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Description of the divine luminaries (jyotis / jyotiṣa) - Verse 6

Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 22 · Verse 6

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Sanskrit Original

यो ऽयं चतुर्द्दिशं पुच्छे शैशुमारे व्यवस्थितः। उत्तानपादपुत्रो ऽसौ मेढीभूतो ध्रुवो दिवि।।

yo 'yaṃ caturddiśaṃ pucche śaiśumāre vyavasthitaḥ| uttānapādaputro 'sau meḍhībhūto dhruvo divi||

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Sūta said: The star that (diffuses light) in the four quarters and is established at the tail of the Śiśumāra (i.e. a collection of stars resembling a dolphin or a Gangetic porpoise) is Dhruva, the son of Uttānapāda. He is, as though, the main pivot to which all the stars and planets are attached.