Verse 1.8
गोकर्क्यश्व्यजनक्रभान्यथ नृयुङ्मीनौ परे राश्यस्ते पृष्ठोधयकोदयाः समिथुनाः पृहोदयाश्चैन्दवाः । सौराः शेषगृहाः क्रमेण कथिता रात्रिद्युसंज्ञाः त्रमादूध्वार्धःसमवक्रभाति तु पुनस्तीक्ष्णांशुमुक्ताद् गृहात्
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The signs Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, and Capricorn rise with their backs; Aries and Pisces rise head-first; the remaining signs rise belly-first. The dual signs are back-and-belly risers, while the water signs are belly risers…
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