Text 15] The Victory of Hiranyaksa 685

grahan punyalaman anye
bhaganams capi dipitah

alicerur vakra-galya
yuyudhus ca paras-param

grehan—planets; punyataman—most auspicious; anye—others (the omi-
nous pjanets); bhagandn—luminaries; ca—and; api—also; dipitah—illumi-
naling; aticeruh—overlapped; vakra-galyd—taking retrograde courses;
yuyudhuh—came into conflict; ca—and; parah-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 arein 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

TET RATATAT: TaN: |
wagarat dle Ahrt frag 124i!

drstvanyams ca maholpatan
atal-tallva-vidah prajah

brahma-putran rle bhita
menire visva-samplavam

drstva—having seen; anyan—others; ca—and; maha—great; ulpalan—evil
omens; a-tal-lativa-vidah—not knowing the secret (of the portents);
prajah—people; brahma-putran—the sons of Brahma (the four Kumaras);
rle—except; bhitah—being fearful; menire—thought ; visva-samplavam—the
dissolution of the universe.
