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Jataka Alankara · by Ganesha Daivajna
Chapter 1 · Technical Terms
संज्ञाध्यायः
भूयांसःसंतिभूमौनिजपरमधियाशालिनःकाव्यगुंफेसंख्यावंतस्तथापिप्रचुरपरगुणानंदलीलांभजंते ॥चंचद्गांभीर्यपद्माविबुधविटपिनांजन्मसंप्राप्तिनूनंमर्यादांनस्वकीयांत्यजतिकिलमहान्रत्नधामासरस्वान् ॥ ४ ॥
Many people on earth shine in writing poetry with their own fine minds. They are learned. Still, they take joy in the many good qualities of others. The great sea is the home of jewels, deep and shining. Lakshmi and the wish tree of the gods were born from it. Still, they say, it never leaves its own shore.
Simple meaning: Many poets are wise, yet they enjoy the merits of others. Like the great sea, the great keep their limits.
देहंद्रव्यपराक्रमौसुखसुतौशत्रुःकलत्रंमृतिर्भाग्यंराज्यपदंक्रमेणगदितालाभव्ययौलग्नतः ॥
The twelve houses are body, wealth, courage, happiness, children, enemies, wife, death, fortune, kingship, gain and loss.
लग्नंमूर्तिस्तथांगंतनुरुदयवपुःकल्पमाद्यंततःस्वंकोशार्थाख्यंकुटुंबंधनमथसहजंभ्रातृदुश्चिक्यसंज्ञम् ॥
Each house has many names. The 1st is tanu, the 2nd dhana, the 4th bandhu, the 5th buddhi.
वाक्स्थानंपंचमंस्यात्तनुजमथरिपुद्वेषवैरिक्षताख्यंषष्ठंजामित्रमस्तंस्मरमदनमदद्यूनकामाभिधानम् ॥
More names: the 5th is the place of speech, the 6th ripu, the 7th kama, the 8th mrityu.