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Verse 27.11

पद्मार्चिता मूर्धनि भोगि युक्ता स्त्री कर्क शारण्य गता विरौति । शाखां पलाशस्य समाश्रिता च मध्ये स्थिता कर्कटकस्यराशेः

In the first decanate of Cancer, a woman adorned with a lotus on her head, joined with a serpent, goes to the forest weeping. In the middle decanate, she takes refuge under a branch of the Palasha tree. This verse paints a vivid symbolic…

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