Ecliptic

Naaddyaahvavrutthaajathulaadilagnam jinaamsakairadakshinatho

mrugaadow soumye seetha mandiraadaav apakramaakhyam thadusanthi vruttham

  Fastened to the so called nadivrutta or the equator at the points of Aries and Libra and lying 24 degrees of the south (of equator) at the first point of Capricon and 24 degrees to the north (of equator) at the first point of Cancer, there is a great circle called the apakrama vrutta (now known as the ecliptic)]]>