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Agni Purana (Jyotisha Selections) · by Vyasa
Chapter 2 · War Astrology: Yogas, Nakshatras
युद्धजयार्णवः (योगाः नक्षत्राणि)
अनेनैव तु मानेन उदयन्ति दिने दिने ।स्फुरणैस्त्रिभिरुच्छ्वास उच्छ्वासैस्तु पलं स्मृतम् ॥ ५ ॥
In the full Agni Purana this is chapter 123, verse 5.
By this same measure they rise day after day. Three beats make one breath. Breaths make a pala (24-second unit).
Simple meaning: They rise day after day by the same measure. Three beats make a breath.
षष्टिभिश्च पलैर्लिप्ता लिप्ताषष्टिस्त्वहर्निशम् ।
Sixty palas make a lipta, and sixty liptas a day and night. Rising goes through five life stages.
मृत्युर्येनोदयस्तेन चास्तमेकादशांशकैः ।
Death is the fifth stage. Defeat comes when the clan group enters, and the fifth stage brings death.
शनिचक्रे चार्धमासं ग्रहाणामुदयः क्रमात् ।
In the Saturn wheel, Saturn's part among the fifteen parts can bring death.