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The nectar of speech is obtained through internal reflections; in this fivefold time, among such people, a person of such radiance is rare. Therefore, I have not shown a full elaboration here, but rather a brief overview dig-darshana; literally "a showing of the directions," meaning a summary or guiding outline. Fire is above, water is below, and the Wind prabhañjana; "the breaker," a poetic name for the wind god Vayu moves sideways. In the middle is the void of space. Within this fivefold system, the Sun, the one who is only a head Rahu, the demon of the ascending lunar node, the Son of the Earth Mars, and the Slow-mover Saturn—these rise toward the south. They are cruel planets krura; malefic planets that bring harsh or difficult results and perform cruel actions. The Teacher of the Immortals Jupiter, the Teacher of the Asuras Venus, the Son of the Moon Mercury, and the Night-maker the Moon rise on the left; they perform both auspicious and inauspicious actions. The Sun is fire; the Lame One Saturn is earth; water is... OCR here is fragmented ...this is the rising of the planets, O Dear one. The Moon is water; Venus is fire; the Teacher of the Gods Jupiter is wind. The Earth and the Son of the Moon Mercury rise with a leftward movement, O Dear one. Situated in their own state, between the left and right paths, are two ghatikas a unit of time lasting 24 minutes and thirty... caṣāstriṃśat?. This practice is considered separately. The time for a change would be half of that, and half of that again... or even for the Son of the Sun Saturn. For the Moon, it is half; for the Son of Bhrigu Venus, half; and for Mercury and Jupiter, a half of a half. Thus in this fourfold group, the fourfold...