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Muhurat Martanda · by Narayana Daivajna
Chapter 3 · Life Rites
संस्कारप्रकरणम्
स्वस्त्रीं प्राङ्निट्चतुष्कासमदिनविवरश्राद्धतत्प्राग्दिनानि त्यक्त्वा मूलं मघांत्ये वसुकलिजनिभाहानि पर्वाणि चर्तौ । याहीज्यार्केंदुलग्नैर्विषमभलवगैरुद्बलैर्भोः सुतार्थिन् व्यस्तैरेतैरिहैवायुगहनि मुदितः कन्यकेच्छो सुचंद्रे ॥ ३ ॥
You who want a son: go to your own wife in her fertile days. Leave out the first four nights. Leave out odd nights, vivara (gap days), shraddha (ancestor rite) days and the day before them. Leave out Moola, Magha and Revati. Leave out the 8th and 1st tithi (moon day), and the birth-star day. Leave out parva (junction day) days. Go when Jupiter, the Sun, the Moon and the lagna (rising sign) are strong. They should stand in odd signs and an odd navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign). You who want a daughter: take these the other way round. Go glad on an odd night, with a good Moon. (Our text is unclear here: the 8th and 1st tithis are our reading of two number words.)
Simple meaning: To have a son, unite on even nights after the fourth, avoiding bad days; for a daughter, on odd nights.
पुंभेऽर्केज्यारवारे विमिथुनविषमांगांशयोः पुंसवं स्यात्सीमंताख्यं च सत्सुव्ययसुतगृहयोः पर्वरिक्तोनतिथ्याम् । मासे द्वित्रिप्रसंख्ये प्रथमकमपरं तुर्यषष्ठाष्टमेषु प्रोक्तं पुंगर्भलग्नं ग्रहबलमनयोर्योज्यमाद्यश्च पक्षः ॥ ४ ॥
In pregnancy, do the rites for a son and hair-parting in set months, weekdays, male stars and an odd lagna.
सूतौ जातं विदध्यादपि जनिमरणाशौचके वा तदंते क्षिप्रैर्ब्राह्मोत्तराभिश्चरमृदुभिरथो नाम वर्णा विदध्युः । सूतेः सूर्याष्टिविंशाकृतिमितदिवसे जातभैर्वा चरांगं रिक्ताष्टम्यारमंदान् व्ययगतखचरं प्रोज्झ्य रात्रिं पराह्णम् ॥ ५ ॥
Do the birth rite at birth. Name the child on day 12, 16, 20 or 22, under good stars.
जन्माहाद्द्वादशेऽह्नि ध्रुवमृदुलघुभैर्वा न्यसेत्पालकेऽर्भं सौम्याश्वीज्यध्रुवेंद्रैर्भुवि शुभदिवसे पंचमे मासि दध्यात् । एकत्रिंशे दिने वाऽशननिगदितभैः कंबुना योज्यमर्भे व्यग्वाशास्ये पयोऽथास्यगमवदुदितो निष्क्रमो मासि तुर्ये ॥ ६ ॥
Cradle on day 12, milk by conch on day 31, first outing in month 4, sitting on the ground in month 5.