Sloka 24. Clothing and other articles of apparel, superior rice, the collection of forest produce, plantain, cereals of the highest sort, bamboo, mudga or kidney bean and other stored articles of trade coming up to sesamum-sacs , sugar cane, iron and other kindred substances, weapons and horses, gold and other valuable articles flowers springing in water and all water born things are said to be the materials represented by Mesha and the remaining .signs respectively their quantity being small or great, according as the signs typifying them are weak or strong.
Sloka 25. Wise men say that Mars, Venus, Mercury, the Moon, the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn are respectively the lords of the signs from Mesha onward and also of their amsas.
Slokas 26 to 28. Simha, Vrishabha, Mesha, Kanya, Dhanus, Thula and Kumbha are the first triangular (Moolatrikona) signs o f the planets commencing with the Sun. In the case of Sukra, Sani, Ravi and Guru, the first 10 degrees of the signs Thula, Kumbha, Simha, and Dhanus form the Moolathrikona, and the rest Swakshetra, i. e., their own house. The first three degrees of Vrishabha form the exaltation portion of Moon, and the rest Moolathrikona. The first twelve degrees of Mesha are called the Moolathrikona of Kuja and the rest the Swakshetra. The first half of Kanya is the exaltation portion of Budha; the next ten degrees the Moolatrikona and the last five degrees the swakshetra. Kumbha is the Moolathrikona of Rahu; Mithuna the exaltation sign and Kanya the Srwakshetra.
