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Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 1 · Planets, Signs, Year Entry
ग्रहराशिस्वरूपवर्षप्रवेशाद्यानयनाधिकारः
उक्तञ्च वशिष्ठेन ॥"त्रिस्कन्धपारङ्गत एव पूज्यः श्राद्धे सदा भूसुरवृन्दमध्ये ॥नक्षत्रसूची खलु पापरूपो हेयस्सदा सर्वसुधर्मकृत्ये" इति ॥
And Vasishtha has said: Only one who has mastered the three skandha (branches) is to be honoured. He is always honoured at a shraddha (ancestor rite), among the gathering of brahmins. The nakshatra-suchi (one who talks of stars without learning) is surely a form of evil. He is always to be kept away from every good religious act.
Simple meaning: Vasishtha on astrologers: one who knows all three branches is honoured at ancestor rites. The false astrologer is kept away from good rites.
नन्वस्मिन् ग्रन्थे ग्रन्थबाहुल्यमेव दूषणमितिचेन्न । यतो ग्रंथसंक्षेपेऽन्यग्रन्थापेक्षा विचारसंशयश्च भवति ॥ ग्रन्थविस्तारे संशयापेक्षयोरभावो भवति तस्माद्ग्रन्थविस्तारो न दोषायेति ज्ञेयम् ॥
Why the book is long: a short book leaves doubts and needs other books. A full book removes both.
उक्तञ्च यादवेन ॥
Yadava on long books: a short work leaves the listener in doubt and in need. A full work is better.
अलमतिप्रसङ्गेन ॥ प्रकृतन्तावदनुसरामः ॥
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