दिक्पालपूजादिWorship of the guardians of the directions
Verse 92
ध्यायेत् कालं लुलापस्थं दण्डिनं कृष्णविग्रहम् । निर्ऋतिं खड्गहस्तञ्च श्यामलं वाजिवाहनम् ॥ ९२ ॥
dhyāyēt kālaṁ lulāpasthaṁ daṇḍinaṁ kṛṣṇavigraham | nirṛtiṁ khaḍgahastañca śyāmalaṁ vājivāhanam || 92 ||
Translation
He should meditate on Kāla, seated on a buffalo, staff in hand, black of body; on Nirṛti, sword in hand, dark, with a horse for his mount;
Word by word
- dhyāyēt
- he should meditate on
- kālaṁ
- Kāla
- lulāpa
- a buffalo
- sthaṁ
- seated on
- daṇḍinaṁ
- staff in hand
- kṛṣṇa
- black
- vigraham
- of body
- nirṛtiṁ
- Nirṛti
- khaḍga
- sword
- hastaṁ
- in hand
- ca
- and
- śyāmalaṁ
- dark
- vāji
- a horse
- vāhanam
- for his mount
Meaning
The commentary names Kāla as Yama, whose mount is the buffalo (lulāpa), and Nirṛti as the rākṣasa, guardian of the south-west.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Kālam: Yama. Lulāpastham: seated on a buffalo.