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Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 1 · Planets, Signs, Year Entry
ग्रहराशिस्वरूपवर्षप्रवेशाद्यानयनाधिकारः
नक्षत्रसूचीलक्षणं वराहसंहितायाम्"अविदित्वैव यः शास्त्रं दैवज्ञत्वं प्रपद्यते॥स पंक्तिदूषकः पापो ज्ञेयो नक्षत्रसूचकः॥
The marks of the nakshatra-suchi (one who talks of stars without learning), in Varaha's Samhita. Someone takes up the work of a daivajna (astrologer) without knowing the science. He spoils the row of guests at a rite and is a wrongdoer. He should be known as a nakshatra-suchaka.
Simple meaning: 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.
उक्तञ्च वशिष्ठेन ॥
Vasishtha on astrologers: one who knows all three branches is honoured at ancestor rites. The false astrologer is kept away from good rites.