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Narada Purana (Jyotisha Selections) · by Vyasa
Chapter 6 · Calendar, Muhurta Elements
कालमानं मुहूर्ताङ्गानि च
मिष्टान्नं गुडमध्वाज्यशर्करा ववतो हविः ।ववोवीवणिजेविश्वां बालवे गोचरस्थितौ ॥ २५८ ॥
In the full Narada Purana (Purva Bhaga) this is chapter 56, verse 258.
Sweet food, jaggery, honey, ghee and sugar. These are the foods, counted from Bava. At Bava, Vanija, Vishti and Balava, the Sun takes his set posture. (Our text is unclear here: the posture words in the second line.)
Simple meaning: Five more foods finish the list by karana. The Sun's posture by karana begins.
कौलवे शकुनौ भानुः किंस्तुघ्ने चोर्द्धसंस्थितः ।
The karana at the Sun's entry sets its pose: standing, or lying asleep.
धर्मायुर्वृष्टिषु समं श्रेष्ठं नष्टं फलं क्रमात् ।
The Sun's pose at its entry makes dharma, life and rain average, best or lost.
स्वापोपविष्टास्तिष्ठंतस्ते लोकाः क्षेममाप्नुयुः ।
People matching the Sun's pose fare well. Stars fall into four classes: blind, slow, middle, clear-eyed.