अग्निध्यानम्Meditation on Agni
Verse 21
बालार्कारुणसङ्काशं सप्तजिह्वं द्विमस्तकम् । अजारूढं शक्तिधरं जटामुकुटमण्डितम् ॥ २१ ॥
bālārkāruṇasaṅkāśaṁ saptajihvaṁ dvimastakam | ajārūḍhaṁ śaktidharaṁ jaṭāmukuṭamaṇḍitam || 21 ||
Translation
Red like the rising sun, seven-tongued, two-headed, riding a goat, bearing a spear, adorned with a crown of matted hair.
Word by word
- bāla
- young, rising
- arka
- sun
- aruṇa
- red
- saṅkāśaṁ
- like
- sapta
- seven
- jihvaṁ
- tongued
- dvi
- two
- mastakam
- (mastakam) headed
- aja
- a goat
- ārūḍhaṁ
- riding
- śakti
- a spear
- dharaṁ
- bearing
- jaṭā
- of matted hair
- mukuṭa
- with a crown
- maṇḍitam
- (maṇḍitam) adorned
Meaning
The dhyāna, the form of Agni held in mind. He is red as the young sun (bālārka); he has seven tongues, the seven flames named in verse 25, by which he takes the offerings; two heads; he rides a goat (aja), his traditional mount; he holds the śakti, a spear, his own weapon as the noose is Varuṇa's; and his matted locks are piled up like a crown.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
He tells the meditation on the fire with "bālārkāruṇasaṅkāśam" and the rest. Bāla arka: the young (rising) sun; red like it, of a red colour; saṅkāśa: whose radiance is such.