Brihat Jataka Verse 1.6

Sanskrit Verse

क्षितिज सित ज्ञ चन्द्ररवि सौम्य सितावनिजाः सुरगुरुमन्दसौरिगुरवश्च गृहांशकपाः । अजमृगतौलिचन्द्रभवनादि नवांश विधिर्भवन समांशकाधिपतयः स्वगृहात् क्रमशः ॥ ६॥

Transliteration

kṣitija sita jña candraravi saumya sitāvanijāḥ suragurumandasauriguravaśca gṛhāṃśakapāḥ | ajamṛgataulicandrabhavanādi navāṃśa vidhirbhavana samāṃśakādhipatayaḥ svagṛhāt kramaśaḥ || 6||

Word meanings

kṣitija—Mars; sita—Venus jña = Mercury; candra—the Moon; ravi—the Sun saumya = Mercury; sita—Venus avanija = Mars; kṣitijasitajñacandraravisaumyasitāvanijās—Mars, Venus, Mercury, the Moon, the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars; suraguru—Jupiter; manda—Saturn sauri = Saturn; guravas—Jupiter; suragurumandasauriguravas—Jupiter, Saturn, Saturn, Jupiter; ca—and; gṛha—zodiac sign; aṃśaka—portion pa = ruler; gṛhāṃśakapās—the rulers of the (nine) portions of the zodiac signs; aja—Aries; mṛga—Capricorn; tauli—Libra candra = Cancer; bhavana—the zodiac sign; ādi—beginning with navāṃśa = navamsha; vidhi—the method; ajamṛgataulicandrabhavādinavāṃśavidhis—the manner of the navamsha beginning with the zodiac signs of Aries, Capricorn, Libra, Cancer; bhavana—zodiac sign; samāṃśaka—obtaining an equal share; adhipati—the lord bhavanasamāṃśakādhipatayas; —the lords (of each; navamsha) obtaining an equal share in the zodiac sign svagṛhāt—from one’s own sign; kramaśas—in due order

Translation

The rulers of the zodiacal divisions, starting from Aries, are Mars, Venus, Mercury, Moon, Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Saturn, and Jupiter. The Navamsha sequence begins with Aries for fire signs, Capricorn for earth signs, Libra for air signs, and Cancer for water signs, assigned in order from their respective signs.

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Reference: Brihat Jataka