Shloka 5

सोमवर्णनम्

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

Devanagari script

सर्वे ध्रुवनिबद्धा वै ग्रहास्ते वातरश्मिभिः एतेन भ्राम्यमाणाश् च यथायोगं व्रजन्ति वै

Transliteration

sarve dhruvanibaddhā vai grahāste vātaraśmibhiḥ etena bhrāmyamāṇāś ca yathāyogaṃ vrajanti vai

Translation

सर्व ग्रह ध्रुवाशी वाऱ्यासारख्या रश्मींच्या दोऱ्यांनी बांधलेले आहेत। त्याच शक्तीने फिरविले जाऊन ते आपापल्या नियत मार्गाने यथायोग्य चालतात।

Word by Word

• सर्वे: all

• ध्रुव-निबद्धाः: bound/fastened to Dhruva (the fixed pole-star principle)

• वै: indeed

• ग्रहाः: planets/celestial seizers

• ते: those

• वात-रश्मिभिः: by rays/cords of wind (air-currents)

• एतेन: by this (force/means)

• भ्राम्यमाणाः: being made to revolve/whirled

• च: and

• यथा-योगम्: according to proper arrangement/fitness (their due orbit)

• व्रजन्ति: they go/move

• वै: indeed

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmological order to the sages of Naimisharanya)