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Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 1 · Planets, Signs, Year Entry
ग्रहराशिस्वरूपवर्षप्रवेशाद्यानयनाधिकारः
भागीरथीतीरविराजमाने श्रीकान्यकुब्जे नगरेऽतिरम्ये ॥अभूद्भरद्वाजमहर्षिवंशे श्रीलालनामा गणकोपनामा ॥ २ ॥
In the very lovely city of Shri Kanyakubja, which shines on the bank of the Bhagirathi, there lived Shri Lala. He was born in the line of the great sage Bharadvaja. His other name was Ganaka.
Simple meaning: 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.
न्याये यः सुरराजपूजितनिभो वेदान्तिनामग्रणीर्मीमांसादिसमस्तशास्त्रकमलप्रोद्बोधने भास्करः ॥
The author's family: Chaturbhuja Mishra, a great scholar of logic, Vedanta and Mimamsa, honoured by kings.