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The Yoga of Principles of Time and Planets

(Chapter 1)

Chapter 1

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Verse 1

acintyāvyaktarūpāya nirguṇāya guṇātmane | samastajagadādhāra mūrtaye brahmaṇe namaḥ ||1||

Verse 2

alpāvaśiṣṭe tu kṛte mayo nāma mahāsuraḥ | rahasyaṃ paramaṃ puṇyaṃ jijñāsurjñānamuttamam ||2||

Verse 3

vedāṅgam agrayam akhilam jyotiṣām gatikāraṇam | ārādhayan vivasvantaṃ tapastepe sudurścaram

Verse 4

toṣitastapasā tena prītastasmai varārthine | grahāṇāṃ caritaṃ prādānmayāya savitā svayam 4

Verse 5

viditaste mayā bhāvastōṣitastapasā hyaham | dadyāṃ kālāśrayaṃ jñānaṃ grahāṇāṃ caritaṃ mahat ||5||

Verse 6

na me tejaḥ sahaḥ kaścidākhyātuṃ nāsti me kṣaṇaḥ | madaṃśaḥ puruṣo'yaṃ te niśśeṣaṃ kathayiṣyati 6

Verse 7

ityuktvāntardadhe devaḥ samādiśyāṃśamātmanaḥ | sa pumān mayamāhedam praṇataṃ prāñjalisthitam

Verse 8

śṛṇuṣvaikamanāḥ pūrvaṁ yaduktaṁ jñānamuttamam | yuge yuge maharṣīṇāṁ svayameva vivasvatā 8

Verse 9

śāstramādyaṃ tadevedaṃ yat pūrvaṃ prāha bhāskaraḥ | yugānāṃ varivartana kālabhedo'tra kevalaḥ ||

Verse 10

lokānāmantakṛt kālaḥ kālo’nyaḥ kalanātmakaḥ | sa dvidhā sthūlasūkṣmatvānmūrtaścāmūrta ucyate

Verse 11

prāṇādiḥ kathito mūrtas-truṭyādyo-'mūrtasaṃjñakaḥ | ṣaḍbhiḥ prāṇair-vināḍī syāt tat-ṣaṣṭyā nāḍikā smṛtā || 11 ||

Verse 12

nāḍīṣaṣṭyā tu nākṣatramahorātraṁ prakīrtitam | tattriṁśatā bavenmāsaḥ sāvano'rkodayais tathā ||

Verse 13

aindavas tithibhis tadvat saṃkrāntyā saura ucyate | māsair dvādaśabhir varṣa divyaṃ tadaha ucyate 13

Verse 14

surāsurāṇām anyonyam ahorātraṁ viparyayāt | tat ṣaṣṭiḥ ṣaḍguṇā divyaṁ varṣam āsuram eva ca

Verse 15

tad dvādaśa-sahasrāṇi caturyugam udāhṛtam | sūryābda-saṅkhyayā dvitri-sāgarair ayutāhataiḥ || 15

Verse 16

sandhyāsandhyāṃśasahitaṃ vijñeyaṃ taccaturuyugam | kṛtādīnāṃ vyavastheyaṃ dharmapādavyavasthayā

Verse 17

yugasya daśamo bhāgaścatustridvyekasaṅguṇaḥ | kramāt kṛtayugādīnāṃ ṣaṣṭhāṃśaḥ sandhyayoḥ svakaḥ 17

Verse 18

yugānāṃ saptatiḥ saikā manvantaramihochyate | kṛtābdasaṅkhyā tasyānte sandhiḥ prokto jalaplavaḥ ||18||

Verse 19

sasandhayaste manavaḥ kalpe jñeyāś caturdaśa | kṛtapramāṇaḥ kalpādau sandhiḥ pañcadaśaḥ smṛtaḥ

Verse 20

itthaṃ yugasahasreṇa bhūtasaṃhārakārakaḥ | kalpo brāhmamahaḥ proktaṃ śarvarī tasya tāvatī