Jataka Parijata · Chapter 2
grahanāmasvarūpaguṇabhedādhśāśaḥ
ग्रहनामस्वरूपगुणभेदाध्शाशः
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tatrādau sūryādīnāṃ kālātmatvādinirūpaṇam |
kālasyātmā bhāskataścittaminduḥ satv…
The Sun is the soul of Kalapurusha; the Moon, his mind; Kuja, his strength; Budha, his speech; Guru,…
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atharvyādīnāṃ rājatvādinirūpaṇaṃ
dineśacandrau rājānau sacivau jīvabhārgavau |
k…
The Sun and the Moon are sovereigns. Guru and Sukra are counsellors. Budha is the young prince (heir…
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atha sūryadīnāṃ nāmāntarāṇi |
ddeliḥ sūryastapanadinakṛdbhānupūṣāruṇārkāḥ
somaḥ …
Hell, Surya, Thapana, Dinakrit, Bhanu, Pusha, Arana and Arka are synonymous words meaning the Sun. S…
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mantrī vācaspatigurusurācāryadevejyajīvāḥ
śukraḥ kāvyaḥ sitabhṛgusutācchāsphujid…
Manthin, Vachaspathi, Guru, Suracharya, Devejya and Jeeva mean Jupiter. Sukra, Kavya, Sitha, Bhrigus…
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dhvajaḥ śikhī keturiti prasiddhā vadanti tajjñā gulikaśca māndiḥ || 4 1/2||
ath…
Dhwaja, Sikhanda and Ketu are, as astrologers declare, the well known names of Ketu. The son of Mand…
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kramaśaḥ kālaparidhidhūmārddhapraharāhvayāḥ |
yamakaṇṭakakodaṇḍamāndipātopaketav…
The Upagrahas in their order are Kala, Pandhi, Dhuma, Ardhaprahara, Yamakantaka, Kodanda, Mandi, Pat…
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atha ravyadīnāṃ svarūpam |
bhānuḥ śāmalalohitadyutitanuścandraḥ sitāṅgo yuvā
dūr…
The Sun possesses a form with dark reddish rays. The Moon is a youth with a white body. Budha has th…
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atha grahāṇāṃ śubhāśubhatvānirūpaṇam |
prakāśakau śītakaraprabhākarau, tārāgrahā…
The Moon and the Sun are luminous. The five planets beginning with Kuja are star planets. Ketu and R…
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kṣīṇendumandaravirādduśikhikṣamājāḥ pāpāstu pāpayutacandrasutaśca pāpaḥ |
teyāma…
But the waning Moon, Saturn, the Sun, Rahu, Ketu and Mars are malign. Budha in conjunction with a ma…
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śuklādirātridaśake'hani madhyavīryaśālī dvitīyadaśake'tiśubhaprado'sau |
candras…
In the first period of ten days of the lunar month which consists of bright and dark halves, the Moo…
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atha ravyādināmudayaprakāraḥ |
ravyārarāhumandāśca pṛṣṭenodyanti sarvadā |
śaris…
The Sun, Mars, Rahu and Saturn always rise with the hinder part appearing in front. Venus, the Moon …
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atha ravyādīnāmākāraviśeṣāḥ |
divākarajñau vihagasvarūpau sarīsṛpākārayutaḥ śaśā…
The Sun and Mercury are of the form of a bird. The Moon has the shape of a reptile. Jupiter and Venu…
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atha ravyādīnāṃ sañcāradeśāḥ |
jalāśayu candrasurārivandyau budhālayagnāmacarau …
The Moon and Venus are resting in water (water dwellers). Jupiter and Mercury haunt villages which a…
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atha ravyādīnāṃ bālyādivayonirūpaṇam |
bālo dharājaḥ kumārakastriṃśadguruḥ ṣoḍaś…
Mars is (indicates) a child. Mercury is a boy. Jupiter is a person 30 years old. Venus is 16 years o…
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atha grahāṇāṃ śāstrādhipatyanirūpaṇaṃ dhātumūlāsisaṃjñāśca |
śākhādhipā jīvasitā…
Jupiter, Venus, Mars and Mercury are lords of the four Vedas viz. Rig, Yajus, Saman and Atharvana. M…
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atha grahāṇāmavastheyattā |
dīptaḥ pramuditaḥ svasthaḥ śāntaḥ śaktaḥ prapīḍitaḥ …
Blazing, confident (self-possessed), happy, calm, capable, tortured, dejected, base, failing and afr…
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atha sthānaviśeṣādavasthāviśeṣāḥ |
svoccatrikoṇopagataḥ pradīptaḥ svasthaḥ svahe…
A planet is blazing when he is in his exaltation or Moolatrikona; he is confident in his own house; …
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grahābhibhūtastvatipīḍitaḥ syādarātirāśyaṃśagato'tidīnaḥ |
khalastu pāpagrahavar…
He is tortured when overcome by another planet. He is exceedingly dejected when he occupies an amsa …
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atha grahaṇāṃ varṇaviśeṣāḥ |
varṇāstāmrasitāraktaharitāpītakarburāḥ |
kṛṣṇakānti…
Red, white, reddish, green, yellowish, variegated and black are the colours of the planets from the …
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atha ravyādīnāṃ dravyāṇi adhidevatāśca |
dravyāṇi tāmramaṇikāñcanaśuktirauṣyamuk…
The substances ascribed to the planets from the Sun onwards are copper, gems, gold, alloy of metals,…
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atha ravyādīnāṃ ratnāni |
māṇikyaṃ dinanāyakasya, vimalaṃ muktāphalaṃ śītagoḥ
mā…
The ruby is the Sun's precious stone; a pure spotless pearl that of the Moon. Coral belongs to Mars.…
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atha grahāṇāṃ vastrādinirūpaṇam |
syūlāmbaraṃ nṛtanacārucelaṃ kṛśānutoyāhatamdhy…
All the sages say that the articles of apparel appropriate for the Sun and other planets are: thick …
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prāgādikā bhānusitārarāhumandenduviddevapugohitāḥ syuḥ |
śukrāracandrajñaurejyam…
The Sun, Venus, Mars, Saturn, the Moon, Mercury and Jupiter are respectively the lords of the quarte…
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devatoyataṭavahnivihārāḥ kośagedṛśayanotkaradeśāḥ |
bhānupūrvanilayāḥ parikalpyā…
A shrine, a shore or river bank, a fire-place, a pleasure-ground, a treasury, a bed chamber and a he…
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atha pardeśavibhāga ināhīnām |
laṅkādīkṛṣṇāsaridantamāraḥ sitastato gautabhikānt…
Mars' territory extends from Lanka to the river Krishna. Sukra's sway prevails from the last-mention…
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atha grahāṇāṃ jātayo guṇāśca |
viprau jībasitau dineśarudhirau bhūpālakau vaiśya…
Jupiter and Venus are Brahmins. The Sun and Mars are Kshatriyas. The Moon is a Vaisya. Mercury is th…
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atha grahāṇāṃ narādisaṃjñā mahābhūtādhipatyaśca |
narākārā bhānukṣitijaguravaḥ ś…
The Sun, Mars and Jupiter are males. Venus and the Moon are females. Saturn and Mercury are eunuchs.…
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atha grahāṇāṃ kakṣākrama |
kakṣāyāṃ kramao dineśatayājjyotirbhacakrāśritāḥ
chāyā…
The planets in the zodiac reckoned seriatim from Saturn in accordance with the length of their orbit…
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lavaṇakaṭukapāyasvādutiktāmlamiśrāḥ śaśiraviśanijīvārāsurejyajñanāthāḥ |
ayanadi…
Saline, pungent, astringent, sweet, bitter, acid and mixed flavours have for their lords the Moon, t…
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atha ravyādīnāṃ sthānaviśeṣe dṛṣṭayaḥ ||
pādekṣaṇaṃ bhavati sodaramānarāśyorardh…
Astrologers say that all the planets cast a quarter glance at the 3rd and 10th houses, half a glance…
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atha ravyādīnāṃ dṛṣṭiviśeṣe balitvam |
śaniratibalaśālī pādadṛgvīryayoge surakul…
Saturn is exceedingly powerful when he has his strong quarter-glance. Jupiter is auspicious in his o…
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atha grahāṇāmṛdhvārdidṛṣṭayaḥ |
athorvadṛṣṭī dinanāthabhaumau dṛṣṭiḥ kaṭākṣeṇa k…
The Sun and Mars look upwards. Venus and Mercury look sideways. The Moon and Jupiter look evenly. Th…
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atha grahāṇāṃ sthānabalam |
svoccatrikoṇasvasuhṛddṛgāṇarāśyaṃśavaiśeṣikavargavan…
Planets have predominant strength of position (Sthanabala) when they occupy the Vaiseshikamsas produ…
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nīcāripāpasvagayoganirīkṣyamāṇāstadvargasandhilaghubinduduraṃśakāśca |
ādityaraś…
Planets which do not possess benefic aspect or other such good influences may not prove auspicious w…
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atha grahāṇāṃ digbalam |
vilagnapātālabadhūnabhogā budhāmarejyau bhṛgusūnucandra…
Mercury and Jupiter have their Digbala or strong quarter in the East or Lagna. Venus and the Moon ha…
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atha kālabalam |
niśīndumandāvanijāḥ pare'hani svakīyahorāsamamāsavāsarāḥ |
sitā…
The Moon, Saturn and Mars have Kalabala or temporal strength at night; the rest during the day. Each…
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atha ceṣṭābalam |
jaitrā vkrasamāgamopagasitajñārāmarejyāsitāḥ,
divyāśāyanagendu…
Venus, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, when in their retrograde motion or in conjunction with the…
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krameṇa dṛksthānanisargaceṣṭādikkālavīryāṇi ca ṣaḍbalāni |
sudhākareṣvinduśarend…
Professors of Astrology say that the six kinds of strength (Shadbala) taken in the following order —…
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svarūpaṣaṣṭyaṃśaviṣaṣṭikāṃśā mṛgādivīryopagaṣaḍbalāḍhyāḥ |
krameṇa tadyogabhavaṃ…
Professors of Astrology say that the six kinds of strength (Shadbala) taken in the following order —…
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atha balapramāṇam |
ardhādhikaṃ ṣaṭkaminasya sūreḥ śukrasya pañcādhikamardharūpa…
Professors of Astrology say that the six kinds of strength (Shadbala) taken in the following order —…
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atha grahāṇāṃ tātkālika\-maitrīvināraḥ |
anyonyataḥ sodaralābhamānapātālavittavy…
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atha sūryādīnāṃ naisargikāḥ śatrumitrodāsīnāḥ |
mitrāṇi bhānoḥ kujacandrajīvāḥ ś…
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ārasya mitrāṇi ravīndujīvāścāndrī ripuḥ śukraśanī samānau |
sūryāsurejyau budhas…
Mercury, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars are his neutrals, and the Moon is his enemy.
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sūryāracandrāḥ suhṛdastu sūreḥ śatrū sitajñau ravijaḥ samānaḥ |
mitre śanijñau b…
The Sun, Mars and the Moon are the friends of Jupiter. His enemies are Venus and Mercury; Saturn is …
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mandasya sūryendukujāśca śatravaḥ samaḥ surejyaḥ suhṛdau sitendujau || 1/2||
ḻO…
A person ought to divine about his own self, father, influence, health, vigour and fortune from the …
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prjñānityaśarīrapuṣṭitanayajñānāni vāgīśvarāt
patnīvāhanabhūṣaṇani madanavyāpāra…
One ought to conjecture about one's own genius, wealth, physical development, sons and knowledge by …
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atha grahāṇāṃ bhāvakārakatvam |
dyumaṇiramaramantrī bhūsutaḥ somasaumyau gururin…
The Karakas of the Bhavas beginning with the Lagna or the rising sign are: (1) The Sun, (2) Jupiter,…
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atha grahāṇāṃ sthānanaviśeṣe śubhāśubhapradatā |
kāmāvanīnandanarāśiyātāḥ sitend…
Venus, Mercury and Jupiter, when they occupy respectively the 7th, the 4th and the 5th houses from t…
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atha sūryādīnāṃ svarūpāṇi |
pratāpaśālī caturasradehaḥ śyāmāruṇāṅgo madhupiṅgalā…
Possessed of energy, of a square-built body, black-red in mien, of eyes bright as wine, of a bilious…
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sañjāraśīlo mṛduvāgvivekī śubhekṣaṇaścārutarasthirāṅgaḥ |
sadaiva dhīmāṃsthanuvṛ…
The Moon has phlegm and wind in his composition, and is given to combinations. He is soft; he is dis…
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krūrekṣaṇastarūṇamūrttirudāraśīlaḥ pittātmakaḥ sucapalaḥ kṛśamadhyadeśaḥ |
saṃra…
Mars has fierce eyes, a youthful appearance and generous disposition. He has bile in his composition…
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dūrvādaladyutitanuḥ sphuṭavāk kṛśāṅgaḥ svāmī rajoguṇavatāmatihāsyalolaḥ |
hānipr…
Mercury has a person green as the blade of Durva or panic grass. He has a distinct articulation. He …
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bṛhadudaraśarīraḥ pītavarṇaḥ kaphātmā sakalaguṇasametaḥ sarvaśāstrādhikārī |
kap…
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asitakuṭilakeśaḥ śyāmasaundaryaśālī samatatarucirāṅgaḥ saumyadṛk kāmaśīlaḥ |
ati…
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kāṭhīnyaromāvayavaḥ kṛśātmā dūrvāsitāṅgaḥ kaphamārutātmā |
pīnadvijaścārupiśaṅga…
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itarayoge grahāṇāṃ vṛddhimattā |
arkeṇa mandaḥ, śaninā mahisutaḥ, kujena jīvo gu…
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atha grahāṇāṃ sthānabalaviśeṣaḥ |
svoccasvakīyabhavanasvadṛgāṇaddorāvārāṃśakodag…
The Sun has strength in his own Drekkana, his Hora, his weekday, his Navamsa, his northern passage, …
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candraḥ karkiṇi gopatau nijadinadrekkāṇahorāṃśake
rāśyante śubhavīkṣaṇe niśi suk…
The Moon has strength in Cancer, Taurus, his weekday, his Drekkana, his Hora, his Navamsa, the end o…
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āraḥ svavāranavabhāgadṛgāṇavarge mīnālikanbhamṛgasunburuyāminīṣu |
vakre ca yāmy…
Mars has abundant strength in his own weekday, in his Navamsa, in his Drekkana, in the signs Meena, …
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anyānṛyugmabhavane nijavāravarge cāpe vinā ravimahurniśamindusūnuḥ |
saumyāyane …
Mercury is mighty in Kanya and Mithuna, in his weekday, in his own Varga, in Dhanus, when without th…
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mīnālicāpakaṭake nijavargavāre madhyandinodagayane yadi rāśimadhye |
kumbhe ca n…
Jupiter is powerful in Meena, Vrischika, Dhanus and Kataka, in his own Varga and weekday, at mid day…
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svoccasvavargadivase yadi rāśimadhye śatruvyayānujagṛhe hibuke'parāhṇa |
yuddhe …
Venus is auspicious in his exaltation sign, in his Varga, in his weekday, when in the middle of a si…
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mandastulāmakarakumbhagṛhe kalatre yāmyāyane nijadṛgāṇadine daśāyām |
ante gṛhas…
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meṣālikumbhataruṇivṛṣakarkaṭeṣu meṣūraṇe ca balavānuragādhipaḥ yāt |
kanyāvasāna…
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proktaprakāraprabalānvitā ye mūlaṃ vibalā bhavanti |
bhāveṣu yogeṣu daśākalaṣu n…
Those planets which possess the strength described above become unavailing when they happen to be in…
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atha grahāṇāmadhimukhatvādi |
adhomukhā dineśasya pūrvaṣaṭkasthitā grahāḥ |
apar…
Planets in the six signs before the Sun are called Prone. Those in the six behind the Sun are supine…
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bhānāmavasthānagatāḥ krameṇa madāryabhaumārkisitajñacandrāḥ |
teṣāmadhaḥsthānaga…
Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, the Sun, Venus, Mercury and the Moon are the planets arranged seriatim accord…
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sthānaviśeṣe sthitikramaviśeṣe ca grahāṇāṃ viphalatā |
sabhānurindhuḥ śaśijaścat…
The Moon in conjunction with the 9th, Mercury in the 4th house from the Lagna, Jupiter in the 5th, M…
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atha doṣāpaharaṇam |
rāhudoṣambudho hanyādubhayostu śanaiścaraḥ |
trayāṇāṃ bhūmi…
Mercury (when in strength) can counteract the evil caused by Rahu. Saturn (in a similar position) ca…
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pañcānāṃ devamantrī ca ṣaṇṇāṃ doṣaṃ tu candramāḥ |
saptadoṣaṃ ravirhanyādviśeṣād…
Mercury (when in strength) can counteract the evil caused by Rahu. Saturn (in a similar position) ca…
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atha grahāṇāṃ pīḍākaraṇaprakāraḥ |
sadā'gnirogajvaravṛddhidīpanakṣayātisāgadikar…
The Sun (when malefic) invariably produces mental incompetence through the instrumentality of the se…
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pāṇḍudoṣajaladoṣakāmalāpīnasādiramaṇīkṛtāmayaiḥ |
kālikāsurasuvāsinīgaṇairākulaṃ…
The Moon (when malefic) causes trouble by means of diseases generally brought on by venereal indulge…
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pīnabījakaphaśāstrapāvakagranthirugvraṇadaridrajāmayaiḥ |
vīraśaivagaṇabhairavād…
Mars (when malefic) quickly causes fear by a swelling of the scrotum, phlegm, weapons, fire, knotty …
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guhyodarādṛśyasamīrakuṣṭhamandāgniśūlagrahaṇīrugādyaiḥ |
budhādiviṣṇupriyadāsabh…
Mercury (when malefic) works much misery by producing wind imperceptibly in the regions of the privi…
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ācāryadevagurubhūsuraśāpadoṣaiḥ śokaṃ ca gulmarujamindraguruḥ karoti |
antāvikār…
Jupiter (when malefic) causes sorrow due to the evil effects of maledictions uttered by preceptors, …
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dāridyadoṣanijakarmapiśācacaureḥ kleśaṃ karoti ravijaḥ saha sandhirogaiḥ |
kaṇḍū…
Venus produces peril through such causes as drink and diabetes arising from the diseases of the belo…
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karotyapasmāramasūrirajjūkṣuddṛkkṛmipretapiśācabhūtaiḥ |
udvanghanenārucikuṣṭhar…
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atha rāśau grahaphalaparipākakālaḥ |
ādyantamadhyabhavanopagatā nabhogāścādityab…
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atha dhātujaroge dhātunāthopāsanā |
yaddhātukopajanitākhilarogaśāntyai tannātham…
Mercury, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars are his neutrals, and the Moon is his enemy.
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atha grahāṇāṃ bālyādyavasthānirūpaṇam |
bālaḥ kumāro'tha yuvā ca vṛddho mṛtaśca …
Whenever diseases are caused by irritation of particular constituents of the body, people should, in…
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atha jāgradādyāvasthāḥ |
uccāṃśe svanavāṃśe ca jāgarūkaṃ vadanti hi |
suhṛnnavāṃ…
In an odd sign, according to the number of degrees advanced, a planet is said to be in infancy, in b…
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atha grahāṇāṃ phaladānakālaḥ |
śīrṣodayagataḥ kheṭaḥ pākādau phalado bhavet |
pṛ…
That portion of a zodiacal sign in which a planet is in its exaltation and that Navamsa which is own…
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samastahorāphalasārasāndravirājite jātakapārijāte |
grahakriyārūpaguṇaprabhedaḥ …
By the special favor of the planets, the diversity of their work, form and properties has been set f…
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iti navagrahakṛpayā vaidyanāthaviracite jātakapārijāte
grahanāmasvarūpaguṇamedād…
The Sun and the Moon are sovereigns. Guru and Sukra are counsellors. Budha is the young prince (heir…
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