दिक्पालपूजादिWorship of the guardians of the directions
Verse 91
वज्रपाणिं पीतरुचिं स्थितमैरावतोपरि । रक्ताभं छागवाहस्थं शक्तिहस्तं हुताशनम् ॥ ९१ ॥
vajrapāṇiṁ pītaruciṁ sthitamairāvatōpari | raktābhaṁ chāgavāhasthaṁ śaktihastaṁ hutāśanam || 91 ||
Translation
…thunderbolt in hand, of yellow lustre, standing on Airāvata; Hutāśana, red in hue, mounted on a goat, spear in hand;
Word by word
- vajra
- the thunderbolt
- pāṇiṁ
- in hand
- pīta
- yellow
- ruciṁ
- of lustre
- sthitam
- standing
- airāvata
- Airāvata
- upari
- (upari) on
- rakta
- red
- ābhaṁ
- (ābham) in hue
- chāga
- a goat
- vāha
- as mount
- sthaṁ
- on
- śakti
- spear
- hastaṁ
- in hand
- hutāśanam
- Hutāśana
Meaning
Indra rides his white elephant Airāvata; Agni, the eater of oblations, rides a goat and bears the śakti, his spear.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 90.