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Shloka 34

Adhyaya 61 — ग्रह-नक्षत्र-स्थाननिर्णयः

Cosmic Abodes of Luminaries and the Shaiva Order of Time

बृहस्पतेः पादहीनौ वक्रसौरी उभौ स्मृतौ विस्तारान्मण्डलाच्चैव पादहीनस्तयोर्बुधः

bṛhaspateḥ pādahīnau vakrasaurī ubhau smṛtau vistārānmaṇḍalāccaiva pādahīnastayorbudhaḥ

ブリハスパティに比して、ヴァクラ(Vakra)とサウリー(Saurī)の両者は、量において「四分の一だけ少ない」と記憶される。さらにブダ(Budha/水星)も、幅と軌道の輪のいずれにおいても、その二者より「四分の一だけ少ない」と説かれる。

bṛhaspateḥof Bṛhaspati (Jupiter)
bṛhaspateḥ:
pāda-hīnaudeficient by one pāda (foot/unit)
pāda-hīnau:
vakra-saurīVakra and Saurī (names/titles used for planetary bodies)
vakra-saurī:
ubhauboth
ubhau:
smṛtauare remembered/are stated (in tradition)
smṛtau:
vistārātfrom breadth/extent
vistārāt:
maṇḍalātfrom the orbital circle/sphere
maṇḍalāt:
ca evaand indeed
ca eva:
pāda-hīnaḥdeficient by one pāda
pāda-hīnaḥ:
tayoḥthan those two
tayoḥ:
budhaḥBudha (Mercury)
budhaḥ:

Suta Goswami