Citralakṣaṇam · Chapter 3

lokasya kāyamānaṃ māṃ svayambhūrupadiṣṭavān
tat tathaiva pravakṣyāmi mānaṃ brūhi prajāsu ca //

devarākṣasagandharva siddhanartakakinnarāḥ
vidyādharāśca nāgendrāḥ piśācapretakāyikāḥ //

ye bhavanti ca teṣāṃ vai bhūpatonāṃ tatastathā
sarveṣāṃ prāṇijātānāṃ mānamidaṃ pravartate //

paramāṇuśca vālāgraṃ likṣā yūko yavo 'ṅguliḥ
aṣṭāṣṭaguṇavṛddhyā vai jñātavyamiti niścitam //

paramāṇubhiraṣṭābhir ekaṃ vālāgramucyate
vālāgrāṣṭau ca likṣā sā parimāṇajñakīrtitā
aṣṭalikṣā bhaved yūkaḥ aṣṭayūkā yavaḥ smṛtaḥ //

dvyaṅgulordvyaṅgulaṃ mānam aṅguliḥ syād yavāṣṭakam
ardhāṅguliścaturyavā iti mānaṃ nigadyate //

vistārasya yathaivārtha āyāmena prakāśitaḥ
tathārohasamucchrāyau paryāyavācinau matau
parimāṇānusareṇa varṇanoyāḥ kṣitau narāḥ //

ucchrāyaśca tathāyāmo rājñāṃ nyagrodhavṛkṣavat
vistṛtaścakravartināṃ śruyatāṃ varṇyate mayā //

ucchrāyaścakravartināṃ svāṅguleḥ parimāṇataḥ
aṣṭottaraśataṃ jñeyaṃ kadācinna parāṅguleḥ //

cakravartimahīpānām ucchrāyaparimāṇakam
sākṣāt savarṇyate cātra purvoktaṃ vistareṇa ca //

mukhādīnāṃ parimāṇaṃ śruyatāmucyate mayā
tribhāgena vibhaktaṃ ca samānena tathā budhaiḥ
civunāsālalāṭaṃ vā caturaṅgulamānakam //

āyāmo mukhabhāgasya bhaveccaturdaśāṅguliḥ
urddhabhāge tvadhībhāge āyamo dvādaśāṅguliḥ
āroho vadanasyātra dvādaśāṅgulimānakaḥ //

ārohaścaturaṃgulam uṣṇīṣasya bhaved dhruvaṃ
āyāmaśca tathaivāsya ṣaḍaṅgulasamāyutaḥ //

śīrṣaṃ chatrasamākāram āyāmo dvādaśāṅgulaḥ
dvātriṃśat tasya maṇdalam aṅgulīnāṃ hi mānataḥ //

karṇadeśasya cāyamo dvyaṅguliparimāṇakaḥ
caturaṅgalisamucchrāyo randhramardhāṅgalaṃ matam
karṇārandhrasya cāroha ekāṅgulo bhaved dhruvam //

samānatalavijñeyaṃ bhrupṛṣṭhakarṇayostathā
akṣikoṣasya vistāraḥ karṇarandhrasamānakaḥ //

karṇasya luṭikāmānaṃ niścayena na kīrtyate
bhruvorucchrāya āroho dvau yavau caturaṃguliḥ //

sarveṣāmeva śāntānāṃ bhruḥsyānnavaśaśāṅkavat
narttane rodane krodhe cāpākārā bhavet sadā //

bhaye śoke ca bhrūprāntāv unnatau kramikau smṛtau
nāsākośāt samutthāya ardhalalāṭagāminau //

ekāṅgulistathā madhyaḥ romakoṣasamāvṛtaḥ
bhrūmadhyāt keśaparyantaṃ mānaṃ dvyardhāṅgulaṃ matam //

bhrūvaḥ prabhṛti bhālāntaṃ mānaṃ syāccaturaṅgulam
dvyaṅgulau hyakṣikoṣaḥ syān netramadhyaṃ tathaiva tu //

cakṣuṣodvaryaṅgulāroha āyāmaścaikakāṅguliḥ
tribhāgastārakā hyasya mukhamānasusammatā //

cakṣuvat tārakocchrāyo nayanaṃ cāpasannibham
yad bhavettasya mānaṃ syād yavatrayapramāṇakam //

utpalapatranetrasya pramāṇaṃṣaḍyavaṃ smṛtam
matsyodarasunetrasya mānamaṣṭayavaṃ bhavet //

padmapatranibhaṃ netraṃ navayavaiḥ susaṃnitam
varāṭakābhanetrasya mānaṃ daśayavaṃ bhavet //

ucchrāyaśca tathāyāmo netrāṇāṃ varṇito mayā
nirvikalpaṃ bhaveccakṣur yogināṃ cāpasannibhaṃ //

kāmināṃ ca tathā strīṇāṃ netraṃ matsyodaraṃ bhavet
sāmānyānaṃ tu karttavyam utpaladalasannibham //

trastasya rudataścaiva padmapatranibhaṃ varam
kruddhasya duḥkhitasyaiva varāṭakanibhaṃ sadā //

utpaladalavannetraṃ raktāntaṃ kṛṣṇatārakam
dīrghāgrasundaraṃ pakṣma śuvarṇaṃ saralaṃ mṛdu //

gokṣīravarṇavatsnigdhaṃ prajāhitakaraṃ bhavet
rājannetat vijānīyād yathā syāt netralakṣaṇam //

prasannapadmavannetrāṃ nīlavalkalasundaraṃ
antarākhacitaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ tārakaṃ śrīsukhapradam
vilikhayet tathā dhīmān citraśāstreṣu dīkṣitaḥ //

netramānamidaṃ jñeyaṃ yathāśāstramudīritam
ṣaṭtriṃśaddṛṣṭiniyama lakṣaṇamagra ucyate //

nāsāyāḥ punarārohaś caturaṅgulimātrakaḥ
māsāgrasya samucchrāyau dvyaṅguliparimāṇakaḥ //

vakratāyāḥ puṭasyāpi āyāmaḥ svāṅgulidvayam
nāsārandhrāgradeśasya mānavaṃ syāccaturyavam
ucchrāyaśca tathaivāsya yavadvayasamāyutaḥ //

deśasturandhrayormadhye dviyavaparimāṇakaḥ
ārohaḥ ṣaḍyavastasya oṣṭha ekāṅguliḥ smṛtaḥ //

adharo 'rdhāṅgulistasya gojī cārdhāṅgulistathā
adharoṣṭhasya cārohaś caturaṅgulimānakaḥ //

oṣṭhāntau vimbavad raktau tathā cāpānukārakau
alpocco mukhakoṇaḥ syāt sadāsusmitasaṃyutaḥ //

ucchrāye dvyaṅgulirhanur āyāme tryaṅgulistathā
kaṇṭhasya tu samucchāyaś caturaṅgulakaṃ smṛtam
utkṣiptakaṇṭhamānaṃ hi jñeyametanna cānyathā //

adhādhaḥ kaṇṭhadeśaya cāyamaḥ syād daśāṅguliḥ
kaśo 'ṣṭāṅgulakaṃ mānaṃ tataḥ sthūlastrimānataḥ //

kaṇṭhastribalibhiryuktaḥ karttavyaḥ kambuvat sadā
unnataḥ pṛṣṭhabhāga syāt parimaṇḍalasaṃyutaḥ //

pañcāṅgulaṃ tu gaṇḍodhvaṃ adhaḥ syāt caturaṅgulam
civukasya tathā mānaṃ caturaṅgulakaṃ matam //

āyāmo mukhagāgasya tathauṣṭhasya vivarṇitaḥ
caturasraṃ mukhaṃ pūrṇaṃ prasannaṃ cārulakṣaṇam //

trikoṇā kuṭilā vṛttā naiva kāryā mukhākṛtiḥ
krodhayuk roṣayuk caiva na mukhaṃ syāt kadācana //

īdṛśairlakṣaṇairyuktaṃ mukhaṃ vilikhayed yadi
susampanno bhaviṣyati nara iha ca sarvadā //

śāntikāmi mukhaṃ yat syād dīrghaṃ khartaṃ ca vartulam
trikoṇaṃ vā prajānāñca sāmānyānāṃ bhaviṣyati //

taditarañca yad bhavet pūrvalakṣaṇasaṃyutaṃ
tad vijñeyaṃ ca devānāṃ mukhasya mānamīdṛśam //

ata ūdhrvaṃ pravakṣyāmi kāyamāna vicārataḥ
avikṣiptena gṛhyatāṃ manasā ca mahipate //

yat sthānaṃ kaṭideśasya udarasya tathāntarā
jñeyaṃ tad dvyaṅgulaṃ nūnaṃ skandhāyāmaḥ ṣaḍaṅgulaḥ
daighrye tvaṣṭāṅgulo jñeyo vakṣastu dviguṇaṃ smṛtam //

ārohaḥ syāttu meṭrasya ṣaḍaṅgulapramāṇakaḥ
aṣṭādaśāṅgulā śroṇī ārohe kathitā budhaiḥ //

jatruto hṛdayaṃ yāvan na kuṭilaḥ pradeśakaḥ
hṛdayān nābhirandhrakaḥ bandhuraḥ syānna saṃśayaḥ
nābhito meṭraparyantaṃ samānaṃ ca bhaved dhruvam //

caturdaśāṅgulaṃ kaṭyā nābherardhāṅgulaṃ matam
mānaṃ ca dahiṇāvarttaṃ yavaikaṃ cucukaṃ smṛtam //

maṇḍalo dvayaṅgulo vāsaḥ punardeyaṃ cucūkayoḥ
bandhanaṃ ca pradātavyaṃ kaṭideśasya śobhanam
kaṭideśastathā nābher adhastāccaturaṅguliḥ //

āyāme dvyaṅgulaṃ meḍhraṃ vāsteyastu ṣaḍaṅgulaḥ
bṛṣaṇau nātilambau hi sthūlatve saptakāṅgulau
parivṛtiḥ samānaiva ucchrāye caturaṅgulau //

medaṃ ṣaḍaṅgulaṃ proktam antaraṃ svodarānnanu
ṣaḍaṅgulaṃ bhavet mānaṃ lakṣaṇajñairudāhṛtam //

āyāmo jaṅghayoḥ kāryaḥ pañcaviṃśatiraṅgulaḥ
ūrvorgulphayoścaiva mānaṃ syāccaturaṅgulam //

prāntadvayaṃ ca jaṅghāyā vikhyātaṃ citrakarmaṇi
gulphalagnapradeśasya āyāmaścaturaṅgulaḥ
tathaiva madhyadeśī hi āroheṇa ṣaḍaṅguliḥ //

ñyaṅgulaṃ jānubhāgasya āyāme na tathārohe
jaṅghādvayasya tasyordhaṃ mānamaṣṭāṅgulaṃ matam
jaṅghayoḥ sthūlatāmānaṃ bhaved dvādaśakāṅgulam //

jaṅghāgramunnataṃ kuryāt puṣṭamasina saṃyutam
mṛdu karikarākāraṃ na kāryaṃ viṣamaṃ kvacit //

gulphādeśastathā nāṛī pragacchannaiva dṛṣṭitām
jaṅghāyāḥ paścimo bhāgaḥ suvṛtto 'lponnatau bhavet //

ucchrāyeṇa tu pārṣṇīnāṃ mānaṃ pañcāṅgulaṃ matam
āyāmastryaṅgula proktaḥ pādau caturdaśāṅgulau //

caturaṅguliko 'ṅguṣṭo raktaṃ pādatalaṃ smṛtam
raktapadmāgrasādṛśyaṃ lākṣārasasamāyutam //

cakrādilakṣaṇairyuktaṃ parasparasamīpagam
pādasya bandhanaṃ syāttu dvyuṅgulaṃ bhūpadeśagam //

cakravartimahīpasya haṃsavaccaraṇau matau
bhūsparśau jālavṛddhau ca aṣṭāṅgulipramāṇakau //

kūrmapṛṣṭasamākārau sundaracinhasaṃyutau
pañcāṅgulisamāyāmau darśane sumanoharau //

kaniṣṭikāttayārohaḥ ṣaḍaṅgulisusaṃyataḥ
aṅguṣṭasya tathāyāmo dvyaṅgulaḥ sādhuniścitaḥ
parivṛtiḥ ṣaḍaṅguliḥ ārohe caturaṅguliḥ //

agre samunnatā kāryā dīrghā aṅgulayastathā
aṅguṣṭhāpekṣayā sthūlā ārohe tryaṅgulā matāḥ //

ekaikāṅgulito nyūnāḥ sarvāḥ syuḥ kramikāgatāḥ
kaniṣṭhikāsamucchrāya parivṛttirdviraṅguliḥ //

aṅgulīnāṃ tu jālāśca sannaddhāḥ sundarāstathā
nāḍyaviṣamasaṃpuṣṭā asthi cādarśanaṃ gatam //

nakhāścārdhaśaśāṅkavat raktimāḥ snigdhavarṇakāḥ
sinduraliptasarvāṅgāḥ pradiptāgniśikhā yathā //

candrakāntasamujjvalās tathā suspaṣṭasaṃyutāḥ
avraṇā mṛdavaḥ pūrṇāḥ yavamānena pūritāḥ //

aṅgulistu tribhāgaḥ syāt spaṣṭā vṛddhāṅgulistathā
tasyāḥ pārśvāṅgulermadhye sthānamardhāṅgulaṃ matam //

gulphādeśādadhobhāgaś caraṇamitisaṃjñitam
taccaraṇasamucchrāyaḥ caturaṅgulako mataḥ
itthaṃ caraṇamānaṃ syān mayā proktaṃ sucintitam //

hastasya lakṣaṇānyatra śruyantāṃ kathayāmyaham
talaṃ saptāṅgulaṃ dīrghaṃ vistāraḥ pañcakāṅguliḥ //

madhyāṅguleḥ samucchrāyaḥ pañcāṅgulaṃ prakīrtitam
tarjanyā nyūnatā bodhyā parvārdhena susaṃmatā //

anāmikāṅgulīmānaṃ tadvadeva bhaved dhruvam
kaniṣṭhikāpyadīrghā syāt pārśvāṅgulikramādanu //

aṅguṣṭhasya sadorahoś caturaṅgulako mataḥ
aṅguṣṭhe dve tu parvaṇī samenaika yavo bhavet //

tasyādho māṃsapiṇḍaśca tryaṅgulisammito bhavet
aṅguṣṭhasya pramāṇaṃ tu navayavakasammatam
āyāmo 'ṣṭayavaḥ kārya ārohastu yavā nava //

aṅguṣṭhāttu caturbhāgā naddhā jālakramādanu
nakhā raktāstathā svacchāḥ śuktivaccārutānvitā //

aṅguṣṭhapārśvamāṃsaṃ tvā yāme aṅgulakaṃ matam
aṅguṣṭhāntaṃ tu karabhāt saptāṅgulamānakam //

āyāmaśca tathārohaḥ kramādaṅguṣṭhayormithaḥ
yathāśāstramupanyastaḥ śubhaṃ kāryaṃ vicārayan //

parvārdhena mitāḥ kāryā nakhāḥ sūkṣmāṃ nakhāgrakāḥ
sṛṣyante ca yavādṛśaḥ parvatarekhā tvadoṣabhāk //

parvaṃ dīrghaṃ ca vṛtaṃ ca karatalasuśobhanam
talau padmasamau raktau karasyaivaṃ vidhānataḥ //

akuṭilamavakraṃ ca gambhīraṃ sūkṣmakaṃ tathā
rekhātrayaṃ kare proktaṃ raktavarṇaṃ suśobhanam //

śrīvatsacakracihnasva stilakṣaṇa samanvitam
kārpāsasparśakomalaṃ kṣaumasūtramanoharam
sukhadaṃ cāru susparśaṃ kuryāt karatalaṃ śubham //

samantān māṃsapūrṇaṃ vai nāṛī dṛśyā kadāpi na
hastapṛṣṭhaṃ sadā snigdham unnataṃ ca bhaved dhruvam
sūkṣmā aṅgulijālā hi sundaraṃ ca tanustathā //

utpalābhaḥ sadā rakto nāgendrābhogasannibhaḥ
nakhodarastanuḥ snigdha unnataḥ karaśobhakaḥ //

ārohāyāmamānaṃ tu hastasya gaditaṃ mayā
bāhūnāṃ mānamārohaṃ dhīman śṛṇu vadāni te //

ubhayostu tathā bāhvīr mānaṃ kuryād yathāvidhi
ṣaṭtriśakaṃ pramāṇaṃ vai aṅgulīnāṃ vidhānataḥ
aṣṭādaśa prabāhośca bāhoścāpi tathaiva ca //

skandhāgrasya bhaven mānaṃ ṣaḍaṅgulisusammatam
āyāmo bāhubhāgasya jñeyaṃ pañcāṅgulaṃ sadā //

aṅgulirmaṇibandhaḥ syāt pravāhū caturaṅgulī
viśālo varttulākāraḥ suspaṣṭoraṃśo bhavet punaḥ //

āroho bhujayoryastu bhavedaṣṭādaśāṅguliḥ
ākarādaṣṭacatvāriśat nāṛiparva tvadṛśyakam //

hastau na jānuparyantau dīrdhau sūkṣrmau ca sundarau
samantān māṃsapūrṇau ca bhavetāmānapūrṇyataḥ //

gopucchāgrasamau tāvat krameṇoccāvacau punaḥ
bāhū daṇḍāyamānasya jānuparyantagāminau //

tasmād rājendra hastena jānuprāpta udīryate
bāhuprabāhumānāni āyāmārohaḥ kīrttitaḥ //

punaragre pravakṣyāmi lakṣaṇāni śubhāni vai
yāni purvaṃ na coktāni tāni tubhyaṃ vadāmyaham //

keśānāṃ prāntabhāgāttu sthānaṃ kaṭyāsthivistṛtam
parimāṇaṃ ṣaḍaṅgulaṃ jñeyaṃ sadā mahīpate
skandhasthalasya mānaṃ hi ṣoṛaśāṅgulisammitam //

ārohastasya madhyasya daśāṅgulaṃ bhaved dhruvam
āyāme cāṅgulīnāṃ hī saṃkhyā yāyād navānvitā //

skandhadeśasya madhyāṃśa ārohāyāmaśobhitaḥ
pṛṣṭhamadhyaḥ ṣaḍaṅgulir urdhve tu viṃśatirmatā //

madhyasya dvayaṅgulāyāmaḥ pṛṣṭhaṃ bhāgena sundaram
puruṣāṇāmidaṃ mānaṃ strīṇāṃ bhāgaḥ sa eva hi
māṃsapeśyalpasaṃyutaḥ sarvaśarīraśobhanaḥ //

nitambapārśvamānaṃ syāt ṣaḍaṅgulisamanvitam
caturasraṃ ca vijñeyaṃ maṇḍalānvitanimnagam //

sthānāt tasmāt samārabhya śroṇīsīmāsamīpagam
caturaṅgulaṃ sthānaṃ syāt pāyustu dvyuṅgulaṃ matam //

nitambadeśa ārohe cāṣṭāṅgulisamanvitaḥ
nātisaṃkocamāpanna āyāmaḥ saptakāṅguliḥ
cārumaṇḍalayuktaśca nātiprasārito bhavet //

ārohāyāmayoḥ sarvaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ śāstrasammatam
nirdiṣṭaṃ cāvabodhārthaṃ punaratra pravakṣyate
avikṣiptena cittena gṛhyatāṃ lokahetave //

dantaśirasya lobhānāṃ vyavasthā kramaśo yathā
varṇasya lakṣaṇaṃ caiva devamukhe na dīyate //

sugrathitāḥ samādantāḥ snigdhavarṇāḥ sutīkṣṇakāḥ
dadhimuktābjavacchuklāḥ svacchāḥ śvetā himā iva //

catvāriśacchubhā dantāḥ śvadantaiśca suśobhitāḥ
ārohe triyavā jñeyā āyāme yavayugmakāḥ //

dantamūlaṃ tathā tālu jihvāsīmā ca lohitam
jātīkusumasaṃkāśaṃ śvadantābhaṃ suśobhanaṃ //

śvadantānāṃ yavārdhena vṛddhiḥ kāryā vicārayan
tīkṣṇāgraparimaṇḍalaṃ mṛdu mṛṇālatantuvat //

padmapatrapratīkāśaḥ komalaśca sulakṣaṇaḥ
sthirataḍīnnibho jihvād eśaḥ spaṣṭaśca raktimaḥ
navārdhaparṇavaccāruḥ mukhe vai vitato bhavet //

airāvatasya vṛṃhatī hayarājasya nādavat
megharavasya gambhīrā vāṇī proktā sulakṣaṇā //

jālarekhānibhā keśāḥ śiro 'laṃkaraṇaṃ gatāḥ
indranīlasabhāḥ kṛṣṇā bhramarāñjanasannibhāḥ //

mayūrakaṇṭharomābhāḥ kokilābhāḥ śiroruhāḥ
nīlā dedīpyamānāśca pṛṣṭamūlasamāgatāḥ //

sundarā dakṣiṇāvarttāḥ keśariṇaḥ saṭāprabhāḥ
jālarekhāṅkitāḥ koṇāḥ keśacūṛā manoharāḥ //

bāhumūlopajaṅghāsu nāsākarṇamukheṣu ca
jaṅghāsu kaṇṭhagaṇḍeṣu keśā na syurmahātmanām //

mṛdusūkṣmaistathā snigdhair jālarekhaiḥ suśobhanaiḥ
keśānāṃ parimaṇḍalair nīlāñjanasamaprabhaiḥ
vakṣasthalaṃ nṛpāṇāṃ ca śobhitaṃ syāt sulakṣaṇam //

devabhūtamanuṣyāṇāṃ mukhe śmaśru na roma ca //

eteṣāṃ devadehastu romabhiḥ parivarjitaḥ
ṣoṛaśavarṣapūrakaṃ śarīraṃ taddhi kathyate //

surāṇāṃ keśajālaṃ tu sūkṣmalateva saṃgatam
nīlaṃ cakṣurmanogrāhi sarvasattvasukhapradam //

jambunadasamāhṛta taptakāñcanavarṇakaḥ
dediṣyate ca deho 'sya pātacampakapuṣpavat //

kamaladalakoṣasya prākāra iva tṛptidaḥ
uttamaḥ puruṣo jñeyaḥ lakṣmaṇaṃ cakravarttinaḥ //

gajarājagatiryasya vṛṣarājapadonnatiḥ
mṛgarājagatisthairyaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ cakravarttinaḥ //

gajavat sabalau pādau vṛṣavadānanaṃ kharam
vadanaṃ siṃhavad rāja haṃsatejaḥ samāyutaḥ //

veśadṛśāṃ gatiṃ cātha atikramya ca sarveṣām
dṛśyavannāṭakasyeva bhūtānāṃ śikṣako yathā
gatirasya bhavedrājan sarveṣāṃ ca manoramā //

sugandhastvak kṛśaḥ snigdhī darpaṇasparśakomalaḥ
dhūlimalena nirliptaḥ lakṣaṇaṃ cakravarttinaḥ //

pradīptamaṇisaṃkāśaḥ śvetavastrasuśobhitaḥ
samantāt kiraṇāvṛtaḥ rājā lekhyaḥ kṛśaḥ sadā //

nirmedhaśaśiccāru prabhāmaṇḍalamaṇḍitam
śarīraṃ yasya rājendra lakṣaṇaṃ cakravarttinaḥ //

mukhaṃ candradṛśaṃ śvetaṃ sugnigdhaścāparaḥ śaśī
dharāpṛṣṭe samāyāta itthaṃ mādhuryamaṇḍitaḥ
bhrūvoḥ kaṇṭhasya bhālasya saundaryaṃ hi mukhasya ca //

ākuñcitamṛdusnigdha cārukeśaḥ sunāsikaḥ
cārvoṣṭaṃ raktimāpūrṇaṃ svacchā dantā nabho yathā //

dīrdhottama ca pakṣma hi snigdhavarṇaṃ bhavettathā
nīlaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ ca dīrghaṃ ca cakṣuḥ syāt sumanoharam
bhrūvau dīptau sadā jñeyau netrānandavidhāyakau //

phullāravindakoṣasya karṇayorākṛtiḥ samā
īṣadromau manoharau śarīrāṅgavibhūṣaṇau //

karṇayorluṭike tasya kramike śaṅkhasannibhau
baddhaskandhau supūrṇāṃśau śobhanamaṅgamaṇḍalam //

māṃsapurṇaṃ bhaved vakṣaḥ tasyāroho yathākraman
āyāmaśca yathāyathaṃ cānupūrvyeṇa saṃgatā //

siṃhodaravad vijñeyā kaṭirāvartitā bhavet
dakṣiṇāvartino nābhiḥ gabhīrā syād yathāyatham //

airāvatasamānau hi liṅgakoṣaśca sundaraḥ
samantāt maṇḍalākāraḥ ābhādṛśyā bhaved dhruvam //

gajaśuṇḍasamā jaṅghā anukrameṇa vistṛtā
mukheṣu connatā jñeyā gulpho 'dṛśpo bhavet tathā //

subaddhāṅgulisundarau kūrmavat māṃsalau tathā
ardhacandraprabhāyuktā -ṅgulicakrapadāṅkitau
pādapṛṣṭomṛdū syātāṃ komalau haritau smṛtau //

vṛṣapucchānupūrviyau dīrghāṅguliyutau karau
nakhaprabhāsamujjvalau prasāre dīrghakau yathā
parimaṇḍalasampannau cakrarekhāsvalaṅkṛtau //

campakadāmaśobhitaḥ marālagātasaṃyutaḥ
susaṃsthānasamāpannaḥ sarvāṅgeṇa manoharaḥ //

tejasvī vīryavān rājan cakravarttī sadā bhavet
āyāmārohamānaṃ ca lakṣaṇaṃ tadudāhṛtam //

dehe jaṅghopajaṅghā ca bhṛśaṃ vikaśitā bhavet
suhastau caraṇau syātāṃ tathā parva ca dṛśyate //

kukṣipṛṣṭe suśobhite mukhaṃ cāru manoharam
śobhitau ca bhujau syātāṃ deho mānānvito bhavet //

aṅgāni māṃsapūrṇāni śarīraṃ snigdhavarṇakam
priyaudāryaguṇā yatra rājahaṃsagatistathā
cārudeho mahīpateḥ cakravartī sa ucyate //

prasiddhaiḥ śilpibhiḥ kāryaṃ mānavāṅgeṣu yatnataḥ
śīrṣakaṣṭabhujadvandaṃ jaṅkhopajaṅkhasundaram //

upayukteṣu sarveṣu parimāṇaṃ tu yatra ca
tatra svāṅgulinā kāryaṃ mānaṃ sarvatra karmaṇi //

ārohāyāmapīnatve pratyaṅgaṃ samatāṃ bhajet
vidhinā parimāṇena sammpannaṃ śobhitaṃ bhavet //

atī jñeyañca paṇḍitaiḥ parimāṇaṃ suyatnataḥ
parimāṇapratiṣṭāno -pāyādibhirvihīnā yā
pratimā sā parityaktā suradevaiḥ sadā khalu //

piśācā rākṣasā bhūtā vasanti tvarita tathā
śobhitān nāśayanti ca amaṅgalaṃ bhayaṃ bhavet //

ārohāyāmayoḥ rājan lakṣaṇaṃ kathitaṃ mayā
yathecchaṃ vai vibhaktavyaṃ caturbhāgena mukhyataḥ //

valiḥ sūryo dāśarathiḥ rāmo manusutastathā
parimāṇānusāreṇa kāryo bhinno vīcakṣaṇaiḥ //

bhadrau dvayaṅgulinā nyūno mālavyaścaturaṅguliḥ
rucako 'ṣṭāṅgulinyūnaḥ śaśakaśca daśāṅguliḥ //

apriyo na yathā yāyāt tathā mānaṃ vicārayet
kiṃ bhavet parimāṇena śarīraṃ cedasundaram //

caturṇāṃ ca tathā rājñāṃ parimāṇasya lakṣaṇam
brahmaṇā tu pradarśitaṃ vistaraṃ bravīmi te //

sarvasya lekhane granthe vistāro bhavati dhruvam
tena trasyanti cālpajñā aśrutikāraṇān nanu //

nārīpuruṣayoḥ satsu lakṣaṇeṣu prajāpatiḥ
dvādaśeṣu sahasreṣu pañcaśa upadiṣṭavān //

naralakṣaṇayukteṣu tathānirdiṣṭapañcadhā
tubhyaṃ pradarśayāmi ced gacched grantho viśālatām //

cakravarttinarendrasya lakṣaṇaṃ kathitaṃ mayā
vidhivat parimāṇañca anyapradarśanena kim
uttamapuruṣādīnāṃ tena mānaṃ dhruvaṃ bhavet //

ato buddhayā suniścitya bhadro lekhyo vicārayan
sa ca bhavet samucchrāye ṣaḍuttaraśatāṅgulam //

rucakasya samucchrāyaḥ śatasaṃkhyānvito bhavet
mālavasya tathocchrāyaś catuḥśatamitāṅgulam //

śaśakasya samucchrāye saṃkhyāṣṭanavatiḥ sadā
aṅgulīnāṃ vidhātavyā citraśāstraviśāradaiḥ //

ato 'nyomānaniyamo na bhūto na bhaviṣyati
uttamādhamamadhyama pradhānānāñca bhūbhṛtām
ārohāthāmamānaṃ tu ālocyātra pradarśinam //

ucchrāyo navarat strīṇā jñeya ekāṅguliḥ kṛśaḥ
ekāṅgulistathā rājñā puṣṭirjñeyā mahāmate //

nābhijaṅkhopajaṅkhānāṃ laṭikaṇṭhopajānunām
śīrṣadeśasya vakṣasas tathā caraṇayornṛpa
āroho nāpriyo yāyāt tathā mānaṃ vidhīyatām //

uttamamadhyamādhama mānaṃ tu kramikaṃ matam
ārohaśca tathāyāmaḥ teṣāmatra pradarśitaḥ
nārīṇāṃ parimāṇaṃ ca sarvaṃ śṛṇu krameṇa hi //

rājñāṃ yathā pradarśitaṃ mānena ca tathāyutam
samyag vicārya śemuṣyā bahusthānapratiṣṭhitam //

samadvibhāgasampannaṃ niṣkuṭilaṃ sukomalam
lekhyaṃ citramaninditaṃ netraprītivivarddhanaṃ //