Brihat Jataka Verse 2.7

Sanskrit Verse

विप्रादितः शुक्रगुरू कुजार्कौ शशी बुधश्चेत्यसितान्त्यजानाम् । चन्द्रार्क जीवा ज्ञ सितौ कुजार्की यथा क्रमं सत्वरजस्तमांसि ॥ ७॥

Transliteration

viprāditaḥ śukragurū kujārkau śaśī budhaścetyasitāntyajānām | candrārka jīvā jña sitau kujārkī yathā kramaṃ satvarajastamāṃsi || 7||

Word meanings

vipra—a priest; ādita—beginning with; viprāditas—beginning with the priests (priests, warriors, merchants, and servants); śukra—Venus; guru—Jupiter; śukragurū—Venus and Jupiter; kuja—Mars; arka—the Sun; kujārkau—Mars and the Sun; śaśī—the Moon; budhas—Mercury; ca—and; iti—thus; asita—Saturn; antyaja—servants; asitāntyajānām—of the servants from Saturn; candra—the Moon; arka—the Sun; jīva—Jupiter; candrārkajīvās—the Moon, the Sun, and Jupiter; jña—Mercury; sita—Venus; jñasitau—Mercury and Venus; kuja—Mars; ārki—Saturn; kujārkī—Mars and Saturn; yathākramam—in that order; satva—satva; rajas—rajas; tamas—tamas; satvarajastamāṃsi—satva, rajas, and tamas

Translation

Caste and Guna associations: Venus and Jupiter are Brahmins (priests); Mars and the Sun are Kshatriyas (warriors); Moon and Mercury are Vaishyas (merchants); and Saturn represents Shudras (servants). For the three Gunas: Moon, Sun, and Jupiter are Sattva (purity); Mercury and Venus are Rajas (activity); and Mars and Saturn are Tamas (inertia).

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Reference: Brihat Jataka