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Shloka 72

Adhyaya 58The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions

ग्रहपूजां च कुर्वोत सर्वपीडासु मानवः ।

एवं शाम्यन्त्यशेषाणि घोराणि द्विजसत्तम ॥

grahapūjāṃ ca kurvota sarvapīḍāsu mānavaḥ / evaṃ śāmyanty aśeṣāṇi ghorāṇi dvijasattama //

และในความเดือดร้อนทุกประการพึงประกอบการบูชาดาวเคราะห์ (ครหะ). ด้วยประการฉะนี้ โอ ทวิชผู้ประเสริฐ ความทุกข์อันน่ากลัวทั้งปวงย่อมสงบลง

graha-pūjāmworship of the planets
graha-pūjām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootgraha (प्रातिपदिक) + pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (ग्रहाणां पूजा)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)
kurvītashould do/perform
kurvīta:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√kṛ (कृ धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
sarva-pīḍāsuin all afflictions
sarva-pīḍāsu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pīḍā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (सर्वाः पीडाः)
mānavaḥa man/person
mānavaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmānava (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन
evamthus
evam:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (adverb: 'thus')
śāmyantithey are pacified/subside
śāmyanti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√śam (शम् धातु)
Formलट् (Present indicative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
aśeṣāṇiall without remainder
aśeṣāṇi:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Roota-śeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण
ghorāṇiterrible
ghorāṇi:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootghora (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण
dvija-sattamaO best of the twice-born
dvija-sattama:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदik)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (श्रेष्ठो द्विजः)
Not explicit in provided excerpt

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Grahāḥ (Navagraha as a class)
Śānti ritesGrahapūjāRitual remediesDharma

FAQs

The teaching synthesizes: when adversity arises, combine ethical restraint with formal propitiation; the aim is pacification (śamana) rather than confrontation.

Ritual-dharma appendix to Purāṇic instruction; not a pancalakṣaṇa core.

‘Grahapūjā’ can symbolize honoring the forces that condition embodied life (time, fate, habit); reverent alignment reduces the ‘ghora’ experience of those forces.