Verse 2.9
क्रूरदृक् तरुण मूर्तिरुदारः पैत्तिकः सुचपलः कृश मध्यः । श्लिष्टवाक् सतत हास्यरुचिर्ज्ञः पित्त मारुत कफ प्रकृतिश्च
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He has a cruel glance, a youthful form, is generous, bilious, very fickle, thin-waisted, speaks with joined words, delights in constant laughter; such is Mercury, whose nature is a mixture of bile, wind, and phlegm. This verse paints the…
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