Brihat Parasara Hora Sastra · Chapter 77
atha sattvādiguṇaphalādhyāyaḥ
अथ सत्त्वादिगुणफलाध्यायः
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atho guṇavaśenāhaṃ kathayāmi phalaṃ dvija |
sattvagrahodaye jāto bhavetsattvādhi…
The Great Sage Parasara said — O Brahmin! When the Satwa-guni planets (the Sun, the Moon and Jupiter…
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rajaḥkheṭodaye vijño rajoguṇasamanvitaḥ |
tamaḥkheṭodaye mūrkho bhavejjātastamo'…
The Great Sage Parasara said — O Brahmin! When the Satwa-guni planets (the Sun, the Moon and Jupiter…
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guṇasāmyayuto jāto guṇasāmyakhagodaye |
evaṃ caturvidhā vipra jāyanto jantavo bh…
The Great Sage Parasara said — O Brahmin! When the Satwa-guni planets (the Sun, the Moon and Jupiter…
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uttamo madhyamo nīca udāsīna iti kramāt |
teṣāṃ guṇānahaṃ vakṣye nāradāriprabhāṣ…
The Great Sage Parasara said — O Brahmin! When the Satwa-guni planets (the Sun, the Moon and Jupiter…
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śamo damastapaḥ śaucaṃ kṣāntirārjavameva ca |
alobhaḥ satyavāditvaṃ jane sattvād…
The natural attributes of persons belonging to Uttam (most excellent) class are possession of contro…
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śauryaṃ tejo dhṛtirdākṣyaṃ yuddhe cā'pyapalāyanam |
sādhūnāṃ rakṣaṇaṃ ceti guṇā …
Valour, splendour, patience, cleverness, not retreating in war and protecting the holymen, are the n…
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lobhaścāsatyavāditvaṃ jāḍyamālasyameva ca |
sevākarmapaṭutvaṃca guṇā ete tamo'dh…
Greed, falsehood, idiocy, laziness, and doing service of others are the inborn attributes of persons…
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kṛṣikarmaṇi vāṇijye paṭutvaṃ paśupālane |
satyāsatyaprabhāṣitvaṃ guṇasāmye guṇā …
Engagement in agriculture and business, protection of cattle and speaking both truth and lies, are i…
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gataiśca lakṣaṇairlakṣya uttamo madhyamo'dhamaḥ |
udāsīnaśca viprenda taṃ tatkar…
O Maitreya! Classify the people as Uttama, Madhyama, Adhama and Udaseena after observation of the at…
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dvābhyāmeko'dhiko yaśca tasyādhikyaṃ nigadyate |
anyathā guṇasāmyaṃ ca vijñeyaṃ …
If amongst Satwa, Raja and Tama, any attribute is the most dominant, it is considered the most predo…
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sevyasevakayorevaṃ kanyakāvarayorapi |
guṇaiḥ sadṛśayoreva prītirbhavati niścalā
The affectionate relationship between an employer and employee (master and servant) and man and wome…
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udāsīno'dhamasyaivamudāsīnasya madhyamaḥ |
madhyamasyottamo vipra prabhavatyāśra…
O Maitreya! Among the above four classes of persons, if there is any kind of relationship of even Ad…
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ato'varā varāt kanya sevyataḥ sevako'varaḥ |
guṇaistataḥ sukhotpattiranyathā hān…
If the bridegroom has better attributes than the bride and the master has better attributes than the…
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vīryaṃ kṣetraṃ prasūteśca samayaḥ saṅgatistathā |
uttamādiguṇe heturbalavānuttar…
The attributes of the native are dependent on his father and mother, his time of birth and the perso…
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ataḥ prasūtikālasya sadṛśo jātake guṇaḥ |
jāyate taṃ parīkṣyaiva phalaṃ vācyaṃ v…
Consequently the person is embellished with the attribute (Satwa), raja or tama whichever is predomi…
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kālaḥ sṛjati bhūtani pātyatho saṃharatyapi |
iśvaraḥ sarvalokānāmavyayo bhagavān…
The Supreme lord of the Universe, who is indestructible and omniscient, is the Kala. He is the Creat…
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tacchaktiḥ prakṛtiḥ proktā munibhistriguṇātmikā |
tathā vibhakto'vyakto'pi vyakt…
These three faculties of lord Kala are called nature. Divided by these faculties the imperceptible L…
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caturdhā'vayavāstasya svaguṇaiśca caturvidhaḥ |
jāyante hyuttamo madhye udāsīno'…
In accordance with the self created qualities by the Perceptible form of Lord Kala, there are four k…
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uttame tūttamo janturmadhye'ṅge ca madhyamaḥ |
udāsīne hyadāsīno jāyate cā'dhame…
From the Uttama, Madhyama, Udaseena and Adham parts are created Uttama, Madhyama, Udaseena and Adham…
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uttamāṅgaṃ śaristasya madhyamāṅgamuraḥsthalam |
jaṃghādvayaudāsīnamadhamaṃ padam…
The Uttama part of Lord Kala is the head, Madhyama part both arms and chest, thighs form the Udaseen…
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evaṃ guṇavaśādeva kālabhedaḥ prajāyate |
jātibhedastu tadbhedājjāyate'tra carāca…
This is how a differentiation is made between classes of moveables and immoveables according to attr…
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evaṃ bhagavatā sṛṣṭaṃ vibhunā svaguṇaiḥ samam |
caturvidhena kālena jagadetaccat…
The Chaturvidha (four sided) lord Kala has thus created this chaturvidha universe in consonance with…
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