Sanskrit verses with English translation from Maharishi Parasara. Read the full classical treatise on AstroFusion Learning.
व्यतीपातो वैधृतिश्च दुष्टयोगौ प्रकीर्तितौ । तयोः सम्भवजातस्य जीवितं दुर्लभं भवेत् ॥
vyatīpāto vaidhṛtiś ca duṣṭayogau parikīrtitau | tayoḥ sambhavajātasya jīvitaṃ durlabhaṃ bhavet ||
Vyatipata and Vaidhriti are declared inauspicious yogas; one born under them may have a difficult life.
ज्येष्ठामूलमयोर्यस्मादधिपाविन्द्रराक्षसौ । महावैरात् तयोः सन्धिर्महादोषप्रदः स्मृतः ॥ १॥
jyeṣṭhāmūlamayor yasmād adhipāv indra-rākṣasau | mahāvairāt tayor sandhir mahādoṣapradaḥ smṛtaḥ ||
Because the lords of Jyeshtha and Mula are respectively Indra and Rakshasa, the junction between them, arising from their great mutual enmity, is remembered as conferring great defect (mahadosha).
अभुक्तमूलजं पुत्रं पुत्रीं वाऽपि परित्यजेत् । अथवाऽब्दाष्टकं तातस्तन्मुखं न विलोकयेत् ॥ २॥
abhuktamūlajaṃ putraṃ putrīṃ vā’pi parityajet | athavā’bdāṣṭakaṃ tātas tanmukhaṃ na vilokayet ||
A son—or a daughter as well—born while Mula remains untraversed should be abandoned; alternatively, for eight years one should not gaze upon that child's face.
तद्दोषपरिहारार्थमथ शान्तिविधिं ब्रुवे । तत्राऽदौ दोषबहुल्यान् मूलशान्तिर्निगद्यते ॥ ३॥
tad-doṣa-parihārārtham atha śānti-vidhiṃ bruve | tatrā’dau doṣabahulyān mūlaśāntir nigadyate ||
Now I describe the rite of pacification for removing that defect; first therein, because the defect predominates, the pacification of Mula is set forth.
जन्मतो द्वादशाहे वा तदृक्षे वा शुभे दिने । जातस्य वाऽष्टमे वर्षे शान्तिं कुर्याद् विधानतः ॥ ४॥
janmato dvādaśāhe vā tadṛkṣe vā śubhe dine | jātasya vā’ṣṭame varṣe śāntiṃ kuryād vidhānataḥ ||
The pacification should be performed according to rule on the twelfth day from birth, or on an auspicious day governed by that star, or in the native's eighth year.
सुसमे च शुभे स्थाने गोमयेनोपलेपिते । मण्डपं स्वगृहात् प्राच्यामुदीच्यां वा प्रकल्पयेत् ॥ ५॥
susame ca śubhe sthāne gomayenopalepite | maṇḍapaṃ svagṛhāt prācyām udīcyāṃ vā prakalpayet ||
In an even, auspicious spot plastered with cow dung, one should construct the pavilion to the east of one's house or in the north.
चतुर्द्वारसमायुक्तं तोरणाद्यैरलङ्कृतम् । कुण्डं ग्रहादियज्ञार्थं तद्बहिश्च प्रकल्पयेत् ॥ ६॥
caturdvāra-samāyuktaṃ toraṇādyair alaṅkṛtam | kuṇḍaṃ grahādi-yajñārthaṃ tad bahis ca prakalpayet ||
Furnished with four doorways and adorned with toranas and the like, together with the sacrificial pit for the graha offering, it should be prepared either within it or outside it.