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.

वर्षऋतुमासतिथयो द्युनिशं ह्यूडूनि वेलोदये ऋक्षनवभागविकल्पनाः स्युः ।
भूयो दशादिगुणिताः स्वविकल्पभक्ता वर्षादयो नवकदानविशोधनाभ्याम् ॥ ११॥

varṣaṛtumāsatithayo dyuniśaṃ hyūḍūni velodaye ṛkṣanavabhāgavikalpanāḥ syuḥ |
bhūyo daśādiguṇitāḥ svavikalpabhaktā varṣādayo navakadānaviśodhanābhyām
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The year, season, month, tithi, and indeed the night or day related to the nakshatras in the rising time, those various portions of the navamshas of zodiac signs moreover should be multiplied by 10, etc., divided by one’s variety, and with adding or subtracting nine are the the year, et cetera.

English translation by Michael D Neely (2007)

Word-for-Word grammar analysis breakdown

varṣa = year
ṛtu = season māsa = month
tithi = tithi (lunar day)
varṣaṛtumāsatithayas (stem form: varṣaṛtumāsatithi) (masculine, nominative, plural) = year, season, month, and tithi
dyu = day
niśa = night
dyuniśam (stem form: dyuniśa) (neuter, nominative, singular) = day or night
hi (interjection) (indeclinable) = indeed
ūḍūni (stem form: ūḍu) (neuter, nominative, plural) = related to the nakshatras
velā = time
udaya = rising
velodaye (stem form: velodaya) (masculine, locative, singular) = in the rising time
ṛkṣa = zodiac sign
navan = navamsha bhāga = portion
vikalpana = various
ṛkṣanavabhāgavikalpanās (stem form:) (masculine, nominative, plural) = those various portions of the navamshas of zodiac signs
syus (2nd class verb root: as) (optative, 3rd person, plural) = those should be
bhūyas (stem form: bhūyas) (neuter, nominative, singular) = moreover
daśa = 10
ādi = et cetera
guṇita = multiplied
daśādiguṇitās (1st class verb root: guṇ) (past passive participle, masculine, nominative, singular) = multiplied by 10, etc.
sva = one’s own
vikalpa = variety bhakta = divided
svavikalpabhaktās (1st class verb root: bhaj) (past passive participle, masculine, nominative, plural) = divided by one’s variety
varṣa = year
ādi = et cetera
varṣādayas (stem form: varṣādi) (masculine, nominative, plural) = the year, et cetera
navaka = nine
dāna = adding
viśodhana = subtracting navakadānaviśodhanābhyām (stem form: navakadānaviśodhana) (neuter, instrumental, dual) = with adding or subtracting nine

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (26.11). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Varsha, Ritu, Asa, Titha, Yah, Dyu, Sha, Vela, Udaya, Riksha, Navabhaga, Vikalpana, Bhuyah, Bhuyas, Dasha, Dashan, Adi, Adin, Gunita, Sva, Svan, Avikalpa, Bhakta, Aya, Ayas, Navaka, Danavishodhana,

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Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 26.11

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Brihat Jātaka of Varāhamihira
by Michael D Neely (2007)

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