ādigrahaṇāt sūryodayāt padmavikāśasya, atapasadbhāvāt parvatādiṣu parabhāge cchāyānumitiḥ evaṃ dūrāt tamasyulmukamarddhadagdhakāṣṭhakhaṇḍakaṃ dṛṣṭvā dhūmapratītiḥ, tathā kṛttikānakṣatrodayādrohiṇīnakṣatrasyāsa nnatvaṃ pratīyate yato 'śvinīmārabhya yathāpāṭhaṃ krameṇaiva nakṣatrāṇām
From [the word] "ādi", [we understand] the blooming of the lotus [is inferred] from the rising of the sun; from the presence of sunlight, the inference of shadow on the other side of mountains and such; likewise, seeing from afar in darkness a half-burnt piece of wood, [there is] the inference of smoke; similarly, from the rising of the constellation Kṛttikā, the proximity of the constellation Rohiṇī is inferred, since the constellations [appear] in sequence according to their enumeration, beginning with Aśvinī.