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Narada Purana (Jyotisha Selections) · Chapter 2
जातकम् १
This chapter covers birth chart signs and planets. First come the signs, with their rulers and their parts.
Then it names the kinds of houses, such as corner houses and bad places. Each planet gets a role, a taste and a build. Next come the points about birth: the place, the pregnancy and who is present at the birth. It ends with how the span of life is worked out.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
आयुरंशकलाभक्ताद्विंशत्याब्दा इनाहतम् ।शेषं द्विशतभक्तं स्युर्मासाः शेषा दिनादिकम् ॥ १३३ ॥
Divide the life degrees, in minutes, by 20 to get years. Multiply the remainder by 12 and divide by 200: months. The rest gives days and the like. (Our text is unclear here: it says twenty, where the months step divides by 200.)
Simple meaning: The lifespan in minutes is divided to give years, months and days.
लग्नायुरंशास्त्रिगुणा दिग्भक्ता स्युः समास्ततः ।शेषेऽर्कादिगुणे भक्ते दिग्भर्मासादिकं भवेत् ॥ १३४ ॥
Multiply the lagna (rising sign)'s lifespan parts by 3 and divide by 10: this gives years. Multiply the remainder by 12 and divide by 10: this gives months and the rest.
Simple meaning: The rising sign's parts are turned into years and months.
सबलेंगेभतुल्याब्दैर्युतमायुर्भवेत्स्फुटम् ।अंशद्विघ्नमक्षांशं मासाः खत्र्यादिसंगुणात् ॥ १३५ ॥
If the lagna (rising sign) is strong, add as many years as its signs. Then the life is exact. Double the degrees and divide by 5: months. Multiply the remainder by 30 and so on.
Simple meaning: A strong rising sign adds years equal to its signs, and months from its degrees.
शेषा दिनादिकं योज्यं नैतत्पिंडनिसर्गयोः ।लग्नार्कचन्द्रमध्ये तु यो बली तद्दशा पुरा ॥ १३६ ॥
Add the days and the rest that remain. This is not done for pinda (total figure) and nisarga (natural lifespan). Among the lagna (rising sign), the Sun and the Moon, the strongest one's dasha (planet period) comes first.
Simple meaning: The strongest among the rising sign, Sun and Moon has its period first.
ततः केंद्रादिगानां तु द्वित्र्यादौ सबलस्य च ।बह्वायुर्यो वीर्यसाम्येर्काद्युतस्य प्राक् याचकः ॥ १३७ ॥
Then come those in the corner houses, and so on. Among two or three there, the strongest goes first. With equal strength, the one with more years goes first. [Then] the one that rose first from the Sun's light gives its period first. (Our text is unclear here: the last words, read this way.)
Simple meaning: Planet periods run in order of house, strength and years.
षड्वर्गार्द्धस्य त्रिंशस्य त्रिकोणगश्च स्मरगः ।सप्तमासस्य तूर्यस्य चतुरस्रगतस्य च ॥ १३८ ॥
[A planet] with [the dasha (planet period) lord] takes half. One in a trikona (luck house) takes a third. One in the 7th takes a seventh. One in the 4th or 8th takes a quarter. (Our text is unclear here: the first word, read as 'with the lord'.)
Simple meaning: Planets share the sub-periods by their house from the period lord.
क्रमः केंद्रादिकोऽत्रापि द्वित्र्यादौ सबलस्य च ।पाकपस्याब्धिनागाश्च ह्यर्णवा सहगस्य च ॥ १३९ ॥
Here too the order starts with the corner houses. Among two or three, the strongest goes first. The multipliers: for the dasha (planet period) lord, 84; for the one with it, 42.
Simple meaning: The period lord's share is 84, a planet with it 42.
त्रिकोणस्थस्य चाष्टाक्षिसूर्या द्यूनगतस्य च ।तुर्याष्टगस्य तु स्वर्गा गुणकाः परिकीर्तिताः ॥ १४० ॥
For one in a trikona (luck house), 28. For one in the 7th, 12. For one in the 4th or 8th, 21. These are the multipliers.
Simple meaning: Planets in the luck houses, the 7th, and the 4th or 8th get their own shares.
दशागुणैर्हता भक्त्या गुणैक्येन समागताः ।शेषेऽर्कादिहते भक्ते मासाद्यैक्येन नारद ॥ १४१ ॥
Multiply the dasha (planet period) years by the multipliers. Divide by the sum of the multipliers: this gives years. Multiply the remainder by 12 and so on. Divide by the same sum: months and the rest, Narada.
Simple meaning: Periods are multiplied by their multipliers and divided to give years and months.
It teaches the signs, their rulers, the kinds of houses and the role of each planet. It ends with how the span of life is worked out.
Verse 2.14 says the Sun is the soul, the Moon the mind and Mars strength. Mercury is speech, Jupiter knowledge, Venus desire and Saturn sorrow.
Verse 2.11 says the 1st, 4th, 7th and 10th are corner houses.