Phaladeepika · Chapter 1
rāśi bheda
राशि भेद
18
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18
Translated
All 18 verses
1
śuklāmbaradharaṃ devaṃ śaśivarṇaṃ caturbhujam |
prasannavadanaṃ dhyāyetsarvavigh…
May we be blessed with beatitude without end by that Supreme Reality — the one heavenly light withou…
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2
vāgdevīṃ kuladevatāṃ mama gurūn kālatayajñānadān
sūryadīṃśca navagrāhan gaṇapāti…
I, the astrologer Mantreswara, first make my reverent obeisance to Saraswati — the Muse of Learning,…
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3
padābhādyairyantrairjananasamayo'tra prathamato
viśeṣādvijñeyaḥ saha vighaṭikābh…
The exact time of the birth of a person with the actual number of Vighatikas elapsed as revealed by …
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4
śirovaktrorohṛjjaṭharakaṭivastiprajanana\-
sthalānyūrūjānvoryugalamiti jaṃghe pa…
The parts of the body of the Person (Kala) beginning with the Lagna are respectively (1) the head (2…
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5
araṇye kedāre śayanabhavane svabhagalile
girī pātha sasyānvitamuvi viśāṃ ghorina…
The abodes of the 12 signs from Mesha onwards are respectively (1) the forest (2) a field under wate…
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6
bhaumaḥ śukrabudhendusūryaśaśijāḥ śukrārajīvārkajāḥ
mando devaguruḥ krameṇa kath…
Mars, Venus, Mercury, the Moon, the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Saturn and Jupiter a…
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7
simhokṣājavadhūhayāṅgavaṇijaḥ kuṃbhastrikoṇā raveḥ
jñendvostūccalavānnakhoḍvinaś…
Simha, Vrishbha, Mesha, Kanya, Dhanus, Tula and Kumbha are the Moolatrikona (first triangular) signs…
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8
gokarkyaśvyajanakrabhānyatha nṛyuṅmīnau pare rāśyaste
pṛṣṭhodhayakodayāḥ samithu…
The signs Vrishabha, Karkataka, Dhanus, Mesha and Makara rise with their back (Prishtodaya), Mithuna…
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9
meṣādāha caraṃ sthirākhyamubhayaṃ dvāraṃ bahirgarbhabhaṃ
dhāturmūlamitīha jīva u…
The signs from Mesha taken in order are (1) Chara — moveable or cardinal, Sthira — fixed and Ubhaya …
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10
lagnaṃ horā kalyadehodayākhyaṃ rūpaṃ śirṣaṃ vartamānaṃ ca janma |
vittaṃ vidyā s…
Lagna, Hora, Kalya, Deha, Udaya, Rupa, Seersha, Vartamana (living) and Janma are the names of the As…
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11
duścikyoro dakṣakarṇaṃ ca senāṃ dhairyaṃ śauryaṃ vikramaṃ bhrātraṃ ca
gehaṃ kṣet…
Duschikya, Uras (breast), the right ear, army, courage, valour, prowess and brother are the designat…
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12
rājyaṃ gomahiṣasugandhavastrabhūṣāḥ pātālaṃ hibukasukhāmbusetunadyaḥ |
rājāṅkaṃ …
Duschikya, Uras (breast), the right ear, army, courage, valour, prowess and brother are the designat…
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13
ṛṇāstracorakṣatarogaśatrūn jñātyājiduṣkṛtyāghabhītyavajñāḥ |
jāmitracittotthamad…
Rina (debt), Astra (arms), Chora (thief), Kshata (wounds), Roga (disease), Satru (enemy), Jnati (pat…
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14
māṅgalyarandhramalinādhiparābhavāyuḥ
kleśāpavādamaraṇāśucivighnadāsān |
ācāryada…
Mangalya, Randhra, Malina, Adhi (mental pain), Parabhava (defeat or insult), Ayus (life), Klesa (sor…
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15
vyāpārāspadamānakarmajayasatkīrtiṃ kratuṃ jīvanaṃ
vyomācāraguṇapravṛttigamanānyā…
The terms to indicate the 10th house are Vyapara (commerce), Aspada (rank or position), Mana (honour…
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16
duḥkhāṃghrivāmanayanakṣayasūcakāntya\-
daridryapāpaśayanavyayariḥphabandhān |
bh…
The designations used for the 12th house are Duhkha (misery), Anghri (leg), Vama Nayana (left eye), …
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17
duḥsthānamaṣṭamaripuvyayabhāvamāhuū susthānamanyabhavanaṃ śubhadaṃ pradiṣṭam |
p…
The 8th, the 6th and the 12th houses are known as Dusstthanas or houses of evil. The rest are termed…
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18
paṇakaramiti kendrādūrdhvamāpoklimantat\-
paramatha caturastraṃ naidhanaṃ bandhu…
The houses next to the Kendras — that is, the 2nd, the 5th, the 8th and the 11th — are known as Pana…
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