Brihat Jataka by Varahamihira [Sanskrit/English]
by Michael D Neely | 2017 | 105,064 words
The Sanskrit text and English translation of the Brihat Jataka of Varahamihira.
Verse 4.7
पापद्वय मध्य संस्थितौ लग्नेन्दू न च सौम्य वीक्षितौ ।
युगपत् पृथग् एव वा वदेन् नारी गर्भयुता विपद्यते ॥ ७ ॥
pāpadvaya madhya saṃsthitau lagnendū na ca saumya vīkṣitau |
yugapat pṛthag eva vā vaden nārī garbhayutā vipadyate || 7 ||
The lagna and the Moon standing together in the middle of two evil planets; either all together or separately and not aspected by a benefic, should be an indication that a woman possessed of a fetus miscarries.
English translation by Michael D Neely (2007)
Word-for-Word grammar analysis breakdown
pāpa = evil (planet)
dvaya = two kinds madhya = the middle
saṃsthita = standing together pāpadvayamadhyasaṃsthitau (1st class verb root: saṃsthā) (past passive participle, masculine, nominative, dual) = standing together in the middle of two evil planets
lagnendū (stem form: lagnendu) (masculine, nominative, dual) = lagna and the Moon
na (particle of negation) (indeclinable) = not ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and
saumya = benefic
vīkṣita = aspected
saumyavīkṣitau (stem form: saumyavīkṣita) (masculine, nominative, dual) = aspected by a benefic
yugapad (adverb) (indeclinable) = all together pṛthag (adverb) (indeclinable) = separately
eva (adverb) (indeclinable) = either vā (conjunction) (indeclinable) = or
vadet (1st class verb root: vad) (optative, parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular) = should be indicated
nārī (stem form: nārī) (feminine, nominative, singular) = a woman
garbha = a fetus
yutā = possessed with
garbhayutā (stem form: garbhayutā) (feminine, nominative, singular) = possessed with a fetus
vipadyate (4th class verb root: vipad) (present indicative, ātmanepada, 3rd person, singular) = miscarries
Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (4.7). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Papa, Dvaya, Madhya, Samsthita, Samsthiti, Lagna, Indu, Saumya, Vikshita, Yugapat, Prithak, Eva, Var, Nari, Garbhayuta, Vipad, Yat, Yata, Yati,
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Brihat Jātaka of Varāhamihira
by Michael D Neely (2007)
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