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Agni Purana (Jyotisha Selections) · by Vyasa
Chapter 2 · War Astrology: Yogas, Nakshatras
युद्धजयार्णवः (योगाः नक्षत्राणि)
षष्टिभिश्च पलैर्लिप्ता लिप्ताषष्टिस्त्वहर्निशम् ।पञ्चमार्धोदये बालकुमारयुववृद्धकाः ॥ ६ ॥
In the full Agni Purana this is chapter 123, verse 6.
Sixty palas (24-second units) make a lipta (small time unit). Sixty liptas make a day and night. In the rising, there are five stages: child, boy, young man, old man,
Simple meaning: 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.
दशकोटिसहस्राणि अर्बुदं न्यर्बुदं हरेत् ।
The tortoise figure runs from Magha to Krittika. Saturn there can ruin the land it rules.