Shloka 5

Adhyaya 61 — ग्रह-नक्षत्र-स्थाननिर्णयः

Cosmic Abodes of Luminaries and the Shaiva Order of Time

Devanagari script

बहुलश्चन्द्र इत्येष ह्लादने धातुरुच्यते शुक्लत्वे चामृतत्वे च शीतत्वे च विभाव्यते

Transliteration

bahulaścandra ityeṣa hlādane dhāturucyate śuklatve cāmṛtatve ca śītatve ca vibhāvyate

Translation

Les noms « Bahula » et « Candra » sont dits provenir de la racine verbale signifiant « réjouir ». On les comprend par la blancheur, par l’immortalité semblable à l’amṛta, et par la fraîcheur apaisante.

Word by Word

• बहुलः: Bahula (abundant/full)

• चन्द्रः: Candra (the Moon/Soma)

• इति: thus

• एषः: this (designation)

• ह्लादने: in the sense of gladdening/refreshing

• धातुः: verbal root

• उच्यते: is said/declared

• शुक्लत्वे: in whiteness/brightness

• च: and

• अमृतत्वे: in nectar-ness/immortality-giving nature

• च: and

• शीतत्वे: in coolness

• च: and

• विभाव्यते: is contemplated/understood/recognized

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya)