The Brihat Jataka of Varahamihira: Chapter One (Zodiac Signs) Translated by Michael Douglas Neely
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I am a mostly self-taught Sanskrit enthusiast. I went to a Sanskrit presentation at a yoga studio sometime in the late 1990s. That was my first exposure to any structured Sanskrit class. The studio arranged a second follow-up class, but no one showed up, except me. I took that as an omen. In 2003 I took two Sanskrit workshops that emphasized learning the Sanskrit alphabet and some noun declensions and verb conjunctions. In 2005 I was able to find a Sanskrit mentor to teach me Sanskrit until about mid-2006. From mid-2006 to mid-2007 I continued my Sanskrit studies and Sanskrit to English translations. You can see my translation work during this time period and my current work on my academia.edu profile: https://independent.academia.edu/MichaelNeely In mid-2007 I lost interest in studying Sanskrit and stopped studying it. In 2014, my interest in Sanskrit was rekindled. I felt a calling to come back to it and started reviewing various Sanskrit primers and textbooks.
In July 2015 I felt confident enough to start translating the Bhagavad Gita in order continue increasing my proficiency in the Sanskrit language while feeling the excitement of actually reading and comprehending the Sanskrit of the B hagavad Gita and then translating the Sanskrit into English. In addition to the Bhagavad Gita, I have started some translation work on the Brihat Jataka and the principal Upanishads. I am not a Sanskrit professor nor do I claim to be an expert in the Sanskrit language. Various translations of the Brihat Jataka, Sanskrit primers and textbooks, and the Academic Room Sanskrit-English Dictionary app were consulted during this translation. I consulted various translations of the Brihat Jataka of Varahamihira to include those by Swami Vijnananada, Usha and Shashi, and B. Suryanarain Rao, and the Sanskrit script for this text was found at sanskritdocuments.org for clarification and guidance in my own translation. I relied heavily on the Sanskrit primer Devavanipravesika by Robert and Sally Goldman, Sanskrit Grammar by William Dwight Whitney, the Sanskrit Reference Manual by William Bucknell, and the app just mentioned in making sure I understood the Sanskrit underlying the translation.
In my prose translations, I tried to be as literal as possible, not adding anything to the translation that was not in the original Sanskrit text. For each verse translated, I show the Sanskrit devanagari text, the transliteration of the Sanskrit in English (IAST format), and the English translation I created. After that, I broke down each word of the Sanskrit text into its pre-sandhi form and listed the various grammatical identifiers of each word. I also explain why my translation is different from other translations and provide other background information essential to understanding the verses. Every translation has it place in the world. My disagreement with a translation is just an exercise in how it departs from the literal translation. Some Sanskritists may criticize this book given I am not a credentialed Sanskritist in the guise that I made certain grammar and translation errors. I am not immune to error, but I am definitely confident that I provide a valuable Sanskrit and Brihat Jataka resource in this book. If one feels moved to criticize my work, I would appreciate a detailed response in regards to my error and not some off the cuff rebuke from on high. I understand society’s tendency to give the benefit of the doubt to a credentialed person over a non-credentialed enthusiast, but just be aware that credentialed and uncredentialed people make errors
all the same. This book is filling a void that has not been provided by the credentialed Sanskrit community that rarely engages the Sanskrit enthusiast community in any public outreach minus the availability of their print and online publications.
Chapter 1 Outline of Main Concepts (listed as they appear in the text)
General Text Background This text was written by Varahamihira who lived around 507 A.D. and is one of the most significant in East Indian astrology. The other four are Saravali of Kalyanverma, Sarvartha Chintamani of Venkatesh, Jataka Parijata of Vaidyanatha and P haladeepika of Mantreswara. The Brihat Jataka is also a relatively short text consisting of 407 verses over 28 chapters. Varahamihira also wrote the astronomy/astrology texts of the Panchasiddhantika, Brihat Samhita, Laghu Jataka, and Yogayatra. 1 We know there was cultural exchange between the area now known as India and Greece because of the various Greek astrology terms in this text. There even seems to be an attempt to correspond the Greek terms with the East Indian terms in various parts of it.
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Chapter One Overview Chapter one of the Brihat Jataka mainly covers matters related to the zodiac signs. This chapter is only twenty verses long, but the concepts that can be intuited from the verses is immense. Characteristics of the Sun and Homage to It The first verse of chapter one glorifies the Sun as having the following characteristics: A many rayed light of the world that unfolds the different phases of the Moon
Purpose of this Text The author of this text indicates that he will prepare instructions with concise and various examples and many methods for the clever but frustrated people trying to understand the great volume of horoscopic knowledge. This even applies to the available and systematic knowledge already in circulation during that time. It is interesting how much does not change, even over hundreds or thousands of years, in the arena of trying to understand astrology. Contemporary astrologers echo similar words in the above paragraph to frustrated astrology students.
The lord of destruction, creation, and preservation The soul of the births on the liberated path The sacrifice of the knowing soul and the lord of sacrifices The science of the heavenly bodies and of the worlds Found in the Veda in various ways Beseeched to give the people speech.
Etymology of the word, “Hora” Hora is a common word in this chapter, meaning the horoscope as a whole or the half division of a zodiac sign. The author states that some people derive the word ‘Hora,’ as an abbreviation, from the word ‘Ahoratra’ by dropping the first syllable, ‘a,’ and the last syllable, ‘tra.’ ‘Ahoratra’ means day and night or consisting of day and night. The word ‘Hora’ is also found in the Greek language.
Unconquered Good and Bad Actions This text states that the unconquered actions of the previous birth, whether good or bad, mature together and move toward manifestation. Body Area Correspondence with the Zodiac A body area correspondence is made with the twelve zodiac signs in the following manner: Aries (called the best body part): the head area Taurus: the mouth area Gemini: the upper chest area with the arms Cancer: the heart area Leo: the middle area (the belly) Virgo: the hip area Libra: the bladder area Scorpio: the genital area Sagittarius: the thigh area Capricorn: the knee area Aquarius: the shin area Pisces: the feet area It is interesting that this verse interprets these areas as “the limbs of time.” Also, the first area starts in the “Ashvins in Aries” pairing up the nakshatra system native to India and the zodiac system.
Pada Division of the Zodiac Signs Next, the text outlines the pada (foot) system native to India, which is connected with the nakshatra system. Each pada is 3 degrees and 20 minutes. Each nakshatra (13 degrees, 20 minutes) has four padas. There are nine padas in each zodiac sign of 30 degrees. Meaning of the Terms Attributed to the Zodiac Signs and Houses The terms commonly used for a zodiac signs are rashi, kshetra, griha, and riksha. The terms commonly used for the house ares bha and bhavana. All of these terms are one and the same, and are often used interchangeably in this text.
Pictorial Representations of the Zodiac Signs and their Behavior The twelve zodiac signs are pictured in the following manner: Pisces: two fishes Aquarius: a water jar Gemini: a pair of humans with a mace and a lute Sagittarius: a human armed with a bow having the lower limbs of a horse Capricorn: a makara (a type of sea animal) having the face of a deer Libra: one possessing a scale Virgo: an unmarried girl riding in a boat carrying fire and corn The remaining zodiac signs resemble their own name as follows: Aries: the Ram Taurus: the Bull Cancer: the Crab Leo: the Lion Scorpio: the Scorpion All the zodiac signs have “one's own way of going about things.”
Lords of the Zodiac Signs Aries: Mars Taurus: Venus Gemini: Mercury Cancer: the Moon Leo: the Sun Virgo: Mercury Libra: Venus Scorpio: Mars Sagittarius: Jupiter Capricorn: Saturn Aquarius: Saturn Pisces: Jupiter
The Method of Calculating the Initial Navamsha Lords for the Cardinal Signs (i.e., Aries, Capricorn, Libra, and Cancer) The second part of verse six is translated as follows: “The method of the navamsha (1/9th portion of a zodiac sign) commencing in the zodiac sign of Aries, Capricorn, Libra, and Cancer have the ruler obtaining an equal share (1/9th portion) of the zodiac sign from one’s own sign in due order.” The compact verse above is saying the following: Each of the zodiac signs mentioned above (Aries, Capricorn, Libra, and Cancer) have their own ruler also starting off the nine navamsha divisions of their zodiac sign. So, the first 3°20’ of Aries (ruled by Mars) falls in the navamsha ruled by Mars, the first 3°20’ of Capricorn (ruled by Saturn) falls in the navamsha ruled by Saturn, the first 3°20’ of Libra (ruled by Venus) falls in the navamsha ruled by Venus, and the first 3°20’ of Cancer (ruled by the Moon) falls in the navamsha ruled by the Moon. These are the only signs where the first navamsha has the same ruler as the sign of the ruling zodiac sign. The author cleverly lists the zodiac signs from Aries
when the first navamsha would be the same as the ruler as the zodiac sign. Figure 1 on the next page shows a spreadsheet of this dynamic. The vargottama (to be discuss in detail in verse fourteen) places are highlighted in the spreadsheet. The author also ordered the zodiac signs in the second part of verse six. They were listed as Aries, Capricorn, Libra, and Cancer. These zodiac signs are lorded by Mars, Saturn, Venus, and the Moon. These lords in this exact order are always the navamsha lords of the first navamshas from Aries to Pisces in three repetitions.
Figure 1: Navamsha (Nine Portions of the Planetary Lords) Sign Degrees
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A contemporary way of looking at this division is by seeing zodiac signs within the zodiac signs. Each of the signs mentioned above (Aries, Capricorn, Libra, and Cancer) have their own zodiac sign as the sign starting off the nine navamsha divisions of their zodiac sign. So, the first 3°20’ of Aries falls in the Aries navamsha, the first 3°20’ of Capricorn falls in the Capricorn navamsha, the first 3°20’ of Libra falls in the Libra navamsha, and the first 3°20’ of Cancer falls in the Cancer navamsha. These are the only signs where the first navamsha is the same zodiac sign as the sign of the ruling zodiac sign under consideration. The elements of the zodiac are as follows: Aries: fire Taurus: earth Gemini: air Cancer: water Leo: fire Virgo: earth Libra: air Scorpio: water Sagittarius: fire Capricorn: earth Aquarius: air Pisces: water
The navamsha portion order , either by lord or zodiac sign, will be identical for the zodiac signs having the same element. See Figures 1 and 2 for clarification. I find it best to think of the zodiac signs’ navamsha portions or any portions at all like Russian dolls or fractals. The portions are just smaller models of the largest model, the full 360° zodiac.
Figure 2: Navamsha (Nine Portions of the Zodiac)
Sign Degrees
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Trines also play into the nine portions of each zodiac sign of the twelve signs. Each of the elements (fire, earth, air, and water) of the zodiac has three repetitions. The quadruplicity of each zodiac sign is as follows: Aries: cardinal spring season Taurus: fixed spring season Gemini: dual spring season Cancer: cardinal summer season Leo: fixed summer season Virgo: dual summer season Libra: cardinal fall season Scorpio: fixed fall season Sagittarius: dual fall season Capricorn: cardinal winter season Aquarius: fixed winter season Pisces: dual winter season These quadruplicities are seasonal in nature. Cardinal zodiac signs are when a particular season is off and running, fixed zodiac signs are when a particular season is at its height, and dual zodiac signs are when a particular season is merging with the next season having hints of the future season while the current season is weakening but still present.
The trines also show up in the quadruplicities with the ninth portion of zodiac sign being the same as the ruling zodiac sign it is dividing in the first ninth portion of the cardinal signs, the fifth ninth portion of the fixed signs, and the ninth ninth portion of the dual signs. This concept is called vargottama in East Indian astrology, which will be covered in the fourteenth verse. The vargottama placements are highlighted in yellow in the navamsha spreadsheets in Figures 1 and 2.
The Method of Calculating the Trimshamsha
The first part of verse seven is translated as follows: “The portions of Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Mercury, Venus are five, five, eight, seven, and five in the odd zodiac signs (Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius, and Aquarius), but in the even zodiac signs (Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn, and Pisces) they are situated in the reverse.” A spreadsheet of the allocation of the lords of the trimshamsha can be found in Figure 3. This verse emphasizes the lords of particular degrees in a zodiac sign because a ‘trimshamsha’ is a thirty portion division of a thirty degree zodiac sign. In this method, only five lords command a certain range of degrees within the thirty portions. This portioning cannot be analogized to zodiac signs within zodiac signs the way the navamsha portioning is.
Figure 3: Trimshamsha Lords of Odd and Even Zodiac Signs Odd Sign Degrees
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The Three Zodiac Junctions from the Navamsha Portions From the beginning of the sign of Aries to the end of the sign of Pisces there are three instances of the navamsha portions when Pisces will be the last 9th portion of a zodiac sign. Those 9th portions are at the end of Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces. These points are designated as the junctions of the zodiac signs. Figure 2 in this translation demonstrates this.
Greek Names of the Zodiac Signs The Greek names of the zodiac signs are listed as follows: Aries: Kriya Taurus: Tavuri Gemini: Jituma Cancer: Kulira Leo: Leya Virgo: Pathona Libra: Juka Scorpio: Kaurpya Sagittarius: Taukshika Capricorn: Akokera Aquarius: Hridroga Pisces: Ittham Once again, interaction between the two cultures is evident here.
Six Portions of the Zodiac Signs The six portions of a sign are as follows: Zodiac sign: no portional division of a zodiac sign Hora: two portional divisions of a zodiac sign Dreshkana: three portional divisions of a zodiac sign Navamsha: nine portional divisions of a zodiac sign Trimshamsha: thirty portional divisions of a zodiac sign These portions are called the vargas of the signs. Zodiac Signs Strong in the Day and Night Taurus, Aries, Sagittarius, Cancer, Gemini and Capricorn are called night zodiac signs because their constellations rise from their “behinds,” meaning the end portion of their constellation rises over the eastern horizon first. Gemini is an exception because it rises “head first.” Head-first constellations rise over the eastern horizon with their beginning portion first. The zodiac signs of Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Aquarius, and Pisces are powerful in the day because they rise “head first.” The lagna, or rising sign, with Pisces rises from both sides, head and back, but is considered to be strong in the day.
Aries: rising with behind; strong at night Taurus: rising with behind; strong at night Gemini: rising with head; strong at night Cancer: rising with behind; strong at night Leo: rising with head; strong in the day Virgo: rising with head; strong in the day Libra: rising with head; strong in the day Scorpio: rising with head; strong in the day Sagittarius: rising with behind; strong at night Capricorn: rising with behind; strong at night Aquarius: rising with head; strong in the day Pisces: rising with head and behind; strong in the day
Figure 4: Day (D) and Night (N) Zodiac Signs in the South Indian Astrology Chart Format
Malefic and Benefic Zodiac Signs The zodiac signs are alternately malefic and benefic from Aries to Pisces. Male and Female Zodiac Signs The zodiac signs are alternately male and female from Aries to Pisces. Movable, Fixed, and Dual Zodiac Signs The zodiac signs are repeatedly movable, fixed, and dual from Aries to Pisces.
Zodiac Sign Rulers of the Directions The rulers of the east, etc. (east, south, west, and north) are Aries, Taurus, Gemini, and Cancer with the trines (the fifth and ninth houses) based on the elements of the zodiac signs. The fire signs (Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius) rule the east. The earth signs (Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn) rule the south.
Rulers of the Horas (two divisional portions of the zodiac signs) In the Hora portions, the Sun and Moon reside in odd zodiac signs in that order, and the Moon and Sun reside in even zodiac signs in that order. In this text, the author presents an alternative view of the portions: the first Hora is considered the lord of the zodiac sign of the Hora and the second, the lord of the eleventh house.
The air signs (Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius) rule the west.
Rulers of the Dreshkanas (three divisional portions of the zodiac signs)
The water signs (Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces) rule the north.
The Dreshkana portions should be the lords of its own, 5th, and 9th house. An alternative view in this text is that the Dreshkanas are the lords of their own zodiac sign, the eleventh house, and the twelfth house.
Exaltation and Debilitation Degrees of the Planets
Vargottama Portions
The exaltation degrees are as follows:
The vargottamas are the 3°20’ portions in the cardinal, fixed, and dual zodiac signs residing in the signs’ first, middle, and end portions, respectively. Auspicious results reside in these vargottama portions, highlighted in Figure 2.
Sun: 10° of Aries Moon: 3° of Taurus Mars: 28° of Capricorn Mercury: 15° of Virgo Jupiter: 5° of Cancer Venus: 27° of Pisces Saturn: 20° of Capricorn Those degrees are debilitated at 180° from the exaltation degrees.
Mulatrikona Houses
Leo, Taurus, Aries, Virgo, Sagittarius, Libra, and Aquarius are the mulatrikona houses of the Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn, respectively.
The Natures of the Twelve Houses
The Other Natures of the Twelve Houses
Beginning with the rising sign are the houses related as follows: 1st house: body 2nd house: family 3rd house: siblings 4th house: kinsman 5th house: a child 6th house: an enemy 7th house: a wife 8th house: death 9th house: auspiciousness 10th house: business 11th house: income 12th house: expenditure
Beginning with the rising sign are the houses related as follows: 1st house: ability 2nd house: innate 3rd house: valor 4th house: seizing 5th house: intelligence 6th house: destruction 7th house: a wife 8th house: a cavity 9th house: preceptor 10th house: pride 11th house: prosperity 12th house: loss
The Upachaya Houses
The Qualities of Certain Houses
The upachaya houses are the zodiac signs known as Ari (the 6th house), Karma (the 10th house), Labha (the 11th house), and Dushchikya (the 3rd house). Others say it is not always so, in regards to the houses which are upachaya.
From the lagna, the fourth and eighth houses are the square signs. The seventh house is termed Dyuna and tenth house is termed Ajna.
The Angular Houses and When They are Strong The Kantakas (points), Kendras (angular), and Catushtayas (squares) are the zodiac signs of the seventh, first, fourth, and tenth houses. They are declared strong when they are in insect, human, aquatic, and bestial zodiac signs, respectively. Insect: Scorpio is strong as the seventh for Taurus lagna.
Other Designations of Houses Kendras: 1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th houses Panapharas: 2nd, 5th, 8th, and 11th houses Apoklimas: 3rd, 3rd, 9th, and the 12th houses The fourth house is Sukha, Hibuka, and Veshma; the seventh house is Jamitra; the 5th house is the Trikona; and the 10th house is Meshurana and Karma.
Human: Gemini, Virgo, Libra, the upper part of Sagittarius and Aquarius are strong as the first house/lagnas.
Houses Endowed with Vigor in a Horoscope The rising sign joined with an aspect from Mercury, Jupiter, or the lord of the zodiac sign, and not with the others, is endowed with vigor.
Aquatic: Cancer, Pisces, and the lower part of Capricorn are strong as the fourth houses for Aries, Sagittarius, and Libra lagnas, respectively.
The zodiac signs situated in the Kendras (1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th) are endowed with vigor.
Bestial: Aries, Leo, Taurus, the lower part of Sagittarius, and the first half of Capricorn are strong as tenth houses for Cancer, Scorpio, Leo, Pisces, and Aries lagnas, respectively.
The biped (human) zodiac signs are endowed with vigor in the day, the quadruped zodiac signs in the night, and the insect zodiac signs in both morning and evening twilights.
Degrees of Each House Aries: 20° Taurus: 24° Gemini: 28° Cancer: 32° Leo: 36° Virgo: 40° Libra: 40° Scorpio: 36° Sagittarius: 32° Capricorn: 28° Aquarius: 24° Pisces: 20° These degrees for each of the zodiac signs are used for special horary techniques. Example include learning the distances to stolen articles and the size of body parts assigned per the house/zodiac sign correspondence to body parts (see verse four of this chapter). More Names of Houses Dushcikya is the third house, Tapas is the ninth house and that Trikona in the three, etc. is the ninth house.
Colors of the Zodiac Signs Aries: red Taurus: white Gemini: yellow Cancer: pink Leo: pale smoke colored Virgo: variegated in color Libra: black Scorpio: like gold Sagittarius: reddish-brown Capricorn: spotted or variegated color Aquarius: deep brown Pisces: transparent
Plava Positions The different plava directions are based on the planets ruling the signs as follows: Mars (Aries and Scorpio) = the south direction Venus (Taurus and Libra) = the southeast direction Mercury (Gemini and Virgo) = the north direction The Moon (Cancer) = the northwest direction Jupiter (Sagittarius and Pisces) = the northeast direction Saturn (Capricorn and Aquarius) = the west direction The Sun (Leo) = the east direction These designations are also often used with horary techniques to find articles, choose auspicious directions, etc. Term for the Second Zodiac Sign from the Sun Veshi is the second (zodiac sign) from the zodiac sign joined with the maker of the day (the Sun).
Chapter 1 Verses 1. The Sun, many rayed light of the world, unfolding the different phases of the Moon, the lord of destruction, creation, and preservation, the soul of the births on the liberated path, the sacrifice of the knowing soul, the lord of sacrifices and the science of the heavenly bodies and of the worlds, who is in the Veda in various ways, may that one grants us speech. 2. With abundant clever understanding in clever intelligence for the comprehension of the results of the horoscope in the connection with the systematic reasonings, even in the known instructions, in crossing the ocean of horoscopic doctrine for the sake of frustrated efforts, I will prepare a boat of instructions with concise and various examples and many methods. 3. Some persons are inclined to take “Hora” as an abbreviated form of “Ahoratra” (consisting of day and night) from dropping the first and last syllable. The unconquered action in the previous birth which is to be the good and bad. Of that maturing together, it goes towards manifestation.
4. The limbs of time are the best limb (the head), mouth, breast, heart, middle part (the belly), hips, bladder, genitals, a pair of thighs and of knees, the two shanks (the shins), from that, the two pair of feet. The first is in the Ashvins in Aries. The feet of a zodiac sign are nine established in the circle of zodiac signs. Rashi, kshetra, griha, riksha, and bha and bhavana. The terms are one and the same. 5. The two fishes (Pisces), a water jar (Aquarius), a pair of humans with a mace and a lute (Gemini), a human armed with a bow having the lower limbs of a horse (Sagittarius), a makara (a type of sea animal) having the face of a deer (Capricorn), one possessing a scale (Libra), and an unmarried girl going in a boat with fire and corn (Virgo). The remaining, the Ram (Aries), the Bull (Taurus), the Crab (Cancer), the Lion (Leo), and the Scorpion (Scorpio) are resembling one's own name. All [the zodiac signs] have one's own way of going about things. 6. Mars, Venus, Mercury, the Moon, the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Saturn, Jupiter
rule the portions of the zodiac signs [beginning with Aries, etc.]. The method of the navamsha commencing in the zodiac sign of Aries, Capricorn, Libra, Cancer have the ruler obtaining an equal share of the zodiac sign from one’s own sign in due order. 7. The portions of Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Mercury, Venus are five, five, eight, seven, and five in an odd zodiac sign (Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius, or Aquarius), but in an even zodiac (Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn, or Pisces) it is situated in the reverse. The termination in Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces is the junction of the zodiac signs. 8. They (the zodiac signs) are called Kriya (Aries), Tavuri (Taurus), Jituma (Gemini), K ulira (Cancer), Leya (Leo), Pathona (Virgo), Juka (Libra), Kaurpya (Scorpio), Taukshika (Sagittarius), Akokera (Capricorn), Hridroga (Aquarius), and the last zodiac sign, Ittham (Pisces). 9. The names of the portions are Deshkana, Hora, Navamsha, Dvadamsha, Trimshamsha and the zodiac
sign. And whichever (portion) of whichever (zodiac sign), that (portion) is the varga of whichever (zodiac sign). 10. Taurus, Aries, Sagittarius, Cancer, Gemini and Capricorn are called night [zodiac signs]. Indeed, they are said to rise from their behinds, excluding the sign of Gemini. The remaining are powerful in the day, rising with their heads. The lagna of the pair of fish (Pisces) rises from both sides.
11. Those (zodiac signs from Aries) are: Malefic and benefic. Male and female. The bodies are movable, fixed, and dual. The rulers of the east, etc. (east, south, west, and north) are Aries, Taurus, Gemini, and Cancer with the trines (fifth and ninth houses). In an odd zodiac sign reside the Sun and Moon and in an even zodiac sign reside the Moon and Sun in the Hora. The Dreshkanas should be the lords of its own, 5th, and 9th house. 12. But some others take the first Hora as the lord of the zodiac sign and the second as the lord of the eleventh house. Also, they relay the Dreshkana as the lords of it’s own (zodiac sign), the eleventh house, and the twelfth house.
13. Aries, Taurus, Capricorn, Virgo, Cancer, Pisces, and Libra are the Sun, etc. with ten, three, twenty-eight, fifteen, five, twenty-seven, and twenty degrees. Those [degrees] are debilitated in the seventh house. 14. The vargottamas in the cardinal, fixed, and dual zodiac signs residing in the first middle, and end, respectively, are the fortunate results understood from the portions of the navamsha (3°20’). Leo, Taurus, Aries, Virgo, Sagittarius, Libra, and Aquarius are the mulatrikona houses from the Sun. 15. Beginning with the rising sign are the houses related to the body (1st house), family (2nd house), siblings (3rd house), kinsman (4th house), a child (5th house), an enemy (6th house), a wife (7th house), and death (8th house), auspiciousness (9th house), business (10th house), income (11th house), and expenditure (12th house). The upachaya houses are the zodiac signs known as Ari (the 6th house), Karma (the 10th house), Labha (the 11th house), and Dushchikya (the 3rd house). Others [say] it is not always so.
16. Ability (1st house), innate (2nd house), valor (3rd house), seizing (4th house), intelligence (5th house), destruction (6th house), the wife (7th house), a cavity (8th house), preceptor (9th house), pride (10th house), prosperity (11th house), and loss (12th house). From the lagna, the fourth and eighth houses are the square signs. The seventh house is termed Dyuna and tenth house is termed Ajna. 17. Known as the kantakas (points), kendras (angular), and catushtayas (squares) of the zodiac signs of the seventh, the first, the fourth, and the tenth. In those are declared as strengthening when insect, human, aquatic, and bestial zodiac signs, respectively.
18. Here, it should be known, next from the kendra (1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th houses) is the panaphara house (2nd, 5th, 8th, and 11th house) and from all the others is the apoklima (3rd, 3rd, 9th, and the 12th). The fourth house is Sukha, Hibuka, and Veshma, the seventh house is Jamitra, [the 5th house] is the Trikona, the 10th house is Meshurana and Karma. 19. The rising sign joined with an aspect from Mercury, Jupiter, or the lord [of the zodiac sign], and not with the others, is endowed with vigor. [The zodiac signs] situated in the kendras (1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th) [are endowed with vigor]. The biped (human) zodiac signs [are endowed with vigor] in the day, the quadruped zodiac signs in the night, and the insect zodiac signs in both morning and evening twilights. In the first six signs, the numbers, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten multiplied by four are the measure [of Aries, etc.] and that in the reverse [for the remaining sign zodiac signs]. Dushcikya is the third house, Tapas is the ninth house and that Trikona in the three, etc. is the ninth house.
20. Red, white, yellow, pink, pale smoke colored, variegated in color, black, like gold, reddish-brown, of a spotted or variegated color, deep brown, and transparent are the colors beginning with the first zodiac sign. One’s own plava is termed from the obtained lordship. Veshi is the second (zodiac sign) from the zodiac sign joined with the maker of the day (the Sun).
Chapter 1 Detail Division of the Zodiac Signs
Verse 1 मू त वे प रकि पतः शशभत ृ ो व मापन ु ज मनामा मे या म वदां
तु च यजतां
भतामर यो तषाम ् । लोकानां लयो भवि थ त वभु चानेकधा यः त ु ौ वाचं नः स ददा वनेक करण
ल ै ो यद पो र वः ॥ १॥
mūrtitve parikalpitaḥ śaśabhṛto vartmāpunarjanmanāmātmetyātmavidāṃ kratuśca yajatāṃ bhartāmarajyotiṣām । lokānāṃ pralayodbhavasthitivibhuścānekadhā yaḥ śrutau vācaṃ naḥ sa dadātvanekakiraṇastrailokyadīpo raviḥ ॥ 1 ॥
The Sun, many rayed light of the world, unfolding the different phases of the Moon, the lord of destruction, creation, and preservation, the soul of the births on the liberated path, the sacrifice of the knowing soul, the lord of sacrifices and the science of the heavenly bodies and of the worlds, who is in the Veda in various ways, may that one grants us speech.
mūrtitve (stem form: mūrtitva) (neuter, locative, singular) = in materiality/having a body parikalpitas (1st class verb root: pariklṛp) (past passive participle, masculine, nominative, singular) = divided śaśabhṛtas (stem form: śaśabhṛt) (masculine, nominative, plural) = possessed of rabbits (the phases of the Moon) vartman = path apunar = liberated janman = birth vartmāpunarjanmanām (stem form: vartmāpunarjanman) (neuter, genitive, plural) = of the births on the liberated path ātmā (stem form: ātman) (masculine, nominative, singular) = the soul iti (punctuation) (indeclinable) = (syntax marker) ātman = soul vid = knowing ātmavidām (stem form: ātmavid) (neuter, genitive, plural) = of knowing the soul
kratus (stem form: kratu) (masculine, nominative, singular) = sacrifice ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and yajatām (stem form: yajat) (neuter, genitive, plural) = of the sacrifices bhartā (stem form: bhartṛ) (masculine, nominative, singular) = lord amara = immortal jyotis = heavenly bodies amarajyotiṣām (stem form: amarajyotis) (neuter, genitive, plural) = of the science of the heavenly bodies lokānām (stem form: loka) (masculine, genitive, plural) = of the worlds
pralaya = destruction udbhava = creation sthiti = preservation vibhus = the lord pralayodbhavasthitivibhus (stem form: pralayodbhavasthitivibhu) (masculine, nominative, singular) = lord of destruction, creation, and preservation ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and anekadhā (adverb) (indeclinable) = in various ways yas (pronoun, 3rd person, masculine, nominative, singular) = who śrutau (stem form: śruti) (feminine, locative, singular) = in the Veda vācam (stem form: vāca) (feminine, accusative, singular) = a body of words (a speech) nas (pronoun, 1st person, dative, plural) = to us sas (pronoun, 3rd person, masculine, nominative, singular) = that one
dadātu (3rd class verb root: dā) (imperative, parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular) = may it grant
Verse 2
aneka = not one (many) kiraṇa = ray anekakiraṇas (stem form: anekakiraṇa) (masculine, nominative, singular) = not one ray (from the sun, moon, or other luminous body)
भय ू ो भः पटुबु ध भः पटु धयां होराफल
trailokya = three worlds dīpa = light trailokyadīpas (stem form: trailokyadīpas) (masculine, nominative, singular) = light of the three worlds
व ृ व च मथबहुलं शा
ravis (stem form: ravi) (masculine, nominative, singular) = the sun
horāphalajñaptaye śabdanyāyasamanviteṣu bahuśaḥ
श द यायसमि वतेषु बहुशः शा होरात
ष े ु
तये टे व प ।
महाणव तरणे भ नो यमानाम ् अहं व पं लवं ारभे ॥ २॥
bhūyobhiḥ paṭubuddhibhiḥ paṭudhiyāṃ
śāstreṣu dṛṣṭeṣvapi । horātantramahārṇavaprataraṇe bhagnodyamānām ahaṃ svalpaṃ vṛttavicitramarthabahulaṃ śāstraplavaṃ prārabhe ॥ 2॥
With abundant clever understanding in clever intelligence for the comprehension of the results of the horoscope in the connection with the systematic reasonings, even in the known instructions, in crossing the ocean of horoscopic doctrine for the sake of frustrated efforts, I will prepare a boat of instructions with concise and various examples and many methods.
bhūyobhis (stem form: bhūyas) (neuter, instrumental, plural) = with abundant paṭu = clever buddhibhi = understanding paṭubuddhibhis (stem form: paṭubuddhi) (feminine, instrumental, plural) = with clever understandings paṭu = clever dhī = intelligence paṭudhiyām (stem form: paṭudhī) (feminine, locative, singular) = in clever intelligence horā = horoscope phala = results jñapti = comprehension horāphalajñaptaye (stem form: horāphalajñapti) (feminine, dative, singular) = for the comprehension of the results of the horoscope śabda = reasonings nyāya = systematic samanviteṣu = connected with śabdanyāyasamanviteṣu (2nd class verb root: samanvi) (past passive participle, masculine, locative, plural) = in connections with systematic reasonings
bahuśas (adverb) (indeclinable) = abundant
singular) = concise
śāstreṣu (stem form: śāstra) (neuter, locative, plural) = in the instructions
vṛtta = examples vicitra = various vṛttavicitram (stem form: vṛttavicitra) (masculine, accusative, singular) = various examples
dṛṣṭeṣu (1st class verb root: dṛś) (past passive participle, neuter, locative, plural) = in the known api (adverb) (indeclinable) = and also horā = horoscope tantra = doctrine mahārṇava = the ocean prataraṇa = crossing horātantramahārṇavaprataraṇe (stem form: horātantramahārṇavaprataraṇa) (neuter, locative, singular) = in crossing the ocean of horoscopic doctrine bhagna = frustrated udyama = efforts bhagnodyamānām (stem form: bhagnodyama) (masculine, genitive, plural) = for the sake of frustrated efforts aham (pronoun, 1st person, nominative, singular) = I svalpam (stem form: svalpa) (masculine, accusative,
artha = methods bahula = many arthabahulam (stem form: arthabahula) (masculine, accusative, singular) = many methods śāstra = instructions plava = boat śāstraplavam (stem form: śāstraplava) (masculine, accusative, singular) = boat of instructions prārabhe (1st class verb root: prārabh) (present indicative, ātmanepada, 1st person, singular) = I will prepare
Verse 3 होरे यहोरा वक पम ् एके वा छि त पव ू ापरवणलोपात ् । कमािजतं पव ू भवे स आ द य सम भ यनि त
य प ि तं
॥ ३॥ horetyahorātravikalpam eke vāñchanti pūrvāparavarṇalopāt । karmājitaṃ pūrvabhave sad ādi yattasya paṅktiṃ samabhivyanakti ॥ 3॥ Some persons are inclined to take “Hora” as an abbreviated form of “Ahoratra” (consisting of day and night) from dropping the first and last syllable. The unconquered action in the previous birth which is to be the good and bad. Of that maturing together, it goes towards manifestation.
horā (stem form: horā) (feminine, nominative, singular) = Hora iti (punctuation) (indeclinable) = (close quotes)
karman = action ajita = invincible karmājitam (1st class verb root: aji) (past passive participle, neuter, nominative, singular) = unconquered action
ahorātra = Ahoratra (consisting of day and night) vikalpa = alternative form ahorātravikalpam (stem form: horetyahorātravikalpa) (masculine, accusative, singular) = alternative form in “Ahoratra” (consisting of day and night)
pūrva = previous bhava = birth pūrvabhave (stem form: pūrvabhava) (neuter, locative, singular) = in the previous birth
eke (stem form: eka) (pronoun, 3rd person, masculine, nominative, plural) = others (some persons)
sadādi (2nd class verb root: as) (gerundive) = to be good and bad
vāñchanti (1st class verb root: vāñch) (present indicative, parasmaipada, 3rd person, plural) = they are inclined to take
yad (pronoun, 3rd person, neuter, nominative, singular) = which
pūrvāpara = the first and last varṇa = syllable lopa = dropping pūrvāparavarṇalopāt (stem form: pūrvāparavarṇalopa) (masculine/neuter, ablative, singular) = from dropping the first and last syllable
tasya (pronoun, 3rd person, neuter, genitive, singular) = of that paṅktim (stem form: paṅkti) (neuter, nominative, singular) = maturing
sam (adverb) (indeclinable) = together abhivyanakti (abhi + 7th verb class: vyañj) (present indicative, parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular) = it goes toward manifestation
Verse 4 काला गा न वरा गमाननमरु ो
ोडवासो भत ृ ो
बि त य जनम ्ऊ जानय ु ग ु ले ज घे ततोऽ
वयम ् ।
मेषाि व थमा नवऋ चरणा च ि थता राशयो रा श े गह ृ ऋ भा न भवनं चैकाथस
ययाः ॥ ४॥
kālāṅgāni varāṅgamānanamuro hṛtkroḍavāso bhṛto bastirvyañjanamūrujānuyugale jaṅghe tato'ṅghridvayam । meṣāśviprathamā navaṛkṣacaraṇāścakrasthitā rāśayo rāśikṣetragṛhaṛkṣabhāni bhavanaṃ caikārthasampratyayāḥ ॥ 4 ॥
The limbs of time are the best limb (the head), mouth, breast, heart, middle part (the belly), hips, bladder, genitals, a pair of thighs and of knees, the two shanks (the shins), from that, the two pair of feet. The first is in the Ashvins in Aries. The feet of a zodiac sign are nine established in the circle of zodiac signs. Rashi, kshetra, griha, riksha, and bha and bhavana. The terms are one and the same.
kāla = time aṅga = a limb kālāṅgāni (stem form: kālāṅga) (kāla + aṅgāni) (neuter, nominative, plural) = the limbs of time vara = the best aṅga = a limb varāṅgam (stem form: varāṅga) (neuter, nominative, singular) = the best limb (the head) ānanam (stem form: ānana) (neuter, nominative, singular) = mouth uras = breast hṛd = heart kroḍa = the middle part (the belly) vāsobhṛt = the hip urohṛtkroḍavāsobhṛtas (stem form: urohṛtkroḍavāsobhṛt) (masculine, nominative, plural) = breast, heart, the middle part (the belly), the hips bastis (stem form: basti) (masculine, nominative, singular) = the bladder vyañjanam (stem form: vyañjana) (neuter, nominative, singular) = genitals
ūru = a thigh jānu = a knee yugale = a pair ūrujānuyugule (stem form: ūrujānuyugala) (neuter, nominative, dual) = a pair of thighs and knees jaṅghe (stem form: jaṅghā) (feminine, nominative, dual) = the two shanks (the shins) tatas (adverb) (indeclinable) = from that aṅghri = foot dvayam = a pair aṅghridvayam (stem form: aṅghridvaya) (neuter, nominative, singular) = a pair of feet meṣa = Aries aśvin = the Ashvins prathama = the first meṣāśviprathamās (stem form: meṣāśviprathama) (ordinal number, masculine, nominative, plural) = the first is in the Ashvins in Aries
navan = nine ṛkṣa = zodiac sign caraṇa = foot navaṛkṣacaraṇās (stem form: navaṛkṣacaraṇa) (masculine, nominative, plural) = the feet of a zodiac sign are nine cakra = circle sthita = established cakrasthitās (1st class verb root: sthā) (past passive participle, masculine, nominative, plural) = established in a circle rāśayas (stem form: rāśi) (masculine, nominative, plural) = zodiacal signs rāśi = rashi kṣetra = kshetra gṛha = griha ṛkṣa = riksha bha = bha rāśikṣetragṛhaṛkṣabhāni (stem form: rāśikṣetragṛhaṛkṣabha) (neuter, nominative, plural) = rashi, kshetra, griha, riksha, and bha bhavanam (stem form: bhavana) (neuter, nominative, singular) = bhavana
ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and ekārtha = one and the same sampratyaya = the terms ekārthasampratyayās (stem form: ekārthasampratyaya) (ekārtha + sampratyayās) (masculine, nominative, plural) = the terms are one and the same
Verse 5 म यौ घट न ृ मथन ु ं सगदं सवीणं चापी नरोऽ वजघनो मकरो मग ृ ा यः । तौल सस यदहना लवगा च क या शेषाः वनामस शाः
Some translations interpret "jaṅghe" as "buttocks" versus the correct interpretation of "shanks."
वचरा च सव ॥ ५॥ matsyau ghaṭī nṛmithunaṃ sagadaṃ savīṇaṃ cāpī naro'śvajaghano makaro mṛgāsyaḥ । taulī sasasyadahanā plavagā ca kanyā śeṣāḥ svanāmasadṛśāḥ svacarāśca sarve ॥ 5॥
The two fishes (Pisces), a water jar (Aquarius), a pair of humans with a mace and a lute (Gemini), a human armed with a bow having the lower limbs of a horse (Sagittarius), a makara (a type of sea animal) having the face of a deer (Capricorn), one possessing a scale (Libra), and an unmarried girl going in a boat with fire and corn (Virgo). The remaining, the Ram (Aries), the Bull (Taurus), the Crab (Cancer), the Lion (Leo), and the Scorpion (Scorpio) are resembling one's own name. All [the zodiac signs] have one's own way of going about things.
matsyau (stem form: matsya) (masculine, nominative, dual) = the two fishes ghaṭī (stem form: ghaṭī) (feminine, nominative, singular) = a water jar nṛ = a person mithuna = a pair nṛmithunam (stem form: nṛmithuna) (neuter, nominative, singular) = a pair of humans sa = with gada = a mace sagadam (stem form: sagada) (neuter, nominative, singular) = with a mace sa = with vīṇa = Indian lute savīṇam (stem form: savīṇa) (neuter, nominative, singular) = with an Indian lute cāpī (stem form: cāpin) (masculine, nominative, singular) = one armed with a bow naras (stem form: nara) (masculine, nominative, singular) = human
aśva = a horse jaghana = lower limbs aśvajaghanas (stem form: aśvajaghana) (masculine, nominative, singular) = lower limbs of a horse makaras (stem form: makara) (masculine, nominative, singular) = makara (a type of sea animal) mṛga = a deer āsya = a face mṛgāsyas (stem form: mṛgāsya) (masculine, nominative, singular) = a face of a deer taulī (stem form: taulin) (masculine, nominative, singular) = one possessing a scale
kanyā (stem form: kanyā) (feminine, nominative, singular) = an unmarried girl śeṣās (stem form: śeṣa) (masculine, nominative, plural) = the remaining svanāman = one’s own name sadṛśa = resembling svanāmasadṛśās (stem form: svanāmasadṛśa) (masculine, nominative, plural) = resembling one's own name svacarās (stem form: svacara) (masculine, nominative, plural) = have one's own way of going about things ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and
sa = with sasya = corn dahanā = fire sasasyadahanā (stem form: sasasyadahanā) (feminine, nominative, singular) = with corn and fire plava = a boat gā = going plavagā (stem form: plavagā) (feminine, nominative, singular) = going in a boat ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and
sarve (stem form: sarva) (adjective declined as 3rd person pronoun, masculine, nominative, plural) = all
Verse 6 तज सत च
र वसौ य सताव नजाः
सरु गु म दसौ रगरु व च गह ृ ांशकपाः । अज मग ृ तौ ल च
भवना द नवांश व धभवन
समांशका धपतयः व गह ृ ात ् मशः ॥ ६॥ kṣitija sita jña candraravi saumya sitāvanijāḥ suragurumandasauriguravaśca gṛhāṃśakapāḥ । ajamṛgataulicandrabhavanādi navāṃśa vidhirbhavana samāṃśakādhipatayaḥ svagṛhāt kramaśaḥ ॥ 6॥
Mars, Venus, Mercury, the Moon, the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Saturn, Jupiter rule the portions of the zodiac signs [beginning with Aries, etc.]. The method of the navamsha commencing in the zodiac sign of Aries, Capricorn, Libra, Cancer have the ruler obtaining an equal share of the zodiac sign from one’s own sign in due order.
kṣitija = Mars sita = Venus jña = Mercury candra = the Moon ravi = the Sun saumya = Mercury sita = Venus avanija = Mars kṣitijasitajñacandraravisaumyasitāvanijās (stem form: kṣitijasitajñacandraravisaumyasitāvanija) (masculine, nominative, plural) = Mars, Venus, Mercury, the Moon, the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars suraguru = Jupiter manda = Saturn sauri = Saturn guravas = Jupiter suragurumandasauriguravas (stem form: suragurumandasauriguru) (masculine, nominative, plural) = Jupiter, Saturn, Saturn, Jupiter ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and
gṛha = zodiac sign aṃśaka = portion pa = ruler gṛhāṃśakapās (stem form: gṛhāṃśakapa) (masculine, nominative, plural) = the rulers of the (nine) portions of the zodiac signs aja = Aries mṛga = Capricorn tauli = Libra candra = Cancer bhavana = the zodiac sign ādi = beginning with navāṃśa = navamsha vidhi = the method ajamṛgataulicandrabhavanādinavāṃśavidhis (stem form: ajamṛgataulicandrabhavanādinavāṃśavidhi) (masculine, nominative, singular) = the manner of the navamsha beginning with the zodiac signs of Aries, Capricorn, Libra, Cancer
bhavana = zodiac sign samāṃśaka = obtaining an equal share adhipati = the lord bhavanasamāṃśakādhipatayas (stem form: bhavanasamāṃśakādhipati) (masculine, nominative, plural) = the lords (of each navamsha) obtaining an equal share in the zodiac sign
Verse 7 कुजर वजगु
शु भागाः पवनसमीरणकौ पजक ू लेयाः ।
अयिु जयिु जतभ ु े वपयय थः श सभवना लझषा तम ् ऋ सं धः
svagṛhāt (stem form: svagṛha) (masculine, ablative, singular) = from one's own sign
॥ ७॥
kramaśas (adverb) (indeclinable) = in due order
kujaravijagurujñaśukrabhāgāḥ pavanasamīraṇakaurpijūkaleyāḥ । ayujiyujitubheviparyayasthaḥ śasibhavanālijhaṣāntam ṛkṣasaṃdhiḥ ॥ 7 ॥
The portions of Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Mercury, Venus are five, five, eight, seven, and five in an odd zodiac sign (Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius, or Aquarius), but in an even zodiac (Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn, or Pisces) it is situated in the reverse. The termination in Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces is the junction of the zodiac signs.
kuja = Mars ravija = Saturn guru = Jupiter jña = Mercury śukra = Venus bhāga = portion kujaravijagurujñaśukrabhāgās (stem form: kujaravijagurujñaśukrabhāga) (masculine, nominative, plural) = the portions of Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Mercury, Venus pavana = five samīraṇa = five kaurpi = the zodiac sign of Scorpio (the number eight) jūka = the zodiac sign of Libra (the number seven) leya = the zodiac sign of Leo (the number five) pavanasamīraṇakaurpijūkaleyās (stem form: pavanasamīraṇakaurpijūkaleya) (masculine, nominative, plural) = five, five, eight, seven, and five ayuji (stem form: ayujin) (neuter, locative, singular) = in the odd (signs) (Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius, and Aquarius) yuji (stem form: yujin) (neuter, locative, singular) = in the even (signs) (Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn, and Pisces)
tu= but bhe (stem form: ayujiyujitubhe) (neuter, locative, singular) = in the zodiac sign viparyaya = reverse stha = situated viparyayasthas (stem form: viparyayastha) (masculine, nominative, singular) = situated in the reverse śasibhavana = the abode of the Moon ali = possessed of a scorpion (Scorpio) jhaṣa = Pisces anta = terminating śasibhavanālijhaṣāntam (stem form: śasibhavanālijhaṣāntam) (neuter, nominative, singular) = termination in the dwelling of the Moon (Cancer), Scorpio, Pisces ṛkṣa = zodiac sign saṃdhi = junction ṛkṣasaṃdhis (stem form: ṛkṣasaṃdhi) (masculine, nominative, singular) = the junction of the zodiac signs
Verse 8 य तावु र िजतम ु कुल र लेय पाथोन जक ू कौ या याः । तौ
काकोकेरो
ोग चा यभं चे थम ् ॥ ८॥
kriyatāvurijitumakulīraleyapāthonajūkakaurpyākhyāḥ । taukṣikākokero hṛdrogaścāntya bhaṃ cettham ॥ 8॥ They (the zodiac signs) are called Kriya (Aries), Tavuri (Taurus), J ituma (Gemini), K ulira (Cancer), Leya (Leo), Pathona (Virgo), Juka (Libra), Kaurpya (Scorpio), Taukshika (Sagittarius), Akokera (Capricorn), Hridroga (Aquarius), and the last zodiac sign, Ittham (Pisces).
kriya = Kriya (Aries) tāvuri = Tavuri (Taurus) jituma = Jituma (Gemini) kulīra = Kulira (Cancer) leya = Leya (Leo) pāthona = Pathona (Virgo) jūka = Juka (Libra) kaurpya = Kaurpya (Libra) ākhya = are called kriyatāvurijitumakulīraleyapāthonajūkakaurpyākhyās (stem form: kriyatāvurijitumakulīraleyapāthonajūkakaurpyākhya) (masculine, nominative, plural) = they are called Kriya (Aries), Tavuri (Taurus), Jituma (Gemini), Kulira (Cancer), Leya (Leo), Pathona (Virgo), Juka (Libra), Kaurpya (Scorpio) taukṣikas (stem form: taukṣika) (masculine, nominative, singular) = Taukshika (Sagittarius) ākokeras (stem form: ākokera) (masculine, nominative, singular) = Akokera (Capricorn) hṛdrogas (stem form: hṛdroga) (masculine, nominative, singular) = Hridroga (Aquarius) ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and
antya = the last bha = zodiac sign antyabham (stem form: antyabha) (neuter, nominative, singular) = the last zodiac sign ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and ittham (stem form: ittha) (neuter, nominative, singular) = Ittham (Pisces)
Verse 9 े काणहोरानवभागसं ाि
श ं ांशक वादशसं
ता च ।
े ं च य य य स त य वग होरे त ल नं भवन य चाधम ् ॥ ९॥ dreṣkāṇahorānavabhāgasaṃjñās triṃśāṃśakadvādaśasaṃjñitāśca । kṣetraṃ ca yadyasya sa tasya vargo horeti lagnaṃ bhavanasya cārdham ॥ 9॥ The names of the portions are deshkana, hora, navamsha, dvadamsha, trimshamsha and the zodiac sign. And whichever (portion) of whichever (zodiac sign), that (portion) is the varga of whichever (zodiac sign).
dreṣkāṇa = dreshkana horā = hora nava = navamsha bhāga = portions saṃjña = the names dreṣkāṇahorānavabhāgasaṃjñās (feminine, nominative, plural) = the names of the portions are dreshkana, hora, and navamsha. triṃśāṃśaka = trimshamsha dvādaśa = dvadasha saṃjñita = named triṃśāṃśakadvādaśasaṃjñitās = named the trimshamsha and dvadashamsha ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and kṣetram (stem form: kṣetra) (neuter, nominative, singular) = a zodiac sign ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and yad (pronoun, 3rd person, neuter, nominative, singular) = whichever (portion) yasya (pronoun, 3rd person, neuter, genitive, singular) = of whichever (zodiac sign)
sas (pronoun, 3rd person, masculine, nominative, singular) = that (portion)
Verse 10
yasya (pronoun, 3rd person, masculine, genitive, singular) = of whichever (zodiac sign)
गोऽजाि व क क मथन ु ाः समग ृ ा नशा याः प ृ ठोदया
vargas (stem form: varga) (masculine, nominative, singular) = the division horā (stem form: horā) (feminine, nominative, singular) = hora iti (punctuation) (indeclinable) = (close quotes) lagnam (stem form: lagna) (neuter, nominative, singular) = the lagna (rising sign) bhavanasya (stem form: bhavana) (neuter, genitive, singular) = of a house ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and ardham (stem form: ardha) (neuter, nominative, singular) = half
व मथन ु ाः क थता तैव । शीष दया दनबला च भवि त शेषा ल नं समे यभ ु यतः पथ ृ रु ोम यु मम ् ॥ १०॥ go'jāśvi karki mithunāḥ samṛgā niśākhyāḥ pṛṣṭhodayā vimithunāḥ kathitāstaiva । śīrṣodayādinabalāśca bhavanti śeṣā lagnaṃ sametyubhayataḥ pṛthuroma yugmam ॥ 10 ॥ Taurus, Aries, Sagittarius, Cancer, Gemini and Capricorn are called night [zodiac signs]. Indeed, they are said to rise from their behinds, excluding the sign of Gemini. The remaining are powerful in the day, rising with their heads. The lagna of the pair of fish (Pisces) rises from both sides.
go = Taurus aja = Aries aśvi = Sagittarius karki = Cancer mithunās = Gemini go'jāśvikarkimithunās (stem form: go'jāśvikarkimithuna) (masculine, nominative, plural) = Taurus, Aries, Sagittarius, Cancer, Gemini sa = with mṛga = Capricorn samṛgās (stem form: samṛga) (masculine, nominative, plural) = with Capricorn niś = night ākhya = called niśākhyās (masculine, nominative, plural) = they are called night [signs] pṛṣṭhodayās (stem form: pṛṣṭhodaya) (masculine, nominative, plural) = they are rise from their behinds Day and Night Zodiac Signs in the South Indian Astrology Chart Format
vi = excluding mithuna = Gemini vimithunās (stem form: vimithuna) (masculine, nominative, plural) = excluding the sign of Gemini
kathitās (stem form: kathita) (masculine, nominative, plural) = are said
sameti (2nd class verb root: same) (present indicative, parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular) = it rises
te (pronoun, 3rd person, masculine, nominative, plural) = they
ubhayatas (adverb) (indeclinable) = from both sides
eva (adverb) (indeclinable) = indeed
pṛthuroma (stem form: pṛthuroman) (neuter, nominative, singular) = a fish
śīrṣodayās (stem form: śīrṣodaya) (masculine, nominative, plural) = rising with their heads
yugmam (stem form: yugma) (neuter, nominative, singular) = a pair
dina = the day bala = powerful dinabalās (stem form: dinabala) (masculine, nominative, plural) = powerful in the day ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and bhavanti (1st class verb root: bhū) (present indicative, parasmaipada, 3rd person, plural) = they are śeṣās (stem form: śeṣa) (masculine, nominative, plural) = the remaining lagnam (stem form: lagna) (neuter, nominative, singular) = lagna (rising point)
Those (zodiac signs from Aries) are:
Verse 11
Malefic and benefic.
ू रः सौ यः पु षव नते ते चराग वदे हाः ागाद शाः यवष ृ नय ृ ु ककटाः स
कोणाः ।
मात डे वोरयिु ज समभे च यःु व भवन सत ु
भा वो च होरे े काणाः
कोणा धपानाम ् ॥ ११॥
krūraḥ saumyaḥ puruṣavanite te carāga dvi dehāḥ prāgādīśāḥ kriyavṛṣanṛyukkarkaṭāḥ sa trikoṇāḥ । mārtaṇḍendvorayuji samabhe candra bhānvośca hore dreṣkāṇāḥ syuḥ sva bhavana suta tritrikoṇādhipānām ॥ 11 ॥
Male and female. The bodies are movable, fixed, and dual. The rulers of the east, etc. (east, south, west, and north) are Aries, Taurus, Gemini, and Cancer with the trines (fifth and ninth houses). In an odd zodiac sign reside the Sun and Moon and in an even zodiac sign reside the Moon and Sun in the hora. The dreshkanas should be the lords of its own, 5th, and 9th house.
krūras (stem form: krūra) (masculine, nominative, singular) = the malefic saumyas (stem form: saumya) (masculine, nominative, singular) = benefic puruṣa = male vanita = female puruṣavanite (1st class verb root: van) (past passive participle, feminine, nominative, dual) = male and female te (pronoun, 3rd person, nominative, plural) = those
kriya = Aries vṛṣa = Taurus nṛyuk = Gemini karkaṭa = Cancer kriyavṛṣanṛyukkarkaṭās (stem form: kriyavṛṣanṛyukkarkaṭa) (masculine, nominative, plural) = Aries, Taurus, Gemini, and Cancer sa = with trikoṇa = the trine satrikoṇās (stem form: satrikoṇa) (masculine, nominative, plural) = with the trines (fifth and ninth houses)
cara = movable aga = fixed dvi = dual deha = bodies carāgadvidehās (stem form: carāgadvideha) (masculine, nominative, plural) = bodies are movable, fixed, and dual
mārtaṇḍa = the Sun indu = the Moon mārtaṇḍendvor (stem form: mārtaṇḍendu) (masculine, genitive, dual) = of the Sun and Moon
prāg = the east ādi = et cetera īśa = the rulers prāgādīśās (stem form: prāgādīśa) (masculine, nominative, singular) = the rulers of the east, etc. (east, south, west, and north)
sama = even bha = a zodiac sign ayujisamabhe (stem form: ayujisamabha) (neuter, locative, singular) = in an even zodiac sign
ayuji (stem form: ayujin) (neuter, locative, singular) = in that possessed by oddness (in an odd zodiac sign)
candra = the Moon bhānu = the Sun candrabhānvos (stem form: candrabhānu) (masculine, genitive, dual) = of the Moon and the Sun ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and hore (stem form: horā) (feminine, nominative, dual) = in the hora
Verse 12 के चत ् तु होरां थमां भप य वा छि त लाभा धपते वतीयाम ् । े काण सं ाम ् अ प वणयि त व वादशैकादशरा शपानाम ्
dreṣkāṇās (stem form: dreṣkāṇa) (masculine, nominative, plural) = the dreshkanas
॥ १२ ॥
syus (2nd class verb root: as) (optative, 3rd person, plural) = they should be
kecit tu horāṃ prathamāṃ bhapasya vāñchanti
sva = one’s own bhavana = zodiac sign suta = the fifth house tritrikoṇa = the ninth house adhipa = the lord svabhavanasutatritrikoṇādhipānām (stem form: svabhavanasutatritrikoṇādhipānām) (masculine/neuter, genitive, plural) = of the lords of its own, the fifth, and ninth houses
lābhādhipaterdvitīyām । dreṣkāṇa saṃjñām api varṇayanti svadvādaśaikādaśarāśipānām ॥ 12॥ But some others take the first hora as the lord of the zodiac sign and the second as the lord of the eleventh house. Also, they relay the dreshkana as the lords of it’s own (zodiac sign), the eleventh house, and the twelfth house.
kecit (indefinite article) (indeclinable) = some others tu (conjunction) (indeclinable) = but horām (stem form: horā) (feminine, accusative, singular) = the hora prathamām (ordinal number) (feminine, accusative, singular) = the first bhapasya (stem form: bhapa) (masculine/neuter, genitive, singular) = as the lord of the zodiac sign vāñchanti (1st class verb root: vāñch) (present indicative, parasmaipada, 3rd person, plural) = take lābha = the eleventh house adhipati = the lord lābhādhipates (stem form: lābhādhipati) (masculine, genitive, singular) = as the lord of the eleventh house dvitīyām (stem form: dvitīya) (feminine, accusative, singular) = the second
dreṣkāṇa = dreshkana saṃjñā = are called dreṣkāṇasaṃjñām (stem form: dreṣkāṇasaṃjñā) (feminine, accusative, singular) = known as the dreshkana
अजवष ृ भमग ृ ा गनाकुल राझषव णजा च दवाकरा द
api (adverb) (indeclinable) = also
तु गाः ।
varṇayanti (stem form: varṇaya) (denominative, parasmaipada, 3rd person, plural) = they relay sva = one’s own dvādaśa = the eleventh ekādaśa = the twelfth rāśipa = the lord of the zodiac sign svadvādaśaikādaśarāśipānām (stem form: svadvādaśaikādaśarāśipānā) (feminine, genitive, plural) = as the lords of its own, eleventh, and twelfth zodiac sign
Verse 13
दश श ख मनु यक ु ् तथीि ते
यांशिै
नवक वंश त भ च
अ तनीचाः ॥ १३॥ ajavṛṣabhamṛgāṅganākulīrājhaṣavaṇijā ca divākarādi tuṅgāḥ । daśa śikhi manu yuk tithi īndriyāṃśais trinavakaviṃśatibhiśca te astanīcāḥ ॥ 13 ॥ Aries, Taurus, Capricorn, Virgo, Cancer, Pisces, and Libra are the Sun, etc. with ten, three, twenty-eight, fifteen, five, twenty-seven, and twenty degrees. Those [degrees] are debilitated in the seventh house.
aja = Aries vṛṣabha = Taurus mṛga = Capricorn aṅganā = Virgo kulīra = Cancer ajavṛṣabhamṛgāṅganākulīrās (stem form: ajavṛṣabhamṛgāṅganākulīra) (masculine, nominative, plural) = Aries, Taurus, Capricorn, Virgo, and Cancer jhaṣa = Pisces vaṇija = Libra jhaṣavaṇijās (stem form: jhaṣavaṇija) (masculine, nominative, plural) = Pisces and Libra
daśa = ten śikhin = three manuyuj = twenty-eight (two 14s joined) tithi = fifteen indriya = five aṃśa = degree daśaśikhimanuyuktithiīndriyāṃśais (stem form: daśaśikhimanuyuktithiīndriyāṃśa) (masculine, instrumental, plural) = with ten, three, twenty-eight (two 14s joined), fifteen, five degrees trinavaka = 27 (3 aggregates of 9) viṃśati = twenty trinavakaviṃśatibhis = with 27 (3 aggregates of 9) and twenty [degrees]
ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and divākara = the Sun ādi = et cetera tuṅga = elevated divākarādituṅgās (stem form: divākarādituṅga) = elevated are the Sun, etc.
te (pronoun, 3rd person, masculine, nominative, plural) = those asta = the seventh nīca = debilitated astanīcās (stem form: astanīca) = debilitated is the seventh house
vargottamās (stem form: vargottama) (masculine, nominative, plural) = vargottamas
Verse 14 वग मा चरगह ू म य पय ततः शभ ु फला नव ृ ा दषु पव भाग सं ाः । संहो वष ृ थमष ठहया गतौ लकु भाि
कोणभवना न
भवि त सय ू ात ् ॥ १४ ॥ vargottamāścaragṛhādiṣu pūrvamadhyaparyantataḥ śubhaphalā navabhāgasaṃjñāḥ । siṃho vṛṣaprathamaṣaṣṭhahayāṅgataulikumbhās trikoṇabhavanāni bhavanti sūryāt ॥ 14 ॥ The vargottamas in the cardinal, fixed, and dual zodiac signs residing in the first middle, and end, respectively, are the fortunate results understood from the portions of the navamsha (3°20’). Leo, Taurus, Aries, Virgo, Sagittarius, Libra, and Aquarius are the mulatrikona houses from the Sun.
cara = cardinal gṛha = zodiac sign ādi = et cetera caragṛhādiṣu (stem form: caragṛhādi) (masculine, locative, plural) = in the cardinal zodiac signs, etc. (cardinal, fixed, and dual) pūrva = the first madhya = the middle paryanta = the end tas = (adverb with ablative connotation) pūrvamadhyaparyantatas (indeclinable) = residing in the first, middle, and end śubha = the fortunate phala = the result śubhaphalās (stem form: śubhaphalā) (masculine, nominative, plural) = the results are fortunate
navabhāga = portion of the navamsha (3°20’) saṃjña = understood navabhāgasaṃjñās (masculine, nominative, plural) = understood from the portions of the navamsha (3°20’)
होरादय तनक ु ु टु बसहो थब धप ु ु ा रप नीमरणा न
siṃhas (stem form: siṃha) (masculine, nominative, singular) = Leo
शभ ु ा पदायाः ।
vṛṣaprathamaṣaṣṭhahayāṅgataulikumbhās (stem form: vṛṣaprathamaṣaṣṭhahayāṅgataulikumbha) (vṛṣa + prathama + ṣaṣṭha + hayāṅga + tauli + kumbhās) (masculine, nominative, plural) = Taurus, Aries, Virgo, Sagittarius, Libra, and Aquarius trikoṇa = trikona bhavana = a house trikoṇabhavanāni (stem form: bhavana) (neuter, nominative, plural) = the (mula)trikona houses bhavanti (1st class verb root: bhū) (present indicative, parasmaipada, 3rd person, plural) = they are sūryāt (stem form: sūrya) (masculine, ablative, singular) = from the Sun
Verse 15
रःफा यम ् इ यप ु चया य रकमलाभदिु च यसं
त
गह ृ ा ण न न यम ् एके ॥ १५॥ horādayastanukuṭumbasahotthabandhuputrāripatnīmaraṇāni śubhāspadāyāḥ । riḥphākhyam ityupacayānyarikarmalābhaduścikyasaṃjñitagṛhāṇi na nityam eke ॥ 15॥
Beginning with the rising sign are the houses related to the body (1st house), family (2nd house), siblings (3rd house), kinsman (4th house), a child (5th house), an enemy (6th house), a wife (7th house), and death (8th house), auspiciousness (9th house), business (10th house), income (11th house), and expenditure (12th house). The upachaya houses are the zodiac signs known as Ari (the 6th house), Karma (the 10th house), Labha (the 11th house), and Dushchikya (the 3rd house). Others [say] it is not always so.
horā = the rising sign ādi = beginning with horādayas (stem form: horādi) (masculine, nominative, plural) = Beginning with the rising sign tanu = the body (1st house) kuṭumba = family (2nd house) sahottha = siblings (3rd house) bandhu = kinsman (4th house) putra = a child (5th house) ari = an enemy (6th house) patnī = a wife (7th house) maraṇa = death (8th house) tanukuṭumbasahotthabandhuputrāripatnīmaraṇāni (stem form: tanukuṭumbasahotthabandhuputrāripatnīmaraṇa) (neuter, nominative, plural) = the body (1st house), family (2nd house), siblings (3rd house), kinsman (4th house), a child (5th house), an enemy (6th house), a wife (7th house), and death (8th house)
śubha = auspiciousness (9th house) āspada = business (10th house) āya = income (11th house) śubhāspadāyās (stem form: śubhāspadāya) (masculine, nominative, plural) = auspiciousness (9th house), business (10th house), income (11th house) riḥpha = related to expenditure (12th house) ākhya = known as riḥphākhyam (stem form: riḥphākhya) (neuter, nominative, singular) = related to expenditure (12th house)
ari = Ari (the 6th house) karma = Karma (the 10th house) lābha = Labha (the 11th house) duścikya = Dushchikya (the 3rd house) saṃjñita = known as gṛha = the zodiac signs arikarmalābhaduścikyasaṃjñitagṛhāṇi (stem form: arikarmalābhaduścikyasaṃjñitagṛha) (neuter, nominative, plural) = the zodiac signs known as Ari (the 6th house), Karma (the 10th house), Labha (the 11th house) , and Dushchikya (the 3rd house) na (particle of negation) (indeclinable) = not
iti (punctuation) (indeclinable) = (close quotes) upacayāni (stem form: upacaya) (neuter, nominative, plural) = the upachayas (increase)
nityam (stem form: nitya) (neuter, nominative, singular) = always so eke (pronoun, 3rd person, masculine, nominative, plural) = other ones
I found something very interesting in this verse. If one correlates the signs to houses (e.g., Aries is related to the 1st house, Taurus is related to the 2nd house, Gemini is related to the 3rd house), then the Upachaya houses are related to Mercury and Saturn. Mercury is related to the signs Gemini (when plants and crops first germinate and pollinate) and Virgo when a plants and crops have matured for harvest. These signs show the start of increase in terms of growing a product. Saturn also shows increase, but it is in terms of storage and garbage. As the signs of Capricorn and Aquarius indicate a time of barrenness and accumulation of the past. My unique theories on Exaltation and Debilitation indicate that Mercury and Saturn are the strongest planets in the fall and winter time of the day, year, and human lifetime. Saturn disintegrates life and leaves it in a garbage pile, a heap. A heap is a possible definition of the word “upachaya.” Mercury creates heaps of product during the productive cycle of nature.
Verse 16 क प व व मगह ृ तभा ता न च ो थर
गु मानभव यया न ।
ल ना चतथ ु नधने चतरु सं े यन ू ं च स तम गह ृ ं दशमऋ म ् आ ा ॥ १६॥ kalpasvavikramagṛhapratibhākṣatāni cittottharandhragurumānabhavavyayāni । lagnāccaturtha nidhane caturasra saṃjñe dyūnaṃ ca saptama gṛhaṃ daśamaṛkṣam ājñā ॥ 16॥
Ability (1st house), innate (2nd house), valor (3rd house), seizing (4th house), intelligence (5th house), destruction (6th house), the wife (7th house), a cavity (8th house), preceptor (9th house), pride (10th house), prosperity (11th house), and loss (12th house). From the lagna, the fourth and eighth houses are the square signs. The seventh house is termed Dyuna and tenth house is termed Ajna.
kalpasvavikramagṛhapratibhākṣatāni (stem form: kalpasvavikramagṛhapratibhākṣata) (kalpa + sva + vikrama + gṛha + pratibhā + kṣatāni) = ability (1st house), innate (2nd house), valor (3rd house), seizing (4th house), intelligence (5th house), destruction (6th house) cittottha randhra guru māna bhava vyayāni = the wife (7th house), a cavity (8th house), preceptor (9th house), pride (10th house), prosperity (11th house), and loss (12th house) lagnāt (stem form: lagna) (neuter, ablative, singular) = from the lagna caturthanidhane (stem form: caturthanidhana) (caturtha + nidhane) (neuter, nominative, dual) = the fourth and eighth caturasrasaṃjñe (stem form: caturasrasaṃjña) (caturasra + saṃjñe) (neuter, nominative, dual) = are reckoned as the square signs dyūnam (stem form: dyūna) (neuter, nominative, singular) = Dyuna (playing, sporting, and loss) ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and
saptamagṛham (stem form: saptamagṛha) (saptama + gṛham) (neuter, nominative, singular) = the seventh house daśamaṛkṣam (stem form: daśamaṛkṣa) (daśama + ṛkṣam) (neuter, nominative, singular) = the tenth zodiac sign ājñā (stem form: ājñā) (feminine, nominative, singular) = Ajna (power)
Verse 17 क टकके
चतु टयसं ाः स तम ल न चतथ ु ख भानाम ् ।
तेषु यथा भ हतेषु बला याः क ट नरांबु चराः पशव च ॥ १७ ॥ kaṇṭakakendracatuṣṭayasaṃjñāḥ saptamalagnacaturthakhabhānām । teṣu yathābhihiteṣu balāḍhyāḥ kīṭa narāṃbu carāḥ paśavaśca ॥ 17 ॥ Known as the kantakas (points), kendras (angular), and catushtayas (squares) of the zodiac signs of the seventh, the first, the fourth, and the tenth. In those are declared as strengthening when insect, human, aquatic, and bestial zodiac signs, respectively.
kaṇṭaka = kantaka (points) kendra = kendra (angular) catuṣṭaya = catushtaya (squares) saṃjña = known as kaṇṭakakendracatuṣṭayasaṃjñās (stem form: kaṇṭakakendracatuṣṭayasaṃjña) (masculine, nominative, plural) = known as the kantakas (points), kendras (angular), and catushtayas (squares) saptama = the seventh lagna = the first caturtha = the fourth kha = the tenth bha = the zodiac signs saptamalagnacaturthakhabhānām (stem form: saptamalagnacaturthakhabhāna) (neuter, genitive, plural) = of the zodiac signs of the seventh, the first, the fourth, and the tenth teṣu (pronoun, 3rd person, neuter, locative, plural) = in those yathā (adverb) (indeclinable) = respectively abhihiteṣu (3rd class verb root: abhidhā) (past passive participle, neuter, locative, plural) = in those are declared
balāḍhyās (stem form: balāḍhya) (masculine, nominative, plural) = strengthening kīṭa = insect nara = human aṃbucara = aquatic kīṭanarāṃbucarās (stem form: kīṭanarāṃbucara) (masculine, nominative, plural) = an insect, human, aquatic paśavas (stem form: paśu) (masculine, nominative, plural) = bestial ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and
Note: Scorpio is an insect sign and becomes strong in the 7th house. Gemini, Virgo, Libra, and the upper part of Sagittarius and Aquarius are human signs and get strength when they become the rising sign. Cancer, Pisces, and the lower part of Capricorn are aquatic signs and become strong when they become the 4th house. Aries, Leo, and Taurus, and the lower part of of Sagittarius and the first half of Capricorn are quadruped signs and become strong in the tenth house.
Verse 18 के ात ् परं पणफरं परत तु सवमापोि लमं हबक ु म् अ बस ु ख ु ं च वे म । जा म म ् अ तभवनं
कोणं मेषरू णं दशमम ् अ च कम
व यात ् ॥ १८ ॥ kendrāt paraṃ paṇapharaṃ paratastu sarvamāpoklimaṃ hibukam ambusukhaṃ ca veśma । jāmitram asta bhavanaṃ trikoṇaṃ meṣūraṇaṃ daśamam atra ca karma vidyāt ॥ 18 ॥
Here, it should be known, next from the kendra (1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th houses) is the panaphara house (2nd, 5th, 8th, and 11th house) and from all the others is the apoklima (3rd, 3rd, 9th, and the 12th). The fourth house is Sukha, Hibuka, and Veshma, the seventh house is Jamitra, [the 5th house] is the Trikona, the 10th house is M eshurana and Karma.
kendrāt (stem form: kendra) (neuter, ablative, singular) = from the kendra (1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th houses) param (stem form: para) (neuter, nominative, singular) = next paṇapharam (stem form: paṇaphara) (neuter, nominative, singular) = the panaphara (2nd, 5th, 8th, and 11th houses) paratas (adverb) (indeclinable) = from another tu (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and sarvam (stem form: sarva) (neuter, nominative, singular) = all sarvabhāpoklimam (stem form: sarvabhāpoklima) = the apoklima (3rd, 6th, 9th, and the 12th houses) hibukam (stem form: hibuka) (neuter, nominative, singular) = Hibuka ambu = the fourth house sukha = Sukha ambusukham (stem form: ambusukha) (neuter, nominative, singular) = Sukha is the fourth house
ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and veśma (stem form: veśman) (neuter, nominative, singular) = Veshma jāmitram (stem form: jāmitra) (neuter, nominative, singular) = Jamitra asta = seventh bhavana = house astabhavanam (stem form: astabhavana) (neuter, nominative, singular) = the seventh house trikoṇam (stem form: trikoṇa) (neuter, nominative, singular) = the 5th house meṣūraṇam (stem form: meṣūraṇa) (neuter, nominative, singular) = Meshurana daśamam (stem form: daśama) (neuter, nominative, singular) = the tenth house atra (adverb) (indeclinable) = here ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and karma (stem form: karman) (neuter, nominative, singular) = Karma
vidyāt (2nd class verb root: vid) (optative, parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular) = it should be known
Verse 19 होरा वा मगु के
था
वी
तयत ु ा ना यै च वीय कटा
वपदादयोऽि न न श च ा ते च सं या वये ।
पव ू ाध वषयादयः कृत गण ु ा मानं तीपं च त दिु च यं सहजं तप च नवमं या यां १९॥
कोणं च तत ् ॥
horā svāmigurujñavīkṣitayutā nānyaiśca vīryotkaṭā kendrasthā dvipadādayo'hniniśica prāpte ca saṃdhyādvaye । pūrvārdhe viṣayādayaḥ kṛta guṇā mānaṃ pratīpaṃ ca tadduścikyaṃ sahajaṃ tapaśca navamaṃ tryādyāṃ trikoṇaṃ ca tat ॥ 19॥
The rising sign joined with an aspect from Mercury, Jupiter, or the lord [of the zodiac sign], and not with the others, is endowed with vigor. [The zodiac signs] situated in the Kendras (1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th) [are endowed with vigor]. The biped (human) zodiac signs [are endowed with vigor] in the day, the quadruped zodiac signs in the night, and the insect zodiac signs in both morning and evening twilights. In the first six signs, the numbers, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten multiplied by four are the measure [of Aries, etc.] and that in the reverse [for the remaining sign zodiac signs]. Dushcikya is the third house, Tapas is the ninth house and that Trikona in the three, etc. is the ninth house.
horā (stem form: horā) (feminine, nominative, singular) = the rising sign svāmi = the lord [of the zodiac sign] guru = Jupiter jña = Mercury vīkṣita = looked at (an aspect) yutā = joined svāmigurujñavīkṣitayutā (2nd class verb root: yu) (past passive participle, feminine, nominative, singular) = joined with an aspect from Mercury, Jupiter, or the lord na (particle of negation) (indeclinable) = not anyais (stem form: anya) (neuter, instrumental, plural) = with the others ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and vīrya = vigor utkaṭā = endowed with vīryotkaṭā (stem form: vīryotkaṭā) (feminine, nominative, singular) = endowed with vigor
kendra = kendra stha = situated kendrasthās (stem form: kendrastha) (masculine, nominative, plural) = situated in the kendras (1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th) dvipada = biped (human) ādi = et cetera dvipadādayas (stem form: dvipadādi) (masculine, nominative, plural) = the biped (human) [zodiac signs], etc. ahan = the day niś = the night ca = and prāpta = favorable ahniniśicaprāpte (stem form: ahniniśicaprāpta) (masculine, locative, singular) = favorable in the day, favorable in the night
pūrvārdhe (stem form: pūrvārdha) (masculine, locative, singular) = in the first half (six signs) viṣaya = five ādi = et cetera viṣayādayas (stem form: viṣayādi) (masculine, nominative, plural) = five, etc. kṛta = four guṇa = multiplied kṛtaguṇās (stem form: kṛtaguṇa) (masculine, nominative, plural) = multiplied by four mānam (stem form: māna) (neuter, nominative, singular) = the measure pratīpam (stem form: pratīpa) (neuter, nominative, singular) = in the reverse ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and
ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and saṃdhya = morning and evening twilight advaya = not of two (one) saṃdhyādvaye (stem form: saṃdhyādvaya) (neuter, locative, singular)= in both morning and evening twilight
tad (pronoun, 3rd person, neuter, nominative, singular) = that duścikyam (stem form: duścikya) (neuter, nominative, singular) = Dushcikya
sahajam (stem form: sahaja) (neuter, nominative, singular) = the third house tapas (stem form: tapas) (neuter, nominative, singular) = Tapas ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and navamam (stem form: navama) (neuter, nominative, singular) = the ninth house tri = three ādi = et cetera tryādyām (stem form:) (feminine, locative, singular) = in the three, etc. trikoṇam (stem form: trikoṇa) (neuter, nominative, singular) = Trikona ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and tad (pronoun, 3rd person, neuter, nominative, singular) = that
Verse 20 र तः वेतः शक ु तनु नभः पाटलो धू पांडुि च ः कृ णः कनक स शः प गलः कबरु च । ब ःु व छः थम भवना येषु वणाः लव वं वा याशा यं दन करयत ु ा भा
वतीयं च वे शः ॥ २०॥
raktaḥ śvetaḥ śuka tanu nibhaḥ pāṭalo dhūmra pāṃḍuścitraḥ kṛṣṇaḥ kanaka sadṛśaḥ piṅgalaḥ karburaśca । babhruḥ svacchaḥ prathama bhavanādyeṣu varṇāḥ plavatvaṃ svāmyāśākhyaṃ dina karayutād bhād dvitīyaṃ ca veśiḥ ॥ 20॥
Red, white, yellow, pink, pale smoke colored, variegated in color, black, like gold, reddish-brown, of a spotted or variegated color, deep brown, and transparent are the colors beginning with the first zodiac sign. One’s own plava is termed from the obtained lordship. Veshi is the second (zodiac sign) from the zodiac sign joined with the maker of the day (the Sun).
raktas (verb root: rañj) (past passive participle, masculine, nominative, singular) = red śvetas (stem form: śveta) (masculine, nominative, singular) = white śuka = a parrot tanu = a feather nibha = like a śukatanunibhas (stem form: śukatanunibha) = like a parrot feather (the color yellow) pāṭalas (stem form: pāṭala) (masculine, nominative, singular) = pink dhūmra = smoke-colored pāṃḍu = pale dhūmrapāṃḍus (stem form: dhūmrapāṃḍu) (masculine, nominative, singular) = pale smoke colored citras (stem form: citra) (masculine, nominative, singular) = variegated in color kṛṣṇas (stem form: kṛṣṇa) (masculine, nominative, singular) = black
kanaka = gold sadṛśa = like kanakasadṛśas (stem form: kanakasadṛśa) (masculine, nominative, singular) = like gold piṅgalas (stem form: piṅgala) (masculine, nominative, singular) = reddish-brown karburas (stem form: karbura) (masculine, nominative, singular) = of a spotted or variegated color ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and babhrus (stem form: babhru) (masculine, nominative, singular) = deep brown svacchas (stem form: svaccha) (masculine, nominative, singular) = transparent prathama = the first bhavana = zodiac sign ādi = beginning with prathamabhavanādyeṣu (stem form: prathamabhavanādi) (masculine, locative, plural) = beginning with the first zodiac sign
varṇās (stem form: varṇa) (masculine, nominative, plural) = colors plava = plava (boat) tva = one’s own plavatvam (stem form: plavatva) (neuter, nominative, singular) = one’s own plava (the position of a constellation in the quarter ruled by its planetary regent) svāmya = lordship āśa = attained ākhya = termed svāmyāśākhyam (stem form: svāmyāśākhya) = termed from the obtained lordship dinakara = maker of the day (the Sun) yuta = joined dinakarayutāt (2nd class verb root: yu) (past passive participle, masculine, nominative, singular) = from joined the maker of the day (the Sun) bhāt (stem form: bha) (masculine, nominative, singular) = from the zodiac sign dvitīyam (stem form: dvitīya) (neuter, nominative, singular) = the second
ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and veśis (stem form: veśi) (feminine, nominative, singular) = veshi
