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Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 2 · Aspects, Strength, Results
दृष्टिसाङ्गबलेष्टकष्टाद्यानयनाधिकारः
अथोदयास्तवक्रमार्गदिनानां ज्ञानं सुगमोपायेन मद्गुरुचरणैस्सिद्धान्तचिन्तामणावुक्तम् ॥पूर्वास्ततः पश्चिमउद्गमोस्माद्वक्रान्ततोऽस्तः पर उद्गमः प्राक् ॥मार्गी पुरास्तात्खलु दन्त ३२ दन्तै ३२ र्वेदै ४ र्नृपै १६ र्वेद ४ रदै ३२ र्बुधः स्यात् ॥
Now the knowledge of the days of rising, setting, retrogression and direct motion is given. By an easy method, my revered teacher told it in the Siddhantachintamani. From the eastern setting, the western rising. From this, up to retrogression. Then setting. Then the other rising, in the east. Direct motion, before the setting. The counts, in order, are danta (32), danta (32), veda (4), nripa (16), veda (4) and rada (32). So it is for Mercury.
Simple meaning: Mercury: days between setting, rising and retrogression are 32, 32, 4, 16, 4 and 32 in order.
भृगोस्सार्द्धद्विमासाष्टमासैस्त्र्यश्विदिनैः क्रमात् ॥
Venus: 2 and a half months, 8 months, 23 days, 9, 23 days, 8 months.
भौमास्तादुदयस्तस्माद्वक्रान्तदनुमार्गता ॥
Mars: the four steps are 4, 10, 2 and 10 in order (months).
मासैर्भुवासांघ्रिवेदैर्युगैस्सांघ्रियुगैर्गुरोः ॥
Jupiter: 1, 4 and a quarter, 4, 4 and a quarter months. Saturn: 1 and a quarter, 3, 4, 3 and a half months.