Sanskrit verses with English translation from Kalidasa. Read the full classical treatise on AstroFusion Learning.
आत्मा रविर्मनश्चन्द्रो भौमो वीर्यं बुधो वचः । गुरुर्ज्ञानं शनिर्दुःखं राहुकेतू च पीडकौ ॥
ātmā ravir manaś candro bhaumo vīryaṃ budho vacaḥ | gurur jñānaṃ śanir duḥkhaṃ rāhu-ketū ca pīḍakau ||
The Sun is the soul, the Moon the mind; Mars is valor, Mercury speech; Jupiter is knowledge, Saturn sorrow, and Rahu and Ketu are the afflicting ones.
पिता आत्मा तथा तेजः क्षत्रियं राज्यमेव च । प्रभाकरो महारोगान्ददत्येष सुदारुणान् ॥
pitā ātmā tathā tejaḥ kṣatriyaṃ rājyam eva ca | prabhākaro mahārogān dadaty eṣa sudāruṇān ||
The Sun signifies father, soul, radiance, the warrior class and sovereignty; when afflicted he grants terrible diseases.
माता मनः शुचिं ज्ञेयं जलं धान्यं सुखं तथा । शशाङ्कः क्षीणयुक्तोऽथ दुःखं चित्तविकारजम् ॥
mātā manaḥ śuciṃ jñeyaṃ jalaṃ dhānyaṃ sukhaṃ tathā | śaśāṅkaḥ kṣīṇayukto'tha duḥkhaṃ cittavikārajam ||
The Moon signifies mother, mind, purity, water, grains and happiness; when weak or conjoined with malefics she yields sorrow born of mental disturbance.
भ्रातृं वीर्यं भूमि चोरं युद्धं शस्त्रं सेनापतिम् । दारुणं क्षतरोगं च भौमः कुरुते कर्मसु ॥
bhrātṛṃ vīryaṃ bhūmi coraṃ yuddhaṃ śastraṃ senāpatim | dāruṇaṃ kṣatarogaṃ ca bhaumaḥ kurute karmasu ||
Mars signifies brothers, valor, land, thieves, war, weapons and the commander; in action he produces wounds and blood disorders.
वाणी प्रज्ञा गणनं वाणिज्यं मित्रं लिखितं तथा । बुधः सर्वसुखं दद्याद् वक्री दोषं प्रयच्छति ॥
vāṇī prajñā gaṇanaṃ vāṇijyaṃ mitraṃ likhitaṃ tathā | budhaḥ sarvasukhaṃ dadyād vakrī doṣaṃ prayacchati ||
Mercury signifies speech, intellect, calculation, commerce, friends and writing; he grants all happiness, but when retrograde he confers defects.
सुतं ज्ञानं धनं गुरुं धर्मं विद्यां यशः शुभम् । देवताप्रीतिं चैवैतान् जीवः सम्प्रददाति वै ॥
sutaṃ jñānaṃ dhanaṃ guruṃ dharmaṃ vidyāṃ yaśaḥ śubham | devatāprītiṃ caivaitān jīvaḥ sampradadāti vai ||
Jupiter bestows children, wisdom, wealth, preceptor-hood, dharma, learning, fame, auspiciousness and devotion to the gods.
कलत्रं काममौदार्यं वाहनं वस्त्रमालिका । गीतवाद्यसुखं चैव शुक्रः सम्प्रददाति हि ॥
kalatraṃ kāmamaudāryaṃ vāhanaṃ vastramālikā | gītavādyasukhaṃ caiva śukraḥ sampradadāti hi ||
Venus bestows spouse, love, generosity, vehicles, garments, garlands, and the joys of song and music.
आयुर्दुःखं दास्यं लोहं वृद्धं शूद्रं तमः प्रभुम् । शनिः कुरुते सर्वं च दण्डाधिपतिरुच्यते ॥
āyurduḥkhaṃ dāsyaṃ lohaṃ vṛddhaṃ śūdraṃ tamaḥ prabhum | śaniḥ kurute sarvaṃ ca daṇḍādhipatirucyate ||
Saturn governs longevity, sorrow, servitude, iron, old age, the laborer class and darkness; he is called the lord of punishment.
राहुः पितृवयोवृद्धं विदेशं चोरता तथा । केतुर्मातृकुलं विद्यां मोक्षं च परमं पदम् ॥
rāhuḥ pitṛvayovṛddhaṃ videśaṃ coratā tathā | ketur mātṛkulaṃ vidyāṃ mokṣaṃ ca paramaṃ padam ||
Rahu signifies paternal grandparents, foreign lands and theft; Ketu the maternal lineage, secret knowledge and the supreme state of liberation.