Sanskrit · DevanāgarīJātaka Pārijāta manuscript tradition
अथ ग्रहाणां जातयो गुणाश्च ।
विप्रौ जीबसितौ दिनेशरुधिरौ भूपालकौ वैश्यराड्
इन्दुः शूद्रकुलाधिपः शशिसुतो मन्दोऽवराणां पतिः ।
आदित्यामरमन्त्रिशीतकिरणाः सत्त्वप्रधानग्रहाः
शुक्रज्ञौ सरजोगुणौ शनिधरापुत्रौ तमःस्वामिनौ
IAST Transliteration
atha grahāṇāṃ jātayo guṇāśca |
viprau jībasitau dineśarudhirau bhūpālakau vaiśyarāḍ
induḥ śūdrakulādhipaḥ śaśisuto mando'varāṇāṃ patiḥ |
ādityāmaramantriśītakiraṇāḥ sattvapradhānagrahāḥ
śukrajñau sarajoguṇau śanidharāputrau tamaḥsvāminau
TranslationsTwo-source verified
English
Jupiter and Venus are Brahmins. The Sun and Mars are Kshatriyas. The Moon is a Vaisya. Mercury is the lord of the Sudra community. Saturn is the leader of the outcasts. The Sun, Jupiter and the Moon are planets typifying Satva (purity, goodness). Venus and Mercury are essentially the planets of passion. Saturn and Mars own Tamas or darkness as their distinguishing characteristic.
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