Atharvavedaparishishta 52.2
Atharvavedapariśiṣṭa 52.2
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52.2.1
gokṣīrakumudaprakhyās tīvreṇa vapuṣānvitāḥ | caranty antaravīthīṣu snigdhā vipulatejasaḥ ||
Resembling cow's milk and white water-lilies, endowed with an intense appearance, / they move in the intermediate orbits, glossy, of vast splendor.
52.2.2
ete visarpakā nāma arciṣmanto mahāprabhāḥ | vijñeyāś caturaśītiḥ śukraputrā mahāgrahāḥ ||
These are named Visarpakas, radiant, of great splendor; / eighty-four great planets, the sons of Venus, are to be known.
52.2.3
śuklā nikarāḥ saurābhās tyajanta iva cārciṣaḥ | sphuranta iva cākāśe bimbakā raśmibhir vṛtāḥ ||
White, dense, with solar radiance, as if casting off flames, / and as if flashing in the sky, disc-like, enveloped in rays;
52.2.4
prāyaśo dakṣiṇe mārge nīcair vibhrāntamaṇḍalāḥ | vikacāḥ pañcaṣaṣṭis te bṛhaspatisutāḥ smṛtaḥ ||
mostly in the southern path, low, with wandering orbits, / hairless, sixty-five of them are remembered as sons of Jupiter.
52.2.5
ye śvetāḥ kiṃcid ākṛṣṇā viśikhāḥ syur vitārakāḥ | te ṣaṣṭiḥ kanakā nāma śanaiścarasutā grahāḥ ||
Those that are white, somewhat blackish, crestless, [and] without stars, / those sixty, named Kanakas, are planets, the sons of Saturn.
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- Adbhutasāgara — Ballālasena & Lakṣmaṇasena, Sanskrit
- Ātharvaṇapariśiṣṭa — Sanskrit
- Grahasaṃgraha — Sanskrit