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Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra — Chapter 14: Upagrahas & Non-luminous Planets

Sanskrit verses with English translation from Maharishi Parasara. Read the full classical treatise on AstroFusion Learning.

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Verse 1 — The Eight Upagrahas

धूमो व्यतीपातः परिवेश उपकेतुरिन्द्रचापः कलशूलिनौ च । गुलिकोऽर्धयमे समुद्दिश्य उपग्रहाः प्रकीर्तिताः ॥

dhūmo vyatīpātaḥ pariveśa upaketur indracāpaḥ kala-śūlinau ca | guliko 'rdha-yame samuddiśya upagrahaḥ prakīrtitāḥ ||

Dhuma, Vyatipata, Parivesha, Upaketu, Indrachapa, Kala, Yamaghanta and Gulika — these eight are the Upagrahas (subsidiary planets); Gulika is computed from half of Yama (Saturn).

Verse 2 — Dhuma and Vyatipata Sphuta Derivation

रविस्फुटाच्चतुर्थं तु धूमः ख्यातो मनीषिभिः । द्वादशाद्धूमहीनो यो व्यतीपातः प्रकीर्तितः ॥

ravisphuṭāc caturthaṃ tu dhūmaḥ khyāto manīṣibhiḥ | dvādaśād dhūma hīno yo vyatīpātaḥ prakīrtitaḥ ||

Four signs computed forward from the true longitude of the Sun is known as Dhuma; that same Dhuma deducted from twelve signs gives what is declared as Vyatipata.

Verse 3 — Parivesha, Chapa and Upaketu Sphutas

व्यतीपाताच्च षष्ठं तु परिवेशः प्रकीर्तितः । चापस्तस्य विपर्यासो वेता तस्मात्त्रिंशांशकात् ॥

vyatīpātāc ca ṣaṣṭhaṃ tu pariveśaḥ prakīrtitaḥ | cāpas tasya viparyāso vetā tasmāt triṃśāṃśakāt ||

Six signs beyond Vyatipata stands Parivesha; its inversion (deducted from twelve signs) yields Chapa (Indrachapa); thirty degrees counted from Chapa stands Upaketu.

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