Sanskrit verses with English translation from Maharishi Parasara. Read the full classical treatise on AstroFusion Learning.
प्राणपादं गणयेत् तु लग्नात् सूर्यस्य भास्करात् । सङ्क्रान्तिदिनसम्भूतं प्राणिनां जीवलक्षणम् ॥
prāṇapādaṁ gaṇayet tu lagnāt sūryasya bhāskarāt | saṅkrāntidinasambhūtaṁ prāṇināṁ jīvalakṣaṇam ||
The Pranapada (the point of embodied life) is computed from the lagna and the Sun (Bhaskara) at the time of sankranti; it is the indicator of the native's life-force.
सूर्यस्फुटयुतं यत्तु घटीनाडीविकल्पितम् । राश्यंशविकलाख्येन प्राणपादं प्रकीर्तितम् ॥
sūryasphuṭayutaṁ yat tu ghaṭīnāḍīvikalpitam | rāśyāṁśavikalākhyena prāṇapādaṁ prakīrtitam ||
That which is added to the Sun's true longitude, reckoned from the elapsed ghatis and vinadis of birth time expressed as signs, degrees, and minutes, is proclaimed as the Pranapada sphuta.
लग्ने त्रिकोणगे वाऽपि प्राणपादं यदि स्थितम् । गणितं सफलं ज्ञेयं जीवलक्ष्मीः प्रवर्धते ॥
lagné trikoṇage vā'pi prāṇapādaṁ yadi sthitam | gaṇitaṁ saphalaṁ jñeyaṁ jīvalakṣmīḥ pravardhate ||
If the Pranapada stands in the lagna or in one of its trines, the computation is to be known as successful, and the native's life-force flourishes.