Sanskrit verses with English translation from Kalidasa. Read the full classical treatise on AstroFusion Learning.
राहुकेतू स्वस्वामिफलदौ तद्युतं च फलप्रदौ। योगे संयोगजं फलं विचिन्त्यं ज्योतिषोत्तमैः॥
rāhuketū svasvāmiphaladau tadyutaṃ ca phalapradau | yoge saṃyogajaṃ phalaṃ vicintyaṃ jyotiṣottamaiḥ ||
Rahu and Ketu bestow the results of their own sign-lords and of the planets conjoined with them; the effects arising from such conjunction should be carefully considered by the best of astrologers.
छायाग्रहा निजस्वामिकार्यदा दोषवर्जिताः । स्वामिबले बलीभूताः शुभकर्मफलप्रदाः ॥
chāyāgrahā nijasvāmikāryadā doṣavarjitāḥ | svāmibale balībhūtāḥ śubhakarmaphalapradāḥ ||
The shadow planets perform the work of their dispositor when free from defect; empowered by their lord's strength they grant auspicious karmic results.
वृषभे राहुरुच्चस्थो वृश्चिके च कुजोपमः । मिथुने परमोच्चस्थः केतुः षड्भागजः स्मृतः ॥
vṛṣabhe rāhuruccastho vṛścike ca kujopamaḥ | mithune paramoccasthaḥ ketuḥ ṣaḍbhāgajaḥ smṛtaḥ ||
Rahu is exalted in Taurus and behaves like Mars in Scorpio; Ketu is supremely exalted in Gemini — thus are the nodes dignified in tradition.
शुभयुतौ तौ शुभदौ पापयुतौ विपर्यये । स्वगृहे शुभवैरिणौ फलं मिश्रं प्रदापयेताम् ॥
śubhayutau tau śubhadau pāpayutau viparyaye | svagṛhe śubhavairiṇau phalaṃ miśraṃ pradāpayetām ||
Joined to benefics the two give good results, with malefics the reverse; in their own signs with mixed company they yield blended outcomes.
केन्द्रस्थो राहुरुच्चाढ्यः स्वामिबलसमन्वितः । राजयोगफलं दद्यात् छायापुत्रोऽपि धार्मिकः ॥
kendrastho rāhuruccāḍhyaḥ svāmibalasamanvitaḥ | rājayogaphalaṃ dadyāc chāyāputro'pi dhārmikaḥ ||
Rahu placed in a kendra, exalted or supported by a strong lord, grants Raja Yoga results even though he is the son of shadow, and makes one righteous.
त्रिषु षष्ट्यष्टमैकादशगेषु छायौ सुखावहौ । उपचये बलौ ज्ञेयौ वृद्धिं निर्वाहकौ सदा ॥
triṣu ṣaṣṭy-aṣṭamaikādaśageṣu chāyau sukhāvahau | upacaye balau jñeyau vṛddhiṃ nirvāhakau sadā ||
In houses three, six and eleven the shadow pair is known to be strong and happy, ever executing growth in the upachaya spheres.
मोक्षत्रिकोणगो केतुर्ज्ञानवैराग्यदायकः । स्वामिशुभयुतो योगान्मुक्तिं संपादयेन्नरम् ॥
mokṣatrikoṇago keturjñānavairāgyadāyakaḥ | svāmiśubhayuto yogān muktiṃ saṃpādayennaram ||
Ketu occupying the liberation trine, joined to a benefic lord, bestows knowledge and dispassion and leads man toward release.
राहोः केतोर्दशाकाले फलं युतदृगाश्रितम् । स्वामिनो दशायां तद्वत् स्यात् तद्भावे तद्गतैः सह ॥
rāhoḥ ketor daśākāle phalaṃ yutadṛgāśritam | svāmino daśāyāṃ tadvat syāt tadbhāve tadgataiḥ saha ||
During the periods of Rahu or Ketu, results follow their conjunct and aspecting planets; likewise in the dispositor's dasha the node acts within its house among its associates.
राहुकेत्वोर्विपर्यासो भावद्वयविशेषकः । यत्र राहुस्तत्र क्लेशः केतौ त्यागः परं पदम् ॥
rāhuketvorviparyāso bhāvadvayaviśeṣakaḥ | yatra rāhus tatra kleśaḥ ketau tyāgaḥ paraṃ padam ||
The mutual opposition of Rahu and Ketu defines a special pair of bhavas: where Rahu sits there is struggle, where Ketu sits there is renunciation and the supreme state.