Shloka 4

भुवनकोशविन्यासनिर्णयः (ज्योतिर्गति-वृष्टिचक्र-वर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

लोकपालोपरिष्टात् तु सर्वतो दक्षिणायने काष्ठां गतस्य सूर्यस्य गतिर् या तां निबोधत

Transliteration

lokapālopariṣṭāt tu sarvato dakṣiṇāyane kāṣṭhāṃ gatasya sūryasya gatir yā tāṃ nibodhata

Translation

ഇപ്പോൾ ലോകപാലകരുടെ മുകളിലായി, ദക്ഷിണായനകാലത്ത് എല്ലായിടത്തും, സൂര്യൻ കാഷ്ഠാ (ദിശാസീമ) പ്രാപിച്ചപ്പോൾ അവന്റെ ഗതി ഏതാണ്—അത് അറിഞ്ഞുകൊൾവിൻ.

Word by Word

• लोकपाल-उपरिष्टात्: above the Lokapālas (guardians of directions)

• तु: indeed/now

• सर्वतः: on all sides/throughout

• दक्षिणायने: in the southern solstitial course (dakṣiṇāyana)

• काष्ठाम्: the extreme point/limit of a direction

• गतस्य: of one who has gone/reached

• सूर्यस्य: of the Sun

• गतिः: movement/course

• या: which

• ताम्: that (course)

• निबोधत: understand/learn (attentively).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)