Brihat Parasara Hora Sastra · Chapter 6
atha ṣoḍaśavargādhyāyaḥ
अथ षोडशवर्गाध्यायः
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śrutā grahaguṇāstvattastathā rāśiguṇa mune |
śrotumicchāmi bhāvānāṃ bhedāṃstān k…
O sage, I have known from you about the planets, signs and their descriptions. I desire to know the …
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vargān ṣoḍaśa yānāha brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ |
tānahaṃ sampravakṣyāmi maitreya śrūy…
NAMES OF THE 16 VARGAS: Lord Brahma has described 16 kinds of Vargas (Divisions) for each sign. List…
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kṣetraṃ horā ca dreṣkāṇasturyāṃśaḥ saptamāṃśakaḥ |
navāṃśo daśamāṃśaśca sūryāmśa…
NAMES OF THE 16 VARGAS: Lord Brahma has described 16 kinds of Vargas (Divisions) for each sign. List…
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viṃśāṃśo vedavāhvaṃśo bhāṃśastriṃśāṃśakastataḥ |
khavedāṃśo'kṣavedāṃśaḥ ṣaṣṭhyaṃ…
NAMES OF THE 16 VARGAS: Lord Brahma has described 16 kinds of Vargas (Divisions) for each sign. List…
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tatkṣetraṃ tasya kheṭasya rāśeryo yasya nāyakaḥ |
sūryendvorviṣame rāśau same ta…
RĀŚI AND HORĀ: The Rāśi owned by a planet is called its Kṣetra (one sign). The first half of an odd …
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pitaraścandrahoreśā devāḥ sūryasya kīrtitāḥ |
rāśerarddhaṃ bhaveddhorā tāścaturv…
RĀŚI AND HORĀ: The Rāśi owned by a planet is called its Kṣetra (one sign). The first half of an odd …
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rāśitribhāgādreṣkāṇāste ca ṣaṭtriṃśadīritāḥ |
parivṛttitrayaṃ teṣāṃ meṣādeḥ kram…
DREKKĀṆA: One third of a Rāśi is called Drekkāṇa (decanate). These are totally 36, counted from Arie…
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svapañcanavamānāṃ ca rāśīnāṃ kramaśaśca te |
nāradā'gastidurvāsā dreṣkāṇeśāścarā…
DREKKĀṆA: One third of a Rāśi is called Drekkāṇa (decanate). These are totally 36, counted from Arie…
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svarkṣādikendrapatayasturyāṃśeśāḥ kriyādiṣu |
sanakaśca sanandaśca kumāraśca san…
CATURTHĀṀŚA: The lords of the 4 angles from a sign are the rulers of respective Caturthāṁśa of a Rāś…
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saptāṃśapāstvojagṛhe gaṇanīyā nijeśataḥ |
yugmarāśau tu vijñeyāḥ saptamarkṣādinā…
SAPTĀṀŚA: The Saptāṁśa (one seventh of a Rāśi) counting commences from the same sign in the case of …
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kṣārakṣīrau ca dadhyājyau tathekṣurasasambhavaḥ |
madhyaśuddhajalāvoje same śudd…
SAPTĀṀŚA: The Saptāṁśa (one seventh of a Rāśi) counting commences from the same sign in the case of …
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navāṃśeśāścare tasmātsthire tannavamāditaḥ |
ubhaye tatpañcamāderiti cintyaṃ vic…
NAVĀṀŚA: The Navāṁśa calculations are for a movable sign from there itself, for a fixed sign from th…
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daśamāṃśāḥ svataścauje yugme tannavamāt smṛtāḥ |
daśa pūrvādidikpālā indrā'gniya…
DAŚĀṀŚA: Starting from the same sign for an odd sign and from the 9th with reference to an even sign…
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varuṇo mārutaścaiva kubereśānapadmajāḥ |
anantaśca kramādoje same vā vyutkrameṇa…
DAŚĀṀŚA: Starting from the same sign for an odd sign and from the 9th with reference to an even sign…
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dvādaśāṃśasya gaṇanā tattatkṣetrādvinirdiśet |
teṣāmaghīśāḥ kramaśo gaṇeśā'śviya…
DVĀDAŚĀṀŚA: The reckoning of the Dvādaśāṁśa (one twelfth of a sign or 2½ degrees each) commences fro…
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ajasiṃhā'śvito jñeyā ṣoḍaśāṃśāścarādiṣu |
ajaviṣṇū haraḥ sūryo hyoje yugme pratī…
ṢOḌAŚĀṀŚA: Starting from Aries for a movable sign, from Leo for a fixed sign and from Sagittarius fo…
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atha viṃśatibhāgānāmadhipā brahmaṇoditāḥ |
kriyāccare sthire cāpān mṛgendrād dvi…
VIṀŚĀṀŚA: From Aries for a movable sign, from Sagittarius for a fixed sign and from Leo for a common…
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kālī gaurī jayā lakṣmīvijayā vimalā satī |
tārā jvālāmukhī śvetā lalitā bagalāmu…
VIṀŚĀṀŚA: From Aries for a movable sign, from Sagittarius for a fixed sign and from Leo for a common…
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pratyaṅgirā śacī raudrī bhavānī varadā jayā |
tripurā sumukhī ceti viṣame parici…
VIṀŚĀṀŚA: From Aries for a movable sign, from Sagittarius for a fixed sign and from Leo for a common…
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samarāśau dayā medhā chinnaśīrṣā piśācinī |
dhūmāvatī ca mātaṅgī bālā bhadra'ruṇ…
VIṀŚĀṀŚA: From Aries for a movable sign, from Sagittarius for a fixed sign and from Leo for a common…
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piṅgalā chucchukā ghorā vārāhī vaiṣṇavī sitā |
bhuvaneśī bhairavī ca maṅgalā hya…
VIṀŚĀṀŚA: From Aries for a movable sign, from Sagittarius for a fixed sign and from Leo for a common…
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siddhāṃśakānāmadhipāḥ siṃhādojabhage grahe |
karkadyugmabhage kheṭe skandaḥ parś…
SIDDHĀṀŚA (CATURVIṀŚĀṀŚA): The Siddhāṁśa (1/24th part of a sign or 1°15' each) distribution commence…
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viśvakarmā bhago mitro mayo'ntakavṛṣadhvajāḥ |
govindo madano bhīmaḥ siṃhādau vi…
SIDDHĀṀŚA (CATURVIṀŚĀṀŚA): The Siddhāṁśa (1/24th part of a sign or 1°15' each) distribution commence…
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bhāṃśādhipāḥ kramāddasrayamavahnipitāmahāḥ |
candreśāditijīvāhipitaro bhagasañjñ…
BHĀṀŚA (NAKṢATRĀṀŚA OR SAPTAVIṀŚĀṀŚA): The Bhāṁśa lords are respectively the presiding deities of th…
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aryamārkatvaṣṭṭamarucchakrāgnimitravāsavāḥ |
nirṛtyudakaviśve'jagovindo vasavo'm…
BHĀṀŚA (NAKṢATRĀṀŚA OR SAPTAVIṀŚĀṀŚA): The Bhāṁśa lords are respectively the presiding deities of th…
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tato'japādahirbudhnyaḥ pūṣā caiva prakīrtitāḥ |
nakṣatreśāstu bhāṃśeśā meṣādicar…
BHĀṀŚA (NAKṢATRĀṀŚA OR SAPTAVIṀŚĀṀŚA): The Bhāṁśa lords are respectively the presiding deities of th…
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triṃśāṃśeśāśca viṣame kujarkījyajñabhārgavāḥ |
pañcapañcāṣṭasaptākṣabhāgānāṃ vya…
TRIṀŚĀṀŚA: The Triṁśāṁśa lords for an odd sign are Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Mercury and Venus. Each of…
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vahniḥ samīraśakrau ca dhanado jaladastathā |
viṣameṣu kramājjñeyāḥ samarāśau vi…
TRIṀŚĀṀŚA: The Triṁśāṁśa lords for an odd sign are Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Mercury and Venus. Each of…
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catvāriṃśadvibhāgānāmadhipā viṣame kriyāt |
samabhe tulato jñeyāḥ svasvādhipasam…
CATVĀRIṀŚĀṀŚA / KHAVEDĀṀŚA (1/40th part of a sign): For odd signs count from Aries and for an even s…
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viṣṇuścandro marīciśca tvaṣṭā dhātā śivo raviḥ |
yamo yakṣaśca gandharvaḥ kālo v…
CATVĀRIṀŚĀṀŚA / KHAVEDĀṀŚA (1/40th part of a sign): For odd signs count from Aries and for an even s…
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tathākṣavedabhāgānāmadhipāścarabhe kriyāt |
sthire siṃhād dvibhecāpāt vidhīśaviṣ…
AKṢAVEDĀṀŚA (1/45th part of a sign): Aries, Leo and Sagittarius are the signs from which the distrib…
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īśācyutasurajyeṣṭhā viṣṇukeśāḥ sthire dvibhe |
devāḥ pañcadaśāvṛttyā vijñeyā dvi…
AKṢAVEDĀṀŚA (1/45th part of a sign): Aries, Leo and Sagittarius are the signs from which the distrib…
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rāśīn vihāya kheṭasya dvighnamaṃśādyamarkahṛt |
śeṣaṃ saikaṃ tadrāśerbhapāḥ ṣaṣṭ…
ṢAṢṬIĀṀŚA (1/60th part of a sign or half-a-degree each): To calculate the Ṣaṣṭiāṁśa lord, ignore the…
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ghoraśca rākṣaśo devaḥ kubero yakṣakinnarau |
bhraṣṭaḥ kulaghno garalo vahnirmāy…
ṢAṢṬIĀṀŚA (1/60th part of a sign or half-a-degree each): To calculate the Ṣaṣṭiāṁśa lord, ignore the…
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apāmpatirmarutvāṃśca kālaḥ sarpāmṛtendukāḥ |
mṛduḥ komalaherambabrahmaviṣṇumaheś…
ṢAṢṬIĀṀŚA (1/60th part of a sign or half-a-degree each): To calculate the Ṣaṣṭiāṁśa lord, ignore the…
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devārdrau kalināśaśca kṣitīśakamalākarau |
guliko mṛtyukālaśca dāvāgnirghorasañj…
ṢAṢṬIĀṀŚA (1/60th part of a sign or half-a-degree each): To calculate the Ṣaṣṭiāṁśa lord, ignore the…
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yamaśca kaṇṭakasudhā'mṛtau pūrṇaniśākaraḥ |
viṣadagdhakulāntaśca mukhyo vaṃśakṣa…
ṢAṢṬIĀṀŚA (1/60th part of a sign or half-a-degree each): To calculate the Ṣaṣṭiāṁśa lord, ignore the…
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utpātakālasaumyākhyāḥ komalaḥ śītalābhidhaḥ |
karāladaṃṣṭracandrāsyau pravīṇaḥ k…
ṢAṢṬIĀṀŚA (1/60th part of a sign or half-a-degree each): To calculate the Ṣaṣṭiāṁśa lord, ignore the…
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daṇḍabhṛnnirmalaḥ saumyaḥ krūro'tiśītalo'mṛtaḥ |
payodhibhramaṇākhyau ca candrar…
ṢAṢṬIĀṀŚA (1/60th part of a sign or half-a-degree each): To calculate the Ṣaṣṭiāṁśa lord, ignore the…
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same bhe vyatyayājjñeyāḥ ṣaṣṭyaṃśeśāḥ prakīrtitāḥ |
ṣaṣṭyāṃśasvāminastvoje tadīś…
ṢAṢṬIĀṀŚA (1/60th part of a sign or half-a-degree each): To calculate the Ṣaṣṭiāṁśa lord, ignore the…
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śubhaṣaṣṭayaṃśasaṃyuktā grahāḥ śubhaphalapradāḥ |
krūraṣaṣṭyaṃśasaṃyuktā nāśayan…
ṢAṢṬIĀṀŚA (1/60th part of a sign or half-a-degree each): To calculate the Ṣaṣṭiāṁśa lord, ignore the…
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vargabhedānahaṃ vakṣye maitreya tvaṃ vidhāraya |
ṣaḍvargāḥ saptavargāśca digvarg…
VARGA CLASSIFICATION: Maitreya, explained now are the sum effects of classifications of different di…
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bhavanti vargasaṃyoge ṣaḍavarge kiṃśukādayaḥ |
dvābhyāṃ kiṃśukanāmā ca tribhirvy…
VARGA CLASSIFICATION: Maitreya, explained now are the sum effects of classifications of different di…
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caturbhiścāmarākhyaṃ ca chatraṃ pañcabhireva ca |
ṣaḍbhiḥ kuṇḍalayogaḥ syānmukuṭ…
VARGA CLASSIFICATION: Maitreya, explained now are the sum effects of classifications of different di…
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saptavarge'tha digvarge pārijātādisañjñakāḥ |
pārijātaṃ bhaveddvābhyāmuttamaṃ tr…
VARGA CLASSIFICATION: Maitreya, explained now are the sum effects of classifications of different di…
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caturbhirgopurākhyaṃ sayāccharaiḥ siṃhāsanaṃ tathā |
pārāvataṃ bhavet ṣaḍbhirdev…
VARGA CLASSIFICATION: Maitreya, explained now are the sum effects of classifications of different di…
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vasubhirbrahmalokākhyaṃ navabhiḥ śakravāhanam |
digbhiḥ śrīdhāmayogaḥ syādatha ṣ…
VARGA CLASSIFICATION: Maitreya, explained now are the sum effects of classifications of different di…
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bhedakaṃ ca bhaveddvābhyāṃ tribhiḥ syāt kumumākhyakam |
caturbhirnāgapuṣpaṃ syāt…
VARGA CLASSIFICATION: Maitreya, explained now are the sum effects of classifications of different di…
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keralākhyaṃ bhavet ṣaḍbhiḥ saptabhiḥ kalpavṛkṣakam |
aṣṭabhiścandanavanaṃ navabh…
VARGA CLASSIFICATION: Maitreya, explained now are the sum effects of classifications of different di…
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digbhiruccaiḥśravā nāma rudrairdhanvantarirbhavet |
sūryakāntaṃ bhaved sūryairvi…
VARGA CLASSIFICATION: Maitreya, explained now are the sum effects of classifications of different di…
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śakrasiṃhāsanaṃ śakrairgolokaṃ tithibhirbhavet |
bhūpaiḥ srīvallabhākhyaṃ syādva…
VARGA CLASSIFICATION: Maitreya, explained now are the sum effects of classifications of different di…
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svoccamūlatrikoṇasvabhavanādhipateḥ śubhāḥ |
svāruḍhāt kendranāthānāṃ vargā grāh…
VARGA CLASSIFICATION: Maitreya, explained now are the sum effects of classifications of different di…
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astaṅgatā grahajitā nīcagā durbalāśca ye |
śayanādigatāstebhya utpannā yoganāśak…
VARGA CLASSIFICATION: Maitreya, explained now are the sum effects of classifications of different di…
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