Brihat Jataka · Chapter 2
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ग्रह भेद
21
Verses
21
Translated
All 21 verses
1
kālātmādina kṛn manastuhinaguḥ satvaṃ kujo jño vaco
jīvo jñāna sukhe sitaśca mad…
The Sun is the soul of Kalapurusha; the Moon, his mind; Mars, his strength; Mercury, his speech; Jup…
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2
heliḥ sūryaścandramāḥ śītaraśmirhemno vij jño bodhanaścendu putraḥ |
āro vakraḥ …
The Sun is known as Heli; Chandramas and Sitarasmi are the names of the Moon; Hemnan, Vit, Gna, Bodh…
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3
jīvo'ṅgirāḥ sura gururvacasāṃ patījyaḥ śukro bhṛgurbhṛgusutaḥ sitāsphujicca |
rā…
Jeeva, Angiras, Suraguru, Vachasampati and Ijya mean Jupiter. Sukra, Bhrigu, Bhrigusuta, Sita and As…
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4
rakta śyāmo bhāskaro gaurendurnātyuccāṅgo rakta gauraśca vakraḥ |
dūrvā śyāmo jñ…
The Sun possesses a dark-red form. The Moon is white. Mars does not possess a very tall stature and …
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5
varṇāstāmra sitātirakta harita vyāpīta citrāsitā |
bahūnyambvagnija keśavendra ś…
Red, white, reddish, green, yellowish, variegated and black are the colours of the planets from the …
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6
budha sūrya sutau napuṃsakākhau śaśi śukrau yuvatī narāśca śeṣāḥ |
śikhibhū kha …
Mercury and Saturn are eunuchs. Venus and the Moon are females. The rest, viz., the Sun, Mars and Ju…
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7
viprāditaḥ śukra gurū kujārkau śaśī budhaścetyasitāntyajānām |
candrārka jīvā jñ…
Venus and Jupiter are Brahmins. Mars and the Sun are Kshatriyas. The Moon is a Vaisya. Mercury is th…
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8
madhu piṅgaladṛk caturasra tanuḥ pitta prakṛtiḥ savitālpa kacaḥ |
tanu vṛtta tan…
The Sun has eyes of a reddish-brown colour and a square-built body. He is of a bilious temperament a…
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9
krūradṛk taruṇa mūrtirudāraḥ paittikaḥ sucapalaḥ kṛśa madhyaḥ |
śliṣṭavāk satata…
Mars has fierce eyes, a youthful appearance and a generous disposition. He has bile in his compositi…
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10
bṛhat tanuḥ piṅgala mūrdhajekṣaṇo bṛhaspatiḥ śreṣṭha matiḥ kaphātmakaḥ |
bhṛguḥ …
Jupiter possesses a big body. His eyes and hair are brown. He is exceedingly intelligent. He is of a…
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11
mando'lasaḥ kapiladṛk kṛśadīrgha gātraḥ sthūladvijaḥ paruṣaroma kaco'nilātmā |
s…
Saturn is disposed to inactivity. He has eyes of a reddish brown colour, a tall body, large teeth, s…
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12
devāmbvagni vihāra kośa śayana kṣityutkareśāḥ kramāt |
vastraṃ sthūlam abhuktam …
A shrine, a watery place, a fire place, a pleasure ground, a treasury, a bed chamber and a heap of r…
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13
tri daśa trikoṇa caturasra saptamānyavalokayanti caraṇābhivṛddhitaḥ |
ravijāmare…
All the planets cast a quarter glance at the 3rd and 10th houses; half a glance at the 5th and 9th; …
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14
ayana kṣaṇa vāsaraṛtavo māso'rdhaṃ ca samāśca bhāskarāt |
kaṭuka lavaṇa tikta mi…
The planets from the Sun onwards sway over periods of half a year, a muhurta (2 ghatikas or 48 minut…
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15
jīvo jīva budhau sitendu tanayau vyarkā vibhaumāḥ kramād vīndvarkā
vikujendvināś…
According to some, Jupiter is the friend of the Sun. Jupiter and Mercury are the friends of the Moon…
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16
śatrū manda sitau samaśca śaśijo mitrāṇi śeṣāraves\-
tīkṣṇāṃśurhimaraśmijaśca su…
The Sun's enemies are Venus and Saturn. Mercury is his neutral and the rest are his friends. The Moo…
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17
sūraḥ saumya sitāvarī ravi suto madhyo'pare tvanyathā saumyārkī
suhṛdau samau ku…
The Sun's enemies are Venus and Saturn. Mercury is his neutral and the rest are his friends. The Moo…
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18
anyonyasyadhana vyayāya sahaja vyāpāra bandhu sthitāstat kāle
suhṛdaḥ sva tuṅga …
Planets are mutually friendly for the time being when they occupy the 2nd and the 12th, the 3rd and …
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19
svocca suhṛt sva trikoṇa navāṃśaiḥ sthāna balaṃ sva gṛhopagataiśca |
dikṣu budhā…
A planet has positional strength when it occupies its exaltation sign, a friendly house, its Moolatr…
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20
udag ayane ravi śīta mayūkhau vakra samāgamagāḥ pariśeṣāḥ |
vipula karā yudhi co…
The Sun and the Moon in the Uttarayana or northern course possess exceeding motional strength. The o…
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21
niśi śaśi kuja saurāḥ sarvadā jño'hni cānye |
bahula sita gatāḥ syuḥ krūra saumy…
The Moon, Mars and Saturn have Kalabala or temporal strength at night; Mercury possesses it both day…
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