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The Chapter on Celestial Spheres and Instruments

(Chapter 13)

Chapter Quiz

Verse 1

Atha gupte śucau deśe strātaḥ śuciralaṅkṛtaḥ | sampūjya bhāskaraṁ bhaktyā grahān bhānyatha guhyakān

Verse 2

pāramvaryopadeśena yathājñānaṃ gurormukhāt | ācāryaḥ śiṣyabodhārthaṃ sarvaṃ pratyakṣadarśivān

Verse 3

bhūbhagolasya racanāṃ kuryād āścaryakāriṇīm | abhīṣṭaṃ pṛthivīgolaṃ kārayitvā tu dāravam ||3||

Verse 4

Daṇḍaṃ tanmadhyagaṃ merorubhayatra vinirgatam | Ādhārakakṣādvitayaṃ kakṣā vaiṣuvatī tathā || 4

Verse 5

bhagaṇāṃśāṅgulaiḥ kāryā dalitais tisra eva tāḥ | svāhorātrārdhakarṇaiś ca tatpramāṇānumānataḥ || 5 ||

Verse 6

krāntivikṣepabhāgaiśca dalitairdakṣiṇottaraiḥ | svaiḥ svairapakramaitistro meṣādīnāmapakramāt ||6||

Verse 7

kaksāḥ prakalpayet tāśca kartyādīnāṃ viparyayāt | tadvat tissrastulādīnāṃ mṛgādīnāṃ vilomataḥ || 7 ||

Verse 8

yāmyagolāśritāḥ kāryāḥ kakṣādhārād dvayorapi | yāmyodaggolasaṁsthānāṁ bhānāmabhijitastathā 8

Verse 9

saptarṣīṇām agastyasya brahmādīnāṁ ca kalpayet | madhye vaiṣuvatī kakṣā sarveṣām eva saṁsthitā

Verse 10

tadādhārayuterūrdhvamayane viṣuvadvayam | viṣuvatsthānato bhāgaiḥ sphuṭairbhagaṇasañcarāt || 10 ||

Verse 11

kṣetrāṇyevamajādīnāṃ tiryagjyābhiḥ prakalpayet | ayanādayanaṃ caiva kakṣā tiryag tathā'parā || 11 ||

Verse 12

krāntisaṃjñā tayā sūryaḥ sadā paryeti bhāsayān | candrādyāśca svakaiḥ pātairapamaṇḍalamāśritaiḥ ||

Verse 13

tato'pakṛṣṭā dṛśyante vikṣepānteṣvapakramāt | udayakṣitije lagnam astam gacchacca tadvacāt || 13 ||

Verse 14

laṅkodayairyathāsiddhaṃ khamadhyopari madhyamam | madhyakṣitijayormadhye yā jyā sā'ntyā'bhidhīyate || 14 ||

Verse 15

jñeyā caradalajyā ca viṣuvat-kṣitijāntaram kṛtvopari svakaṃ sthānaṃ madhye kṣitijamaṇḍalam

Verse 16

vastracchannaṃ bahiścāpi lokālokēna vēṣṭitam | amṛtastrāvayōgēna kālabhramaṇasādhanam

Verse 17

tuṅgabījasamāyuktaṃ golayantraṃ prasādhayet | gopyametāt prakāśoktaṃ sarvagamyaṃ bhavediha

Verse 18

tasmād gurūpadeśena racayed golamuttamam | yuge yuge samucchinā racaneyaṃ vivasvataḥ | prasādāt kasyacid bhūyaḥ prādurbhavati kāmataḥ 18

Verse 19

kālasaṁsādhanārthāya tathā yantrāṇi sādhayet | ekākī yojayed bījaṁ yantre vismayakāriṇi ||

Verse 20

śaṅkayaṣṭidhanuścakraiśchāyāyantrairanekadhā | gurūpadeśād vijñeyaṃ kālajñānamatandritaiḥ