अत ऊर्ध्वमङ्गारकोऽपि योजनलक्षद्वितय उपलभ्यमानस्त्रिभिस्त्रिभि: पक्षैरेकैकशो राशीन्द्वादशानुभुङ्क्ते यदि न वक्रेणाभिवर्तते प्रायेणाशुभग्रहोऽघशंस: ॥ १४ ॥
ata urdhvam angarako ’pi yojana-laksa-dvitaya upalabhyamanas tribhis tribhih paksair ekaikaso rasin dvadasanubhunkte yadi na vakrenabhivartate prayenasubha-graho ’gha-samsah.
- atah
- from this
- urdhvam
- above
- angarakah
- Mars
- api
- also
- yojana-laksa-dvitaye
- at a distance of 1,600,000 miles
- upalabhyamanah
- is situated
- tribhih tribhih
- with each three and three
- paksaih
- fortnights
- eka-ekasah
- one after another
- rasin
- the signs
- dvadasa
- twelve
- anubhunkte
- passes through
- yadi
- if
- na
- not
- vakrena
- with a curve
- abhivartate
- approaches
- prayena
- almost always
- asubha-grahah
- an unfavorable, inauspicious planet
- agha-samsah
- creating trouble
Situated 1,600,000 miles above Mercury, or 8,800,000 miles above earth, is the plane Mars. If this plane does not travel in a crooked way, it crosses through each sign of the zodiac in three fortnights and in this way travels through all twelve, one after another. It almost always creates unfavorable conditions in respect to rainfall and other influences.