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Stanza 1: The Sun, who is one of the AshtaMurthies of Siva, who forms the
path for those who go to Moksha, who represents Atma for those who are well vers
ed in Atmavidya, who accepts the results of the sacrificial rites, who is the ma
ster of Amaras and Jyotishas; who destroys, creates and protects the Lokas, who
is praised in the Vedas in various forms, who is possessed of many rays and who
is the lamp of the three worlds, may he grant us speech?
Stanza 2: Although there are great many works ably written by intelligent
men in accordance with excellent literary style, many people get dispirited in t
rying to cross the vast ocean of horoscopic knowledge; to such I offer a small b
oat, constructed with metre of various kinds, short but very suggestive and full
of instructive ideas, to enable them to cross this ocean.
Stanza 3: The science of astrology is called Hora Sastra from the compound
ing of the two words Aho and Ratri and the dropping of the first and last letter
s; and it speaks of the results of the good and bad deeds done by men in their p
revious births.
Stanza 4: In the celestial Chakra (globe) the signs commencing with Mesha
and Aswini, are each formed by nine padams (quarters) of stars and govern the fo
llowing organs of Kalapurusha, namely, head, face, chest, heart, belly, waist,
lower belly, sexual organ, thighs, knees, buttocks and feet respectively. Rasi,
Kshetra, Griha, Ruksha, Bha and Bhavana refer to and signify the zodiacal signs.

Stanza 5: Meena is represented by two fishes lying close to each other wit
h their heads pointing in opposite directions; Kumbha is shown by a person beari
ng a water pot; Mithuna is indicated by a man with a club and a woman with a lut
e, in close embrace; Dhanus is described as a Centaur with the hind part resembl
ing that of a horse and the front of an archer; Makara bears the representation
of the face of a deer with the hinder part of a crocodile; Thula represents the
appearance of a man with a balance in hand; Kanya is shown by a virgin seated in
a boat with a crop in one hand and with a light in the other, and the other sig
ns are represented by their names and move in places congenial to their nature.
Stanza 6: Kuja, Sukra, Budha, Chandra, Ravi, Budha, Sukra, Kuja, Guru, San
i, Sani and Guru are respectively the lords of the signs and their divisions fro
m Mesha; the navamsas commence from Mesha, Makara, Thula and Kataka, etc., Dwada
samsas commence from the houses themselves.
Stanza 7: Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Mercury and Venus govern five, eight, sev
en and five Bhagas (degrees) respectively in the Trimsamsas of the odd signs whi
le the order is reversed in those of the even signs. The last part of Cancer, S
corpio and Pisces goes under the name of Rikshasandhi (junction of two rasis or
constellations).
Stanza 8: Kriya, Thavuri, Jitheema, Kulira, Laya, Pathona, Juka, Kowrpi, T
haukshika, Akokero, Hridroga and Anthya are names for Mesha, Vrishabha, Mithuna,
Kataka, Simha, Kanya, Thula, Vrischika, Dhanus, Makara, Kumbha and Meena respec
tively.
Stanza 9: If a planet is in its Drekkana, Hora, Navamsa, Trimsamsa, Dwadas
amsa and Rasi, it is said to be in its Varga.