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Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 1 · Planets, Signs, Year Entry
ग्रहराशिस्वरूपवर्षप्रवेशाद्यानयनाधिकारः
ज्ञानविशेषेण ज्योतिर्विदः पूजातारतम्यं जीर्णैरभ्यधायि ॥"दशदिनकृतपापं हंति सिद्धांतवेत्ता त्रिदिनजनितदोषं तंत्रविद्दृष्ट एव ॥करणभगणवेत्ता हंत्यहोरात्रदोषं जनयति घनमंधस्तत्र नक्षत्रसूची"ति॥
The ancients have said how much honour each daivajna (astrologer) gets, by the kind of learning he has. One who knows the siddhanta (planet-maths text) removes the sin done in ten days. Just seeing one who knows the tantra (planet-maths work counted from the yuga) removes the fault made in three days. One who knows the karana (short handbook for planet maths) and the star cycles removes the fault of a day and a night. But the nakshatra-suchi (one who talks of stars without learning) brings thick darkness there.
Simple meaning: Ranking of astrologers: the more an astrologer truly knows, the more good his presence does. One who talks of stars without learning brings only darkness.
नक्षत्रसूचीलक्षणं वराहसंहितायाम्
Who is a false astrologer: one who acts as an astrologer without learning the science. He spoils the rites he sits at.
तिथ्युत्पत्तिं न जानन्ति ग्रहाणां नैव साधनम्॥
False astrologers: they cannot work out the moon day or the planets. They only repeat what others say.
श्राद्धे गणकानामपाङ्क्तेयत्वं धर्मशास्त्रे नक्षत्रसूचकाभिप्रायेण ज्ञेयम् ॥
Astrologers at ancestor rites: the law books bar only the false astrologer, not every astrologer.