Verse 2.4
रक्त श्यामो भास्करो गौरेन्दुर्नात्युच्चाङ्गो रक्त गौरश्च वक्रः । दूर्वा श्यामो ज्ञो गुरुर्गौर गात्रः श्यामः शुक्रो भास्करिः कृष्णदेहः
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The Sun is red and dark; the Moon is fair, not very tall, and red-white when retrograde. Mercury is the color of durva grass and dark. Jupiter has a fair body. Venus is dark like the Sun. Saturn has a black body. This verse establishes the…
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