Shloka 5

Adhyaya 61 — ग्रह-नक्षत्र-स्थाननिर्णयः

Cosmic Abodes of Luminaries and the Shaiva Order of Time

Devanagari script

बहुलश्चन्द्र इत्येष ह्लादने धातुरुच्यते शुक्लत्वे चामृतत्वे च शीतत्वे च विभाव्यते

Transliteration

bahulaścandra ityeṣa hlādane dhāturucyate śuklatve cāmṛtatve ca śītatve ca vibhāvyate

Translation

Ang mga pangalang “Bahula” at “Candra” ay sinasabing nagmumula sa ugat ng pandiwa na ang kahulugan ay “magbigay-galak.” Nauunawaan ito sa pamamagitan ng kaputian, ng kawalang-kamatayang tulad ng amṛta, at ng malamig na paginhawa.

Word by Word

• बहुलः: Bahula (abundant/full)

• चन्द्रः: Candra (the Moon/Soma)

• इति: thus

• एषः: this (designation)

• ह्लादने: in the sense of gladdening/refreshing

• धातुः: verbal root

• उच्यते: is said/declared

• शुक्लत्वे: in whiteness/brightness

• च: and

• अमृतत्वे: in nectar-ness/immortality-giving nature

• च: and

• शीतत्वे: in coolness

• च: and

• विभाव्यते: is contemplated/understood/recognized

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya)