Shloka 17

सोमवर्णनम्

Graha–Ratha–Aśva Varṇana, Dhruva-Nibaddha Gati, Maṇḍala-Pramāṇa, Graha-Arcana

Devanagari script

तारानक्षत्ररूपाणि हीनानि तु परस्परम् शतानि पञ्च चत्वारि त्रीणि द्वे चैव योजने

Transliteration

tārānakṣatrarūpāṇi hīnāni tu parasparam śatāni pañca catvāri trīṇi dve caiva yojane

Translation

星々と星宿（ナクシャトラ）の姿は互いに間隔をもって配され、五百・四百・三百・二百ヨージャナずつ隔てられている。

Word by Word

• तारा (tārā): star

• नक्षत्र (nakṣatra): lunar mansion/constellation

• रूपाणि (rūpāṇi): forms/appearances

• हीनानि (hīnāni): separated/at a lesser distance (set apart)

• तु (tu): indeed

• परस्परम् (parasparam): from one another/mutually

• शतानि (śatāni): hundreds

• पञ्च (pañca): five

• चत्वारि (catvāri): four

• त्रीणि (trīṇi): three

• द्वे (dve): two

• च (ca): and

• एव (eva): precisely

• योजने (yojane): in yojanas (a measure of distance)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)