Sanskrit verses with English translation from Maharishi Parasara. Read the full classical treatise on AstroFusion Learning.
यमघण्टा कुलीकश्च मृत्युयोगौ प्रकीर्तितौ । तयोः काले प्रसूतस्य आयुः स्यादल्पमेव हि ॥
yamaghaṇṭā kulīkaś ca mṛtyuyogau parikīrtitau | tayoḥ kāle prasūtasya āyuḥ syād alpam eva hi ||
Yamaghanta and Kulika are declared death-combination yogas; one born at their time has a short life.
जन्माशुभफलं प्रोक्तं तस्य शान्तिविधिं द्विज । प्राप्ते प्रसूतिदुर्योगे शान्तिं कुर्याद् विचक्षणः ॥
janmāśubhaphalaṁ proktaṁ tasya śāntividhiṁ dvija | prāpte prasūtiduryoge śāntiṁ kuryād vicakṣaṇaḥ ||
The inauspicious fruits of such a birth have been declared; O twice-born, when an evil birth-combination occurs at delivery, the wise person should perform its pacification rites.
दैवज्ञैर्दर्शिते वाऽपि सुलग्ने सुदिने गृही । पूजनं देवतानां च ग्रहाणां यजनं तथा ॥
daivajñair darśite vā'pi sulagne sudine gṛhī | pūjanaṁ devatānāṁ ca grahāṇāṁ yajanaṁ tathā ||
As indicated by the astrologers, or in a favourable ascendant on an auspicious day, the householder should perform the worship of the deities and likewise propitiatory sacrifices to the planets.
शङ्करस्याऽभिषेकं च घृतदीपं शिवालये । आयुर्वृद्धिकरं कुर्यादश्वत्थस्य प्रदक्षिणम् ॥
śaṅkarasyā'bhiṣekaṁ ca ghṛtadīpaṁ śivālaye | āyurvṛddhikaraṁ kuryād aśvatthasya pradakṣiṇam ||
One should perform the ceremonial ablution of Shankara, light ghee lamps in the temple of Shiva, and make circumambulation of the Ashvattha tree, which increases longevity.
हवनं विष्णुमन्त्रेण स/तमष्टोत्तरं सुधीः । ब्राह्मणान् भोजयेत् शक्त्या ततः कल्याणमाप्नुयात् ॥
havanaṁ viṣṇumantraṇa sa/tamaṣṭottaraṁ sudhīḥ | brāhmaṇān bhojayet śaktyā tataḥ kalyāṇam āpnuyāt ||
The wise person should perform fire oblations with Vishnu mantras, seventy-eight times according to capacity, and feed the brahmanas as far as possible; thereby he attains welfare.