Brihat Jataka

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क्रूर: सौम्य: पुरुषवनिते ते चरागद्विदेहा: प्रागादीशा: क्रियवृषनृयुक्कर्कटा: सत्रिकोणा: ॥ मार्तण्डेन्द्वोरयुजि समभे चन्द्रभान्वोश्च होरे दृक्काणा: स्यु: स्वभवनसुतत्रित्रिकोणाधिपानाम् ॥ १-११ ॥

The odd signs (1,3,5,7,9 and 11) are considered male and aggressive while the even signs (2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12) are considered as "Female Gentle" signs. The signs are movables, fixed and mutables in order ie signs 1, 4, 7 and 10 are movable. Signs 2, 5, 8 and 11 are fixed. Signs 3, 6, 9 and 12 are mutable. Signs 1, 5, 9 represent the East; 2, 6 and 10 represent the South; signs 3, 7 and 11 represent the West and the signs 4, 8 and 12 represent the North. ln odd signs the Hora of the first . ie 15 degrees (ie when a planet is so situated) belongs to Sun 'and the remaining to Moon. ln even signs the lordship of the first 15 degrees goes to Moon while that of the next 15 degrees goes to Sun. The lord of the first decanate in any sign is the lord of that sign. The lord of the 2nd decanate will be the lord of the 5th from that sign and the lord of the 3rd decanate will be the lord of the 9th from the sign (in which the planet may be located).

english translation

krUra: saumya: puruSavanite te carAgadvidehA: prAgAdIzA: kriyavRSanRyukkarkaTA: satrikoNA: ॥ mArtaNDendvorayuji samabhe candrabhAnvozca hore dRkkANA: syu: svabhavanasutatritrikoNAdhipAnAm ॥ 1-11 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

केचित्तु होरां प्रथमां भपस्य वाच्छन्ति लाभाधितेर्द्वितीयाम् ॥ द्रेक्काणसंज्ञामपि वर्णयन्ति स्वद्वादशैकादशराशिपानाम् ॥ १-१२ ॥

Sorne Acharyas define Hora as 'the Lord of the .same sign for the first half and the lord of the l}lth from that sign as that of the 2nd half. Similarly sorne take the decante lords as the lord of the sign, the lord of the 12th from the sign and t~~ lor.d of the llth from the sign respectively. (But such a defimtlOn is not generally accepted).

english translation

kecittu horAM prathamAM bhapasya vAcchanti lAbhAdhiterdvitIyAm ॥ drekkANasaMjJAmapi varNayanti svadvAdazaikAdazarAzipAnAm ॥ 1-12 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

अजवृषभमृगाङ्गनाकुलीरा झषवणिजौ च दिवाकरादितुङ्गा: ॥ दशशिखिमनुयुक्तिथीन्द्रियांशैस्त्रिनवकविंशतिभिश्च तेऽस्तनीचा: ॥ १-१३ ॥

Sun is most exalted in the 10th degree of Aries. Moon is exalted in the 3rd degree of Taurus. Mars in the ~8th. degree of Capricorn, Mercury in 15th degree ofVirgo, JupIter ~n the 5th degree of Cancer, Venus in the 27th degree of Pisces a~d Saturn in the 20th degree of Libra. These planets are considered as the most debilitated 180 degrees away from the degree of exaltation.

english translation

ajavRSabhamRgAGganAkulIrA jhaSavaNijau ca divAkarAdituGgA: ॥ dazazikhimanuyuktithIndriyAMzaistrinavakaviMzatibhizca te'stanIcA: ॥ 1-13 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

वर्गोत्तमाश्चरगृहादिषु पूर्वमध्यपर्यन्तत: शुभफला नवभागसंज्ञा ॥ सिंहो वृष: प्रथमषष्ठहयाङ्गतौलिकुम्भास्त्रिकोणभवनानि भवन्ति सूर्यात् ॥ १-१४ ॥

If say the planet in a sign occupies the N avamsha of that very sign the planet is said to be "V argottam", (for example if a planet has the longitude 4-16-0 this would mean that he is occupying the Navamsha of Leo in the sign Leo). The planet would be considered as "Vargottam". ln the movable, fixed and mutable signs the lst, 5th and the last Navamsais respectively the "Vargottam" Navamsa. The signs Leo, Taurus, Aries, Virgo, Sagittarius, Libra and Acquarius are respectively the Mool Trikona signs of Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn.

english translation

vargottamAzcaragRhAdiSu pUrvamadhyaparyantata: zubhaphalA navabhAgasaMjJA ॥ siMho vRSa: prathamaSaSThahayAGgataulikumbhAstrikoNabhavanAni bhavanti sUryAt ॥ 1-14 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

होरादयस्तनुकुटुम्बसहोत्थबन्धुपुत्रारिपत्निमरणानि शुभास्पदाया: ॥ रिःफाख्यमित्युपचयान्यरिकर्मलामदुश्चिक्यसज्ञितगृहाणि न नित्यमेके ॥ १-१५ ॥

होरादयस्तनुकुटुम्बसहोत्थबन्धुपुत्रारिपत्निमरणानि शुभास्पदाया: ॥ रिःफाख्यमित्युपचयान्यरिकर्मलामदुश्चिक्यसज्ञितगृहाणि न नित्यमेके ॥ १.१५ ॥

english translation

horAdayastanukuTumbasahotthabandhuputrAripatnimaraNAni zubhAspadAyA: ॥ riHphAkhyamityupacayAnyarikarmalAmaduzcikyasajJitagRhANi na nityameke ॥ 1-15 ॥

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