Brihat Samhita

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यदि मूर्तो भविचारी शिरो अथ वा भवति मण्डली राहुः । भगणार्धेन अन्तरितौ गृह्णाति कथं नियतचारः ॥ ५-०४ ॥

sanskrit

Now, if he has a body or be simply a head with a regular motion in the ecliptic, how comes it that he eclipses the sun and moon when they are 180° from him?

english translation

yadi mUrto bhavicArI ziro atha vA bhavati maNDalI rAhuH । bhagaNArdhena antaritau gRhNAti kathaM niyatacAraH ॥ 5-04 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/brihat-samhita/5/4

यदि मूर्तो भविचारी शिरो अथ वा भवति मण्डली राहुः । भगणार्धेन अन्तरितौ गृह्णाति कथं नियतचारः ॥ ५-०४ ॥

sanskrit

Now, if he has a body or be simply a head with a regular motion in the ecliptic, how comes it that he eclipses the sun and moon when they are 180° from him?

english translation

yadi mUrto bhavicArI ziro atha vA bhavati maNDalI rAhuH । bhagaNArdhena antaritau gRhNAti kathaM niyatacAraH ॥ 5-04 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript