Sanskrit verses with English translation from Maharishi Parasara. Read the full classical treatise on AstroFusion Learning.
नष्टं जातकमापन्नं पुनर्गणयितुं यमः । लग्नादिगणनाभिस्तु यथावत् स्थापयेद् बुधः ॥
naṣṭaṁ jātakam āpannaṁ punar gaṇayitum yamaḥ | lagnādigaṇanābhis tu yathāvat sthāpayed budhaḥ ||
When a horoscope is lost, it is to be recomputed; the learned one should reconstruct it properly by computations beginning from the lagna.
अयनर्तुविरोधे तु परिवर्त्याः परस्परम् । बुधचन्द्र सुराचार्याः कुजशुक्रशनैश्चरैः ॥ ७॥
ayana-rtu-virodhe tu parivartyāḥ parasparam | budha-candra surācāryāḥ kuja-śukra-śanaiścaraiḥ ||
When there is a contradiction between the ayana (solstice) and the ritu (season), the two should be mutually interchanged: Mercury, the Moon and Jupiter (the preceptor of the gods) on the one side, and Mars, Venus and Saturn on the other.
मासो दृकाणपूर्वार्धेर्पूर्वोऽन्यस्तु परार्धके । अनुपातात् तिथिर्ज्ञेया भास्करांशसमा द्विज ॥ ८॥
māso dṛkāṇa-pūrvārdher pūrvo 'nyas tu parārdake | anupātāt tithir jñeyā bhāskarāṁsa-samā dvija ||
The month is taken from the first half of the drekāṇa (decan), and the other from its second half; the tithi should be known by proportional calculation, being equal to the degrees of the Sun, O twice-born.
तद्वशादिष्टकालो यो जन्मकालसमो हि सः । तत्र ग्रहांश्च भावांश्च ज्ञात्वा तस्य फलं वदेत् ॥ ९॥
tad-vaśād iṣṭa-kālo yo janma-kāla-samo hi saḥ | tatra grahāṁś ca bhāvāṁś ca jñātvā tasya phalaṁ vadet ||
By that means the sought time, which is identical with the moment of birth, is obtained; having ascertained the planets and the bhavas at that time, one should declare the results for the native.
गुरुर्द्वादशभ्र्वर्षैः पुनस्तद्राशिगो भवेत् । तत् कस्मिन् पर्ययो तस्य ज्ञेयः संवत्सरो मुने ॥ १०॥
gurur dvādaśa-bhṛvarṣaiḥ punas tad-rāśigo bhavet | tat kasmin paryayo tasya jñeyaḥ saṁvatsaro mune ||
Jupiter, after twelve years, comes again to occupy that same sign; according to which cycle of revolutions this occurs, the corresponding samvatsara (year-name) is to be known, O sage.
संवस्तरस्य सन्देहे प्रश्नकर्तुर्द्विजोत्तम । वयोऽनुमानतस्तत्र द्वादश द्वादश क्षिपेत् ॥ ११॥
saṁvatsarasya sandehe praśna-kartur dvijottama | vayo-'numānas tas tatra dvādaśa dvādaśa kṣipet ||
When there is doubt about the samvatsara, then, O best of the twice-born, from an estimation of the querent's age, twelves should be added upon twelves.
तत्रापि संशये जाते गुरुर्लग्नत्रिकोणगः । कल्प्यो वयोऽनुमानेन वत्सरः पूर्ववत् ततः ॥ १२॥
tatrāpi saṁśaye jāte gurur lagna-trikoṇagaḥ | kalpyo vayo-'numānena varṣaḥ pūrvavat tataḥ ||
If doubt still arises even there, Jupiter should be assumed to be posited in the lagna or in a trine; thereafter, from the estimation of age, the year is determined as before.