Sanskrit verses with English translation from Maharishi Parasara. Read the full classical treatise on AstroFusion Learning.
अस्तं गच्छति यो भानौ सन्निकृष्टो ग्रहो ध्रुवः । उच्चांशे गाढसंस्थस्तु विशेषं फलमाप्नुयात् ॥
astaṁ gacchati yo bhānau sannikṛṣṭo graho dhruvaḥ | uccāṁśe gāḍhasaṁstas tu viśeṣaṁ phalam āpnuyāt ||
The fixed planet that approaches the Sun becomes combust; but one deeply stationed in its exaltation degree attains a special result.
द्वादशांशे शशाङ्कस्य सप्तदश्यां धरासुतः । चतुर्दश्यं बुधः प्रोक्तो दशांशे भृगुनन्दनः ॥ एकादश्यं गुरुर्ज्ञेयः पञ्चदश्यं शनैश्चरः । एतैरस्तांगमांश्चाहुर्दूरे रविसनिकर्षजान् ॥ २॥
dvādaśāṁśe śaśāṅkasya saptadaśyāṁ dharāsutaḥ | caturdaśyaṁ budhaḥ prokto daśāṁśe bhrgunandanaḥ || ekādaśyaṁ gurur jñeyaḥ pañcadaśyaṁ śanaiścaraḥ | etair astāṁgamāṁś cāhur dūre ravi-sanikarṣajān || 2||
The Moon is combust when within twelve degrees of the Sun, Mars at seventeen, Mercury at fourteen, Venus at ten, Jupiter at eleven, and Saturn at fifteen; by these measures the planets are declared to fall into combustion through proximity to the Sun.
मेषे दशांशके सूर्यः स्वोच्चे चन्द्रस्त्रितये स्मृतः । भौमोऽष्टाविंशतिकांशे मकरस्थे विशेषतः ॥ कन्यायां बुधः पञ्चदश्यां जीवः कर्कटपञ्चके ॥ शुचिः सप्तविंशतिकांशे मीने मन्दो विंशतौ शुभे ॥ ३॥
meṣe daśāṁśake sūryaḥ svocce candras tritaye smṛtaḥ | bhaumo'ṣṭāviṁśatikāṁśe makarasthe viśeṣataḥ || kanyāyāṁ budhaḥ pañcadaśyāṁ jīvaḥ karkaṭapañcake || śuciḥ saptaviṁśatikāṁśe mīne mando viṁśatau śubhe || 3||
The Sun is deepest in exaltation at the tenth degree of Aries, the Moon at the third degree of Taurus, Mars especially at the twenty-eighth degree of Capricorn, Mercury at the fifteenth degree of Virgo, Jupiter at the fifth degree of Cancer, Venus at the twenty-seventh degree of Pisces, and Saturn at the twentieth degree of auspicious Libra.