TEXT 5
yasya pucchagre vaksirasah kundali-bhuta-dehasya dhruva upakalpitas tasya langule 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 samasankhya bhavanti; prsthe tv ajavithi akasa-ganga codaratah.
SYNONYMS
yasyaof which; puccha-agreat the end of the tail; avaksirasahwhose head is downward; kundali-bhuta-dehasyawhose body, which is coiled; dhruvahMaharaja Dhruva on his planet, the polestar; upakalpitahis situated; tasyaof that; languleon the tail; prajapatihof the name Prajapati; agnihAgni; indrahIndra; dharmahDharma; itithus; puccha-muleat the base of the tail; dhata vidhatathe demigods known as Dhata and Vidhata; caalso; katyamon the hip; sapta-rsayahthe seven saintly sages; tasyaof that; daksina-avarta-kundali-bhuta-sarirasyawhose body is like a coil turning toward the right side; yaniwhich; udagayananimarking the northern courses; daksina-parsveon the right side; tubut; naksatraniconstellations; upakalpayantiare situated; daksina-ayananithe fourteen stars, from Pusya to Uttarasadha, marking the northern course; tubut; savyeon the left side; yathajust like; sisumarasyaof the dolphin; kundala-bhoga-sannivesasyawhose body appears like a coil; parsvayohon the sides; ubhayohboth; apicertainly; avayavahthe limbs; samasankhyahof equal number (fourteen); bhavantiare; prstheon the back; tuof course; ajavithithe first three stars marking the southern route (Mula, Purvasadha and Uttarasadha); akasa-gangathe Ganges in the sky (the Milky Way); caalso; udaratahon the abdomen.
TRANSLATION
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 Angira. 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].

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