दिक्पालपूजादिWorship of the guardians of the directions
Verse 93
वरुणं मकरारूढं पाशहस्तं सितप्रभम् । ध्यायेत् कृष्णत्विषं वायुं मृगस्थञ्चाङ्कुशायुधम् ॥ ९३ ॥
varuṇaṁ makarārūḍhaṁ pāśahastaṁ sitaprabham | dhyāyēt kṛṣṇatviṣaṁ vāyuṁ mṛgasthañcāṅkuśāyudham || 93 ||
Translation
…Varuṇa, riding a makara, noose in hand, of white radiance; he should meditate on Vāyu, black in lustre, seated on a deer, with the goad as his weapon;
Word by word
- varuṇaṁ
- Varuṇa
- makara
- a makara
- ārūḍhaṁ
- (ārūḍham) riding
- pāśa
- noose
- hastaṁ
- in hand
- sita
- white
- prabham
- of radiance
- dhyāyēt
- he should meditate on
- kṛṣṇa
- black
- tviṣaṁ
- in lustre
- vāyuṁ
- Vāyu
- mṛga
- a deer
- sthaṁ
- seated on
- ca
- and
- aṅkuśa
- (aṅkuśa) the goad
- āyudham
- (āyudham) as his weapon
Meaning
Varuṇa, lord of waters, rides the makara, a sea creature; Vāyu, the wind, rides the swift deer.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Nirṛtim: the rākṣasa (the guardian of the south-west).