Shloka 3
Somārcana — Worship and Pacification of Soma (Moon) within Graha-Rites
व्यास उवाच । ग्रहादयो ये लोके तु भुंजंति पुण्यपातकम् । शिवाशिवं च कुर्वंति विश्वकर्मक्षयाय वै
vyāsa uvāca | grahādayo ye loke tu bhuṃjaṃti puṇyapātakam | śivāśivaṃ ca kurvaṃti viśvakarmakṣayāya vai
قال فياسا: «إن الكواكب وسائر التأثيرات السماوية في هذا العالم تُذيق الكائنات ثمرات البرّ والإثم؛ وتُحدِث الميمون وغير الميمون، حقًّا لاستنفاد الأعمال المتراكمة».
Vyāsa
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: व्यास उवाच → व्यासः उवाच (विसर्ग-लोपः पदान्ते). भुंजंति → भुञ्जन्ति (अनुस्वार/ञ्ज-लेखनभेद). कुर्वंति → कुर्वन्ति. विश्वकर्मक्षयाय = विश्वकर्म-क्षयाय (समास/सन्धि).
FAQs
It presents grahas as instruments through which beings undergo the results of their own merit and sin—mediating outcomes rather than independently creating destiny.
It supports moral responsibility: the grahas are described as enabling the fruition and exhaustion of one’s accumulated karma, not as the ultimate source of actions or ethical outcomes.
One should focus on righteous conduct and spiritual discipline, since auspicious and inauspicious experiences are tied to one’s deeds and will be worked out in due course.