Shloka 40

ग्रहसंख्यावर्णनम् — ध्रुवस्य तपोबलात् ध्रुवस्थानप्राप्तिः

Devanagari script

विष्णोराज्ञां पुरस्कृत्य ज्योतिषां स्थानमाप्तवान् एवं ध्रुवो महातेजा द्वादशाक्षरविद्यया

Transliteration

viṣṇorājñāṃ puraskṛtya jyotiṣāṃ sthānamāptavān evaṃ dhruvo mahātejā dvādaśākṣaravidyayā

Translation

Indem er Viṣṇus Gebot ehrte und ihm den Vorrang gab, erlangte Dhruva die Stätte unter den himmlischen Leuchten. So erreichte der hochstrahlende Dhruva seinen erhabenen Zustand durch die zwölfsilbige Mantra-Vidyā (dvādaśākṣara).

Word by Word

• विष्णोः (viṣṇoḥ): of Viṣṇu

• आज्ञाम् (ājñām): command/ordinance

• पुरस्कृत्य (puraskṛtya): having placed in front, honoring, prioritizing

• ज्योतिषाम् (jyotiṣām): of the luminaries (stars/planets)

• स्थानम् (sthānam): station, abode, rank

• आप्तवान् (āptavān): attained, obtained

• एवम् (evam): thus

• ध्रुवः (dhruvaḥ): Dhruva

• महातेजाः (mahātejāḥ): of great radiance/splendour

• द्वादशाक्षरविद्यया (dvādaśākṣara-vidyayā): by the twelve-syllabled mantra/vidyā

Speaker

Suta Goswami