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Phaladeepika
Chapter 2 · graha bheda · ग्रह भेद · Verse 28
Sanskrit · DevanāgarīPhaladeepika manuscript tradition
गोधूमं तण्डुलं वै तिलचणककुलुत्थाढकश्याममुद्गा
निष्पावा माष अर्केन्द्वसितगुरुशिखिक्रूरविद्भृग्वहीनाम् ।
भोगीनार्क्यारजीवज्ञशशिशिखिसितेष्वम्बराख्यं कलिङ्गं
सौराष्ट्रावन्तिसिन्धून्सुमगधयवनान्पर्वतान्कीकटांश्च
IAST Transliteration
godhūmaṃ taṇḍulaṃ vai tilacaṇakakulutthāḍhakaśyāmamudgā niṣpāvā māṣa arkendvasitaguruśikhikrūravidbhṛgvahīnām | bhogīnārkyārajīvajñaśaśiśikhisiteṣvambarākhyaṃ kaliṅgaṃ saurāṣṭrāvantisindhūnsumagadhayavanānparvatānkīkaṭāṃśca
TranslationsTwo-source verified
English

The Sun's grain is wheat; the Moon's, rice; the grain belonging to Saturn is sesamum; that of Jupiter, Bengal gram; that of Ketu, horsegram. The grain signified by Mars is Dhal. Mercury represents green gram; Dolichos lablab or cowgram is denoted by Venus, and black gram by Rahu. The countries signified by the nine planets — Rahu, the Sun, Saturn, Mars, Jupiter, Mercury, the Moon, Ketu, and Venus — are respectively: (1) Ambara, (2) Kalinga, (3) Saurashtra, (4) Avanti, (5) Sindhu, (6) Magadha, (7) Yavana, (8) Parvata, and (9) Keekata.

Hindi

अब ग्रहों के अन्न तथा देश बताते हैं। सूर्य का अन्न — गेहूँ; चन्द्र — चावल; शनि — तिल; बृहस्पति — चना; केतु — कुलथी; मंगल — दाल; बुध — मूँग; शुक्र — चवली (निष्पाव); राहु — उड़द। नौ ग्रहों के देश — राहु — अम्बर, सूर्य — कलिंग, शनि — सौराष्ट्र, मंगल — अवन्ती, बृहस्पति — सिन्धु, बुध — मगध, चन्द्र — यवन, केतु — पर्वत, शुक्र — कीकट।

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