Shloka 7
सोमवर्णनम्
Graha–Ratha–Aśva Varṇana, Dhruva-Nibaddha Gati, Maṇḍala-Pramāṇa, Graha-Arcana
Devanagari script
अलातचक्रवद्यान्ति वातचक्रेरितानि तु यस्माद्वहति ज्योतींषि प्रवहस्तेन स स्मृतः
Transliteration
alātacakravadyānti vātacakreritāni tu yasmādvahati jyotīṃṣi pravahastena sa smṛtaḥ
Translation
ਅਲਾਤ-ਚੱਕਰ ਵਾਂਗ, ਵਾਯੂ-ਚੱਕਰ ਦੀ ਪ੍ਰੇਰਣਾ ਨਾਲ ਜੋਤੀਆਂ ਚਲਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ। ਜੋ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਢੋ ਕੇ ਅੱਗੇ ਵਹਾਉਂਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ‘ਪ੍ਰਵਹ’ ਨਾਮ ਨਾਲ ਯਾਦ ਕੀਤਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ।
Word by Word
अलातचक्रवत्like a firebrand-wheel (a whirled ember)
अलातचक्रवत्:
यान्तिthey move/go
यान्ति:
वातचक्रेरितानिimpelled by the wheel/cycle of wind
वातचक्रेरितानि:
तुindeed
तु:
यस्मात्because/from which
यस्मात्:
वहतिcarries/bears/causes to move
वहति:
ज्योतींषिlights, luminous bodies (luminaries)
ज्योतींषि:
प्रवहःthe onward-flowing current/propelling force
प्रवहः:
तेनtherefore/by that
तेन:
सःit/he
सः:
स्मृतःis remembered/called
स्मृतः:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya)