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ग्रह भेद

Verse 2.2

हेलिः सूर्यश्चन्द्रमाः शीतरश्मिर्हेम्नो विज्ज्ञो बोधनश्चेन्दु पुत्रः । आरो वक्रः क्रूरदृक् चावनेयः कोणो मन्दः सूर्य पुत्रोऽसितश्च

The Sun is Heli; the Moon is She-of-Cold-Rays; Mercury is the Knower of Gold and the Awakener; Mars is the Son of the Earth, the Oblique, the Retrograde, and the Cruel-Eyed; Jupiter is the Angle-Planet and the Slow-One; Saturn is the Son…

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