Sanskrit verses with English translation from Vaidyanatha Dikshita. Read the full classical treatise on AstroFusion Learning.
मन्त्रेश्वरेण विप्रेण फलदीपिकया सह । प्रोक्तं ज्योतिषशास्त्रं तज्जगतां मङ्गलावहम् ॥
mantreśvareṇa vipreṇa phaladīpikayā saha | proktaṁ jyotiṣaśāstraṁ taj jagatāṁ maṅgalāvaham ||
By the Brahmin Mantreswara, together with the Phala Deepika, the astrological scripture was expounded — it brings auspiciousness to the worlds.
शाखाभिरष्टादशसंख्यकाभिरध्यायरूपाभिरतिप्रकाशः । ज्योतिर्मयः सर्वफलप्रधानः सङ्किर्तितो जातकपारिजातः ॥ १॥
śākhābhiraṣṭādaśa-saṃkhyakābhir adhyāya-rūpābhir atiprakāśaḥ | jyotirmayaḥ sarva-phala-pradhānaḥ saṅkīrtito jātakapārijātaḥ || 1||
Adorned in the form of chapters numbering eighteen, exceedingly radiant, filled with the light of astrology and pre-eminent in bestowing all fruits — thus is the Jataka Parijata proclaimed.
पश्चादष्टकवर्गबिन्दुगणितं होराधनस्थानजं दुश्चिक्यावनिभावजं सुतरिपुस्थानप्रयुक्तं फलम् । कन्दर्पाष्टमधर्मराशिजनितं व्यापारलाभान्त्यजं नारीजातकलक्षणं निगदितं चक्रं दशान्तर्दशा ॥ ३॥
paścād aṣṭakavarga-bindu-gaṇitaṃ horā-dhana-sthānajaṃ duścikyā avani-bhāvajaṃ suta-ripu-sthāna-prayuktaṃ phalam | kandarpāṣṭama-dharma-rāśi-janitaṃ vyāpāra-lābhāntyajaṃ nārī-jātaka-lakṣaṇaṃ nigaditaṃ cakraṃ daśāntardaśā || 3||
Thereafter were taught the calculations of Ashtakavarga points, results born of the hora and wealth bhava, effects produced by the difficult places and the earthly bhava, fruits tied to the houses of progeny and enemies, outcomes arising from the seventh, eighth and unrighteous signs, matters concluding with livelihood and gains, the characteristics of female horoscopy, and the dasha-chakra with its sub-periods.
श्रीविद्याधिकवेङ्कटाद्रितनयः श्रीवैद्यनाथः सुधीरादित्यादिसमस्तखेटकृपया विद्वज्जनप्रीतये । होरासिन्धुसमुद्धृतामृतमयीमष्टादशाव्यायिनी चक्रे जातकपारिजातसरणिं गीतोत्सुकश्लोकिनीम् ॥ ४॥
śrīvidyādhika-veṅkaṭādri-tanayaḥ śrīvaidyanāthaḥ sudhī-rādityādi-samasta-kheṭa-kṛpayā vidvaj-jana-prītaye | horāsindhu-samuddhṛtāmṛtamayīm aṣṭādaśā-vyāyinī cakre jātakapārijāta-saraṇiṃ gītotsuka-ślokinīm || 4||
Sri Vaidyanatha, son of the revered Venkatadri of lofty Sri Vidya, out of the grace of all the planets beginning with the Sun and for the delight of the learned, composed upon the wheel the Jataka Parijata path of eighteen imperishable chapters — nectar churned from the ocean of Hora — its verses eager to be sung.