Sanskrit verses with English translation from Maharishi Parasara. Read the full classical treatise on AstroFusion Learning.
कुण्डं विलोक्य जन्मार्थं समयं तत्र लक्षयेत् । नष्टे जातके योग्यं समयं प्रतिपादयेत् ॥
kuṇḍaṁ vilokya janmārthaṁ samayaṁ tatra lakṣayet | naṣṭe jātake yogyam samayaṁ pratipādayet ||
Observing the chart for the sake of birth, one should determine the time therefrom; when the horoscope is lost, one should establish the proper time.
जन्मकालवशादेवं फलं प्रोक्तं त्वया मुने । यज्जन्मसमयोऽज्ञातो ज्ञेयं तस्य फलं कथम् ॥ १॥
janmakālavaśādevaṁ phalaṁ proktaṁ tvayā mune | yajjanmasamayo'jñāto jñeyaṁ tasya phalaṁ katham ||
O sage, you have thus described the results according to the time of birth; but when the moment of birth is unknown, how are its results to be known?
शुभं वाऽप्यशुभं वापि मनुजस्य पुराकृतम् । अस्ति कश्चिदुपायश्चेत् तं भवान् वक्तुमर्हति ॥ २॥
śubhaṁ vā'pyaśubhaṁ vāpi manujasya purākṛtam | asti kaścidupāyaścet taṁ bhavān vaktumarhati ||
Whether good or evil deeds were done by a person in the past, if there is any means of knowing them, you are worthy of declaring it.
साधु पृष्टं त्वया विप्र लोकानुग्रहमानसा । कथयामि तव स्नेहात् फलमज्ञातजन्मनाम् ॥ ३॥
sādhu pṛṣṭaṁ tvayā vipra lokānugrahamānasā | kathayāmi tava snehāt phalam ajñāta-janmanām ||
Well have you asked, O brahmin, with a mind intent on the welfare of the world; out of affection for you I shall speak of the results for those whose birth is unknown.
वर्षायनर्तुमासार्धतिथिनक्षत्रभादिषु । यदज्ञातं च तन्मानं ज्ञायते प्रश्नलग्नतः ॥ ४॥
varṣāyana-ṛtu-māsārdha-tithi-nakṣatra-bhādiṣu | yadajñātaṁ ca tanmānaṁ jñāyate praśna-lagnataḥ ||
Whatever is unknown among the year, ayana (solstitial half), ritu (season), month, fortnight, tithi, nakshatra and their parts, that measure is known from the prashna (horary) ascendant.
प्रश्नाङ्गद्वादशांशर्क्षस्थिते जन्म वदेत् गुरौ । अयनं लग्नपूर्वार्धे सौम्यं याम्यं परार्धके ॥ ५॥
praśnāṅga-dvādaśāṁśa-rkṣa-sthite janma vadet gurau | ayanaṁ lagna-pūrvārdhe saumyaṁ yāmyaṁ parārdake ||
One should declare the birth sign as that in whose dwadashamsha Jupiter stands in the prashna chart; the ayana is northerly (saumya) when Jupiter occupies the first half of the lagna sign and southerly (yamya) when in the second half.
ऋतुर्लग्नदृकाणर्क्षस्वामिभिः शशिरादयः । शनिशुक्रकुजेन्दुज्ञजीवैर्ग्रीष्मस्तु भानुना ॥ ६॥
ṛtur lagna-dṛkāṇa-rkṣa-svāmibhiḥ śaśirādayaḥ | śani-śukra-kuja-indu-jña-jīvaiḥ gṛīṣmastu bhānunā ||
The ritu (season) is determined by the lords of the signs connected with the lagna, beginning with the Moon; Saturn, Venus, Mars, the Moon, Mercury and Jupiter denote the seasons, while summer belongs to the Sun.