Phala Deepika Ch. 2: Planets and their Varieties (ग्रहभेदः)

Verse 1 — Sun Significations: Nature of Ravi

ताम्रं स्वर्णं पितृशुभफलं चात्मसौख्यप्रतापं धैर्यं शौर्यं समितिविजयं राजसेवं प्रकाशम् । शौवं कार्यं वनगिरिगतिं होमकार्यप्रवृत्तिं देवस्थानं कथयतु बुधस्तैक्ष्ण्यमुत्साहमर्कात् ॥ १॥

tāmraṃ svarṇaṃ pitṛśubhaphalaṃ cātmasaukhyapratāpaṃ dhairyaṃ śauryaṃ samitivijayaṃ rājasevaṃ prakāśam | śauvaṃ kāryaṃ vanagirigatiṃ homakāryapravṛttiṃ devasthānaṃ kathayatu budhastaikṣṇyamutsāhamarkāt || 1||

Copper and gold, the blessed fruit of the fathers, self-delight and blazing fame; fortitude, heroism, victory in council, serving kings and radiance belong to the Sun; onward the sharp-witted enthusiasm of Mercury(?) is also related.

Verse 2 — Moon Significations: Nature of the Chilled Ray

मातुः स्वस्ति मनःप्रसादमुदधिस्नानं सितं चामरं छत्रं सुव्यजनं फलानि मृदुलं पुष्पाणि सस्यं कृषिम् । कीर्तिं मौक्तिककांस्यरौप्यमधुरक्षीरादिवस्त्राम्बुगोयोषाप्तिं सुखभोजनं तनुसुखं रूपं वदेच्चन्द्रतः ॥ २॥

mātuḥ svasti manaḥprasādamudadhisnānaṃ sitaṃ cāmaraṃ chatraṃ suvyajanaṃ phalāni mṛdulaṃ puṣpāṇi sasyaṃ kṛṣim | kīrtiṃ mauktikakāṃsyaraupyamadhurakṣīrādivastrāmbugoyoṣāptiṃ sukhabhojanaṃ tanusukhaṃ rūpaṃ vadeccandrataḥ || 2||

The Moon declares: the mother's well-being, delight of the mind, ocean-bathing, whiteness, the fly-whisk and umbrella of state, worthy retainers, fruits and tender blossoms, sown fields and farming; fame, pearl, bell-metal, silver, sweet milk-craft, garment-waters(?), worldly adornment(?), pleasant food, body-delight and beauty.

Verse 3 — Mars Significations: Nature of the Bhauma

सत्त्वं भूफलनं सहोदरगुणं क्रौर्यं रणं साहसं विद्वेषं च महानसाग्निकज्ञात्यस्त्रचोरान्रिपून् । उत्साहं परकामिनीरतिमसत्योक्तिं महोजाद्वदेद्वीर्यं चित्तसमुन्नतिं च कलुषं सेनाधिपत्यं क्षतम् ॥ ३॥

sattvaṃ bhūphalanaṃ sahodaraguṇaṃ krauryaṃ raṇaṃ sāhasaṃ vidveṣaṃ ca mahānasāgnikajñātyastracorānripūn | utsāhaṃ parakāminīratimasatyoktiṃ mahojādvadedvīryaṃ cittasamunnatiṃ ca kaluṣaṃ senādhipatyaṃ kṣatam || 3||

Mars relates: vital strength, the fruit of the earth and the endowments of brothers with their kindred qualities; cruelty, the field of battle and daring; enmity; the kitchen-fire, fire-born kin(?), weapons, thieves and enemies; enthusiasm, infatuation with another's woman, untrue speech, vigour, uplift of spirit, taint(?) and command of armies, and wounds.

Verse 4 — Mercury Significations: Nature of Budha

पाण्डित्यं सुवचः कलातिपुणतां विद्वत्स्तुतिं मातुलं वाक्चातुर्यमुपासनादिपटुतां विद्यासु युक्तिं मतिम् । यज्ञं वैष्णवकर्म सत्यवचनं शुक्तिं विहारस्थलं शिल्पं बान्धवयौवराज्यसुहृदस्तद्भागिनेयं बुधात् ॥ ४॥

pāṇḍityaṃ suvacaḥ kalātipuṇatāṃ vidvatstutiṃ mātulaṃ vākcāturyamupāsanādipaṭutāṃ vidyāsu yuktiṃ matim | yajñaṃ vaiṣṇavakarma satyavacanaṃ śuktiṃ vihārasthalaṃ śilpaṃ bāndhavayauvarājyasuhṛdastadbhāgineyaṃ budhāt || 4||

Mercury gives: scholarly learning, pleasing words and mastery of arts, praise of the wise, the maternal uncle, charm of speech and skill in devotion — with exercised vidyā, judgment and intellect; yajña and Vaishnava karma, truthful speech, the pearl-shell, recreation spots and craft; kinship joys and royal friendship, and the sister's son.

Verse 5 — Jupiter Significations: Nature of Devaguru

ज्ञानं सद्गुणमात्मजं च सचिवं स्वावारमाचार्यकं माहात्म्यं श्रुतिशास्त्रधीस्मृतिमतिं सर्वोन्नार्तं सद्गतिम् । देवब्राह्मणभक्तिमध्वरतपःश्रद्धाश्च कोशस्थलं वैदुष्यं विजितेन्द्रियं धवसुखं संमानमीड्याद्दयाम् ॥ ५॥

jñānaṃ sadguṇamātmajaṃ ca sacivaṃ svāvāramācāryakaṃ māhātmyaṃ śrutiśāstradhīsmṛtimatiṃ sarvonnārtaṃ sadgatim | devabrāhmaṇabhaktimadhvaratapaḥśraddhāśca kośasthalaṃ vaiduṣyaṃ vijitendriyaṃ dhavasukhaṃ saṃmānamīḍyāddayām || 5||

Jupiter bestows: knowledge, good qualities and the born son; counselorship from one's own side with the station of the ācārya; greatness, the hearing of shrutis-śāstras with learning; good-companionship in journey(?) — the good-gati; devotion to gods and Brāhmanas with yajña, tapas and śraddhā; the treasury-seat, scholarship, senses-won, the comfort of dhāva(?) — honour and mercy-donation.

Verse 6 — Venus Significations: Nature of Bhrgu's Son

सम्पद्वाहनवस्त्रभूषणनिधिद्रव्याणि तौर्यत्रिकं भार्यसौख्यसुगन्धपुष्पमदनव्यापारशय्यालयाण् । श्रीमत्त्वं कवितासुखं बहुवधूसङ्गं विलासं मदं साचिव्यं सरसोक्तिमाह भृगुजाद्वाहकर्मोत्सवम् ॥ ६॥

sampadvāhanavastrabhūṣaṇanidhidravyāṇi tauryatrikaṃ bhāryasaukhyasugandhapuṣpamadanavyāpāraśayyālayāṇ | śrīmattvaṃ kavitāsukhaṃ bahuvadhūsaṅgaṃ vilāsaṃ madaṃ sācivyaṃ sarasoktimāha bhṛgujādvāhakarmotsavam || 6||

Venus brings: property and vehicles, garments, ornaments and stock-deposits; the three-stringed consort of music(?); the happiness of the wife, sweet scent, flowers, the indulgent commerce of love(?), bed and house; opulence, the delight of verse; the fellowship of many maidens; dalliance and pride; the counselorship and pleasant speech — said from the Bhrgu-born.

Verse 7 — Saturn Significations: Nature of the Sun's Son

आयुष्यं मरणं भयं पतिततां दुःखावमानामयान् दारिद्र्यं भृतकापवादकलुषाण्याशौचनिन्द्यापदः । स्थैर्यं नीचजनाश्रयं च महिषं तन्द्रीमृणं चायसं दासत्वं कृषिसाधनं रविसुतात्कारागृहं बन्धनम् ॥ ७॥

āyuṣyaṃ maraṇaṃ bhayaṃ patitatāṃ duḥkhāvamānāmayān dāridryaṃ bhṛtakāpavādakaluṣāṇyāśaucanindyāpadaḥ | sthairyaṃ nīcajanāśrayaṃ ca mahiṣaṃ tandrīmṛṇaṃ cāyasaṃ dāsatvaṃ kṛṣisādhanaṃ ravisutātkārāgṛhaṃ bandhanam || 7||

Saturn (the Sun's son) imparts: longevity, death and fear; the fallen condition, sorrow, insult and disease; poverty, the reproach of servants, taints of unclean blame; stability, the shelter of the low-born, the buffalo, drowsiness, debts and toil; serfhood and the means of tillage; the house of bondage and chains.

Verse 8 — The Sun's Physiognomy

पित्तास्थिसारोऽल्पकचश्च रक्तश्यामाकृतिः स्यान्मधुपिङ्गलाक्षः । कौसुभ्भवासाश्चतुरस्रदेहः शूरः प्रचण्डः पृथुबाहुरर्कः ॥ ८॥

pittāsthisāro'lpakacaśca raktaśyāmākṛtiḥ syānmadhupiṅgalākṣaḥ | kausubhbhavāsāścaturasradehaḥ śūraḥ pracaṇḍaḥ pṛthubāhurarkaḥ || 8||

The Sun: of pitta-bone-marrow make, little hair; ruddy-dusky in shape with honey-tawny eyes; glowing(?) in temperament with a four-square body; bold, fierce and mighty-armed.

Verse 9 — The Moon's Physiognomy

स्थूलो युवा च स्थविरः सितः कान्तेक्षणश्चासितसूक्ष्ममूर्धजः । रक्तैकसारो मृदुवाक् सितांशुको गौरः शशी वातकफात्मको मृदुः ॥ ९॥

sthūlo yuvā ca sthaviraḥ sitaḥ kāntekṣaṇaścāsitasūkṣmamūrdhajaḥ | raktaikasāro mṛduvāk sitāṃśuko gauraḥ śaśī vātakaphātmako mṛduḥ || 9||

The Moon: thick in body, both young and of elders' ways(?) — white of gaze — kānta-eyed(?) — with thin subtle head hair; ruddy in single essence; soft of speech, in white garments, fair; constituted of vāta-kapha and gentle.

Verse 10 — Mars's Physiognomy

मध्ये कृशः कुञ्चितदीप्तकेशः क्रूरेक्षणः पैत्तिक उग्रबुद्धिः । रक्ताम्बरो रक्ततनुर्महीजश्चण्डोऽत्युदारस्तरुणोऽतिमज्जः ॥ १०॥

madhye kṛśaḥ kuñcitadīptakeśaḥ krūrekṣaṇaḥ paittika ugrabuddhiḥ | raktāmbaro raktatanurmahījaścaṇḍo'tyudārastaruṇo'timajjaḥ || 10||

Mars: middle in frame, lean, with curled blazing locks and cruel eyes; pittic in make and of fierce intellect; red-garbed and red-bodied, the earth-born; fierce yet most generous, and a young man of great marrow(?).

Verse 11 — Mercury's Physiognomy

दूर्वलताश्यामतनुस्त्रिधातुमिश्रः सिरावान्मधुरोक्तियुक्तः । रक्तायताक्षो हरितंशुकस्त्वक्सारो बुधो हास्यरुचिः समङ्गः ॥ ११॥

dūrvalatāśyāmatanustridhātumiśraḥ sirāvānmadhuroktiyuktaḥ | raktāyatākṣo haritaṃśukastvaksāro budho hāsyaruciḥ samaṅgaḥ || 11||

Mercury: dūrvā-grass-green, the body of three-humour mixture(?) — veined — honey-sweet in speech; red extended(?) eyes, green-garbed, of skin-essence; prone to laughter and well-proportioned in limb.

Verse 12 — Jupiter's Physiognomy

पीतद्युतिः पिङ्गकचेक्षणः स्यात् पीनोन्नतोराश्च बृहच्छरीरः । कफात्मकः श्रेष्ठमतिः सुरेड्यः सिंहाब्जनादश्च वसुप्रधानः ॥ १२॥

pītadyutiḥ piṅgakacekṣaṇaḥ syāt pīnonnatorāśca bṛhaccharīraḥ | kaphātmakaḥ śreṣṭhamatiḥ sureḍyaḥ siṃhābjanādaśca vasupradhānaḥ || 12||

Jupiter: yellow-lustrous, tawny of hair and eyes; full-roiled(?) with a big body; kapha-constituted, best in intellect, honoured by the gods; a lion-like lord among the lotus-born(?), predominant in resources.

Verse 13 — Venus's Physiognomy

चित्राम्बराकुञ्चितकृष्णकेशः स्थूलाङ्गदेश्च कफानिलात्मा । दूर्वङ्कुराभः कमनो विशालनेत्रो भृगुः साधितशुक्लवृद्धिः ॥ १३॥

citrāmbarākuñcitakṛṣṇakeśaḥ sthūlāṅgadeśca kaphānilātmā | dūrvaṅkurābhaḥ kamano viśālanetro bhṛguḥ sādhitaśuklavṛddhiḥ || 13||

Venus: in variegated garments, with curled black locks; massive of limb yet kapha-anila in constitution; fresh as the durvā sprout, pleasing(?), wide-eyed — the Bṛgu's own — proven white of increase(?).

Verse 14 — Saturn's Physiognomy

पङ्गुनिम्नविलोचनः कृशतनुदरीर्घः सीरालोअऽलसः कृष्णाङ्गः पवनात्मकोऽतिपिशुनः स्नाय्वात्मको निर्घृणः । मूर्खः स्थूलनखद्विजः परुषरोमाङ्गोऽशुचिस्तामसो रौद्रः क्रोधपरो जरापरिणतः कृष्णाम्बरो भास्करिः ॥ १४॥

paṅgunimnavilocanaḥ kṛśatanudarīrghaḥ sīrāloa'lasaḥ kṛṣṇāṅgaḥ pavanātmako'tipiśunaḥ snāyvātmako nirghṛṇaḥ | mūrkhaḥ sthūlanakhadvijaḥ paruṣaromāṅgo'śucistāmaso raudraḥ krodhaparo jarāpariṇataḥ kṛṣṇāmbaro bhāskariḥ || 14||

Saturn: lame and down-cast of eye, lean in frame yet long in limbs(?); lolling(?) and indolent; black-limbed, air-souled, loquaciously(?) pithy(?) — with nerve-being(?) — merciless(?); dull-witted, thick-nail-toothed, harsh of body-hair, unclean and tāmasic; fierce, wrath-prone, grown old, dark-cloaked — the transcribed close 'bhāskariḥ' stands unclear here.

Verse 15 — Planet Abodes and their Quarters (Sun to Mercury)

शौवं धाम बहिःप्रकाशकमरुद्देशो रवेः पूर्वदिक् दुर्गास्थनचधूलौषधिमधुस्थानं विधोर्वायुदिक् । चोरम्लिच्छकृशानुयुद्धभुवि दिग्याम्या कुजस्योदिता विद्वद्विष्णुसभाविहारगणकस्थानान्युदीचीं विदुः ॥ १५॥

śauvaṃ dhāma bahiḥprakāśakamaruddeśo raveḥ pūrvadik durgāsthanacadhūlauṣadhimadhusthānaṃ vidhorvāyudik | coramlicchakṛśānuyuddhabhuvi digyāmyā kujasyoditā vidvadviṣṇusabhāvihāragaṇakasthānānyudīcīṃ viduḥ || 15||

The tidy(?) house that shines outward is the Sun's eastern quarter; the fort(?)-grass-aromatics-honey seats hid inside the Vidhi(?) stanza belong to the vāyu quarter (north-west, for the Moon); the lands of thieves, mlecchas, the lean(?) and of strife, rise in the southern quarter for Mars; learned(?) assemblies of Vishnu, sports-suits(?) and the reckoner-fold places are known in the north (for Mercury).

Verse 16 — Planet Abodes and their Quarters (Jupiter to the Nodes)

कोशाश्वत्थसुरद्विजातिनिलयस्त्वैशानदिग्गीष्पतेवेर्श्यावीथ्यवरोघनृत्तशयनस्थानं भृगिरग्निदिक् । नीचश्रेण्यशुचिस्थलं वरुणदिक्छास्तुः शनेरालयो वल्मीकाहितमोबिलान्यहिशिखिस्थानानि दिग्रक्षसः ॥ १६॥

kośāśvatthasuradvijātinilayastvaiśānadiggīṣpateverśyāvīthyavaroghanṛttaśayanasthānaṃ bhṛgiragnidik | nīcaśreṇyaśucisthalaṃ varuṇadikchāstuḥ śanerālayo valmīkāhitamobilānyahiśikhisthānāni digrakṣasaḥ || 16||

The treasury, the Aśvattha (Peepal) tree, and the dwellings of gods and the twice-born in the north-east (Īśāna) belong to Jupiter; courtesan quarters, inner apartments, dance halls, and bed-chambers in the south-east (Agni) belong to Venus; low-class settlements and impure places in the west (Varuṇa) are the abode of Saturn; while anthills and dark snake-burrows in the south-west (Nairṛtya) are the abodes of Rahu and Ketu.

Verse 17 — Kin and Creatures: Sun and Moon

शैवो भिषङ्नृपतिरध्वरकृत्प्रधानी व्याध्रो मृगो दिनपतेः किल चक्रवाकः शास्ताङ्गनारजकर्कषकतोयगाः स्युरिन्दोः शशश्च हरिणश्च बकश्चकोरः ॥ १७॥

śaivo bhiṣaṅnṛpatiradhvarakṛtpradhānī vyādhro mṛgo dinapateḥ kila cakravākaḥ śāstāṅganārajakarkaṣakatoyagāḥ syurindoḥ śaśaśca hariṇaśca bakaścakoraḥ || 17||

For the Sun (lord of the day): the physician(?) Shaiva(?)-class, the king, the yajña-performer, the hunter, the deer and the chakravāka bird; for the Moon: the chaste(?), the lady, the washerman(?), the crab and the water-dwellers(?); the hare, the deer(?) and the bak and chakora birds besides.

Verse 18 — Kin and Creatures: Mars and the Blurred Tail Lists

भौमो महानसगतायुधभृत्सुवर्णकाराजकुक्कुटशिवाकपिगृध्रचोराः । गोपज्ञशिल्पगणकोत्त मविष्णुदासास्तार्क्ष्यः किकी दिवीशुकौ शशिजो बडालः ॥ १८॥

bhaumo mahānasagatāyudhabhṛtsuvarṇakārājakukkuṭaśivākapigṛdhracorāḥ | gopajñaśilpagaṇakotta maviṣṇudāsāstārkṣyaḥ kikī divīśukau śaśijo baḍālaḥ || 18||

Mars assigned: people of the great-kitchen(?), weapon-bearers, the goldsmith(?), king-like cookery(?), the cock(?); the dog(Shivak?), monkey, vulture and thieves; the herd-born(?), worker-craft accountant(?), the skysinger(?) and the servant(?); the tārksya (young Garuḍa?) of the KiKata(?) and the sky-step routes(?). The transcribed tail clusters blur which planet holds them.

Verse 19 — Kin and Creatures: Jupiter and Venus

दैवज्ञमन्त्रिगुरुविप्रयतीशमुख्याः पारावतः सुरगुरोस्तुरगश्च हंसः । गानी धनी विटवणिङ्नटतन्तुवायवेश्यामयूरमहिषाश्च भृगोः शुको गौः ॥ १९॥

daivajñamantriguruviprayatīśamukhyāḥ pārāvataḥ suragurosturagaśca haṃsaḥ | gānī dhanī viṭavaṇiṅnaṭatantuvāyaveśyāmayūramahiṣāśca bhṛgoḥ śuko gauḥ || 19||

Astrologers, ministers, preceptors, Brāhmaṇas, foremost ascetics, pigeons, horses, and swans belong to the preceptor of the gods (Jupiter); singers, wealthy persons, courtiers, merchants, actors, weavers, courtesans, peacocks, buffaloes, parrots, and cows belong to Venus (Bhṛgu).

Verse 20 — Kin and Creatures: Saturn and the Darker Planets

तैलक्रयी भृतकनीचकिरातकायस्काराश्च दन्तिकरटाश्च पिकाः शनेः स्युः । बौद्धहितुण्डिकखराजवृकोष्ट्रसर्पध्वान्तादयो मशकमत्कुणकृम्युलूकाः ॥ २०॥

tailakrayī bhṛtakanīcakirātakāyaskārāśca dantikaraṭāśca pikāḥ śaneḥ syuḥ | bauddhahituṇḍikakharājavṛkoṣṭrasarpadhvāntādayo maśakamatkuṇakṛmyulūkāḥ || 20||

Saturn assigned: the oil-sellers, the hired men, the lowly, the Kirāta, metal-workers, the scribe-caste(?), the toothy experts(?), the covered ones(?) and the birds(crows); onwards the Buddhist(?)-favouring astray(?) — the mule(?), wolf(?), camel, serpent and the dark ones(?); plus the gnats, leeches, worms and owl — traditionally apportioned to the darker planets.

Verse 21 — Tables of Friendship: Shared Neutral and Foe Placements

सौम्यः समोऽर्कजसितावहितौ खरांशोरिन्दोहितौ रविबुधावपरे समाः स्युः । भौमस्य मन्दभृगुजौ तु समौ रिपुर्ज्ञः सौम्यस्य शीतगुररिः सुहृदौ सितार्कौ ॥ २१॥

saumyaḥ samo'rkajasitāvahitau kharāṃśorindohitau ravibudhāvapare samāḥ syuḥ | bhaumasya mandabhṛgujau tu samau ripurjñaḥ saumyasya śītagurariḥ suhṛdau sitārkau || 21||

For the Sun, Mercury is neutral while Saturn and Venus are enemies; for the Moon, the Sun and Mercury are friends and the remaining planets are neutral. For Mars, Saturn and Venus are neutral while Mercury is an enemy; for Mercury, the Moon is an enemy while Venus and the Sun are friends.

Verse 22 — Friendship Tables: Sun and the Rest

सूरेद्विषौ कविबुधौ रविजः समः स्यान्मध्यौ कवेर्गुरुकुजौ सुहृदौ शनिज्ञौ । जीवः समः सितविदौ रविजस्य मित्रे ज्ञेया अनुक्तखचरास्तु तदन्यथा स्युः ॥ २२॥

sūredviṣau kavibudhau ravijaḥ samaḥ syānmadhyau kavergurukujau suhṛdau śanijñau | jīvaḥ samaḥ sitavidau ravijasya mitre jñeyā anuktakhacarāstu tadanyathā syuḥ || 22||

The Sun has the Moon and Mars as enemies, Mercury and Venus neutral, the Moon's friends; Mars keeps Saturn and Venus neutral, Mercury as enemy; Saturn keeps Mercury and Jupiter neutral, friends of Venus; Jupiter neutral with Venus and Mercury, friends of the Sun; Venus neutral with Mercury and Saturn; the unlisted planets follow the reverse of these.

Verse 23 — Temporal Friendship and Full Aspects

आन्योन्यं त्रिसुखस्वखान्त्यभवगास्तत्कालमित्राण्यमी टन्नैसर्गिकमप्यवेक्ष्य कथयेत्तस्यातिमित्राहितान् । शौर्याज्ञे रविजो गुरुर्गुरुसुतौ भौमश्चतुर्थाश्टमौ पुर्णं पश्यति सप्तमं च सकलास्तेष्वंध्रिवृद्ध्या क्रमात् ॥ २३॥

ānyonyaṃ trisukhasvakhāntyabhavagāstatkālamitrāṇyamī ṭannaisargikamapyavekṣya kathayettasyātimitrāhitān | śauryājñe ravijo gururgurusutau bhaumaścaturthāśṭamau purṇaṃ paśyati saptamaṃ ca sakalāsteṣvaṃdhrivṛddhyā kramāt || 23||

Mutual friends, neutrals and enemies are reckoned from the natural table and the temporal one together; the Sun's enemy aspects Mercury and Jupiter, Jupiter aspects its own and the Moon's sons, Mars the 4th and 8th, and all planets fully aspect the 7th.

Verse 24 — Time Units, Gunas, Seasons and Elements

सूर्यादेरयनं क्षणो दिनमृतुर्मासश्च पक्षः शरद्विप्रौ शुक्रगुरू रविक्षितिसुतौ चन्द्रो बुधोऽन्त्यः शनिः । प्राहुः सत्त्वरजस्तमांसि शशिगुर्वर्काः कविज्ञौ परे ग्रीष्मादर्ककुजौ शशी शशिसुतो जीवः शनिर्भार्गवः ॥ २४॥

sūryāderayanaṃ kṣaṇo dinamṛturmāsaśca pakṣaḥ śaradviprau śukragurū ravikṣitisutau candro budho'ntyaḥ śaniḥ | prāhuḥ sattvarajastamāṃsi śaśigurvarkāḥ kavijñau pare grīṣmādarkakujau śaśī śaśisuto jīvaḥ śanirbhārgavaḥ || 24||

From the Sun onward the ayana, kshana, day, ritu, month, paksha, shad-ritu, vipra, Shukra and Guru, the Sun's son, the Moon, Mercury and Saturn; the sattva-rajas-tamas triad is Moon, Jupiter, Sun versus Venus, Mercury; summer goes to the Sun and Mars, the Moon and Mercury to autumn, Jupiter to... and Saturn to... as stated.

Verse 25 — Kinship and Body-Part Correspondences

ताताम्बे रविभार्गवौ दिवि निशि प्राभाकरीन्दू स्मृतौ तद्व्यस्तेन पितृव्यमातृभगिनीसंज्ञौ तदा तत्क्रमात् । वामाक्षिन्दुरिनोऽन्यदक्षि कथितो भौमः कनिष्ठानुजो जीवो ज्येष्ठसहोदरः शशिसुतो दत्तात्मजः सम्ज्ञितः ॥ २५॥

tātāmbe ravibhārgavau divi niśi prābhākarīndū smṛtau tadvyastena pitṛvyamātṛbhaginīsaṃjñau tadā tatkramāt | vāmākṣindurino'nyadakṣi kathito bhaumaḥ kaniṣṭhānujo jīvo jyeṣṭhasahodaraḥ śaśisuto dattātmajaḥ samjñitaḥ || 25||

Father and mother are Sun and Venus by day, the Moon by night; the reverse gives father's brother and mother's sister; left eye is the Moon, right eye Mars, younger brother Mars, elder brother Jupiter, adopted son Mercury.

Verse 26 — Senses and the Five Gross Elements

देहो देही हिमरुचिरिनस्त्विन्द्रियाष्यारपूर्वा आदित्यद्विड्गुलिकशिखिनस्तस्य पीडाकराः स्युः । गन्धः सौम्यो भृगुजशशिनौ द्वौ रसौ सूर्यभौमौ रूपौ शब्दो गुरुरथ परे स्पर्शसंज्ञाः प्रदिष्टाः ॥ २६॥

deho dehī himarucirinastvindriyāṣyārapūrvā ādityadviḍgulikaśikhinastasya pīḍākarāḥ syuḥ | gandhaḥ saumyo bhṛgujaśaśinau dvau rasau sūryabhaumau rūpau śabdo gururatha pare sparśasaṃjñāḥ pradiṣṭāḥ || 26||

Moon is significator of body, Sun of soul, and Mars and other 4 planets are significators of 5 sense organs. Sun's enemies Gulika, Rahu, Ketu cause physical and spiritual distress. Mercury signifies smell (nose), Venus and Moon signify taste (tongue), Sun and Mars signify sight (eyes), Jupiter signifies sound (speech), and Saturn, Rahu, Ketu signify touch (skin).

Verse 27 — Papa, Kliva, Stri and the Deity/Element Roster

क्षीणेन्द्वर्ककुजाहिकेतुरविजाः पापाः सपापश्च वित् क्लीवाः केतुबुधार्कजाः शशितमःशुक्राः स्त्रियोऽन्ये नराः । रुद्राम्बागुहविष्णुधातृकमलाकालाह्यजा देवताः सूर्यादग्निजलाग्निभूमिखपयोवाय्वात्मकाः स्युर्ग्रहाः ॥ २७॥

kṣīṇendvarkakujāhiketuravijāḥ pāpāḥ sapāpaśca vit klīvāḥ ketubudhārkajāḥ śaśitamaḥśukrāḥ striyo'nye narāḥ | rudrāmbāguhaviṣṇudhātṛkamalākālāhyajā devatāḥ sūryādagnijalāgnibhūmikhapayovāyvātmakāḥ syurgrahāḥ || 27||

Waning Moon, Sun, Mars, Saturn, Rahu, Ketu, and Mercury associated with malefics are malefic planets. Ketu, Mercury, Saturn are eunuch planets. Venus, Rahu, Moon are female planets, and the rest (Sun, Mars, Jupiter) are male planets. Rudra (Shiva), Amba (Parvati), Kartikeya, Vishnu, Brahma, Lakshmi, and Yama are presiding deities of 7 planets. Sheshanaga is deity of Rahu and Brahma of Ketu. Fire, Water, Fire, Earth, Ether, Water, and Air are primary elements of 7 planets respectively.

Verse 28 — Grains and Countries

गोधूमं तण्डुलं वै तिलचणककुलुत्थाढकश्याममुद्गा निष्पावा माष अर्केन्द्वसितगुरुशिखिक्रूरविद्भृग्वहीनाम् । भोगीनार्क्यारजीवज्ञशशिशिखिसितेष्वम्बराख्यं कलिङ्गं सौराष्ट्रावन्तिसिन्धून्सुमगधयवनान्पर्वतान्कीकटांश्च ॥ २८॥

godhūmaṃ taṇḍulaṃ vai tilacaṇakakulutthāḍhakaśyāmamudgā niṣpāvā māṣa arkendvasitaguruśikhikrūravidbhṛgvahīnām | bhogīnārkyārajīvajñaśaśiśikhisiteṣvambarākhyaṃ kaliṅgaṃ saurāṣṭrāvantisindhūnsumagadhayavanānparvatānkīkaṭāṃśca || 28||

Wheat, rice, sesame, chickpea, kulattha, adhaka, black gram and kidney bean belong to the Sun, Moon, Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Saturn and the nodes respectively; Kalinga, Saurashtra, Avanti, Sindhu, Magadha, Yavana, Parvata and Kikata are assigned to the planets.

Verse 29 — Navaratna Gems

माणिक्यं तरणेः सुधार्यममलं मुक्ताफलं शीतगोर्माहेयस्य च विद्रुमं मरकतं सौम्यस्य गारुत्मतम् । देवेड्यस्य च पुष्परागमसुरामात्यस्य वज्रं शनेर्नीलं निर्मलमन्ययोश्च गदिते गोमेधवैदूर्यके ॥ २९॥

māṇikyaṃ taraṇeḥ sudhāryamamalaṃ muktāphalaṃ śītagormāheyasya ca vidrumaṃ marakataṃ saumyasya gārutmatam | deveḍyasya ca puṣparāgamasurāmātyasya vajraṃ śanernīlaṃ nirmalamanyayośca gadite gomedhavaidūryake || 29||

Sun's gem is Ruby, Moon's spotless Pearl, Mars's Coral, Mercury's Emerald, Jupiter's Yellow Sapphire, Venus's Diamond, and Saturn's Blue Sapphire. Rahu's and Ketu's gems are Hessonite (Gomedha) and Cat's Eye (Vaidurya) respectively.

Verse 30 — Metals

ताम्रं कांस्यं धातुताम्रं त्रपु स्यात् स्वर्णं रौप्यं चायसं भास्करादेः । वस्त्रं तत्तद्वर्णयुक्तं विशेषाज्जीर्णं मन्दस्याग्निदगधं कुजस्य ॥ ३०॥

tāmraṃ kāṃsyaṃ dhātutāmraṃ trapu syāt svarṇaṃ raupyaṃ cāyasaṃ bhāskarādeḥ | vastraṃ tattadvarṇayuktaṃ viśeṣājjīrṇaṃ mandasyāgnidagadhaṃ kujasya || 30||

Copper, bronze, bell-metal, tin, gold, silver and iron from the Sun onward; cloth of the matching colour, worn-out for Saturn, fire-burnt for Mars.

Verse 31 — Tastes

भानोः कटुर्भूमिसुतस्य तिक्तं लावण्यमिन्दोरथ चन्द्रजस्य । मिश्रीकृतं यन्मधुरं गुरोस्तु शुक्रस्य चाम्लं च शनेः कषायः ॥ ३१॥

bhānoḥ kaṭurbhūmisutasya tiktaṃ lāvaṇyamindoratha candrajasya | miśrīkṛtaṃ yanmadhuraṃ gurostu śukrasya cāmlaṃ ca śaneḥ kaṣāyaḥ || 31||

Sun's taste is pungent, Mars's bitter, Moon's salty, Mercury's mixed, Jupiter's sweet, Venus's sour, and Saturn's astringent.

Verse 32 — Body Marks

भास्वग्दीष्पतिचन्द्रजक्षितिभुवां स्याद्दक्षिणे लाञ्छनं शेषाणामितरत्र तिग्मकिरणात्कटयां शिरःपृष्ठयोः । कक्षेऽसे वदने च सविथचरणे चिह्नं वयांस्यर्कतो नेमे नाथ तटं नखं नग सनि ज्ञानाड्य नग्नाटनम् ॥ ३२॥

bhāsvagdīṣpaticandrajakṣitibhuvāṃ syāddakṣiṇe lāñchanaṃ śeṣāṇāmitaratra tigmakiraṇātkaṭayāṃ śiraḥpṛṣṭhayoḥ | kakṣe'se vadane ca savithacaraṇe cihnaṃ vayāṃsyarkato neme nātha taṭaṃ nakhaṃ naga sani jñānāḍya nagnāṭanam || 32||

Sun, Jupiter, Mercury, and Mars give mole or mark on the right side of the body; other planets mark on left side. Sun onwards mark waist, head, back, armpit, shoulder, face, and feet respectively. Natural age for Sun is 50 years, Moon 70 years, Mars 16 years, Mercury 20 years, Jupiter 30 years, Venus 7 years, Saturn 100 years, and Rahu also 100 years.

Verse 33 — Rahu: Physiognomy

नीलद्युतिर्दीर्घतनुः कुवर्णः पामी सपाषण्डमतः सहिक्कः । असत्यवादी कपटी च राहुः कुष्ठी परान्निन्दति बुद्धीनः ॥ ३३॥

nīladyutirdīrghatanuḥ kuvarṇaḥ pāmī sapāṣaṇḍamataḥ sahikkaḥ | asatyavādī kapaṭī ca rāhuḥ kuṣṭhī parānnindati buddhīnaḥ || 33||

Rahu is dark-complexioned, tall-bodied, low-caste, skin-diseased, heretical, stammers, speaks falsehoods, deceitful, leper, slanders others, and is devoid of intelligence.

Verse 34 — Ketu: Physiognomy

रक्तोग्रदृष्टिविषवाग्रदेहः सशस्त्रः पतितश्च केतुः । धूम्रद्युतिर्धूमप एव नित्यं व्रणाङ्किताङ्गश्च कृशो नृशम्सः ॥ ३४॥

raktogradṛṣṭiviṣavāgradehaḥ saśastraḥ patitaśca ketuḥ | dhūmradyutirdhūmapa eva nityaṃ vraṇāṅkitāṅgaśca kṛśo nṛśamsaḥ || 34||

Ketu has reddish fierce eyes, venomous speech, prominent body, armed, fallen, smoky complexion, inhales smoke constantly, body marked with wounds, lean, and cruel.

Verse 35 — Ketu Metals, Friendship and Enmity

सीसं च जीर्णवसनं तमसस्तु केतोर्मृद्भाजनं विविधचित्रपटं प्रदिष्टम् । मित्राणि विच्छनिसितास्तास्तमसोर्द्व्योस्तु भौमः समो निगदितो रिपवश्च शेषाः ॥ ३५॥

sīsaṃ ca jīrṇavasanaṃ tamasastu ketormṛdbhājanaṃ vividhacitrapaṭaṃ pradiṣṭam | mitrāṇi vicchanisitāstāstamasordvyostu bhaumaḥ samo nigadito ripavaśca śeṣāḥ || 35||

Lead, worn-out cloth, clay vessel and variegated cloth are Ketu's; Saturn and Venus are its friends, Mars neutral, the rest enemies.

Verse 36 — Duḥstha and Sustha Rule

मूढोऽपि नीचरिपुगोऽष्टमषड्व्ययस्थो दुःस्थः स्मृतो भवति सुस्थ इतीतरः स्यात् । चन्द्रेव्ययायतनुषट्सुतकामसंस्थे तोयाभिवृद्धिमिह शंसति वृद्धिकार्ये ॥ ३६॥

mūḍho'pi nīcaripugo'ṣṭamaṣaḍvyayastho duḥsthaḥ smṛto bhavati sustha itītaraḥ syāt | candrevyayāyatanuṣaṭsutakāmasaṃsthe toyābhivṛddhimiha śaṃsati vṛddhikārye || 36||

A planet in debilitation, enemy sign, 8th, 6th or 12th is duḥstha; otherwise sustha; the Moon in the 12th/6th/8th or in a watery sign in the 5th/9th/11th increases water-works.

Verse 37 — Trees and Plants by Planet

अन्तः सारसमुन्नतद्रुररुणो वल्ली सितेन्दू स्मॄतौ गुल्मः केतुरहिश्च कण्टकनगौ भौमार्कजौ कीर्तितौ । वागीशः सफलोऽफलः शशिसुतः क्षीरप्रसूनद्रुमौ शुकेन्दू विधुरोषधिः शनिरसारागश्च सालद्रुमः ॥ ३७॥

antaḥ sārasamunnatadruraruṇo vallī sitendū smṝtau gulmaḥ keturahiśca kaṇṭakanagau bhaumārkajau kīrtitau | vāgīśaḥ saphalo'phalaḥ śaśisutaḥ kṣīraprasūnadrumau śukendū vidhuroṣadhiḥ śanirasārāgaśca sāladrumaḥ || 37||

Sun rules giant solid-stemmed trees. Moon and Venus rule creepers. Rahu and Ketu rule bushes and shrubs. Mars and Saturn rule thorny trees. Jupiter rules fruit-bearing trees. Mercury rules fruit-less trees. Moon and Venus rule milky and flowering trees. Moon rules medicinal herbs. Saturn rules sapless weak trees. Rahu rules Sal trees.

Phala Deepika — Chapter 2: Planets and their Varieties (ग्रहभेदः)

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