Discourse on the Rising of the Breath

Depending on the time, one experiences six Likely referring to the six seasons or six divisions of the night parts of the night; count the Ghatikas Ghatika: A traditional unit of time equal to 24 minutes as they increase or decrease. 29.

Chaupai
Whether it be a man or a woman, they experience the whole month [of a sign's influence]. When the manifest zodiac signs arrive for many days, the pattern wanes and then the day increases. 30. When the night comes in a long duration, the night grows and the day is truly diminished. When the short and long become equal, know then that day and night are in balance. 31. This describes the winter/summer solstices and the equinoxes.

There, the nine planets Navagraha: The nine celestial influencers in Indian astrology—Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, and the nodes Rahu and Ketu perform their movements, traveling through all twelve zodiac signs. Some move forward, some move backward; some are gentle and benefic, while others are destructive and malefic. 32. Sometimes a single planet resides in a sign, sometimes three or four appear together. Sometimes six planets move as one, or even all of them may reside in a single sign. 33. Some are mutually dear and beneficial to one another, while some propagate great enmity. Some are considered new enemies, while others are known by their mutual aspects original: "dishti"; the astrological influence a planet exerts on others based on its position. 34.

Doha
Whatever qualities belong to that place—whether they be excellent, middling, or low. 35.

Chaupai
One who knows their movements well can bring both the past and the future into their mind. Whatever expansion exists in the Universe Brahmanda: The "Egg of Brahma" or Macrocosm, all of that is manifest within the human body Pinda: The Microcosm or physical form. 36.

Aries original: "Mesh" is said to be the head, and Taurus original: "Vrish" the neck. Gemini original: "Mithun" is known as the shoulders and the two arms. Cancer original: "Karka" takes the place of the chest; Leo original: "Simha" the stomach, and Virgo original: "Kanya" the navel. Libra original: "Tula" is the waist, and Scorpio original: "Vrishchika" the hidden parts?. Sagittarius is manifest in the thighs, and Capricorn original: "Makar" and Aquarius original: "Kumbha" are the two feet. Pisces original: "Meena" is the ears and all the veins together. 38.

One should make their seat in a solitary dwelling; knowing this truth, a man should not fall back into the worldly house. In that place, avoid bright lights and always seek the stillness of the dark. Abandon the company of both the saintly and the unholy; set aside all anxiety and worldly thoughts.

original: "Niranjan"; a name for the Formless Divine, literally "without blemish" or "without collyrium."