Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra Ch. 32: Nabhasa Yogas (32

Verse 1 — Nabhasa Yogas Overview

ये योगाः कथितास्तेषां नभसां नामधेयकाः। द्वात्रिंशद्भेदसंयुक्ताः फलदाः सर्वदैव हि॥

ye yogāḥ kathitāsteṣāṃ nabhasāṃ nāmadheyakāḥ | dvātriṃśadbhedasaṃyuktāḥ phaladāḥ sarvadaiva hi ||

The yogas that are spoken of as Nabhasa, endowed with thirty-two varieties, ever bestow their respective results.

Verse 2 — 32 Nabhasa Yogas: 1800 Varieties

अधुना नाभासा योगाः कथ्यन्ते द्विजसत्तम । द्वात्रिंशात ततप्रभेदास्तु शतघ्नाष्टादशोन्मिताः ॥ १॥

adhunā nābhāsā yogāḥ kathyante dvijasattama | dvātriṃśāt tat prabhbedās tu śataghnāṣṭādonmitāḥ || 1||

Now the Nabhasa yogas are described, O best of Brahmins — thirty-two of them, whose varieties multiply to eighteen hundred.

Verse 3 — The Four Families: Ashraya, Dala, Akriti, Sankhya

आश्रयाख्यास्त्रयो योगाः दलसंज्ञं द्वयं ततः । आकृतिर्विंशतिः संख्याः सप्त योगाः प्रकीर्तिताः ॥ २॥

āśrayākhyāstrayo yogāḥ dalasaṃjñaṃ dvayaṃ tataḥ | ākṛtirviśatiḥ saṃkhyāḥ sapta yogāḥ prakīrtitāḥ || 2||

Three yogas are named Ashraya, next two are called Dala; twenty are Akriti (shapes) and seven are Sankhya (numerical) yogas.

Verse 4 — Ashraya Trio & Dala Pair Named

रज्जुश्च मुसलश्चैव नलश्चेत्याश्रयास्त्रयः । मालाख्यः सर्पसंज्ञश्च दलयोगौ प्रकीर्तितौ ॥ ३॥

rajjuś ca musalaś caiva nalaś cety āśrayās trayaḥ | mālākyaḥ sarpasaṃjñaśca dalayogau prakīrtitau || 3||

Rajju, Musala and Nala are the three Ashraya yogas; Mala and Sarpa are the two proclaimed Dala yogas.

Verse 5 — The Twenty Akriti Yogas Enumerated

गदाख्यः शकटाख्यश्च शृङ्गाटकबिहंगमौ । हलबज्रयबाश्चैव कमलं बापियूपकौ ॥ ४॥ शरशक्तिदण्डनौकाकूटच्छत्रधनूंषि च । अर्धचन्द्रस्तु चक्रं च समुद्रश्चेति विंशतिः ॥

gadākyaḥ śakaṭākhyaśca śṛṅgāṭakavihaṃgamau | halavajrayavāścaiva kamalaṃ vāpiyūpakau || 4|| śaraśaktidaṇḍanaukākūṭacchatradhanūṃṣi ca | ardhacandrastu cakraṃ ca samudraśceti viṃśatiḥ ||

Gada, Shakata, Shringataka, Vihanga, Hala, Vajra, Yava, Kamala, Vapi, Yupa, Shara, Shakti, Danda, Nauka, Kuta, Chhatra, Dhanusha, Ardhachandra, Chakra and Samudra — twenty in all.

Verse 6 — Ashraya Formation Rules by Sign-Type

सर्वैश्चरे स्थितै रज्जुः स्थिरस्थैर्मुसलः स्मृतः । नलाख्यो द्विस्वभावस्थैराश्रयाख्या इमे स्मृताः ॥ ७॥

sarvaiścare sthitair rajjuḥ sthairasthair musalaḥ smṛtaḥ | nalākhyo dvisvabhāvasthair āśrayākhyā ime smṛtāḥ ||

With all planets in movable signs it is Rajju; all in fixed — Musala; all in dual — it is called Nala. These are the Ashraya yogas.

Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra — Chapter 32: Nabhasa Yogas (32 Celestial Configurations)

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