Brihat Jataka · Chapter 1
rāśi prabheda
राशि प्रभेद
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1
mūrtitve parikalpitaḥ śaśa bhṛto vartmāpunarjanmanāmātmetyātma
vidāṃ kratuśca ya…
May the Sun, who gives form to the Moon, who is the pathway for those who are after eternal bliss or…
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2
bhūyobhiḥ paṭubuddhibhiḥ paṭudhiyāṃ horāphalajñaptaye
śabdanyāyasamanviteṣu bahu…
Though treatises on Astrology well-written (couched in highflown language and superfine words) by ta…
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3
horetyaho rātra vikalpam eke vāñchanti pūrvāpara varṇa lopāt |
karmājitaṃ pūrva …
According to some, the word hora is simply an abbreviation of ahoratra got by the cancellation of th…
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4
kālāṅgāni varāṅgamānanam uro hṛt kroḍa vāso bhṛto
bastirvyañjanam ūru jānu yugul…
The parts of the body of Kalapurusha beginning with Mesha are respectively (1) the head, (2) the fac…
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5
matsyau ghaṭī nṛ mithunaṃ sa gadaṃ sa vīṇaṃ cāpī naro'śva jaghano makaro mṛgāsya…
Sign Pisces consists of two fishes with their two tails and heads in reversed positions. Aquarius is…
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6
kṣitija sita jña candraravi saumya sitāvanijāḥ sura guru manda sauri guravaśca g…
Mars, Venus, Mercury, the Moon, the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Saturn and Jupiter a…
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kujaravija guru jña śukra bhāgāḥ pavana samīraṇa kaurpi jūka leyāḥ |
ayuji yuji …
The Trimsamsas or degrees, i.e., 1/30th portions allotted in an odd sign to Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, M…
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8
kriya tāvuri jituma kulīra leya pāthona jūka kaurpyākhyāḥ |
taukṣikākokero hṛd r…
Kriya, Tavuru, Jituma, Kulira, Leya, Pathona, Juka, Kaurpi, Taukshika, Akokera and Hridroga are resp…
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dreṣkāṇa horā nava bhāga saṃjñāstriṃśāṃśakadvādaśa saṃjñitāśca |
kṣetraṃ ca yady…
Kshetra or the whole, Hora or half, Drekkana or 1/3rd, Navamsa or 1/9th, Dwadasamsa or 1/12th and Tr…
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10
go'jāśvi karki mithunāḥ sa mṛgā niśākhyāḥ pṛṣṭhodayā vimithunāḥ kathitāstaiva |
…
The signs Vrishabha, Mesha, Dhanus, Kataka, Mithuna and Makara are termed nocturnal signs. The rest …
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krūraḥ saumyaḥ puruṣa vanite te carāga dvi dehāḥ prāgādīśāḥ kriya vṛṣa nṛyuk kar…
[Opening sentence OCR-damaged in source; clean continuation:] … (mutable or common) signs respective…
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12
ke cit tu horāṃ prathamāṃ bhapasya vāñchanti lābhādhipaterdvitīyām |
dreṣkāṇa sa…
According to some, the lord of the first Hora of a sign belongs to the planet owning the sign itself…
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13
aja vṛṣabha mṛgāṅganā kulīrā jhaṣa vaṇijā ca divākarādi tuṅgāḥ |
daśa śikhi manu…
Mesha, Vrishabha, Makara, Kanya, Kataka, Meena and Tula are the exaltation signs of the seven planet…
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14
vargottamāścaragṛhādiṣu pūrva madhya paryantataḥ śubha phalā nava bhāga saṃjñāḥ …
The Vargottama or the best Navamsa is the first Navamsa in a moveable sign, the middlemost in a fixe…
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15
horādayastanu kuṭumba sahottha bandhu putrāri patnī maraṇāni śubhāspadāyāḥ |
riḥ…
The several houses from the Lagna onwards are respectively termed (1) Tanu, (2) Kutumba, (3) Sahotth…
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16
kalpa sva vikrama gṛha pratibhā kṣatāni cittottharandhra guru māna bhava vyayāni…
The following twelve names are also applied to denote the twelve houses respectively from the ascend…
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17
kaṇṭaka kendra catuṣṭaya saṃjñāḥ saptama lagna caturtha kha bhānām |
teṣu yathāb…
The 7th, the 1st, the 4th and the 10th houses are known by the terms Kantaka, Kendra and Chatushtaya…
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kendrāt paraṃ paṇapharaṃ paratastu sarva bhāpoklimaṃ hibukam ambu sukhaṃ ca veśm…
The houses next to the Kendras, that is, the 2nd, the 5th, the 8th, and the 11th are known as Panaph…
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19
horā svāmi guru jña vīkṣitayutā nānyaiśca vīryotkaṭā
kendrasthā dvi padādayo'hni…
The Lagna becomes strong and powerful only if it be aspected or occupied by its lord, Jupiter or Mer…
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raktaḥ śvetaḥ śuka tanu nibhaḥ pāṭalo dhūmra pāṃḍuścitraḥ
kṛṣṇaḥ kanaka sadṛśaḥ …
Red, white, green (parrot's hue), pink, pale white, piebald, black, golden, yellowish or brown, vari…
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