Sanskrit verses with English translation from Maharishi Parasara. Read the full classical treatise on AstroFusion Learning.
सिद्धान्तमौपनिषदं शुद्धान्तं परमेष्ठिनः। शोणाधरं महः किञ्चिद्वीणाधरमुपास्महे॥१॥
siddhāntamaupaniṣadaṁ śuddhāntaṁ parameṣṭhinaḥ | śoṇādharaṁ mahaḥ kiñcidvīṇādharamupāsmahe || 1 ||
We worship that supreme effulgence in the form of Goddess Sarasvati: the principle expounded by the Upanishads, the pure consort of Parameshthi (Brahma), whose lips are red like the bimba fruit and who holds the veena.
वयं पाराशरीं होरामनुसृत्य यथामति। उडुदायप्रदीपाख्यं कुर्मो दैवविदां मुदे॥२॥
vayaṁ pārāśarīṁ horāmanusṛtya yathāmati | uḍudāyapradīpākhyaṁ kurmo daivavidāṁ mude || 2 ||
Following the Parashari Hora according to our own understanding, we compose this work named Ududayapradipa, a lamp on the planetary periods, for the delight of astrologers.
फलानि नक्षत्रदशाप्रकारेण विवृण्महे। दशा विंशोत्तरी चात्र ग्राह्या नाष्टोत्तरी मता॥३॥
phalāni nakṣatradaśāprakāreṇa vivṛṇmahe | daśā viṁśottarī cātra grāhyā nāṣṭottarī matā || 3 ||
We explain the results according to the nakshatra dasha method. Here the Vimshottari dasha alone is to be accepted; Ashtottari is not held to be applicable.
शास्त्रान्तरेषु उक्तानि परिभाषानुकूलतः। यथा तथा इहापि ज्ञेयानि फलानि दैवविद्भिः॥४॥
śāstrāntareṣu uktāni paribhāṣānukūlataḥ | yathā tathā ihāpi jñeyāni phalāni daivavidbhiḥ || 4 ||
The definitions stated in other shastras are to be accepted here as well, and the astrologer should judge results accordingly, in the manner appropriate to each case.
पश्यन्ति सप्तमं सर्वे भावाद् भावं ग्रहाः पुनः। विशेषतश्च त्रिचतुरष्टमान् जीवसौरिकुजाः॥५॥
paśyanti saptamaṁ sarve bhāvād bhāvaṁ grahāḥ punaḥ | viśeṣataśca tricaturaṣṭamān jīvasaurikujāḥ || 5 ||
All planets aspect the seventh house from their own position. Jupiter, Saturn and Mars additionally cast full special aspects on the fifth and ninth, the third and tenth, and the fourth and eighth houses respectively.
सर्वे त्रिकोणनेतारो ग्रहाः शुभफलप्रदाः। पतयस्त्रिषडायानां यदि पापफलप्रदाः॥६॥
sarve trikoṇanetāro grahāḥ śubhaphalapradāḥ | patayastriṣaḍāyānāṁ yadi pāpaphalapradāḥ || 6 ||
All planets that own trikonas give auspicious results, while the lords of the trishadaya houses give inauspicious results.
न दिशन्ति शुभं नॄणां सौम्याः केन्द्राधिपा यदि। क्रूराश्चेदशुभं ह्येते प्रबलाश्चोत्तरोत्तरम्॥७॥
na diśanti śubhaṁ nṛṇāṁ saumyāḥ kendrādhipā yadi | krūrāścedaśubhaṁ hyete prabalāścottarottaram || 7 ||
Natural benefics that own kendras do not give auspicious results, and natural malefics that own kendras do not give inauspicious results; these houses are progressively stronger in ascending order.
लग्नाद्व्ययद्वितीयेषौ परेषां साहचर्यतः। स्थानान्तरानुगुण्येन भवतः फलदायकौ॥८॥
lagnādvyayadvitīyeṣau pareṣāṁ sāhacaryataḥ | sthānāntarānuguṇyena bhavataḥ phaladāyakau || 8 ||
The lords of the twelfth and second houses from the lagna give results according to their association with other planets and according to the nature of their other sign.
भाग्यव्ययाधिपत्येन रन्ध्रेशो न शुभप्रदः। स एव शुभसन्धत्ता लग्नाधीशोऽपि चेत् स्वयं॥९॥
bhāgyavyayādhipatyena randhreśo na śubhapradāḥ | sa eva śubhasandhattā lagnādhīśo'pi cet svayam || 9 ||
Because the eighth house is the twelfth from the ninth, its lord does not give auspicious results; but the same lord bestows good when it is itself the lord of the lagna.
केन्द्राधिपत्यदोषस्तु बलवान् गुरुशुक्रयोः। मारकत्वेऽपि च तयोर्मारकस्थानसंस्थितिः॥१०॥
kendrādhipatyadoṣastu balavān guruśukrayoḥ | mārakatve'pi ca tayormārakasthānasaṁsthitiḥ || 10 ||
The defect of kendra rulership is especially strong for Jupiter and Venus; and their capacity to act as maraka depends on their position in, or ownership of, the maraka houses.
बुधस्तदनु चन्द्रोऽपि भवेत् तदनु तद्विधः। न रन्ध्रेशत्व दोषस्तु सूर्याचन्द्रमसोर्भवेत्॥११॥
budhastadanu candro'pi bhavet tadanu taddvidaḥ | na randhreśatva doṣastu sūryācandramasorbhavet || 11 ||
After them Mercury, and after Mercury the Moon, becomes of the same kind; but the defect of eighth lordship does not attach to the Sun and the Moon.
कुजस्य नैकत्रत्वे न योगकारकता। त्रिकोणस्यापि नेतृत्वे न कर्मेशत्वमात्रतः॥१२॥
kujasya naekatratve na yogakārakatā | trikoṇasyāpi netṛtve na karmeśatvamātrataḥ || 12 ||
A malefic does not become a yogakaraka merely by holding a single kendra; even with the leadership of a trikona, mere tenth lordship is not enough.
यद्यद्भावगतौ वापि यद्यद्भावेशसंयुतौ। तत्तत्फलानि प्रबलौ प्रदिशेतां तमोग्रहौ॥१३॥
yad yad bhāvagatau vāpi yad yad bhāveśasaṁyutau | tat tat phalāni prabalau pradiśetāṁ tamograhau || 13 ||
In whichever house they are placed, and with whichever house lord they are conjoined, the two shadow planets Rahu and Ketu, when strong, give exactly those results.