Shloka 25
Adhyaya 61 — ग्रह-नक्षत्र-स्थाननिर्णयः
Cosmic Abodes of Luminaries and the Shaiva Order of Time
Devanagari script
अष्टरश्मिगृहं चापि प्रोक्तं कृष्णं शनैश्चरे स्वर्भानोस्तामसं स्थानं भूतसंतापनालयम्
Transliteration
aṣṭaraśmigṛhaṃ cāpi proktaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ śanaiścare svarbhānostāmasaṃ sthānaṃ bhūtasaṃtāpanālayam
Translation
Ang tahanang may walong sinag ay ipinahayag ding nauukol kay Śanaiścara (Saturno) at inilalarawang maitim ang kulay. At ang tirahan ni Svarbhānu (Rāhu) ay sinasabing isang tāmasa na daigdig—isang pook na nagdudulot ng pagdurusa sa mga nilalang.
Word by Word
aṣṭa-raśmi-gṛhamthe house/abode with eight rays
aṣṭa-raśmi-gṛham:
ca apiand also
ca api:
proktamis declared/said
proktam:
kṛṣṇamdark, black-hued
kṛṣṇam:
śanaiścarein/for Śanaiścara (Saturn)
śanaiścare:
svarbhānoḥof Svarbhānu (Rāhu)
svarbhānoḥ:
tāmasambelonging to tamas, darkness/inertia
tāmasam:
sthānamplace, realm
sthānam:
bhūtabeings/creatures
bhūta:
saṃtāpanaafflicting, causing heat/pain
saṃtāpana:
ālayamabode, dwelling
ālayam:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating cosmological details to the sages of Naimisharanya)