Sanskrit verses with English translation from Sage Satyacharya. Read the full classical treatise on AstroFusion Learning.
ताराधीशः प्रधानतः नवांशः परमेव च । राशीशो दृष्टिरन्ते तु क्रमेण फलनिर्णयः ॥
tārādhīśaḥ pradhānataḥ navāṁśaḥ parameva ca | rāśīśo dṛṣṭir ante tu krameṇa phalanirṇayaḥ ||
The star lord is primary, the navamsa supreme next; then the sign lord, and last of all the aspect — in this order is the fruit decided. When testimonies quarrel, the higher court hears the case and the lower yields its claim.
विरोधे बलवान् ग्रहो फलं वक्तुमधिकृतः । वर्गबलसमायुक्तः स एव नियतो बुधैः ॥
virodhe balavān graho phalaṁ vaktum adhikṛtaḥ | vargabalasamāyuktaḥ sa eva niyato budhaiḥ ||
In contradiction the strongest planet is commissioned to speak the fruit — he who bears strength across the vargas is appointed by the wise. Strength here is composite: dignity in both charts, star-lord's favour and freedom from combustion counted together.
सत्याचार्यमुपास्यैव ध्रुवनाडीप्रसादतः । जातकं व्यवहरेत्तत्त्वं गुरुपरम्परया शुभम् ॥
satyācāryam upāsyaiva dhruvanāḍīprasādataḥ | jātakaṁ vyavaharet tat-tatvaṁ guruparamparayā śubham ||
Having worshipped Satyacharya, and by the grace of the Dhruva Nadi, let the astrologer practise the science of nativity through the auspicious lineage of his gurus. Knowledge here is transmitted, not invented; every reading stands on the shoulders of the line that carried it.
एकेन दोषेण जातकं न हीयते न शोभते । सर्वाङ्गपरिवीक्षायां फलं निश्चितमुच्यते ॥
ekena doṣeṇa jātakaṁ na hīyate na śobhate | sarvāṅgaparivīkṣāyāṁ phalaṁ niścitam ucyate ||
By a single flaw a horoscope is neither disgraced nor, by one virtue, adorned; when the whole body of the chart is surveyed, then is the fruit called certain. Synthesis means patience — every limb examined before the mouth speaks.
सूक्ष्मे जन्मकाले विना नाड्या फलं न निश्चितम् । भूतघटनाभिः पूर्वं जन्मसंस्कारः कार्यः सदा ॥
sūkṣme janmakāle vinā nāḍyā phalaṁ na niścitam | bhūtaghaṭanābhiḥ pūrvaṁ janmasaṁskāraḥ kāryaḥ sadā ||
Without the minute of birth the nadi yields no certain fruit; first, through past events, the birth must be refined. Rectification is not an optional courtesy in this school — it is the gate through which every deterministic reading must pass.
आदौ लग्नं विचार्यैव चन्द्रतारां ततः परम् । नवांशलग्नमेवं तु दशाक्रममुदीरयेत् ॥
ādau lagnaṁ vicāryaiva candratārāṁ tataḥ param | navāṁśalagnam evaṁ tu daśākramam udīrayet ||
First weigh the ascendant; next the star of the Moon; then the navamsa lagna; and only afterwards pronounce the sequence of periods. This four-step march is the school's standard operating procedure for any chart placed before it.
फलं प्रवृत्तिमात्रं तु कर्मणः पूर्वसञ्चितम् । उपायैः शुभकर्मभिर्दोषाः शम्यन्ति निश्चितम् ॥
phalaṁ pravṛttimātraṁ tu karmaṇaḥ pūrvasañcitam | upāyaiḥ śubhakarmabhir doṣāḥ śamyanti niścitam ||
The fruit is but the tendency of karma accumulated before; through means and auspicious action the flaws certainly subside. The chart maps momentum, not fate in chains — and the tradition prescribes conduct, worship and charity as its working remedies.
सत्यं वदेत् फलं ज्ञात्वाहंकारं विवर्जयेत् । विनयेन विचार्यैव शुभं याति नरोत्तमः ॥
satyaṁ vadet phalaṁ jñātvāhaṁkāraṁ vivarjayet | vinayena vicāryaiva śubhaṁ yāti narottamaḥ ||
Having known the fruit one should speak truth and cast out vanity; by judging with humility the excellent astrologer arrives at the good. The science corrupts its practitioner first when it is wielded for display rather than service.
तारानाथनवांशेशदशानाथत्रयं यदा । एकं विषयमाख्यातं तदा तद्घटितं भवेत् ॥
tārānāthanavāṁśeśa-daśānātha-trayaṁ yadā | ekaṁ viṣayam ākhyātaṁ tadā tad ghaṭitaṁ bhavet ||
When the triad — the star lord, the navamsa lord and the dasa lord — point to one and the same matter, then that event occurs as told. Single testimony suggests, double strengthens, triple agreement makes the prediction an appointment with time.
इति सत्यसमाम्नायः सारभूतः प्रदर्शितः । भूयात्सर्वजनार्थाय ज्योतिष्शास्त्रहितं शुभम् ॥
iti satyasamāmnāyaḥ sārabhūtaḥ pradarśitaḥ | bhūyāt sarvajanārthāya jyotiṣśāstrahitaṁ śubham ||
Thus has been shown the essence of Satya's transmitted tradition; may this astrological teaching prove auspicious and beneficial for all beings. The text closes not with a claim but a blessing — knowledge completed only when it serves.