Sanskrit verses with English translation from Vaidyanatha Dikshita. Read the full classical treatise on AstroFusion Learning.
सदाशिवो जगत्कार्त्स्न्यं दृष्ट्वा स्वानन्दसुन्दरम्। वेदार्थं सर्वशास्त्राणां सारं ग्रन्थमिमं जगौ॥
sadāśivo jagatkārtsnyam dṛṣṭvā svānandasundaram | vedārthaṃ sarvaśāstrāṇāṃ sāraṃ granthamimaṃ jagau ||
Lord Sadaśiva, having beheld the entire universe as his own blissful form, proclaimed this treatise, the essence of the Vedas and all the śāstras, as the foundation of astrological knowledge.
मेषाजो विश्वकृयतुम्बुराख्या वृषाभगाताबुरुगोकुलानि । द्वन्द्वं नृयुग्मा जितुमं यमं च युगं तृतीयं मिथुनं वदन्ति ॥
meṣājo viśvakṛyatumburākhyā vṛṣābhagātāburugokulāni | dvandvaṃ nṛyugmā jitumaṃ yamaṃ ca yugaṃ tṛtīyaṃ mithunaṃ vadanti ||
Aries bears the names Mesha, Aja, Vishva, Kriya and Tumbura; Taurus its own synonym-set beginning with Vrishabha; the third sign they call Mithuna — also Dvandva, Nara-yugma and Yugma.
कुलीरकर्कटककर्कटाख्याः कण्ठीरवः सिंहमृगेन्द्राख्याः । पात्रा कन्या रमणी तरुण्यस्तौली वणिक्जूकतुलाः ॥
kulīrakarkaṭakakarkaṭākhyāḥ kaṇṭhīravasiṃhamṛgendrākhyāḥ | pātrā kanyā ramaṇī taruṇyas taulī vaṇikjūkatulāḥ ||
Cancer is named Kulira, Karkataka and Karkata; Leo Kanthirava, Simha and Mrigendra; Virgo Patra, Kanya, Ramani and Taruni; Libra Tauli, Vanik, Juka and Tula.
अल्यष्टमं वृश्चिककुर्पिकीटाः धन्वी धनुश्चापशराशनानि । मृगो मृगास्यो मकरश्च नक्रः कुम्भो घटस्तोयधराभिधानः ॥
alyaṣṭamaṃ vṛścikakurpikīṭāḥ dhanvī dhanuś cāpaśarāśanāni | mṛgo mṛgāsyo makaraś ca nakraḥ kumbho ghaṭa toyadharābhidhānaḥ ||
The eighth sign (Scorpio) is Ali, Vrischika, Kurpira and Keeta; Sagittarius is Dhanvi, Dhanu, Chapa and Sharasana; Capricorn is Mriga, Mrigasya, Makara and Nakra; Aquarius is Kumbha, Ghata and Toyadhara.
मीनान्त्यमत्स्यपृथुरोमभवा वदन्ति ज्ञेयाः क्रियादयश्च । चक्रस्थिता दिविचरा दिननाथसंख्याः क्षेत्रर्क्षराशिभवनानि तथैव ज्ञेयाः ॥
mīnāntyamatsyapṛthuromabhavā vadanti kriyādayaś ca | cakrasthitā divicarā dinanāthasaṃkhyāḥ kṣetrarkṣarāśibhavanāni tathaiva jñeyāḥ ||
Pisces they call Meena, Antya, Matsya and Prithuroma. The signs stationed on the wheel, roaming the heavens and counted by the Sun's measure — Kshetra, Riksha, Rashi and Bhavana are all synonyms of the zodiac signs.