बृहत्-पाराशर-होरा-शास्त्रम्
bṛhat-pārāśara-horā-śāstram
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chapter-3, verse-4
गच्छन्तो भानि गृह्णन्ति सततं ये तु ते ग्रहः ।
भचक्रस्य नगश्व्यंशा अश्विन्यादिसमाह्वयाः ॥४॥
भचक्रस्य नगश्व्यंशा अश्विन्यादिसमाह्वयाः ॥४॥
4. gacchanto bhāni gṛhṇanti satataṃ ye tu te grahaḥ .
bhacakrasya nagaśvyaṃśā aśvinyādisamāhvayāḥ.
bhacakrasya nagaśvyaṃśā aśvinyādisamāhvayāḥ.
4.
gacchantaḥ bhāni gṛhṇanti satatam ye tu te grahaḥ
bhacakrasya nagaśvyaṃśāḥ aśvinyādisamāhvayāḥ
bhacakrasya nagaśvyaṃśāḥ aśvinyādisamāhvayāḥ
4.
But those celestial bodies (graha) that constantly move, occupying the positions of the fixed stars (bha), they are the planets. The lunar mansions (nakṣatra) of the zodiac (bhacakra) are twenty-seven divisions, beginning with Ashvinī.
Words meanings summery:
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- गच्छन्तः (gacchantaḥ) - moving, going
- भानि (bhāni) - fixed stars, lunar mansions, constellations
- गृह्णन्ति (gṛhṇanti) - they seize, they occupy, they take
- सततम् (satatam) - constantly, perpetually, always
- ये (ye) - those who, which (plural)
- तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand
- ते (te) - they, those
- ग्रहः (grahaḥ) - the planets (used as a collective noun or singular representing the class) (planet, seizer)
- भचक्रस्य (bhacakrasya) - of the zodiacal circle, of the circle of constellations
- नगश्व्यंशाः (nagaśvyaṁśāḥ) - the twenty-seven nakṣatra divisions (twenty-seven parts/divisions)
- अश्विन्यादिसमाह्वयाः (aśvinyādisamāhvayāḥ) - named Ashvinī and so on (collectively)
Words meanings and morphology
गच्छन्तः (gacchantaḥ) - moving, going
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of gacchat
gacchat - moving, going, current
Present Active Participle
Present Active Participle from the root 'gam'
Root: gam (class 1)
भानि (bhāni) - fixed stars, lunar mansions, constellations
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, plural of bha
bha - star, constellation, lunar mansion (nakṣatra)
गृह्णन्ति (gṛhṇanti) - they seize, they occupy, they take
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of grah
Root: grah (class 9)
सततम् (satatam) - constantly, perpetually, always
(indeclinable)
ये (ye) - those who, which (plural)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of yad
yad - which, what, that
तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand
(indeclinable)
ते (te) - they, those
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
ग्रहः (grahaḥ) - the planets (used as a collective noun or singular representing the class) (planet, seizer)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of graha
graha - planet, seizer, controller, anything that seizes or influences
भचक्रस्य (bhacakrasya) - of the zodiacal circle, of the circle of constellations
(noun)
Genitive, neuter, singular of bhacakra
bhacakra - the zodiac, the circle of stars or constellations
Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (bha+cakra)
- bha – star, constellation, lunar mansion (nakṣatra)
noun (neuter) - cakra – wheel, circle, disk, cycle
noun (neuter)
नगश्व्यंशाः (nagaśvyaṁśāḥ) - the twenty-seven nakṣatra divisions (twenty-seven parts/divisions)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of nagaśvyaṃśa
nagaśvyaṁśa - twenty-seven parts/divisions (naga=7, aśvin=2, read in reverse)
Numerical compound where 'naga' refers to 7 and 'aśvin' to 2, read in reverse (27).
Compound type : numerical_compound (naga+aśvin+aṃśa)
- naga – mountain (symbolizing the number 7)
noun (masculine)
Used as a numerical indicator for 7 - aśvin – the Ashvins (twin deities, symbolizing the number 2)
noun (masculine)
Used as a numerical indicator for 2 - aṃśa – part, portion, share, division
noun (masculine)
अश्विन्यादिसमाह्वयाः (aśvinyādisamāhvayāḥ) - named Ashvinī and so on (collectively)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of aśvinyādisamāhvaya
aśvinyādisamāhvaya - having the collective name starting with Ashvinī
Compound type : bahuvrihi (aśvinī+ādi+samāhvaya)
- aśvinī – name of the first lunar mansion (nakṣatra)
proper noun (feminine) - ādi – beginning with, and so on, et cetera
adjective (masculine) - samāhvaya – collective name, appellation, calling together
noun (masculine)