Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 8 · Month Chart and Monthly Results
मासप्रवेशादिविचाराध्यायः
अथ मासप्रवेशानयनम् ॥ तत्प्रयोजनमाह यादवः॥समाफलं व्याससमासकाभ्यां समीरितम्मासफलं विना तत्॥नाभात्यनायासकरं ध्रुवे तत्सयुक्ति मासानयनम्फलञ्च ॥१॥
Now, finding the month entry. Yadava states why it is needed: The year's result has been told both at length and in brief. Without the month result, that does not shine. The finding of the months, with its reasoning, and the result, make it easy in what is fixed.
Simple meaning: Why the month entry is worked out: the year's result does not shine without the month results, so the way to find the months is given.
ताजिकालंकारेपि॥
Year lord and muntha shine only with the month results, as a creeper in flower needs fruit.
अथ मासप्रवेशोपयुक्तमब्दपसूर्याद्यानयनं लिख्यते ॥
Heading: finding the year lord and the Sun, which the month entry needs.
तत्राब्दपानयनम् ॥
Finding the year lord: take the nearest table year away from the Shaka year, then add the table figures for the remainder and for that year. The sum…