Atharvavedaparishishta 63.1
Atharvavedapariśiṣṭa 63.1
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63.1.1
om atha paraṃ pravakṣyāmi vakṣatreṣu graheṣu ca | pariveṣān bahuvidhān nānāvidhaphalodayān ||
Om. Now next I shall declare halos around lunar mansions and planets, / of many kinds, bringing about various results:
63.1.2
aindravāruṇakauberān raktapāṇḍuramecakān | pāṇḍūn babhrūṃś ca pītāṃś cānīlānalayamātmanaḥ ||
those belonging to Indra, Varuṇa, and Kubera, [which are] red, pale, and dark-blue; / pale, reddish-brown, yellow, and those non-blue belonging to Fire and Yama;
63.1.3
prājāpatyāṃś ca raudrāṃś ca nairṛtyāṃś cāpi bhārgava | hariśabalakāpotān pariveṣān uvāca ha ||
and those belonging to Prajāpati, Rudra, and Nirṛti, O Bhārgava— / [the sage] declared the halos to be tawny, dappled, and dove-colored.
63.1.4
navaite pariveṣāṇāṃ varṇā daivatayonayaḥ | bahutvam ete gacchanti anyonyaguṇasaṃśrayāt ||
These nine colors of halos originate from the deities; / they become manifold through relying on one another's qualities.
63.1.5
gṛhītvābhrarajaḥ sūkṣmaṃ varṇayog saṃnipatya ca | pitāmahaniyogena māturo maṇḍalīkṛtaḥ ||
Seizing the subtle dust of the clouds and joining the conjunction of colors, / by command of the Grandfather, the wind is formed into a circle.
63.1.6
śubhāśubhārthaṃ lokānāṃ jyotīmṣy avaruṇaddhi saḥ | tasya rūpaṃ guṇaṃ jñātvā guṇadoṣaḥ pracakṣyate ||
For the good or ill of the worlds, it encloses the luminaries; / knowing its appearance and quality, the benefit or defect is declared.
63.1.7
nakṣatratārakāṇāṃ ca parato viṣayasya ca niviṣṭo bhāva āgantuṃ pariveṣa iti smṛtaḥ ||
Settled beyond the lunar mansions, the stars, and the sphere of space, / an adventitious condition is remembered as a halo.
63.1.8
dhṛtatīkṣṇārkakiraṇe prasannā mṛdumaṇḍale | prasnigdhe caikavarṇe ca māṃsale vyaktalakṣaṇe ||
When the sun's rays are sharp, clear, in a soft disc, / glossy, of single color, thick, and with distinct characteristics;
63.1.9
lohitākṣau kṣurakrānte saraśmau pītamaṇḍale | ā pradoṣād vimadhyāhnād ā nakṣatrāntagāmini ||
in one red-eyed, knife-sharp, possessing rays, in a yellow disc, / extending from twilight, from midday, up to the end of the lunar mansions;
63.1.10
sahābhrabhārastanite pariveṣe prakāśini | anṛtāv api jānīyān mahad bhayam upasthitam ||
with rumbling from a load of clouds, in a shining halo, / even out of season, one should know that great danger is imminent;
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