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Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 1 · Planets, Signs, Year Entry
ग्रहराशिस्वरूपवर्षप्रवेशाद्यानयनाधिकारः
ॐगणाधिपं रामगुरोः पदाब्जं दामोदराख्यं पितरञ्च नत्वा ॥प्राचीनपद्यैर्बलभद्रनामा करोति सद्धायनरत्नसंज्ञम् ॥ १ ॥
Om. I bow to Ganesha, lord of the ganas. I bow to the lotus feet of my teacher Rama. I bow to my father, named Damodara. Then I, named Balabhadra, make from old verses the good work called Hayanaratna.
Simple meaning: 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.
तस्माल्लघुः खेटविचारदक्षः प्रख्यातकीर्तिर्विजितारिपक्षः ॥
The author's family: Kshemakarna, skilled in the planets, and Narayana, learned in grammar.