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The Victory of Hiraṇyākṣa
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grahān puṇyatamān anye bhagaṇāṁś cāpi dīpitāḥ aticerur vakra-gatyā yuyudhuś ca paras-param
grahān —planets;  puṇyatamān —most auspicious;  anye —others (the ominous planets);  bhagaṇān —luminaries;  ca —and;  api —also;  dīpitāḥ —illuminating;  aticeruḥ —overlapped;  vakra-gatyā —taking retrograde courses;  yuyudhuḥ —came into conflict;  ca —and;  paraḥ-param —with one another.
TRANSLATION
Ominous planets such as Mars and Saturn shone brighter and surpassed the auspicious ones such as Mercury, Jupiter and Venus as well as a number of lunar mansions. Taking seemingly retrograde courses, the planets came in conflict with one another.
PURPORT
The entire universe is moving under the three modes of material nature. Those living entities who are in goodness are called the pious species—pious lands, pious trees, etc. It is similar with the planets also; many planets are considered pious, and others are considered impious. Saturn and Mars are considered impious. When the pious planets shine very brightly, it is an auspicious sign, but when the inauspicious planets shine very brightly, this is not a very good sign.
TEXT 15
दृष्ट्वान्यांश्च महोत्पातान्ततत्त्वविदः प्रजाः । ब्रह्मपुत्रानृते भीता मेनिरे विश्वसम्पुत्रम् ॥१५॥
dṛṣṭvānyāṁś ca mahotpātān atat-tattva-vidaḥ prajāḥ brahma-putrān ṛte bhītā menire viśva-samplavam
dṛṣṭvā —having seen;  anyān —others;  ca —and;  mahā —great;  utpātān —evil omens;  a-tat-tattva-vidaḥ —not knowing the secret (of the portents);  prajāḥ —people;  brahma-putrān —the sons of Brahmā (the four Kumāras);  ṛte —except;  bhītāḥ —being fearful;  menire —thought;  viśva-samplavam —the dissolution of the universe.