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Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 1 · Planets, Signs, Year Entry
ग्रहराशिस्वरूपवर्षप्रवेशाद्यानयनाधिकारः
॥ श्रीगणेशाय नमः ॥ श्रीगुरुचरणकमलेभ्यो नमः ॥
Salutation to Shri Ganesha. Salutation to the lotus feet of the revered teacher.
Simple meaning: Opening prayer: to Ganesha and to the teacher.
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Opening: Balabhadra bows to Ganesha, his teacher Rama and his father Damodara. He makes the Hayanaratna from old verses.
भागीरथीतीरविराजमाने श्रीकान्यकुब्जे नगरेऽतिरम्ये ॥
The author's family: Lala, of the Bharadvaja line, lived in Kanyakubja on the Ganga.
तस्यात्मजाः पञ्च बभूवुरेषां श्रीदेविदासः प्रथमम्बभूव ॥
The author's family: Devidasa, the first of Lala's five sons, wrote a commentary on the Shripati Paddhati.