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Verse 1.184

पृथ्वी बुधो जलं चेन्दुः शुक्रो वह्नी रविः कुजः । वायू राहुश्शनी व्योम गुरुरेव प्रकीर्तितः

The Earth element is Mercury, Water is the Moon, Fire is Venus and the Sun, Air is Rahu and Saturn, and Space alone is declared to be Jupiter. This verse maps the five great elements of the physical world onto the nine celestial…

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