Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 1 · Planets, Signs, Year Entry
ग्रहराशिस्वरूपवर्षप्रवेशाद्यानयनाधिकारः
दैवपुरुषकारयोः साचिव्यमुक्तं याज्ञवल्क्येन ॥"यथा ह्येकेन चक्रेण रथस्य न गतिर्भवेत् ॥एवं पुरुषकारेण विना दैवं न सिद्ध्यती"ति ।
Yajnavalkya has told how the divine and human effort work together. 'Just as a chariot cannot move on one wheel, so the divine does not succeed without human effort.'
Simple meaning: Yajnavalkya: fate and effort are like two wheels of one chariot.
संक्षेपाज्ज्योतिश्शास्त्राध्यापने फलमाह माण्डव्यः॥
Value of the astrologer: seeing one who truly knows astrology clears sin and brings joy.
सूर्यसिद्धान्तेपि॥
Surya Siddhanta: knowing the planets and stars wins a lasting place in the higher worlds.
ज्ञानविशेषेण ज्योतिर्विदः पूजातारतम्यं जीर्णैरभ्यधायि ॥
Ranking of astrologers: the more an astrologer truly knows, the more good his presence does. One who talks of stars without learning brings only…