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Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 1 · Planets, Signs, Year Entry
ग्रहराशिस्वरूपवर्षप्रवेशाद्यानयनाधिकारः
नृपविट्शूद्रभूदेवास्तथा पूर्वादिकादिशः ॥मेषात्रिःपरिवर्तेन विज्ञेया विबुधैः सदा ॥
King, vaishya (trader class), shudra (worker class) and brahmin. And the directions starting from the east. The wise should always know these from Aries, going round three times.
Simple meaning: Caste and direction of signs: from Aries, king, trader, worker, brahmin, and east onward, repeated three times round.
पृष्ठोदयाः कर्कमृगधनुर्मेषवृषा अमी ॥
How signs rise: Cancer, Capricorn, Sagittarius, Aries, Taurus rise back first. Pisces rises both ways. The rest rise head first.
शीर्षोदया दिनबलाः शेषा रात्रिबलाः स्मृताः ॥
Day and night strength: head-first signs are strong by day, the rest at night. A sign's own ninth part is vargottama.
अथ राशिवर्णानाह समरसिंहः॥
Colours of the signs, from Aries on: red, white, green, pink, grey, pale, many-coloured, white, golden, tawny, spotted, brown.