Sanskrit verses with English translation from Maharishi Parasara. Read the full classical treatise on AstroFusion Learning.
गच्छन्तो भानि गृह्णन्ति सततं ये तु ते ग्रहाः । भचक्रस्य नगाश्व्यंशा अश्विन्यादिसमाह्वयाः ॥ ४॥
gacchanto bhāni gṛhṇanti satataṃ ye tu te grahāḥ | bhacakrasya nagāśvyṃśā aśvinyādisamāhvayāḥ || 4||
Those that continually move and seize (grasp) the asterisms are the grahas; the zodiac's divisions beginning with Ashvini are named after the nakshatras.
तद् द्वादशविभागास्तु तुल्या मेषादिसञ्ज्ञकाः । प्रसिद्धा राशयः सन्ति ग्रहास्त्वर्कादिसञ्ज्ञकाः ॥ ५॥
tad dvādaśavibhāgās tu tulyā meṣādisañjakāḥ | prasiddhā rāśayaḥ santi grahās tv arkādisañjakāḥ || 5||
Its twelve equal divisions are the famous rashis named Aries (Mesha) etc., while the planets are named beginning with Arka (the Sun).
राशीनामुदयो लग्नं तद्वशादेव जन्मिनाम् । ग्रहयोगवियोगाभ्यां फलं चिन्त्यं शुभाशुभम् ॥ ६॥
rāśīnām udayo lagnaṃ tadvaśād eva janminām | grahayogaviyogābhyāṃ phalaṃ cintyaṃ śubhāśubham || 6||
The rising of the rashis is the Lagna of the native; by the union and separation of planets, auspicious and inauspicious fruits are to be judged.
यस्मिन् काले यतः खेटा यान्ति दृग्गणितैकताम् । तत एव स्फुटाः कार्याः दिक्कालौ च स्फुटौ विदुः ॥ ८॥
yasmin kāle yataḥ kheṭā yānti dṛgganitaitakām | tata eva sphuṭāḥ kāryāḥ dikkālau ca sphuṭau viduḥ || 8||
At the moment when the planets attain agreement between observation (drik) and computation (ganita), only those corrected (sphuta) positions are to be used, along with accurate direction and time.