Shloka 2

सोमवर्णनम्

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

Devanagari script

दशभिश्चाकृशैरश्वैर् नानावर्णै रथः स्मृतः शुक्रस्य क्ष्मामयैर्युक्तो दैत्याचार्यस्य धीमतः

Transliteration

daśabhiścākṛśairaśvair nānāvarṇai rathaḥ smṛtaḥ śukrasya kṣmāmayairyukto daityācāryasya dhīmataḥ

Translation

ದೈತ್ಯಾಚಾರ್ಯನಾದ ಧೀಮಂತ ಶುಕ್ರನ ರಥವು ಹತ್ತು ಅಶ್ರಾಂತ, ನಾನಾವರ್ಣದ ಅಶ್ವಗಳಿಂದ ಯುಕ್ತವೆಂದು ಸ್ಮೃತವಾಗಿದೆ; ಅದು ಭೂಮಿಜನ್ಯ (ಕ್ಷ್ಮಾಮಯ) ಅಂಗೋಪಾಂಗಗಳಿಂದ ಸುವ್ಯವಸ್ಥಿತವಾಗಿದೆ।

Word by Word

• दशभिः: by ten

• च: and

• अकृशैः: not emaciated, unwearied/strong

• अश्वैः: horses

• नानावर्णैः: of various colors

• रथः: chariot

• स्मृतः: is said/remembered (as)

• शुक्रस्य: of Śukra

• क्ष्मामयैः: made of earth/terrestrial in nature

• युक्तः: yoked/fitted/connected

• दैत्याचार्यस्य: of the teacher (ācārya) of the Daityas

• धीमतः: of the wise/intelligent one

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)