Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 1 · Planets, Signs, Year Entry
ग्रहराशिस्वरूपवर्षप्रवेशाद्यानयनाधिकारः
तस्यात्मजाः पञ्च बभूवुरेषां श्रीदेविदासः प्रथमम्बभूव ॥व्यक्तं च यश्श्रीपतिपद्धतौ च टीकां व्यधाच्छिष्यगणस्य तुष्ट्यै ॥ ३ ॥
He had five sons. Of them, Shri Devidasa was born first. To please his group of pupils, he clearly wrote a commentary on the Shripati Paddhati too.
Simple meaning: 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.
तस्माल्लघुः सकलशास्त्रकलापठिष्ठो दामोदरः समभवत्कृतिनां वरिष्ठः ॥
The author's father: Damodara, learned in all sciences, wrote a matchless commentary.