Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 1 · Planets, Signs, Year Entry
ग्रहराशिस्वरूपवर्षप्रवेशाद्यानयनाधिकारः
मंदारार्कस्य पुष्पेण समद्युतिरथोष्णगुः ॥कविरत्यंतधवलः फणीकृष्णः शनिस्तथा ॥
Then the Sun glows like the flower of the mandara arka. Venus is very white. Rahu is black, and so is Saturn.
Simple meaning: Colours of planets: Sun like a flower, Venus very white, Rahu and Saturn black.
अवनीशो दिनमणिस्तपस्वी रोहिणीप्रियः ॥
Roles of planets: Sun king, Moon ascetic, Mars goldsmith, Mercury brahmin.
वणिग्गुरुः कविर्वैश्यो वृषलः सूर्यनंदनः ॥
Roles of planets: Jupiter merchant, Venus trader, Saturn worker, Rahu forest tribesman.
युवा कुजशिशुस्सौम्यश्शशिशुक्रौ च मध्यमौ ॥
Ages of planets: Mars young, Mercury a child, Moon and Venus middle-aged, Sun, Saturn, Jupiter and Rahu old.