10. if in the second or third (place), they know it is an alloy (yukti); but if (the planet) is in its own house, the metal of the Pisacas (Pisacaloha).
11. They say that the “dull” (adhamya) minerals are: red arsenic (manahsila), cinnabar (hinguluka), sorrel (7) (amlasala for amlasaka ?), a fragrant earth from Saurastra (surastrajata), mineral salts (rasaka), ointments (panka), ungents (anjana), and powdery stuffs (balikaya samana);
12. cingidas (?), (substances) like candied sugar (sarkara), green sulphate of iron (kasisa), clay (mrd), slime (kardama), red chalk (gairika), sulphuret of iron (tapya), and pyrite (maksika)-minerals which are useful for being added to medicines.
13. Having enumerated these minerals and separated the rest from them, one should say that they are called “dull” (adhamya); examining this, I will establish the words which designate (the appropriate “dull” minerals) when (each of) the planets exercises its full influence.
14. If Mars does so, they say it is cinnabar (hinguluka); if Mercury, red arsenic (sila) and yellow arsenic (ala); if Jupiter, sulphurate of iron (tapya); if Venus, betal-nuts and candied sugar (?) (cikkanasarkara); if
the Sun, copper (tamra) and mineral salts (rasaka) ;
15. if the Moon, white (substances) in the earth or water; and if Saturn, jingida (?) and rocks. As the planets are mixed up, so it is with varieties of compounded minerals in the “dull” (adhamya) category (yoni).
16. The category (yoni) of plants, in enumeration, consists of: reeds (nala), roots (mula), bulbs (kanda), trunks (gandi), creepers (lata), creepen (valli), thickets (gulma), bark (tvak), leaves (patra), flowers (puspa), and fruits (phala);
17. grasses (trna), grains (dhanya), molasses (iksusara), juices for the production of resins (niryasa), vegetables (saka), flowers (puspa), herbs (osadha), fragrant herbs (gandhausadha), extracts (dravya), and poisons (visa).
18. Having enumerated these and disregarded the rest, one should tell the attainment of (different) varieties of plants; one should know that here also the (particular) substance is determined by the lord of the house which is strongest.
19. If it is Mars, they say the plant is hot and acid; if the Sun, it is a bitter, sharp, and poisonous herb; if the Moon, it is cold, sweet, and aquatic – a flower which is soft, smooth, and sappy;
20. if Jupiter, they are hard grains, oily and with acid fruits; if Venus, they say it is a sweet, oily fruit which smells good and is brightly coloured;
21. if Mercury, the plants are caused to arise from bark, leaves, and exudations, or are fragrant vegetables; and if Saturn, one should know they arc the stinking substances of sudras and such things as garlic (lasuna).
22. When the nature of the plant (is determined by) Jupiter’s being in its own varga, one should know that the clothes (made from plant-products) are durable; those of Venus are the brightly colored (garments) of women; those of Mars are clothes used as armour or as a protective covering;
23. those of Mercury are the garments of youths or green-colored linens; those belonging to the Moon are the heavy, cotton (clothes) of women;
24. if the Sun (is significant), one should know they are hairy woolens; and if Saturn, hides. But if the planet is in its exaltation, the garments are silk; if it is aspected by Venus, colored cloths;
25. if (by) Jupiter, they are pieces of colored woolen cloth used as bandages or stop-signs on the road and fastened by pins; and if it is in its depression or in an enemy’s house or if it is overcome or aspected by an enemy, then they say it is the hem of the lower garment of a beggar.
26. The category (yoni) of the varieties of plants has thus been declared; now hear the variegated category (yoni) of “animals.” The gods say that animals, men, and gods have distinctive motions.
27. By some “animals” are established as (being of three types): having no feet, having many feet, and having several feet; one should know that the places (in which they move) are also threefold: water, earth, and atmosphere.
28. Also there is universally said to be a triad of genders: female, male, and neuter. Having enumerated these things and disregarding the rest, they say that “animals” are to be characterized by these rules.
29. When the most auspicious planets are in the cardines, one should say they are gods; when the malefic planets are strong, animals. When a mixture (of benefit and malefic planets) is in the human signs, the category (yoni) of humans is spoken of;
30. when in the animal signs, one should say animals; and when in the forest signs, they belong to (the category of) forest-creatures. If malefic planets are in the animal signs, they say it is the category (yoni) of footless creatures.
31. For (the sake of completing) what has been learned in order, there is a category (yoni) of the re-animated (vijiva) (after death); if the benefit planets are in their exaltations or houses, they say (the querist) is thinking of those who have gone to the gods; if the malefic planets, of Yaksas, Asuras, or Raksasas.
32. When the category (yoni) of humans is good, one should know that (he is thinking of) kings because of the Sun, warriors because of Man, wise men (vaidya) because of Jupiter, leaders because of Venus, men with families (kutumbin) or those delighting in crafts and business because of Mercury, slaves because of Saturn.
33. and types of men (which vary) according to the lord of the sign (in which it is) because of the Moon. And one should understand that the qualities (of these men) are produced by the positions of the lords of the signs and distinguished by their peculiar characteristics.
34. If they are animal signs and the category (yoni) of animal is effected, then they are indeed animals (not men) ; they are characterized by means of the lords of the signs, or by the planets in the signs, or by the lords of the other signs
