Sanskrit verses with English translation from Kalidasa. Read the full classical treatise on AstroFusion Learning.
अथातः सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि ग्रहाणां बलकारणम् । येन विज्ञाय तज्ज्योतिः फलं वक्तुं हि शक्नुयात् ॥
athātaḥ sampravakṣyāmi grahāṇāṃ balakāraṇam | yena vijñāya taj jyotiḥ phalaṃ vaktuṃ hi śaknuyāt ||
Now I shall explain the causes of planetary strength (bala), by knowing which one becomes able to declare the effects of the luminaries.
सूर्यस्य चन्द्रमा भौमो जीवश्चैव मित्राणि तु । बुधः समः शुक्रार्कौ शत्रू स्यातां न संशयः ॥
sūryasya candramā bhaumo jīvaś caiva mitrāṇi tu | budhaḥ samaḥ śukrārkau śatrū syātāṃ na saṃśayaḥ ||
For the Sun, the Moon, Mars and Jupiter are friends, Mercury is neutral, while Venus and Saturn are his enemies without doubt.
अतिमित्रं मित्रं समं शत्रुमित्रं शत्रुमित्रकम् । अष्टविधं मैत्रीजालं ग्रहाणां फलसाधनम् ॥
atimitraṃ mitraṃ samaṃ śtrumitraṃ śtrumitrakam | aṣṭavidhaṃ maitrījālaṃ grahāṇāṃ phalasādhanam ||
Great friend, friend, neutral, friend-enemy, and enemy-friend — the eightfold net of relationships among planets is the means of determining their results.
मेषे रवेरुच्चता प्रोक्ता वृषभे चन्द्रजस्य च । मकरे भौमस्य च कन्यायां सौम्यस्य निशाकरः ॥
meṣe raver uccatā proktā vṛṣabhe candrajasya ca | makare bhaumasya ca kanyāyāṃ saumyasya niśākaraḥ ||
The Sun's exaltation is declared in Aries, the Moon's in Taurus, Mars' in Capricorn, and Mercury's in Virgo.
कर्कटके जगन्नाथो मीने शुक्र उदाहृतः । तुलायां शनिरुच्चस्थो नीचस्थाः पर्ययेन तु ॥
karkaṭake jagannātho mīne śukra udāhṛtaḥ | tulāyāṃ śaniruccastho nīcasthāḥ paryayena tu ||
Jupiter is stated to be exalted in Cancer, Venus in Pisces, and Saturn in Libra; their debilitation signs are exactly opposite by rotation.
रवेद्दशममेषे स्याच्चन्द्रस्य तृतीये वृषे । भौमस्याष्टविंशत्यंशे मकरे सौम्यस्य पञ्चदशे ॥
raved daśamameṣe syāc candrasya tṛtīye vṛṣe | bhaumasyāṣṭaviṃśatyaṃśe makare saumyasya pañcadaśe ||
The Sun's deepest exaltation falls at the tenth degree of Aries, the Moon's at the third degree of Taurus, Mars' at the twenty-eighth degree of Capricorn, and Mercury's at the fifteenth degree of Virgo.
जीवस्य पञ्चमं कर्कटे शुक्रस्य मीनसप्ततिः । शनेस्तुलायां विंशतिर्दीप्तिः परमुच्चगा ॥
jīvasya pañcamaṃ karkaṭe śukrasya mīnasaptatiḥ | śanes tulāyāṃ viṃśatirdīptiḥ paramuccagā ||
Jupiter's deep exaltation is the fifth degree of Cancer, Venus' the twenty-seventh of Pisces, and Saturn's the twentieth of Libra — the seats of their greatest radiance.
सिंहादौ रवेर्मूलत्रिकोणं विंशत्यंशकं स्मृतम् । वृषस्य त्रयमारभ्य भौमस्य द्वादशांशकम् ॥
siṃhādau raver mūlatrikoṇaṃ viṃśatyaṃśakaṃ smṛtam | vṛṣasya trayam ārabhya bhaumasya dvādaśāṃśakam ||
The Sun's moolatrikona begins from Leo extending twenty degrees; the Moon's starts at the fourth degree of Taurus, and Mars' spans twelve degrees of Aries.
शशाङ्कगुरुशुक्राख्या ग्रहाः शुभाः प्रकीर्तिताः । रविभौमशनिर्ज्ञेयाः पापग्रहाः क्रमाद् बुधः ॥
śaśāṅkaguruśukrākhyā grahāḥ śubhāḥ prakīrtitāḥ | ravibhaumaśanirjñeyāḥ pāpagrahāḥ kramād budhaḥ ||
The Moon, Jupiter and Venus are proclaimed natural benefics; the Sun, Mars and Saturn are known as malefics, and Mercury behaves neutrally according to circumstance.
प्राग्दिशि जीवसौम्याभ्यां दक्षिणे भानुभूमिजौ । पश्चिमे शनिरुदीच्यां च शशी शुक्र इति स्मृतौ ॥
prāgdiśi jīvasaumyābhyāṃ dakṣiṇe bhānubhūmijau | paścime śanirudīcyāṃ ca śaśī śukra iti smṛtau ||
In the eastern quarter are strong Jupiter and Mercury; in the southern, the Sun and Mars; in the western, Saturn; and in the northern, the Moon and Venus.