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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 23]
दक्षिणवामयोर्लोचनयोर्धनिष्ठा मूलं च दक्षिणवामयोः कर्णयोर्मघादीन्यष्ट नक्षत्राणि दक्षिणायनानि वामपार्श्ववङ्क्रिषु युञ्जीत तथैव मृगशीर्षादीन्युदगय नानि दक्षिणपार्श्ववङ्क्रिषु प्रातिलोम्येन प्रयुञ्जीत शतभिषाज्येष्ठे स्कन्धयोर्दक्षिणवामयोर्न्यसेत् ॥ ६ ॥
punarvasu-puṣyau dakṣiṇa-vāmayoḥ śroṇyor ārdrāśleṣe ca dakṣiṇa- vāmayoḥ paścimayoḥ pādayor abhijid-uttarāṣāḍhe dakṣiṇa-vāmayor nāsikayor yathā-saṅkhyaṁ śravaṇa-pūrvāṣāḍhe dakṣiṇa-vāmayor locanayor dhaniṣṭhā mūlaṁ ca dakṣiṇa-vāmayoḥ karṇayor maghādīny aṣṭa nakṣatrāṇi dakṣiṇāyanāni vāma-pārśva-vaṅkriṣu yuñjīta tathaiva mṛga-śīrṣādīny udagayanāni dakṣiṇa-pārśva-vaṅkriṣu prātilomyena prayuñjīta śatabhiṣā-jyeṣṭhe skandhayor dakṣiṇa-vāmayor nyaset.
punarvasu—the star named Punarvasu; puṣyau—and the star named Puṣyā; dakṣiṇa-vāmayoḥ—on the right and left; śroṇyoḥ—loins; ārdrā—the star named Ārdrā; aśleṣe—the star named Aśleṣā; ca—also; dakṣiṇa-vāmayoḥ—at the right and left; paścimayoḥ—behind; pādayoḥ—feet; abhijit-uttarāṣāḍhe—the stars named Abhijit and Ut- tarāṣāḍhā; dakṣiṇa-vāmayoḥ—on the right and left; nāsikayoḥ— nostrils; yathā-saṅkhyaṁ—according to numerical order; śravaṇa-pūr- vāṣāḍhe—the stars named Śravaṇā and Pūrvāṣāḍhā; dakṣiṇa- vāmayoḥ—at the right and left; locanayoḥ—eyes; dhaniṣṭhā mūlaṁ ca—and the stars named Dhaniṣṭhā and Mūla; dakṣiṇa-vāmayoḥ—at the right and left; karṇayoḥ—ears; maghā-ādīni—the stars such as Maghā; aṣṭa nakṣatrāṇi—eight stars; dakṣiṇa-āyanāni—which mark the southern course; vāma-pārśva—of the left side; vaṅkriṣu—at the ribs; yuñjīta—may place; tathā eva—similarly; mṛga-śīrṣā-ādīni—such as Mṛgaśīrṣā; udagayanāni—marking the northern course; dakṣiṇa- pārśva-vaṅkriṣu—on the right side; prātilomyena—in the reverse order; prayuñjīta—may place; śatabhiṣā—Śatabhiṣā; jyeṣṭhe—Jyeṣṭhā; skandhayoḥ—on the two shoulders; dakṣiṇa-vāmayoḥ—right and left; nyaset—should place.
TRANSLATION
On the right and left sides of where the loins might be on the Śiśumāra-cakra are the stars named Punarvasu and Puṣyā. Ārdrā