Shloka 38

भुवनकोशस्वभाववर्णनम् — सप्तद्वीप-पर्वत-लोकविन्यासः तथा यक्ष-उमा-प्रकाशः

Devanagari script

द्विजाः परिवहश्चेति वायोर्वै सप्त नेमयः बलाहकास् तथा भानुश् चन्द्रो नक्षत्रराशयः

Transliteration

dvijāḥ parivahaśceti vāyorvai sapta nemayaḥ balāhakās tathā bhānuś candro nakṣatrarāśayaḥ

Translation

ਹੇ ਦ੍ਵਿਜੋ! ਵਾਯੂ ਦੀਆਂ ਸੱਤ ਨੇਮੀਆਂ (ਪਰਿਕ੍ਰਮਾ-ਵਲਯ) ਹਨ—ਦ੍ਵਿਜਾ ਅਤੇ ਪਰਿਵਹ; ਅਤੇ ਬਲਾਹਕ, ਭਾਨੂ, ਚੰਦਰਮਾ, ਤੇ ਨਕਸ਼ਤਰ-ਰਾਸ਼ੀਆਂ ਦੇ ਸਮੂਹ।

Word by Word

• द्विजाः (dvijāḥ): ‘Dvijā’—a named class/stream of winds or a cosmic circuit

• परिवहः (parivahaḥ): Parivaha—‘the carrier/encircling’ wind, a named wind-current

• च (ca): and

• इति (iti): thus (as named)

• वायोः (vāyoḥ): of Vāyu, the wind-principle

• वै (vai): indeed

• सप्त (sapta): seven

• नेमयः (nemayaḥ): rims, circumferences, circuits (of a wheel)

• बलाहकाः (balāhakāḥ): cloud-bearers, rain-cloud groups

• तथा (tathā): likewise, also

• भानुः (bhānuḥ): the Sun

• चन्द्रः (candraḥ): the Moon

• नक्षत्र-राशयः (nakṣatra-rāśayaḥ): constellations and zodiacal groupings

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)