Sanskrit verses with English translation from Maharishi Parasara. Read the full classical treatise on AstroFusion Learning.
ग्रहणे सूर्यचन्द्राणां दोषो जायति दारुणः । तत्र शान्तिविधिं कुर्याद् ग्रहशान्त्यर्थमादरात् ॥
grahaṇe sūryacandrāṇāṃ doṣo jāyati dāruṇaḥ | tatra śāntividhiṃ kuryād grahaśāntyartham ādarāt ||
At the eclipse of the Sun and the Moon a terrible affliction arises; one should perform the propitiatory rite for the planets with devotion.
सूर्येन्दुग्रहणे काले येषां जन्म भवेद् द्विज । व्याधिः कष्टं च दारिद्र्यं तेषां मृत्युभयं भवेत् ॥ १॥
sūryendugrahaṇe kāle yeṣāṃ janma bhaved dvija | vyādhiḥ kaṣṭaṃ ca dāridryaṃ teṣāṃ mṛtyubhayaṃ bhavet || 1 ||
O twice-born, for those whose birth takes place at the time of an eclipse of the Sun or the Moon, disease, hardship, poverty and fear of death ensue.
अतः शान्तिं प्रवक्ष्यामि जनानां हितकाङ्क्षया । सूर्यस्येन्दोश्च ग्रहेणं यस्मिनृक्षे प्रजायते ॥ २॥
ataḥ śāntiṃ pravakṣyāmi janānāṃ hitakāṅkṣayā | sūryasyendośca graheṇaṃ yasminṛkṣe prajāyate || 2 ||
Therefore, desiring the welfare of the people, I shall declare the propitiatory rite for the nakshatra in which an eclipse of the Sun or the Moon occurs.
तन्नक्षत्रपते रूपं सुवर्णेन प्रकल्पयेत् । सूर्यग्रहे सूर्यरूपं सुवर्णेन स्वशक्तितः ॥ ३॥
tannakṣatrapate rūpaṃ suvarṇena prakalpayet | sūryagrahe sūryarūpaṃ suvarṇena svaśaktitaḥ || 3 ||
One should fashion an image of the lord of that nakshatra in gold; at a solar eclipse an image of the Sun in gold, each according to his capacity.
चन्द्रग्रहे चन्द्ररूपं रजतेन तथैव च । राहुरूपं प्रकुर्वीत सीसकेन विचक्षणः ॥ ४॥
candragrahe candrarūpaṃ rajatena tathaiva ca | rāhurūpaṃ prakurvīta sīsakena vicakṣaṇaḥ || 4 ||
At a lunar eclipse likewise an image of the Moon in silver; and the wise should make an image of Rahu in lead.
शुचौ देशे समं स्थानं गोमयेन प्रलेपयेत् । तत्र च स्थापयेद् वस्त्रं नूतनं सुमनोहरम् ॥ ५॥
śucau deśe samaṃ sthānaṃ gomayena pralepayet | tatra ca sthāpayed vastraṃ nūtanaṃ sumanoharam || 5 ||
In a clean place one should plaster an even spot with cow-dung and there spread a new, charming cloth.
त्रयाणामेव रूपाणां स्थापनं तत्र कारयेत् । सूर्यग्रहे प्रदातव्यं सूर्यप्रीतिकरं च यत् ॥ ६॥
trayāṇāmeva rūpāṇāṃ sthāpanaṃ tatra kārayet | sūryagrahe pradātavyaṃ sūryaprītikaraṃ ca yat || 6 ||
There he should have the images of all three installed, and at a solar eclipse present whatever is pleasing to the Sun.