Shloka 26
Adhyaya 61 — ग्रह-नक्षत्र-स्थाननिर्णयः
Cosmic Abodes of Luminaries and the Shaiva Order of Time
Devanagari script
विज्ञेयास्तारकाः सर्वास् त्व् ऋषयस्त्वेकरश्मयः आश्रयाः पुण्यकीर्तीनां शुक्लाश्चापि स्ववर्णतः
Transliteration
vijñeyāstārakāḥ sarvās tv ṛṣayastvekaraśmayaḥ āśrayāḥ puṇyakīrtīnāṃ śuklāścāpi svavarṇataḥ
Translation
知るべし、すべての星々はリシ（Ṛṣi）そのもの—一条の光を放つ灯—であり、功徳ある名声をもつ者たちの依り処の住まいである。またその自性により、白き色を帯びる。
Word by Word
vijñeyāḥare to be known/understood
vijñeyāḥ:
tārakāḥstars
tārakāḥ:
sarvāḥall
sarvāḥ:
tuindeed
tu:
ṛṣayaḥsages/seers
ṛṣayaḥ:
tuindeed
tu:
ekaraśmayaḥhaving a single ray/beam, single-rayed
ekaraśmayaḥ:
āśrayāḥrefuges/abodes/supports
āśrayāḥ:
puṇya-kīrtīnāmof those whose renown is virtuous/merit-born
puṇya-kīrtīnām:
śuklāḥwhite, bright
śuklāḥ:
ca apiand also
ca api:
sva-varṇataḥby their own color/nature
sva-varṇataḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmological teaching within the Purva-Bhaga to the sages of Naimisharanya)