Brihat Jataka Verse 2.11

Sanskrit Verse

मन्दोऽलसः कपिलदृक् कृशदीर्घ गात्रः स्थूलद्विजः परुषरोम कचोऽनिलात्मा । स्नाय्वस्थ्यसृक् त्वग् अथ शुक्र वसे च मज्जा मन्दार्क चन्द्र बुध शुक्र सुरेज्य भौमाः ॥ ११॥

Transliteration

mando’lasaḥ kapiladṛk kṛśadīrgha gātraḥ sthūladvijaḥ paruṣaroma kaco’nilātmā | snāyvasthyasṛk tvag atha śukra vase ca majjā mandārka candra budha śukra surejya bhaumāḥ || 11||

Word meanings

mandas—Saturn; alasas—lazy; kapila—tawny; dṛk—eye; kapiladṛk—tawny eyed; kṛśa—lean; dīrgha—tall; gātra—body; kṛśadīrghagātras—lean and tall body; sthūla—large; dvija—tooth; sthūladvijas—large toothed; paruṣa—hard; roman—hair on the body; kaca—hair on the head; paruṣaromakacas—hard hair on the body and head; anila—windy; ātman—temperament; anilātmā—windy temperament; snāyu—muscle; asthi—bone; asṛj—blood; tvac—skin; snāyvasthyasṛktvag—muscle, bone, blood, skin; atha—then; śukra—seman; vasa—fat; śukravase—seman and fat; ca—and; majjā—marrow; manda—Saturn; arka—the Sun; candra—the Moon; budha—Mercury; śukra—Venus; surejya—Jupiter; bhauma—Mars; mandārkacandrabudhaśukrasurejyabhaumās—Saturn, the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Mars

Translation

Saturn is slow/lazy, has tawny eyes, a lean and tall frame, large teeth, coarse hair, and a windy temperament. The planetary rulers of the body’s tissues starting from muscle are: Saturn (muscle), Sun (bone), Moon (blood), Mercury (skin), Venus (semen), Jupiter (fat), and Mars (marrow).

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Reference: Brihat Jataka