Sanskrit verses with English translation from Kalyana Varma. Read the full classical treatise on AstroFusion Learning.
नमस्कृत्य गुरून् देवान् ग्रहान् नक्षत्ररक्षकान् । सारावलीं प्रवक्ष्यामि कल्याणवर्मणा सह ॥
namaskṛtya gurūn devān grahān nakṣatra-rakṣakān | sārāvalīṃ pravakṣyāmi kalyāṇa-varmaṇā saha ||
Having bowed to the preceptors, the deities, the planets and the protectors of the asterisms, I shall expound the Saravali together with Kalyana Varma.
जातकं नाम शास्त्राणां प्रदीपमिव भासते । यदज्ञानादन्धकारा यथा लोकस्तथा भवेत् ॥ २॥
jātakaṃ nāma śāstrāṇāṃ pradīpamiva bhāsate | yadajñānādandhakārā yathā lokastathā bhavet ||
The science of horoscopy (Jataka) shines like a lamp among scriptures; without its illumination, people stumble through life as though enveloped in total darkness.
वराहमिहिरप्रणीतं शास्त्रं विस्तीर्णमपि सारवत् । सङ्गृह्य संक्षेपतोऽत्र सारावली विरच्यते ॥ ३॥
varāhamihirapraṇītaṃ śāstraṃ vistīrṇamapi sāravat | saṅgṛhya saṃkṣepato'tra sārāvalī viracyate ||
Drawing together the vast and substantive teachings expounded by Varahamihira and classical rishis, this Saravali is distilled into concise, definitive doctrine by Kalyanavarma.