Brihat Jataka
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बुधसूर्यसुतौ नपुंसकाख्यौ शशिशुक्रौ युवती नराश्र्च शेषा: ॥ शिखिभूखपयोमरुद्गणानां वशिनो भूमिसुतादय: क्रमेण ॥ २-६ ॥
Venus and Jupiter both stand for the Brahmins, Sun and Mars represent the Kshatriyas ie the soldierly class, Moon represents the trading class. Mercury represents the Shudras and Saturn stands for the people outside the community. Moon, Sun and Jupiter have satvic nature (virtue), Mercury and Venus have rajasik nature (ambition) while Mars and 'Saturn represent tamas (inertia).
english translation
budhasUryasutau napuMsakAkhyau zazizukrau yuvatI narAzrca zeSA: ॥ zikhibhUkhapayomarudgaNAnAM vazino bhUmisutAdaya: krameNa ॥ 2-6 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptविप्रादित: शुक्रगुरू कुजार्कौ शशी बुधश्चत्यसितोऽन्त्यजानाम् ॥ चन्द्रार्कजीवा ज्ञसितौ कुजार्की यथाक्रमं सत्त्वरजस्तमांसि ॥ २-७ ॥
Mars has a fierce glance, is young, is liberal, full of heat, very naughty, narrow at the region of the :waist. Mercury is clever in speech, jocular in spirit, contains ail the three humours ie wind, bile and phlegm.
english translation
viprAdita: zukragurU kujArkau zazI budhazcatyasito'ntyajAnAm ॥ candrArkajIvA jJasitau kujArkI yathAkramaM sattvarajastamAMsi ॥ 2-7 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptमधुपिङ्खलदृक्चतुरस्त्रतनु: पित्तप्रकृति: सविताल्पकच: ॥ तनुवृत्ततर्बहुवातकफ: प्राज्ञश्च शशी मृदुवाक् शुभदृक् ॥ २-८ ॥
Sun has eyes of the colour ofhoney, a broad--square body, dominant in bile and with scanty hair. The Moon has a weak body, round in figure, with plenty of phlegm and wind, learned, gentle in speech and with attractive eyes.
english translation
madhupiGkhaladRkcaturastratanu: pittaprakRti: savitAlpakaca: ॥ tanuvRttatarbahuvAtakapha: prAjJazca zazI mRduvAk zubhadRk ॥ 2-8 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptकूरदक्तरुणमूर्तिरुदार: पैत्तिक: सुचपल: कृशमध्य: ॥ क्लिष्टवाक्सततहास्यरुचिर्ज्ञ:पित्तमारुतकफप्रकृतिश्च ॥ २-९ ॥
Jupiter has a long body, with brown hair an~ eyes, highly learned and with a humour of phlegm. Venus 18 happy and pleasure loving, handsome, charming in appearance, beautiful eyes and prone to phlegm and with curly black hair.
english translation
kUradaktaruNamUrtirudAra: paittika: sucapala: kRzamadhya: ॥ kliSTavAksatatahAsyarucirjJa:pittamArutakaphaprakRtizca ॥ 2-9 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptबृहत्तनु: पिङ्लमूर्धंजेक्षणो बृहस्पति: श्रेष्ठमति: कफात्मक: ॥ भृगु: सुखी कान्तवपु: सुलोचन: कफानिलात्मासितवक्रमूर्द्धज: ॥ २-१० ॥
Saturn is lazy with honey coloured eyes, thin and tall. He . is ~ nervous planet ie governs the nerves. His teeth are big and hair are hard and dry. His nature is windy. The tissues reprcsented by the planets are bones by Sun, blood by Moon, marrow of the bones by Mars, skin by Mercury, fat by Jupiter and semen by Venus.
english translation
bRhattanu: piGlamUrdhaMjekSaNo bRhaspati: zreSThamati: kaphAtmaka: ॥ bhRgu: sukhI kAntavapu: sulocana: kaphAnilAtmAsitavakramUrddhaja: ॥ 2-10 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript