Verse 1 — Rahu as Worldly Maya and Ketu as Mukti
राहुर्महाभ्रमो ज्ञेयः केतुर्मोक्षप्रवर्तकः । यद्ग्रहेण युतौ स्यातां तद्गुणं वर्धयेद् ध्रुवम् ॥ १ ॥
rāhurmahābhramo jñeyaḥ keturmokṣapravartakaḥ | yadgraheṇa yutau syātāṃ tadguṇaṃ vardhayed dhruvam || 1 ||
Rahu represents insatiable worldly desire and foreign expansion, while Ketu denotes liberation and dissolution; whichever planet they contact receives extreme karmic magnification.