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कण्ट्ःईरवस्य धनशैलगुहावनानि षष्ठस्य शाद्वलवधूरतिशिल्पभूमिः ।सर्वार्थसारपुरपण्यमही तुलायाः कीतस्य चाश्मविधकीटबिलप्रदेशाः ॥
Leo has wealth, hills, caves and woods; the sixth sign (Virgo) has grassy meadows and places of women, love and crafts; Libra has the grounds of cities and markets where all valuable goods are found; Scorpio has places of stone (ashma-vidha), insects and holes.
english translation
चापस्य वाजिरथवारणवासभूमिः एणाननस्य सरिदम्बुवनप्रदेशाः । कुम्भस्य तोयघटभाण्डगृहस्थलानि मीनाधिवाससरिदम्बुधितोयराशिः ॥
Sagittarius has the dwelling places of horses, chariots and elephants; Capricorn has rivers, water and forest regions; Aquarius has water pots, vessels and house sites; Pisces has the dwellings of fish, rivers and the waters of the ocean.
english translation
ह्वस्वा गोऽजघटाः समा मृगयुक्चापान्त्यकर्कटकाः । दीर्घा वृश्किककन्यकाहरितुला मेषादिपुंयोषितौ । प्रागादिक्रियगोनृयुक्कटकभान्येतानि कोणान्वितान्याहुः क्रूरशुभौ चरस्थिरतरद्वन्द्वानि तानि क्रमात् ॥
Now the special forms of the signs. Taurus, Aries and Aquarius are short; Capricorn, Gemini, Sagittarius, Pisces and Cancer are middling; Scorpio, Virgo, Leo and Libra are long. From Aries, [the signs] are male and female [in turn]. Aries, Taurus, Gemini and Cancer, each together with its trines (kona), are said to belong to the east and the following directions; in order they are harsh and gentle [in turn], and movable, fixed and dual.
english translation
दीर्योपेता निशि वृषनृयुक्कर्किचापाजनक्राःहित्वा युग्मं भवनमपरे पृष्टपूर्वोदयाश्च ।शेषाः शीर्दीदयदिनबलाः श्रेष्ठता राशयस्तेमीनाकारद्वयमुभयतः काललग्नं समेति ॥
Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Sagittarius, Aries and Capricorn are strong (virya) [the text reads dirya] by night; leaving out Gemini (yugma), these same signs are back-rising (prishthodaya). The remaining signs are head-rising (shirshodaya) and strong by day; these signs are excellent (shreshtha). Pisces, with its form of two [fish], rises as the lagna both ways.
english translation
मीनालिकर्कटमृगाः सलिलाभिनास्तोयाश्रया घटवधुयुगगोपसंज्ञाः ।निस्तोयभूतलचराः क्रियचापतौलिकण्ठीरवाश्च बहवः प्रवदन्ति सन्तः ॥
Now the water and other designations of the signs. Pisces, Scorpio, Cancer and Capricorn are called watery (salila); Aquarius, Virgo, Gemini and Taurus [the text reads gopa; go, Taurus, is expected] are named water-resorting (toyashraya); Aries, Sagittarius, Libra and Leo, many sages say, are waterless and move on dry land.
english translation