kakasha prathimandalaga bhramanthi sarve grahah swacharena |
mandochhadanulomam prathilomanchaiva shegrochhat ||
the mean planets move on their orbits and true planets on their eccentric circles. All the planets whether moving on their orbits or on the eccentric circles move with their own motion, anticlockwise from their apogees and clockwise from their perigees.
source: Arybhatiyam, Kalakriya-padah, chapter 3, slokah 17, aryabhatah (b.499)
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