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TEXT 14
ata urdhvam angarako pi yojana-laksa-dvitaya upalabhyamanas tribhis tribhih paksair ekaikaso rasin dvadasanubhunkte yadi na vakrenabhivartate prayenasubha-graho gha-samsah.
SYNONYMS
atahfrom this; urdhvamabove; angarakahMars; apialso; yojana-laksa-dvitayeat a distance of 1,600,000 miles; upalabhyamanahis situated; tribhih tribhihwith each three and three; paksaihfortnights; eka-ekasahone after another; rasinthe signs; dvadasatwelve; anubhunktepasses through; yadiif; nanot; vakrenawith a curve; abhivartateapproaches; prayenaalmost always; asubha-grahahan unfavorable, inauspicious planet; agha-samsahcreating trouble.
TRANSLATION
Situated 1,600,000 miles above Mercury, or 8,800,000 miles above earth, is the planet Mars. If this planet 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.
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