यस्य पुच्छाग्रे ऽवाक्शिरसः कुण्डलीभूतदेहस्य ध्रुव उपकल्पितस्तस्य लाङ्गूले प्रजापतिरग्निरिन्द्रो धर्म इति पुच्छमूले धाता विधाता च कट्यां सप्तर्षयः. तस्य दक्षिणावर्तकुण्डलीभूतशरीरस्य यान्युदगयनानि दक्षिणपार्श्वे तु नक्षत्राण्युपकल्पयन्ति दक्षिणायनानि तु सव्ये. यथा शिशुमारस्य कुण्डलाभोगसन्निवेशस्य पार्श्वयोरुभयोरप्यवयवाः समसङ्ख्या भवन्ति. पृष्ठे त्वजवीथी आकाशगङ्गा चोदरतः. ॥ ५ ॥
yasya pucchagre 'vaksirasah kundali-bhuta-dehasya dhruva
upakalpitas tasya laṅgule prajapatir agnir indro dharma iti puccha-
mule dhata vidhata ca katyam saptarsayah. tasya daksinavarta-
kundali-bhuta-sarirasya yany udagayanani daksina-parsve tu
naksatrany upakalpayanti daksinayanani tu savye. yatha sisumarasya
kundala-bhoga-sannivesasya parsvayor ubhayor apy avayavah
samasaṅkhya bhavanti. prsthe tv ajavithi akasa-gaṅga codaratah.
yasya-of which; puccha-agre-at the end of the tail; avaksirasah-whose head is downward; kundali-bhuta-dehasya-whose body, which is coiled; dhruvah-Maharaja Dhruva on his planet, the polestar; upakalpitah-is situated; tasya-of that; laṅgule-on the tail; prajapatih-of the name Prajapati; agnih-Agni; indrah-Indra; dharmah-Dharma; iti-thus; puccha-mule-at the base of the tail; dhata vidhata-the demigods known as Dhata and Vidhata; ca-also; katyam-on the hip; sapta-rsayah-the seven saintly sages; tasya-of that; daksina-avarta-kundali-bhuta-sarirasya-whose body is like a coil turning toward the right side; yani-which; udagayanani-marking the northern courses; daksina-parsve-on the right side; tu-but; naksatrani-constellations; upakalpayanti-are situated; daksina-ayanani-the fourteen stars, from Pusya to Uttarasadha, marking the northern course; tu-but; savye-on the left side; yatha-just like; sisumarasya-of the dolphin; kundala-bhoga-sannivesasya-whose body appears like a coil; parsvayoh-on the sides; ubhayoh-both; api-certainly; avayavah-the limbs; samasaṅkhyah-of equal number (fourteen); bhavanti-are; prsthe-on the back; tu-of course; ajavithi-the first three stars marking the southern route (Mula, Purvasadha and Uttarasadha); akasa-gaṅga-the Ganges in the sky (the Milky Way); ca-also; udaratah-on the abdomen.
This form of the sisumara has its head downward and its body coiled. On the end of its tail is the planet of Dhruva, on the body of its tail are the planets of the demigods Prajapati, Agni, Indra and Dharma, and at the base of its tail are the planets of the demigods Dhata and Vidhata. Where the hips might be on the sisumara are the seven saintly sages like Vasistha and Aṅgira. The coiled body of the Sisumara-cakra turns toward its right side, on which the fourteen constellations from Abhijit to Punarvasu are located. On its left side are the fourteen stars from Pusya to Uttarasadha. Thus its body is balanced because its sides are occupied by an equal number of stars. On the back of the sisumara is the group of stars known as Ajavithi, and on its abdomen is the Ganges that flows in the sky [the Milky Way].