Nārada Saṃhitā

अणोरणुतरः साक्षादीश्वरो महतो महान् । आत्मा गुहायां निहितो जंतोर्जयत्यतीन्द्रियः

aṇoraṇutaraḥ sākṣādīśvaro mahato mahān | ātmā guhāyāṃ nihito jaṃtorjayatyatīndriyaḥ

Subtler than the subtle and directly greater than the great is the Lord; the Self, set within the cave of the heart of every creature and lying beyond the reach of the senses, prevails.

ब्रह्माचार्योवसिष्ठोऽत्रिर्मनुः पौलस्त्यलोमशौ । मरीचिरंगिरा व्यासो नारदः शौनको भृगुः

brahmācāryovasiṣṭho'trirmanuḥ paulastyalomaśau | marīciraṃgirā vyāso nāradaḥ śaunako bhṛguḥ

Brahmā, the Ācārya, Vasiṣṭha, Atri, Manu, Paulastya, Lomaśa, Marīci, Aṅgiras, Vyāsa, Nārada, Śaunaka, Bhṛgu,

च्यवनो यवनो गर्गः कश्यपश्च पराशरः ॥ अष्टादशैते गंभीरा ज्योतिःशास्त्रप्रवर्तकाः

cyavano yavano gargaḥ kaśyapaśca parāśaraḥ || aṣṭādaśaite gaṃbhīrā jyotiḥśāstrapravartakāḥ

Cyavana, Yavana, Garga, Kaśyapa and Parāśara — these eighteen men of deep understanding are the promulgators of the science of the lights (jyotiḥśāstra).

सिद्धांतसंहिता होरा रूपं स्कंधत्रयात्मकम् । वेदस्य निर्मलं चक्षुर्ज्योतिःशास्त्रमनुत्तमम्

siddhāṃtasaṃhitā horā rūpaṃ skaṃdhatrayātmakam | vedasya nirmalaṃ cakṣurjyotiḥśāstramanuttamam

Its form consists of three branches (skandha): Siddhānta, Saṃhitā and Horā. Jyotiḥśāstra is the spotless eye of the Veda, and nothing surpasses it.

अस्य शास्त्रस्य संबंधो वेदांगमिति कथ्यते ॥ अभिधेयं च जगतः शुभाशुभनिरूपणम्

asya śāstrasya saṃbaṃdho vedāṃgamiti kathyate || abhidheyaṃ ca jagataḥ śubhāśubhanirūpaṇam

The relation (sambandha) of this śāstra is declared to be that it is a limb of the Veda (vedāṅga); its subject-matter (abhidheya) is the determining of what is auspicious and inauspicious for the world.

यज्ञाध्ययनसंक्रांतिग्रहषोडशकर्मणाम् ॥ प्रयोजनं च विज्ञेयं तत्तत्कालविनिर्णयात्

yajñādhyayanasaṃkrāṃtigrahaṣoḍaśakarmaṇām || prayojanaṃ ca vijñeyaṃ tattatkālavinirṇayāt

Its purpose (prayojana) is to be understood as the fixing of the appropriate time for each of these: sacrifice, Vedic study, the solar ingress (saṃkrānti), planetary events, and the sixteen sacraments.

विनैतदखिलं श्रौतस्मार्तकर्म न सिध्यति ॥ तस्माज्जगद्धितायेदं ब्रह्मणा रचितं पुरा

vinaitadakhilaṃ śrautasmārtakarma na sidhyati || tasmājjagaddhitāyedaṃ brahmaṇā racitaṃ purā

Without it not a single rite, whether śrauta or smārta, comes to fruition. Therefore Brahmā composed this work of old for the welfare of the world.

तं विलोक्याथ तत्सूनुर्नारदो मुनिसत्तमः॥ उक्त्वा स्कंधद्वयं पूर्वं संहितास्कंधमुत्तमम्

taṃ vilokyātha tatsūnurnārado munisattamaḥ|| uktvā skaṃdhadvayaṃ pūrvaṃ saṃhitāskaṃdhamuttamam

Having examined that work, his son Nārada, foremost of sages, first set forth the two [other] branches, and [now takes up] the excellent Saṃhitā branch:

वक्ष्ये शुभाशुभफलज्ञप्तये देहधारिणाम् ॥ होरास्कंधस्य शास्त्रस्य व्यवहारप्रसिद्धये

vakṣye śubhāśubhaphalajñaptaye dehadhāriṇām || horāskaṃdhasya śāstrasya vyavahāraprasiddhaye

"I shall declare it, so that embodied beings may know their auspicious and inauspicious results, and so that the Horā branch of the śāstra may be established in practice."

संज्ञा ह्युक्ताः समस्ताश्च सम्यग् ज्ञात्वा पृथक्पृथक् । शास्त्रोपनयनाध्यायो ग्रहचारोऽब्दलक्षणम्

saṃjñā hyuktāḥ samastāśca samyag jñātvā pṛthakpṛthak | śāstropanayanādhyāyo grahacāro'bdalakṣaṇam

All the technical terms have been stated; having rightly grasped each of them separately, [take up the chapters:] the introduction to the śāstra, the courses of the planets (graha-cāra), the marks of the year (abda-lakṣaṇa),

तिथिर्वारश्च नक्षत्रं योगं तिथ्यर्धसंज्ञकम् ॥ मुहूर्तोपग्रहोऽर्कस्य संक्रांतिर्गोचरस्तथा

tithirvāraśca nakṣatraṃ yogaṃ tithyardhasaṃjñakam || muhūrtopagraho'rkasya saṃkrāṃtirgocarastathā

tithi, weekday (vāra), nakṣatra, yoga, the karaṇa (tithy-ardha, half a tithi), muhūrta, upagraha, the Sun's saṃkrānti, and transit (gocara),

चंद्रताराबलाध्यायः सर्वलग्नार्तवाह्वयः । आधानपुंससीमंता जातनामान्नभुक्तयः

caṃdratārābalādhyāyaḥ sarvalagnārtavāhvayaḥ | ādhānapuṃsasīmaṃtā jātanāmānnabhuktayaḥ

the chapter on the strength of the Moon and the stars (candra-tārā-bala), all the ascendants (lagna), the one called ārtava (menstruation); then conception (ādhāna), puṃsavana, sīmantonnayana, the birth-rite, the naming, and the first feeding with cooked food (annaprāśana),

चौलांकुरार्पणं मौंजीछुरिकाबंधनं क्रमात् ॥ समावर्तनवैवाहप्रतिष्ठासद्मलक्षणम्

caulāṃkurārpaṇaṃ mauṃjīchurikābaṃdhanaṃ kramāt || samāvartanavaivāhapratiṣṭhāsadmalakṣaṇam

tonsure (caula), the offering of sprouts (aṅkurārpaṇa), the girding with the mauñjī cord and the binding of the churikā, in that order; the return from studentship (samāvartana), marriage, consecration (pratiṣṭhā), the marks of a dwelling,

यात्रा प्रवेशनं सद्योवृष्टिकूर्मविलक्षणम् ॥ उत्पातलक्षणं शांतिमिश्रकं श्राद्धलक्षणम्

yātrā praveśanaṃ sadyovṛṣṭikūrmavilakṣaṇam || utpātalakṣaṇaṃ śāṃtimiśrakaṃ śrāddhalakṣaṇam

journey (yātrā), entering a house (praveśana), immediate rainfall (sadyo-vṛṣṭi), the distinguishing of the tortoise-diagram (kūrma), the marks of portents (utpāta), propitiation (śānti), the miscellany, and the rules of śrāddha.

सप्तत्रिंशद्भिरध्यायैर्नारदीयाख्यसंहिता॥ य इमां पठते भक्त्या स दैवज्ञो हि दैववित्

saptatriṃśadbhiradhyāyairnāradīyākhyasaṃhitā|| ya imāṃ paṭhate bhaktyā sa daivajño hi daivavit

The Saṃhitā named Nāradīya is set out in thirty-seven chapters. Whoever recites it with devotion is truly a daivajña, one who knows destiny.

त्रिस्कंधज्ञो दर्शनीयः श्रौतस्मार्तक्रियापरः । निर्दांभिकः सत्यवादी दैवज्ञो दैववित्स्थिरः

triskaṃdhajño darśanīyaḥ śrautasmārtakriyāparaḥ | nirdāṃbhikaḥ satyavādī daivajño daivavitsthiraḥ

[The astrologer should be] a knower of all three branches, of pleasing appearance, devoted to śrauta and smārta observance, free of pretence, truthful in speech, a daivajña, and steady in his knowledge of destiny.

चैत्राद्येष्वपि मासेषु मेषाद्याः संक्रमाः क्रमात् । चैत्रादितिथिवारेशस्तस्याब्दस्य त्वधीश्वरः

caitrādyeṣvapi māseṣu meṣādyāḥ saṃkramāḥ kramāt | caitrāditithivāreśastasyābdasya tvadhīśvaraḥ

In the months that begin with Caitra the saṅkramas ⟨the Sun's entries into the signs⟩ come in order, beginning with Meṣa. The lord of the weekday on which Caitra's first tithi falls is the lord of that year.

मेषसंक्रांतिवारेशो भवेत्सोऽपि च भूपतिः । कर्कटस्य तु वारेशो सस्येशस्तत्फलं ततः

meṣasaṃkrāṃtivāreśo bhavetso'pi ca bhūpatiḥ | karkaṭasya tu vāreśo sasyeśastatphalaṃ tataḥ

The lord of the weekday of the Meṣa saṅkrānti — he too becomes bhūpati ⟨lord of the land⟩. The lord of the weekday of the Karkaṭa ⟨saṅkrānti⟩ is the sasyeśa ⟨lord of the crops⟩; from these the result follows.

तुलासंक्रांतिवारेशो रसानामधिपः स्मृतः । मकराधिपतिः साक्षान्नीरसस्य पतिः क्रमात्

tulāsaṃkrāṃtivāreśo rasānāmadhipaḥ smṛtaḥ | makarādhipatiḥ sākṣānnīrasasya patiḥ kramāt

The lord of the weekday of the Tulā saṅkrānti is held to be lord of the rasas ⟨the juicy produce⟩. The lord of Makara is directly lord of the nīrasa ⟨what has no juice⟩, in that order.

अब्देश्वरश्चमूपो वा सस्येशो वा दिवाकरः । तस्मिन्नब्दे नृपक्रोधः स्वल्पसस्यार्घवृष्टिकृत्

abdeśvaraścamūpo vā sasyeśo vā divākaraḥ | tasminnabde nṛpakrodhaḥ svalpasasyārghavṛṣṭikṛt

If the Sun is the year-lord, or the camūpa ⟨army-lord⟩, or the sasyeśa, in that year there is anger among kings, and he makes the crop small, the price ⟨high⟩ and the rain little.

अब्देश्वरश्चमूपो वा सस्येशो वा निशाकरः । तस्मिन्नब्दे करोति क्ष्मां पूर्णां शालिफलेक्षुभिः

abdeśvaraścamūpo vā sasyeśo vā niśākaraḥ | tasminnabde karoti kṣmāṃ pūrṇāṃ śāliphalekṣubhiḥ

If the Moon is the year-lord, or the camūpa, or the sasyeśa, in that year he makes the earth full of rice, fruit and sugarcane.

अब्देश्वरश्चमूपो वा सस्येशो वा महीसुतः । तस्मिन्नब्दे चौरवह्निवृष्टिक्षुद्भयकृत्सदा

abdeśvaraścamūpo vā sasyeśo vā mahīsutaḥ | tasminnabde cauravahnivṛṣṭikṣudbhayakṛtsadā

If Mars ⟨mahīsuta, son of the earth⟩ is the year-lord, or the camūpa, or the sasyeśa, in that year he constantly causes fear of thieves, of fire, about the rain, and of hunger.

अब्देश्वरश्चमूपो वा सस्येशो वा शशांकजः । अतिवायुं स्वल्पवृष्टिं करोति नृपविग्रहम्

abdeśvaraścamūpo vā sasyeśo vā śaśāṃkajaḥ | ativāyuṃ svalpavṛṣṭiṃ karoti nṛpavigraham

If Mercury ⟨śaśāṅkaja, son of the Moon⟩ is the year-lord, or the camūpa, or the sasyeśa, he makes excessive wind, scant rain, and war among kings.

अब्देश्वरश्चमूपो वा सस्येशो वा सुरार्चितः । करोत्यनुत्तमां धात्रीं यज्ञधान्यार्थवृष्टिभिः

abdeśvaraścamūpo vā sasyeśo vā surārcitaḥ | karotyanuttamāṃ dhātrīṃ yajñadhānyārthavṛṣṭibhiḥ

If Jupiter ⟨surārcita, 'honoured by the gods'⟩ is the year-lord, or the camūpa, or the sasyeśa, he makes the earth unsurpassed with sacrifices, grain, wealth and rains.

अब्देश्वरश्चमूपो वा सस्येशो वा भृगोः सुतः । करोति सर्वां संपूर्णां धात्रीं शालिफलेक्षुभिः

abdeśvaraścamūpo vā sasyeśo vā bhṛgoḥ sutaḥ | karoti sarvāṃ saṃpūrṇāṃ dhātrīṃ śāliphalekṣubhiḥ

If Venus ⟨the son of Bhṛgu⟩ is the year-lord, or the camūpa, or the sasyeśa, he makes the whole earth full with rice, fruit and sugarcane.

अब्देश्वरश्चमूपो वा सस्येशो वार्कनंदनः । अंतकश्चौरवह्न्यंबुधान्यभूपभयप्रदः

abdeśvaraścamūpo vā sasyeśo vārkanaṃdanaḥ | aṃtakaścauravahnyaṃbudhānyabhūpabhayapradaḥ

If Saturn ⟨arkanandana, son of the Sun⟩ is the year-lord, or the camūpa, or the sasyeśa, he is a destroyer, giving fear from thieves, fire, water, grain ⟨its failure⟩ and the king.

ज्ञात्वा बलाबलं सम्यग्वदेत्फलनिरूपणम् । दंडाकारेऽर्कवेधे वा ध्वांक्षाकारेऽथ कीलके

jñātvā balābalaṃ samyagvadetphalanirūpaṇam | daṃḍākāre'rkavedhe vā dhvāṃkṣākāre'tha kīlake

Having rightly understood their strength and weakness, one should state the determination of the result. When there is a vedha ⟨a piercing mark⟩ on the Sun in the shape of a staff, or of a crow, or of a peg —

दृष्टेऽर्कमंडले व्याधिर्भीतिश्चौरार्थनाशनम् । छत्रध्वजपताकाद्यैराकारैस्तिमिरैर्घनैः

dṛṣṭe'rkamaṃḍale vyādhirbhītiścaurārthanāśanam | chatradhvajapatākādyairākāraistimirairghanaiḥ

— seen on the Sun's disc, there is disease, fear, and loss of wealth to thieves. So too with shapes like a parasol, a banner, a flag and the rest, made by dark thick ⟨clouds⟩.

रविमंडलगैर्धूमैः स्फुलिंगैर्जननाशनम् । सितरक्तैः पीतकृष्णैस्तैर्मिश्रैर्विप्रपूर्वकान्

ravimaṃḍalagairdhūmaiḥ sphuliṃgairjananāśanam | sitaraktaiḥ pītakṛṣṇaistairmiśrairviprapūrvakān

By smoke on the Sun's disc, with sparks, there is destruction of people. Rays white, red, yellow, black, and those mixed together, ⟨destroy⟩ the brahmins and the rest —

हंति द्वित्रिचतुर्भिर्वा राज्ञोऽन्यजन संक्षयः । ऊर्ध्वैर्भानुकरैस्ताम्रैर्नाशं याति स भूपतिः

haṃti dvitricaturbhirvā rājño'nyajana saṃkṣayaḥ | ūrdhvairbhānukaraistāmrairnāśaṃ yāti sa bhūpatiḥ

— it kills. Or with two, three or four ⟨colours mixed⟩ there is destruction of the king and of other people. When the Sun's rays stand upright and copper-coloured, that king perishes.

पीतैर्नृपसुतः श्वेतैः पुरोधाश्चित्रितैर्जनाः । धूमैर्नृपः पिशंगैश्च जलदोऽधोमुखैस्तथा

pītairnṛpasutaḥ śvetaiḥ purodhāścitritairjanāḥ | dhūmairnṛpaḥ piśaṃgaiśca jalado'dhomukhaistathā

By yellow ⟨rays⟩ the king's son ⟨perishes⟩; by white, the family priest; by variegated, the people. By smoky rays the king; and by tawny ones, and by rays turned downward, the cloud ⟨the rain⟩.

उदयास्तमये काले स्वास्थ्यं तैः पांडुसन्निभैः । भास्करस्ताम्रसंकाशः शिशिरे कापिलोऽपि वा

udayāstamaye kāle svāsthyaṃ taiḥ pāṃḍusannibhaiḥ | bhāskarastāmrasaṃkāśaḥ śiśire kāpilo'pi vā

At the time of rising and setting, when those ⟨rays⟩ are pale-white, there is well-being. In Śiśira ⟨the cool season⟩ a Sun like copper, or else tawny, ⟨is good⟩.

कुंकुमाभो वसंतर्तौ कापिलो वापि शस्यते । अपांडुरः स्वर्णवर्णो ग्रीष्मे चित्रो जलागमे

kuṃkumābho vasaṃtartau kāpilo vāpi śasyate | apāṃḍuraḥ svarṇavarṇo grīṣme citro jalāgame

In the Vasanta ⟨spring⟩ season a saffron-coloured ⟨Sun⟩, or else a tawny one, is praised. In Grīṣma ⟨summer⟩ one not pale, gold-coloured; in the coming of the waters ⟨the rains⟩, variegated.

पद्मोदराभः शरदि हेमंते लोहितच्छविः । हेमंते प्रावृषि ग्रीष्मे रोगाणां वृष्टिभीतिकृत्

padmodarābhaḥ śaradi hemaṃte lohitacchaviḥ | hemaṃte prāvṛṣi grīṣme rogāṇāṃ vṛṣṭibhītikṛt

In Śarad ⟨autumn⟩ ⟨the Sun⟩ like the inside of a lotus; in Hemanta ⟨early winter⟩ of red hue. In Hemanta, in the rains and in summer ⟨a red Sun⟩ causes disease and fear about the rain.

पीताभः कृष्णवर्णोऽपि लोहितस्तु यथाक्रमात् । इन्द्रचापार्धमूर्तिश्चेद्भानुर्भूपविरोधकृत्

pītābhaḥ kṛṣṇavarṇo'pi lohitastu yathākramāt | indracāpārdhamūrtiścedbhānurbhūpavirodhakṛt

Yellow-shining, black-coloured, and red, in that order. If the Sun takes the form of half a rainbow, he causes strife among kings.

मयूरपत्रसंकाशो द्वादशाब्दं न वर्षति । शशरक्तनिभे भानौ संग्रामो ह्यचिराद्भवेत्

mayūrapatrasaṃkāśo dvādaśābdaṃ na varṣati | śaśaraktanibhe bhānau saṃgrāmo hyacirādbhavet

⟨If the Sun is⟩ like a peacock's feather, it does not rain for twelve years. When the Sun is like a hare's blood, battle comes before long.

चंद्रस्य सदृशो यत्र चान्यं राजानमादिशेत् । अर्के श्यामे कीटभयं भस्माभे शस्त्रतो भयम्

caṃdrasya sadṛśo yatra cānyaṃ rājānamādiśet | arke śyāme kīṭabhayaṃ bhasmābhe śastrato bhayam

Where ⟨the Sun is⟩ like the Moon, one should declare another king. When the Sun is dark, there is fear of insects; when ash-coloured, fear from weapons.

छिद्रेऽर्कमंडले दृष्टे तदा राजविनाशनम् । घटाकृतिः क्षुद्भयकृत्पुरहा तोरणाकृतिः

chidre'rkamaṃḍale dṛṣṭe tadā rājavināśanam | ghaṭākṛtiḥ kṣudbhayakṛtpurahā toraṇākṛtiḥ

When a hole is seen in the Sun's disc, then there is destruction of the king. A pot-shape causes fear of hunger; an arch-shape ⟨toraṇa⟩ destroys the city.

छत्राकृतिर्देशहंता खंडभानुर्नृपांतकृत् । उदयास्तमये भानोर्विद्युदुल्काशनिर्यदि

chatrākṛtirdeśahaṃtā khaṃḍabhānurnṛpāṃtakṛt | udayāstamaye bhānorvidyudulkāśaniryadi

A parasol-shape kills the country; a broken Sun makes an end of the king. If at the Sun's rising or setting there is lightning, a meteor or a thunderbolt —

तदा नृपवधो ज्ञेयस्त्वथवा राजविग्रहः । पक्षं पक्षार्धमर्केन्दू परिविष्टावहर्निशम्

tadā nṛpavadho jñeyastvathavā rājavigrahaḥ | pakṣaṃ pakṣārdhamarkendū pariviṣṭāvaharniśam

— then the killing of the king is to be known, or else war among kings. If for a fortnight or half a fortnight the Sun and Moon are haloed day and night —

राजानमन्यं कुरुतो लोहिताबुदयास्तगौ । उदयास्तमये भानुराच्छिन्नः शस्त्रसन्निभैः

rājānamanyaṃ kuruto lohitābudayāstagau | udayāstamaye bhānurācchinnaḥ śastrasannibhaiḥ

— the two, red at their rising and setting, make another king. If at rising or setting the Sun is cut off by ⟨clouds⟩ shaped like weapons —

घनैर्युद्धं खरोष्ट्राद्यैः पापरूपैर्भयप्रदः । ऋतुकालानुरूपोऽर्कः सौम्यमूर्तिः शुभावहः

ghanairyuddhaṃ kharoṣṭrādyaiḥ pāparūpairbhayapradaḥ | ṛtukālānurūpo'rkaḥ saumyamūrtiḥ śubhāvahaḥ

— by such clouds there is war; by evil shapes like a donkey, a camel and the rest he gives fear. A Sun that matches its season and time, of gentle form, brings good.

रविचारमिदं सम्यग् ज्ञातव्यं तत्त्ववेदिभिः

ravicāramidaṃ samyag jñātavyaṃ tattvavedibhiḥ

This course of the Sun ⟨ravicāra⟩ is to be rightly understood by those who know the truth of things.

याम्यशृंगोन्नतश्चंद्रोऽशुभदो मीनमेषयोः । सौम्यशृंगोन्नतश्रेष्ठो नृयुग्मकरयोस्तथा

yāmyaśṛṃgonnataścaṃdro'śubhado mīnameṣayoḥ | saumyaśṛṃgonnataśreṣṭho nṛyugmakarayostathā

In Mīna and Meṣa ⟨Pisces and Aries⟩ the moon whose southern horn is raised gives no good. In Nṛyugma and Kara ⟨Gemini and Capricorn⟩ the moon whose northern horn is raised is best.

समोऽक्षघटयोः कर्कसिंहयोः शरसन्निभः । चापकीटभयोः स्थूलः शूलवत्तौलिकन्ययोः

samo'kṣaghaṭayoḥ karkasiṃhayoḥ śarasannibhaḥ | cāpakīṭabhayoḥ sthūlaḥ śūlavattaulikanyayoḥ

Level in Akṣa and Ghaṭa ⟨Taurus and Aquarius⟩; like an arrow in Karka and Siṃha ⟨Cancer and Leo⟩; thick in Cāpa and the Kīṭa asterism ⟨Sagittarius and Scorpio⟩; like a spear in Tulā and Kanyā ⟨Libra and Virgo⟩.

विपरीतोंदितश्चंद्रो दुर्भिक्षकलहप्रदः । यथोक्तोऽभ्युदितश्चेंदुः प्रतिमासं सुभिक्षकृत्

viparītoṃditaścaṃdro durbhikṣakalahapradaḥ | yathokto'bhyuditaśceṃduḥ pratimāsaṃ subhikṣakṛt

A moon that rises contrary to this gives famine and strife. A moon that rises month by month as has been stated brings plenty.

आषाढद्वयमूलेंद्रधिष्ण्यानां याम्यगः शशी । अग्निप्रदस्तोयचरवनसर्पविनाशकृत्

āṣāḍhadvayamūleṃdradhiṣṇyānāṃ yāmyagaḥ śaśī | agnipradastoyacaravanasarpavināśakṛt

The moon passing to the south of the asterisms of the two Āṣāḍhās, of Mūla and of Indra ⟨Jyeṣṭhā⟩ gives fire, and destroys water-creatures and forest snakes.

विशाखामैत्रयोर्याम्यपार्श्वगः पापकृत्सदा । मध्यगः पितृदैवत्ये द्विदैवत्ये शुभोत्तरे

viśākhāmaitrayoryāmyapārśvagaḥ pāpakṛtsadā | madhyagaḥ pitṛdaivatye dvidaivatye śubhottare

Passing on the southern side in Viśākhā and Maitra ⟨Anurādhā⟩ it always does harm. It is good going through the middle in the Pitṛ asterism ⟨Maghā⟩, and to the north in the two-deity asterism ⟨Viśākhā⟩.

सम्प्राप्य पौष्णभाद्रौद्रात्षट् चर्क्षाणि शशी शुभः । मध्यगो द्वादशर्क्षाणि अतीत्य नव वासवात्

samprāpya pauṣṇabhādraudrātṣaṭ carkṣāṇi śaśī śubhaḥ | madhyago dvādaśarkṣāṇi atītya nava vāsavāt

Having reached six asterisms from Pauṣṇa ⟨Revatī⟩, Bhādra ⟨Uttarabhādrapadā⟩ and Raudra ⟨Ārdrā⟩, the moon is auspicious; it is middling through twelve asterisms, having passed nine from Vāsava ⟨Dhaniṣṭhā⟩.

यमेंद्राहिभतोयेशा मरुतश्चार्द्धतारकाः । ध्रुवादिति द्विदैवाः स्युरध्यर्द्धाश्च पराः स्समाः

yameṃdrāhibhatoyeśā marutaścārddhatārakāḥ | dhruvāditi dvidaivāḥ syuradhyarddhāśca parāḥ ssamāḥ

Yama ⟨Bharaṇī⟩, Indra ⟨Jyeṣṭhā⟩, the Ahi asterism ⟨Āśleṣā⟩, Toyeśa ⟨Śatabhiṣā⟩ and Marut ⟨Svātī⟩ are the half stars. The Dhruva group, Aditi ⟨Punarvasu⟩ and the two-deity asterism ⟨Viśākhā⟩ are one-and-a-half; the rest are equal.

याम्यशृंगोन्नतः श्रेष्ठः सौम्यशृंगोन्नतः शुभः । शुक्ले पिपीलिकाकारे हानिवृद्धी यथाक्रमात्

yāmyaśṛṃgonnataḥ śreṣṭhaḥ saumyaśṛṃgonnataḥ śubhaḥ | śukle pipīlikākāre hānivṛddhī yathākramāt

The moon whose southern horn is raised is best; whose northern horn is raised is auspicious. In the bright fortnight, when it is shaped like an ant, loss and gain follow in that order.

सुभिक्षकृद्विशालेंदुरविशालोर्घनाशनः । अधोमुखे शस्त्रभयं कलहो दंडसन्निभे

subhikṣakṛdviśāleṃduraviśālorghanāśanaḥ | adhomukhe śastrabhayaṃ kalaho daṃḍasannibhe

A broad moon brings plenty; a narrow one destroys the argha ⟨the market price⟩. When its face is downward there is fear of weapons; when it is like a staff, strife.

कुजाद्यैर्निहते शृंगे मंडले वा यथाक्रमात् । क्षेमार्घवृष्टिनृपतिजनानां नाशकृच्छशी

kujādyairnihate śṛṃge maṃḍale vā yathākramāt | kṣemārghavṛṣṭinṛpatijanānāṃ nāśakṛcchaśī

When the horn or the disc is struck by Mars and the rest, the moon in due order destroys well-being, the price, the rain, the king and the people.

सप्ताष्टनवमर्क्षेषु स्वोदयाद्वक्रिते कुजे । तद्वक्रमुष्णं तस्मिन्स्यात्प्रजापीडाग्निसंभवः

saptāṣṭanavamarkṣeṣu svodayādvakrite kuje | tadvakramuṣṇaṃ tasminsyātprajāpīḍāgnisaṃbhavaḥ

When Mars turns retrograde in the seventh, eighth or ninth asterism from its own rising, that retrogression is uṣṇa ⟨hot⟩; while Mars stays there, the people are afflicted and fire breaks out.

दशमैकादशे ऋक्षे द्वादशे वा प्रतीपगे । वक्रमल्पसुखं तस्मिंस्तस्य वृष्टिविनाशनम्

daśamaikādaśe ṛkṣe dvādaśe vā pratīpage | vakramalpasukhaṃ tasmiṃstasya vṛṣṭivināśanam

When it goes backward in the tenth, eleventh or twelfth asterism, that retrogression brings little happiness, and destroys its rain.

कुजे त्रयोदशे ऋक्षे वक्रिते वा चतुर्दशे । व्यालाख्यवक्रं तत्तस्मिन्सस्यवृद्धिरहेर्भयम्

kuje trayodaśe ṛkṣe vakrite vā caturdaśe | vyālākhyavakraṃ tattasminsasyavṛddhiraherbhayam

When Mars turns retrograde in the thirteenth or fourteenth asterism, that retrogression is called vyāla ⟨the serpent⟩; in it there is increase of crops and fear from a snake.

पंचदशे षोडशर्क्षे तद्वक्रं रुधिराननम् । सुभिक्षकृद्भयं रोगान्करोति यदि भूमिजः

paṃcadaśe ṣoḍaśarkṣe tadvakraṃ rudhirānanam | subhikṣakṛdbhayaṃ rogānkaroti yadi bhūmijaḥ

In the fifteenth or sixteenth asterism that retrogression is rudhirānana ⟨blood-faced⟩. Mars then brings plenty, but also fear and diseases.

अष्टादशे सप्तदशे तदासिमुसलं स्मृतम् । दस्युभिर्धनहान्यादि तस्मिन्भौमे प्रतीपगे

aṣṭādaśe saptadaśe tadāsimusalaṃ smṛtam | dasyubhirdhanahānyādi tasminbhaume pratīpage

In the eighteenth or seventeenth it is called asi-musala ⟨sword-and-pestle⟩. When Mars goes backward there, wealth is lost to robbers and the like.

फाल्गुन्योरुदितो भौमो वैश्वदेवे प्रतीपगः । अस्तगश्चतुरास्यर्क्षे लोकत्रयविनाशकृत्

phālgunyorudito bhaumo vaiśvadeve pratīpagaḥ | astagaścaturāsyarkṣe lokatrayavināśakṛt

Mars risen in the two Phālgunīs, turning back in Vaiśvadeva ⟨Uttarāṣāḍhā⟩, and setting in the Caturāsya asterism ⟨Rohiṇī⟩, destroys the three worlds.

उदितः श्रवणे पुष्ये वक्रतो नृपहानिदः । यद्दिग्भ्योऽभ्युदितो भौमस्तद्दिग्भूपभयप्रदः

uditaḥ śravaṇe puṣye vakrato nṛpahānidaḥ | yaddigbhyo'bhyudito bhaumastaddigbhūpabhayapradaḥ

Risen in Śravaṇa or Puṣya and then retrograde, it causes loss to the king. In whatever quarter Mars rises, it brings fear to the king of that quarter.

मघामध्यगतो भौमस्तत्रैव च प्रतीपगः । अवृष्टिशस्त्रभयदः पांडुदेशाधिपांतकृत्

maghāmadhyagato bhaumastatraiva ca pratīpagaḥ | avṛṣṭiśastrabhayadaḥ pāṃḍudeśādhipāṃtakṛt

Mars gone into the middle of Maghā and turning back there gives drought and fear of weapons, and makes an end of the ruler of the Pāṇḍu country.

पितृद्विदैवधातॄणां भिद्यंते योगतारकाः । दुर्भिक्षं मरणं रोगं करोति यदि भूमिजः

pitṛdvidaivadhātṝṇāṃ bhidyaṃte yogatārakāḥ | durbhikṣaṃ maraṇaṃ rogaṃ karoti yadi bhūmijaḥ

If the yoga-stars of the Pitṛ ⟨Maghā⟩, the two-deity ⟨Viśākhā⟩ and Dhātṛ ⟨Rohiṇī⟩ asterisms are split, Mars makes famine, death and disease.

त्रिषूत्तरासु रोहिण्यां नैर्ऋत्ये श्रवणेंदुभे । अवृष्टिदश्चरन्भौमे रोहिणीदक्षिणे स्थितः

triṣūttarāsu rohiṇyāṃ nairṛtye śravaṇeṃdubhe | avṛṣṭidaścaranbhaume rohiṇīdakṣiṇe sthitaḥ

Moving through the three Uttarās, Rohiṇī, the Nairṛta asterism ⟨Mūla⟩, Śravaṇa and the Indu asterism ⟨Mṛgaśiras⟩, or standing to the south of Rohiṇī, Mars gives drought.

भूमिजः सर्वधिष्ण्यानामुदग्गामी शुभप्रदः । याम्यगोनिष्टफलदो भेदे भेदकरो नृणाम्

bhūmijaḥ sarvadhiṣṇyānāmudaggāmī śubhapradaḥ | yāmyagoniṣṭaphalado bhede bhedakaro nṛṇām

Mars going north of all the asterisms gives good. Going south it gives unwanted results, and when it splits them it makes division among men.

विनोत्पातेन शशिजः कदाचिन्नोदयं व्रजेत् । अनावृष्ट्यग्निभयकृदनर्थं नृपविग्रहम्

vinotpātena śaśijaḥ kadācinnodayaṃ vrajet | anāvṛṣṭyagnibhayakṛdanarthaṃ nṛpavigraham

Without any portent, Mercury sometimes does not come to his rising. Then he makes drought and fear of fire, calamity, and war among kings.

वसुश्रवणविश्वेंदुधातृभेषु चरन्बुधः । भिनत्ति यदि तत्तारामवृष्टिव्याधिभीतिकृत्

vasuśravaṇaviśveṃdudhātṛbheṣu caranbudhaḥ | bhinatti yadi tattārāmavṛṣṭivyādhibhītikṛt

Mercury moving in the asterisms of Vasu ⟨Dhaniṣṭhā⟩, Śravaṇa, Viśve ⟨Uttarāṣāḍhā⟩, Indu ⟨Mṛgaśiras⟩ and Dhātṛ ⟨Rohiṇī⟩ — if he pierces their star, he makes drought, disease and fear.

आर्द्रादिपितृभांतेषु दृश्यते यदि चंद्रजः । तदा दुर्भिक्षकलहरोगाणां वृद्धिभीतिकृत्

ārdrādipitṛbhāṃteṣu dṛśyate yadi caṃdrajaḥ | tadā durbhikṣakalaharogāṇāṃ vṛddhibhītikṛt

If the son of the Moon ⟨Mercury⟩ is seen in the asterisms from Ārdrā up to the Pitṛ star ⟨Maghā⟩, he then makes famine, quarrel and disease increase, and brings fear.

हस्तादिरसतारासु विचरन्निंदुनंदनः । क्षेमं सुभिक्षमारोग्यं कुरुते पशुनाशनम्

hastādirasatārāsu vicaranniṃdunaṃdanaḥ | kṣemaṃ subhikṣamārogyaṃ kurute paśunāśanam

Moving through the six ⟨rasa⟩ asterisms beginning with Hasta — that is, Hasta to Jyeṣṭhā — the delight of the Moon ⟨Mercury⟩ makes safety, plenty and health, but destruction of cattle.

अहिर्बुध्न्यार्यमाग्नेययमभेषु चरन्यदि । धातुक्षयं च जंतूनां करोति शशिनंदनः

ahirbudhnyāryamāgneyayamabheṣu caranyadi | dhātukṣayaṃ ca jaṃtūnāṃ karoti śaśinaṃdanaḥ

If the delight of the Moon ⟨Mercury⟩ moves in the asterisms of Ahirbudhnya ⟨Uttarabhādrapadā⟩, Aryaman ⟨Uttaraphālgunī⟩, Agni ⟨Kṛttikā⟩ and Yama ⟨Bharaṇī⟩, he causes wasting of the bodily elements ⟨dhātu⟩ in living creatures.

दस्रवारुणनैर्ऋत्यरेवतीषु चरन्बुधः । भिषक्तुरगवाणिज्यवृत्तीनां नाशकस्तदा

dasravāruṇanairṛtyarevatīṣu caranbudhaḥ | bhiṣakturagavāṇijyavṛttīnāṃ nāśakastadā

Mercury moving in Dasra ⟨Aśvinī⟩, Vāruṇa ⟨Śatabhiṣā⟩, Nairṛta ⟨Mūla⟩ and Revatī then destroys those who live by medicine, by horses and by trade.

पूर्वात्रये चरन् सौम्यो योगतारां भिनत्ति चेत् । क्षुच्छस्त्रामयचौरेभ्यो भयदः प्राणिनस्तदा

pūrvātraye caran saumyo yogatārāṃ bhinatti cet | kṣucchastrāmayacaurebhyo bhayadaḥ prāṇinastadā

If Saumya ⟨Mercury⟩, moving in the three Pūrvā asterisms ⟨Pūrvaphālgunī, Pūrvāṣāḍhā, Pūrvabhādrapadā⟩, pierces their yoga-star, he then gives creatures fear from hunger, from weapons, from disease and from thieves.

याम्याग्निधातृवायव्याधिष्ण्येषु प्राकृतागतिः । ईशेंदुसार्पपित्र्येषु ज्ञेया मिश्राह्वया गतिः

yāmyāgnidhātṛvāyavyādhiṣṇyeṣu prākṛtāgatiḥ | īśeṃdusārpapitryeṣu jñeyā miśrāhvayā gatiḥ

In the asterisms of Yama ⟨Bharaṇī⟩, Agni ⟨Kṛttikā⟩, Dhātṛ ⟨Rohiṇī⟩ and Vāyu ⟨Svātī⟩ the motion is prākṛtā ⟨natural⟩. In Īśa ⟨Ārdrā⟩, Indu ⟨Mṛgaśiras⟩, Sarpa ⟨Āśleṣā⟩ and Pitṛ ⟨Maghā⟩ the motion is to be known as the one called miśrā ⟨mixed⟩.

संक्षिप्तादितिभाग्यार्यमेज्यधिष्ण्येषु या गतिः । गतिस्तीक्ष्णाजचरणोहिर्बुध्न्यैंद्राश्विपूषसु

saṃkṣiptāditibhāgyāryamejyadhiṣṇyeṣu yā gatiḥ | gatistīkṣṇājacaraṇohirbudhnyaiṃdrāśvipūṣasu

The motion in the asterisms of Aditi ⟨Punarvasu⟩, Bhaga ⟨Pūrvaphālgunī⟩, Aryaman ⟨Uttaraphālgunī⟩ and Ijya ⟨Puṣya⟩ is saṃkṣiptā ⟨contracted⟩. The motion in Ajacaraṇa ⟨Pūrvabhādrapadā⟩, Ahirbudhnya ⟨Uttarabhādrapadā⟩, Aindra ⟨Jyeṣṭhā⟩, Aśvinī and Pūṣan ⟨Revatī⟩ is tīkṣṇā ⟨sharp⟩.

योगांतिकांबुविश्वाख्यमूलगस्येंदुजस्य च । घोरा गतिर्हरित्वाष्ट्रवसुवारुणभेषु च

yogāṃtikāṃbuviśvākhyamūlagasyeṃdujasya ca | ghorā gatirharitvāṣṭravasuvāruṇabheṣu ca

For Mercury standing in Ambu ⟨Pūrvāṣāḍhā⟩, in the one named Viśve ⟨Uttarāṣāḍhā⟩, and in Mūla, the motion is yogāntikā. In the asterisms of Hari ⟨Śravaṇa⟩, Tvaṣṭṛ ⟨Citrā⟩, Vasu ⟨Dhaniṣṭhā⟩ and Varuṇa ⟨Śatabhiṣā⟩ the motion is ghorā ⟨terrible⟩.

इन्द्राग्निमित्रमार्तंडभेषु पापाह्वया गतिः । प्राकृताद्यासु गतिषु ह्युदितोस्तमितोपि वा

indrāgnimitramārtaṃḍabheṣu pāpāhvayā gatiḥ | prākṛtādyāsu gatiṣu hyuditostamitopi vā

In the asterisms of Indrāgnī ⟨Viśākhā⟩, Mitra ⟨Anurādhā⟩ and Mārtaṇḍa ⟨Hasta⟩ the motion is the one called pāpā ⟨sinful⟩. Whether he has risen or has set while in the motions beginning with prākṛtā —

एतावंति दिनान्येव दृश्यस्तावन्न दृश्यगः । चत्वारिंशत्क्रमात्त्रिंशद्द्वाविंशद्विंशतिर्नव

etāvaṃti dinānyeva dṛśyastāvanna dṛśyagaḥ | catvāriṃśatkramāttriṃśaddvāviṃśadviṃśatirnava

— for just so many days is he visible, and for that long he does not come into view: forty, then in order thirty, twenty-two, twenty, and nine.

पंचदशैकादशभिर्दिवसैः शशिनंदनः । प्राकृतायां गतौ सस्यक्षेमारोग्यसुवृष्टिकृत्

paṃcadaśaikādaśabhirdivasaiḥ śaśinaṃdanaḥ | prākṛtāyāṃ gatau sasyakṣemārogyasuvṛṣṭikṛt

— and by fifteen and by eleven days ⟨for ghorā and pāpā⟩. In the prākṛtā motion the delight of the Moon ⟨Mercury⟩ makes crops, safety, health and good rain.

मिश्रसंक्षिप्तयोर्मध्ये फलदोऽन्यास्वनिष्टदः । वैशाखे श्रावणे पौषे आषाढेप्युदितो बुधः

miśrasaṃkṣiptayormadhye phalado'nyāsvaniṣṭadaḥ | vaiśākhe śrāvaṇe pauṣe āṣāḍhepyudito budhaḥ

Between the miśrā and the saṃkṣiptā ⟨motions⟩ he gives fruit; in the others he gives what is unwanted. Mercury risen in Vaiśākha, in Śrāvaṇa, in Pauṣa, or in Āṣāḍha —

जनानां पापफलदस्त्वितरेषु शुभप्रदः । इषोर्जमासयोः शस्त्रदुर्भिक्षाग्निभयप्रदः । उदितश्चंद्रजः श्रेष्ठो रजतस्फटिकोपमः

janānāṃ pāpaphaladastvitareṣu śubhapradaḥ | iṣorjamāsayoḥ śastradurbhikṣāgnibhayapradaḥ | uditaścaṃdrajaḥ śreṣṭho rajatasphaṭikopamaḥ

— gives men bad results; in the other months he gives good. In the months of Iṣa ⟨Āśvina⟩ and Ūrja ⟨Kārttika⟩ he gives weapons, famine and fear of fire. Risen looking like silver or crystal, the son of the Moon ⟨Mercury⟩ is best.

द्वीभा ऊर्जादिमासास्स्युः पंचांत्यैकादशत्रिभाः । यद्धिष्ण्याभ्युदितो जीवस्तन्नक्षत्राह्ववत्सरः

dvībhā ūrjādimāsāssyuḥ paṃcāṃtyaikādaśatribhāḥ | yaddhiṣṇyābhyudito jīvastannakṣatrāhvavatsaraḥ

The months beginning with Ūrja ⟨Kārttika⟩ have two asterisms each; the fifth, the last and the eleventh have three. In whichever asterism ⟨dhiṣṇya = nakṣatra⟩ Jupiter rises, the year bears that asterism's name.

पीडा स्यात्कार्तिके वर्षे रथगोऽग्न्युपजीविनाम् । क्षुच्छस्त्राग्निभयं वृद्धिः पुष्पकौसुंभजीविनाम्

pīḍā syātkārtike varṣe rathago'gnyupajīvinām | kṣucchastrāgnibhayaṃ vṛddhiḥ puṣpakausuṃbhajīvinām

In the Kārttika year there is affliction for those who live by chariots, by cattle and by fire. There is fear of hunger, of weapons and of fire; and increase for those who live by flowers and safflower ⟨kausumbha⟩.

अनावृष्टिः सौम्यवर्षे मृगाखुशलभांडजैः । सर्वसस्यवधो व्याधिर्वैरं राज्ञां परस्परम्

anāvṛṣṭiḥ saumyavarṣe mṛgākhuśalabhāṃḍajaiḥ | sarvasasyavadho vyādhirvairaṃ rājñāṃ parasparam

In the Saumya ⟨Mārgaśīrṣa⟩ year there is drought. Deer, rats, locusts and the egg-born ⟨aṇḍaja, birds⟩ destroy every crop; there is disease, and enmity among kings toward one another.

निवृत्तवैरा क्षितिपा जगदानंदकारकाः । पुष्टिकर्मरताः सर्वे पौषेऽब्देऽध्वरतत्पराः

nivṛttavairā kṣitipā jagadānaṃdakārakāḥ | puṣṭikarmaratāḥ sarve pauṣe'bde'dhvaratatparāḥ

In the Pauṣa year the rulers of the earth give up enmity and bring the world joy; all are absorbed in acts that nourish, and intent on sacrifice ⟨adhvara⟩.

माघेऽब्दे सततं सर्वे पितृपूजनतत्पराः । सुभिक्षं क्षेममारोग्यं वृष्टिः कर्षकसंमता

māghe'bde satataṃ sarve pitṛpūjanatatparāḥ | subhikṣaṃ kṣemamārogyaṃ vṛṣṭiḥ karṣakasaṃmatā

In the Māgha year all are constantly intent on the worship of the fathers ⟨pitṛ⟩. There is plenty, security and health, and rain such as the farmers approve.

चौराश्च प्रबलाः स्त्रीणां दौर्भाग्यं स्वजनाः खलाः । क्वचिद्वृष्टिः क्वचित्सस्यं क्वचिद्वृद्धिश्च फाल्गुने

caurāśca prabalāḥ strīṇāṃ daurbhāgyaṃ svajanāḥ khalāḥ | kvacidvṛṣṭiḥ kvacitsasyaṃ kvacidvṛddhiśca phālgune

In the Phālguna year thieves are strong, women meet misfortune, and one's own people turn malicious. Rain in some places, a crop in some, and increase in some.

चैत्रेऽब्दे मध्यमा वृष्टिरुत्तमान्नं सुदुर्लभम् । सस्यार्घवृष्टयः स्वल्पा राजानः क्षेमकारिणः

caitre'bde madhyamā vṛṣṭiruttamānnaṃ sudurlabham | sasyārghavṛṣṭayaḥ svalpā rājānaḥ kṣemakāriṇaḥ

In the Caitra year the rain is middling and fine grain very hard to get. Crop, fair price and rains ⟨sasyārgha-vṛṣṭayaḥ⟩ are all scant; the kings work for the people's security.

वैशाखे धर्मनिरता राजानः सप्रजा भृशम् । निष्पत्तिः सर्वसस्यानामध्वरोद्युक्तचेतसः

vaiśākhe dharmaniratā rājānaḥ saprajā bhṛśam | niṣpattiḥ sarvasasyānāmadhvarodyuktacetasaḥ

In Vaiśākha the kings, together with their subjects, are greatly devoted to dharma. Every crop comes to harvest, and their minds are set on sacrifice ⟨adhvara⟩.

वृक्षगुल्मलतादीनां क्षेमं सस्यविनाशनम् । ज्येष्ठेऽब्दे धर्मतत्त्वज्ञाः सन्नृपाः पीडिताः परैः

vṛkṣagulmalatādīnāṃ kṣemaṃ sasyavināśanam | jyeṣṭhe'bde dharmatattvajñāḥ sannṛpāḥ pīḍitāḥ paraiḥ

In the Jyeṣṭha year trees, bushes and creepers do well, but the crops are destroyed. Good kings who know the truth of dharma are harassed by others.

क्वचिद्वृष्टिः क्वचित्सस्यं न तु सस्यं क्वचित्क्वचित् । आषाढेऽब्दे क्षितीशाः स्युरन्योन्यजयकांक्षिणः

kvacidvṛṣṭiḥ kvacitsasyaṃ na tu sasyaṃ kvacitkvacit | āṣāḍhe'bde kṣitīśāḥ syuranyonyajayakāṃkṣiṇaḥ

Rain in some places, a crop in some, and in some places no crop at all. In the Āṣāḍha year the rulers of the earth long to conquer one another.

अनेकसस्यसंपूर्णा सुरार्चनसमाकुला । पापपाखंडहंत्री भूः श्रावणेऽब्दे विराजते

anekasasyasaṃpūrṇā surārcanasamākulā | pāpapākhaṃḍahaṃtrī bhūḥ śrāvaṇe'bde virājate

In the Śrāvaṇa year the earth shines: full of many crops, crowded with the worship of the gods, and destroying sin and heresy ⟨pākhaṇḍa⟩.

पूर्वं तु सस्यसंपूर्तिर्नाशं यात्यपरं तु यत् । मध्यवृष्टिर्महत्सस्यं नृपाणां समरं महत्

pūrvaṃ tu sasyasaṃpūrtirnāśaṃ yātyaparaṃ tu yat | madhyavṛṣṭirmahatsasyaṃ nṛpāṇāṃ samaraṃ mahat

The earlier crop comes to full growth, but the later one goes to ruin. The rain is middling, the crop large, and there is great war among kings.

अब्दे भाद्रपदे लोके क्षेमाक्षेमं क्वचित्क्वचित् । धनधान्यसमृद्धिश्च सुभिक्षमतिवृष्टयः

abde bhādrapade loke kṣemākṣemaṃ kvacitkvacit | dhanadhānyasamṛddhiśca subhikṣamativṛṣṭayaḥ

In the Bhādrapada year there is welfare among people here and ill-fare there; and there is abundance of wealth and grain, plenty, and excessive rains.

सुवृष्टिः सर्वसस्यानि फलितानि भवंति च । भवंत्याश्वयुजे वर्षे संतुष्टाः सर्वजंतवः

suvṛṣṭiḥ sarvasasyāni phalitāni bhavaṃti ca | bhavaṃtyāśvayuje varṣe saṃtuṣṭāḥ sarvajaṃtavaḥ

In the Āśvayuja year the rain is good, all crops come to fruit, and every creature is content.

सौम्यभागे चरन् भानां क्षेमारोग्यसुभिक्षकृत् । विपरीतं गुरोर्याम्ये मध्ये च प्रतिमध्यमम्

saumyabhāge caran bhānāṃ kṣemārogyasubhikṣakṛt | viparītaṃ guroryāmye madhye ca pratimadhyamam

Moving through the northern ⟨saumya⟩ part of the asterisms, Jupiter brings security, health and plenty. When Guru is in the southern ⟨yāmya⟩ part the result is the opposite; in the middle, it is middling.

पीताग्निश्यामहरितरक्तवर्णोंऽगिराः क्रमात् । व्याध्यग्निरणचौरास्त्रभयकृत्प्राणिनां तदा

pītāgniśyāmaharitaraktavarṇoṃ'girāḥ kramāt | vyādhyagniraṇacaurāstrabhayakṛtprāṇināṃ tadā

When Aṅgiras ⟨Jupiter⟩ is yellow, fire-coloured, dark, green or red, he then causes for living beings, in that order, disease, fire, war, thieves and fear of weapons.

अनावृष्टिर्धूम्रनिभः करोति सुरपूजितः । दिवा दृष्टो नृपवधस्त्वथवा राज्यनाशनम्

anāvṛṣṭirdhūmranibhaḥ karoti surapūjitaḥ | divā dṛṣṭo nṛpavadhastvathavā rājyanāśanam

Smoke-coloured, he who is honoured by the gods ⟨Jupiter⟩ brings drought. Seen by day, he brings the killing of the king, or else the ruin of the kingdom.

संवत्सरशरीरः स्यात् कृत्तिकारोहिणी उभे । नाभिस्त्वाषाढद्वितयमार्द्रा हृत्कुसुमं मघा

saṃvatsaraśarīraḥ syāt kṛttikārohiṇī ubhe | nābhistvāṣāḍhadvitayamārdrā hṛtkusumaṃ maghā

Kṛttikā and Rohiṇī, the two together, are the body of the year. The two Āṣāḍhās are its navel, Ārdrā its heart, and Maghā its flower.

दुर्भिक्षाग्निमहद्भीतिः शरीरे क्रूरपीडिते । नाभ्यां तु क्षुद्भयं पुष्पे सम्यक् मूलफलक्षयम्

durbhikṣāgnimahadbhītiḥ śarīre krūrapīḍite | nābhyāṃ tu kṣudbhayaṃ puṣpe samyak mūlaphalakṣayam

When the 'body' is afflicted by cruel planets there is famine, fire and great fear. When the 'navel' is afflicted, fear of hunger; when the 'flower', a complete loss of roots and fruits.

हृदये सस्यनिधनं शुभं स्यात् पीडितः शुभैः । मेषराशिगते जीवे त्वीतिर्मेषविनाशनम्

hṛdaye sasyanidhanaṃ śubhaṃ syāt pīḍitaḥ śubhaiḥ | meṣarāśigate jīve tvītirmeṣavināśanam

When the 'heart' is afflicted the crops perish; but if these places are pressed by benefics the result is good. When Jupiter goes to Meṣa ⟨Aries⟩ there is īti ⟨calamity from pests⟩ and the destruction of sheep.

सस्यवृद्धिः प्रजारोग्यं वृष्टिः कर्षकसंमता । वृषराशिगते जीवे शिशुस्त्रीपशुनाशनम् । मध्या वृष्टिः सस्यहानिर्नृपाणां समरं महत्

sasyavṛddhiḥ prajārogyaṃ vṛṣṭiḥ karṣakasaṃmatā | vṛṣarāśigate jīve śiśustrīpaśunāśanam | madhyā vṛṣṭiḥ sasyahānirnṛpāṇāṃ samaraṃ mahat

The crop increases, the people are healthy, the rain is such as the farmers approve; when Jupiter goes to Vṛṣa ⟨Taurus⟩ children, women and cattle perish. The rain is middling, the crop is lost, and there is great war among kings.

जनानां भीतिरीतिश्च नृपाणां दारुणं रणम् । विप्रपीडा मध्यवृष्टिः सस्यवृद्धिस्तृतीयभे

janānāṃ bhītirītiśca nṛpāṇāṃ dāruṇaṃ raṇam | viprapīḍā madhyavṛṣṭiḥ sasyavṛddhistṛtīyabhe

In the third sign ⟨Mithuna, Gemini⟩ there is fear among the people and īti ⟨plague of pests⟩, a fierce war among kings, affliction of brahmins, middling rain, and increase of the crop.

प्रभूतपयसो गावः सुजनाः सुखिनः स्त्रियः । मदोद्धताः कर्किणीज्ये सस्यवृद्धियुता धरा

prabhūtapayaso gāvaḥ sujanāḥ sukhinaḥ striyaḥ | madoddhatāḥ karkiṇījye sasyavṛddhiyutā dharā

When Ijya ⟨Jupiter, the sacrificer's planet⟩ is in Karka ⟨Cancer⟩, cows give abundant milk, good people are happy, women are flushed with high spirits, and the earth is rich with growing crops.

सिंहराशिगते जीवे निःस्वा भूः सुरसत्तमाः । अतिवृष्टिर्व्यालभयं नृपा युद्धे लयं ययुः

siṃharāśigate jīve niḥsvā bhūḥ surasattamāḥ | ativṛṣṭirvyālabhayaṃ nṛpā yuddhe layaṃ yayuḥ

When Jupiter goes to Siṃha ⟨Leo⟩ the best of the earth-gods ⟨bhūsura, brahmins⟩ become destitute. There is excessive rain and fear of snakes, and kings meet their end in war.

जीवे कन्यागते वृष्टिः हृष्टा स्वस्थाः क्षितीश्वराः । महोत्सुकाः क्षितिसुराः स्वस्थाः स्युर्निखिला जनाः

jīve kanyāgate vṛṣṭiḥ hṛṣṭā svasthāḥ kṣitīśvarāḥ | mahotsukāḥ kṣitisurāḥ svasthāḥ syurnikhilā janāḥ

When Jupiter goes to Kanyā ⟨Virgo⟩ there is rain; the rulers of the earth are glad and at ease; the earth-gods ⟨kṣitisura, brahmins⟩ are full of zeal, and all people are well.

जीवे तुलागते सर्वधातुमूलातुलं जगत् । तथापि धात्री संपूर्णा धनधान्यसुवृष्टिभिः

jīve tulāgate sarvadhātumūlātulaṃ jagat | tathāpi dhātrī saṃpūrṇā dhanadhānyasuvṛṣṭibhiḥ

When Jupiter goes to Tulā ⟨Libra⟩ the whole world has metals and roots beyond measure; and the nourishing earth is likewise filled with wealth, grain and good rains.

मदोद्धतानां भूपानां युद्धे जनपदक्षयः । अतुष्टा वृष्टिरत्युग्रं डामरं कीटगे गुरौ

madoddhatānāṃ bhūpānāṃ yuddhe janapadakṣayaḥ | atuṣṭā vṛṣṭiratyugraṃ ḍāmaraṃ kīṭage gurau

When Guru is in Kīṭa ⟨Vṛścika, Scorpio⟩, the countryside is ruined in the war of kings drunk with pride; the rain does not satisfy, and there is fierce tumult ⟨ḍāmara⟩.

जीवे चापगते भीतिरीतिर्भूपभयं महत् । अतुष्टा वृष्टिरत्युग्रा पीडा निःस्वाः क्षितीश्वराः

jīve cāpagate bhītirītirbhūpabhayaṃ mahat | atuṣṭā vṛṣṭiratyugrā pīḍā niḥsvāḥ kṣitīśvarāḥ

When Jupiter goes to Cāpa ⟨Dhanus, Sagittarius⟩ there is fear, there is īti ⟨plague of pests⟩, and great danger from kings. The rain does not satisfy, the affliction is severe, and the rulers of the earth become destitute.

अशत्रवो जना धात्री पूर्णा सस्यार्घवृष्टिभिः । वीतरोगभयाः सर्वे मकरस्थे सुरार्चिते

aśatravo janā dhātrī pūrṇā sasyārghavṛṣṭibhiḥ | vītarogabhayāḥ sarve makarasthe surārcite

When he who is worshipped by the gods ⟨Jupiter⟩ stands in Makara ⟨Capricorn⟩, people have no enemies; the nourishing earth is full of crops, fair prices and rains; and all are free of disease and fear.

सुरस्पर्द्धिजना धात्री फलपुष्पार्घवृष्टिभिः । संपूर्णा कुंभगे जीवे वीतरोगयुता धरा

surasparddhijanā dhātrī phalapuṣpārghavṛṣṭibhiḥ | saṃpūrṇā kuṃbhage jīve vītarogayutā dharā

When Jupiter is in Kumbha ⟨Aquarius⟩, people vie with the gods; the nourishing earth is filled with fruit, flowers, fair prices and rains, and the land is free of disease.

धान्यार्घवृष्टिसंपूर्णा क्वचिद्रोगः क्वचिद्भयम् । न्यायमार्गरता भूपाः सर्वे मीनस्थिते गुरौ

dhānyārghavṛṣṭisaṃpūrṇā kvacidrogaḥ kvacidbhayam | nyāyamārgaratā bhūpāḥ sarve mīnasthite gurau

When Guru stands in Mīna ⟨Pisces⟩ the earth is filled with grain, fair prices and rain; there is disease in some places and fear in some; and all the kings keep to the path of justice.

सौम्यमध्यमयाम्येषु मार्गेषु त्रित्रिवीथयः । शुक्रस्य दस्रभाद्यैश्च पर्यायश्च त्रिभिस्त्रिभिः

saumyamadhyamayāmyeṣu mārgeṣu tritrivīthayaḥ | śukrasya dasrabhādyaiśca paryāyaśca tribhistribhiḥ

In the northern, the middle and the southern paths there are three vīthīs ⟨lanes⟩ each for Venus, counted from the asterism of Dasra ⟨Aśvinī⟩ onward, by cycles of three and three.

नागेभैरावताश्चैव वृषभो गोजरद्गवाः । मृगाजदहनाख्यास्स्युर्याम्यांता वीथयो नव

nāgebhairāvatāścaiva vṛṣabho gojaradgavāḥ | mṛgājadahanākhyāssyuryāmyāṃtā vīthayo nava

Nāga, Ibha ⟨elephant⟩ and Airāvata, then Vṛṣabha, Go and Jaradgava, and those named Mṛga, Aja and Dahana — these are the nine vīthīs, running to the southern end.

सौम्यमार्गेषु तिसृषु चरन् वीथिषु भार्गवः । धान्यार्घवृष्टिसस्यानां परिपूर्तिं करोति सः

saumyamārgeṣu tisṛṣu caran vīthiṣu bhārgavaḥ | dhānyārghavṛṣṭisasyānāṃ paripūrtiṃ karoti saḥ

Bhārgava ⟨Venus⟩, moving in the three vīthīs of the northern path, brings grain, its price, rain and crops to fullness.

मध्यमार्गेषु तिसृषु करोत्येषां तु मध्यमः । याम्यमार्गेषु तिसृषु तेषामेवाधमं फलम्

madhyamārgeṣu tisṛṣu karotyeṣāṃ tu madhyamaḥ | yāmyamārgeṣu tisṛṣu teṣāmevādhamaṃ phalam

In the three of the middle path he makes a middling result of these same things; in the three of the southern path, the lowest result of them.

पूर्वस्यां दिशि जलदः शुभकृत् पितृपंचके । स्वातित्रये पश्चिमायां सम्यक् शुक्रस्तथाविधः

pūrvasyāṃ diśi jaladaḥ śubhakṛt pitṛpaṃcake | svātitraye paścimāyāṃ samyak śukrastathāvidhaḥ

In the five asterisms beginning with the Pitṛ star ⟨Maghā⟩, ⟨Venus⟩ in the eastern quarter gives cloud and does good. In the three beginning with Svātī, Venus in the western quarter is properly of the same kind.

विपरीते त्वनावृष्टिर्वृष्टिकृद्बुधसंयुतः । कृष्णाष्टम्यां चतुर्दश्याममावास्यां यदा सितः

viparīte tvanāvṛṣṭirvṛṣṭikṛdbudhasaṃyutaḥ | kṛṣṇāṣṭamyāṃ caturdaśyāmamāvāsyāṃ yadā sitaḥ

In the contrary case there is drought; joined with Mercury he makes rain. When Sita ⟨Venus⟩, on the eighth or the fourteenth of the dark fortnight, or on the new-moon day —

उदयास्तमयं याति तदा जलमयी क्षितिः । मिथः सप्तमराशिस्थौ पश्चात्प्राग्वीथिसंस्थितौ

udayāstamayaṃ yāti tadā jalamayī kṣitiḥ | mithaḥ saptamarāśisthau paścātprāgvīthisaṃsthitau

— goes to his rising or his setting, then the earth becomes full of water. ⟨Jupiter and Venus⟩ standing in the seventh sign from each other, and set in the western and the eastern vīthī —

गुरुशुक्रावनावृष्टिर्दुर्भिक्षमरणप्रदौ । कुजज्ञजीवरविजाः शुक्रस्याग्रेसरा यदा

guruśukrāvanāvṛṣṭirdurbhikṣamaraṇapradau | kujajñajīvaravijāḥ śukrasyāgresarā yadā

— then Jupiter and Venus give drought, famine and death. When Kuja ⟨Mars⟩, Jña ⟨Mercury⟩, Jīva ⟨Jupiter⟩ and Ravija ⟨Saturn⟩ go in front of Venus —

युद्धातिवायुदुर्भिक्षं जलनाशकरास्तदा । कृष्णरक्तस्तनुः शुक्रो पवनानां विनाशकृत्

yuddhātivāyudurbhikṣaṃ jalanāśakarāstadā | kṛṣṇaraktastanuḥ śukro pavanānāṃ vināśakṛt

— they then make war, excessive wind, famine, and destruction of water. Venus black or red and thin destroys the pavanas ⟨winds⟩.

श्रवणानिलहस्तार्द्राभरणीभाग्यभेषु च । चरन्शनैश्चरो नृणां सुभिक्षारोग्यसस्यकृत्

śravaṇānilahastārdrābharaṇībhāgyabheṣu ca | caranśanaiścaro nṛṇāṃ subhikṣārogyasasyakṛt

Moving through the asterisms Śravaṇa, Anila ⟨Svāti, whose deity is Vāyu, the wind⟩, Hasta, Ārdrā, Bharaṇī and Bhāgya ⟨Pūrvaphālgunī, whose deity is Bhaga⟩, Śanaiścara ⟨Saturn⟩ brings men plenty of food, freedom from disease, and good crops.

जलेशसार्पमाहेंद्रनक्षत्रेषु सुभिक्षकृत् । क्षुच्छस्त्रावृष्टिदो मूलेहिर्बुध्न्यान्त्यभयोर्भयम्

jaleśasārpamāheṃdranakṣatreṣu subhikṣakṛt | kṣucchastrāvṛṣṭido mūlehirbudhnyāntyabhayorbhayam

In the asterisms of Jaleśa ⟨Śatabhiṣaj, whose lord is Varuṇa, lord of waters⟩, Sārpa ⟨Āśleṣā⟩ and Māhendra ⟨Jyeṣṭhā⟩ he makes plenty. In Mūla he gives hunger, the sword and drought; in the two asterisms Hirbudhnya ⟨Uttarabhādrapadā⟩ and the last ⟨Revatī⟩, fear.

मूर्ध्नि चैकं मुखे त्रीणि गुह्ये द्वे नयने द्वयम् । हृदये पंच ऋक्षाणि वामहस्ते चतुष्टयम्

mūrdhni caikaṃ mukhe trīṇi guhye dve nayane dvayam | hṛdaye paṃca ṛkṣāṇi vāmahaste catuṣṭayam

One asterism on the head, three on the face, two on the anus, two on the eyes, five asterisms on the heart, four on the left hand.

वामपादे तथा त्रीणि देया त्रीणि च दक्षिणे । दक्षहस्ते च चत्वारि जन्मभाद्रविजः स्थितः

vāmapāde tathā trīṇi deyā trīṇi ca dakṣiṇe | dakṣahaste ca catvāri janmabhādravijaḥ sthitaḥ

Three are to be given to the left foot and three to the right, and four to the right hand. Ravija ⟨Saturn, the son of the Sun⟩ is placed by counting from the birth asterism.

रोगो लाभस्तथा हानिर्लाभः सौख्यं च बंधनम् । आयासं चेष्टयात्रा च ह्यर्थलाभःक्रमात्फलम्

rogo lābhastathā hānirlābhaḥ saukhyaṃ ca baṃdhanam | āyāsaṃ ceṣṭayātrā ca hyarthalābhaḥkramātphalam

Disease, gain, then loss, gain, comfort, bondage, toil, a journey one has wished for, and gain of wealth — these are the results, in order.

वक्रकृद्रविजस्येह तद्वक्रफलमीदृशम् । करोत्येवं समः साम्यं शीघ्रगो व्युत्क्रमात्फलम्

vakrakṛdravijasyeha tadvakraphalamīdṛśam | karotyevaṃ samaḥ sāmyaṃ śīghrago vyutkramātphalam

When Ravija ⟨Saturn⟩ turns retrograde here, the retrograde result is of this kind. Moving evenly he produces an even result; moving swiftly, the result comes in reverse order.

अमृतास्वादनाद्राहुः शिराच्छिन्नोपि सोऽमृतः । विष्णुना तेन चक्रेण तथापि ग्रहतां गतः

amṛtāsvādanādrāhuḥ śirācchinnopi so'mṛtaḥ | viṣṇunā tena cakreṇa tathāpi grahatāṃ gataḥ

From tasting the nectar Rāhu, though severed at the head, became deathless. Cut by Viṣṇu with that discus, he still came to the state of a graha ⟨a planet⟩.

वरेण धातुरर्केंदू ग्रसते सर्वपर्वणि । विक्षेपावननेर्वंशाद्राहुर्दूरं गतस्तयोः

vareṇa dhāturarkeṃdū grasate sarvaparvaṇi | vikṣepāvananervaṃśādrāhurdūraṃ gatastayoḥ

By the Creator's boon he swallows the sun and the moon at every parvan ⟨new moon and full moon⟩. Because of the lowness of his deflection ⟨his latitude⟩ and of his descent, Rāhu has gone far from those two.

षण्मासवृद्ध्या ग्रहणं शोधयेद्रविचंद्रयोः । पर्वेशाःस्युस्तथा सप्त देवाः कल्पादितः क्रमात्

ṣaṇmāsavṛddhyā grahaṇaṃ śodhayedravicaṃdrayoḥ | parveśāḥsyustathā sapta devāḥ kalpāditaḥ kramāt

One should work out the eclipse of sun and moon by an increment of six months. Seven gods are the lords of the parvans, in order from the beginning of the kalpa.

ब्रह्मेंद्विंद्रधनाधीशवरुणाग्नियमाह्वयाः । पशुसस्यद्विजातीनां वृद्धिर्ब्राह्मे च पर्वणि

brahmeṃdviṃdradhanādhīśavaruṇāgniyamāhvayāḥ | paśusasyadvijātīnāṃ vṛddhirbrāhme ca parvaṇi

They are named Brahmā, Indu ⟨the Moon⟩, Indra, Dhanādhīśa ⟨Kubera, lord of wealth⟩, Varuṇa, Agni and Yama. In a brāhma parvan there is increase of cattle, of crops and of the twice-born.

तद्वदेव फलं सौम्ये बुधपीडा च पर्वणि । विरोधो भूभुजां दुःखमैंद्रे सस्यविनाशनम्

tadvadeva phalaṃ saumye budhapīḍā ca parvaṇi | virodho bhūbhujāṃ duḥkhamaiṃdre sasyavināśanam

In a saumya ⟨lunar⟩ parvan the result is just the same, and there is affliction of the learned as well. In an aindra parvan there is enmity among kings, sorrow, and destruction of crops.

अर्थेशानामर्थहानिः कौबेरे धान्यवर्धनम् । नृपाणामशिवं क्षेममितरेषां तु वारुणे

artheśānāmarthahāniḥ kaubere dhānyavardhanam | nṛpāṇāmaśivaṃ kṣemamitareṣāṃ tu vāruṇe

In a kaubera parvan there is loss of wealth to those who own wealth, and increase of grain. In a vāruṇa parvan there is misfortune for kings but well-being for everyone else.

प्रवर्षणं सस्यवृद्धिः क्षेमं हौताशपर्वणि । अनावृष्टिः सस्यहानिर्दुर्भिक्षं याम्यपर्वणि

pravarṣaṇaṃ sasyavṛddhiḥ kṣemaṃ hautāśaparvaṇi | anāvṛṣṭiḥ sasyahānirdurbhikṣaṃ yāmyaparvaṇi

In a hautāśa ⟨Agni's⟩ parvan there is good rain, growth of crops, and well-being. In a yāmya ⟨Yama's⟩ parvan there is drought, loss of crops, and famine.

वेलाहीने सस्यहानिर्नृपाणां दारुणं रणम् । अतिवेले पुष्पहानिर्भयं सस्यविनाशनम्

velāhīne sasyahānirnṛpāṇāṃ dāruṇaṃ raṇam | ativele puṣpahānirbhayaṃ sasyavināśanam

If the eclipse falls short of its time there is loss of crops and a cruel war among kings. If it runs past its time there is loss of flowers, fear, and destruction of crops.

एकस्मिन्नेव मासे तुचंद्रार्कग्रहणं यदा । विरोधं धरणीशानामर्थवृष्टिविनाशनम्

ekasminneva māse tucaṃdrārkagrahaṇaṃ yadā | virodhaṃ dharaṇīśānāmarthavṛṣṭivināśanam

When the eclipse of the moon and of the sun falls in one and the same month, there is enmity among the lords of the earth and destruction of wealth and of rain.

ग्रस्तोदितावस्तमितौ नृपधान्यविनाशदौ । सर्वग्रस्ताविनेंदूभौ क्षुद्वाय्वग्निभयप्रदौ

grastoditāvastamitau nṛpadhānyavināśadau | sarvagrastāvineṃdūbhau kṣudvāyvagnibhayapradau

Rising or setting while eclipsed, the two destroy the king and the grain. When Ina ⟨the Sun⟩ and Indu ⟨the Moon⟩ are both wholly swallowed, they give fear of hunger, of wind and of fire.

द्विजादींश्च क्रमाद्धंति राहुर्दृष्टो दिगादितः । दशैव ग्रासभेदाःस्युर्मोक्षभेदास्तथा दश

dvijādīṃśca kramāddhaṃti rāhurdṛṣṭo digāditaḥ | daśaiva grāsabhedāḥsyurmokṣabhedāstathā daśa

Rāhu, seen from the east onwards, destroys the twice-born and the rest in that order. There are ten kinds of grāsa ⟨the seizing⟩ and likewise ten kinds of mokṣa ⟨the release⟩.

न शक्या लक्षितुं देवैः किं पुनः प्राकृतैर्जनैः । आनीय खेटान् सिद्धांतात्तेषां चारं विचिंतयेत्

na śakyā lakṣituṃ devaiḥ kiṃ punaḥ prākṛtairjanaiḥ | ānīya kheṭān siddhāṃtātteṣāṃ cāraṃ viciṃtayet

They cannot be marked even by the gods, still less by ordinary people. One should derive the planets from the siddhānta ⟨the astronomical treatise⟩ and then reflect on their courses.

शुभाशुभाप्तेः कालस्य ग्रहचारो हि कारणम् । तस्मादन्वेषणीयं तत्कालज्ञानाय धीमता

śubhāśubhāpteḥ kālasya grahacāro hi kāraṇam | tasmādanveṣaṇīyaṃ tatkālajñānāya dhīmatā

The course of the planets is the cause of a time turning out good or bad. Therefore the wise should search it out, in order to know the time.

उत्पातरूपाः केतूनामुदयास्तमया नृणाम् । दिव्यंतरिक्षा भौमास्ते शुभाशुभफलप्रदाः

utpātarūpāḥ ketūnāmudayāstamayā nṛṇām | divyaṃtarikṣā bhaumāste śubhāśubhaphalapradāḥ

For men, the risings and settings of the ketus ⟨comets⟩ are in the nature of portents. They are of the sky, of the mid-air, and of the earth, and they give good and bad results.

यज्ञध्वजास्त्रभवनरथवृक्षगजोपमाः । स्तंभशूलगदाकारा अंतरिक्षाः प्रकीर्तिताः

yajñadhvajāstrabhavanarathavṛkṣagajopamāḥ | staṃbhaśūlagadākārā aṃtarikṣāḥ prakīrtitāḥ

Those resembling a sacrificial banner, a weapon, a house, a chariot, a tree or an elephant, and those shaped like a post, a spear or a mace, are declared to be of the mid-air.

नक्षत्रसंस्थिता दिव्या भौमा ये भूमिसंस्थिताः । एकोप्यमित्ररूपः स्याज्जंतूनामशुभाय वै

nakṣatrasaṃsthitā divyā bhaumā ye bhūmisaṃsthitāḥ | ekopyamitrarūpaḥ syājjaṃtūnāmaśubhāya vai

Those standing among the asterisms are of the sky; those standing on the earth are earthly. Even one of them takes the form of an enemy, and is indeed for the harm of living beings.

यावतो दिवसात्केतुर्दृश्यते विविधात्मकः । तावन्मासैः फलं वाच्यं मासैश्चैव तु वत्सराः

yāvato divasātketurdṛśyate vividhātmakaḥ | tāvanmāsaiḥ phalaṃ vācyaṃ māsaiścaiva tu vatsarāḥ

For as many days as a ketu of whatever kind is seen, for that many months the result is to be declared; and by as many months, so many years.

ये दिव्याः केतवस्तेपि शश्वत्तीव्रफलप्रदाः । अंतरिक्षा मध्यफला भौमा मंदफलप्रदाः

ye divyāḥ ketavastepi śaśvattīvraphalapradāḥ | aṃtarikṣā madhyaphalā bhaumā maṃdaphalapradāḥ

The ketus of the sky always give harsh results. Those of the mid-air give middling results, and the earthly ones give mild results.

ह्रस्वः स्निग्धः सुप्रसन्नः श्वेतकेतुः सुभिक्षकृत् । क्षिप्रादस्तमयं याति दीर्घकेतुः सुवृष्टिकृत्

hrasvaḥ snigdhaḥ suprasannaḥ śvetaketuḥ subhikṣakṛt | kṣiprādastamayaṃ yāti dīrghaketuḥ suvṛṣṭikṛt

A white ketu, short, smooth and very clear, brings plenty of food. A long ketu that goes quickly to its setting brings good rain.

अनिष्टदो धूमकेतुः शक्रचापस्य सन्निभः । द्वित्रिचतुःशूलरूपः स च राज्यांतकृत्तदा

aniṣṭado dhūmaketuḥ śakracāpasya sannibhaḥ | dvitricatuḥśūlarūpaḥ sa ca rājyāṃtakṛttadā

A dhūmaketu ⟨smoke-comet⟩ like Śakra's bow ⟨the rainbow⟩ gives what is unwanted. If it has the form of two, three or four spears, it then makes an end of the kingdom.

मणिहारसुवर्णाभा दीप्तिमंतोर्कसूनवः । केतवोभ्युदिताः पूर्वापरयोर्नृपघातकाः

maṇihārasuvarṇābhā dīptimaṃtorkasūnavaḥ | ketavobhyuditāḥ pūrvāparayornṛpaghātakāḥ

Ketus shining like a jewel, a necklace or gold, and full of light, are sons of Arka ⟨the Sun⟩. Risen in the east and in the west, they are killers of kings.

बंधूकबिंबक्षतजशुकतुंडाग्निसन्निभाः । हुताशनप्रदास्तेपि केतवश्चाग्निसूनवः

baṃdhūkabiṃbakṣatajaśukatuṃḍāgnisannibhāḥ | hutāśanapradāstepi ketavaścāgnisūnavaḥ

Ketus resembling the bandhūka flower, the bimba fruit, blood, a parrot's beak, or fire, bring fire; they too are sons of Agni.

व्याधिप्रदा मृत्युसुता वक्रास्ते कृष्णकेतवः । भूसुता जलतैलाभा वर्तुलाः क्षुद्भयप्रदाः

vyādhipradā mṛtyusutā vakrāste kṛṣṇaketavaḥ | bhūsutā jalatailābhā vartulāḥ kṣudbhayapradāḥ

Those black ketus that are crooked are sons of Mṛtyu ⟨Death⟩ and give disease. The round ones, shining like water or oil, are sons of the Earth and give fear of hunger.

क्षेमः सुभिक्षदाः श्वेताः केतवः सोमसूनवः । पितामहात्मजः केतुः त्रिवर्णास्त्रिशिखान्विताः

kṣemaḥ subhikṣadāḥ śvetāḥ ketavaḥ somasūnavaḥ | pitāmahātmajaḥ ketuḥ trivarṇāstriśikhānvitāḥ

White ketus are sons of Soma ⟨the Moon⟩; they give safety and plenty. The ketu that is a son of Pitāmaha ⟨Brahmā⟩ is of three colours and has three tails.

ब्रह्मदंडाह्वयः केतुः प्रजानामंतकृत्सदा । ऐशान्यां भार्गवसुताः श्वेतरूपास्त्वनिष्टदाः

brahmadaṃḍāhvayaḥ ketuḥ prajānāmaṃtakṛtsadā | aiśānyāṃ bhārgavasutāḥ śvetarūpāstvaniṣṭadāḥ

The ketu named Brahmadaṇḍa always makes an end of the people. In the north-east the white-formed sons of Bhārgava ⟨Venus⟩ give what is unwanted.

अनिष्टदाः पंगुसुताः द्विशिखाः कनकाह्वयाः । विकचाख्या गुरुसुता नेष्टा याम्यस्थिता अपि

aniṣṭadāḥ paṃgusutāḥ dviśikhāḥ kanakāhvayāḥ | vikacākhyā gurusutā neṣṭā yāmyasthitā api

The two-tailed ketus named Kanaka are sons of Paṅgu ⟨Saturn, 'the lame one'⟩ and give what is unwanted. Those named Vikaca are sons of Guru ⟨Jupiter⟩; standing in the south they too are not good.

सूक्ष्माः शुक्लाः बुधसुता घोराश्चौरभयप्रदाः । कुजात्मजाः कुंकुमाख्या रक्ताः शूलास्त्वनिष्टदाः

sūkṣmāḥ śuklāḥ budhasutā ghorāścaurabhayapradāḥ | kujātmajāḥ kuṃkumākhyā raktāḥ śūlāstvaniṣṭadāḥ

Fine, white ketus are sons of Budha ⟨Mercury⟩; they are terrible and give fear of thieves. The red, spear-shaped ones named Kuṅkuma are sons of Kuja ⟨Mars⟩ and give what is unwanted.

अग्निजा विश्वरूपाख्या अग्निवर्णाः शुभप्रदाः । अरुणाः श्यामलाकाराः पापपुत्राश्च पापदाः

agnijā viśvarūpākhyā agnivarṇāḥ śubhapradāḥ | aruṇāḥ śyāmalākārāḥ pāpaputrāśca pāpadāḥ

Fire-born ketus named Viśvarūpa, of the colour of fire, give good. Those ruddy or dark in form are sons of Pāpa ⟨sin⟩ and give evil.

शुक्रजा ऋक्षसदृशाः केतवः शुभदायकाः । कंकाख्यब्राह्मजाः श्वेताः कष्टा वंशलतोपमाः

śukrajā ṛkṣasadṛśāḥ ketavaḥ śubhadāyakāḥ | kaṃkākhyabrāhmajāḥ śvetāḥ kaṣṭā vaṃśalatopamāḥ

Ketus born of Śukra ⟨Venus⟩, resembling a star, give good. The white ones named Kaṅka, born of Brahmā, resembling a bamboo or a creeper, bring hardship.

कबंधाख्याः कालसुता भस्मरूपास्त्वनिष्टदाः । विधिपुत्राह्वयाः शुक्लाः केतवो नेष्टदायकाः

kabaṃdhākhyāḥ kālasutā bhasmarūpāstvaniṣṭadāḥ | vidhiputrāhvayāḥ śuklāḥ ketavo neṣṭadāyakāḥ

Those named Kabandha are sons of Kāla ⟨Time⟩, ash-coloured, and give what is unwanted. The white ketus called sons of Vidhi ⟨Brahmā⟩ are not givers of good.

कृत्तिकासु समुद्भूतो धूमकेतुः प्रजांतकृत् । प्रासादशैलवृक्षेषु जातो राज्ञां विनाशकृत्

kṛttikāsu samudbhūto dhūmaketuḥ prajāṃtakṛt | prāsādaśailavṛkṣeṣu jāto rājñāṃ vināśakṛt

A dhūmaketu arisen in the Kṛttikās makes an end of the people. Arisen over palaces, hills and trees, it destroys kings.

सुभिक्षकृत्कुमुदाख्यः केतुः कुमुदसन्निभः । आवर्तकेतुः शुभदः श्वेतश्चावर्तसन्निभः

subhikṣakṛtkumudākhyaḥ ketuḥ kumudasannibhaḥ | āvartaketuḥ śubhadaḥ śvetaścāvartasannibhaḥ

The ketu named Kumuda, like the white lotus, brings plenty. The Āvarta ketu, white and like a whirl, gives good.

संवर्तकेतुः संध्यायां त्रिशिरा नेष्टदारुणः

saṃvartaketuḥ saṃdhyāyāṃ triśirā neṣṭadāruṇaḥ

The Saṃvarta ketu, three-headed, at twilight, is not good and is cruel.

ब्राह्मं दैवं मानुषं च पित्र्यं सौरं च सावनम् । चांद्रमार्क्षं गुरोर्मानमिति मानानि वै नव

brāhmaṃ daivaṃ mānuṣaṃ ca pitryaṃ sauraṃ ca sāvanam | cāṃdramārkṣaṃ gurormānamiti mānāni vai nava

The brāhma, the daiva, the mānuṣa, the pitrya, the saura and the sāvana; the cāndra, the ārkṣa ⟨reckoned by the nakṣatras⟩ and the measure of Guru ⟨Jupiter⟩ — these indeed are the nine māna ⟨measures of time⟩.

एषां तु नवमानानां व्यवहारोत्र पंचभिः । तेषां पृथक्पृथक्कार्यं वक्ष्यते व्यवहारतः

eṣāṃ tu navamānānāṃ vyavahārotra paṃcabhiḥ | teṣāṃ pṛthakpṛthakkāryaṃ vakṣyate vyavahārataḥ

But of these nine māna, practical use here is made of five. The work belonging to each of them, one by one, will be told according to its use.

ग्रहणं निखिलं कार्यं गृह्यते सौरमानतः । विधेर्विधानं स्त्रीगर्भं सावनेनैव गृह्यते

grahaṇaṃ nikhilaṃ kāryaṃ gṛhyate sauramānataḥ | vidhervidhānaṃ strīgarbhaṃ sāvanenaiva gṛhyate

The whole business of an eclipse ⟨grahaṇa⟩ is taken from the saura ⟨solar⟩ measure. The ordering of a rite ⟨vidhi⟩ and a woman's pregnancy are taken by the sāvana ⟨civil-day⟩ measure alone.

प्रवर्षणं मेघगर्भो नाक्षत्रेण प्रगृह्यते । यात्रोद्वाहव्रतक्षौरतिथिवर्षादिनिर्णयः

pravarṣaṇaṃ meghagarbho nākṣatreṇa pragṛhyate | yātrodvāhavratakṣauratithivarṣādinirṇayaḥ

Rainfall and the conception of the clouds ⟨megha-garbha⟩ are taken by the nākṣatra measure. The settling of journey, marriage, vow, tonsure, tithi, the year and the rest —

पर्ववास्तूपवासादि कृत्स्नं चांद्रेण गृह्यते । गृह्यते गुरुमानेन प्रभवाद्यब्दलक्षणम्

parvavāstūpavāsādi kṛtsnaṃ cāṃdreṇa gṛhyate | gṛhyate gurumānena prabhavādyabdalakṣaṇam

— the parvan days, the vāstu rite, fasting and the rest, all of it, is taken by the cāndra ⟨lunar⟩ measure. The character of the years beginning with Prabhava is taken by the measure of Guru ⟨Jupiter⟩.

भचक्रगतिरार्क्षं स्यात्सावनं त्रिंशता दिनैः । सौरं संक्रमणं प्रोक्तं चांद्रं प्रतिपदादिकम्

bhacakragatirārkṣaṃ syātsāvanaṃ triṃśatā dinaiḥ | sauraṃ saṃkramaṇaṃ proktaṃ cāṃdraṃ pratipadādikam

Motion through the bhacakra ⟨the circle of the nakṣatras⟩ makes the ārkṣa ⟨nakṣatra month⟩; the sāvana is of thirty days. The saura is declared by the saṃkramaṇa ⟨the sun's passage into a sign⟩, and the cāndra begins from the pratipad ⟨the first lunar day⟩.

तत्तन्मासैर्द्वादशभिस्तत्तदब्दो भवेत्ततः । गुरुचारेण संभूताः षष्ट्यब्दाः प्रभवादयः

tattanmāsairdvādaśabhistattadabdo bhavettataḥ | gurucāreṇa saṃbhūtāḥ ṣaṣṭyabdāḥ prabhavādayaḥ

From twelve months of each kind a year of that same kind arises. Born of the course of Guru ⟨Jupiter⟩ are the sixty years beginning with Prabhava.

प्रभवो विभवः शुक्लः प्रमोदोथ प्रजापतिः । अंगिराः श्रीमुखो भावो युवा धाता तथेश्वरः

prabhavo vibhavaḥ śuklaḥ pramodotha prajāpatiḥ | aṃgirāḥ śrīmukho bhāvo yuvā dhātā tatheśvaraḥ

Prabhava, Vibhava, Śukla, then Pramoda, Prajāpati; Aṅgiras, Śrīmukha, Bhāva, Yuvan, Dhātṛ, and Īśvara.

बहुधान्यः प्रमाथी च विक्रमो वृषसंज्ञकः । चित्रभानुः सुभानुश्च तारणः पार्थिवो व्ययः

bahudhānyaḥ pramāthī ca vikramo vṛṣasaṃjñakaḥ | citrabhānuḥ subhānuśca tāraṇaḥ pārthivo vyayaḥ

Bahudhānya, Pramāthin, Vikrama, the one named Vṛṣa; Citrabhānu, Subhānu, Tāraṇa, Pārthiva, Vyaya.

सर्वजित् सर्वधारी च विरोधी विकृतः खरः । नंदनो विजयश्चैव जयो मन्मथदुर्मुखौ

sarvajit sarvadhārī ca virodhī vikṛtaḥ kharaḥ | naṃdano vijayaścaiva jayo manmathadurmukhau

Sarvajit, Sarvadhārin, Virodhin, Vikṛta, Khara; Nandana, Vijaya, Jaya, and the pair Manmatha and Durmukha.

हेमलंबो विलंबश्च विकारी शार्वरी प्लवः । शुभकृच्छोभनः क्रोधी विश्वावसुपराभवौ

hemalaṃbo vilaṃbaśca vikārī śārvarī plavaḥ | śubhakṛcchobhanaḥ krodhī viśvāvasuparābhavau

Hemalamba, Vilamba, Vikārin, Śārvarī, Plava; Śubhakṛt, Śobhana, Krodhin, and the pair Viśvāvasu and Parābhava.

प्लवंगः कीलकः सौम्यः साधारणो विरोधकृत् । परिधावी प्रमादी च आनंदो राक्षसोनलः

plavaṃgaḥ kīlakaḥ saumyaḥ sādhāraṇo virodhakṛt | paridhāvī pramādī ca ānaṃdo rākṣasonalaḥ

Plavaṅga, Kīlaka, Saumya, Sādhāraṇa, Virodhakṛt; Paridhāvin, Pramādin, Ānanda, Rākṣasa, Anala.

पिंगलः कालयुक्तश्च सिद्धार्थी रौद्रदुर्मती । दुन्दुभी रुधिरोद्गारी रक्ताक्षी क्रोधनः क्षयः

piṃgalaḥ kālayuktaśca siddhārthī raudradurmatī | dundubhī rudhirodgārī raktākṣī krodhanaḥ kṣayaḥ

Piṅgala, Kālayukta, Siddhārthin, Raudra and Durmati; Dundubhi, Rudhirodgārin, Raktākṣa, Krodhana, Kṣaya.

युगं स्यात्पंचभिर्वर्षैर्युगानि द्वादशैव ते । तेषामीशाः क्रमाज्ज्ञेया विष्णुर्देवपुरोहितः

yugaṃ syātpaṃcabhirvarṣairyugāni dvādaśaiva te | teṣāmīśāḥ kramājjñeyā viṣṇurdevapurohitaḥ

A yuga ⟨a five-year cycle⟩ is made of five years, and those yugas are just twelve. Their lords are to be known in order: Viṣṇu, the purohita of the gods ⟨Bṛhaspati⟩, —

पुरंदरो लोहितश्च त्वष्टाहिर्बुध्न्यसंज्ञकः । पितरश्च ततो विश्वे शशीन्द्राग्नी भगोऽश्विनौ

puraṃdaro lohitaśca tvaṣṭāhirbudhnyasaṃjñakaḥ | pitaraśca tato viśve śaśīndrāgnī bhago'śvinau

— Purandara ⟨Indra⟩, Lohita ⟨Mars⟩, Tvaṣṭṛ, the one named Ahirbudhnya; then the Pitṛs, the Viśve ⟨Viśvedevas⟩, Śaśin ⟨the moon⟩, Indrāgnī, Bhaga, and the two Aśvins.

युगस्य पंचवर्षेशा वह्नीनेंद्वब्जजेश्वराः । तेषां फलानि प्रोच्यन्ते वत्सराणां पृथक्पृथक्

yugasya paṃcavarṣeśā vahnīneṃdvabjajeśvarāḥ | teṣāṃ phalāni procyante vatsarāṇāṃ pṛthakpṛthak

The lords of the five years of a yuga are Vahni ⟨Agni, fire⟩, Ina ⟨the sun⟩, Indu ⟨the moon⟩, Abjaja ⟨Brahmā, the lotus-born⟩ and Īśvara ⟨Śiva⟩. Their fruits — the fruits of the years — are now declared one by one.

क्वचिद्वृद्धिः क्वचिद्धानिः क्वचिद्भीतिः क्वचिद्गदः । तथापि मोदते लोकः प्रभवाब्दे विमत्सरः

kvacidvṛddhiḥ kvaciddhāniḥ kvacidbhītiḥ kvacidgadaḥ | tathāpi modate lokaḥ prabhavābde vimatsaraḥ

Somewhere growth, somewhere loss, somewhere fear, somewhere disease ⟨gada⟩. Even so, in the Prabhava year the people rejoice, free of ill-will.

आन्वीक्षिकीषु निरताः सप्रजाः स्युः क्षितीश्वराः । कर्षकाभिमता वृष्टिर्विभवाब्दे विवैरिणः

ānvīkṣikīṣu niratāḥ saprajāḥ syuḥ kṣitīśvarāḥ | karṣakābhimatā vṛṣṭirvibhavābde vivairiṇaḥ

The lords of the earth, together with their subjects, are given to the ānvīkṣikī ⟨the sciences of reasoning⟩. The rain is such as the ploughmen would wish. In the Vibhava year they are free of enmity.

सकलत्रात्मजाञ्छश्वल्लालयंत्यबला जनाः । अमरस्पर्द्धिनः शुक्ले वत्सरे विगतारयः

sakalatrātmajāñchaśvallālayaṃtyabalā janāḥ | amarasparddhinaḥ śukle vatsare vigatārayaḥ

People, with their wives, and the women too, constantly fondle their children. In the Śukla year they rival the immortals, and their enemies are gone.

अतिव्याध्यर्दिता लोकाः क्षितीशाः कलहोत्सुकाः । प्रमोदाब्दे प्रमोदंते तथापि निखिला जनाः

ativyādhyarditā lokāḥ kṣitīśāḥ kalahotsukāḥ | pramodābde pramodaṃte tathāpi nikhilā janāḥ

People are worn down by grievous disease and the lords of the earth are eager for quarrel; yet in the Pramoda year all people rejoice.

क्लेशः क्वचिन्न प्रेक्ष्यंते स्वजनानामनामयः । एवं वै मोदते लोका प्रजापतिशरद्युतः

kleśaḥ kvacinna prekṣyaṃte svajanānāmanāmayaḥ | evaṃ vai modate lokā prajāpatiśaradyutaḥ

Nowhere is distress seen; one's own people are free of sickness. So indeed the people rejoice in the year joined with Prajāpati ⟨the 5th of the sixty saṃvatsaras⟩.

अतिथिस्वजनैस्सार्द्धमन्नं बोभुज्यते मधु । पेपीयंते कामिनीभिरंगिरोऽब्दे निरंतरम्

atithisvajanaissārddhamannaṃ bobhujyate madhu | pepīyaṃte kāminībhiraṃgiro'bde niraṃtaram

Food and honeyed drink are eaten again and again together with guests and one's own people. In the Aṅgiras year ⟨6th⟩ they are drunk again and again by loving women, without pause.

श्रीमुखेब्दे दुग्धपूर्णा गोकर्णवलयेव भूः । सस्यपीता वरावारि गावस्तुंगपयोधराः

śrīmukhebde dugdhapūrṇā gokarṇavalayeva bhūḥ | sasyapītā varāvāri gāvastuṃgapayodharāḥ

In the Śrīmukha year ⟨7th⟩ the earth is full of milk, as though a ring of cows' ears. Its excellent water is drunk up by the crops; the cows have swollen udders.

स्युर्भूभुजो प्रभाभाजः प्रभंजनभुजः परे । भावाब्दे भूसुरग्राम भ्रमणं लोभतः सदा

syurbhūbhujo prabhābhājaḥ prabhaṃjanabhujaḥ pare | bhāvābde bhūsuragrāma bhramaṇaṃ lobhataḥ sadā

Kings will hold splendour; the rest feed on the wind ⟨are ruined⟩. In the Bhāva year ⟨8th⟩ the company of brāhmaṇas is always on the move out of greed.

मुदाऽजस्रं रमयति युवाब्दे युवतीजनः । युवानो निखिला लोकाः क्षितिश्चापि फलोत्कटा

mudā'jasraṃ ramayati yuvābde yuvatījanaḥ | yuvāno nikhilā lokāḥ kṣitiścāpi phalotkaṭā

In the Yuvan year ⟨9th⟩ young women give pleasure ceaselessly, with joy. All people are young, and the earth too is heavy with fruit.

धात्री धात्रीव लोकानामभया च फलप्रदा । धात्रब्दे धरणीनाथाः परस्परजयोत्सुकाः

dhātrī dhātrīva lokānāmabhayā ca phalapradā | dhātrabde dharaṇīnāthāḥ parasparajayotsukāḥ

The earth is like a nurse to the people, free of fear and giving fruit. In the Dhātṛ year ⟨10th⟩ the lords of the earth are eager to conquer one another.

ईश्वराब्दे स्थिराः क्ष्मेशा जगदानंदिनी मही । अध्वरे निरता विप्राः स्वस्वमार्गे रताः परे

īśvarābde sthirāḥ kṣmeśā jagadānaṃdinī mahī | adhvare niratā viprāḥ svasvamārge ratāḥ pare

In the Īśvara year ⟨11th⟩ the lords of the earth are steady and the land gladdens the world. Brāhmaṇas are devoted to sacrifice; the rest keep to their own paths.

बहुधान्ये च बहुभिर्धान्यैः पूर्णाखिला धरा । प्रभूतपयसो गावो राजानः स्युर्विवैरिणः

bahudhānye ca bahubhirdhānyaiḥ pūrṇākhilā dharā | prabhūtapayaso gāvo rājānaḥ syurvivairiṇaḥ

In Bahudhānya ⟨12th⟩ the whole earth is filled with abundant grain. Cows give copious milk, and kings are free of enmity.

बलाहका न मुञ्चंति कुत्रचित्प्रचुरं पयः । प्रमाथ्यब्दे वीतरागास्तथापि निखिला जनाः

balāhakā na muñcaṃti kutracitpracuraṃ payaḥ | pramāthyabde vītarāgāstathāpi nikhilā janāḥ

The clouds do not release abundant water anywhere. Even so, in the Pramāthin year ⟨13th⟩ all people are without affection for one another.

प्रवहंति जलं स्वच्छं स्रवंति प्रचुरं पयः । विक्रमाब्देखिलाः क्ष्मेशा विक्रमाक्रांतभूमयः

pravahaṃti jalaṃ svacchaṃ sravaṃti pracuraṃ payaḥ | vikramābdekhilāḥ kṣmeśā vikramākrāṃtabhūmayaḥ

Clear water flows; abundant rain streams down. In the Vikrama year ⟨14th⟩ all lords of the earth have taken land by force.

विविधैरन्नपानाद्यैर्हृष्टपुष्टांगचेतसः । मदोन्मत्ताखिला लोका वृषाब्दे वृषसन्निभाः

vividhairannapānādyairhṛṣṭapuṣṭāṃgacetasaḥ | madonmattākhilā lokā vṛṣābde vṛṣasannibhāḥ

From varied food and drink and the rest, their bodies and minds are glad and well fed. In the Vṛṣa year ⟨15th⟩ all people are drunk with vigour, like bulls.

विचित्रा वसुधा चित्रपुष्पवृष्टिफलादिभिः । चित्रभानुशरद्येषा भाति चित्रांगना यथा

vicitrā vasudhā citrapuṣpavṛṣṭiphalādibhiḥ | citrabhānuśaradyeṣā bhāti citrāṃganā yathā

The earth is many-coloured with bright flowers, rain, fruit and the rest. In the Citrabhānu year ⟨16th⟩ she shines like a woman of lovely limbs.

नन्दन्तीह जनाः सर्वे भूमिर्भूरिफलान्विता । सुभानुवत्सरे भूमिर्भीमभूपालविग्रहा

nandantīha janāḥ sarve bhūmirbhūriphalānvitā | subhānuvatsare bhūmirbhīmabhūpālavigrahā

Here all people rejoice, and the earth carries much fruit. In the Subhānu year ⟨17th⟩ the earth holds the fearsome quarrels of kings.

प्रतरन्त्युडुपोपायैः सरितोर्थाय संततम् । तारणाब्दे त्वतुलिता अर्थवंतो हि जंतवः

pratarantyuḍupopāyaiḥ saritorthāya saṃtatam | tāraṇābde tvatulitā arthavaṃto hi jaṃtavaḥ

They cross rivers constantly by boat for the sake of wealth. In the Tāraṇa year ⟨18th⟩ creatures become wealthy beyond measure.

पतन्ति करकोपेताः पयोधारा निरंतरम् । पापादपेतमनसः पार्थिवाब्दे तु पार्थिवाः

patanti karakopetāḥ payodhārā niraṃtaram | pāpādapetamanasaḥ pārthivābde tu pārthivāḥ

Streams of water fall without pause, mixed with hail. In the Pārthiva year ⟨19th⟩ kings keep their minds turned away from sin.

दीप्यते वसुधा वीरभटवारणवाजिभिः । व्यपेतव्याधयः सर्वे व्ययाब्दे तु व्ययान्विताः

dīpyate vasudhā vīrabhaṭavāraṇavājibhiḥ | vyapetavyādhayaḥ sarve vyayābde tu vyayānvitāḥ

The earth blazes with heroes, foot-soldiers, elephants and horses. In the Vyaya year ⟨20th⟩ all are free of disease, yet full of expense.

गीर्वाणपूर्वगीर्वाणान् गर्वनिर्भरचेतसः । सर्वजिद्वत्सरे सर्व उर्वीशान् हंति भूमिपान्

gīrvāṇapūrvagīrvāṇān garvanirbharacetasaḥ | sarvajidvatsare sarva urvīśān haṃti bhūmipān

In the Sarvajit year ⟨21st⟩ it strikes down the gods and the fore-gods ⟨asuras⟩, whose minds are swollen with pride, and all the lords of the earth, the kings.

सर्वधारीवत्सरेस्मिन् जगदानंदिनी धरा । प्रशांतवैरा राजानः प्रजापालनतत्पराः

sarvadhārīvatsaresmin jagadānaṃdinī dharā | praśāṃtavairā rājānaḥ prajāpālanatatparāḥ

In this Sarvadhārin year ⟨22nd⟩ the earth gladdens the world. Kings have their enmities stilled and are intent on protecting the people.

विरोधं सततं कुर्वंत्यन्योन्यं क्षितिपाः प्रजाः । विरोधिवत्सरे भूमिर्भूरिवारिधरैर्वृता

virodhaṃ satataṃ kurvaṃtyanyonyaṃ kṣitipāḥ prajāḥ | virodhivatsare bhūmirbhūrivāridharairvṛtā

Rulers and people are constantly at odds with one another. In the Virodhin year ⟨23rd⟩ the earth is covered with many rain-clouds.

विकृतिः प्रकृतिं याति प्रकृतिर्विकृतिं तथा । तथापि मोदते लोकस्तस्मिन् विकृतवत्सरे

vikṛtiḥ prakṛtiṃ yāti prakṛtirvikṛtiṃ tathā | tathāpi modate lokastasmin vikṛtavatsare

What is deformed becomes natural, and what is natural becomes deformed. Even so the people rejoice in that Vikṛta year ⟨24th⟩.

खराब्दे सततं सम्यग्बध्यन्ते पशवः प्रजाः । राजानो विलयं यांति परस्परविरोधतः

kharābde satataṃ samyagbadhyante paśavaḥ prajāḥ | rājāno vilayaṃ yāṃti parasparavirodhataḥ

In the Khara year ⟨25th⟩ beasts and people alike are constantly bound fast. Kings come to ruin through quarrelling with one another.

आनंददा धराजस्रं प्रजाभ्यः फलसंचयैः । नंदनाब्दे स्वहानिः स्यात्कोशधान्यविनाशकृत्

ānaṃdadā dharājasraṃ prajābhyaḥ phalasaṃcayaiḥ | naṃdanābde svahāniḥ syātkośadhānyavināśakṛt

The earth gives joy to the people ceaselessly with its stores of fruit. In the Nandana year ⟨26th⟩ there is loss of one's own [wealth], destroying treasury and grain.

नश्यते वारिधाराभिः पूर्वकृष्याखिलं फलम् । राजभिश्चापरं सर्वं विजयाब्दे जयेप्सुभिः

naśyate vāridhārābhiḥ pūrvakṛṣyākhilaṃ phalam | rājabhiścāparaṃ sarvaṃ vijayābde jayepsubhiḥ

The whole fruit of the earlier ploughing is destroyed by torrents of rain, and all the rest by kings hungry for victory, in the Vijaya year ⟨27th⟩.

शैलोद्यानवनारामफलैरतुलिता मही । जेगीयते वेणुनादैर्जयाब्दे च महाजलम्

śailodyānavanārāmaphalairatulitā mahī | jegīyate veṇunādairjayābde ca mahājalam

The earth is beyond measure with the fruit of hills, gardens, forests and groves. In the Jaya year ⟨28th⟩ the great water is sung over and over to the sound of flutes.

मन्मथाब्देखिला लोकास्तत्केलिपरलोलुपाः । शालीक्षुयवगोधूमैर्नयनाभिनवा धरा

manmathābdekhilā lokāstatkeliparalolupāḥ | śālīkṣuyavagodhūmairnayanābhinavā dharā

In the Manmatha year ⟨29th⟩ all people are greedy for his play ⟨love-making — Manmatha is the god of desire⟩. With rice, sugar-cane, barley and wheat the earth is new to the eye.

दुर्मुखाब्देग्निरोगाः स्युः प्रचुरान्नं तथा पयः । राजानः सप्रजास्तुष्टा निःस्वाश्च द्विजसत्तमाः

durmukhābdegnirogāḥ syuḥ pracurānnaṃ tathā payaḥ | rājānaḥ saprajāstuṣṭā niḥsvāśca dvijasattamāḥ

In the year Durmukha there is fire and disease. Grain is plentiful, and milk as well. The kings, and their subjects with them, are content; but the best of the twice-born ⟨brahmins⟩ are without means.

हेमलंबे नृपाः सर्वे परस्परविरोधिनः । प्रजापीडात्वनर्घत्वं तथापि सुखिनो जनाः

hemalaṃbe nṛpāḥ sarve parasparavirodhinaḥ | prajāpīḍātvanarghatvaṃ tathāpi sukhino janāḥ

In Hemalamba all the kings set themselves against one another. The people are afflicted and prices are high; even so, the people are happy.

विलंबवत्सरे राजविग्रहो भूरिवृष्टयः । आतंकपीडिता लोकाः प्रभूतं चापरं फलम्

vilaṃbavatsare rājavigraho bhūrivṛṣṭayaḥ | ātaṃkapīḍitā lokāḥ prabhūtaṃ cāparaṃ phalam

In the year Vilamba there is war among kings, and heavy rains. People are afflicted by ātaṅka ⟨sudden sickness and dread⟩; the rest of the fruit is abundant.

विकारिणो विकार्यब्दे पित्तरोगादिभिर्नराः । मेघो वर्षति संपूर्णं समुद्रवसनक्षितौ

vikāriṇo vikāryabde pittarogādibhirnarāḥ | megho varṣati saṃpūrṇaṃ samudravasanakṣitau

In the year Vikārin men are disordered by diseases of bile and the rest. The cloud rains in full upon the earth, whose garment is the ocean.

शार्वरीवत्सरे सर्वसस्यवृद्धिरनुत्तमा । चलिताचलसंकाशैः पयोदैरावृतं नभः

śārvarīvatsare sarvasasyavṛddhiranuttamā | calitācalasaṃkāśaiḥ payodairāvṛtaṃ nabhaḥ

In the year Śārvarī the growth of every crop is unsurpassed. The sky is covered with clouds that look like mountains on the move.

दीप्यंते सततं भूपाः प्लवाब्दे प्लवगा जनाः । राजते पृथिवी सर्वा सततं विविधोत्सवैः

dīpyaṃte satataṃ bhūpāḥ plavābde plavagā janāḥ | rājate pṛthivī sarvā satataṃ vividhotsavaiḥ

In the year Plava the kings shine without ceasing, and the people go by boat ⟨plavaga, punning on the year's name⟩. The whole earth is resplendent, always, with festivals of many kinds.

शुभकृद्वत्सरे सर्वसस्यानामतिवृद्धयः । नृपाणां स्नेहमन्योन्यं प्रजानां च परस्परम्

śubhakṛdvatsare sarvasasyānāmativṛddhayaḥ | nṛpāṇāṃ snehamanyonyaṃ prajānāṃ ca parasparam

In the year Śubhakṛt there is great increase of every crop, affection among the kings for one another, and among the people for one another.

शोभनाख्ये हायने तु शोभनं भूरि वर्त्तते । नृपाश्चैवात्र निर्वैराः सर्वसम्पद्युता धरा

śobhanākhye hāyane tu śobhanaṃ bhūri varttate | nṛpāścaivātra nirvairāḥ sarvasampadyutā dharā

In the year ⟨hāyana⟩ named Śobhana much that is good comes about. Here the kings are free of enmity, and the earth is furnished with every kind of wealth.

क्रोध्यब्दे सततं रोगाः सर्वसस्यसमृद्धयः । दंपत्योर्वैरमन्योन्यं प्रजानां च परस्परम्

krodhyabde satataṃ rogāḥ sarvasasyasamṛddhayaḥ | daṃpatyorvairamanyonyaṃ prajānāṃ ca parasparam

In the year Krodhin there is disease throughout, and abundance of every crop. Husband and wife are at enmity with each other, and the people with one another.

शश्वद्विश्वावसावब्दे मध्यसस्यार्घवृष्टयः । प्रचुराश्चौररोगाश्च नृपा लोभाभिभूतयः

śaśvadviśvāvasāvabde madhyasasyārghavṛṣṭayaḥ | pracurāścaurarogāśca nṛpā lobhābhibhūtayaḥ

In the year Viśvāvasu the crops, the prices ⟨argha⟩ and the rains are middling throughout. Thieves and diseases are many, and the kings are overcome by greed.

पराभवाब्दे राजानः प्राप्नुवंति पराभवम् । आमयः क्षुद्रधान्यानि प्रभूतानि सुवृष्टयः

parābhavābde rājānaḥ prāpnuvaṃti parābhavam | āmayaḥ kṣudradhānyāni prabhūtāni suvṛṣṭayaḥ

In the year Parābhava the kings meet with parābhava ⟨defeat, humiliation⟩. There is sickness; the lesser grains ⟨kṣudradhānya, the coarse millets and pulses⟩ are abundant; the rains are good.

प्लवंगाब्दे सस्यहानिश्चौररोगार्दिता जनाः । मध्यवृष्टिः क्षितीशानां विरोधं च परस्परम्

plavaṃgābde sasyahāniścaurarogārditā janāḥ | madhyavṛṣṭiḥ kṣitīśānāṃ virodhaṃ ca parasparam

In the year Plavaṅga the crop is lost, and people are afflicted by thieves and by disease. The rain is middling, and the lords of the earth are in conflict with one another.

प्रचुराः पित्तरोगाः स्युर्मध्या वृष्टिरहेर्भयम् । कीलकाब्दे त्वीतिभयं प्रजाक्षोभः परस्परम्

pracurāḥ pittarogāḥ syurmadhyā vṛṣṭiraherbhayam | kīlakābde tvītibhayaṃ prajākṣobhaḥ parasparam

Diseases of bile are many, the rain is middling, and there is danger from snakes. In the year Kīlaka there is fear of īti ⟨the crop-blights: locusts, rats, invasion and the rest⟩, and the people are in turmoil against one another.

प्रचुराः शैत्यरोगाः स्युर्मध्या वृष्टिरहेर्भयम् । सौम्याब्दे चैव सततं शांतवैराः क्षितीश्वराः

pracurāḥ śaityarogāḥ syurmadhyā vṛṣṭiraherbhayam | saumyābde caiva satataṃ śāṃtavairāḥ kṣitīśvarāḥ

Diseases of cold are many, the rain is middling, and there is danger from snakes. And in the year Saumya the lords of the earth are, throughout, quieted of their enmity.

साधारणेब्दे राजानः सुखिनो गतमत्सराः । प्रजाश्च पशवः सर्वे वृष्टिः कर्षकसंमता

sādhāraṇebde rājānaḥ sukhino gatamatsarāḥ | prajāśca paśavaḥ sarve vṛṣṭiḥ karṣakasaṃmatā

In the year Sādhāraṇa the kings are happy and their jealousy is gone; so are the people and all the animals. The rain is such as the ploughman would choose.

विरोधकृद्वत्सरे तु परस्परविरोधिनः । राजानो मध्यमा वृष्टिः प्रजा स्वस्था निरंतरम्

virodhakṛdvatsare tu parasparavirodhinaḥ | rājāno madhyamā vṛṣṭiḥ prajā svasthā niraṃtaram

In the year Virodhakṛt the kings set themselves against one another. The rain is middling; the people are at ease throughout.

अनर्घ्यामयरोगेभ्यो भीतिरीतिर्निरंतरम् । परिधावीवत्सरे तु नृणां वृष्टिस्तु मध्यमा

anarghyāmayarogebhyo bhītirītirniraṃtaram | paridhāvīvatsare tu nṛṇāṃ vṛṣṭistu madhyamā

From high prices, from sickness and from disease there is fear without ceasing, and īti ⟨crop-blight⟩ as well. That is what men have in the year Paridhāvin; and the rain is middling.

नृपसंक्षोभमत्युग्रं प्रजापीडा त्वनर्घता । तथापि दुःखमाप्नोति प्रमादीवत्सरे जनः

nṛpasaṃkṣobhamatyugraṃ prajāpīḍā tvanarghatā | tathāpi duḥkhamāpnoti pramādīvatsare janaḥ

The turmoil among kings is very fierce; the people are afflicted, and prices are high. So in the year Pramādin a man meets with sorrow.

आनंदवत्सरे सर्वजंतवः पशवः सदा । आनंदयंति चान्योन्यमन्यथा तु क्वचित् क्वचित्

ānaṃdavatsare sarvajaṃtavaḥ paśavaḥ sadā | ānaṃdayaṃti cānyonyamanyathā tu kvacit kvacit

In the year Ānanda all creatures and the cattle always gladden one another; it is otherwise only here and there.

प्रजायां मध्यमसुखं तदधीशाहवोऽन्वहम् । निष्क्रिया राक्षसाब्दे तु राक्षसा इव जंतवः

prajāyāṃ madhyamasukhaṃ tadadhīśāhavo'nvaham | niṣkriyā rākṣasābde tu rākṣasā iva jaṃtavaḥ

The people have middling happiness, and their lord has battle every day ⟨anvaham⟩. In the year Rākṣasa creatures are without action, like rākṣasas.

अनलाब्देऽनलभयं मध्यवृष्टिरनर्घता । नृपाः संक्षोभसंभूता भूरिभीकरभूमिपाः

analābde'nalabhayaṃ madhyavṛṣṭiranarghatā | nṛpāḥ saṃkṣobhasaṃbhūtā bhūribhīkarabhūmipāḥ

In the year Anala there is danger from anala ⟨fire, punning on the year's name⟩; the rain is middling and prices are high. The kings arise out of turmoil — rulers of the earth, and greatly terrifying.

पिंगलाब्दे तु सततं दिक्पूरितघनस्वनम् । राजानः स्वभुजाक्रांता भुंजते क्ष्मामनुत्तमाम्

piṃgalābde tu satataṃ dikpūritaghanasvanam | rājānaḥ svabhujākrāṃtā bhuṃjate kṣmāmanuttamām

In the year Piṅgala the sound of the clouds fills the quarters without cease. Kings enjoy the finest earth, seized by their own arm.

अतिवृष्टिः कालयुक्ते वत्सरे सुखिनो जनाः । सततं सर्वसस्यानि संपूर्णाश्च तथा द्रुमाः

ativṛṣṭiḥ kālayukte vatsare sukhino janāḥ | satataṃ sarvasasyāni saṃpūrṇāśca tathā drumāḥ

In the year Kālayukta there is excessive rain, and the people are happy. All the crops, and the trees too, are full without cease.

सिद्धार्थीवत्सरे भूपाश्चान्योन्यं स्नेहकांक्षिणः । संपूर्णसस्यां वसुधां दुदुहुर्गां यथा तथा

siddhārthīvatsare bhūpāścānyonyaṃ snehakāṃkṣiṇaḥ | saṃpūrṇasasyāṃ vasudhāṃ duduhurgāṃ yathā tathā

In the year Siddhārthin the kings seek affection from one another. They milked the earth, full of crops, as one milks a cow.

अन्योन्यं नृपसंक्षोभं चौरव्याघ्रादिभिर्भयम् । मध्यवृष्टिरनर्घत्वं रौद्राब्दे नैव गुर्ज्जरे

anyonyaṃ nṛpasaṃkṣobhaṃ cauravyāghrādibhirbhayam | madhyavṛṣṭiranarghatvaṃ raudrābde naiva gurjjare

There is turmoil among the kings against one another, and danger from thieves, tigers and the like; the rain is middling and prices are high — so in the year Raudra, but not in Gurjara ⟨Gujarat⟩.

दुर्मत्यब्दे दुर्मतयो भवंत्यखिलभूमिपाः । तथापि सुखिनो लोकाः संग्रामे निर्ज्जितारयः

durmatyabde durmatayo bhavaṃtyakhilabhūmipāḥ | tathāpi sukhino lokāḥ saṃgrāme nirjjitārayaḥ

In the year Durmati all rulers of the earth become durmati ⟨of bad judgement, punning on the year's name⟩. Even so the people are happy, their enemies beaten in battle.

सर्वसस्यैश्च संपूर्णा धात्री दुंदुभिवत्सरे । राजभिः पाल्यते पूर्वदेशेश्वरविनाशनम्

sarvasasyaiśca saṃpūrṇā dhātrī duṃdubhivatsare | rājabhiḥ pālyate pūrvadeśeśvaravināśanam

In the year Dundubhi the earth is full of every crop. She is protected by kings; and the lord of the eastern country is destroyed.

आहवे निहताः सर्वे भूपा रोगैस्तथा जनाः । तथापि तत्र जीवंति रुधिरोद्गारिवत्सरे

āhave nihatāḥ sarve bhūpā rogaistathā janāḥ | tathāpi tatra jīvaṃti rudhirodgārivatsare

In the year Rudhirodgārin all the kings are struck down in battle, and the people by diseases; even so, some live on there.

रक्ताक्षिवत्सरे सस्यवृद्धिर्वृष्टिरनुत्तमा । प्रेक्षंते सर्वदान्योन्यं राजानो रक्तलोचनाः

raktākṣivatsare sasyavṛddhirvṛṣṭiranuttamā | prekṣaṃte sarvadānyonyaṃ rājāno raktalocanāḥ

In the year Raktākṣin the crop increases and the rain is unsurpassed. The kings, red-eyed ⟨raktalocana, punning on the year's name⟩, look upon one another always.

क्रोधनाब्दे मध्यवृष्टिः पूर्वसस्यं न तु क्वचित् । संपूर्णमितरत्सस्यं सर्वे क्रोधपरा जनाः

krodhanābde madhyavṛṣṭiḥ pūrvasasyaṃ na tu kvacit | saṃpūrṇamitaratsasyaṃ sarve krodhaparā janāḥ

In the year Krodhana the rain is middling. The early crop is nowhere; the other crop is full. All people are given over to anger.

कार्पासगुडतैलेक्षुमधुसस्यविनाशनम् । क्षीयमाणाश्चापि नराः जीवंति क्षयवत्सरे

kārpāsaguḍatailekṣumadhusasyavināśanam | kṣīyamāṇāścāpi narāḥ jīvaṃti kṣayavatsare

In the Kṣaya year ⟨the sixtieth and last of the Jovian cycle⟩ there is destruction of cotton, jaggery, oil, sugarcane, honey and the crops; and people, wasting away, still live on.

आद्यब्देशचमूनाथसस्यपानां बलाबलम् । तत्कालग्रहचारं च सम्यग् ज्ञात्वा फलं वदेत्

ādyabdeśacamūnāthasasyapānāṃ balābalam | tatkālagrahacāraṃ ca samyag jñātvā phalaṃ vadet

Having rightly understood the strength and weakness of the first — the lord of the year ⟨abdeśa⟩, the lord of the army ⟨camūnātha, the year's senāpati⟩ and the lord of the crops ⟨sasyapa⟩ — and the motion of the planets at that time, one should declare the result.

सौम्यायनं मासषट्कं मृगाद्यं भानुभुक्तितः । अहः सुराणां तद्रात्रिः कर्काद्यं दक्षिणायनम्

saumyāyanaṃ māsaṣaṭkaṃ mṛgādyaṃ bhānubhuktitaḥ | ahaḥ surāṇāṃ tadrātriḥ karkādyaṃ dakṣiṇāyanam

The northern course ⟨saumya-ayana, the uttarāyaṇa⟩ is the six months beginning with Mṛga ⟨Capricorn⟩, reckoned by the sun's traversal. That is the day of the gods; the southern course ⟨dakṣiṇāyana⟩, beginning with Karka ⟨Cancer⟩, is their night.

गृहप्रवेशवैवाहप्रतिष्ठा मौंजिबंधनम् । यज्ञादिमंगलं कर्म कर्तव्यं चोत्तरायणे । याम्यायनेऽशुभं कर्म मासप्राधान्यमेव च

gṛhapraveśavaivāhapratiṣṭhā mauṃjibaṃdhanam | yajñādimaṃgalaṃ karma kartavyaṃ cottarāyaṇe | yāmyāyane'śubhaṃ karma māsaprādhānyameva ca

House-entering, marriage, the installation of an image ⟨pratiṣṭhā⟩, the tying of the muñja girdle ⟨mauñjībandhana, the upanayana⟩, sacrifice and the other auspicious rites are to be done in the northern course. In the southern course ⟨yāmya-ayana⟩, the inauspicious rite — and also the predominance of the month itself ⟨what falls due by the month's own reckoning⟩.

क्रमाच्छिशिरवासंतग्रीष्माः स्युश्चोत्तरायणे । वर्षा शरच्च हेमंत ऋतवो दक्षिणायने

kramācchiśiravāsaṃtagrīṣmāḥ syuścottarāyaṇe | varṣā śaracca hemaṃta ṛtavo dakṣiṇāyane

In the northern course fall, in order, the cool, the spring and the hot seasons ⟨śiśira, vasanta, grīṣma⟩. In the southern course the seasons are the rains, the autumn and the winter ⟨varṣā, śarad, hemanta⟩.

माघादिमासौ द्वौ द्वौ च ऋतवः शिशिरादयः । चांद्रो दर्शावधिः सौरः संक्रांत्या सावनो दिनैः

māghādimāsau dvau dvau ca ṛtavaḥ śiśirādayaḥ | cāṃdro darśāvadhiḥ sauraḥ saṃkrāṃtyā sāvano dinaiḥ

Two months each, beginning from Māgha, are the seasons beginning with śiśira. The lunar month ⟨cāndra⟩ has the new moon ⟨darśa⟩ as its limit; the solar ⟨saura⟩ is reckoned by the saṅkrānti ⟨the sun's entry into a sign⟩; the sāvana by days.

त्रिंशद्भिश्चंद्रभगणो मासो नाक्षत्रसंज्ञकः । मधुश्च माधवः शुक्रः शुचिश्चापि नभाह्वयः

triṃśadbhiścaṃdrabhagaṇo māso nākṣatrasaṃjñakaḥ | madhuśca mādhavaḥ śukraḥ śuciścāpi nabhāhvayaḥ

⟨The sāvana month runs⟩ by thirty ⟨days⟩; the moon's circuit ⟨bhagaṇa, one round of the nakṣatras⟩ is the month called nākṣatra. Madhu, and Mādhava, Śukra, Śuci, and the one named Nabhas —

नभस्य इष ऊर्जश्च सहाख्यश्च सहस्यकः । तपः स्तपस्यः क्रमशश्चैत्रादीनां तु संज्ञकाः

nabhasya iṣa ūrjaśca sahākhyaśca sahasyakaḥ | tapaḥ stapasyaḥ kramaśaścaitrādīnāṃ tu saṃjñakāḥ

Nabhasya, Iṣa and Ūrja, the one named Sahas, and Sahasya, Tapas, Tapasya — these in order are the names of the months beginning with Caitra.

यस्मिन्मासे पौर्णमासी येन धिष्ण्येन संयुता । तन्नक्षत्राह्वयो मासः पौर्णमासी तथाह्वया

yasminmāse paurṇamāsī yena dhiṣṇyena saṃyutā | tannakṣatrāhvayo māsaḥ paurṇamāsī tathāhvayā

In whatever month the full moon is joined with whatever nakṣatra ⟨dhiṣṇya⟩, that month bears the name of that nakṣatra, and the full moon is named likewise.

तत्पक्षौ दैवपैत्राख्यौ शुक्लकृष्णौ च तावुभौ । शुभाशुभे कर्मणि च प्रशस्तौ भवतः सदा

tatpakṣau daivapaitrākhyau śuklakṛṣṇau ca tāvubhau | śubhāśubhe karmaṇi ca praśastau bhavataḥ sadā

Its two fortnights are called the divine and the ancestral ⟨daiva and paitra⟩, and those same two are the bright and the dark ⟨śukla and kṛṣṇa⟩. They are always commended for the auspicious and the inauspicious rite ⟨respectively⟩.

वह्निर्विरिंचिर्गिरिजागणेशः फणी विशाखो दिनकृन्महेशः । दुर्गान्तको विष्णुहरी स्मरश्च शर्वः शशी चेति पुराणदृष्टः

vahnirviriṃcirgirijāgaṇeśaḥ phaṇī viśākho dinakṛnmaheśaḥ | durgāntako viṣṇuharī smaraśca śarvaḥ śaśī ceti purāṇadṛṣṭaḥ

Agni, Viriñci ⟨Brahmā⟩, Girijā ⟨Pārvatī⟩, Gaṇeśa, the Serpent, Viśākha ⟨Skanda⟩, the Day-maker ⟨the Sun⟩, Maheśa ⟨Śiva⟩, Durgā, the Ender ⟨Yama⟩, Viṣṇu, Hari, Smara ⟨Kāma⟩, Śarva ⟨Śiva⟩ and the Moon — these, as the Purāṇas have it, are the lords of the tithis from the first day onward.

अमायाः पितरः प्रोक्तास्तिथीनामधिपाः क्रमात्

amāyāḥ pitaraḥ proktāstithīnāmadhipāḥ kramāt

For the amāvāsyā ⟨the new-moon day⟩ the Fathers ⟨pitṛs⟩ are declared the lords. Such, in order, are the lords of the tithis.

तिथीनामपराः संज्ञाः कथ्यन्ते ता यथाक्रमात्

tithīnāmaparāḥ saṃjñāḥ kathyante tā yathākramāt

Now other names of the tithis are stated, each in its proper order.

पर्यायत्वेन विज्ञेया नेष्टमध्येष्टदाः सिते । कृष्णपक्षेपीष्टमध्यनेष्टदाः क्रमशः सदा

paryāyatvena vijñeyā neṣṭamadhyeṣṭadāḥ site | kṛṣṇapakṣepīṣṭamadhyaneṣṭadāḥ kramaśaḥ sadā

These names are to be understood as coming round in turn. In the bright fortnight they give, in order, the unwanted, the middling and the wanted; in the dark fortnight too, always in order, the wanted, the middling and the unwanted.

चित्रलेख्यासवक्षेत्रतैलशय्यासनादि यत् । वृक्षच्छेदो गृहाश्मार्थं कर्म प्रतिपदीरितम्

citralekhyāsavakṣetratailaśayyāsanādi yat | vṛkṣacchedo gṛhāśmārthaṃ karma pratipadīritam

Painting, distilling liquor, field work, oil ⟨massage⟩, bed, seat and the like; felling a tree; work undertaken for a house or in stone — such work is declared for the pratipadā ⟨the first tithi⟩.

विवाहमौंजीयात्राश्च सुरस्थापनभूषणम् । गृहं पुष्ट्यखिलं कर्म द्वितीयायां विधीयते

vivāhamauṃjīyātrāśca surasthāpanabhūṣaṇam | gṛhaṃ puṣṭyakhilaṃ karma dvitīyāyāṃ vidhīyate

Marriage, the girding with the sacred thread ⟨mauñjī-bandhana⟩, journeys, the installing of a god, ornament, a house, and every rite of nourishing ⟨puṣṭi⟩ — such work is prescribed on the dvitīyā ⟨the second tithi⟩.

मौंजी प्रतिष्ठाश्च शिल्पविद्या निखिलमंगलम् । पश्विभोष्ट्रांबुयानोक्तं तृतीयायां विभूषणम्

mauṃjī pratiṣṭhāśca śilpavidyā nikhilamaṃgalam | paśvibhoṣṭrāṃbuyānoktaṃ tṛtīyāyāṃ vibhūṣaṇam

The girding with the sacred thread, consecrations, the craft arts, every auspicious act; what is spoken of cattle, elephants, camels and travel by water; and ornament — these belong to the tṛtīyā ⟨the third tithi⟩.

अथर्वविद्याशस्त्राग्निबंधनोच्चाटनादिकम् । मारणाद्यखिलं कर्म रिक्तास्वेव विधीयते

atharvavidyāśastrāgnibaṃdhanoccāṭanādikam | māraṇādyakhilaṃ karma riktāsveva vidhīyate

The Atharvan lore, weapons, fire, binding, uccāṭana ⟨driving a person out⟩ and the like, and every act beginning with māraṇa ⟨killing⟩ — these are prescribed on the riktā tithis alone ⟨the 4th, 9th and 14th⟩.

यानोपनयनोद्वाहग्रहशांतिकपौष्टिकम् । चरस्थिराखिलं कर्म पंचम्यां मंगलोत्सवम्

yānopanayanodvāhagrahaśāṃtikapauṣṭikam | carasthirākhilaṃ karma paṃcamyāṃ maṃgalotsavam

Travel, the upanayana ⟨initiation⟩, marriage, the appeasing of the planets, the nourishing rites, every movable and fixed act, and auspicious festivity — on the pañcamī ⟨the fifth tithi⟩.

पशुवास्तुमहीसेवापण्यांबुक्रयविक्रये । भूषणं व्यवहारादि कर्म षष्ठ्यां विधीयते

paśuvāstumahīsevāpaṇyāṃbukrayavikraye | bhūṣaṇaṃ vyavahārādi karma ṣaṣṭhyāṃ vidhīyate

Cattle, a house-site, land, service, goods and water in buying and selling; ornament; business dealings and the like — such work is prescribed on the ṣaṣṭhī ⟨the sixth tithi⟩.

यानस्थापनवाहादि राजसेवादि कर्म यत् । विवाहवास्तुभूषाद्यं सप्तम्यां चोपनायनम्

yānasthāpanavāhādi rājasevādi karma yat | vivāhavāstubhūṣādyaṃ saptamyāṃ copanāyanam

Travel, installation, riding and the like; whatever work is the service of a king and so on; marriage, house-building, ornament and the rest; and the upanayana — on the saptamī ⟨the seventh tithi⟩.

कृषिवाणिज्यधान्याश्मलोहसंग्रामभूषणम् । शिवस्थापनखाताम्बुकर्माष्टम्यां विधीयते

kṛṣivāṇijyadhānyāśmalohasaṃgrāmabhūṣaṇam | śivasthāpanakhātāmbukarmāṣṭamyāṃ vidhīyate

Ploughing, trade, grain, stone, iron, battle, ornament; the installing of Śiva; digging, and work with water — are prescribed on the aṣṭamī ⟨the eighth tithi⟩.

प्रासादस्थापनं यानमुद्वाहो व्रतबंधनम् । शांतिपुष्ट्यादिकं कर्म दशम्यांतु प्रशस्यते

prāsādasthāpanaṃ yānamudvāho vratabaṃdhanam | śāṃtipuṣṭyādikaṃ karma daśamyāṃtu praśasyate

The consecrating of a temple, travel, marriage, the binding of a vow ⟨vrata-bandhana⟩, and rites of appeasement and nourishing and the like — these are commended on the daśamī ⟨the tenth tithi⟩.

व्रतोपवासवैवाहकृषिवाणिज्यभूषणम् । शिल्पनृत्यं गृहं कर्म एकादश्यां विचित्रकम्

vratopavāsavaivāhakṛṣivāṇijyabhūṣaṇam | śilpanṛtyaṃ gṛhaṃ karma ekādaśyāṃ vicitrakam

Vows, fasting, marriage, ploughing, trade, ornament; craft work, dancing, house work, and work of varied ⟨artistic⟩ kind — on the ekādaśī ⟨the eleventh tithi⟩.

चरस्थिराखिलं कर्म दानशांतिकपौष्टिकम् । यात्रान्नग्रहणं त्यक्त्वा द्वादश्यां निखिलं हितम्

carasthirākhilaṃ karma dānaśāṃtikapauṣṭikam | yātrānnagrahaṇaṃ tyaktvā dvādaśyāṃ nikhilaṃ hitam

Every movable and fixed act, gift-giving, and the rites of appeasement and nourishing — leaving out travel and the taking of grain, everything is good on the dvādaśī ⟨the twelfth tithi⟩.

अग्न्याधानं प्रतिष्ठा च विवाहव्रतबंधनम् । निखिलं मंगलं यानं त्रयोदश्यां प्रशस्यते

agnyādhānaṃ pratiṣṭhā ca vivāhavratabaṃdhanam | nikhilaṃ maṃgalaṃ yānaṃ trayodaśyāṃ praśasyate

The setting up of the sacred fire ⟨agnyādhāna⟩, consecration, marriage, the binding of a vow, every auspicious act, and travel — are commended on the trayodaśī ⟨the thirteenth tithi⟩.

बंधनाग्निप्रदानोग्रघातव्रणरणक्रिया । शस्त्रास्त्रलोहकर्माणि चतुर्दश्यां विधीयते

baṃdhanāgnipradānograghātavraṇaraṇakriyā | śastrāstralohakarmāṇi caturdaśyāṃ vidhīyate

Binding, the setting of fire, fierce striking, wounding, the business of battle; and works of sword, missile and iron — are prescribed on the caturdaśī ⟨the fourteenth tithi⟩.

तैलस्त्रीसंगमं चैव दंतकाष्ठोपनायनम् । सक्षौरं पौर्णमास्यां च विनान्यदखिलं हितम्

tailastrīsaṃgamaṃ caiva daṃtakāṣṭhopanāyanam | sakṣauraṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ ca vinānyadakhilaṃ hitam

Oil ⟨massage⟩, union with a woman, cleaning the teeth with a twig ⟨danta-kāṣṭha⟩, and the upanayana together with the tonsure — apart from these, everything else is good on the pūrṇimā ⟨the full-moon day⟩.

पितृकर्मत्वमावास्यामेकं मुक्त्वा कदाचन । न विदध्यात्प्रयत्नेन यत्किंचिन्मंगलादिकम्

pitṛkarmatvamāvāsyāmekaṃ muktvā kadācana | na vidadhyātprayatnena yatkiṃcinmaṃgalādikam

On the amāvāsyā ⟨the new-moon day⟩, leaving out the rite for the Fathers alone, one should take care never to perform anything at all that is auspicious ⟨maṅgala⟩ or of that kind.

अष्टमी द्वादशी षष्ठी चतुर्थी च चतुर्दशी । तिथयः पक्षरंध्राख्या दुष्टास्ता अतिनिंदिताः

aṣṭamī dvādaśī ṣaṣṭhī caturthī ca caturdaśī | tithayaḥ pakṣaraṃdhrākhyā duṣṭāstā atiniṃditāḥ

The eighth, the twelfth, the sixth, the fourth and the fourteenth: these tithis are called pakṣa-randhra ⟨the holes of the fortnight⟩. They are flawed, and greatly condemned.

चतुर्थमनुरंध्रांकतत्वसंज्ञास्तु नाडिकाः । त्याज्या दुष्टासु तिथिषु पंचस्वेतासु सर्वदा

caturthamanuraṃdhrāṃkatatvasaṃjñāstu nāḍikāḥ | tyājyā duṣṭāsu tithiṣu paṃcasvetāsu sarvadā

But the nāḍikās ⟨ghaṭīs, units of twenty-four minutes⟩ named 'fourth', 'manu', 'randhra', 'aṅka' and 'tattva' are always to be given up in these five flawed tithis.

अमावास्या च नवमी त्यक्त्वा विषमसंज्ञिकाः । तिथयस्ताः प्रशस्ताः स्युर्मध्यमा प्रतिपत्तथा

amāvāsyā ca navamī tyaktvā viṣamasaṃjñikāḥ | tithayastāḥ praśastāḥ syurmadhyamā pratipattathā

Leaving out the amāvāsyā and the navamī, those tithis that bear the name 'odd' ⟨viṣama⟩ are commended; and the pratipadā is middling.

दर्शषष्ठ्यां प्रतिपदि द्वादश्यां प्रतिपर्वसु । नवम्यां च न कुर्वीत कदाचिद्दंतधावनम्

darśaṣaṣṭhyāṃ pratipadi dvādaśyāṃ pratiparvasu | navamyāṃ ca na kurvīta kadāciddaṃtadhāvanam

On the darśa ⟨the new moon⟩ and the sixth, on the first, on the twelfth, on every parvan ⟨the moon's change-days⟩, and on the ninth — one should never clean the teeth.

षष्ठ्यां तैलं तथाष्टम्यां मांसं क्षौरं तथा कलौ । पूर्णिमादर्शयोर्नारीसेवनं परिवर्जयेत्

ṣaṣṭhyāṃ tailaṃ tathāṣṭamyāṃ māṃsaṃ kṣauraṃ tathā kalau | pūrṇimādarśayornārīsevanaṃ parivarjayet

Oil on the sixth, meat on the eighth, and shaving in the Kali ⟨age⟩; and the enjoyment of a woman on the full-moon and new-moon days — one should avoid all of these.

व्यतीपाते च संक्रांतौ एकादश्यां च पर्वसु । अर्कभौमदिने षष्ठ्यां नाभ्यंगं च न वैधृतौ

vyatīpāte ca saṃkrāṃtau ekādaśyāṃ ca parvasu | arkabhaumadine ṣaṣṭhyāṃ nābhyaṃgaṃ ca na vaidhṛtau

On the Vyatīpāta ⟨yoga⟩ and at a saṃkrānti ⟨the Sun's entry into a sign⟩, on the eleventh and on the parvans, on the days of the Sun and of Mars, and on the sixth — no oil-rubbing; nor on the Vaidhṛti ⟨yoga⟩.

यः करोति दशम्यां च स्नानमामलकैः सह । पुत्रहानिर्भवेत्तस्य त्रयोदश्यां धनक्षयः

yaḥ karoti daśamyāṃ ca snānamāmalakaiḥ saha | putrahānirbhavettasya trayodaśyāṃ dhanakṣayaḥ

Whoever bathes with āmalaka ⟨myrobalan fruit⟩ on the tenth — he suffers the loss of a son; on the thirteenth, the loss of wealth.

अर्थपुत्रक्षयं तस्य द्वितीयायां न संशयः । अमायां च नवम्यां च सप्तम्यां च कुलक्षयः

arthaputrakṣayaṃ tasya dvitīyāyāṃ na saṃśayaḥ | amāyāṃ ca navamyāṃ ca saptamyāṃ ca kulakṣayaḥ

On the second, the loss of his wealth and of his sons — of that there is no doubt; and on the amā ⟨new moon⟩, on the ninth and on the seventh, the ruin of the family.

या पूर्णमास्यनुमतिर्निशि चंद्रवती यदा । दिवा चंद्रवती राका ह्यमावास्या तथा द्विधा

yā pūrṇamāsyanumatirniśi caṃdravatī yadā | divā caṃdravatī rākā hyamāvāsyā tathā dvidhā

The full-moon day that carries the moon at night is Anumati; the one that carries the moon by day is Rākā. And the new-moon day is twofold in the same way.

सिनीवाली सेंदुमती कुहूर्नेंदुमती मता । कार्तिके शुक्लनवमी त्वादिः कृतयुगस्य सा

sinīvālī seṃdumatī kuhūrneṃdumatī matā | kārtike śuklanavamī tvādiḥ kṛtayugasya sā

Sinīvālī is the ⟨new-moon day⟩ that still has the moon; Kuhū is held to be the one without the moon. And the bright ninth in Kārtika is the beginning of the Kṛta ⟨Satya⟩ age.

त्रेतादिर्माधवे शुक्ला तृतीया पुण्यसंज्ञिता । कृष्णा पंचदशी माघे द्वापरादिरुदीरिता

tretādirmādhave śuklā tṛtīyā puṇyasaṃjñitā | kṛṣṇā paṃcadaśī māghe dvāparādirudīritā

The bright third in Mādhava ⟨Vaiśākha⟩ is the beginning of the Tretā, and it is called holy. The dark fifteenth in Māgha is declared the beginning of the Dvāpara.

कल्पादिस्यात्कृष्णपक्षे नभस्ये च त्रयोदशी । द्वादश्यूर्जे शुक्लपक्षे नवम्याश्वयुजे सिते

kalpādisyātkṛṣṇapakṣe nabhasye ca trayodaśī | dvādaśyūrje śuklapakṣe navamyāśvayuje site

The beginning of the kalpa is the thirteenth of the dark fortnight in Nabhasya ⟨Bhādrapada⟩; the twelfth in the bright fortnight of Ūrja ⟨Kārtika⟩; and the ninth in Āśvayuja ⟨Āśvina⟩, in the bright half.

चैत्रे भाद्रपदे चैव तृतीया शुक्लसंज्ञिता । एकादशी सिता पौषेप्याषाढे दशमी सिता

caitre bhādrapade caiva tṛtīyā śuklasaṃjñitā | ekādaśī sitā pauṣepyāṣāḍhe daśamī sitā

In Caitra and likewise in Bhādrapada, the third of the bright half; the bright eleventh in Pauṣa as well; and in Āṣāḍha the bright tenth.

माघे च सप्तमी शुक्ला नभस्येप्यसिताष्टमी । श्रावणे मास्यमावास्या फाल्गुने मासि पूर्णिमा

māghe ca saptamī śuklā nabhasyepyasitāṣṭamī | śrāvaṇe māsyamāvāsyā phālgune māsi pūrṇimā

In Māgha the bright seventh; in Nabhasya ⟨Bhādrapada⟩ too the dark eighth; in the month of Śrāvaṇa the new moon; in the month of Phālguna the full moon.

आषाढे कार्तिके मासि चैत्रे ज्येष्ठे च पूर्णिमा । मन्वादयः स्नानदानश्राद्धेष्वानंत्यपुण्यदा

āṣāḍhe kārtike māsi caitre jyeṣṭhe ca pūrṇimā | manvādayaḥ snānadānaśrāddheṣvānaṃtyapuṇyadā

The full moon in Āṣāḍha, in the month of Kārtika, in Caitra and in Jyeṣṭha: these are the manvādi ⟨Manu-beginning⟩ days, giving endless merit in bathing, in giving, and in śrāddha ⟨the rites for the ancestors⟩.

भाद्रकृष्णे त्रयोदश्यां मघास्विंदुः करे रविः । गजच्छाया तदा ज्ञेया श्राद्धेत्यंतफलप्रदा

bhādrakṛṣṇe trayodaśyāṃ maghāsviṃduḥ kare raviḥ | gajacchāyā tadā jñeyā śrāddhetyaṃtaphalapradā

On the thirteenth of the dark half of Bhādra, when the Moon stands in Maghā and the Sun in Kara ⟨Hasta⟩, then Gajacchāyā ⟨'the elephant's shadow'⟩ is to be recognised; it gives the utmost fruit in a śrāddha.

एकस्मिन्वासरे तिस्रस्तिथयः स्युः क्षयातिथिः । तिथिर्वारत्रयेप्येका त्वधिकात्यंतनिंदिता

ekasminvāsare tisrastithayaḥ syuḥ kṣayātithiḥ | tithirvāratrayepyekā tvadhikātyaṃtaniṃditā

When three tithis fall within one weekday, that is a kṣaya-tithi ⟨a lost tithi⟩. And when a single tithi runs across three weekdays, that adhikā ⟨extended tithi⟩ is utterly condemned.

सूर्यास्तमनपर्यंतं यस्मिन् वारेपि या तिथिः । विद्यते सा त्वखंडास्यादूनाचेत्खंडसंज्ञिता

sūryāstamanaparyaṃtaṃ yasmin vārepi yā tithiḥ | vidyate sā tvakhaṃḍāsyādūnācetkhaṃḍasaṃjñitā

Whatever tithi lasts through a given weekday right up to sunset — that one is akhaṇḍā ⟨unbroken⟩; if it falls short, it is called khaṇḍā ⟨broken⟩.

तिथेः पंचदशो भागः क्रमात्प्रतिपदादयः । द्विघटीप्रमितं तत्र मुहूर्तं कथितं बुधैः

titheḥ paṃcadaśo bhāgaḥ kramātpratipadādayaḥ | dvighaṭīpramitaṃ tatra muhūrtaṃ kathitaṃ budhaiḥ

A fifteenth part ⟨of the moon's round⟩ — such are the tithis, pratipad ⟨the first⟩ and the rest, in order. In that reckoning the wise have said a muhūrta measures two ghaṭīs.

नृपाभिषेकमांगल्यसेवायानास्त्रकर्म यत् । औषधाहवधान्यादि विधेयं रविवासरे

nṛpābhiṣekamāṃgalyasevāyānāstrakarma yat | auṣadhāhavadhānyādi vidheyaṃ ravivāsare

The consecration of a king, auspicious rites, service, travel and whatever concerns weapons; medicine, battle, grain and the like — these are to be done on Sunday.

शंखमुक्तांबुरजतवृक्षेक्षुस्त्रीविभूषणम् । पुष्पगीतक्रतुक्षीरकृषिकर्मेन्दुवासरे

śaṃkhamuktāṃburajatavṛkṣekṣustrīvibhūṣaṇam | puṣpagītakratukṣīrakṛṣikarmenduvāsare

Conch, pearl, water, silver, trees, sugar-cane, women and ornaments; flowers, song, sacrifice, milk and ploughing — [these] on Monday.

विषाग्निबंधनस्तेयं संधिविग्रहमाहवे । धात्वाकरप्रवालास्त्रकर्मभूमिजवासरे

viṣāgnibaṃdhanasteyaṃ saṃdhivigrahamāhave | dhātvākarapravālāstrakarmabhūmijavāsare

Poison, fire, binding, theft, and treaty and war in battle; metals, mines, coral and weapons — such work belongs to the day of the earth-born ⟨Mars, Tuesday⟩.

नृत्यशिल्पकलागीतलिपिभूरससंग्रहम् । विवाहधातुसंग्रामकर्म सौम्यस्य वासरे

nṛtyaśilpakalāgītalipibhūrasasaṃgraham | vivāhadhātusaṃgrāmakarma saumyasya vāsare

Dance, craft, art, song, writing, land and the gathering of liquids; marriage, metal and battle — [these] on the day of Saumya ⟨Mercury⟩.

यज्ञपौष्टिकमांगल्यं स्वर्णवस्त्रादिभूषणम् । वृक्षगुल्मलतायानकर्म देवेज्यवासरे

yajñapauṣṭikamāṃgalyaṃ svarṇavastrādibhūṣaṇam | vṛkṣagulmalatāyānakarma devejyavāsare

Sacrifice, rites of increase, auspicious ceremony, gold, cloth and ornaments; trees, shrubs, creepers and vehicles — [these] on the day of Devejya ⟨Jupiter⟩.

नृत्यगीतादिवादित्रस्वर्णस्त्रीरत्नभूषणम् । भूपण्योत्सवगोधान्यकर्म भार्गववासरे

nṛtyagītādivāditrasvarṇastrīratnabhūṣaṇam | bhūpaṇyotsavagodhānyakarma bhārgavavāsare

Dance, song, instrumental music, gold, women, jewels and ornaments; land, merchandise, festivals, cattle and grain — [these] on the day of Bhārgava ⟨Venus⟩.

त्रपुसीसायसोऽश्मास्त्रविषपापासवानृतम् । स्थिरकर्माखिलं वास्तुसंग्रहं सौरिवासरे

trapusīsāyaso'śmāstraviṣapāpāsavānṛtam | sthirakarmākhilaṃ vāstusaṃgrahaṃ saurivāsare

Tin, lead, iron, stone, weapons, poison, sin, liquor and falsehood; every fixed work, and the gathering of building materials — [these] on the day of Sauri ⟨Saturn⟩.

रविः स्थिरश्चरश्चंद्रः कुजः क्रूरो बुधोखिलः । लघुरीज्यो मृदुः शुक्रस्तीक्ष्णो दिनकरात्मजः

raviḥ sthiraścaraścaṃdraḥ kujaḥ krūro budhokhilaḥ | laghurījyo mṛduḥ śukrastīkṣṇo dinakarātmajaḥ

The Sun is fixed ⟨sthira⟩, the Moon movable ⟨cara⟩, Mars cruel ⟨krūra⟩, Mercury whole ⟨akhila⟩; Jupiter is light ⟨laghu⟩, Venus soft ⟨mṛdu⟩, and the day-maker's son ⟨Saturn⟩ sharp ⟨tīkṣṇa⟩.

अभ्यक्तो भानुवारे यः स नरः क्लेशवान् भवेत् । ऋक्षेशे कांतिभाग् भौमे व्याधिः सौभाग्यमिंदुजे

abhyakto bhānuvāre yaḥ sa naraḥ kleśavān bhavet | ṛkṣeśe kāṃtibhāg bhaume vyādhiḥ saubhāgyamiṃduje

The man anointed with oil on Sunday becomes full of trouble. On the day of the lord of the asterisms ⟨the Moon, Monday⟩ he gains beauty; on Tuesday, disease; on Mercury's day, good fortune.

जीवे नैःस्वं सिते हानिर्मंदे सर्वसमृद्धयः । उदयादुदयं वार इति पूर्वविनिश्चितम्

jīve naiḥsvaṃ site hānirmaṃde sarvasamṛddhayaḥ | udayādudayaṃ vāra iti pūrvaviniścitam

On Jupiter's day, destitution; on Venus's, loss; on Saturn's, all prosperity. A weekday runs from sunrise to sunrise — so it was settled of old.

लंकोदयात् स्याद्वारादिस्तस्मादूर्ध्वमधोपि वा । देशान्तरचरार्द्धाभिर्नाडीभिरपरो भवेत्

laṃkodayāt syādvārādistasmādūrdhvamadhopi vā | deśāntaracarārddhābhirnāḍībhiraparo bhavet

The weekday begins from sunrise at Laṅkā ⟨the prime meridian on the equator⟩; above it or below, it becomes different by nāḍīs ⟨time-units⟩ of deśāntara ⟨longitude correction⟩ and half the cara ⟨ascensional difference⟩.

बलप्रदस्य खेटस्य वारे सिध्यति यत्कृतम् । तत्कर्म बलहीनस्य दुःखेनापि न सिध्यति

balapradasya kheṭasya vāre sidhyati yatkṛtam | tatkarma balahīnasya duḥkhenāpi na sidhyati

Whatever is done on the weekday of a planet ⟨kheṭa⟩ that gives strength succeeds. That same work, on the day of a weak planet, does not succeed even with pain.

बुधेंदुजीवशुक्राणां वासराः सर्वकर्मसु । सिद्धिदाः क्रूरवारेषु यदुक्तं कर्म सिध्यति

budheṃdujīvaśukrāṇāṃ vāsarāḥ sarvakarmasu | siddhidāḥ krūravāreṣu yaduktaṃ karma sidhyati

The days of Mercury, the Moon, Jupiter and Venus give success in all works. On the cruel days only the work prescribed [for them] succeeds.

रक्तवर्णो रविश्चन्द्रो गौरो भौमस्तु लोहितः । दूर्वावर्णो बुधो जीवः पीतः श्वेतस्तु भार्गवः

raktavarṇo raviścandro gauro bhaumastu lohitaḥ | dūrvāvarṇo budho jīvaḥ pītaḥ śvetastu bhārgavaḥ

The Sun is red in colour, the Moon fair, and Mars blood-red. Mercury is the colour of dūrvā grass ⟨green⟩, Jupiter yellow, and Venus white.

कृष्णः शौरिः स्ववारेषु स्वस्ववर्णाः क्रियाः शुभाः

kṛṣṇaḥ śauriḥ svavāreṣu svasvavarṇāḥ kriyāḥ śubhāḥ

Saturn is black. On their own days, works of their own colours are auspicious.

अद्रि ७ बाणा ५ ब्धय ४ स्तर्क ६ तोयाकर ४ धराधराः ७ । बाणा ५ ग्नि ३ लोचनानि २ स्युर्वेद ४ बाहु २ शिलीमुखाः ५

adri 7 bāṇā 5 bdhaya 4 starka 6 toyākara 4 dharādharāḥ 7 | bāṇā 5 gni 3 locanāni 2 syurveda 4 bāhu 2 śilīmukhāḥ 5

Mountains ⟨7⟩, arrows ⟨5⟩, oceans ⟨4⟩; reasoning ⟨6⟩, ocean ⟨4⟩, mountains ⟨7⟩; arrows ⟨5⟩, fires ⟨3⟩, eyes ⟨2⟩; they are Vedas ⟨4⟩, arms ⟨2⟩, arrows ⟨5⟩. [These are the praharas, three each, for Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.]

लोके ३ न्दु १ वसवो ८ नेत्र २ शैला ७ ग्नी ३ न्दु १ रसो ६ रसः ६ । कुलिका यमघंटाख्या अर्धप्रहरसंज्ञकाः

loke 3 ndu 1 vasavo 8 netra 2 śailā 7 gnī 3 ndu 1 raso 6 rasaḥ 6 | kulikā yamaghaṃṭākhyā ardhapraharasaṃjñakāḥ

Worlds ⟨3⟩, moon ⟨1⟩, Vasus ⟨8⟩; eyes ⟨2⟩, mountains ⟨7⟩, fires ⟨3⟩; moon ⟨1⟩, tastes ⟨6⟩, taste ⟨6⟩. [These are the praharas for Jupiter, Venus and Saturn.] They are called kulikā, yamaghaṇṭā and ardhaprahara.

प्रहरार्धप्रमाणास्ते विज्ञेया सूर्यवासरात् । यस्मिन्वारे क्षणो वार इष्टस्तद्वासराधिपः

praharārdhapramāṇāste vijñeyā sūryavāsarāt | yasminvāre kṣaṇo vāra iṣṭastadvāsarādhipaḥ

They are to be known as measuring half a prahara, reckoned from Sunday. In whatever weekday an hour ⟨kṣaṇa⟩ of a weekday is wanted, the ruler of that weekday [is its lord].

आद्यष्षष्ठो द्वितीयोऽस्मात्तस्मात्षष्ठस्तृतीयकः । षष्ठषष्ठश्चैतरेषां कालहोराधिपाः स्मृताः

ādyaṣṣaṣṭho dvitīyo'smāttasmātṣaṣṭhastṛtīyakaḥ | ṣaṣṭhaṣaṣṭhaścaitareṣāṃ kālahorādhipāḥ smṛtāḥ

The first ⟨hour belongs to the weekday's own lord⟩; the sixth from it is the second, the sixth from that the third; and so, each sixth, for the rest. These are held to be the lords of the kāla-horās ⟨planetary hours⟩.

सार्धनाडीद्वयेनैवं दिवा रात्रौ यथाक्रमात् । यस्य खेटस्य यत्कर्म वारे प्रोक्तं विधीयते । ग्रहस्य कर्म वारेऽपि तत्क्षणे तस्य सर्वदा

sārdhanāḍīdvayenaivaṃ divā rātrau yathākramāt | yasya kheṭasya yatkarma vāre proktaṃ vidhīyate | grahasya karma vāre'pi tatkṣaṇe tasya sarvadā

Thus [each hour lasts] two and a half nāḍīs, by day and by night in order. Whatever work of a planet is prescribed for its weekday is to be done, always, in that planet's own hour as well as on its day.

नक्षत्रेशाः क्रमाद्दस्रयमवह्निपितामहाः । चंद्रेशाऽदितिजीवाहिपितरो भगसंज्ञिताः

nakṣatreśāḥ kramāddasrayamavahnipitāmahāḥ | caṃdreśā'ditijīvāhipitaro bhagasaṃjñitāḥ

The lords of the asterisms, in order, are: the Aśvins ⟨Aśvinī⟩, Yama ⟨Bharaṇī⟩, Agni ⟨Kṛttikā⟩, the Grandfather ⟨Brahmā — Rohiṇī⟩, the Moon ⟨Mṛgaśiras⟩, Īśa ⟨Rudra — Ārdrā⟩, Aditi ⟨Punarvasu⟩, Jīva ⟨Bṛhaspati — Puṣya⟩, the serpent ⟨Āśleṣā⟩, the Fathers ⟨Maghā⟩, and the one named Bhaga ⟨Pūrvaphalgunī⟩.

अर्यमार्कत्वष्टृमरुच्छक्राग्निमित्रवासवाः । निर्ऋत्युदग्विश्वविधि गोविंदवसुतोयपाः

aryamārkatvaṣṭṛmarucchakrāgnimitravāsavāḥ | nirṛtyudagviśvavidhi goviṃdavasutoyapāḥ

Aryaman ⟨Uttaraphalgunī⟩, the Sun ⟨Hasta⟩, Tvaṣṭṛ ⟨Citrā⟩, the Wind ⟨Svātī⟩, Indra-and-Agni ⟨Viśākhā⟩, Mitra ⟨Anurādhā⟩, Vāsava ⟨Jyeṣṭhā⟩; Nirṛti ⟨Mūla⟩, the Waters ⟨Pūrvāṣāḍhā⟩, the Viśvedevas ⟨Uttarāṣāḍhā⟩, Vidhi ⟨Brahmā — Abhijit⟩, Govinda ⟨Śravaṇa⟩, the Vasus ⟨Dhaniṣṭhā⟩, and the lord of waters ⟨Varuṇa — Śatabhiṣā⟩.

ततोऽजपादहिर्बुध्न्यः पूषा चेति प्रकीर्तिताः । वस्त्रोपनयनं क्षौरः सीमंताभरणक्रिया

tato'japādahirbudhnyaḥ pūṣā ceti prakīrtitāḥ | vastropanayanaṃ kṣauraḥ sīmaṃtābharaṇakriyā

Then Ajapāda ⟨Pūrvabhādrapadā⟩, Ahirbudhnya ⟨Uttarabhādrapadā⟩ and Pūṣan ⟨Revatī⟩ — so they are declared. Cloth, the sacred-thread rite, tonsure, the sīmanta ⟨parting-of-the-hair rite⟩ and the putting on of ornaments —

स्थापनाश्वादियानं च कृषिविद्यादयोऽश्विभे । वापीकूपतडागादि विषशस्त्रोग्रदारुणम्

sthāpanāśvādiyānaṃ ca kṛṣividyādayo'śvibhe | vāpīkūpataḍāgādi viṣaśastrogradāruṇam

— together with installation, horses and other conveyances, agriculture, learning and the like, [are done] in the Aśvins' asterism ⟨Aśvinī⟩. Step-wells, wells, tanks and the like; poison, weapons, and fierce cruel deeds —

बिलप्रवेशगणितनिक्षेपा याम्यभे शुभाः । अग्न्याधानास्त्रशस्त्रोग्रसन्धिविग्रहदारुणाः

bilapraveśagaṇitanikṣepā yāmyabhe śubhāḥ | agnyādhānāstraśastrograsandhivigrahadāruṇāḥ

— entering caves, calculation and deposits are auspicious in Yama's asterism ⟨Bharaṇī⟩. Setting the sacred fire, missiles, weapons, fierce acts, treaty, war and cruel deeds —

संग्रामौषधवादित्रक्रियाः शस्ताश्च बह्निभे । सीमंतोपनयनोद्वाहवस्त्रभूषास्थिरक्रियाः । गजवास्त्वभिषेकाश्च प्रतिष्ठा ब्रह्मभे शुभाः

saṃgrāmauṣadhavāditrakriyāḥ śastāśca bahnibhe | sīmaṃtopanayanodvāhavastrabhūṣāsthirakriyāḥ | gajavāstvabhiṣekāśca pratiṣṭhā brahmabhe śubhāḥ

— battle, medicine and music are commended in Agni's asterism ⟨Kṛttikā⟩. The sīmanta rite, the sacred thread, marriage, cloth, ornaments and fixed works; elephants, building, consecration and installation are auspicious in Brahmā's asterism ⟨Rohiṇī⟩.

प्रतिष्ठाभूषणोद्वाहसीमंतोपनयक्रियाः । क्षौरवास्तुगजोष्ट्राश्च यात्रा शस्ता च चंद्रभे

pratiṣṭhābhūṣaṇodvāhasīmaṃtopanayakriyāḥ | kṣauravāstugajoṣṭrāśca yātrā śastā ca caṃdrabhe

Installation, ornaments, marriage, the sīmanta rite and the sacred-thread rite; tonsure, building, elephants and camels, and travel are commended in the Moon's asterism ⟨Mṛgaśiras⟩.

ध्वजतोरणसंग्रामप्राकारास्त्रक्रियाः शुभाः । संधिविग्रहवैतानरसाद्याः शिवभे शुभाः

dhvajatoraṇasaṃgrāmaprākārāstrakriyāḥ śubhāḥ | saṃdhivigrahavaitānarasādyāḥ śivabhe śubhāḥ

Banners, archways, battle, ramparts and weapon-work are auspicious; treaty, war, the vaitāna ⟨sacrificial canopy⟩, juices and the like are auspicious in Śiva's asterism ⟨Ārdrā⟩.

प्रतिष्ठा यानसीमंतवस्त्रवास्तूपनायनम् । क्षौरास्त्रकर्मादितिभे विधेयं धान्यभूषणम्

pratiṣṭhā yānasīmaṃtavastravāstūpanāyanam | kṣaurāstrakarmāditibhe vidheyaṃ dhānyabhūṣaṇam

Installation, vehicles, the sīmanta rite, cloth, building and the sacred thread; tonsure and weapon-work, grain and ornaments are to be done in Aditi's asterism ⟨Punarvasu⟩.

यात्राप्रतिष्ठासीमंतव्रतबंधप्रवेशनम् । करग्रहं विना सर्वं कर्म देवेज्यभे शुभम्

yātrāpratiṣṭhāsīmaṃtavratabaṃdhapraveśanam | karagrahaṃ vinā sarvaṃ karma devejyabhe śubham

Travel, installation, the sīmanta rite, the vow-binding ⟨sacred thread⟩ and house-entry — every work except the taking of the hand ⟨marriage⟩ is auspicious in Devejya's asterism ⟨Puṣya⟩.

अनृतव्यसनद्यूतक्रोधाग्निविषदाहकम् । विवादरसवाणिज्यं कर्म कद्रुजभे शुभम्

anṛtavyasanadyūtakrodhāgniviṣadāhakam | vivādarasavāṇijyaṃ karma kadrujabhe śubham

Falsehood, vice, gambling, anger, fire, poison and burning; quarrel, juices and trade are auspicious work in the asterism of Kadrū's offspring ⟨the serpent — Āśleṣā⟩.

कृषिवाणिज्यगोधान्यरणोपकरणादिकम् । विवाहनृत्यगीताद्यं निखिलं कर्म पैत्रभे

kṛṣivāṇijyagodhānyaraṇopakaraṇādikam | vivāhanṛtyagītādyaṃ nikhilaṃ karma paitrabhe

Agriculture, trade, cattle, grain, the equipment of war and the like; marriage, dance, song and the rest — every such work [is done] in the Fathers' asterism ⟨Maghā⟩.

विवादविषशस्त्राग्निदारुणोग्राहवादिकम् । पूर्वात्रयेऽखिलं कर्म कर्तव्यं मांसविक्रयम्

vivādaviṣaśastrāgnidāruṇogrāhavādikam | pūrvātraye'khilaṃ karma kartavyaṃ māṃsavikrayam

Quarrel, poison, weapons, fire, cruel and fierce deeds, battle and the like — every such work, and the selling of meat, is to be done in the three Pūrvās ⟨Pūrvaphalgunī, Pūrvāṣāḍhā, Pūrvabhādrapadā⟩.

वस्त्राभिषेकलोहाश्मविवाहव्रतबंधनम् । प्रवेशस्थापनाश्वेभवास्तुकर्मोत्तरात्रये

vastrābhiṣekalohāśmavivāhavratabaṃdhanam | praveśasthāpanāśvebhavāstukarmottarātraye

Cloth, consecration, iron, stone, marriage and the vow-binding; house-entry, installation, horses, elephants and building — [these] in the three Uttarās.

प्रतिष्ठोद्वाहसीमंतयानवस्त्रोपनायनम् । क्षौरवास्त्वभिषेकाश्च भूषणं कर्म भानुभे

pratiṣṭhodvāhasīmaṃtayānavastropanāyanam | kṣauravāstvabhiṣekāśca bhūṣaṇaṃ karma bhānubhe

Installation, marriage, the sīmanta rite, vehicles, cloth and the sacred thread; tonsure, building, consecration and ornaments — such work [is done] in the Sun's asterism ⟨Hasta⟩.

प्रवेशवस्त्रसीमंतप्रतिष्ठाव्रतबंधनम् । त्वाष्ट्रभे वास्तुविद्या च क्षौरभूषणकर्म यत्

praveśavastrasīmaṃtapratiṣṭhāvratabaṃdhanam | tvāṣṭrabhe vāstuvidyā ca kṣaurabhūṣaṇakarma yat

House-entry, cloth, the sīmanta rite, installation and the vow-binding; building and learning, and whatever is tonsure and ornament work — [these] in Tvaṣṭṛ's asterism ⟨Citrā⟩.

प्रतिष्ठोपनयोद्वाहवस्त्रसीमंतभूषणम् । प्रवेशाश्वेभकृष्यादिक्षौरकर्म समीरभे

pratiṣṭhopanayodvāhavastrasīmaṃtabhūṣaṇam | praveśāśvebhakṛṣyādikṣaurakarma samīrabhe

Installation, the sacred thread, marriage, cloth, the sīmanta rite and ornaments; house-entry, horses, elephants, agriculture and the rest, and tonsure — [these] in the Wind's asterism ⟨Svātī⟩.

वस्त्रभूषणवाणिज्यवस्तुधान्यादिसंग्रहः । इंद्राग्निभे नृत्यगीतशिल्पलोहाश्मलेखनम्

vastrabhūṣaṇavāṇijyavastudhānyādisaṃgrahaḥ | iṃdrāgnibhe nṛtyagītaśilpalohāśmalekhanam

The gathering of cloth, ornaments, merchandise, goods and grain; dance, song, craft, iron, stone and writing — [these] in Indra-and-Agni's asterism ⟨Viśākhā⟩.

प्रवेशस्थापनोद्वाहव्रतबंधाष्टमंगलाः । वास्तुभूषणवस्त्राश्वा मैत्रभे संधिविग्रहः

praveśasthāpanodvāhavratabaṃdhāṣṭamaṃgalāḥ | vāstubhūṣaṇavastrāśvā maitrabhe saṃdhivigrahaḥ

House-entry, installation, marriage, the vow-binding and the eight auspicious things; building, ornaments, cloth and horses, and treaty and war — [these] in Mitra's asterism ⟨Anurādhā⟩.

क्षौरास्त्रशास्त्रवाणिज्यगोमहिष्यंबुकर्म यत् । इंद्रभे गीतवादित्रशिल्पलोहाश्मलेखनम्

kṣaurāstraśāstravāṇijyagomahiṣyaṃbukarma yat | iṃdrabhe gītavāditraśilpalohāśmalekhanam

Whatever is tonsure, missiles, learning, trade, cattle, buffaloes and water-work; and song, instrumental music, craft, iron, stone and writing — [these] in Indra's asterism ⟨Jyeṣṭhā⟩.

विवाहकृषिवाणिज्यदारुणाहवभेषजम् । नैर्ऋते नृत्यशिल्पास्त्रशस्त्रलोहाश्मलेखनम्

vivāhakṛṣivāṇijyadāruṇāhavabheṣajam | nairṛte nṛtyaśilpāstraśastralohāśmalekhanam

Marriage, agriculture, trade, cruel deeds, battle and medicine; dance, craft, missiles, weapons, iron, stone and writing — [these] in Nirṛti's asterism ⟨Mūla⟩.

प्रतिष्ठाक्षौरसीमंतयानोपनयनौषधम् । पुराणैस्तु गृहारंभो विष्णुभे च समीरितम्

pratiṣṭhākṣaurasīmaṃtayānopanayanauṣadham | purāṇaistu gṛhāraṃbho viṣṇubhe ca samīritam

Installation, tonsure, the sīmanta rite, vehicles, the sacred thread and medicine; and the beginning of a house with old ⟨materials⟩ — these are declared for Viṣṇu's asterism ⟨Śravaṇa⟩.

वस्त्रोपनयनं क्षौरं मौंजीबंधनभेषजम् । वसुभे वास्तुसीमंतप्रवेशाश्च विभूषणः

vastropanayanaṃ kṣauraṃ mauṃjībaṃdhanabheṣajam | vasubhe vāstusīmaṃtapraveśāśca vibhūṣaṇaḥ

Cloth, the sacred thread, tonsure, the girding with the muñja-grass belt and medicine; building, the sīmanta rite, house-entry and ornament — [these] in the Vasus' asterism ⟨Dhaniṣṭhā⟩.

प्रवेशस्थापनं क्षौरमौंजीबंधनभेषजम् । अश्वारोहणसीमंतवास्तुकर्म जलेशभे

praveśasthāpanaṃ kṣauramauṃjībaṃdhanabheṣajam | aśvārohaṇasīmaṃtavāstukarma jaleśabhe

Entry and installation, tonsure, the girding with the muñja belt and medicine; mounting a horse, the sīmanta rite and building — [these] in the water-lord's asterism ⟨Varuṇa — Śatabhiṣā⟩.

विवाहव्रतबंधाश्च प्रतिष्ठायानभूषणम् । प्रवेशवस्त्रसीमंतक्षौरभेषजमंत्यभे

vivāhavratabaṃdhāśca pratiṣṭhāyānabhūṣaṇam | praveśavastrasīmaṃtakṣaurabheṣajamaṃtyabhe

Marriage and the vow-binding, installation, vehicles and ornaments; entry, cloth, the sīmanta rite, tonsure and medicine — [these] in the last asterism ⟨Revatī⟩.

पूर्वात्रयाग्निमूलाहिद्विदैवत्यमघांतकम् । अधोमुखं तु नवकं भानां तत्र विधीयते

pūrvātrayāgnimūlāhidvidaivatyamaghāṃtakam | adhomukhaṃ tu navakaṃ bhānāṃ tatra vidhīyate

The three Pūrvās, Agni's ⟨Kṛttikā⟩, Mūla, the serpent's ⟨Āśleṣā⟩, the two-deity one ⟨Viśākhā⟩, Maghā and Yama's ⟨Bharaṇī⟩ — this group of nine asterisms is downward-faced ⟨adhomukha⟩, and [what follows] is prescribed in them.

बिलप्रवेशगणितभूतसाधनलेखनम् । शिल्पकर्म लताकूपनिक्षेपोद्धारणादि यत्

bilapraveśagaṇitabhūtasādhanalekhanam | śilpakarma latākūpanikṣepoddhāraṇādi yat

Entering caves, calculation, the raising of spirits ⟨bhūta-sādhana⟩ and writing; craft-work, creepers, wells, depositing and taking out, and the like.

मित्रेंदुत्वाष्ट्रहस्तार्द्रादितिभांत्योश्ववायुभम् । तिर्यङ्मुखाख्यं नवकं भानां तत्र विधीयते

mitreṃdutvāṣṭrahastārdrāditibhāṃtyośvavāyubham | tiryaṅmukhākhyaṃ navakaṃ bhānāṃ tatra vidhīyate

Mitra's ⟨Anurādhā⟩, the Moon's ⟨Mṛgaśiras⟩, Tvaṣṭṛ's ⟨Citrā⟩, Hasta, Ārdrā, Aditi's ⟨Punarvasu⟩, the last ⟨Revatī⟩, the Aśvins' ⟨Aśvinī⟩ and the Wind's ⟨Svātī⟩ — this group of nine asterisms is called sideways-faced ⟨tiryaṅmukha⟩, and [what follows] is prescribed in them.

हलप्रवाहगमनं गंत्री यंत्रगजोष्ट्रकम् । अजादिग्रहणं चैव हयकर्म यतस्ततः

halapravāhagamanaṃ gaṃtrī yaṃtragajoṣṭrakam | ajādigrahaṇaṃ caiva hayakarma yatastataḥ

Setting the plough going, journeying, carts, machines, elephants and camels; and the buying of goats and the like, and horse-work, here and there.

खरगोरथनौयानं लुलायहयकर्म च । शकटग्रहणं चैव तथा पश्वादिकर्म च

kharagorathanauyānaṃ lulāyahayakarma ca | śakaṭagrahaṇaṃ caiva tathā paśvādikarma ca

Riding on asses, oxen, chariots and boats, and work with buffaloes and horses; the buying of a cart; and work with cattle and other animals.

ब्रह्माविष्णुमहेशार्यशततारावसूत्तराः । ऊर्ध्वास्यं नवकं भानां प्रोक्तं चैव विधीयते

brahmāviṣṇumaheśāryaśatatārāvasūttarāḥ | ūrdhvāsyaṃ navakaṃ bhānāṃ proktaṃ caiva vidhīyate

Brahmā's ⟨Rohiṇī⟩, Viṣṇu's ⟨Śravaṇa⟩, Maheśa's ⟨Ārdrā⟩, Ārya's ⟨Puṣya⟩, Śatatārā ⟨Śatabhiṣā⟩, the Vasus' ⟨Dhaniṣṭhā⟩ and the Uttarās — this group of nine asterisms is declared upward-faced ⟨ūrdhvāsya⟩, and [what follows] is prescribed.

पुरहर्म्यगृहारामवारणध्वजकर्म च । प्रासादभित्तिकोद्यानप्राकाराश्चैव मण्डपम्

puraharmyagṛhārāmavāraṇadhvajakarma ca | prāsādabhittikodyānaprākārāścaiva maṇḍapam

Cities, mansions, houses, gardens, elephants and banners; temples, walls, parks, ramparts and pavilions.

स्थिरं रोहिण्युत्तराभं क्षिप्रं सूर्याश्विपुष्यभम् । साधारणं द्विदैवत्यं वह्निभं चरसंज्ञितम्

sthiraṃ rohiṇyuttarābhaṃ kṣipraṃ sūryāśvipuṣyabham | sādhāraṇaṃ dvidaivatyaṃ vahnibhaṃ carasaṃjñitam

Rohiṇī and the Uttarās are fixed ⟨sthira⟩; the Sun's ⟨Hasta⟩, the Aśvins' ⟨Aśvinī⟩ and Puṣya are swift ⟨kṣipra⟩; the two-deity one ⟨Viśākhā⟩ and Agni's ⟨Kṛttikā⟩ are common ⟨sādhāraṇa⟩. Called movable ⟨cara⟩ are —

वस्वादित्यंबुपस्वातिविष्णुभं मृदुसंज्ञितम् । चित्रांत्यमित्रशशिभमुग्रं पूर्वामघांतकम् । मूलेंद्राह्यार्द्रभं तीक्ष्णं स्वनामसदृशं फलम्

vasvādityaṃbupasvātiviṣṇubhaṃ mṛdusaṃjñitam | citrāṃtyamitraśaśibhamugraṃ pūrvāmaghāṃtakam | mūleṃdrāhyārdrabhaṃ tīkṣṇaṃ svanāmasadṛśaṃ phalam

— the Vasus' ⟨Dhaniṣṭhā⟩, Aditi's ⟨Punarvasu⟩, the water-lord's ⟨Śatabhiṣā⟩, Svātī and Viṣṇu's ⟨Śravaṇa⟩. Called soft ⟨mṛdu⟩ are Citrā, the last ⟨Revatī⟩, Mitra's ⟨Anurādhā⟩ and the Moon's ⟨Mṛgaśiras⟩; fierce ⟨ugra⟩ are the Pūrvās, Maghā and Yama's ⟨Bharaṇī⟩; sharp ⟨tīkṣṇa⟩ are Mūla, Indra's ⟨Jyeṣṭhā⟩, the serpent's ⟨Āśleṣā⟩ and Ārdrā. The fruit is like the name.

चित्रादित्याश्विविष्ण्वंत्यरविमित्रवसूडुषु । स मृगेषु च बालानां कर्णवेधक्रिया हिता

citrādityāśviviṣṇvaṃtyaravimitravasūḍuṣu | sa mṛgeṣu ca bālānāṃ karṇavedhakriyā hitā

In the asterisms Citrā, Aditi's ⟨Punarvasu⟩, the Aśvins' ⟨Aśvinī⟩, Viṣṇu's ⟨Śravaṇa⟩, the last ⟨Revatī⟩, the Sun's ⟨Hasta⟩, Mitra's ⟨Anurādhā⟩ and the Vasus' ⟨Dhaniṣṭhā⟩, and with Mṛgaśiras, the piercing of children's ears is beneficial.

दस्रेंद्वादितितिष्येषु करादित्रितये तथा । गजकर्माखिलं यत्तद्विधेयं स्थिरभेषु च

dasreṃdvādititiṣyeṣu karāditritaye tathā | gajakarmākhilaṃ yattadvidheyaṃ sthirabheṣu ca

In the Aśvins' ⟨Aśvinī⟩, the Moon's ⟨Mṛgaśiras⟩, Aditi's ⟨Punarvasu⟩ and Tiṣya ⟨Puṣya⟩, and in the three beginning with Hasta ⟨Hasta, Citrā, Svātī⟩, and in the fixed asterisms, all elephant-work is to be done.

सुदिने चरभे क्षिप्रे मृदुभे स्थिरभेषु च । वाजिकर्माखिलं कर्म सूर्यवारे विशेषतः

sudine carabhe kṣipre mṛdubhe sthirabheṣu ca | vājikarmākhilaṃ karma sūryavāre viśeṣataḥ

On a good day, in a movable, swift, soft or fixed asterism, all horse-work is to be done — and especially on Sunday.

चित्राश्रवणवैरिंचित्र्युत्तरासु गमागमम् । दर्शाष्टम्यां चतुर्दश्यां पशूनां न कदाचन

citrāśravaṇavairiṃcitryuttarāsu gamāgamam | darśāṣṭamyāṃ caturdaśyāṃ paśūnāṃ na kadācana

In Citrā, Śravaṇa, Viriñci's ⟨Brahmā — Rohiṇī⟩ and the three Uttarās, cattle may be brought and taken away. On the new moon, the eighth and the fourteenth, never [move] cattle.

मृदुध्रुवक्षिप्रचरविशाखापितृभेषु च । हलप्रवाहं प्रथमं विदध्यान्मूलेभ वृषैः

mṛdudhruvakṣipracaraviśākhāpitṛbheṣu ca | halapravāhaṃ prathamaṃ vidadhyānmūlebha vṛṣaiḥ

In the soft, fixed, swift and movable asterisms, and in Viśākhā, the Fathers' ⟨Maghā⟩ and Mūla, one should first set the plough going with oxen.

हलादौ वृषनाशाय भत्रयं सूर्यभुक्तभात् । अग्रे यच्चैव वै लक्ष्म्यै सौम्यं पार्श्वे च पंचकम्

halādau vṛṣanāśāya bhatrayaṃ sūryabhuktabhāt | agre yaccaiva vai lakṣmyai saumyaṃ pārśve ca paṃcakam

At the head of the plough ⟨in the hala-cakra⟩, three asterisms counted from the one the Sun occupies destroy the oxen; those in front bring wealth; and five on the north side [are good].

शूलत्रयेऽपि नवकं मरणायान्यपंचकम् । श्रियै पुच्छे त्रयं श्रेष्ठं स्याच्चक्रे लांगले शुभम्

śūlatraye'pi navakaṃ maraṇāyānyapaṃcakam | śriyai pucche trayaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ syāccakre lāṃgale śubham

The nine on the three prongs bring death; another five bring wealth; three at the tail are best. So it is auspicious in the plough-wheel ⟨lāṅgala-cakra⟩.

मृदुध्रुवक्षिप्रभेषु पितृवायुवसूडुषु । समूलभेषु बीजोप्तिरत्युत्कृष्टफलप्रदा

mṛdudhruvakṣiprabheṣu pitṛvāyuvasūḍuṣu | samūlabheṣu bījoptiratyutkṛṣṭaphalapradā

In the soft, fixed and swift asterisms, and in the Fathers' ⟨Maghā⟩, the Wind's ⟨Svātī⟩ and the Vasus' ⟨Dhaniṣṭhā⟩, together with Mūla, the sowing of seed gives the very best fruit.

भवेद्भत्रितयं मूर्ध्नि धान्यनाशाय राहुभात् । गले त्रयं कज्जलाय वृद्ध्यै च द्वादशोदरे

bhavedbhatritayaṃ mūrdhni dhānyanāśāya rāhubhāt | gale trayaṃ kajjalāya vṛddhyai ca dvādaśodare

Three asterisms at the head, counted from Rāhu's asterism, destroy the grain; three at the throat bring soot ⟨blight⟩; and twelve at the belly bring increase.

निस्तंडुलत्वं लांगूले भचतुष्टयमीरितम् । नाभौ वह्निः पंचकं यद्बीजोप्ताविति चिंतयेत्

nistaṃḍulatvaṃ lāṃgūle bhacatuṣṭayamīritam | nābhau vahniḥ paṃcakaṃ yadbījoptāviti ciṃtayet

The four asterisms at the tail are said to bring want of grain; the five at the navel, fire. So one should reckon at the sowing of seed.

स्थिरेष्वदितिसर्पांत्यपितृमारुतभेषु च । न कुर्याद्रोगमुक्तश्च स्नानं वारेंदुशुक्रयोः

sthireṣvaditisarpāṃtyapitṛmārutabheṣu ca | na kuryādrogamuktaśca snānaṃ vāreṃduśukrayoḥ

In the fixed asterisms, and in Aditi's ⟨Punarvasu⟩, the serpent's ⟨Āśleṣā⟩, the last ⟨Revatī⟩, the Fathers' ⟨Maghā⟩ and the Wind's ⟨Svātī⟩, and on the days of the Moon and Venus, a man just freed of illness should not bathe.

उत्तरात्रयामित्रेंद्रवसुवारुणभेषु च । पुष्यार्कपौष्णधिष्ण्येषु नृत्यारंभः प्रशस्यते

uttarātrayāmitreṃdravasuvāruṇabheṣu ca | puṣyārkapauṣṇadhiṣṇyeṣu nṛtyāraṃbhaḥ praśasyate

In the three Uttarās, in Mitra's ⟨Anurādhā⟩, Indra's ⟨Jyeṣṭhā⟩, the Vasus' ⟨Dhaniṣṭhā⟩ and Varuṇa's ⟨Śatabhiṣā⟩, and in Puṣya, the Sun's ⟨Hasta⟩ and Pūṣan's ⟨Revatī⟩, the beginning of dance is commended.

पूर्वार्धयुंजि षड्भानि पौष्णभाद्रुद्रभात्ततः । मध्ययुंजि द्वादशर्क्षाणीन्द्रभान्नवभानि च

pūrvārdhayuṃji ṣaḍbhāni pauṣṇabhādrudrabhāttataḥ | madhyayuṃji dvādaśarkṣāṇīndrabhānnavabhāni ca

Six asterisms from Pūṣan's ⟨Revatī⟩ are joined to the first half ⟨pūrvārdha-yuñji⟩; then from Rudra's ⟨Ārdrā⟩ twelve asterisms are joined to the middle ⟨madhya-yuñji⟩; and nine from Indra's ⟨Jyeṣṭhā⟩ [are joined to the latter half].

परार्धयुंजि क्रमशः संप्रीतिर्दंपतोर्मिथः

parārdhayuṃji kramaśaḥ saṃprītirdaṃpatormithaḥ

[Nine are] joined to the latter half, in order. Between husband and wife there is mutual affection [when both fall in the same yuñja].

जघन्यास्तोयमार्द्राहिपावनांतकतारकाः । ध्रुवादितिद्विदैवत्यो बृहत्ताराः पराः समाः

jaghanyāstoyamārdrāhipāvanāṃtakatārakāḥ | dhruvāditidvidaivatyo bṛhattārāḥ parāḥ samāḥ

The stars of the water-god ⟨Śatabhiṣā⟩, Ārdrā, the serpent's ⟨Āśleṣā⟩, the Wind's ⟨Svātī⟩ and Yama's ⟨Bharaṇī⟩ are the lowest ⟨jaghanya⟩; the fixed ones, Aditi's ⟨Punarvasu⟩ and the two-deity one ⟨Viśākhā⟩ are great ⟨bṛhat⟩; the rest are middling ⟨sama⟩.

क्रमादभ्युदिते चंद्रे त्वनर्घार्घसमानि च । अश्व्यग्नींदुभ नैर्ऋत्यभाग्यभत्वाष्ट्रत्र्युत्तराः

kramādabhyudite caṃdre tvanarghārghasamāni ca | aśvyagnīṃdubha nairṛtyabhāgyabhatvāṣṭratryuttarāḥ

When the Moon rises [in them] in order, [prices become] beyond price, dear, and even. The Aśvins' ⟨Aśvinī⟩, Agni's ⟨Kṛttikā⟩ and the Moon's ⟨Mṛgaśiras⟩ asterisms, Nirṛti's ⟨Mūla⟩, Bhaga's ⟨Pūrvaphalgunī⟩, Tvaṣṭṛ's ⟨Citrā⟩ and the three Uttarās —

पितृद्विदैवताख्यातास्ताराः स्युः कुलसंज्ञकाः । धातृज्येष्ठाऽदितिस्वातीपौष्णार्कहरिदेवताः

pitṛdvidaivatākhyātāstārāḥ syuḥ kulasaṃjñakāḥ | dhātṛjyeṣṭhā'ditisvātīpauṣṇārkaharidevatāḥ

— together with the Fathers' ⟨Maghā⟩ and the two-deity one ⟨Viśākhā⟩ — these stars are called kula. The deities Dhātṛ ⟨Rohiṇī⟩, Jyeṣṭhā, Aditi ⟨Punarvasu⟩, Svātī, Pūṣan ⟨Revatī⟩, the Sun ⟨Hasta⟩ and Hari ⟨Śravaṇa⟩ —

अजपांतकभौजंगताराश्चोपकुलाह्वयाः । शेषाः कुलाकुलास्तारास्तासां मध्ये कुलोडुषु

ajapāṃtakabhaujaṃgatārāścopakulāhvayāḥ | śeṣāḥ kulākulāstārāstāsāṃ madhye kuloḍuṣu

— and Aja's ⟨Pūrvabhādrapadā⟩, Yama's ⟨Bharaṇī⟩ and the serpent's ⟨Āśleṣā⟩ stars are called upakula. The remaining stars are kulākula. Among them, in the kula asterisms —

गम्यते यदि भूपालैः पराजयमवाप्यते । भेषूपकुलसंज्ञेषु जयं प्राप्नोति भूमिपः

gamyate yadi bhūpālaiḥ parājayamavāpyate | bheṣūpakulasaṃjñeṣu jayaṃ prāpnoti bhūmipaḥ

— if kings march out, defeat is met with. In the asterisms called upakula the king wins victory.

संधिर्भवेत्तयोः साम्यं तदा कुलकुलोडुषु । अर्कार्किभौमवारे चेद्भद्राया विषमांघ्रिभे

saṃdhirbhavettayoḥ sāmyaṃ tadā kulakuloḍuṣu | arkārkibhaumavāre cedbhadrāyā viṣamāṃghribhe

In the kulākula asterisms there is a treaty — parity between the two. If on a Sunday, Saturday or Tuesday, in a Bhadrā tithi ⟨the 2nd, 7th or 12th⟩ and in an asterism of odd pādas —

त्रिपुष्करे त्रिगुणदं द्विगुणं यमलांघ्रिभम् । दद्यात्तद्दोषनाशाय गोत्रयं मूल्यमेव वा

tripuṣkare triguṇadaṃ dviguṇaṃ yamalāṃghribham | dadyāttaddoṣanāśāya gotrayaṃ mūlyameva vā

— [that is] tripuṣkara, which gives threefold; a twin-pāda asterism gives twofold. To destroy that fault one should give three cows, or their price.

त्रिपुष्करे द्वयं दद्यान्न दोषो ऋक्षमात्रतः । पुष्यः परकृतं हंतुं शक्तोऽनिष्टं च यत्कृतम्

tripuṣkare dvayaṃ dadyānna doṣo ṛkṣamātrataḥ | puṣyaḥ parakṛtaṃ haṃtuṃ śakto'niṣṭaṃ ca yatkṛtam

In tripuṣkara one should give two; from the asterism alone there is no fault. Puṣya is able to destroy what another has caused, and whatever unwanted thing has been done.

दोषं परो न शक्तस्तु चंद्रेऽप्यष्टमगोपि वा । क्रूरो विधुयुतो वापि पुष्यो यदि बलान्वितः

doṣaṃ paro na śaktastu caṃdre'pyaṣṭamagopi vā | krūro vidhuyuto vāpi puṣyo yadi balānvitaḥ

But another is not able [to destroy] Puṣya's fault. Even with the Moon in the eighth, or a cruel planet joined with the Moon, if Puṣya is strong —

विना शनिगृहं सर्वमंगलेष्विष्टदः सदा

vinā śanigṛhaṃ sarvamaṃgaleṣviṣṭadaḥ sadā

— then, except in Saturn's house, it always gives what is wished in all auspicious works.

रामा ३ ग्नि ३ ऋतु ६ बाणा ५ ग्नि ३ भू १ वेदा ४ ग्निशरे ५ षवः ५ । नेत्र २ बाहु २ शरे ५ द्वि ३ दु १ वेद ४ वह्न्य ३ ग्निशंकराः

rāmā 3 gni 3 ṛtu 6 bāṇā 5 gni 3 bhū 1 vedā 4 gniśare 5 ṣavaḥ 5 | netra 2 bāhu 2 śare 5 dvi 3 du 1 veda 4 vahnya 3 gniśaṃkarāḥ

Rāmas ⟨3⟩, fire ⟨3⟩, seasons ⟨6⟩, arrows ⟨5⟩, fire ⟨3⟩, earth ⟨1⟩, Vedas ⟨4⟩, fire ⟨3⟩, arrows ⟨5⟩, arrows ⟨5⟩; eyes ⟨2⟩, arms ⟨2⟩, arrows ⟨5⟩, two ⟨…⟩, moon ⟨1⟩, Vedas ⟨4⟩, fire ⟨3⟩, fire ⟨3⟩, Śaṅkaras ⟨11⟩ — [these are the numbers of stars in the asterisms from Aśvinī to Mūla].

वेद ४ वेदा ४ ग्नि ३ वह्न्य ३ ब्धि ४ शत १०० द्वि २ द्वि २ रदाः ३२ क्रमात् । तारासंख्यास्तु विज्ञेया दस्रादीनां पृथक्पृथक्

veda 4 vedā 4 gni 3 vahnya 3 bdhi 4 śata 100 dvi 2 dvi 2 radāḥ 32 kramāt | tārāsaṃkhyāstu vijñeyā dasrādīnāṃ pṛthakpṛthak

Vedas ⟨4⟩, Vedas ⟨4⟩, fire ⟨3⟩, fire ⟨3⟩, ocean ⟨4⟩, a hundred ⟨100⟩, two ⟨2⟩, two ⟨2⟩, teeth ⟨32⟩ — in order. These are to be known as the star-counts of the asterisms from the Aśvins ⟨Aśvinī⟩ onward, each separately.

या दृश्यते दीप्ततारा भगणे योगतारका

yā dṛśyate dīptatārā bhagaṇe yogatārakā

The bright star that is seen in the group is the yoga-tārā ⟨the star by which the asterism is identified⟩.

वृषवृक्षोऽश्विभाद्याम्यधिष्ण्यात्पारूषकस्ततः । उदुंबरो ह्यग्निधिष्ण्या द्रोहिण्या जंबुकस्तरुः

vṛṣavṛkṣo'śvibhādyāmyadhiṣṇyātpārūṣakastataḥ | uduṃbaro hyagnidhiṣṇyā drohiṇyā jaṃbukastaruḥ

From the Aśvins' asterism ⟨Aśvinī⟩ the vṛṣa tree; from Yama's ⟨Bharaṇī⟩ the pārūṣaka ⟨phālsā⟩; then from Agni's ⟨Kṛttikā⟩ the udumbara ⟨gūlar⟩; from Rohiṇī the jambu ⟨jāmun⟩ tree.

इंदुभात्खदिरो जातः कलिवृक्षश्च रौद्रभात् । संभूतो दितिभाद्वंशः पिप्पलः पुष्यसंभवः

iṃdubhātkhadiro jātaḥ kalivṛkṣaśca raudrabhāt | saṃbhūto ditibhādvaṃśaḥ pippalaḥ puṣyasaṃbhavaḥ

From the Moon's asterism ⟨Mṛgaśiras⟩ the khadira ⟨khair⟩ is born; from Rudra's ⟨Ārdrā⟩ the kali tree; from Aditi's ⟨Punarvasu⟩ the bamboo arises; the pippala is born of Puṣya.

सर्पधिष्ण्यान्नागवृक्षो वटः पितृभसंभवः । पालाशो भाग्यजातश्च प्लक्षश्चार्यमसंभवः

sarpadhiṣṇyānnāgavṛkṣo vaṭaḥ pitṛbhasaṃbhavaḥ | pālāśo bhāgyajātaśca plakṣaścāryamasaṃbhavaḥ

From the serpent's asterism ⟨Āśleṣā⟩ the nāga tree; the banyan is born of the Fathers' ⟨Maghā⟩; the palāśa ⟨ḍhāk⟩ is born of Bhaga's ⟨Pūrvaphalgunī⟩; and the plakṣa ⟨pilkhan⟩ of Aryaman's ⟨Uttaraphalgunī⟩.

अरिष्टवृक्षो रविभाच्छ्रीवृक्षस्त्वाष्ट्रसंभवः । स्वात्यृक्षादर्जुनो वृक्षो द्विदैवात्पाहिकस्ततः

ariṣṭavṛkṣo ravibhācchrīvṛkṣastvāṣṭrasaṃbhavaḥ | svātyṛkṣādarjuno vṛkṣo dvidaivātpāhikastataḥ

From the Sun's asterism ⟨Hasta⟩ the ariṣṭa ⟨rīṭhā⟩ tree; the śrī tree is born of Tvaṣṭṛ's ⟨Citrā⟩; from Svātī's asterism the arjuna tree; and then from the two-deity one ⟨Viśākhā⟩ the pāhika.

मित्रभाद्वकुलो जातो विष्टिः पौरंदरर्क्षजः । सर्जवृक्षो मूलभाच्च बंजुलो वारिधिष्ण्यजः

mitrabhādvakulo jāto viṣṭiḥ pauraṃdararkṣajaḥ | sarjavṛkṣo mūlabhācca baṃjulo vāridhiṣṇyajaḥ

From Mitra's asterism ⟨Anurādhā⟩ the vakula ⟨bakula, the maulsarī tree⟩ is born; the viṣṭi ⟨devadāru⟩ is born of Indra's asterism ⟨Jyeṣṭhā⟩; the sarja ⟨sāl⟩ tree from Mūla; and the bañjula from the water asterism ⟨Pūrvāṣāḍhā⟩.

पनसो विश्वभाज्जातो ह्यर्कवृक्षस्तु विष्णुभात् । वसुधिष्ण्याच्छमी जाता कदंबो वारुणर्क्षजः

panaso viśvabhājjāto hyarkavṛkṣastu viṣṇubhāt | vasudhiṣṇyācchamī jātā kadaṃbo vāruṇarkṣajaḥ

The panasa ⟨jackfruit⟩ is born of the Viśvedevas' asterism ⟨Uttarāṣāḍhā⟩; the arka tree from Viṣṇu's ⟨Śravaṇa⟩; the śamī is born of the Vasus' ⟨Dhaniṣṭhā⟩; the kadamba is born of Varuṇa's asterism ⟨Śatabhiṣā⟩.

अजैकपाच्चूतवृक्षोऽहिबुन्ध्यापिचुमंदकः । मधुवृक्षः पौष्णधिष्ण्यादेवं वृक्षं प्रपूजयेत्

ajaikapāccūtavṛkṣo'hibundhyāpicumaṃdakaḥ | madhuvṛkṣaḥ pauṣṇadhiṣṇyādevaṃ vṛkṣaṃ prapūjayet

From Ajaikapād ⟨Pūrvabhādrapadā⟩ the mango tree; from Ahirbudhnya ⟨Uttarabhādrapadā⟩ the picumanda ⟨nīm⟩; from Pūṣan's asterism ⟨Revatī⟩ the madhu ⟨mahuā⟩ tree. In this way one should worship the tree.

अरियोनिभवो वृक्षो पीडनीयः प्रयत्नतः

ariyonibhavo vṛkṣo pīḍanīyaḥ prayatnataḥ

The tree born of an enemy's yoni ⟨the asterism-class hostile to one's own⟩ is to be injured, with effort.

योगेशा यमविष्ण्विंदुधातृजीवनिशाकराः । इंद्रतोयाहिवह्न्यर्कभूमरुद्रुद्रतोयपाः

yogeśā yamaviṣṇviṃdudhātṛjīvaniśākarāḥ | iṃdratoyāhivahnyarkabhūmarudrudratoyapāḥ

The lords of the yogas ⟨the 27 sun-moon combinations⟩ are Yama, Viṣṇu, Indu ⟨the moon⟩, Dhātṛ, Jīva ⟨Bṛhaspati⟩ and Niśākara ⟨the moon⟩; then Indra, Toya ⟨the waters⟩, Ahi ⟨the serpent⟩, Vahni ⟨fire⟩, Arka ⟨the sun⟩, Bhū ⟨earth⟩, Marut ⟨wind⟩, Rudra and Toyapa ⟨Varuṇa, lord of the waters⟩.

गणेशरुद्रधनदास्त्वष्टृमित्रषडाननाः । सावित्री कमला गौरी नासत्यौ पितरोऽदितिः

gaṇeśarudradhanadāstvaṣṭṛmitraṣaḍānanāḥ | sāvitrī kamalā gaurī nāsatyau pitaro'ditiḥ

Gaṇeśa, Rudra, Dhanada ⟨Kubera⟩, Tvaṣṭṛ, Mitra, Ṣaḍānana ⟨Kārttikeya⟩; Sāvitrī, Kamalā ⟨Lakṣmī⟩, Gaurī, the two Nāsatyas ⟨the Aśvins⟩, the Pitṛs, and Aditi.

सवैधृतौ व्यतीपातो महापातावुभौ सदा । परिघस्य तु पूर्वार्द्धे सर्वकार्येषु गर्हितम्

savaidhṛtau vyatīpāto mahāpātāvubhau sadā | parighasya tu pūrvārddhe sarvakāryeṣu garhitam

Vyatīpāta together with Vaidhṛti — these two are always mahāpāta ⟨the two 'great falls', to be shunned altogether⟩. And the first half of Parigha is condemned for every undertaking.

विष्कंभवज्रयोस्तिस्रः षट्कं गंडातिगंडयोः । व्याघाते नव शूले तु पंचनाड्यस्तु गर्हिताः

viṣkaṃbhavajrayostisraḥ ṣaṭkaṃ gaṃḍātigaṃḍayoḥ | vyāghāte nava śūle tu paṃcanāḍyastu garhitāḥ

In Viṣkambha and Vajra the first three nāḍīs ⟨one nāḍī is about 24 minutes⟩ are condemned; in Gaṇḍa and Atigaṇḍa a set of six; in Vyāghāta nine; and in Śūla five.

अदितीन्दुमघाश्लेषामूलमैत्रेज्यभानि च । ज्ञेयानि सहचित्राणि मूर्ध्निभानि यथाक्रमात्

aditīndumaghāśleṣāmūlamaitrejyabhāni ca | jñeyāni sahacitrāṇi mūrdhnibhāni yathākramāt

The asterisms of Aditi ⟨Punarvasu⟩, Indu ⟨Mṛgaśiras⟩, Maghā, Āśleṣā, Mūla, Maitra ⟨Anurādhā⟩ and Ijyā ⟨Puṣya⟩, together with Citrā, are to be known as the mūrdhni-bha ⟨the head-asterisms of the diagram⟩, in order.

लिखेदूर्ध्वगतामेकां तिर्यग्रेखास्त्रयोदश । तत्र खार्जूरिके चक्रे कथितं मूर्ध्नि भं न्यसेत्

likhedūrdhvagatāmekāṃ tiryagrekhāstrayodaśa | tatra khārjūrike cakre kathitaṃ mūrdhni bhaṃ nyaset

One should draw a single line running upright and thirteen lines across it. In that khārjūrika ⟨'date-palm'⟩ diagram one should place the asterism just named at the head.

भान्येकरेखागतयोः सूर्याचंद्रमसोर्मिथः । एकार्गलो दृष्टिपातश्चाभिजिद्वर्जितानि वै

bhānyekarekhāgatayoḥ sūryācaṃdramasormithaḥ | ekārgalo dṛṣṭipātaścābhijidvarjitāni vai

When the asterisms of the Sun and of the Moon come to one and the same line, facing each other, there is Ekārgala and Dṛṣṭipāta; and the asterisms counted leave Abhijit out.

लांगले कमठे चक्रे फणिचक्रे त्रिनाडिके । अभिजिद्गणना नास्ति चक्रपाते विशेषतः

lāṃgale kamaṭhe cakre phaṇicakre trināḍike | abhijidgaṇanā nāsti cakrapāte viśeṣataḥ

In the Lāṅgala ⟨plough⟩, the Kamaṭha ⟨tortoise⟩ diagram, the Phaṇi ⟨serpent⟩ diagram and the Trināḍikā ⟨three-channel⟩ diagram there is no counting of Abhijit — and especially not in cakrapāta.

इंद्रः प्रजापतिर्मित्रश्चार्यमाभूर्हरि प्रिया । कीनाशः कलिरुक्षाख्यौ तिथ्यर्धेशास्त्वहिर्मरुत्

iṃdraḥ prajāpatirmitraścāryamābhūrhari priyā | kīnāśaḥ kalirukṣākhyau tithyardheśāstvahirmarut

Indra, Prajāpati, Mitra, Aryaman, Bhū (Earth), Haripriyā (Lakṣmī, the beloved of Hari), Kīnāśa (Yama), and the two called Kali and Ukṣa (the Bull) are the lords of the half-tithis, that is, of the karaṇas; and so are the Serpent (Ahi) and Marut.

ववादिवणिगंतानि शुभानि करणानि षट्। परीता विपरीता वा विष्टिर्नेष्टा तु मंगले

vavādivaṇigaṃtāni śubhāni karaṇāni ṣaṭ| parītā viparītā vā viṣṭirneṣṭā tu maṃgale

The six karaṇas from Bava (vava) up to Vaṇij are auspicious. Viṣṭi (Bhadrā), however, whether facing forward or reversed, is never desired for an auspicious act.

मुखे पंचगले त्वेका वक्षस्येकादश स्मृताः । नाभौ चतस्रः कट्यां तु तिस्रः पुच्छाख्यनाडिकाः

mukhe paṃcagale tvekā vakṣasyekādaśa smṛtāḥ | nābhau catasraḥ kaṭyāṃ tu tisraḥ pucchākhyanāḍikāḥ

Five nāḍīs are held to lie in the face (mukha), one in the throat (gala), eleven in the chest (vakṣas), four in the navel (nābhi) and three in the waist (kaṭi); the remaining ones are called the tail (puccha).

कार्यहानिर्मुखे मृत्युर्गले वक्षसि निःस्वता ॥ कट्यामुद्गमनं नाभौ च्युतिः पुच्छे ध्रुवो जयः ॥ स्थिराणि मध्यमान्येषां नेष्टौ नागचतुष्पदौ

kāryahānirmukhe mṛtyurgale vakṣasi niḥsvatā || kaṭyāmudgamanaṃ nābhau cyutiḥ pucche dhruvo jayaḥ || sthirāṇi madhyamānyeṣāṃ neṣṭau nāgacatuṣpadau

In the face (of Viṣṭi) the undertaking is lost; in the throat, death; in the chest, destitution; in the waist, uprooting; in the navel, downfall; but in the tail, certain victory. Among these the fixed karaṇas give middling results, and Nāga and Catuṣpada are not desirable.

दिवा मुहूर्ता रुद्राहिर्मित्रपित्र्यवसूदकम् । विश्वे विधातृब्रह्मेन्द्रा इन्द्राग्निनिर्ऋतितोयपाः

divā muhūrtā rudrāhirmitrapitryavasūdakam | viśve vidhātṛbrahmendrā indrāgninirṛtitoyapāḥ

The muhūrtas of the daytime ⟨fifteen divisions of two nāḍīs each⟩ have as their lords Rudra, Ahi, Mitra, Pitrya, Vasu and Udaka; the Viśve[devas], Vidhātṛ, Brahman and Indra; Indrāgnī, Nirṛti and Toyapa ⟨Varuṇa⟩.

अर्यमा भगसंज्ञश्च विज्ञेया दश पंच च । ईशाजपादहिर्बुन्ध्याः पूषाश्वियमवह्नयः

aryamā bhagasaṃjñaśca vijñeyā daśa paṃca ca | īśājapādahirbundhyāḥ pūṣāśviyamavahnayaḥ

Aryaman, and the one called Bhaga: fifteen in all are thus to be known. Īśa, Ajapād and Ahirbudhnya; Pūṣan, Aśvin, Yama and Vahni ⟨these open the fifteen of the night⟩.

धातृचंद्रादितिज्याख्यविष्ण्वर्कत्वाष्टृवायवः । अह्नः पंचदशो भागस्तथा रात्रिप्रमाणतः

dhātṛcaṃdrāditijyākhyaviṣṇvarkatvāṣṭṛvāyavaḥ | ahnaḥ paṃcadaśo bhāgastathā rātripramāṇataḥ

Dhātṛ, Candra, Aditi, the one called Ijyā ⟨Bṛhaspati⟩, Viṣṇu, Arka ⟨the sun⟩, Tvaṣṭṛ and Vāyu. A muhūrta is a fifteenth part of the day, and likewise measured off the night.

मुहूर्त्तमानं द्वे नाड्यौ कथिते गणकोत्तमैः । अथाशुभमुहूर्त्तानि वारादिक्रमशो यथा

muhūrttamānaṃ dve nāḍyau kathite gaṇakottamaiḥ | athāśubhamuhūrttāni vārādikramaśo yathā

The best of calculators have declared the measure of a muhūrta to be two nāḍīs. Now the inauspicious muhūrtas, in the order of the weekdays and so on, as follows.

अर्यमा राक्षसब्राह्मौ पित्र्याग्नेयौ तथाभिजित् । राक्षसापो ब्रह्मपित्र्यौ भौजंगेशाविनादिषु

aryamā rākṣasabrāhmau pitryāgneyau tathābhijit | rākṣasāpo brahmapitryau bhaujaṃgeśāvinādiṣu

Aryaman; Rākṣasa and Brāhma; Pitrya and Āgneya; likewise Abhijit; Rākṣasa and Āpa; Brāhma and Pitrya; Bhaujaṅga and Īśa — on the days beginning with the sun's ⟨Sunday to Saturday, in that order⟩.

वारेषु वर्जनीयास्ते मुहूर्ताः शुभकर्मसु । अन्यानपि तु वक्ष्यामि योगानत्र शुभाऽशुभान्

vāreṣu varjanīyāste muhūrtāḥ śubhakarmasu | anyānapi tu vakṣyāmi yogānatra śubhā'śubhān

Those muhūrtas are to be shunned on their own weekdays in auspicious rites. And here I shall state yet other yogas as well, both good and bad.

सूर्यभाद्वेदगोतर्कदिग्विश्वनखसंमिते । चंद्रर्क्षे रवियोगाः स्युर्दोषसंघविनाशकाः

sūryabhādvedagotarkadigviśvanakhasaṃmite | caṃdrarkṣe raviyogāḥ syurdoṣasaṃghavināśakāḥ

When the Moon's asterism, counted from the Sun's asterism, measures veda ⟨4⟩, go ⟨9⟩, tarka ⟨6⟩, diś ⟨10⟩, viśva ⟨13⟩ or nakha ⟨20⟩, ravi-yogas arise, and they destroy the whole mass of faults.

भूकंपः सूर्यभात्सप्तमर्क्षे विद्युच्च पंचमे । शूलोष्टमेऽब्धिदिग्भे तु शनिरष्टादशे तथा

bhūkaṃpaḥ sūryabhātsaptamarkṣe vidyucca paṃcame | śūloṣṭame'bdhidigbhe tu śaniraṣṭādaśe tathā

Bhukampa (earthquake) falls on the seventh nakshatra counted from the Sun's, and vidyut (lightning) on the fifth. Shula (spike) on the eighth; and on the abdhi-dik nakshatra (abdhi = 4, dik = 10, so the fourteenth) Shani; and on the eighteenth likewise.

केतुः पंचदशे दंड उल्का एकोनविंशतिः । मोहनिर्घातकंपाश्च कुलिशं परिवेषणम्

ketuḥ paṃcadaśe daṃḍa ulkā ekonaviṃśatiḥ | mohanirghātakaṃpāśca kuliśaṃ pariveṣaṇam

Ketu on the fifteenth; danda (staff); ulka (meteor) on the nineteenth. And moha (stupor), nirghata (thunderclap), kampa (tremor), kulisha (thunderbolt), parivesana (halo) --

विज्ञेयमेकविंशर्क्षादारभ्य च यथाक्रमम् । चंद्रयुक्तेषु भेष्वेषु शुभकर्म न कारयेत्

vijñeyamekaviṃśarkṣādārabhya ca yathākramam | caṃdrayukteṣu bheṣveṣu śubhakarma na kārayet

-- these are to be known in order, beginning from the twenty-first nakshatra. When the Moon stands in these nakshatras one should not have any auspicious act performed.

क्रकचं हि प्रवक्ष्यामि योगं शास्त्रानुसम्मतम् । निंदितं सर्वकार्येषु तस्मिन्नैवाचरेच्छुभम्

krakacaṃ hi pravakṣyāmi yogaṃ śāstrānusammatam | niṃditaṃ sarvakāryeṣu tasminnaivācarecchubham

Now I shall declare the krakaca (saw) yoga, as the shastra approves it. It is censured for every undertaking; in it one should do nothing auspicious at all.

त्रयोदशस्युर्मिलने संख्यया तिथिवारयोः । क्रकचो नाम योगोयं मंगलेष्वतिगर्हितः

trayodaśasyurmilane saṃkhyayā tithivārayoḥ | krakaco nāma yogoyaṃ maṃgaleṣvatigarhitaḥ

When the numbers of the tithi and of the weekday, added together, make thirteen, this is the yoga named krakaca, greatly condemned for auspicious occasions.

सप्तम्यामर्कवारश्चेत्प्रतिपत्सौम्यवासरे । संवर्तयोगो विज्ञेयः शुभकर्मविनाशकृत्

saptamyāmarkavāraścetpratipatsaumyavāsare | saṃvartayogo vijñeyaḥ śubhakarmavināśakṛt

If Sunday falls on the seventh tithi, or the first tithi on a Wednesday, the samvarta yoga is to be recognised; it destroys auspicious work.

आनंदः कालदंडश्च धूम्रधातृसुधाकराः । ध्वांक्षध्वजाख्यश्रीवत्सवज्रमुद्गरछत्रकाः

ānaṃdaḥ kāladaṃḍaśca dhūmradhātṛsudhākarāḥ | dhvāṃkṣadhvajākhyaśrīvatsavajramudgarachatrakāḥ

Ananda and Kaladanda; Dhumra, Dhatr, Sudhakara; Dhvanksha, the one named Dhvaja, Shrivatsa, Vajra, Mudgara, Chatra;

मित्रमानसपद्माख्यलुंबकोत्पातमृत्यवः । काणःसिद्धिः शुभामृतमुसलांतककुंजराः

mitramānasapadmākhyaluṃbakotpātamṛtyavaḥ | kāṇaḥsiddhiḥ śubhāmṛtamusalāṃtakakuṃjarāḥ

Mitra, Manasa, the one named Padma, Lumbaka, Utpata, Mrtyu; Kana, Siddhi, Shubha, Amrta, Musala, Antaka, Kunjara;

राक्षसाख्यः चरस्थैर्यवर्धमानाः क्रमादमी । योगाः स्वसंज्ञफलदा अष्टाविंशतिसंख्यकाः

rākṣasākhyaḥ carasthairyavardhamānāḥ kramādamī | yogāḥ svasaṃjñaphaladā aṣṭāviṃśatisaṃkhyakāḥ

and the one named Rakshasa, Cara, Sthairya, Vardhamana -- these in order. They are yogas twenty-eight in number, and each gives the fruit its own name declares.

रविवारे क्रमादेते दस्रभान्मृगभाद्विधौ । सार्पाद्भौमे बुधे हस्तान्मैत्रभात्सुरमंत्रिणः

ravivāre kramādete dasrabhānmṛgabhādvidhau | sārpādbhaume budhe hastānmaitrabhātsuramaṃtriṇaḥ

On Sunday these run in order from the Dasra nakshatra (Ashvini); on Monday from the Mrga (Mrgashiras); on Tuesday from the Sarpa (Ashlesha); on Wednesday from Hasta; from the Maitra (Anuradha) for the preceptor of the gods (Thursday);

वैश्वदेवे भृगुसुते वारुणाद्भास्करात्मजे । हस्तर्क्षे रविवारेऽब्जे चेंदुभं दस्रभं कुजे

vaiśvadeve bhṛgusute vāruṇādbhāskarātmaje | hastarkṣe ravivāre'bje ceṃdubhaṃ dasrabhaṃ kuje

on Venus's day (Friday) from the Vaishvadeva (Uttarashadha), and on the Sun's son's day (Saturday) from the Varuna (Shatabhishaj). Hasta on Sunday; on Monday the Indu nakshatra (Mrgashiras); the Dasra (Ashvini) on Tuesday;

सौम्ये मित्रं सुराचार्ये तिष्यं पौष्णं भृगोः सुते । रोहिणी मंदवारे तु सिद्धियोगाह्वया अमी

saumye mitraṃ surācārye tiṣyaṃ pauṣṇaṃ bhṛgoḥ sute | rohiṇī maṃdavāre tu siddhiyogāhvayā amī

on Wednesday the Mitra (Anuradha); on the day of the gods' preceptor (Thursday) Tishya (Pushya); on the day of Bhrgu's son (Friday) the Paushna (Revati); and Rohini on Saturday -- these are called the siddhi yogas.

यत्र स्यादिन्दुनक्षत्रं मानन्दादिगणस्ततः । अष्टाविंशतियोगानां क्रमोयं प्रोच्यते बुधैः

yatra syādindunakṣatraṃ mānandādigaṇastataḥ | aṣṭāviṃśatiyogānāṃ kramoyaṃ procyate budhaiḥ

Wherever the Moon's nakshatra falls, from there the group beginning with Ananda is counted. The learned declare this to be the order of the twenty-eight yogas.

आदित्यभौमयोर्नन्दा भद्रा शुक्रशशांकयोः । जया सौम्ये गुरौ रिक्ता शनौ पूर्णा तु नो शुभा

ādityabhaumayornandā bhadrā śukraśaśāṃkayoḥ | jayā saumye gurau riktā śanau pūrṇā tu no śubhā

A Nanda tithi on the Sun's or Mars's day, a Bhadra on Venus's or the Moon's, a Jaya on Wednesday, a Rikta on Thursday, a Purna on Saturday -- these are not auspicious.

नंदा तिथिः शुक्रवारे सौम्ये भद्रा जया कुजे । रिक्ता मन्दे गुरोर्वारे पूर्णा सिद्धाह्वया अमी

naṃdā tithiḥ śukravāre saumye bhadrā jayā kuje | riktā mande gurorvāre pūrṇā siddhāhvayā amī

A Nanda tithi on Friday, a Bhadra on Wednesday, a Jaya on Tuesday, a Rikta on Saturday, a Purna on Thursday -- these are the ones called siddha (accomplishing).

एकादश्यामिंदुवारो द्वादश्यामार्किवासरः । षष्ठी बृहस्पतेर्वारे तृतीया बुधवासरे

ekādaśyāmiṃduvāro dvādaśyāmārkivāsaraḥ | ṣaṣṭhī bṛhaspatervāre tṛtīyā budhavāsare

Monday on the eleventh tithi; Saturday on the twelfth; the sixth on Thursday; the third on Wednesday;

अष्टमी शुक्रवारे तु नवम्यामर्कवासरः । पंचमी भौमवारे तु दग्धयोगाः प्रकीर्तिताः

aṣṭamī śukravāre tu navamyāmarkavāsaraḥ | paṃcamī bhaumavāre tu dagdhayogāḥ prakīrtitāḥ

the eighth on Friday, Sunday on the ninth, and the fifth on Tuesday -- these are proclaimed the dagdha (burnt) yogas.

दग्धयोगाश्च विज्ञेया पंगुयोगाभिधा अमी । यमर्क्षमर्कवारेब्जे चित्रा भौमे तु विश्वभम्

dagdhayogāśca vijñeyā paṃguyogābhidhā amī | yamarkṣamarkavārebje citrā bhaume tu viśvabham

These dagdha yogas are also to be known by the name pangu (lame) yogas. Yama's nakshatra (Bharani) on Sunday; on Monday Citra; on Tuesday the Vishva nakshatra (Uttarashadha);

बुधे धनिष्ठार्यमभं गुरौ ज्येष्ठा भृगोर्दिने । रेवती मंदवारे तु दग्धयोगा भवंत्यमी

budhe dhaniṣṭhāryamabhaṃ gurau jyeṣṭhā bhṛgordine | revatī maṃdavāre tu dagdhayogā bhavaṃtyamī

Dhanishtha on Wednesday; the Aryaman nakshatra (Uttaraphalguni) on Thursday; Jyeshtha on the day of Bhrgu (Friday); and Revati on Saturday -- these come to be dagdha yogas.

विशाखादिचतुर्वर्गमर्कवारादिषु क्रमात् । उत्पातमृत्युकाणाख्याः सिद्धियोगाः प्रकीर्तिताः

viśākhādicaturvargamarkavārādiṣu kramāt | utpātamṛtyukāṇākhyāḥ siddhiyogāḥ prakīrtitāḥ

The groups of four nakshatras beginning with Vishakha, taken in order on the weekdays beginning with Sunday, are declared to be the yogas named Utpata, Mrtyu, Kana and Siddhi.

तिथिवारोद्भवा नेष्टा योगा वारर्क्षसंभवाः । हूणवंगखशेभ्योन्यदेशेष्वतिशुभप्रदाः

tithivārodbhavā neṣṭā yogā vārarkṣasaṃbhavāḥ | hūṇavaṃgakhaśebhyonyadeśeṣvatiśubhapradāḥ

The yogas that arise from tithi and weekday are unwanted. Those that arise from weekday and nakshatra give very great good in countries other than those of the Hunas, the Vangas and the Khashas.

घोराध्वांक्षीमहोदयं मंदाकिनी नंदा मता । मिश्रा राक्षसिका नाम सूर्यवारादिषु क्रमात्

ghorādhvāṃkṣīmahodayaṃ maṃdākinī naṃdā matā | miśrā rākṣasikā nāma sūryavārādiṣu kramāt

Ghorā, Dhvāṅkṣī, Mahodayā, Mandākinī, Nandā, Miśrā and Rākṣasikā are, in order, the names of the saṃkrānti (the Sun's entry into a sign) according as it falls on Sunday and the following weekdays.

शूद्रविट्तस्करक्ष्मापभूदेवपशुनीचजाः ॥ अनुक्तानां च सर्वेषां घोराद्याः सुखदाः स्मृताः

śūdraviṭtaskarakṣmāpabhūdevapaśunīcajāḥ || anuktānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ ghorādyāḥ sukhadāḥ smṛtāḥ

These [seven saṃkrāntis] respectively afflict śūdras, vaiśyas, thieves, kings, brāhmaṇas, cattle, and the low-born; but for all the classes not so named, Ghorā and the rest are held to give ease and comfort.

पूर्वाह्णे नृपतीन्हंति विप्रान्मध्यदिने विशः ॥ अपराह्नेऽस्तगे शूद्रान्प्रदोषे च पिशाचकान्

pūrvāhṇe nṛpatīnhaṃti viprānmadhyadine viśaḥ || aparāhne'stage śūdrānpradoṣe ca piśācakān

A saṃkrānti falling in the forenoon destroys kings; at midday, brāhmaṇas; in the afternoon, vaiśyas; at the time of sunset, śūdras; and in the early evening (pradoṣa), the piśācas.

निशि रात्रिचरान्नाद्यकारानपररात्रिके ॥ गोमाहिषेति संध्यायां लिंगिनो निशि संक्रमः

niśi rātricarānnādyakārānapararātrike || gomāhiṣeti saṃdhyāyāṃ liṃgino niśi saṃkramaḥ

At night it destroys the creatures that roam by night; in the last watch of the night, those who produce food. Occurring at twilight it strikes cattle and buffaloes, and occurring at night, those who wear the marks of a religious order (liṅgins).

दिवा चेन्मेषसंक्रांतिरनर्थकलहप्रदा ॥ रात्रौ सुभिक्षमतुलं संध्ययोर्वृष्टिनाशनम्

divā cenmeṣasaṃkrāṃtiranarthakalahapradā || rātrau subhikṣamatulaṃ saṃdhyayorvṛṣṭināśanam

If the Sun's entry into Meṣa (Aries) occurs by day, it brings misfortune and quarrels; if at night, plenty beyond compare; if at either of the two twilights, it destroys the rains.

हरिशार्दूलवाराहखरकुंजरमाहिषाः ॥ अधश्वजवृषाः पादायुधाःकरणवाहनाः

hariśārdūlavārāhakharakuṃjaramāhiṣāḥ || adhaśvajavṛṣāḥ pādāyudhāḥkaraṇavāhanāḥ

Lion, tiger, boar, ass, elephant, buffalo, goat, horse and bull — these creatures, which fight with their feet, are the mounts (vāhana) of the saṃkrānti reckoned through the karaṇas.

खशबाह्निकवंगेषु संक्रांतिर्धिष्ण्यवाहना ॥ अन्यदेशेषु तिथ्यर्द्धवाहना स्याद्ववादितः

khaśabāhnikavaṃgeṣu saṃkrāṃtirdhiṣṇyavāhanā || anyadeśeṣu tithyarddhavāhanā syādvavāditaḥ

Among the Khaśas, the Bāhlīkas and the Vaṅgas the saṃkrānti takes the nakṣatra (dhiṣṇya) for its mount; in other countries the mount is determined by the half-tithi, counted from the karaṇa Bava onward.

भुशुंडीभिंदिपालासिदंडकोदंडतोमरान् । कुंतपाशांकुशास्त्रेषून्बिभर्ति करणेष्विनः

bhuśuṃḍībhiṃdipālāsidaṃḍakodaṃḍatomarān | kuṃtapāśāṃkuśāstreṣūnbibharti karaṇeṣvinaḥ

The Sun (ina) bears, according to the karaṇa, these weapons: the bhuśuṇḍī, the bhindipāla, the sword, the staff, the bow, the tomara javelin, the lance (kunta), the noose, the goad, the missile (astra) and the arrow.

अन्नं च पायसं भैक्ष्यमपूपं च पयो दधि ॥ चित्रान्नं गुडमध्वाज्यशर्करा ववतो हविः

annaṃ ca pāyasaṃ bhaikṣyamapūpaṃ ca payo dadhi || citrānnaṃ guḍamadhvājyaśarkarā vavato haviḥ

Cooked grain, milk-rice (pāyasa), alms-food, cake (apūpa), milk, curds, mixed rice, jaggery, honey, clarified butter and sugar — these are her food, reckoned from the karaṇa Bava onward.

निविष्टी वणिजे विष्टयां बालवे च गरे ववे । कौलशकुने भानुः किंस्तुघ्ने चोर्ध्वसंस्थिता

niviṣṭī vaṇije viṣṭayāṃ bālave ca gare vave | kaulaśakune bhānuḥ kiṃstughne cordhvasaṃsthitā

In Vaṇija, in Viṣṭi, in Bālava, in Gara and in Bava she is seated; in Kaulava and in Śakuni likewise the Sun [is seated]; and in Kiṃstughna she stands upright.

चतुष्पात्तैतिले नागे सुप्तक्रांतिं करोति सा । धान्यार्घवृष्टिसु भवेदनिष्टक्रमशस्तदा

catuṣpāttaitile nāge suptakrāṃtiṃ karoti sā | dhānyārghavṛṣṭisu bhavedaniṣṭakramaśastadā

In Catuṣpada, Taitila and Nāga she makes the transit asleep; then, as regards grain-prices and rainfall, unwelcome results follow in succession.

आयुधं वाहनाहारो यज्जातीयजनस्य च ॥ स्वापोपविष्टतिष्ठंतस्ते लोकाः क्षयमाप्नुयुः

āyudhaṃ vāhanāhāro yajjātīyajanasya ca || svāpopaviṣṭatiṣṭhaṃtaste lokāḥ kṣayamāpnuyuḥ

The weapon, the mount and the food [of the saṃkrānti] each belong to some class of people; and those people — according as she is asleep, seated or standing — come to ruin.

अन्धको मंदसंज्ञश्च मध्यसंज्ञः सुलोचनः । पर्यायाद्गणयेद्भानि रोहिण्यादि चतुर्विधम्

andhako maṃdasaṃjñaśca madhyasaṃjñaḥ sulocanaḥ | paryāyādgaṇayedbhāni rohiṇyādi caturvidham

Andhaka (blind), Manda (dull), Madhya (middling) and Sulocana (clear-eyed) — count the nakṣatras in this fourfold rotation, beginning from Rohiṇī.

स्थिरभेष्वर्कसंक्रांतिर्ज्ञेया विष्णुपदाह्वया ॥ षडशीतिमुखी ज्ञेया द्विस्वभावेषु राशिषु

sthirabheṣvarkasaṃkrāṃtirjñeyā viṣṇupadāhvayā || ṣaḍaśītimukhī jñeyā dvisvabhāveṣu rāśiṣu

The Sun's entry into the fixed signs is to be known as Viṣṇupadī; his entry into the dual (dvisvabhāva) signs is to be known as Ṣaḍaśītimukhī.

सौम्ययाम्यायने नूनं भवेतां मृगकर्किणोः । तुलाधराजयोर्ज्ञेयो विषुवत्सूर्यसंक्रमः

saumyayāmyāyane nūnaṃ bhavetāṃ mṛgakarkiṇoḥ | tulādharājayorjñeyo viṣuvatsūryasaṃkramaḥ

The northern and the southern ayana occur, without doubt, at the Sun's entry into Makara (Capricorn) and Karka (Cancer) respectively; and at his entry into Tulā (Libra) and Meṣa (Aries) the transit is to be known as the equinox (viṣuvat).

अहः संक्रमणे कृत्स्नं महत्पुण्यं प्रकीर्तितम् । रात्रौ संक्रमणे भानोर्व्यवस्था सर्वसंक्रमे

ahaḥ saṃkramaṇe kṛtsnaṃ mahatpuṇyaṃ prakīrtitam | rātrau saṃkramaṇe bhānorvyavasthā sarvasaṃkrame

When the transit occurs during the day, the whole day is declared to be of great religious merit. When the Sun's transit occurs at night, a settled rule applies, and it holds for every transit.

सूर्यस्योदयसंध्यायां यदि याम्यायनं भवेत् ।। तदोदयादहः पुण्यं पूर्वाह्नः परतो यदि

sūryasyodayasaṃdhyāyāṃ yadi yāmyāyanaṃ bhavet || tadodayādahaḥ puṇyaṃ pūrvāhnaḥ parato yadi

If the southern ayana (the Sun's entry into Karka) falls at the twilight of sunrise, then the day beginning from sunrise is meritorious; if it falls later, the forenoon is meritorious.

सूर्यास्तमनवेलायां यदि सौम्यायनं भवेत् ॥ तदोपेयादहः पुण्यं पराह्नः परतो यदि

sūryāstamanavelāyāṃ yadi saumyāyanaṃ bhavet || tadopeyādahaḥ puṇyaṃ parāhnaḥ parato yadi

If the northern ayana (the Sun's entry into Makara) falls at the hour of sunset, then that day is meritorious; if it falls later, the afternoon is meritorious.

अर्धार्कास्तमनात्संध्यासंघटिकात्रयसंमिता ॥ तथैवार्धोदयात्प्रातर्घटिकात्रयसंमिता

ardhārkāstamanātsaṃdhyāsaṃghaṭikātrayasaṃmitā || tathaivārdhodayātprātarghaṭikātrayasaṃmitā

The evening twilight is reckoned as three ghaṭikās measured from the setting of half the Sun's disc; and likewise the morning twilight as three ghaṭikās measured from the rising of half his disc.

प्रागर्धरात्रात्पूर्वाह्ने पूर्ववद्विष्णुपदयोः ॥ षडशीतिमुखी चैव परतश्चेत्परेऽहनि

prāgardharātrātpūrvāhne pūrvavadviṣṇupadayoḥ || ṣaḍaśītimukhī caiva parataścetpare'hani

If it falls before midnight, the merit belongs to the forenoon, just as before, in the case of the Viṣṇupadī transits, and likewise for the Ṣaḍaśītimukhī; if it falls after midnight, the merit belongs to the following day.

पश्चात्पराहः संक्रांतिः षडशीतिर्विपर्ययात् ॥ यादृशेनेंदुना भानोः संक्रांतिस्तादृशं फलम्

paścātparāhaḥ saṃkrāṃtiḥ ṣaḍaśītirviparyayāt || yādṛśeneṃdunā bhānoḥ saṃkrāṃtistādṛśaṃ phalam

Thereafter [the merit belongs to] the afternoon; for the Ṣaḍaśīti[mukhī] the order is reversed. Whatever the condition of the Moon at the Sun's saṃkrānti, of that kind will the result be.

नरः प्राप्नोति तद्राशौ शीतांशोः साध्वसाधु वा ॥ संक्रांतिग्रहणर्क्षे वा पूर्वभाद्गणनाक्रमः

naraḥ prāpnoti tadrāśau śītāṃśoḥ sādhvasādhu vā || saṃkrāṃtigrahaṇarkṣe vā pūrvabhādgaṇanākramaḥ

A man obtains good or evil according to the sign occupied by the Moon at that time. At the nakṣatra of a saṃkrānti or of an eclipse, the counting proceeds from the preceding nakṣatra.

रवेरयन संक्रांतिस्तदा तद्राशिसंक्रमः॥ संक्रांतिग्रहणर्क्षे वा जन्मभावधि गण्यताम्

raverayana saṃkrāṃtistadā tadrāśisaṃkramaḥ|| saṃkrāṃtigrahaṇarkṣe vā janmabhāvadhi gaṇyatām

When the Sun's ayana-saṃkrānti occurs, that is his transit into the corresponding sign. From the nakṣatra of a saṃkrānti or of an eclipse, let the count be carried up to the birth nakṣatra.

नेष्टं त्रयं षट् च शुभं पर्यायाच्च पुनः पुनः । हानिर्वृद्धिः स्थानहानिस्तत्प्राप्तिर्भानुतः क्रमात्

neṣṭaṃ trayaṃ ṣaṭ ca śubhaṃ paryāyācca punaḥ punaḥ | hānirvṛddhiḥ sthānahānistatprāptirbhānutaḥ kramāt

Three [of the counted positions] are inauspicious and six are auspicious, and so the cycle repeats again and again. Loss, gain, loss of position and the regaining of it follow in order, counted from the Sun.

तिलोपरि लिखेच्चक्रं त्रिशूलं च त्रिकोणकम् ॥ तत्र हैमं विनिक्षिप्य दद्यात्तद्दोषशांतये

tilopari likheccakraṃ triśūlaṃ ca trikoṇakam || tatra haimaṃ vinikṣipya dadyāttaddoṣaśāṃtaye

Upon sesame seeds one should draw a circle, a trident and a triangle; placing gold therein, one should give it in charity for the appeasement of that affliction.

ताराबलेन शीतांशुर्बलवांस्तद्वशाद्रविः॥ ससंक्रमणतस्तद्वद्वशात्खेटबलाधिकः

tārābalena śītāṃśurbalavāṃstadvaśādraviḥ|| sasaṃkramaṇatastadvadvaśātkheṭabalādhikaḥ

The Moon is strong by strength of the stars, and the Sun draws his strength from the Moon; likewise, through the saṃkramaṇa (the Sun's transit) the strength of the planets is increased.

शुभोर्को जन्मतस्त्र्यायदशषट्सु न विध्यते । जन्मतो नवपंचांबुव्ययगैर्व्यर्किभिस्तदा

śubhorko janmatastryāyadaśaṣaṭsu na vidhyate | janmato navapaṃcāṃbuvyayagairvyarkibhistadā

The Sun is auspicious in the third, the aya (eleventh), the tenth and the sixth from the birth sign, and is not pierced (vedha) there -- so long as planets other than Saturn (vyarki) do not then stand in the ninth, the fifth, the ambu (fourth) and the vyaya (twelfth) counted from birth.

विध्यते जन्मतो नेंदुर्द्यूनाद्यायारिखत्रिषु । खेष्वष्टांत्यांबुधर्मस्थैर्विबुधैर्जन्मतः शुभः

vidhyate janmato neṃdurdyūnādyāyārikhatriṣu | kheṣvaṣṭāṃtyāṃbudharmasthairvibudhairjanmataḥ śubhaḥ

The Moon, reckoned from birth, is not pierced in the dyuna (seventh), the first, the aya (eleventh), the ari (sixth), the kha (tenth) and the third. It is auspicious when planets other than Mercury do not stand, counted from birth, in the khe-, the eighth, the antya (twelfth), the ambu (fourth) and the dharma (ninth).

त्र्याऽऽयारिषु कुजः श्रेष्ठो जन्मराशेर्न विध्यते । व्ययेष्वर्कग्रहे साररप्यसूर्य्येण जन्मतः

tryā''yāriṣu kujaḥ śreṣṭho janmarāśerna vidhyate | vyayeṣvarkagrahe sārarapyasūryyeṇa janmataḥ

Mars is best in the third, the aya (eleventh) and the ari (sixth); from the birth sign it is not pierced there. When a planet stands in the vyaya (twelfth), the ishu (fifth) and the arka place, [it is pierced]. Saturn too is the same, counted from birth, except by the Sun.

ज्ञोद्व्यब्ध्यऽर्यष्टखायेषु जन्मतश्च न विध्यते । धीत्र्यंकघाऽष्टांत्यखेटैर्जन्मतो व्यब्जकैः शुभः

jñodvyabdhya'ryaṣṭakhāyeṣu janmataśca na vidhyate | dhītryaṃkaghā'ṣṭāṃtyakheṭairjanmato vyabjakaiḥ śubhaḥ

Mercury, counted from birth, is not pierced in the dvi (second), the abdhi (fourth), the ari (sixth), the ashta (eighth), the kha (tenth) and the aya (eleventh); and it is auspicious as regards the planets -- those other than the Moon (vyabjaka) -- standing, from birth, in the dhi, the tri (third), the anka (ninth), the gha-, the ashta (eighth) and the antya (twelfth).

जन्मतः स्वायगोक्षास्तेष्वंत्याष्टायजलत्रिगैः । जन्मराशेर्गुरुः श्रेष्ठो ग्रहैर्यदि न विध्यते

janmataḥ svāyagokṣāsteṣvaṃtyāṣṭāyajalatrigaiḥ | janmarāśerguruḥ śreṣṭho grahairyadi na vidhyate

Reckoned from birth, in the sva (second), the aya (eleventh), the go (ninth), the aksha (fifth) and the asta (seventh) -- there Jupiter is best from the birth sign, if it is not pierced by planets standing in the antya (twelfth), the ashta (eighth), the aya (eleventh), the jala (fourth) and the tri (third).

कुद्व्यग्न्यब्धिसुताष्टांकांत्याये शुक्रो न विध्यते । जन्मभान्मृत्युसप्ताद्यखांकेष्वायारिपुत्रगैः

kudvyagnyabdhisutāṣṭāṃkāṃtyāye śukro na vidhyate | janmabhānmṛtyusaptādyakhāṃkeṣvāyāriputragaiḥ

Venus is not pierced in the ku (first), the dvi (second), the agni (third), the abdhi (fourth), the suta (fifth), the ashta (eighth), the anka (ninth), the antya (twelfth) and the aya (eleventh) -- provided no planets stand, counted from the birth nakshatra, in the mrtyu (eighth), the seventh, the adya (first), the kha (tenth), the anka (ninth), the aya (eleventh), the ari (sixth) and the putra (fifth).

न ददाति शुभं किंचिद्गोचरे वेधसंयुते । तस्माद्वेधं विचार्याथ कथ्यते तच्छुभाशुभम्

na dadāti śubhaṃ kiṃcidgocare vedhasaṃyute | tasmādvedhaṃ vicāryātha kathyate tacchubhāśubham

A planet gives nothing good at all when, in its transit, it is joined with vedha. Therefore its good and ill are declared only after the vedha has been considered.

वामवेधविधानेनाप्यशुभोपि ग्रहो शुभः । अतस्तान्विविधान्वेधान्विचार्याथ वदेत्फलम्

vāmavedhavidhānenāpyaśubhopi graho śubhaḥ | atastānvividhānvedhānvicāryātha vadetphalam

By the rule of the vama (reverse) vedha even an inauspicious planet becomes auspicious. Therefore one should consider those several kinds of vedha and only then speak the result.

अज्ञात्वा विविधान्वेधान्यो ग्रहज्ञो फलं वदेत् । स मृषावचनाभाषी हास्यं याति नरः सदा

ajñātvā vividhānvedhānyo grahajño phalaṃ vadet | sa mṛṣāvacanābhāṣī hāsyaṃ yāti naraḥ sadā

The knower of planets who declares a result without knowing the several vedhas speaks false words; that man always meets with ridicule.

सौम्येक्षितो नेष्टफलः शुभदो पापवीक्षितः । निष्फलौ तौ ग्रहौ स्वेन शत्रुणा च विलोकितः

saumyekṣito neṣṭaphalaḥ śubhado pāpavīkṣitaḥ | niṣphalau tau grahau svena śatruṇā ca vilokitaḥ

Looked at by a benefic, a planet does not give the unwanted result; looked at by a malefic, a planet that is a giver of good does not give it. Those two planets, looked at by their own and by an enemy, are fruitless.

नीचराशिगतः स्वस्य शत्रुक्षेत्रगतोपि वा । शुभाशुभफलं नैवं दद्यादस्तमितोपि वा

nīcarāśigataḥ svasya śatrukṣetragatopi vā | śubhāśubhaphalaṃ naivaṃ dadyādastamitopi vā

A planet gone to its fall sign (nica), or gone to the field of its own enemy, or else set (combust), gives no result at all, good or ill.

ग्रहेषु विषमस्थेषु शांतिं यत्नात्समाचरेत् । हानिर्वृद्धिर्ग्रहाधीना तस्मात्पूज्यतमा ग्रहाः

graheṣu viṣamastheṣu śāṃtiṃ yatnātsamācaret | hānirvṛddhirgrahādhīnā tasmātpūjyatamā grahāḥ

When planets stand in uneven (inauspicious) places one should carefully perform their propitiation. Loss and gain depend on the planets; the planets are therefore the most to be worshipped.

मणिमुक्ताफलं विद्रुमाख्यं गारुत्मकाह्वयम् । पुष्परागं त्वथो वज्रं नीलगोमेदसंज्ञकम् । वैडूर्यं भास्करादीनां तुष्ट्यै धार्यं यथाक्रमम्

maṇimuktāphalaṃ vidrumākhyaṃ gārutmakāhvayam | puṣparāgaṃ tvatho vajraṃ nīlagomedasaṃjñakam | vaiḍūryaṃ bhāskarādīnāṃ tuṣṭyai dhāryaṃ yathākramam

The gem (ruby), the pearl, the one called coral, the one named garutmaka (emerald), then topaz and diamond, blue sapphire, the one named gomeda, and vaidurya (cat's-eye) -- these are to be worn in order, for the contentment of the Sun and the rest.

शुक्लपक्षादिदिवसे चंद्रो यस्य शुभप्रदः । स पक्षस्तस्य शुभदः कृष्णपक्षोऽन्यथा शुभः

śuklapakṣādidivase caṃdro yasya śubhapradaḥ | sa pakṣastasya śubhadaḥ kṛṣṇapakṣo'nyathā śubhaḥ

If on the first day of the bright fortnight (śukla-pakṣa) the Moon is favourable to a person, then that fortnight is auspicious for him; if it is otherwise, the dark fortnight (kṛṣṇa-pakṣa) is the auspicious one for him.

शुक्लपक्षे शुभश्चंद्रो द्वितीयनवपंचके ॥ रिपुमृत्यंबुसंस्थश्च न विद्धो गगनेचरैः

śuklapakṣe śubhaścaṃdro dvitīyanavapaṃcake || ripumṛtyaṃbusaṃsthaśca na viddho gaganecaraiḥ

In the bright fortnight the Moon is auspicious when it stands in the 2nd, 9th or 5th (from the birth star or lagna), and also when placed in the 6th (ripu), the 8th (mṛtyu) or the 4th (ambu), provided it is not pierced (afflicted) by the planets moving in the sky.

जन्मसंपद्विपत्क्षेमप्रत्यरिस्साधको वधः ॥ मित्रं परममित्रं च जन्मभाच्च पुनः पुनः

janmasaṃpadvipatkṣemapratyarissādhako vadhaḥ || mitraṃ paramamitraṃ ca janmabhācca punaḥ punaḥ

Janma, Sampat, Vipat, Kṣema, Pratyari, Sādhaka, Vadha, Mitra and Parama-mitra — (these are the nine tārās, counted) from the birth asterism, over and over again.

जन्मत्रिपंचसप्ताख्या तारा नेष्टफलप्रदाः । अनिष्टपरिहाराय दद्यादेतद्विजातये

janmatripaṃcasaptākhyā tārā neṣṭaphalapradāḥ | aniṣṭaparihārāya dadyādetadvijātaye

The tārās known as the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th (that is, Janma, Vipat, Pratyari and Vadha) do not give the desired results. To avert the evil, one should give the following to a twice-born (brāhmaṇa).

शाकं गुडं च लवणं सतिलं कांचनं क्रमात् । कृष्णे बलवती तारा शुक्लपक्षे बली शशी

śākaṃ guḍaṃ ca lavaṇaṃ satilaṃ kāṃcanaṃ kramāt | kṛṣṇe balavatī tārā śuklapakṣe balī śaśī

Vegetables, jaggery, salt, and gold together with sesame — respectively (for those four tārās). In the dark fortnight the tārā is the stronger; in the bright fortnight the Moon is the stronger.

चंद्रस्य द्वादशावस्था दिवा रात्रौ यथाक्रमात् ॥ यत्रोद्वाहादिकार्येषु संज्ञा तुल्यफलप्रदा

caṃdrasya dvādaśāvasthā divā rātrau yathākramāt || yatrodvāhādikāryeṣu saṃjñā tulyaphalapradā

The Moon has twelve avasthās (states), by day and by night in their due order; in undertakings such as marriage, the state's own name tells what fruit it gives.

षष्टिघ्नं चंद्रनक्षत्रं तत्कालघटिकान्वितम् । वेदघ्नमिषुवेदाप्तमवस्थाभानुभाजिताः

ṣaṣṭighnaṃ caṃdranakṣatraṃ tatkālaghaṭikānvitam | vedaghnamiṣuvedāptamavasthābhānubhājitāḥ

Multiply the Moon's nakṣatra (its serial number) by sixty and add to it the ghaṭikās elapsed at the moment in question; multiply (the result) by four and divide by forty-five; the avasthās are then obtained by dividing by twelve.

प्रवासनष्टाख्यमृता जया हास्या रतिर्मुदा ॥ सुप्तिर्मुक्तिज्वराकंपसुस्थितिर्नामसंनिभाः

pravāsanaṣṭākhyamṛtā jayā hāsyā ratirmudā || suptirmuktijvarākaṃpasusthitirnāmasaṃnibhāḥ

Pravāsa (journeying), Naṣṭa (lost), Mṛtā (dead), Jayā (victory), Hāsyā (laughter), Rati (delight), Mudā (joy), Supti (sleep), Mukti (release), Jvara (fever), Kampa (trembling) and Susthiti (well-being) — (these are the twelve states, and) their fruits correspond to their names.

पट्टबंधनयानोग्रसंधिविग्रहभूषणम् ॥ धात्वाकराहवं कर्म मेषलग्ने प्रसिध्यति

paṭṭabaṃdhanayānograsaṃdhivigrahabhūṣaṇam || dhātvākarāhavaṃ karma meṣalagne prasidhyati

Investiture with the fillet of office, journeys and conveyances, fierce undertakings, the making of treaties and the waging of war, ornaments, work with metals and mines, and battle — such acts come to fruition when Meṣa (Aries) is the rising sign.

मंगलानि स्थिराण्येव वेश्मकर्मप्रवर्तनम् । कृषिवाणिज्यपश्वादि वृषलग्ने प्रसिध्यति

maṃgalāni sthirāṇyeva veśmakarmapravartanam | kṛṣivāṇijyapaśvādi vṛṣalagne prasidhyati

Auspicious ceremonies of a lasting kind, the setting in hand of house-building, agriculture, trade, cattle and the like come to fruition when Vṛṣa (Taurus) is the rising sign.

कलाविज्ञानसिद्धिश्च भूषणाहवसंश्रयम्॥ गजोद्वाहाभिषेकाद्यं कर्तव्यं मिथुनोदये

kalāvijñānasiddhiśca bhūṣaṇāhavasaṃśrayam|| gajodvāhābhiṣekādyaṃ kartavyaṃ mithunodaye

Attainment of skill in the arts and the sciences, matters that turn on ornaments and on war, and dealings with elephants, marriage, consecration and the like should be undertaken at the rising of Mithuna (Gemini).

वापीकूपतडागादिवारिबंधनमोक्षणे । पौष्टिकं लिपिलेखादि कर्तव्यं कर्कटोदये

vāpīkūpataḍāgādivāribaṃdhanamokṣaṇe | pauṣṭikaṃ lipilekhādi kartavyaṃ karkaṭodaye

The making of step-wells, wells and tanks and the like, the damming of water and the letting of it out, rites of nourishment and prosperity (pauṣṭika), and writing, letters and the like should be undertaken at the rising of Karkaṭa (Cancer).

इक्षुधान्यवणिक्पण्यकृषिसेवादि यत्स्थिरम् । साहसावहभूपाढ्यं सिंहलग्ने प्रसिध्यति

ikṣudhānyavaṇikpaṇyakṛṣisevādi yatsthiram | sāhasāvahabhūpāḍhyaṃ siṃhalagne prasidhyati

Sugarcane, grain, a merchant's wares, agriculture, service and whatever else is of an enduring nature, undertakings that call for daring, and affairs connected with kings and with the wealthy, come to fruition when Siṃha (Leo) is the rising sign.

विद्याशिल्पौषधकर्म भूषणं च चरं स्थिरम् ॥ कन्यालग्नविधेयं तत् पौष्टिकाखिलमंगलम्

vidyāśilpauṣadhakarma bhūṣaṇaṃ ca caraṃ sthiram || kanyālagnavidheyaṃ tat pauṣṭikākhilamaṃgalam

Learning, craftsmanship, work with medicines, and ornaments — whether the undertaking be a moving one or a fixed one — together with rites of nourishment and every auspicious ceremony, are to be performed in Kanyā (Virgo) lagna.

कृषिवाणिज्ययानाश्च पशूद्वाहव्रतादिकम् । तुलायामखिलं कर्म तुलाभांडाश्रितं च यत्

kṛṣivāṇijyayānāśca paśūdvāhavratādikam | tulāyāmakhilaṃ karma tulābhāṃḍāśritaṃ ca yat

Agriculture, trade, conveyances, cattle, marriage, vows and the like — every such work, and whatever depends on scales and vessels — is to be done in Tulā (Libra).

स्थिरकर्माखिलं कार्यं राजसेवाभिषेचनम् ॥ चौर्यकर्म स्थिरारंभाः कर्तव्या वृश्चिकोदये

sthirakarmākhilaṃ kāryaṃ rājasevābhiṣecanam || cauryakarma sthirāraṃbhāḥ kartavyā vṛścikodaye

Every work of a lasting kind, service to a king and consecration, acts of theft, and the launching of fixed undertakings, should be done at the rising of Vṛścika (Scorpio).

व्रतोद्वाहप्रयाणञ्च ह्यंगशिल्पकलादिकम् । चरं स्थिरं सशस्त्रास्त्रं कर्तव्यं कार्मुकोदये

vratodvāhaprayāṇañca hyaṃgaśilpakalādikam | caraṃ sthiraṃ saśastrāstraṃ kartavyaṃ kārmukodaye

Vows, marriage and setting out on a journey, bodily crafts and the arts and the like, undertakings moving and fixed alike, and everything to do with weapons and missiles, should be done at the rising of Kārmuka (Sagittarius, the Bow).

तोयबंधनमोक्षास्त्रकृष्यं चोष्ट्रादिकर्म यत् ॥ प्रस्थानं पशुदासादिकर्तव्यं मकरोदये

toyabaṃdhanamokṣāstrakṛṣyaṃ coṣṭrādikarma yat || prasthānaṃ paśudāsādikartavyaṃ makarodaye

The damming and the releasing of water, weapons, agriculture, work with camels and such animals, setting out on a journey, and matters of cattle and servants, should be done at the rising of Makara (Capricorn).

कृषिवाणिज्यपश्वंबु शिल्पकर्म कलादिकम् । जलयात्रास्त्रशस्त्रादि कर्तव्यं कलशोदये

kṛṣivāṇijyapaśvaṃbu śilpakarma kalādikam | jalayātrāstraśastrādi kartavyaṃ kalaśodaye

Agriculture, trade, cattle and water, work of craft, the arts and the like, voyages by water, and weapons and arms, should be done at the rising of Kalaśa (Kumbha, Aquarius, the Pot).

व्रतोद्वाहाभिषेकांबुस्थापनं सन्निवेशनम् । भूषणं जलपात्रं च कर्म मीनोदये शुभम्

vratodvāhābhiṣekāṃbusthāpanaṃ sanniveśanam | bhūṣaṇaṃ jalapātraṃ ca karma mīnodaye śubham

Vows, marriage, consecration, the installing of water and of water-vessels, taking up residence in a dwelling, ornaments and vessels for water — such work is auspicious at the rising of Mīna (Pisces).

गोयुग्मकर्ककन्यांत्यतुलाचापधराः शुभाः । शुभग्रहास्पदत्वात्स्युरितरे पापराशयः

goyugmakarkakanyāṃtyatulācāpadharāḥ śubhāḥ | śubhagrahāspadatvātsyuritare pāparāśayaḥ

Vṛṣa (go), Mithuna (yugma), Karka, Kanyā, Mīna (antya), Tulā and Dhanus (cāpadhara, the bow-bearer) are the auspicious signs, because they are the seats of benefic planets. The remaining signs are malefic ones.

क्षीणेंद्वर्कार्किभूपुत्राः पापाः स्युः संयुतो बुधः ॥ पूर्णचंद्रबुधाचार्यशुक्रास्तेस्युः शुभग्रहाः

kṣīṇeṃdvarkārkibhūputrāḥ pāpāḥ syuḥ saṃyuto budhaḥ || pūrṇacaṃdrabudhācāryaśukrāstesyuḥ śubhagrahāḥ

The waning Moon, the Sun, Saturn (arki) and Mars (bhūputra) are malefics, and Mercury is a malefic when he is joined with them. The full Moon, Mercury, Jupiter (ācārya) and Venus are the benefic planets.

सौम्योग्रं तेषां राशीनां प्रकृत्येव फलं भवेत् ॥ योगेन सौम्यपापैश्च खचरैर्वीक्षितेन वा

saumyograṃ teṣāṃ rāśīnāṃ prakṛtyeva phalaṃ bhavet || yogena saumyapāpaiśca khacarairvīkṣitena vā

The gentle or harsh result of those signs arises from their own nature; it arises also through conjunction with benefic or malefic planets, or through being aspected by them.

सौम्याश्रितत्वात्क्रूरो वा स राशिः शोभनः स्मृतः ॥ सौम्योपि राशिः क्रूरः स्यात्क्रूरग्रहयुतो यदि

saumyāśritatvātkrūro vā sa rāśiḥ śobhanaḥ smṛtaḥ || saumyopi rāśiḥ krūraḥ syātkrūragrahayuto yadi

Even a cruel sign is reckoned good because a benefic rests in it; and even a benefic sign becomes cruel if a malefic planet is joined to it.

ग्रहयोगावलोकाभ्यां शशी धत्ते ग्रहोद्भवम् । फलं ताभ्यां विहीनोसौ स्वं भावमुपसर्पति

grahayogāvalokābhyāṃ śaśī dhatte grahodbhavam | phalaṃ tābhyāṃ vihīnosau svaṃ bhāvamupasarpati

By conjunction with planets and by their aspect the Moon takes on the result that arises from those planets; deprived of both, he falls back upon his own natural disposition.

आदौ संपूर्णफलदं मध्ये मध्यफलप्रदम् । अन्ते तुच्छफलं लग्नं सर्वस्मिन्नेवमेव हि

ādau saṃpūrṇaphaladaṃ madhye madhyaphalapradam | ante tucchaphalaṃ lagnaṃ sarvasminnevameva hi

At its beginning a lagna gives its result in full, in its middle a middling result, and at its end a poor one; this holds of every lagna alike.

सर्वत्र प्रथमं लग्नं कर्तुश्चंद्रबलं ततः ।। कन्यान्य इंदौ बलिनि संत्यन्ये बलिनो ग्रहाः

sarvatra prathamaṃ lagnaṃ kartuścaṃdrabalaṃ tataḥ || kanyānya iṃdau balini saṃtyanye balino grahāḥ

In every case the lagna is looked to first, and after it the strength of the Moon for the person who is to act; when the Moon is strong the other planets too stand strong.

चंद्रस्य बलमाधारआधेयं चान्यखेटजम् ॥ आधारभूतेनाधेयं दीयते परिनिष्ठितम्

caṃdrasya balamādhāraādheyaṃ cānyakheṭajam || ādhārabhūtenādheyaṃ dīyate pariniṣṭhitam

The strength of the Moon is the vessel that holds; what is derived from the other planets is what is held in it. It is by that which serves as the vessel that the thing held is delivered fully and complete.

स चेंदुः शुभदः सर्वग्रहाः शुभफलप्रदाः ॥ अशुभश्चेदशुभदः वर्जयित्वा दिनाधिपम्

sa ceṃduḥ śubhadaḥ sarvagrahāḥ śubhaphalapradāḥ || aśubhaścedaśubhadaḥ varjayitvā dinādhipam

If that Moon gives good, then all the planets give good results; if he is inauspicious he gives ill — with the lord of the day (the Sun) left out of this rule.

लग्ने ह्यभ्युदयो येषां तेष्वंशेषु स्थिता ग्रहाः॥ लग्नोद्भवं फलं धत्ते चैवमेवं प्रकल्पयेत्

lagne hyabhyudayo yeṣāṃ teṣvaṃśeṣu sthitā grahāḥ|| lagnodbhavaṃ phalaṃ dhatte caivamevaṃ prakalpayet

Planets standing in those degrees in which the lagna rises take on the result that the lagna produces; the reckoning is to be made in just this manner.

लग्नं सर्वगुणोपेतं लभ्यते यदि तेन हि ॥ दोषालपत्वं गुणाधिक्यं बहुसंततमिष्यते

lagnaṃ sarvaguṇopetaṃ labhyate yadi tena hi || doṣālapatvaṃ guṇādhikyaṃ bahusaṃtatamiṣyate

If a lagna endowed with every good quality is obtained, then by that very means fewness of defects, abundance of merits, and a prosperity long sustained are secured.

दोषदुष्टोहि कालः स परिहार्यः पितामह ॥ अथ शक्त्या गुणाधिक्यं दोषाल्पत्वं ततो हितम्

doṣaduṣṭohi kālaḥ sa parihāryaḥ pitāmaha || atha śaktyā guṇādhikyaṃ doṣālpatvaṃ tato hitam

O Pitāmaha, a time vitiated by defects is to be shunned. But where a faultless time cannot be had, then so far as one is able an abundance of merits with a minimum of defects is what serves.

अमारिक्ताष्टमीषष्ठीद्वादशीप्रतिपत्स्वपि । परिघस्य तु पूर्वार्धे व्यतीपाते च वैधृतौ

amāriktāṣṭamīṣaṣṭhīdvādaśīpratipatsvapi | parighasya tu pūrvārdhe vyatīpāte ca vaidhṛtau

On the new moon, on the riktā tithis ⟨the 4th, 9th and 14th lunar days⟩, on the 8th, the 6th, the 12th and the 1st; and in the first half of the yoga Parigha, and in Vyatīpāta, and in Vaidhṛti —

संध्यासूपप्लवे विष्ट्यामशुभं प्रथमार्तवम् । रुग्णा पतिव्रता दुःखी पुत्रिणी भोगभागिनी । पतिप्रिया क्लेशयुक्ता सूर्यवारादिषु क्रमात्

saṃdhyāsūpaplave viṣṭyāmaśubhaṃ prathamārtavam | rugṇā pativratā duḥkhī putriṇī bhogabhāginī | patipriyā kleśayuktā sūryavārādiṣu kramāt

— at the sandhyās ⟨the twilights⟩, during an upaplava ⟨a portent such as a solar halo or an eclipse⟩, and in Viṣṭi ⟨the Bhadrā karaṇa⟩, a first menstruation is inauspicious. Taking the weekdays in order from Sunday, she is: sickly; devoted to her husband; unhappy; a bearer of sons; one who enjoys pleasures; dear to her husband; beset by trouble.

श्रीयुक्ता सुभगा पुत्रवती सौख्यान्विता स्थिरा । मानी कुलाधिका नारी चाश्विन्यां प्रथमार्तवा

śrīyuktā subhagā putravatī saukhyānvitā sthirā | mānī kulādhikā nārī cāśvinyāṃ prathamārtavā

A woman whose first menstruation falls in Aśvinī is prosperous, fortunate, a bearer of sons, comfortable, steady, self-respecting, and stands above her family.

दुःशीला स्वैरिणी वंध्या गर्भपातनतत्परा । परप्रेष्या काकवंध्या भरण्यां प्रथमार्तवा

duḥśīlā svairiṇī vaṃdhyā garbhapātanatatparā | parapreṣyā kākavaṃdhyā bharaṇyāṃ prathamārtavā

In Bharaṇī: of bad character, wilful, barren, given to causing abortion, a servant of others, and kākavandhyā ⟨one who bears only a single child⟩.

अन्यथा पुंश्चली वंध्या गर्भपातनतत्परा । वेश्या मृतप्रजा चापि वह्निभे प्रथमार्तवा

anyathā puṃścalī vaṃdhyā garbhapātanatatparā | veśyā mṛtaprajā cāpi vahnibhe prathamārtavā

Otherwise — unchaste, barren, given to causing abortion, a courtesan, and her children die — when the first menstruation is in Vahni's asterism ⟨Kṛttikā, whose deity is Agni⟩.

सुशीला सुप्रजा चान्या पतिभक्ता दृढव्रता । गृहार्चनरता नित्यं धातृभे प्रथमार्तवा

suśīlā suprajā cānyā patibhaktā dṛḍhavratā | gṛhārcanaratā nityaṃ dhātṛbhe prathamārtavā

And another — she whose first menstruation is in Dhātṛ's asterism ⟨Rohiṇī⟩ — is of good character, has good children, is devoted to her husband, firm in her observances, and always busy with worship in the house.

गुणान्विता धर्मरता नारी सर्वंसहा सती । पतिप्रिया सुपुत्रा या चंद्रभे प्रथमार्तवा

guṇānvitā dharmaratā nārī sarvaṃsahā satī | patipriyā suputrā yā caṃdrabhe prathamārtavā

In Candra's asterism ⟨Mṛgaśiras, whose deity is Soma⟩: a woman full of good qualities, devoted to dharma, enduring everything, chaste, dear to her husband, with good sons.

कुलटा दुर्भगा दुष्टा मृतपुत्रा खला जडा । दुष्टव्रतपरिभ्रष्टा रौद्रभे प्रथमार्तवा

kulaṭā durbhagā duṣṭā mṛtaputrā khalā jaḍā | duṣṭavrataparibhraṣṭā raudrabhe prathamārtavā

In Rudra's asterism ⟨Ārdrā⟩: unchaste, unlucky, wicked, her sons die, cruel, dull, of bad practice and fallen from her duty.

पतिभक्ता पुत्रवती परसंतानमोदिनी । कलाचारानुरक्ता या दितिभे प्रथमार्तवा

patibhaktā putravatī parasaṃtānamodinī | kalācārānuraktā yā ditibhe prathamārtavā

In Aditi's asterism ⟨Punarvasu⟩: devoted to her husband, a bearer of sons, delighting even in other people's children, and attached to the arts and to good conduct.

पतिप्रिया पुत्रवती मानभोगवती शुभा । सुकर्मनिरता दक्षा तिष्यर्क्षे प्रथमार्तवा

patipriyā putravatī mānabhogavatī śubhā | sukarmaniratā dakṣā tiṣyarkṣe prathamārtavā

In Tiṣya ⟨Puṣya⟩: dear to her husband, a bearer of sons, having honour and comforts, auspicious, busy with good works, and capable.

परभर्तृरता प्रेष्या कोपिनी निर्घृणालसा । मृषावादी च दुष्पुत्रा भौजंगे प्रथमार्तवा

parabhartṛratā preṣyā kopinī nirghṛṇālasā | mṛṣāvādī ca duṣputrā bhaujaṃge prathamārtavā

In the serpent's asterism ⟨Āśleṣā, whose deities are the Nāgas⟩: attached to another woman's husband, a servant, quick to anger, without pity, lazy, a teller of lies, and with bad sons.

निर्द्वेष्या रोगसंयुक्ता सर्वदाज्ञा च लोलुपा । पितृवेश्मरता मान्या पैतृभे प्रथमार्तवा

nirdveṣyā rogasaṃyuktā sarvadājñā ca lolupā | pitṛveśmaratā mānyā paitṛbhe prathamārtavā

In the Pitṛ asterism ⟨Maghā⟩: free of enmity, subject to disease, always ignorant, greedy, fond of her father's house, and honoured.

परकार्यरता दीना दुष्पुत्रा क्लेशभागिनी । मलिनी कर्कशा क्रुद्धा भाग्यभे प्रथमार्तवा

parakāryaratā dīnā duṣputrā kleśabhāginī | malinī karkaśā kruddhā bhāgyabhe prathamārtavā

In Bhaga's asterism ⟨Pūrva Phalgunī⟩: busy with other people's work, wretched, with bad sons, a sharer in trouble, unclean, harsh and angry.

प्रजावती धर्मरता निर्वैरा मित्रपूजिता । सती मित्रगृहे सक्तार्यमर्क्षे तु रजस्वला

prajāvatī dharmaratā nirvairā mitrapūjitā | satī mitragṛhe saktāryamarkṣe tu rajasvalā

But she who first menstruates in Aryaman's asterism ⟨Uttara Phalgunī⟩ has children, is devoted to dharma, free of enmity, honoured by friends, chaste, and attached to a friend's house.

निर्द्वेष्या भूरिविभवा पुत्राढ्या भोगभोगिनी । प्रधाना दानकुशला हस्तर्क्षे प्रथमार्तवा

nirdveṣyā bhūrivibhavā putrāḍhyā bhogabhoginī | pradhānā dānakuśalā hastarkṣe prathamārtavā

In Hasta: free of enmity, of great wealth, rich in sons, enjoying pleasures, foremost, and skilled in giving.

चित्रकर्मा भोगिनी च कुशला क्रयविक्रये । विकीर्णकामा सुश्लक्ष्णा त्वाष्ट्रभे प्रथमार्तवा

citrakarmā bhoginī ca kuśalā krayavikraye | vikīrṇakāmā suślakṣṇā tvāṣṭrabhe prathamārtavā

In Tvaṣṭṛ's asterism ⟨Citrā⟩: doing varied work, enjoying pleasures, skilled at buying and selling, of scattered desires, and very polished.

बहुवित्तवती न स्यात्कुशला शिल्पकर्मणि । पुत्रपौत्रवती साध्वी वायुभे प्रथमार्तवा

bahuvittavatī na syātkuśalā śilpakarmaṇi | putrapautravatī sādhvī vāyubhe prathamārtavā

In Vāyu's asterism ⟨Svāti⟩: she will not have much money; she is skilled at craft work, has sons and grandsons, and is virtuous.

नीचकर्मरता दुष्टा परसक्ता परप्रिया । विपुत्रा मलिना क्रुद्धा द्विदैवे प्रथमार्तवा

nīcakarmaratā duṣṭā parasaktā parapriyā | viputrā malinā kruddhā dvidaive prathamārtavā

In the two-deity asterism ⟨Viśākhā, whose deities are Indra and Agni⟩: busy with low work, wicked, attached to another man, fond of another, without sons, unclean and angry.

स्वामिपक्षार्चिता सौख्यगुणैः सम्यग्विभूषिता । सुपुत्रा शुभदा कांता मित्रर्क्षे प्रथमार्तवा

svāmipakṣārcitā saukhyaguṇaiḥ samyagvibhūṣitā | suputrā śubhadā kāṃtā mitrarkṣe prathamārtavā

In Mitra's asterism ⟨Anurādhā⟩: honoured by her husband's family, well adorned with comforts and good qualities, with good sons, giving good things, and beloved.

दुश्चारित्ररता क्लेशिन्यार्तवा पुंश्चली व्यसुः । दुःसंतानवती ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्रे प्रथमार्तवा

duścāritraratā kleśinyārtavā puṃścalī vyasuḥ | duḥsaṃtānavatī jyeṣṭhā nakṣatre prathamārtavā

In the Jyeṣṭhā asterism: given to bad conduct, causing distress, ārtavā ⟨afflicted in her courses⟩, unchaste, without vigour, and with bad children.

संतानार्थगुणैरन्यैर्युक्तान्यक्लेशमोचिनी । स्वकर्मनिरता नित्यं मूलभे प्रथमार्त्तवा

saṃtānārthaguṇairanyairyuktānyakleśamocinī | svakarmaniratā nityaṃ mūlabhe prathamārttavā

In Mūla: endowed with children, wealth and other good qualities, one who frees other people from trouble, and always busy with her own work.

प्रच्छन्नपापा दुष्पुत्रा प्राणिहिंसनतत्परा । अजस्रव्यसनासक्ता तोयभे प्रथमार्तवा

pracchannapāpā duṣputrā prāṇihiṃsanatatparā | ajasravyasanāsaktā toyabhe prathamārtavā

In the water asterism ⟨Pūrvāṣāḍhā, whose deity is Āpaḥ⟩: sinning in secret, with bad sons, given to injuring living creatures, and ceaselessly attached to vice.

कार्याकार्येषु कुशला सदा धर्मानुवर्तिनी । गुणाश्रया भोगवती विश्वभे प्रथमार्तवा

kāryākāryeṣu kuśalā sadā dharmānuvartinī | guṇāśrayā bhogavatī viśvabhe prathamārtavā

In the Viśvedevas' asterism ⟨Uttarāṣāḍhā⟩: skilled in what should and should not be done, always following dharma, a seat of good qualities, and enjoying comforts.

धनधान्यवती भोगपुत्रपौत्रसमन्विता । कुलानुमोदिनी मान्या विष्णुभे प्रथमार्तवा

dhanadhānyavatī bhogaputrapautrasamanvitā | kulānumodinī mānyā viṣṇubhe prathamārtavā

In Viṣṇu's asterism ⟨Śravaṇa⟩: having wealth and grain, provided with comforts, sons and grandsons, gladdening her family, and honoured.

पुत्रपौत्रान्विता भोगधनधान्यवती सती । स्वकर्मनिरता मान्या वसुभे प्रथमार्तवा

putrapautrānvitā bhogadhanadhānyavatī satī | svakarmaniratā mānyā vasubhe prathamārtavā

In the Vasus' asterism ⟨Dhaniṣṭhā⟩: having sons and grandsons, comforts, wealth and grain, chaste, busy with her own work, and honoured.

बहुपुत्रा धनवती स्वकर्मनिरता सती । कुलानुमोदिनी मान्या वारुणे प्रथमार्तवा

bahuputrā dhanavatī svakarmaniratā satī | kulānumodinī mānyā vāruṇe prathamārtavā

In Varuṇa's asterism ⟨Śatabhiṣā⟩: with many sons, wealthy, busy with her own work, chaste, gladdening her family, and honoured.

बंधकी बंधुविद्वेष्या नित्यं दुष्टरता खला । शिल्पकार्येषु कुशलाऽजांघ्रिभे प्रथमार्तवा

baṃdhakī baṃdhuvidveṣyā nityaṃ duṣṭaratā khalā | śilpakāryeṣu kuśalā'jāṃghribhe prathamārtavā

In the goat-foot asterism ⟨Pūrva Bhādrapadā, whose deity is Aja Ekapād⟩: unchaste, hated by her kin, always attached to wicked people, cruel — but skilled at craft work.

आढ्या पुत्रवती मान्या सुप्रसन्ना पतिप्रिया । बंधुपूज्या धर्मवत्यहिर्बुध्न्ये प्रथमार्तवा

āḍhyā putravatī mānyā suprasannā patipriyā | baṃdhupūjyā dharmavatyahirbudhnye prathamārtavā

In Ahirbudhnya's asterism ⟨Uttara Bhādrapadā⟩: wealthy, a bearer of sons, honoured, very cheerful, dear to her husband, revered by her kin, and dutiful.

दृढव्रता धर्मवती पुत्रसौख्यार्थसंयुता । विशाखागुणसंपन्ना पौष्णभे प्रथमार्तवा

dṛḍhavratā dharmavatī putrasaukhyārthasaṃyutā | viśākhāguṇasaṃpannā pauṣṇabhe prathamārtavā

In Pūṣan's asterism ⟨Revatī⟩: firm in her observances, dutiful, endowed with sons, comfort and wealth, and possessed of the qualities stated for Viśākhā.

कुलीरवृषचापांत्यनृयुक्कन्यातुलाधराः । राशयः शुभदा ज्ञेया नारीणां प्रथमार्तवे

kulīravṛṣacāpāṃtyanṛyukkanyātulādharāḥ | rāśayaḥ śubhadā jñeyā nārīṇāṃ prathamārtave

Kulīra ⟨Cancer⟩, Vṛṣa ⟨Taurus⟩, Cāpa ⟨Sagittarius⟩, Antya ⟨Pisces, the last sign⟩, Nṛyuj ⟨Gemini, the human pair⟩, Kanyā ⟨Virgo⟩ and Tulādhara ⟨Libra⟩ — these signs are to be known as giving good results for a woman's first menstruation.

तिथ्यर्क्षवारानिंद्याश्चेत्सेककर्म न कारयेत् । दोषाधिक्ये गुणाल्पत्वे तथापि न च कारयेत्

tithyarkṣavārāniṃdyāścetsekakarma na kārayet | doṣādhikye guṇālpatve tathāpi na ca kārayet

If the tithi, the asterism and the weekday are blameworthy, one should not have the seka rite ⟨the ceremonial sprinkling or bathing that follows the first menstruation⟩ performed. And when the faults are many and the merits few, likewise it should not be performed.

दोषाल्पत्वे गुणाधिक्ये सेककर्म समापयेत् । निंद्यर्क्षे तिथिवारेषु यत्र पुष्पं प्रदृश्यते

doṣālpatve guṇādhikye sekakarma samāpayet | niṃdyarkṣe tithivāreṣu yatra puṣpaṃ pradṛśyate

When the faults are few and the merits many, one should carry the seka rite through. Where the puṣpa ⟨the 'flower', the menstrual flow⟩ appears in a blameworthy asterism, tithi or weekday —

तत्र शांतिः प्रकर्तव्या घृतदूर्वातिलाक्षतैः । प्रत्येकमष्टशतं च गायत्र्या जुहुयात्ततः

tatra śāṃtiḥ prakartavyā ghṛtadūrvātilākṣataiḥ | pratyekamaṣṭaśataṃ ca gāyatryā juhuyāttataḥ

— there a śānti ⟨a rite to quiet the fault⟩ must be performed with ghee, dūrvā grass, sesame and unbroken rice; and one should then offer one hundred and eight oblations of each with the Gāyatrī.

स्वर्णगोभूतिलान्दद्यात्सर्वदोषापनुत्तये । भर्ता तस्यापि गमनं वर्जयेद्रक्तदर्शनात्

svarṇagobhūtilāndadyātsarvadoṣāpanuttaye | bhartā tasyāpi gamanaṃ varjayedraktadarśanāt

He should give gold, a cow, land and sesame to drive away every fault. And her husband too should avoid going to her from the time the blood is seen.

रजोदर्शनतोऽस्पृष्टा नार्यो दिनचतुष्टयम् । ततः शुद्धक्रियाश्चैताः सर्ववर्णेष्वयं विधिः

rajodarśanato'spṛṣṭā nāryo dinacatuṣṭayam | tataḥ śuddhakriyāścaitāḥ sarvavarṇeṣvayaṃ vidhiḥ

From the appearance of the menses women are not to be touched for four days. After that they are fit for the purifying rite. This rule holds among all the varṇas ⟨social classes⟩.

ओजराश्यंशगे चंद्रे लग्ने पुंग्रहवीक्षिते । उपवीती युग्मतिथौ सुस्नातां कामयेत्स्त्रियम्

ojarāśyaṃśage caṃdre lagne puṃgrahavīkṣite | upavītī yugmatithau susnātāṃ kāmayetstriyam

When the Moon stands in the aṃśa ⟨navāṃśa, the one-ninth division⟩ of an odd sign and the lagna ⟨ascendant⟩ is aspected by a male planet, on an even tithi a man wearing his sacred thread should approach his well-bathed wife.

पुत्रार्थी पुरुषं त्यक्त्वा पौष्णमूलाहिपैतृभम् । युग्मभेषु शशांके च लग्नेऽस्त्रीग्रहवीक्षिते

putrārthī puruṣaṃ tyaktvā pauṣṇamūlāhipaitṛbham | yugmabheṣu śaśāṃke ca lagne'strīgrahavīkṣite

One who wants a son should avoid the man when the Moon is in Pauṣṇa ⟨Revatī⟩, Mūla, Ahi ⟨Āśleṣā⟩ or the Pitṛ asterism ⟨Maghā⟩, and when the Moon is in even asterisms, and when the lagna is not aspected by a female planet.

अयुग्मे दिवसे भार्यां कन्यार्थी कामयेत्पतिः । निर्बीजानामिमे योगाः सर्वदा निष्फलप्रदाः

ayugme divase bhāryāṃ kanyārthī kāmayetpatiḥ | nirbījānāmime yogāḥ sarvadā niṣphalapradāḥ

A husband who wants a daughter should approach his wife on an odd day. For men without seed these combinations always give no fruit.

पुंग्रहाः सूर्यभौमार्याः स्त्रीग्रहौ शशिभार्गवौ । नपुंसकौ सौम्यसौरी शिरोमात्रं विधुंतुदः

puṃgrahāḥ sūryabhaumāryāḥ strīgrahau śaśibhārgavau | napuṃsakau saumyasaurī śiromātraṃ vidhuṃtudaḥ

The male planets are the Sun, Bhauma ⟨Mars⟩ and Ārya ⟨Jupiter⟩. The two female planets are Śaśin ⟨the Moon⟩ and Bhārgava ⟨Venus⟩. Saumya ⟨Mercury⟩ and Sauri ⟨Saturn⟩ are the two neuters. Vidhuntuda ⟨Rāhu⟩ is a head only.

प्रसिद्धविषमे गर्भे तृतीये वाथ मासि च । कुर्यात्पुंसवनं कर्म सीमंतं च यथा तथा

prasiddhaviṣame garbhe tṛtīye vātha māsi ca | kuryātpuṃsavanaṃ karma sīmaṃtaṃ ca yathā tathā

The puṃsavana rite should be performed in a recognised odd month of pregnancy, or else in the third month; and the sīmantonnayana likewise, at its own proper time.

चतुर्थे मासि षष्ठे वाप्यष्टमे वा तदीश्वरे । बलसंपन्नदंपत्योश्चंद्रताराबलान्विते

caturthe māsi ṣaṣṭhe vāpyaṣṭame vā tadīśvare | balasaṃpannadaṃpatyoścaṃdratārābalānvite

(The sīmantonnayana rite is performed) in the fourth month (of pregnancy), or in the sixth, or in the eighth, with the lord of that month strong; and when both husband and wife are possessed of strength, being endowed with the strength of the Moon and of the tārā (the birth-nakṣatra reckoning).

अरिक्तापर्वदिवसे कुजजीवार्कवासरे ॥ तीक्ष्णमिश्रोग्रवर्जेषु पुंसंज्ञभांशके शशी

ariktāparvadivase kujajīvārkavāsare || tīkṣṇamiśrogravarjeṣu puṃsaṃjñabhāṃśake śaśī

(Choose) a day that is neither a riktā tithi (the 4th, 9th and 14th) nor a parva day (the new-moon, full-moon and saṃkrānti days); on a Tuesday (Mars), Thursday (Jupiter) or Sunday (Sun); in nakṣatras excluding the tīkṣṇa (sharp), miśra (mixed) and ugra (fierce) classes; and with the Moon in a masculine (puṃ-saṃjña) sign and navāṃśa.

शुद्धेऽष्टमे जन्मलग्नात्तयोर्लग्नेन नैधने ॥ शुभग्रहयुते दृष्टे पापखेटयुतेक्षिते

śuddhe'ṣṭame janmalagnāttayorlagnena naidhane || śubhagrahayute dṛṣṭe pāpakheṭayutekṣite

(Choose a time) when the eighth house counted from the birth-lagna of the two (husband and wife) is clean (untenanted by malefics), and likewise the eighth from the muhūrta-lagna; when (the lagna) is joined and aspected by benefic planets — and not joined or aspected by malefic planets.

मासेष्टके चतुर्भिर्वा दृष्टके बीजपूरकैः । स्त्रीणां तु प्रथमे गर्भे सीमंतोन्नयनं शुभम्

māseṣṭake caturbhirvā dṛṣṭake bījapūrakaiḥ | strīṇāṃ tu prathame garbhe sīmaṃtonnayanaṃ śubham

(It may also be done) in the eighth month, or (the lagna being) aspected by four (benefics) that are strengtheners of the seed (bīja-pūraka). For women it is in the first pregnancy that the sīmantonnayana is auspicious.

शुभग्रहेषु धीधर्मकेंद्रेष्वरिभवे त्रिषु । पापेषु सत्सु चंद्रेंत्यनिधनाद्यारिवर्जिते

śubhagraheṣu dhīdharmakeṃdreṣvaribhave triṣu | pāpeṣu satsu caṃdreṃtyanidhanādyārivarjite

(The configuration is auspicious) when benefic planets stand in the 5th (dhī), the 9th (dharma) and the kendras (1st, 4th, 7th, 10th), while malefics stand in the 6th (ari), the 3rd and (the 11th) — the upacaya houses; and when the Moon avoids the 12th (antya), the 8th (nidhana), the 1st (ādya) and the 6th (ari).

क्रूरग्रहाणामेकोपि लग्नादंत्यात्मजाष्टगाः । सीमंतिनीनां सद्गर्भं बली हंति न संशयः

krūragrahāṇāmekopi lagnādaṃtyātmajāṣṭagāḥ | sīmaṃtinīnāṃ sadgarbhaṃ balī haṃti na saṃśayaḥ

Even a single one of the cruel (malefic) planets, if it is strong and stands in the 12th (antya), the 5th (ātmaja) or the 8th from the lagna, destroys the healthy pregnancy of women — of this there is no doubt.

तस्मिञ्जन्ममुहूर्तेपि सूतकांतेपि वा शिशोः ॥ जातकर्म प्रकर्तव्यं पितृपूजनपूर्वकम्

tasmiñjanmamuhūrtepi sūtakāṃtepi vā śiśoḥ || jātakarma prakartavyaṃ pitṛpūjanapūrvakam

At that very muhūrta of birth, or else at the end of the sūtaka (the period of birth-impurity), the jātakarma rite of the child should be performed, preceded by the worship of the pitṛs (ancestors).

सूतकांते नामकर्म विधेयं स्वकुलोचितम् ॥ नामपूर्वं प्रशस्तं स्यान्मंगलैश्च शुभाक्षरैः

sūtakāṃte nāmakarma vidheyaṃ svakulocitam || nāmapūrvaṃ praśastaṃ syānmaṃgalaiśca śubhākṣaraiḥ

When the period of birth-impurity (sūtaka) has ended, the naming rite (nāma-karma) should be performed in the manner proper to one's own family. The name is commended when it is formed with auspicious words and beneficent syllables.

देशकालोपयाताद्यैः कालातिक्रमणं यदि॥ अनस्तगे भृगावीज्ये तत्कार्यं चोत्तरायणे

deśakālopayātādyaiḥ kālātikramaṇaṃ yadi|| anastage bhṛgāvījye tatkāryaṃ cottarāyaṇe

If on account of place, time, a journey undertaken, or the like, the prescribed time is overrun, then the rite should be performed when Venus (bhṛgu) and Jupiter (ījya) are not combust, and during the uttarāyaṇa (the Sun's northward course).

चरस्थिरमृदुक्षिप्रनक्षत्रे शुभवासरे ॥ चंद्रताराबलोपेते दिवसे च शिशोः पिता

carasthiramṛdukṣipranakṣatre śubhavāsare || caṃdratārābalopete divase ca śiśoḥ pitā

It should be done in a movable (cara), fixed (sthira), soft (mṛdu) or swift (kṣipra) nakṣatra, on an auspicious weekday, and on a day possessed of the strength of the Moon and of the star (candra-bala and tārā-bala); and the child's father [is the one to perform it].

शुभलग्ने शुभांशे च नैधने शुद्धिसंयुते ॥ लग्नेंत्यनैधने सौम्ये संयुते वा निरीक्षिते

śubhalagne śubhāṃśe ca naidhane śuddhisaṃyute || lagneṃtyanaidhane saumye saṃyute vā nirīkṣite

[Let it be done] in an auspicious lagna and an auspicious aṃśa (navāṃśa), with the 8th house (naidhana) clean and unafflicted, and when the lagna, the 12th (antya) and the 8th (naidhana) are joined with or aspected by a benefic (saumya).

षष्ठमास्यष्टमे वापि पुंसां स्त्रीणां तु पंचमे । सप्तमे मासि वा कार्यं नवान्नप्राशनं शुभम्

ṣaṣṭhamāsyaṣṭame vāpi puṃsāṃ strīṇāṃ tu paṃcame | saptame māsi vā kāryaṃ navānnaprāśanaṃ śubham

The first feeding of new grain (annaprāśana) should be performed for boys in the sixth month or the eighth, and for girls in the fifth or the seventh month; so done it is auspicious.

रिक्तां दिनक्षयं नंदां द्वादशीमष्टमीममाम् । त्यक्त्वान्यतिथयः श्रेष्ठाः प्राशने शुभवासरे

riktāṃ dinakṣayaṃ naṃdāṃ dvādaśīmaṣṭamīmamām | tyaktvānyatithayaḥ śreṣṭhāḥ prāśane śubhavāsare

Leaving aside the riktā tithis, the dinakṣaya (the lost tithi), the nandā tithis, the twelfth, the eighth and the new moon, the remaining tithis are best for the annaprāśana, on an auspicious weekday.

चरस्थिरमृदुक्षिप्रनक्षत्रे शुभनैधने ॥ दशमे शुद्धिसंयुक्ते शुभलग्ने शुभांशके

carasthiramṛdukṣipranakṣatre śubhanaidhane || daśame śuddhisaṃyukte śubhalagne śubhāṃśake

It should be done in a movable (cara), fixed (sthira), soft (mṛdu) or swift (kṣipra) nakṣatra, with the eighth house auspicious and the tenth free from blemish, in an auspicious ascendant and an auspicious navāṃśa;

पूर्वाह्णे सौम्यखेटेन संयुक्ते वीक्षितेपि वा । त्रिषष्ठलाभगैः क्रूरैः केंद्रधीधर्मगैः शुभैः

pūrvāhṇe saumyakheṭena saṃyukte vīkṣitepi vā | triṣaṣṭhalābhagaiḥ krūraiḥ keṃdradhīdharmagaiḥ śubhaiḥ

in the forenoon, with a benefic planet joined to or aspecting (the ascendant); with the malefics placed in the 3rd, 6th and 11th and the benefics in the kendras, the 5th (dhī) and the 9th (dharma);

व्ययारिनिधनस्थेन चंद्रेण प्राशनं शुभम् । अन्नप्राशनलग्नस्थे क्षीणेंदौ वास्तनीचगे

vyayārinidhanasthena caṃdreṇa prāśanaṃ śubham | annaprāśanalagnasthe kṣīṇeṃdau vāstanīcage

and with the Moon free of the 12th, 6th and 8th houses — so performed the feeding is auspicious. If at the annaprāśana ascendant the Moon is waning, or combust (asta), or in debilitation,

नित्यं भोक्तुश्च दारिद्र्यं रिष्फषष्ठाष्टगोपि वा

nityaṃ bhoktuśca dāridryaṃ riṣphaṣaṣṭhāṣṭagopi vā

or likewise placed in the 12th (riṣpha), 6th or 8th house, then there is unremitting poverty for the child who is fed.

तृतीये पंचमाब्दे वा स्वकुलाचारतोपि वा । बालानां जन्मतः कार्यं चौलमावत्सरत्रयात्

tṛtīye paṃcamābde vā svakulācāratopi vā | bālānāṃ janmataḥ kāryaṃ caulamāvatsaratrayāt

In the third year, or the fifth, or else by the custom of one's own family: the cauḷa ⟨a boy's first tonsure⟩ is to be performed for boys, reckoned from birth, within three years.

सौम्यायनेनास्तगयोरसुरासुरमंत्रिणोः । अपर्वरिक्ततिथिषु शुक्रे ज्ञे ज्येंदुवासरे

saumyāyanenāstagayorasurāsuramaṃtriṇoḥ | aparvariktatithiṣu śukre jñe jyeṃduvāsare

When the sun is in the saumya ayana ⟨its northward course, the uttarāyaṇa⟩ and the preceptors of the asuras and of the gods ⟨Venus and Jupiter⟩ are not set; on tithis ⟨lunar days⟩ that are neither parvan ⟨the joints of the month⟩ nor riktā ⟨the 4th, 9th and 14th⟩; on the weekday of Venus, Mercury, Jupiter or the Moon.

दस्रादितीज्यचंद्रेंद्रपूषाभानि शुभान्यतः । चौलकर्माणि हस्तर्क्षात्रीणित्रीणि च विष्णुभात्

dasrāditījyacaṃdreṃdrapūṣābhāni śubhānyataḥ | caulakarmāṇi hastarkṣātrīṇitrīṇi ca viṣṇubhāt

The asterisms of the Dasras ⟨Aśvinī⟩, Aditi ⟨Punarvasu⟩, Ijya ⟨Puṣya⟩, Candra ⟨Mṛgaśirā⟩, Indra ⟨Jyeṣṭhā⟩ and Pūṣan ⟨Revatī⟩ are therefore auspicious; and for tonsure rites, three asterisms counted from Hasta, and three from Viṣṇu's asterism ⟨Śravaṇa⟩.

पट्टबंधनचौलान्नप्राशने चोपनायने । शुभदं जन्मनक्षत्रमशुभं त्वन्यकर्माणि

paṭṭabaṃdhanacaulānnaprāśane copanāyane | śubhadaṃ janmanakṣatramaśubhaṃ tvanyakarmāṇi

In the paṭṭabandhana ⟨the tying on of the turban of office⟩, the tonsure, the annaprāśana ⟨a child's first feeding of solid food⟩ and the upanayana ⟨investiture with the sacred thread⟩, the birth asterism gives good results; but in other rites it is inauspicious.

अष्टमे शुद्धिसंयुक्ते शुभलग्ने शुभांशके । न नैधने भे शीतांशौ षष्ठेन्त्ये तु विवर्जयेत्

aṣṭame śuddhisaṃyukte śubhalagne śubhāṃśake | na naidhane bhe śītāṃśau ṣaṣṭhentye tu vivarjayet

When the eighth is clear, in a good lagna ⟨rising sign⟩ and a good aṃśa ⟨navāṃśa, the ninth division of a sign⟩; the cool-rayed one ⟨the Moon⟩ must not stand in the naidhana ⟨eighth⟩ sign, and in the sixth and the antya ⟨twelfth⟩ it is to be avoided too.

धनत्रिकोणकेंद्रस्थैः शुभैस्त्र्यायारिगैः परैः । अभ्यक्ते संध्ययोर्नांते निशि भोक्तुर्न चाहवे

dhanatrikoṇakeṃdrasthaiḥ śubhaistryāyārigaiḥ paraiḥ | abhyakte saṃdhyayornāṃte niśi bhokturna cāhave

With benefics standing in the dhana ⟨2nd⟩, the trikoṇas ⟨5th and 9th⟩ and the kendras ⟨1st, 4th, 7th, 10th⟩, and the others ⟨the malefics⟩ in the 3rd, the āya ⟨11th⟩ and the ari ⟨6th⟩; and with the head anointed. Not at the two twilights, not at the end of the eater's meal, not at night, and not in battle.

नोत्कटे भूषिते नैव न याने नवमेह्नि च । क्षौरकर्म महीशानां पंचमेपंचमेहनि

notkaṭe bhūṣite naiva na yāne navamehni ca | kṣaurakarma mahīśānāṃ paṃcamepaṃcamehani

Not when he is utkaṭa ⟨worked up, out of temper⟩, nor when he is adorned, nor while riding in a vehicle, nor on the ninth day. Tonsure of the lords of the earth ⟨kings⟩ [is done] on every fifth day.

कर्त्तव्यं क्षौरनक्षत्रे ह्यथवास्योदयेऽष्टदम् । नृपविप्राज्ञया यज्ञे मरणे बंदिमोक्षणे । उद्वाहेखिलवारर्क्षतिथिषु क्षौरमिष्टदम्

karttavyaṃ kṣauranakṣatre hyathavāsyodaye'ṣṭadam | nṛpaviprājñayā yajñe maraṇe baṃdimokṣaṇe | udvāhekhilavārarkṣatithiṣu kṣauramiṣṭadam

It is to be done in an asterism fit for tonsure; or else at its rising, which gives what is wished. By the command of a king or a brahmin, at a sacrifice, at a death, at the freeing of a prisoner, and at a wedding — on any weekday, asterism or tithi at all — tonsure gives what is wished.

कर्त्तव्यं मंगलेष्वादौ मंगलेष्वंकुरार्पणम् । नवमे सप्तमे मासि पंचमे दिवसेपि वा

karttavyaṃ maṃgaleṣvādau maṃgaleṣvaṃkurārpaṇam | navame saptame māsi paṃcame divasepi vā

At auspicious rites the aṅkurārpaṇa ⟨the offering of sprouted grain⟩ should be made first among the auspicious acts: in the ninth month, in the seventh month, or else on the fifth day.

तृतीये बीजनक्षत्रे शुभवारे शुभोदये । सम्यग्गृहाण्यलंकृत्य वितानध्वजतोरणैः

tṛtīye bījanakṣatre śubhavāre śubhodaye | samyaggṛhāṇyalaṃkṛtya vitānadhvajatoraṇaiḥ

[Or] in the third [month], in the bīja asterism ⟨the asterism of the sowing⟩, on a good weekday and at a good rising ⟨lagna⟩; having well adorned the houses with awnings, banners and archways —

आशिषो वाचनं कार्यं पुण्यं पण्यांगनादिभिः । महावादित्रनृत्याद्यैर्गता प्रागुत्तरां दिशम्

āśiṣo vācanaṃ kāryaṃ puṇyaṃ paṇyāṃganādibhiḥ | mahāvāditranṛtyādyairgatā prāguttarāṃ diśam

The blessings should be pronounced by paṇyāṅganās ⟨courtesans⟩ and others, and that is meritorious; then, with great music, dancing and the rest, having gone to the north-east quarter —

तत्र मृत्सिकतां श्लक्ष्णां गृहीत्वा पुनरागतः । मृन्मयेष्वथवा वैणवेषु पात्रेषु पूरयेत् । अनेकबीजसंयुक्तं तोयं पुष्पोपशोभितम्

tatra mṛtsikatāṃ ślakṣṇāṃ gṛhītvā punarāgataḥ | mṛnmayeṣvathavā vaiṇaveṣu pātreṣu pūrayet | anekabījasaṃyuktaṃ toyaṃ puṣpopaśobhitam

— having taken there fine earth and sand and come back again, he should fill it into earthen or bamboo vessels, together with many kinds of seed, and water made beautiful with flowers.

आधानादष्टमे वर्षे जन्मतो वाग्रजन्मनाम् । राज्ञामेकादशे मौंजीबंधनं द्वादशे विशाम्

ādhānādaṣṭame varṣe janmato vāgrajanmanām | rājñāmekādaśe mauṃjībaṃdhanaṃ dvādaśe viśām

For the twice-born of the first class ⟨agrajanman, the brāhmaṇa⟩ the rite falls in the eighth year from conception, or from birth. For kings ⟨kṣatriyas⟩ the girding with the muñja-cord falls in the eleventh year, for the vaiśyas in the twelfth.

आजनेः पंचमे वर्षे वेदशास्त्रविशारदः । उपनीतो यतः श्रीमान् कार्यं तत्रोपनायनम्

ājaneḥ paṃcame varṣe vedaśāstraviśāradaḥ | upanīto yataḥ śrīmān kāryaṃ tatropanāyanam

One initiated in the fifth year from birth becomes learned in the Veda and the śāstras, and prosperous. So the upanayana may be performed then.

बालस्य बलहीनोपि शांत्या जीवो बलप्रदः । यथोक्तवत्सरे कार्यमनुक्तेनोपनायनम्

bālasya balahīnopi śāṃtyā jīvo balapradaḥ | yathoktavatsare kāryamanuktenopanāyanam

Even a Jupiter that is weak for the boy becomes a giver of strength through a propitiation ⟨śānti⟩. The upanayana is to be done in the year prescribed; in a year not prescribed it is not to be done.

दृश्यमाने गुरौ शुक्रे दिनेशे चोत्तरायणे । वेदानामधिपा जीवशुक्रभौमबुधाः क्रमात्

dṛśyamāne gurau śukre dineśe cottarāyaṇe | vedānāmadhipā jīvaśukrabhaumabudhāḥ kramāt

[Perform it] while Jupiter and Venus are visible ⟨not combust⟩ and the lord of day ⟨the Sun⟩ is in the northern course. The lords of the Vedas are, in order, Jupiter, Venus, Mars and Mercury.

शरद्ग्रीष्मवसंतेषु व्युत्क्रमाच्च द्विजन्मनाम् । मुख्यं साधारणं तेषां तपोमासादि पंचसु

śaradgrīṣmavasaṃteṣu vyutkramācca dvijanmanām | mukhyaṃ sādhāraṇaṃ teṣāṃ tapomāsādi paṃcasu

For the twice-born the seasons are autumn, summer and spring, taken in reverse order. That is the primary rule. The general rule for them lies in the five months beginning with Tapas ⟨Māgha⟩.

स्वकुलाचारधर्मज्ञो माघमासे तु फाल्गुने । विधिज्ञो ह्यर्थवांश्चैत्रे वेदवेदांगपारगः

svakulācāradharmajño māghamāse tu phālgune | vidhijño hyarthavāṃścaitre vedavedāṃgapāragaḥ

[Initiated] in the month of Māgha he knows the custom and duty of his own family; in Phālguna he knows the rites and is wealthy; in Caitra he is a master of the Vedas and the Vedāṅgas.

वैशाखे धनवान्वेदशास्त्रविद्याविशारदः । उपनीतो बलाढ्यश्च ज्येष्ठे विधिविदांवरः

vaiśākhe dhanavānvedaśāstravidyāviśāradaḥ | upanīto balāḍhyaśca jyeṣṭhe vidhividāṃvaraḥ

In Vaiśākha he is wealthy and skilled in the Veda, the śāstras and learning. Initiated in Jyeṣṭha he is rich in strength and the best of those who know the rites.

शुक्लपक्षे द्वितीया च तृतीया पंचमी तथा । त्रयोदशी च दशमी सप्तमी व्रतबंधने

śuklapakṣe dvitīyā ca tṛtīyā paṃcamī tathā | trayodaśī ca daśamī saptamī vratabaṃdhane

In the bright fortnight the second, the third and the fifth tithis, and the thirteenth, the tenth and the seventh, [are fit] for the binding of the vow.

श्रेष्ठा त्वेकादशी षष्ठी द्वादश्येतास्तु मध्यमाः । एका चतुर्थी संत्याज्या कृष्णपक्षे च मध्यमा

śreṣṭhā tvekādaśī ṣaṣṭhī dvādaśyetāstu madhyamāḥ | ekā caturthī saṃtyājyā kṛṣṇapakṣe ca madhyamā

The eleventh is best; the sixth and the twelfth — these are middling. In the dark fortnight the fourth alone is to be shunned, and [the rest] is middling.

आपंचम्यास्तु तिथयः पराः स्युरतिनिंदिताः । श्रेष्ठान्यर्कत्रयांत्येज्यरुद्रादित्युत्तराणि च

āpaṃcamyāstu tithayaḥ parāḥ syuratiniṃditāḥ | śreṣṭhānyarkatrayāṃtyejyarudrādityuttarāṇi ca

The tithis beyond the fifth are strongly censured. Best are the three beginning with the Sun's star ⟨Hasta and the two after it⟩, the last star ⟨Revatī⟩, Ijya's ⟨Puṣya⟩, Rudra's ⟨Ārdrā⟩, Aditi's ⟨Punarvasu⟩, and the three Uttarās.

विष्णुत्रयाश्वमित्राजयोनिभान्युपनायने । जन्मभाद्दशमं कर्म संघातर्क्षं च षोडशम्

viṣṇutrayāśvamitrājayonibhānyupanāyane | janmabhāddaśamaṃ karma saṃghātarkṣaṃ ca ṣoḍaśam

At the upanayana [are also fit] the stars whose source is Viṣṇu and the two after him ⟨Śravaṇa and the two following⟩, the Aśvins ⟨Aśvinī⟩, Mitra ⟨Anurādhā⟩ and Aja ⟨Pūrvabhādrapadā⟩. Counting from the birth star, the tenth is the karma star and the sixteenth the saṃghāta star.

अष्टादशं सामुदायं त्रयोविंशं विनाशनम् । मानसं पंचविंशर्क्षं नाचरेच्छुभमेव तु

aṣṭādaśaṃ sāmudāyaṃ trayoviṃśaṃ vināśanam | mānasaṃ paṃcaviṃśarkṣaṃ nācarecchubhameva tu

The eighteenth is the sāmudāya star, the twenty-third the vināśana, the twenty-fifth the mānasa. In these one should not perform even an auspicious act.

आचार्यसौम्यकाव्यानां वाराः शस्ताः शशीनयोः । वारौ तौ मध्यफलदावितरौ निंदितौ व्रते

ācāryasaumyakāvyānāṃ vārāḥ śastāḥ śaśīnayoḥ | vārau tau madhyaphaladāvitarau niṃditau vrate

The weekdays of the Preceptor ⟨Jupiter⟩, of Saumya ⟨Mercury⟩ and of Kāvya ⟨Venus⟩ are commended. Those two days of the Moon and the Sun give middling fruit; the other two are censured for the vow.

त्रिधा विभज्य दिवसं तत्रादौ कर्म दैविकम् । द्वितीये मानुषं कार्यं तृतीयांशे च पैतृकम्

tridhā vibhajya divasaṃ tatrādau karma daivikam | dvitīye mānuṣaṃ kāryaṃ tṛtīyāṃśe ca paitṛkam

Divide the day into three. In the first of these do the rite of the gods, in the second the rite of men, and in the third part the rite of the fathers.

स्वनीचगे तदंशे वा स्वारिभे वा तदंशके । गुरौ भृगौ च शाखेशे कुलशीलविवर्जितः

svanīcage tadaṃśe vā svāribhe vā tadaṃśake | gurau bhṛgau ca śākheśe kulaśīlavivarjitaḥ

If Jupiter, Venus ⟨bhṛgu⟩ and the lord of the branch ⟨śākheśa, the planet ruling the boy's own Vedic recension⟩ stand in their own fall-sign or in its navāṃśa, or in an enemy's sign or its navāṃśa, [the boy] is without family standing or good conduct.

स्वाधिशत्रुगृहस्थे वा तदंशस्थेथवा व्रती । शाखेशे वा गुरौ शुक्रे महाघातककृद्भवेत्

svādhiśatrugṛhasthe vā tadaṃśasthethavā vratī | śākheśe vā gurau śukre mahāghātakakṛdbhavet

Or if the lord of the branch, or Jupiter, or Venus stands in the house of a strong enemy, or in its navāṃśa, the initiate becomes a doer of great slaughter.

स्वोच्चसंस्थे तदंशे वा स्वराशौ राशिगे गणे । शाखेशे वा गुरौ शुक्रे केंद्रगे वा त्रिकोणगे

svoccasaṃsthe tadaṃśe vā svarāśau rāśige gaṇe | śākheśe vā gurau śukre keṃdrage vā trikoṇage

If the lord of the branch, or Jupiter, or Venus stands in its own exaltation or in that navāṃśa, or in its own sign, or stands in a kendra ⟨1st, 4th, 7th, 10th⟩ or a trikoṇa ⟨5th, 9th⟩ —

अतीव बलवांश्चैव वेदवेदांगपारगः । परमोच्चगते जीवे शाखेशे वाथवा सिते

atīva balavāṃścaiva vedavedāṃgapāragaḥ | paramoccagate jīve śākheśe vāthavā site

— [the boy] is exceedingly strong and a master of the Vedas and the Vedāṅgas. When Jupiter, or the lord of the branch, or Sita ⟨Venus⟩ has gone to its highest exaltation —

व्रती शिशुर्धनाढ्यश्च वेदशास्त्रविशारदः । मित्रराशिगते जीवे तदंशे वा स्वराशिगे

vratī śiśurdhanāḍhyaśca vedaśāstraviśāradaḥ | mitrarāśigate jīve tadaṃśe vā svarāśige

— the initiated boy is rich and learned in the Veda and the śāstras. When Jupiter has gone to a friend's sign, or to that navāṃśa, or to its own sign —

शुक्रे वाचार्यसंयुक्ते तदा तत्र व्रती शिशुः । स्वस्वामित्रगृहस्थे वा तस्योच्चस्थे तदंशके

śukre vācāryasaṃyukte tadā tatra vratī śiśuḥ | svasvāmitragṛhasthe vā tasyoccasthe tadaṃśake

— or when Venus is joined with the Preceptor ⟨Jupiter⟩, then the boy initiated at that time [prospers]. Or when they stand each in his own friend's house, or in that friend's exaltation, or in its navāṃśa —

गुरौ भृगौ वा शाखेशे विद्याधनसमन्वितः । शाखाधिपतिवारश्च शाखाधिपबलं शिशोः । शाखाधिपतिलग्नं च दुर्लभं त्रितयं व्रते

gurau bhṛgau vā śākheśe vidyādhanasamanvitaḥ | śākhādhipativāraśca śākhādhipabalaṃ śiśoḥ | śākhādhipatilagnaṃ ca durlabhaṃ tritayaṃ vrate

— then, with Jupiter, Venus or the lord of the branch so placed, [the boy] is endowed with learning and wealth. The weekday of the branch-lord, the strength of the branch-lord for the boy, and a lagna belonging to the branch-lord — these three together are hard to obtain at the vow.

तस्माच्छुभांशगे चंद्रे व्रती विद्याविशारदः । पापोऽष्टगे स्वांशगे वा दरिद्रो नित्यदुःखितः

tasmācchubhāṃśage caṃdre vratī vidyāviśāradaḥ | pāpo'ṣṭage svāṃśage vā daridro nityaduḥkhitaḥ

Therefore, when the Moon is in a benefic's navāṃśa, the initiate becomes skilled in learning. If a malefic is in the eighth, or in its own navāṃśa, he is poor and always unhappy.

श्रवणादितिनक्षत्रे कर्क्यंशस्थे निशाकरे । सदा व्रती वेदशास्त्रधनधान्यसमृद्धिमान्

śravaṇāditinakṣatre karkyaṃśasthe niśākare | sadā vratī vedaśāstradhanadhānyasamṛddhimān

When the star is Śravaṇa or Aditi's ⟨Punarvasu⟩ and the Moon stands in the navāṃśa of Cancer, the initiate always abounds in Vedic learning, in wealth and in grain.

शुभलग्ने शुभांशे च नैधने शुद्धिसंयुते । लग्ने त्वनैधने सौम्यैः संयुक्ते वा निरीक्षिते

śubhalagne śubhāṃśe ca naidhane śuddhisaṃyute | lagne tvanaidhane saumyaiḥ saṃyukte vā nirīkṣite

In a benefic lagna and a benefic navāṃśa, with the eighth house ⟨naidhana⟩ clean, and with the lagna — not the eighth — joined to or aspected by benefics;

दृष्टैर्जीवार्कचंद्राद्यैः पंचभिर्बलिभिर्ग्रहैः । स्थानादिबलसंपूर्णैश्चतुर्भिर्वा समन्वितैः

dṛṣṭairjīvārkacaṃdrādyaiḥ paṃcabhirbalibhirgrahaiḥ | sthānādibalasaṃpūrṇaiścaturbhirvā samanvitaiḥ

— aspected by five strong planets beginning with Jupiter, the Sun and the Moon, or accompanied by four that are full in positional and the other strengths;

ईक्षिते वा चैकविंशन्महादोषविवर्जिते । राशयः सकलाः श्रेष्ठाः शुभग्रहयुतेक्षिताः

īkṣite vā caikaviṃśanmahādoṣavivarjite | rāśayaḥ sakalāḥ śreṣṭhāḥ śubhagrahayutekṣitāḥ

— or aspected [by them], and free of the twenty-one great faults: then all the signs are best, when joined to or aspected by benefics.

शुभा नवांशाश्च तथा गृह्यास्ते शुभराशयः । पापग्रहस्य लग्नांशः शुभेक्षितयुतोपि वा

śubhā navāṃśāśca tathā gṛhyāste śubharāśayaḥ | pāpagrahasya lagnāṃśaḥ śubhekṣitayutopi vā

Those auspicious signs whose navāṃśas are also auspicious are the ones to be accepted. A malefic's lagna-navāṃśa [is acceptable] only if aspected by or joined to a benefic.

तस्माद्गोमिथुनांत्याश्च तुलाकन्यांशकाः शुभाः । एवंविधे लग्नगते नवांशे व्रतमीरितम्

tasmādgomithunāṃtyāśca tulākanyāṃśakāḥ śubhāḥ | evaṃvidhe lagnagate navāṃśe vratamīritam

Therefore the navāṃśas of Go ⟨Taurus⟩, of Gemini and of the last sign ⟨Pisces⟩, and of Libra and Virgo, are auspicious. When such a navāṃśa has come to the lagna, the vow is declared [fit to be taken].

त्रिषडायगतैः पापैः षडष्टांत्यविवर्जितैः । शुभैः षष्ठाष्टलग्नांत्यवर्जितेन हिमांशुना

triṣaḍāyagataiḥ pāpaiḥ ṣaḍaṣṭāṃtyavivarjitaiḥ | śubhaiḥ ṣaṣṭhāṣṭalagnāṃtyavarjitena himāṃśunā

With malefics gone to the third, the sixth and the āya ⟨11th⟩; with benefics avoiding the sixth, eighth and last ⟨12th⟩; and with the Moon avoiding the sixth, the eighth, the lagna and the last —

स्वोच्चसंस्थोपि शीतांशुर्व्रतिनो यदि लग्नगः । तं करोति शिशुं निःस्वं सततं क्षयरोगिणम्

svoccasaṃsthopi śītāṃśurvratino yadi lagnagaḥ | taṃ karoti śiśuṃ niḥsvaṃ satataṃ kṣayarogiṇam

— even the cool-rayed one ⟨the Moon⟩ standing in its own exaltation, if it is on the initiate's lagna, makes that boy destitute and forever consumptive.

स्फूर्जितं केंद्रगे भानौ व्रतिनो वंशनाशनम् । कूजितं केंद्रगे भौमे शिष्याचार्यविनाशनम्

sphūrjitaṃ keṃdrage bhānau vratino vaṃśanāśanam | kūjitaṃ keṃdrage bhaume śiṣyācāryavināśanam

A thunder-clap while the Sun is in a kendra destroys the initiate's line. Birdsong while Mars is in a kendra destroys the pupil and the teacher.

करोति रुदितं केंद्रसंस्थे मंदेऽतुलान् गदान् । लग्नात्केंद्रगते राहौ रंध्रे मातृविनाशनम्

karoti ruditaṃ keṃdrasaṃsthe maṃde'tulān gadān | lagnātkeṃdragate rāhau raṃdhre mātṛvināśanam

Weeping heard while Manda ⟨Saturn⟩ stands in a kendra brings on diseases beyond measure. Rāhu gone to a kendra from the lagna, [or] to the randhra ⟨the 8th house⟩, destroys the mother.

उग्रकेंद्रगते केतौ तातवित्तविनाशनम् । पंचदोषैर्युतं लग्नं शुभदं नोपनायने

ugrakeṃdragate ketau tātavittavināśanam | paṃcadoṣairyutaṃ lagnaṃ śubhadaṃ nopanāyane

Ketu gone to a fierce ⟨ugra⟩ kendra destroys the father and his wealth. A lagna carrying these five faults is not auspicious for the upanayana.

विना वसंतऋतुना कृष्णपक्षे गलग्रहे । अनाध्यायोपनीतश्च पुनः संस्कारमर्हति

vinā vasaṃtaṛtunā kṛṣṇapakṣe galagrahe | anādhyāyopanītaśca punaḥ saṃskāramarhati

One initiated outside the spring season, or in the dark fortnight, or in a galagraha ⟨'throat-seizing'⟩ tithi, or on a day of no study, deserves the rite over again.

त्रयोदश्यादिचत्वारि सप्तम्यादिदिनत्रयम् । चतुर्थी चैकतः प्रोक्ता ह्यष्टावेते गलग्रहाः

trayodaśyādicatvāri saptamyādidinatrayam | caturthī caikataḥ proktā hyaṣṭāvete galagrahāḥ

Four tithis beginning with the thirteenth, three days beginning with the seventh, and the fourth taken by itself — these eight are declared to be the galagrahas.

छुरिकाबंधनं वक्ष्ये नृपाणां प्राक्करग्रहात् । विवाहोक्तेषु मासेषु शुक्लपक्षेऽप्यनस्तगे

churikābaṃdhanaṃ vakṣye nṛpāṇāṃ prākkaragrahāt | vivāhokteṣu māseṣu śuklapakṣe'pyanastage

I shall now declare the girding of the dagger ⟨churikā⟩ for kings, done before the taking of the hand ⟨marriage⟩ — in the months prescribed for marriage, in the bright fortnight, and while [Jupiter and Venus] have not set.

शुक्रे जीवे च भूपुत्रे चंद्रताराबलान्विते । मौंजीबंधर्क्षतिथिषु कुजवर्जितवासरे

śukre jīve ca bhūputre caṃdratārābalānvite | mauṃjībaṃdharkṣatithiṣu kujavarjitavāsare

— with Venus, Jupiter and the Earth's son ⟨Mars⟩ [risen], with the Moon and the tārā ⟨star-strength⟩ strong, on the stars and tithis named for the muñja-girding, and on any weekday but Mars's.

तेषां लग्नोदये कर्तुरष्टमोदयवर्जिते । शुद्धेऽष्टमे विधौ लग्नात्षडष्टांत्यविवर्जिते

teṣāṃ lagnodaye karturaṣṭamodayavarjite | śuddhe'ṣṭame vidhau lagnātṣaḍaṣṭāṃtyavivarjite

— at the rising of their signs, avoiding the rising of the eighth from the performer; with the eighth house clean, and with the Moon avoiding the sixth, the eighth and the last ⟨12th⟩ from the lagna.

धनत्रिकोणकेंद्रस्थैः शुभैस्त्र्यायारिगैः परैः । छुरिकाबंधनं कार्यमर्चयित्वामरान्पितॄन्

dhanatrikoṇakeṃdrasthaiḥ śubhaistryāyārigaiḥ paraiḥ | churikābaṃdhanaṃ kāryamarcayitvāmarānpitṝn

With benefics standing in the wealth house ⟨2nd⟩, the trikoṇas and the kendras, and the others ⟨the malefics⟩ in the third, the āya ⟨11th⟩ and the ari ⟨6th⟩, the girding of the dagger is to be performed, after worshipping the gods and the fathers.

अर्चयेच्छुरिकां सम्यग्देवतानां च सन्निधौ । ततः सुलग्ने बध्नीयात्कट्यां लक्षणसंयुताम्

arcayecchurikāṃ samyagdevatānāṃ ca sannidhau | tataḥ sulagne badhnīyātkaṭyāṃ lakṣaṇasaṃyutām

He should worship the dagger properly in the presence of the deities. Then, in a good lagna, he should bind at his waist the one that carries the [right] marks.

तस्यास्तु लक्षणं वक्ष्ये यदुक्तं ब्रह्मणा पुरा । संमितं छुरिकायामविस्तारेणैव ताडयेत्

tasyāstu lakṣaṇaṃ vakṣye yaduktaṃ brahmaṇā purā | saṃmitaṃ churikāyāmavistāreṇaiva tāḍayet

I shall declare its marks, as Brahmā declared them of old. He should strike a mark measured out to the extent of the dagger's own length.

भाजितं गजसंख्यैश्च ह्यंगुलीः परिकल्पयेत् । आयामार्धाग्रविस्तारप्रमाणेनैव छेदयेत्

bhājitaṃ gajasaṃkhyaiśca hyaṃgulīḥ parikalpayet | āyāmārdhāgravistārapramāṇenaiva chedayet

Divide that by the number of the elephants ⟨eight⟩ and reckon the result in aṅgulas ⟨finger-breadths⟩. Then cut with the tip, by the measure of half the length's breadth.

तच्छेदखंडान्यायाः स्युर्ध्वजाये रिपुनाशनम् । धूम्राये मरणं सिंहे जयश्वाये निरोगिता । धनलाभो वृषेत्यंतं दुःखी भवति गर्दभे

tacchedakhaṃḍānyāyāḥ syurdhvajāye ripunāśanam | dhūmrāye maraṇaṃ siṃhe jayaśvāye nirogitā | dhanalābho vṛṣetyaṃtaṃ duḥkhī bhavati gardabhe

The pieces of that cut are the āyas ⟨'yields'⟩. In the Dhvaja āya, destruction of enemies; in Dhūmra, death; in Siṃha, victory; in Śvan, freedom from disease; in Vṛṣa, gain of wealth; in Gardabha he becomes exceedingly miserable.

गजायेऽत्यंतसंप्रीतिर्ध्वांक्षे वित्तविनाशनम् । खड्गपुत्रिकयोर्मानं गणयेत्स्वांगलेन तु

gajāye'tyaṃtasaṃprītirdhvāṃkṣe vittavināśanam | khaḍgaputrikayormānaṃ gaṇayetsvāṃgalena tu

In the Gaja āya, the greatest contentment; in Dhvāṅkṣa, loss of wealth. The measure of the sword and of the dagger is to be reckoned in one's own aṅgula ⟨finger-breadth⟩.

मानांगुले तु पर्यायानेकादशमितांस्त्यजेत् । शेषाणामंगुलानां च फलानि स्युर्यथाक्रमात्

mānāṃgule tu paryāyānekādaśamitāṃstyajet | śeṣāṇāmaṃgulānāṃ ca phalāni syuryathākramāt

From the measuring aṅgulas discard the rounds counted by elevens ⟨that is, divide by eleven⟩. The results belonging to the aṅgulas that remain follow in order.

पुत्रलाभः शत्रुवृद्धिः स्त्रीलाभो गमनं शुभम् । अर्थहानिश्चार्थवृद्धिः प्रीतिः सिद्धिर्जयः स्तुतिः

putralābhaḥ śatruvṛddhiḥ strīlābho gamanaṃ śubham | arthahāniścārthavṛddhiḥ prītiḥ siddhirjayaḥ stutiḥ

Gain of a son; increase of enemies; gain of a wife; a journey; good fortune; loss of wealth; increase of wealth; affection; accomplishment; victory; praise.

अथोत्तरायणे शुक्रजीवयोर्दृश्यमानयोः । द्विजातीनां गुरोर्गेहान्निवृत्तानां यतात्मनाम्

athottarāyaṇe śukrajīvayordṛśyamānayoḥ | dvijātīnāṃ gurorgehānnivṛttānāṃ yatātmanām

Now, in the uttarāyaṇa ⟨the sun's northward half-year⟩, when Śukra ⟨Venus⟩ and Jīva ⟨Jupiter⟩ are both visible ⟨not lost in the sun's rays⟩ — for the twice-born, self-restrained, who have come away from the teacher's house:

चित्रोत्तरादितीज्यांत्यहरिमैत्रेंदुभात्रिषु । भेष्वर्केंद्विज्यशुक्रज्ञवारलग्नांशकेषु च

citrottarāditījyāṃtyaharimaitreṃdubhātriṣu | bheṣvarkeṃdvijyaśukrajñavāralagnāṃśakeṣu ca

in Citrā, the three Uttarās, Aditi's ⟨Punarvasu⟩, Ijyā's ⟨Puṣya⟩, Antya ⟨Revatī⟩, Hari's ⟨Śravaṇa⟩, Maitra's ⟨Anurādhā⟩, and the three asterisms beginning with Indu's ⟨Mṛgaśiras⟩; and on the weekdays of the Sun, the Moon, Jupiter, Venus and Mercury, and in the lagnas and aṃśakas ⟨navāṃśas⟩ belonging to them;

अथवावस्थानक्षत्रवारलग्नांशकेष्वपि । प्रतिपत्सर्वरिक्तामा सप्तमीतो दिनत्रयम्

athavāvasthānakṣatravāralagnāṃśakeṣvapi | pratipatsarvariktāmā saptamīto dinatrayam

or else in the nakṣatra, weekday, lagna and aṃśaka of the halting ⟨avasthāna⟩. The first tithi, every riktā tithi, the new moon, and three days counting from the seventh —

हित्वान्यदिवसे कार्यं समावर्तनमंडनम्

hitvānyadivase kāryaṃ samāvartanamaṃḍanam

— leaving these out, the samāvartana adorning is to be done on another day.

सर्वाश्रमाणामाश्रेयो गृहस्थाश्रम उत्तमः ।। यतःसोऽपि च योषायां शीलवत्यां स्थितस्ततः

sarvāśramāṇāmāśreyo gṛhasthāśrama uttamaḥ || yataḥso'pi ca yoṣāyāṃ śīlavatyāṃ sthitastataḥ

Of all the āśramas the householder's stage is the best and the one on which the rest depend; and since that too rests upon a wife of good character, therefore [the following is said].

तस्यास्तच्छीललब्धिस्तु सुलग्नवशतः खलु । पितामहोक्तां संवीक्ष्य लग्नशुद्धिं प्रवच्म्यहम्

tasyāstacchīlalabdhistu sulagnavaśataḥ khalu | pitāmahoktāṃ saṃvīkṣya lagnaśuddhiṃ pravacmyaham

The obtaining of such character in her depends indeed upon a good lagna. Therefore, having examined what Pitāmaha (Brahmā) declared, I shall now expound the purity of the lagna (lagna-śuddhi).

पुण्येह्नि लक्षणोपेतं सुखासीनं सुचेतसम् ॥ प्रणम्य देववत्पृच्छेद्दैवज्ञं भक्तिपूर्वकम्

puṇyehni lakṣaṇopetaṃ sukhāsīnaṃ sucetasam || praṇamya devavatpṛccheddaivajñaṃ bhaktipūrvakam

On an auspicious day one should bow as before a god and ask, with devotion, the astrologer (daivajña) — one endowed with the good marks, comfortably seated and of composed mind.

तांबूलफलपुष्पाद्यैः पूर्णांजलिरुपाग्रतः ॥ कर्ता निवेद्य दंपत्योर्जन्मराशिं स जन्मभम्

tāṃbūlaphalapuṣpādyaiḥ pūrṇāṃjalirupāgrataḥ || kartā nivedya daṃpatyorjanmarāśiṃ sa janmabham

With betel, fruit, flowers and the like, his cupped hands full of them, standing before the astrologer, the enquirer should state the birth-rāśi and the birth-nakṣatra (janma-bha) of the couple.

पृच्छकस्य भवेल्लग्नादिंदुः षष्ठाष्टकोपि वा ॥ दंपत्योर्मरणं वाच्यमष्टमर्क्षांतरे यदि

pṛcchakasya bhavellagnādiṃduḥ ṣaṣṭhāṣṭakopi vā || daṃpatyormaraṇaṃ vācyamaṣṭamarkṣāṃtare yadi

If from the querent's lagna the Moon stands in the 6th or the 8th, the death of one of the couple is to be declared, if [it] is within the eighth sign (aṣṭamarkṣāntare).

यदि लग्नगतश्चंद्रस्तस्मात्सप्तमगः कुजः ॥ विज्ञेयं भर्तृमरणं त्वष्टमेब्दे न संशयः

yadi lagnagataścaṃdrastasmātsaptamagaḥ kujaḥ || vijñeyaṃ bhartṛmaraṇaṃ tvaṣṭamebde na saṃśayaḥ

If the Moon is in the lagna and Mars is in the seventh from it, the death of the husband is to be known in the eighth year — of this there is no doubt.

लग्नात्पंचमगः पापः शत्रुदृष्टः स्वनीचगः ॥ मृतपुत्रा तु सा कन्या कुलटा न तु संशयः

lagnātpaṃcamagaḥ pāpaḥ śatrudṛṣṭaḥ svanīcagaḥ || mṛtaputrā tu sā kanyā kulaṭā na tu saṃśayaḥ

If a malefic stands in the fifth from the lagna, aspected by a planet hostile to it and placed in its own sign of debilitation, that girl's children will die and she will be unchaste — of this there is no doubt.

तृतीयपंचसप्तायकर्मगश्च निशाकरः॥ लग्नात्करोति संबंधं दंपत्योर्गुरुवीक्षितः

tṛtīyapaṃcasaptāyakarmagaśca niśākaraḥ|| lagnātkaroti saṃbaṃdhaṃ daṃpatyorguruvīkṣitaḥ

The Moon standing in the 3rd, 5th, 7th, 11th (āya) or 10th (karma) from the lagna, and aspected by Jupiter, brings about the union of the couple.

तुलागो कर्कटे लग्ने संस्थाः शुक्रेंदुसंयुताः ॥ वीक्षिताः स्त्रीग्रहा नृणां कन्यालाभो भवेत्तदा

tulāgo karkaṭe lagne saṃsthāḥ śukreṃdusaṃyutāḥ || vīkṣitāḥ strīgrahā nṛṇāṃ kanyālābho bhavettadā

When the ascendant is Tulā (Libra) or Karkaṭa (Cancer) and the feminine grahas stand there conjoined with, or aspected by, Venus and the Moon, then men obtain a bride.

शुक्रेंदू युग्मराशिस्थौ युग्मांशकगतौ तदा ॥ बलिनौ पश्यतो लग्नं कन्यालाभो भवेत्तदा

śukreṃdū yugmarāśisthau yugmāṃśakagatau tadā || balinau paśyato lagnaṃ kanyālābho bhavettadā

When Venus and the Moon stand in even signs and in even navāṃśas, and being strong aspect the lagna, then a bride is obtained.

अयुग्मराशिगौ चेत्तौ शुक्रेंदू बलिनौ तथा ॥ पश्यतो लग्नमेतौ चेद्वरलाभो भवेत्तदा

ayugmarāśigau cettau śukreṃdū balinau tathā || paśyato lagnametau cedvaralābho bhavettadā

If these two, Venus and the Moon, are in odd signs and are likewise strong, and if they aspect the lagna, then a bridegroom is obtained.

एवं स्त्रीणां भर्तृलब्धिः पुंग्रहैरवलोकिते ॥ कृष्णपक्षे प्रश्नलग्नाद्युग्मराशौ शशी यदि । पापदृष्टेथ वा रंध्रे न संबंधो भवेत्तदा

evaṃ strīṇāṃ bhartṛlabdhiḥ puṃgrahairavalokite || kṛṣṇapakṣe praśnalagnādyugmarāśau śaśī yadi | pāpadṛṣṭetha vā raṃdhre na saṃbaṃdho bhavettadā

In this way women obtain a husband, when [the lagna] is aspected by masculine grahas. If in the dark fortnight the Moon stands in an even sign from the praśna lagna and is aspected by malefics, or if it is in the 8th (randhra), then no union comes about.

पुण्यैर्निमित्तशकुनैः प्रश्नकाले तु मंगलम् । दंपत्योरशुभैरेतैरशुभं सर्वतो भवेत्

puṇyairnimittaśakunaiḥ praśnakāle tu maṃgalam | daṃpatyoraśubhairetairaśubhaṃ sarvato bhavet

Auspicious signs and omens at the time of the query mean well-being for the couple; if these are inauspicious, the outcome is inauspicious in every respect.

पंचांगशुद्धिदिवसे चंद्रताराबलान्विते । विवाहभस्योदये वा कन्यावरणमिष्यते

paṃcāṃgaśuddhidivase caṃdratārābalānvite | vivāhabhasyodaye vā kanyāvaraṇamiṣyate

On a day whose pañcāṅga is pure, when the Moon and the tārā (the birth-star reckoning) are strong, or else at the rising of the nakṣatra fixed for the marriage, the kanyā-varaṇa — the formal choosing of the girl — is held to be proper.

भूषणैः पुष्पतांबूलैः फलगंधाक्षतादिभिः॥ शुक्लांबरैर्गीतवाद्यैर्विप्राशीर्वचनैः सह

bhūṣaṇaiḥ puṣpatāṃbūlaiḥ phalagaṃdhākṣatādibhiḥ|| śuklāṃbarairgītavādyairviprāśīrvacanaiḥ saha

With ornaments, flowers and betel, with fruit, fragrant substances, unbroken rice (akṣata) and the like, with white garments, with song and instrumental music, and together with the benedictions of brahmins —

कारयेत्कन्यकागेहे वरणं प्रीतिपूर्वकम् ॥ तदा कुर्यात् पिता तस्याः प्रदानं प्रीतिपूर्वकम्

kārayetkanyakāgehe varaṇaṃ prītipūrvakam || tadā kuryāt pitā tasyāḥ pradānaṃ prītipūrvakam

— one should have the varaṇa performed in the maiden's own house, affectionately. Then her father should carry out the pradāna — the formal giving-away of the daughter, the betrothal, likewise with affection.

कुलशीलवयोरूपवित्तविद्यायुताय च॥ वराय रूपसंपन्नां कन्यां दद्याद्यवीयसीम्

kulaśīlavayorūpavittavidyāyutāya ca|| varāya rūpasaṃpannāṃ kanyāṃ dadyādyavīyasīm

To a bridegroom endowed with good family, good character, suitable age, good form, wealth and learning, one should give a girl who is beautiful and younger (than he is).

संपूज्य प्रार्थयित्वा तां शचीं देवीं गुणाश्रयाम् ॥ त्रैलोक्यसुंदरीं दिव्यां गंधमाल्यांबरावृताम्

saṃpūjya prārthayitvā tāṃ śacīṃ devīṃ guṇāśrayām || trailokyasuṃdarīṃ divyāṃ gaṃdhamālyāṃbarāvṛtām

Having worshipped and then entreated her — the goddess Śacī, the seat of all excellences, the beauty of the three worlds, divine, arrayed in perfume, garlands and fine garments —

सर्वलक्षणसंयुक्तां सर्वाभरणभूषिताम् ॥ अनर्घ्यमणिमालाभिर्भासयंतीं दिगंतरान्

sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyuktāṃ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitām || anarghyamaṇimālābhirbhāsayaṃtīṃ digaṃtarān

— possessed of every auspicious bodily mark, adorned with every ornament, lighting up the far quarters with her strings of priceless gems —

विलासिनीसहस्राद्यैः सेव्यमानामहर्निशम् ॥ एवंविधां कुमारीं तां पूजांते प्रार्थयेदिति

vilāsinīsahasrādyaiḥ sevyamānāmaharniśam || evaṃvidhāṃ kumārīṃ tāṃ pūjāṃte prārthayediti

— and attended day and night by thousands of graceful women and the rest: such a maiden should be entreated at the close of the worship, in these words.

देवींद्राणि नमस्तुभ्यं देवेंद्रप्रियभाषिणि ॥ विवाहं भाग्यमारोग्यं पुत्रलाभं च देहि मे

devīṃdrāṇi namastubhyaṃ deveṃdrapriyabhāṣiṇi || vivāhaṃ bhāgyamārogyaṃ putralābhaṃ ca dehi me

"O goddess Indrāṇī, salutation to you, who speak words dear to the lord of the gods! Grant me marriage, good fortune, freedom from disease, and the gaining of a son."

युग्मेब्दे जन्मतः स्त्रीणां प्रीतिदं पाणिपीडनम् । एतत्पुंसामयुग्मेब्दे व्यत्यये नाशनं तयोः

yugmebde janmataḥ strīṇāṃ prītidaṃ pāṇipīḍanam | etatpuṃsāmayugmebde vyatyaye nāśanaṃ tayoḥ

For girls, marriage in an even year counted from birth gives affection. For men it is so in an odd year. If the two are reversed, both are destroyed.

माघफाल्गुनवैशाखज्येष्ठमासाः शुभप्रदाः । मध्यमः कार्तिको मार्गशीर्षो वै निंदिताः परे

māghaphālgunavaiśākhajyeṣṭhamāsāḥ śubhapradāḥ | madhyamaḥ kārtiko mārgaśīrṣo vai niṃditāḥ pare

Māgha, Phālguna, Vaiśākha and Jyeṣṭha are the months that give good results. Kārttika and Mārgaśīrṣa are middling. The rest are censured.

न कदाचिद्दशर्क्षेषु भानोरार्द्राप्रवेशनात् । विवाहं देवतानां च प्रतिष्ठां चोपनायनम्

na kadāciddaśarkṣeṣu bhānorārdrāpraveśanāt | vivāhaṃ devatānāṃ ca pratiṣṭhāṃ copanāyanam

Never, in the ten nakṣatras counted from the Sun's entry into Ārdrā, should one do a marriage, the installation of deities, or the upanayana ⟨the thread ceremony⟩.

नास्तंगते सिते जीवे न तयोर्बालवृद्धयोः । न गुरौ सिंहराशिस्थे सिंहांशकगतेपि वा

nāstaṃgate site jīve na tayorbālavṛddhayoḥ | na gurau siṃharāśisthe siṃhāṃśakagatepi vā

Not when Venus or Jupiter has set ⟨is combust⟩, and not when either of them is an infant or aged. Not when Jupiter stands in Leo, nor even when he has gone to a Leo navāṃśa ⟨ninth-part⟩.

पश्चात् प्रागुदितः शुक्रः पंचसप्तादिनं शिशुः । अस्तकाले तु वृद्धत्वं तद्वदेवगुरोरपि

paścāt prāguditaḥ śukraḥ paṃcasaptādinaṃ śiśuḥ | astakāle tu vṛddhatvaṃ tadvadevagurorapi

Venus risen in the west or in the east is an infant for five and for seven days. At the time of setting there is old age. It is just the same for Jupiter.

अप्रबुद्धो हृषीकेशो यावत्तावन्न मंगलम् । उत्सवे वासुदेवस्य दिवसे नान्यमंगलम्

aprabuddho hṛṣīkeśo yāvattāvanna maṃgalam | utsave vāsudevasya divase nānyamaṃgalam

As long as Hṛṣīkeśa ⟨Viṣṇu⟩ has not awoken, there is no auspicious rite. On the day of Vāsudeva's festival there is no other auspicious rite.

न जन्ममासे जन्मर्क्षे न जन्मदिवसेपि च । नाद्यगर्भसुतस्याथ दुहितुर्वा करग्रहम्

na janmamāse janmarkṣe na janmadivasepi ca | nādyagarbhasutasyātha duhiturvā karagraham

Not in the birth month, not in the birth nakṣatra, and not on the birth day either. Nor the marriage of a son or a daughter of the first pregnancy.

नैवोद्वाहो ज्येष्ठपुत्रीपुत्रयोश्च परस्परम् । ज्यैष्ठमासजयोरेकज्यैष्ठ मासे हि नान्यथा

naivodvāho jyeṣṭhaputrīputrayośca parasparam | jyaiṣṭhamāsajayorekajyaiṣṭha māse hi nānyathā

There is no marriage of an eldest daughter and an eldest son with each other. Nor, in the month Jyeṣṭha, of two who were born in that month; where only one of them is so, it may be done — not otherwise.

उत्पातग्रहणादूर्ध्वं सप्ताहमखिलग्रहे । नाखिले त्रिदिनं चर्क्षं तदा नेष्टमृतुत्रयम्

utpātagrahaṇādūrdhvaṃ saptāhamakhilagrahe | nākhile tridinaṃ carkṣaṃ tadā neṣṭamṛtutrayam

After a portent or an eclipse: seven days when the eclipse is total, three days when it is not total. And the nakṣatra [in which it occurred] is then not desirable for three ṛtus ⟨seasons⟩.

ग्रस्तास्ते त्रिदिनं पूर्वं पश्चात् ग्रस्तोदये तथा । संध्याकाले त्रित्रिदिनं निःशेषे सप्तसप्त च

grastāste tridinaṃ pūrvaṃ paścāt grastodaye tathā | saṃdhyākāle tritridinaṃ niḥśeṣe saptasapta ca

When [the luminary] sets eclipsed, three days before; likewise when it rises eclipsed, three days after. At twilight, three days each. When the eclipse is complete, seven and seven.

मासांते पंचदिवसांस्त्यजेद्रिक्तां तथाष्टमीम् । षष्ठीं च परिघाद्यर्द्धं व्यतीपातं सवैधृतिम्

māsāṃte paṃcadivasāṃstyajedriktāṃ tathāṣṭamīm | ṣaṣṭhīṃ ca parighādyarddhaṃ vyatīpātaṃ savaidhṛtim

At the end of a month one should leave out five days, and the riktā tithi ⟨the 4th, 9th and 14th⟩, and the eighth, and the sixth, and the first half of Parigha, and Vyatīpāta together with Vaidhṛti.

पौष्णभत्र्युत्तरामैत्रमरुच्चंद्रार्कपैतृभम् । समूलभं विधेर्भं च स्त्रीकरग्रह इष्यते

pauṣṇabhatryuttarāmaitramaruccaṃdrārkapaitṛbham | samūlabhaṃ vidherbhaṃ ca strīkaragraha iṣyate

The nakṣatra of Pūṣan ⟨Revatī⟩, the three Uttarās, that of Mitra ⟨Anurādhā⟩, of Marut ⟨Svātī⟩, of the Moon ⟨Mṛgaśiras⟩, of the Sun ⟨Hasta⟩, of the Fathers ⟨Maghā⟩, together with Mūla, and the nakṣatra of Vidhi ⟨Rohiṇī⟩ — these are wanted for taking a bride's hand.

विवाहे बलमावश्यं दंपत्योर्गुरुसूर्ययोः । तत्पूजा यत्नतः कार्या दुष्फलप्रदयोस्तयोः

vivāhe balamāvaśyaṃ daṃpatyorgurusūryayoḥ | tatpūjā yatnataḥ kāryā duṣphalapradayostayoḥ

In a marriage the strength of Jupiter and the Sun is necessary for the couple. If those two give bad results, their worship should be done with care.

गोचरं वा वेधजं चाष्टवर्गं रूपजं बलम् । यथोत्तरं बलाधिक्यं स्थूलं गोचरमार्गजम्

gocaraṃ vā vedhajaṃ cāṣṭavargaṃ rūpajaṃ balam | yathottaraṃ balādhikyaṃ sthūlaṃ gocaramārgajam

Strength comes from gocara ⟨transit⟩, or from vedha ⟨piercing⟩, or from the aṣṭakavarga, born of rūpas ⟨counted units of strength⟩. Each later one is the stronger. What comes by way of gocara is coarse.

चंद्रताराबलं वीक्ष्य ग्रहपश्वांगजं बलम् । तिथिरेकगुणा वारो द्विगुणस्त्रिगुणं च भम्

caṃdratārābalaṃ vīkṣya grahapaśvāṃgajaṃ balam | tithirekaguṇā vāro dviguṇastriguṇaṃ ca bham

Having looked at the strength of the Moon and of the tārā, and the strength born of the planets and the [five] limbs: the tithi counts once, the weekday twice, the nakṣatra three times.

योगश्चतुर्गुणः पंचगुणं तिथ्यर्धसंज्ञकम् । ततो मुहूर्तो बलवांस्ततो लग्नं बलाधिकम्

yogaścaturguṇaḥ paṃcaguṇaṃ tithyardhasaṃjñakam | tato muhūrto balavāṃstato lagnaṃ balādhikam

The yoga counts four times, and what is called the half-tithi ⟨karaṇa⟩ five times. Stronger than these is the muhūrta, and stronger still is the lagna ⟨rising sign⟩.

ततोतिबलिनी होरा द्रेष्काणोतिबली ततः । ततो नवांशो बलवान् द्वादशांशो बली ततः

tatotibalinī horā dreṣkāṇotibalī tataḥ | tato navāṃśo balavān dvādaśāṃśo balī tataḥ

Stronger than that is the horā ⟨half-sign⟩; stronger than that the drekkāṇa ⟨third-part⟩; stronger than that the navāṃśa ⟨ninth-part⟩; and stronger than that the dvādaśāṃśa ⟨twelfth-part⟩.

त्रिंशांशो बलवांस्तस्माद्वीक्ष्यते तद्बलाबलम् । शुभयुक्तेक्षिताः शस्ता विवाहेऽखिलराशयः

triṃśāṃśo balavāṃstasmādvīkṣyate tadbalābalam | śubhayuktekṣitāḥ śastā vivāhe'khilarāśayaḥ

Stronger than that is the triṃśāṃśa ⟨thirtieth-part⟩; their strength and weakness is examined so. In a marriage all the signs are commended when joined to or aspected by benefics.

चंद्रार्केज्यादयः पंच यस्य राशेस्तु खेचराः । इष्टास्तच्छुभदं लग्नं चत्वारोपि बलान्विताः

caṃdrārkejyādayaḥ paṃca yasya rāśestu khecarāḥ | iṣṭāstacchubhadaṃ lagnaṃ catvāropi balānvitāḥ

The sign whose five planets — the Moon, the Sun, Jupiter and the rest — are favourable: that lagna gives good. So too if only four of them are strong.

जामित्रशुद्ध्येकविंशन्महादोषविवर्जितम् । एकविंशतिदोषाणां नामरूपफलानि च

jāmitraśuddhyekaviṃśanmahādoṣavivarjitam | ekaviṃśatidoṣāṇāṃ nāmarūpaphalāni ca

[The lagna should be] clean in the jāmitra ⟨the seventh⟩ and free of the twenty-one great faults. The names, forms and results of the twenty-one faults —

पितामहोक्तान्यावीक्ष्य वक्ष्ये तानि समासतः । पंचांगशुद्धिरहितो दोषस्त्वाद्यः प्रकीर्तितः

pitāmahoktānyāvīkṣya vakṣye tāni samāsataḥ | paṃcāṃgaśuddhirahito doṣastvādyaḥ prakīrtitaḥ

— as told by the Grandfather ⟨Brahmā⟩, I shall look at and state in brief. The first fault declared is want of purity in the pañcāṅga ⟨the five limbs of the almanac⟩.

उदयास्तशुद्धिहीनो द्वितीयः सूर्यसंक्रमः । तृतीयः पापषड्वर्गो भृगुः षष्ठे कुजोष्टमे

udayāstaśuddhihīno dvitīyaḥ sūryasaṃkramaḥ | tṛtīyaḥ pāpaṣaḍvargo bhṛguḥ ṣaṣṭhe kujoṣṭame

The second is want of purity in rising and setting; the Sun's saṃkrama ⟨entry into a sign⟩ is the third; then a malefic ṣaḍvarga; Venus in the sixth; Mars in the eighth;

गंडांतकर्तरीरिःफषडष्टेंदुश्च संग्रहः । दंपत्योरष्टमं लग्नं राशिर्विषघटीभवः

gaṃḍāṃtakartarīriḥphaṣaḍaṣṭeṃduśca saṃgrahaḥ | daṃpatyoraṣṭamaṃ lagnaṃ rāśirviṣaghaṭībhavaḥ

gaṇḍānta ⟨a junction point⟩; kartarī ⟨the scissors⟩; the Moon in the twelfth, sixth or eighth; saṃgraha; a lagna eighth from the couple's sign, or that sign itself; what arises in a viṣa-ghaṭī ⟨poison hour⟩;

दुर्मुहूर्तो वारदोषः खार्जुरीकः समांघ्रिजः । ग्रहणोत्पातभं क्रूरविद्धर्क्षं क्रूरसंयुतम्

durmuhūrto vāradoṣaḥ khārjurīkaḥ samāṃghrijaḥ | grahaṇotpātabhaṃ krūraviddharkṣaṃ krūrasaṃyutam

a bad muhūrta; a weekday fault; the khārjurīka arising on an even pāda ⟨the ekārgala fault⟩; the nakṣatra of an eclipse or a portent; a nakṣatra pierced by a malefic or joined with a malefic;

कुनवांशो महापातो वैधृतिश्चैकविंशतिः । तिथिवारर्क्षयोगानां करणस्य च मेलनम्

kunavāṃśo mahāpāto vaidhṛtiścaikaviṃśatiḥ | tithivārarkṣayogānāṃ karaṇasya ca melanam

a bad navāṃśa; Mahāpāta; and Vaidhṛti — twenty-one in all. The coming together of tithi, weekday, nakṣatra, yoga and karaṇa —

पंचांगमस्य संशुद्धिः पंचांगं समुदाहृतम् । यस्मिन्पंचांगदोषोस्ति तस्मिँल्लग्नं निरर्थकम्

paṃcāṃgamasya saṃśuddhiḥ paṃcāṃgaṃ samudāhṛtam | yasminpaṃcāṃgadoṣosti tasmim̐llagnaṃ nirarthakam

— is the pañcāṅga; its purity is called pañcāṅga-śuddhi. Where there is a fault in the pañcāṅga, the lagna there is worthless.

लग्नलग्नांशकौ स्वस्वपतिना वीक्षितौ शुभौ । न चेद्रान्योन्यपतिना शुभमित्रेण वा तथा

lagnalagnāṃśakau svasvapatinā vīkṣitau śubhau | na cedrānyonyapatinā śubhamitreṇa vā tathā

The lagna and the lagna's navāṃśa, aspected each by its own lord, are auspicious. If not, then by each other's lords, or likewise by a benefic friend.

वरस्य मृत्युः परमो लग्नद्यूननवांशकौ । नैवं तैर्वीक्षितयुतौ मृत्युर्वध्वाः करग्रहे

varasya mṛtyuḥ paramo lagnadyūnanavāṃśakau | naivaṃ tairvīkṣitayutau mṛtyurvadhvāḥ karagrahe

The groom's death is the worst of results. If the lagna, the seventh, and their navāṃśas are not so aspected by and joined to those [lords], there is the bride's death at the marriage.

त्याज्या सूर्यस्य संक्रांतिः पूर्वतः परतः सदा । विवाहादिषु कार्येषु नाड्यः षोडशषोडश

tyājyā sūryasya saṃkrāṃtiḥ pūrvataḥ parataḥ sadā | vivāhādiṣu kāryeṣu nāḍyaḥ ṣoḍaśaṣoḍaśa

The Sun's saṃkrānti ⟨entry into a sign⟩ is always to be avoided, before and after — sixteen nāḍīs each way — in marriage and other rites.

त्रिंशद्भागात्मकं लग्नं होरा तस्यार्धमुच्यते । लग्नत्रिभागो द्रेष्काणो नवमांशो नवांशकः

triṃśadbhāgātmakaṃ lagnaṃ horā tasyārdhamucyate | lagnatribhāgo dreṣkāṇo navamāṃśo navāṃśakaḥ

The lagna consists of thirty degrees. Half of it is called the horā. A third of the sign is the drekkāṇa. The ninth part is the navāṃśa.

द्वादशांशो द्वादशांशः त्रिंशांशस्त्रिंशदंशकः । सिंहस्याधिपतिर्भानुश्चंद्रः कर्कटकेश्वरः

dvādaśāṃśo dvādaśāṃśaḥ triṃśāṃśastriṃśadaṃśakaḥ | siṃhasyādhipatirbhānuścaṃdraḥ karkaṭakeśvaraḥ

The twelfth part is the dvādaśāṃśa; the thirtieth part is the triṃśāṃśa. The Sun is lord of Leo; the Moon is lord of Cancer.

मेषवृश्चिकयोर्भौमः कन्यामिथुनयोर्बुधः । धनुर्मीनद्वयोर्मंत्री शुक्रो वृषतुलेश्वरः

meṣavṛścikayorbhaumaḥ kanyāmithunayorbudhaḥ | dhanurmīnadvayormaṃtrī śukro vṛṣatuleśvaraḥ

Mars is lord of Aries and Scorpio; Mercury of Virgo and Gemini. The counsellor ⟨Jupiter⟩ owns the pair Sagittarius and Pisces. Venus is lord of Taurus and Libra.

शनिर्मकरकुंभेश इत्येते राशिनायकाः । होरेनविध्वोरोजराशौ समभे चंद्रसूर्ययोः

śanirmakarakuṃbheśa ityete rāśināyakāḥ | horenavidhvorojarāśau samabhe caṃdrasūryayoḥ

Saturn is lord of Capricorn and Aquarius. These are the lords of the signs. In an odd sign the horās belong to the Sun and the Moon ⟨ina and vidhu⟩; in an even sign, to the Moon and the Sun.

स्युर्द्रेष्काणे लग्नपंचनंदराशीश्वराः क्रमात् । आरभ्य लग्नराशेस्तु द्वादशांशेश्वराः क्रमात्

syurdreṣkāṇe lagnapaṃcanaṃdarāśīśvarāḥ kramāt | ārabhya lagnarāśestu dvādaśāṃśeśvarāḥ kramāt

In the drekkāṇa the lords are, in order, those of the 1st, the 5th and the 9th sign. The lords of the dvādaśāṃśas run in order beginning from the sign of the lagna.

कुजार्कीज्यज्ञशुक्राणां बाणेष्वष्टाद्रिमार्गणाः । भागाः स्युर्विषमे ते तु समराशौ विपर्ययात्

kujārkījyajñaśukrāṇāṃ bāṇeṣvaṣṭādrimārgaṇāḥ | bhāgāḥ syurviṣame te tu samarāśau viparyayāt

Of Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Mercury and Venus the degrees are five, five, eight, seven and five ⟨bāṇa, iṣu, aṣṭa, adri, mārgaṇa⟩. So in an odd sign; in an even sign they run in reverse.

भृगुः षष्ठाह्वयो दोषो लग्नात्षष्ठगते सिते । उच्चगे शुभसंयुक्ते तल्लग्नं सर्वदा त्यजेत्

bhṛguḥ ṣaṣṭhāhvayo doṣo lagnātṣaṣṭhagate site | uccage śubhasaṃyukte tallagnaṃ sarvadā tyajet

The fault named 'Venus-in-the-sixth' arises when Venus stands sixth from the lagna. Even if he is exalted and joined to benefics, that lagna should always be abandoned.

कुजाष्टमे महादोषो लग्नादष्टमग कुजे । शुभत्रययुतं लग्नं त्यजेत्तुंगगते यदि

kujāṣṭame mahādoṣo lagnādaṣṭamaga kuje | śubhatrayayutaṃ lagnaṃ tyajettuṃgagate yadi

When Mars stands eighth from the lagna there is the great fault 'Mars-in-the-eighth'. Even a lagna joined by three benefics should be abandoned, even if he is exalted.

पूर्णानंदाख्ययोस्तिथ्योः संधिर्नाडीद्वयं सदा । गंडांतं मृत्युदं जन्मयात्रोद्वाहव्रतादिषु

pūrṇānaṃdākhyayostithyoḥ saṃdhirnāḍīdvayaṃ sadā | gaṃḍāṃtaṃ mṛtyudaṃ janmayātrodvāhavratādiṣu

The junction of the tithis called Pūrṇā ⟨5th, 10th, 15th⟩ and Nandā ⟨1st, 6th, 11th⟩, two nāḍīs long, is always gaṇḍānta. It gives death in birth, journey, marriage, vows and the like.

कुलीरसिंहयोः कीटचापयोर्मीनमेषयोः । गंडान्तमंतरालं स्याद्घटिकार्धं मृतिप्रदम्

kulīrasiṃhayoḥ kīṭacāpayormīnameṣayoḥ | gaṃḍāntamaṃtarālaṃ syādghaṭikārdhaṃ mṛtipradam

Between Cancer and Leo, between Scorpio and Sagittarius, and between Pisces and Aries, the interval of half a ghaṭikā ⟨about twelve minutes⟩ is gaṇḍānta, and it gives death.

सार्पेन्द्रपौष्णभेष्वंत्यं नाडीयुग्मं तथैव च । तदग्रभेष्वाद्यपादभानां गंडांतसंज्ञिकाः

sārpendrapauṣṇabheṣvaṃtyaṃ nāḍīyugmaṃ tathaiva ca | tadagrabheṣvādyapādabhānāṃ gaṃḍāṃtasaṃjñikāḥ

In the nakṣatras of the Serpent ⟨Āśleṣā⟩, of Indra ⟨Jyeṣṭhā⟩ and of Pūṣan ⟨Revatī⟩, the last two nāḍīs, and likewise the first quarters of the nakṣatras that follow them, are called gaṇḍānta.

उग्रं च संधित्रितयं गंडांतत्रितयं महत् । मृत्युप्रदं जन्मयानविवाहस्थापनादिषु

ugraṃ ca saṃdhitritayaṃ gaṃḍāṃtatritayaṃ mahat | mṛtyupradaṃ janmayānavivāhasthāpanādiṣu

And the triad of junctions ⟨saṃdhi — of tithi, of rāśi and of nakṣatra⟩ is fierce; the triad of gaṇḍāntas ⟨the junction-gaps⟩ is a grave matter. It gives death in birth, in journeys, in marriages, in installations and the like.

लग्नस्य पृष्ठाग्रगयोरसाध्वोः सा कर्तरी स्यादृजुवक्रगत्योः । तावेव शीघ्रं यदि वक्रचारौ नो कर्तरीति न्यगदन्मुनींद्रः

lagnasya pṛṣṭhāgragayorasādhvoḥ sā kartarī syādṛjuvakragatyoḥ | tāveva śīghraṃ yadi vakracārau no kartarīti nyagadanmunīṃdraḥ

When two malefics stand behind and in front of the lagna, the one in direct motion and the other retrograde, that is the kartarī ⟨the 'scissors'⟩. But if those same two move swiftly and both retrograde, the chief of sages declared it is not a kartarī.

लग्नाभिमुखयोः पार्श्वग्रहयोरुभयस्थयोः । सा कर्तरीति विज्ञेया दंपत्योर्मृतिकर्तरी

lagnābhimukhayoḥ pārśvagrahayorubhayasthayoḥ | sā kartarīti vijñeyā daṃpatyormṛtikartarī

Of two planets set on either flank and facing the lagna — that is to be known as the kartarī, a kartarī that kills the couple.

अपि सौम्यग्रहैर्युक्तं गुणैः सर्वैः समन्वितम् । व्ययाष्टरिपुगे चंद्रे लग्नदोषः स संज्ञितः

api saumyagrahairyuktaṃ guṇaiḥ sarvaiḥ samanvitam | vyayāṣṭaripuge caṃdre lagnadoṣaḥ sa saṃjñitaḥ

Even joined with benefics and furnished with every good quality — when the Moon stands in the vyaya ⟨12th⟩, the eighth, or the ripu ⟨6th⟩, that is declared to be a defect of the lagna.

तल्लग्नं वर्जयेद्यत्नाज्जीवशुक्रसमन्वितम् । उच्चगे नीचगे वापि मित्रगे शत्रुराशिगे

tallagnaṃ varjayedyatnājjīvaśukrasamanvitam | uccage nīcage vāpi mitrage śatrurāśige

One should carefully avoid that lagna even when Jupiter ⟨jīva⟩ and Venus ⟨śukra⟩ stand in it — whether the Moon be exalted, debilitated, in a friend's sign, or in an enemy's sign.

अपि सर्वगुणोपेतं दंपत्योर्निधनप्रदम् । शशांके पापसंयुक्ते दोषः संग्रहसंज्ञकः

api sarvaguṇopetaṃ daṃpatyornidhanapradam | śaśāṃke pāpasaṃyukte doṣaḥ saṃgrahasaṃjñakaḥ

Even furnished with every good quality it brings death to the couple. When the Moon ⟨śaśāṅka⟩ is joined with malefics, the defect is called saṃgraha.

तस्मिन्संग्रहदोषे तद्विवाहं नैव कारयेत् । सूर्येण संयुते चंद्रे दारिद्र्यं भवति ध्रुवम्

tasminsaṃgrahadoṣe tadvivāhaṃ naiva kārayet | sūryeṇa saṃyute caṃdre dāridryaṃ bhavati dhruvam

Under that saṃgraha defect one must not have the marriage performed. When the Moon is joined with the Sun, poverty is certain.

कुजेन मरणं व्याधिर्बुधेन त्वनपत्यता । दौर्भाग्यं गुरुणा चैव सापत्न्यं भार्गवेन तु

kujena maraṇaṃ vyādhirbudhena tvanapatyatā | daurbhāgyaṃ guruṇā caiva sāpatnyaṃ bhārgavena tu

With Mars ⟨kuja⟩, death or disease; with Mercury ⟨budha⟩, childlessness; with Jupiter ⟨guru⟩, ill fortune; and with Venus ⟨bhārgava⟩, a rival wife.

प्रव्रज्या रविपुत्रेण राहुणा कलहः सदा । केतुना संयुते चंद्रे नित्यं कष्टं दरिद्रता

pravrajyā raviputreṇa rāhuṇā kalahaḥ sadā | ketunā saṃyute caṃdre nityaṃ kaṣṭaṃ daridratā

With the Sun's son ⟨Saturn⟩, renunciation; with Rāhu, unending quarrel. When the Moon is joined with Ketu, constant hardship and poverty.

पापद्वययुते चंद्रे दंपत्योर्मरणं भवेत् । पापग्रहयुते चंद्रे नीचस्थे राहुराशिगे

pāpadvayayute caṃdre daṃpatyormaraṇaṃ bhavet | pāpagrahayute caṃdre nīcasthe rāhurāśige

When the Moon is joined with two malefics, the death of the couple follows. When the Moon is joined with a malefic, stands debilitated, and is in Rāhu's sign —

दोषायनं भवेल्लग्नं दंपत्योर्मरणप्रदम् । स्वक्षेत्रगः स्वोच्चगो वा मित्रग्रहगतो विधुः

doṣāyanaṃ bhavellagnaṃ daṃpatyormaraṇapradam | svakṣetragaḥ svoccago vā mitragrahagato vidhuḥ

— then the lagna becomes a seat of defects, giving death to the couple. But if the Moon ⟨vidhu⟩ is in its own sign, in its own exaltation, or in a friendly planet's sign —

युतिदोषाय न भवेद्दंपत्योः श्रेयसे तदा । दंपत्योरष्टमं लग्नं त्वष्टमो राशिरेव च

yutidoṣāya na bhaveddaṃpatyoḥ śreyase tadā | daṃpatyoraṣṭamaṃ lagnaṃ tvaṣṭamo rāśireva ca

— then the conjunction does not amount to a defect; it is then for the couple's good. If the lagna is the eighth from the couple, or indeed the eighth sign —

यदि लग्नगतः सोपि दंपत्योर्मरणप्रदः । स राशिः शुभयुक्तोपि लग्नं वा शुभसंयुतम्

yadi lagnagataḥ sopi daṃpatyormaraṇapradaḥ | sa rāśiḥ śubhayuktopi lagnaṃ vā śubhasaṃyutam

— if that too falls on the lagna, it gives death to the couple. Even if that sign is joined with benefics, or the lagna is joined with benefics —

लग्नं विवर्जयेद्यत्नात्तदंशांश्च तदीश्वरान् । दंपत्योर्द्वादशं लग्नं राशिर्वा यदि लग्नगम्

lagnaṃ vivarjayedyatnāttadaṃśāṃśca tadīśvarān | daṃpatyordvādaśaṃ lagnaṃ rāśirvā yadi lagnagam

— one should carefully avoid that lagna, and its aṃśas ⟨the navāṃśa divisions⟩ and their lords. If the lagna is the twelfth from the couple, or their sign falls on the lagna —

अर्थहानिस्तयोर्यस्मात्तदंशस्वामिनं त्यजेत् । जन्मराश्युद्गमे चैव जन्मलग्नोदये शुभा

arthahānistayoryasmāttadaṃśasvāminaṃ tyajet | janmarāśyudgame caiva janmalagnodaye śubhā

— since loss of wealth befalls those two, one should reject the lord of that aṃśa. And at the rising of the birth-rāśi and at the rising of the birth-lagna it is auspicious —

तयोरुपचयस्थाने यदा लग्नं गतं शुभम् । खमार्गणा वेदपक्षाः खरामाः शून्यसागराः

tayorupacayasthāne yadā lagnaṃ gataṃ śubham | khamārgaṇā vedapakṣāḥ kharāmāḥ śūnyasāgarāḥ

— and when the lagna has gone to an upacaya place ⟨a house of growth⟩ from those two, it is auspicious. ⟨The poison-ghaṭīs, from Aśvinī onward:⟩ kha-mārgaṇa ⟨50⟩, veda-pakṣa ⟨24⟩, kha-rāma ⟨30⟩, śūnya-sāgara ⟨40⟩,

वार्द्धिचंद्रा रूपदस्राः खरामा व्योमबाहवः । द्विरामाः खाग्नयः शून्यदस्रकुंजरभूमयः

vārddhicaṃdrā rūpadasrāḥ kharāmā vyomabāhavaḥ | dvirāmāḥ khāgnayaḥ śūnyadasrakuṃjarabhūmayaḥ

vārdhi-candra ⟨14⟩, rūpa-dasra ⟨21⟩, kha-rāma ⟨30⟩, vyoma-bāhu ⟨20⟩, dvi-rāma ⟨32⟩, kha-agni ⟨30⟩, śūnya-dasra ⟨20⟩, kuñjara-bhūmi ⟨18⟩.

रूपपक्षा व्योमदस्रा वेदचंद्राश्चतुर्दश । शून्यचंद्रा वेदचंद्राः षट्पंच वेदबाहवः

rūpapakṣā vyomadasrā vedacaṃdrāścaturdaśa | śūnyacaṃdrā vedacaṃdrāḥ ṣaṭpaṃca vedabāhavaḥ

rūpa-pakṣa ⟨21⟩, vyoma-dasra ⟨20⟩, veda-candra ⟨14⟩, fourteen ⟨14⟩, śūnya-candra ⟨10⟩, veda-candra ⟨14⟩, ṣaṭ-pañca ⟨56⟩, veda-bāhu ⟨24⟩.

शून्यदस्राः शून्यचंद्राश्शून्यचंद्रा गजेंदवः । तर्कचंद्रा वेदपक्षाः खरामाश्चाश्विनीक्रमात्

śūnyadasrāḥ śūnyacaṃdrāśśūnyacaṃdrā gajeṃdavaḥ | tarkacaṃdrā vedapakṣāḥ kharāmāścāśvinīkramāt

śūnya-dasra ⟨20⟩, śūnya-candra ⟨10⟩, śūnya-candra ⟨10⟩, gaja-indu ⟨18⟩, tarka-candra ⟨16⟩, veda-pakṣa ⟨24⟩, kha-rāma ⟨30⟩ — in order from Aśvinī.

आभ्यः पराः स्युश्चतस्रो नाडिका विषसंज्ञिकाः । विवाहादिषु कार्येषु वर्ज्यास्ता विषनाडिकाः

ābhyaḥ parāḥ syuścatasro nāḍikā viṣasaṃjñikāḥ | vivāhādiṣu kāryeṣu varjyāstā viṣanāḍikāḥ

The four nāḍikās ⟨ghaṭīs⟩ that follow these are called the poison ones. In marriage and such acts those poison-nāḍikās are to be shunned.

ऋक्षाद्यंतघटिमितं विषमानेन ताडितः । षष्टिभिर्हरते लब्धं पूर्वऋक्षेण योजयेत्

ṛkṣādyaṃtaghaṭimitaṃ viṣamānena tāḍitaḥ | ṣaṣṭibhirharate labdhaṃ pūrvaṛkṣeṇa yojayet

The measure in ghaṭīs from the beginning to the end of the asterism ⟨its actual span⟩, multiplied by the poison-figure, is divided by sixty; the quotient one should join to the asterism ⟨reckon it from that asterism's start⟩.

भास्करादिषु वारेषु ये मुहूर्ताश्च निंदिताः । विवाहादिशुभे वर्ज्या अपि लग्नगुणैर्युताः

bhāskarādiṣu vāreṣu ye muhūrtāśca niṃditāḥ | vivāhādiśubhe varjyā api lagnaguṇairyutāḥ

The muhūrtas held blameworthy on the weekdays beginning with the Sun's are to be shunned in auspicious acts such as marriage, even when they are furnished with the good qualities of the lagna.

ते वर्ज्या यदि तल्लग्नगुणैर्युक्ताश्च निंदिताः

te varjyā yadi tallagnaguṇairyuktāśca niṃditāḥ

Those are to be shunned; even if joined with the good qualities of that lagna, they remain blameworthy.

वारमध्ये तु ये दोषाः सूर्यवारादिषु क्रमात् । अपि सर्वगुणोपेतास्ते वर्ज्याः सर्वमंगले

vāramadhye tu ye doṣāḥ sūryavārādiṣu kramāt | api sarvaguṇopetāste varjyāḥ sarvamaṃgale

And the defects that fall within the weekdays, in order from Sunday — even when furnished with every good quality, they are to be shunned in every auspicious rite.

एकार्गलः समांघ्रिश्चेत्तत्र लग्नं विवर्जयेत्

ekārgalaḥ samāṃghriścettatra lagnaṃ vivarjayet

If the ekārgala ⟨the 'single bolt' defect⟩ falls samāṅghri ⟨on a matching or even quarter⟩, one should avoid the lagna there.

अपि शुक्रेज्यसंयुक्ता विषसंयुक्तदुग्धवत् । ग्रहणोत्पातभं त्याज्यं मंगलेषु त्रिधाऽशुभम्

api śukrejyasaṃyuktā viṣasaṃyuktadugdhavat | grahaṇotpātabhaṃ tyājyaṃ maṃgaleṣu tridhā'śubham

Even when joined with Śukra ⟨Venus⟩ and Ijya ⟨Jupiter⟩, it is like milk mixed with poison. In auspicious rites one must give up the nakṣatra of an eclipse and the nakṣatra of a portent: it is inauspicious in three ways.

यावच्चरणकं भुक्तं शेषं च दग्धकाष्ठवत् । मंगलेषु त्यजेत्क्रूरं विद्धं भं क्रूरसंयुतम्

yāvaccaraṇakaṃ bhuktaṃ śeṣaṃ ca dagdhakāṣṭhavat | maṃgaleṣu tyajetkrūraṃ viddhaṃ bhaṃ krūrasaṃyutam

However much of a pāda ⟨a quarter of a nakṣatra⟩ has already been consumed, the remainder too is like burnt wood. In auspicious rites one should give up a nakṣatra pierced by a cruel planet ⟨a malefic⟩ and one occupied by a malefic.

अखिलर्क्षं पंचगव्यं सुराबिंदुयुतं तथा । पादमेव शुभैर्विद्धमशुभं नैव कृत्स्नभम्

akhilarkṣaṃ paṃcagavyaṃ surābiṃduyutaṃ tathā | pādameva śubhairviddhamaśubhaṃ naiva kṛtsnabham

The whole nakṣatra [is spoiled], just as the pañcagavya ⟨the five products of the cow⟩ is spoiled by a drop of liquor. But when benefics pierce it, only the pāda ⟨quarter⟩ [is spoiled]; the whole nakṣatra does not become inauspicious.

क्रूरविद्धयुतं धिष्ण्यं निखिलं चैव पादतः । तुलामिथुनकन्यांशं धनुरंशैश्च संयुताः

krūraviddhayutaṃ dhiṣṇyaṃ nikhilaṃ caiva pādataḥ | tulāmithunakanyāṃśaṃ dhanuraṃśaiśca saṃyutāḥ

A nakṣatra pierced by or joined with a malefic is spoiled entirely, even from one pāda ⟨quarter⟩. The navāṃśas ⟨ninth divisions of a sign⟩ of Tulā ⟨Libra⟩, Mithuna ⟨Gemini⟩ and Kanyā ⟨Virgo⟩, together with the navāṃśas of Dhanus ⟨Sagittarius⟩ —

एते नवांशाः संग्राह्या अन्ये तु कुनवांशकाः । कुनवांशकलग्नं यत्त्याज्यं सर्वगुणान्वितम्

ete navāṃśāḥ saṃgrāhyā anye tu kunavāṃśakāḥ | kunavāṃśakalagnaṃ yattyājyaṃ sarvaguṇānvitam

— these navāṃśas are to be accepted; the rest are ku-navāṃśas ⟨bad ninth-parts⟩. A lagna ⟨rising sign⟩ that falls in a ku-navāṃśa is to be rejected even when it carries every merit.

यस्मिन्दिने महापातस्तद्दिनं वर्जयेद्बुधः । अपि सर्वगुणोपेतं दंपत्योर्मृत्युदं यतः

yasmindine mahāpātastaddinaṃ varjayedbudhaḥ | api sarvaguṇopetaṃ daṃpatyormṛtyudaṃ yataḥ

On whatever day mahāpāta ⟨the great pāta yoga⟩ falls, the wise man should avoid that day, even though it carries every merit, because it brings death to the married pair.

अनुक्ताः स्वल्पदोषाः स्युर्विद्युन्नीहारवृष्टयः । प्रत्यर्कपरिवेषेंद्रचापांबुघनगर्जनम्

anuktāḥ svalpadoṣāḥ syurvidyunnīhāravṛṣṭayaḥ | pratyarkapariveṣeṃdracāpāṃbughanagarjanam

Those not [already] named are slight faults: lightning, frost and rain; a mock sun ⟨parhelion⟩, a halo, a rainbow, and the thunder of rain-clouds.

एवमाद्यास्ततस्तेषां व्यवस्था क्रियतेऽधुना । अकाले संभवंत्येते विद्युन्नीहारवृष्टयः

evamādyāstatasteṣāṃ vyavasthā kriyate'dhunā | akāle saṃbhavaṃtyete vidyunnīhāravṛṣṭayaḥ

Such and the like [are the faults]; the rule about them is now laid down. When these — lightning, frost and rain — occur out of season,

प्रत्यर्कपरिवेषेंद्रचापाभ्रघनयोर्यदि । दोषाय मंगले नूनमदोषायैव कालजाः

pratyarkapariveṣeṃdracāpābhraghanayoryadi | doṣāya maṃgale nūnamadoṣāyaiva kālajāḥ

and if a mock sun, a halo, a rainbow, cloud and thundercloud [appear], then in an auspicious rite they certainly bring fault; but those born of their own season bring no fault at all.

बृहस्पतिः केंद्रगतः शुक्रो वा यदि वा बुधः । एकोपि दोषविलयं करोत्येवं सुशोभनम्

bṛhaspatiḥ keṃdragataḥ śukro vā yadi vā budhaḥ | ekopi doṣavilayaṃ karotyevaṃ suśobhanam

If Bṛhaspati ⟨Jupiter⟩ stands in a kendra ⟨an angle: the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house⟩, or Śukra ⟨Venus⟩, or Budha ⟨Mercury⟩ — even one of them dissolves the fault and so makes [the time] very auspicious.

तिर्यक्पंचोर्द्ध्वगाः पंच रेखे द्वे द्वे च कोणयोः । द्वितीयं शंभुकोणेग्निभचक्रं तत्र विन्यसेत्

tiryakpaṃcorddhvagāḥ paṃca rekhe dve dve ca koṇayoḥ | dvitīyaṃ śaṃbhukoṇegnibhacakraṃ tatra vinyaset

Five lines drawn across and five drawn upward, and two lines in each of the corners. At the Śambhu corner ⟨the north-east, Īśāna⟩ one should set down there, at the second [place], the wheel of nakṣatras beginning with Agni's star ⟨Kṛttikā⟩.

भान्यतः साभिजित्येकरेखा खेटेन विद्धभम् । पुरतः पृष्ठतोर्काद्या दिनर्क्षं लत्तयंति च

bhānyataḥ sābhijityekarekhā kheṭena viddhabham | purataḥ pṛṣṭhatorkādyā dinarkṣaṃ lattayaṃti ca

From there onward the nakṣatras, together with Abhijit [are written]. A nakṣatra pierced by a planet on one line [is vedha ⟨piercing⟩]. And the planets beginning with Arka ⟨the Sun⟩ kick ⟨lattā⟩ the day's nakṣatra, both in front and behind.

ज्ञराहुपूर्णेन्दुसिताः स्वपृष्ठे भं सप्तगोजातिशरैर्मितं हि । संलत्तयन्तेर्कशनीज्यभौमा सूर्याष्टतर्काग्निमितं पुरस्तात्

jñarāhupūrṇendusitāḥ svapṛṣṭhe bhaṃ saptagojātiśarairmitaṃ hi | saṃlattayanterkaśanījyabhaumā sūryāṣṭatarkāgnimitaṃ purastāt

Budha ⟨Mercury⟩, Rāhu, the full Moon and Sita ⟨Venus⟩ kick ⟨lattā⟩, behind themselves, the nakṣatra counted by sapta, go, jāti and śara; and Arka ⟨the Sun⟩, Śani ⟨Saturn⟩, Ijya ⟨Jupiter⟩ and Bhauma ⟨Mars⟩ kick, in front, the one counted by sūrya, aṣṭa, tarka and agni.

सौराष्ट्रशाल्वदेशेषु लत्तितं भं विवर्जयेत् । कालिंगवंगदेशेषु पातितं भमुपग्रहम्

saurāṣṭraśālvadeśeṣu lattitaṃ bhaṃ vivarjayet | kāliṃgavaṃgadeśeṣu pātitaṃ bhamupagraham

In the countries of Saurāṣṭra and Śālva one should avoid a nakṣatra that has been kicked ⟨lattita⟩. In the countries of Kāliṅga and Vaṅga [one should avoid] the nakṣatra that has been struck down ⟨pātita⟩ and the upagraha.

बाह्लिके कुरुदेशे च यस्मिन्देशे न दूषणम् । तिथयो मासदग्धाख्या दग्धलग्नानि तान्यपि

bāhlike kurudeśe ca yasmindeśe na dūṣaṇam | tithayo māsadagdhākhyā dagdhalagnāni tānyapi

In Bāhlika and in the Kuru country, and in whatever country there is no fault, the tithis ⟨lunar days⟩ called māsadagdha ⟨burnt by the month⟩ and the dagdha ⟨burnt⟩ lagnas — those too [are to be shunned].

मध्यदेशे विवर्ज्याणि न दूष्याणीतरेषु च । पंग्वंधकाणलग्नानि मासशून्याश्च राशयः

madhyadeśe vivarjyāṇi na dūṣyāṇītareṣu ca | paṃgvaṃdhakāṇalagnāni māsaśūnyāśca rāśayaḥ

In Madhyadeśa ⟨the middle country⟩ these are to be avoided; among the others they are not faulty: the lame, blind and one-eyed lagnas, and the signs void of the month ⟨māsaśūnya⟩.

गौडमालवयोस्त्याज्याश्चान्यदेशे न गर्हिताः । दोषदुष्टः सदा काले वर्जनीयः प्रयत्नतः

gauḍamālavayostyājyāścānyadeśe na garhitāḥ | doṣaduṣṭaḥ sadā kāle varjanīyaḥ prayatnataḥ

In Gauḍa and Mālava they are to be rejected; in another country they are not blamed. A time spoiled by a fault must always be shunned with effort.

अपि भूरिगुणोऽन्यार्थे दोषाल्पत्वं गुणोदयः । परित्यज्य महादोषाञ्छेषयोर्गुणदोषयोः

api bhūriguṇo'nyārthe doṣālpatvaṃ guṇodayaḥ | parityajya mahādoṣāñcheṣayorguṇadoṣayoḥ

Even where the merits are many for some other purpose, [what decides is] the smallness of the fault and the rise of merit. Having discarded the great faults, of the merit and the fault that remain —

गुणाधिकः स्वल्पदोषः सकलो मंगलप्रदः । दोषो न प्रभवत्येको गुणानां परिसंचये

guṇādhikaḥ svalpadoṣaḥ sakalo maṃgalapradaḥ | doṣo na prabhavatyeko guṇānāṃ parisaṃcaye

— [the time] with more merit and slight fault gives good fortune in every way. A single fault has no power where merits are heaped together.

एको यथा तोयबिंदुरुदर्चिषि हुताशने । एवं संचिंत्य गणितशास्त्रोक्तं लग्नमानयेत्

eko yathā toyabiṃdurudarciṣi hutāśane | evaṃ saṃciṃtya gaṇitaśāstroktaṃ lagnamānayet

As a single drop of water [is lost] in a fire whose flames leap up, so, having weighed it in this way, one should compute the lagna as the science of calculation states.