Adhyaya 58 — The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions
प्राग्दक्षिणे तथा पादे कर्कसिंहौ व्यवस्थितौ ।
सिंहकन्यातुलाश्चैव कुक्षौ राशैत्रयं स्थितम् ॥
prāgdakṣiṇe tathā pāde karkasiṃhau vyavasthitau / siṃhakanyātulāścaiva kukṣau rāśaitrayaṃ sthitam
Am vorderen rechten Fuß sind Krebs und Löwe. Und im Bauch befinden sich, beisammen liegend, die drei Zeichen — Löwe, Jungfrau und Waage.
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Directional and bodily mapping trains the mind to see order (ṛta) in apparent complexity—an aid to disciplined interpretation and to prescribed remedial action.
Cosmographic mapping falls under Sarga/Pratisarga-type material (structure and arrangement of cosmic constituents).
The ‘foot/belly’ placements suggest a living cosmos: rāśis are not abstract points but limbs of a divine body, implying participatory rather than purely mechanical astrology.