by Mantreswara · 28 chapters
A comprehensive classical guide to the predictive fruit of planetary placements, Dashas, and Yogas by Acharya Mantreswara.
शुक्लाम्बरधरं देवं शशिवर्णं चतुर्भुजम् । प्रसन्नवदनं ध्यायेत्सर्वविघ्नोपशान्तये सन्दर्शनं वितनुते पितृदेवनॄणां मासाब्दवासरदलैरथ ऊर्ध्वगं यत् । सव्यं क्वचित् क्वचिदुपैत्यपसव्यमेकं ज्योतिः परं दिशतु वस्त्वमितां श्रियं नः ॥ १॥
Devotees meditate on the four-armed, moon-hued deity wearing white garments, of pleasant face, for the removal of all obstacles; and this supreme light, moving savya and apasavya in turn, bestows on us steadfast glory.
वाग्देवीं कुलदेवतां मम गुरून् कालतयज्ञानदान् सूर्यदींश्च नवग्राहन् गणपातिं बक्त्या प्रणम्येश्वरम् । संक्षिप्यात्रिपराशरादिकथितान् मन्त्रेश्वरो दैवविद् वक्ष्येऽहं फलदीपिकां सुविमलां ज्योतिर्विदां प्रीत्ये ॥ २॥
Homage to the goddess of speech, the family deities, the gurus, Ganesha, the Sun, the Moon and the navagrahas; then the diviner Mantresvara, condensing what was taught by Atri, Parashara and others, declares this pure lamp of results (Phaladeepika) for the delight of jyotisha-mariners.
पदाभाद्यैर्यन्त्रैर्जननसमयोऽत्र प्रथमतो विशेषाद्विज्ञेयः सह विघटिकाभित्तवत तदा । गतैदृ क्तुल्यत्वं गणितकरणैः केचरर्गातिं विदित्वा तद्भावं बलमपि फलं नैः कथयतु ॥ ३॥
First and foremost, the moment of birth must be determined with instruments and careful reckoning down to the vighatika; only when planetary motions are computed in like measure should one then state the state, strength and results.