Loading…
Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 11 · The 9th House, Merit and Worship
नवमविवेकः
यावन्तो बलिनस्तावन्तः स्वस्वप्रव्रज्याकाराः ।
Each strong planet gives one kind of ascetic life. So the person takes up as many kinds as there are strong planets.
तापसः कापालिको रक्तपट आजीवी त्रिदण्डी चक्रधरो नग्नः सूर्यादितः ।
The kinds go in order from the Sun onward. They are a penance-doer, a skull-bearer and a red-robed monk. Then an Ajivika (follower of an old…
अस्तगास्तु तद्भक्तिमात्रम् ।
Planets that are set in the Sun's rays bring only devotion to that kind of ascetic life.
प्रव्रज्याकरे पराजिते प्रव्रज्याभ्रष्टः ।
Say the planet that gives the ascetic life is defeated. Then the person will fall away from the ascetic life.