṭitau | svaiḥ svairdhyānairgrahāniṣṭvā yajēdindrādidikpatīn || 89 ||
Translation
Rāhu and Ketu, a head and a body, misshapen and cruel in their acts. Having worshipped the planets each with his own meditation, he should worship the guardians of the directions, Indra and the rest,
Word by word
- rāhu
- Rāhu
- kētū
- and Ketu
- śiraḥ
- (śiraḥ) a head
- kāyau
- and a body
- vikṛtau
- misshapen
- krūra
- cruel
- cēṣṭitau
- in their acts
- svaiḥ
- (svaiḥ) each with his own
- dhyānaiḥ
- (dhyānaiḥ) meditations
- grahān
- the planets
- iṣṭvā
- having worshipped
- yajēt
- he should worship
- indra
- Indra
- ādi
- and the rest
- dikpatīn
- the guardians of the directions
Meaning
Rāhu is the severed head and Ketu the headless body of the same demon, as the old story tells. Then the eight guardians follow, in the eight petals.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Iṣṭvā: having worshipped.