Agni Purana — Chapter 126
AgP 126.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे युद्धजयार्णवे नानाचक्राणि नाम पञ्चविंशत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ :न् १ दग्धत्वं जायते क्षणात् इति घ॥ , ज॥ च २ वज्रमुख इति घ॥ ३ हुंफडिति ख॥ :प् ५४ छप्तेर् {१२६} :श् अथ षड्विंशत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः नक्षत्रनिर्णयः ईश्वर उवाच वक्ष्याम्यृक्षात्मकं पिण्डं शुभाशुभविबुद्धये यस्मिन्नृक्षे भवेत् सूर्यस्तदादौ त्रीणि मूर्धनि(१)
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe yuddhajayārṇave nānācakrāṇi nāma pañcaviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || :n 1 dagdhatvaṃ jāyate kṣaṇāt iti gha.. , ja.. ca 2 vajramukha iti gha.. 3 huṃphaḍiti kha.. :p 54 chapter {126} :ś atha ṣaḍviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ nakṣatranirṇayaḥ īśvara uvāca vakṣyāmyṛkṣātmakaṃ piṇḍaṃ śubhāśubhavibuddhaye yasminnṛkṣe bhavet sūryastadādau trīṇi mūrdhani(1)
Thus, in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, in the Ocean of Victory in Battle, the one hundred twenty-fifth chapter, called "The Various Diagrams." [Variants: 'dagdhatvaṃ jāyate kṣaṇāt' in mss. gha and ja; 'vajramukha' in gha; 'huṃphaṭ' in kha.] Chapter 126: Now the one hundred twenty-sixth chapter, the Determination of the Lunar Mansions. The Lord said: I shall declare the body (piṇḍa) consisting of the lunar mansions, for discerning the auspicious and the inauspicious. In whichever mansion the sun stands, beginning from that, three (mansions fall) on the head;
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AgP 126.2
एकम्मुखे द्वयन्नेत्रे हस्तपादे चतुष्टयं हृदि पञ्च सुते जानौ आयुर्बुद्धिं विचिन्तयेत्
ekammukhe dvayannetre hastapāde catuṣṭayaṃ hṛdi pañca sute jānau āyurbuddhiṃ vicintayet
one on the mouth, two on the eyes, four on the hands and feet, five on the heart, (and so on) on the son (region) and the knee — thus one should reckon lifespan and understanding.
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AgP 126.3
शिरस्थे तु भवेद्राज्यं पिण्डतो वक्त्रयोगतः नेत्रयोः कान्तसौभाग्यं हृदये द्रव्यसङ्ग्रहः
śirasthe tu bhavedrājyaṃ piṇḍato vaktrayogataḥ netrayoḥ kāntasaubhāgyaṃ hṛdaye dravyasaṅgrahaḥ
When (the star) is on the head there is kingship, from the body-figure; by conjunction with the mouth, and on the two eyes, beauty and good fortune; on the heart, accumulation of wealth;
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AgP 126.4
हस्ते धृतं तस्करत्वङ्गतासुरध्वगः(२) पदे कुम्भाष्तके भानि लिख्य(३) सूर्यकुम्भस्तु रिक्तकः
haste dhṛtaṃ taskaratvaṅgatāsuradhvagaḥ(2) pade kumbhāṣtake bhāni likhya(3) sūryakumbhastu riktakaḥ
held on the hand, thievery; on the foot, one becomes a traveller with life gone. Having written the mansions in eight pots, the sun's pot is the empty one.
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AgP 126.5
अशुभः सूर्यकुम्भः स्याच्छुभः पूर्वादिसंस्थितः फणिराहुं(४) प्रवक्ष्यामि जयाजयविवेकदं
aśubhaḥ sūryakumbhaḥ syācchubhaḥ pūrvādisaṃsthitaḥ phaṇirāhuṃ(4) pravakṣyāmi jayājayavivekadaṃ
The sun's pot is inauspicious; auspicious is (the one) situated in the east and so on. Next I shall declare the Serpent-Rāhu (diagram), which yields discernment of victory and defeat.
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AgP 126.6
अष्टाविंशांल्लिखेद्विन्दून् पुनर्भाज्यस्त्रिभ्स्त्रिभिः अथ ऋक्षाणि चत्वारि रेखास्तत्रैव दापयेत्
aṣṭāviṃśāṃllikhedvindūn punarbhājyastribhstribhiḥ atha ṛkṣāṇi catvāri rekhāstatraiva dāpayet
One should mark twenty-eight dots, and again they are to be divided by threes; then four mansions — one should draw lines right there.
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AgP 126.7
यस्मिन्नृक्षे स्थितो राहुस्तदृक्षं फणिमूर्धनि(५) तदादि विन्यसेद् भानि सप्तविंशक्रमेण तु
yasminnṛkṣe sthito rāhustadṛkṣaṃ phaṇimūrdhani(5) tadādi vinyased bhāni saptaviṃśakrameṇa tu
In whatever mansion Rāhu stands, that mansion (is placed) on the serpent's head; beginning from that one should arrange the mansions in the order of the twenty-seven.
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AgP 126.8
वक्त्रे सप्तगते ऋक्षे म्रियते सर्व आहवे :न् १ त्रीणि मस्तके इति ज॥ २ गतायुरध्वगः पदे इति ख॥ ३ भानि लिखेदिति घ॥ , ज॥ च ४ कालराहुमिति ङ॥ ५ कालमूर्धनीति ङ॥ , ज, च :प् ५५ स्कन्धे भङ्गं विजानीयात्सप्तमेषु च मध्यतः
vaktre saptagate ṛkṣe mriyate sarva āhave :n 1 trīṇi mastake iti ja.. 2 gatāyuradhvagaḥ pade iti kha.. 3 bhāni likhediti gha.. , ja.. ca 4 kālarāhumiti ṅa.. 5 kālamūrdhanīti ṅa.. , ja, ca :p 55 skandhe bhaṅgaṃ vijānīyātsaptameṣu ca madhyataḥ
When the mansion has gone seven (places) to the mouth, everyone dies in battle. [Variants: 'trīṇi mastake' in ja; 'gatāyuradhvagaḥ pade' in kha; 'bhāni likhet' in gha and ja; 'kālarāhum' in ṅa; 'kālamūrdhani' in ṅa and ja.] On the shoulder one should know there is defeat, and in the (next) sevens, a middling result.
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AgP 126.9
उदरस्थेन(१) पूजा च जयश् चैवात्मनस् तथा कटिदेशे स्थिते योधे आहवे हरते परान्
udarasthena(1) pūjā ca jayaś caivātmanas tathā kaṭideśe sthite yodhe āhave harate parān
With (the mansion) standing on the belly there is honour and also victory for oneself; when the warrior stands in the hip region, he carries off his foes in battle.
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AgP 126.10
पुच्छस्थितेन कीर्तिः स्याद्राहुदृष्टे च भे मृतिः पुनरन्यं प्रवक्ष्यामि रविराहुबलन्तव
pucchasthitena kīrtiḥ syādrāhudṛṣṭe ca bhe mṛtiḥ punaranyaṃ pravakṣyāmi ravirāhubalantava
With (it) standing on the tail there is fame, but when the mansion is looked upon by Rāhu, death. Again I shall declare to you another: the strength of the Sun and Rāhu.
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AgP 126.11
रविः शुक्रो बुधश् चैव सोमः सौरिर्गुरुस् तथा(२) लोहितः संहिकश् चैव एते यामार्धभागिनः
raviḥ śukro budhaś caiva somaḥ saurirgurus tathā(2) lohitaḥ saṃhikaś caiva ete yāmārdhabhāginaḥ
The sun, Venus, Mercury, the moon, Saturn and Jupiter, Mars and Rāhu — these have shares of half a watch (each).
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AgP 126.12
सौरिं रविञ्च राहुञ्च कृत्वा यत्नेन पृष्ठतः स जयेत् सैन्यसङ्घातं द्यूतमध्वानमाहवं
sauriṃ raviñca rāhuñca kṛtvā yatnena pṛṣṭhataḥ sa jayet sainyasaṅghātaṃ dyūtamadhvānamāhavaṃ
Having carefully put Saturn, the sun and Rāhu at his back, he would win a massed army, gambling, a journey, a battle.
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AgP 126.13
रोहिणी चोत्तरास्तिस्रो मृगः पञ्च स्थिराणि हि अश्विनी रेवती स्वाती धनिष्ठा शततारका
rohiṇī cottarāstisro mṛgaḥ pañca sthirāṇi hi aśvinī revatī svātī dhaniṣṭhā śatatārakā
Rohiṇī and the three Uttarās and Mṛga (Mṛgaśiras) — these five are the fixed (asterisms); Aśvinī, Revatī, Svātī, Dhaniṣṭhā, Śatatārakā —
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AgP 126.14
क्षिप्राणि पञ्चभान्येव यात्रार्थी चैव(३) योजयेत् अनुराधाहस्तमूलं मृगः पुष्यं पुनर्वसुः
kṣiprāṇi pañcabhānyeva yātrārthī caiva(3) yojayet anurādhāhastamūlaṃ mṛgaḥ puṣyaṃ punarvasuḥ
just these five asterisms are the swift ones, and one desiring a journey should employ (them): Anurādhā, Hasta, Mūla, Mṛga, Puṣya, Punarvasu —
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AgP 126.15
सर्वकार्येषु चैतानि ज्येष्ठा चित्रा विशाखया पुर्वास्तिस्रो ऽग्निर्भरणी मघार्द्राश्लेषादारुणाः
sarvakāryeṣu caitāni jyeṣṭhā citrā viśākhayā purvāstisro 'gnirbharaṇī maghārdrāśleṣādāruṇāḥ
and these (are auspicious) in all undertakings. Jyeṣṭhā, Citrā with Viśākhā, the three Pūrvās, Agni (Kṛttikā), Bharaṇī, Maghā, Ārdrā, Āśleṣā are the harsh ones.
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AgP 126.16
स्थावरेषु स्थिरं ह्य् ऋक्षं यात्रायां क्षिप्रमुत्तमं सौभाग्यार्थे मृदून्येव उग्रेषूग्रन्तु कारयेत्
sthāvareṣu sthiraṃ hy ṛkṣaṃ yātrāyāṃ kṣipramuttamaṃ saubhāgyārthe mṛdūnyeva ugreṣūgrantu kārayet
For fixed (immovable) things a fixed asterism (is best); for a journey a swift one is best; for the sake of good fortune, the soft ones only; in fierce matters one should perform a fierce (asterism's) rite.
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AgP 126.17
दारुणे दारुणं कुर्याद्वक्ष्ये चाधोमुखादिकं कृत्रिका भरण्यश्लेषा विशाखा पितृनैरृतम्
dāruṇe dāruṇaṃ kuryādvakṣye cādhomukhādikaṃ kṛtrikā bharaṇyaśleṣā viśākhā pitṛnairṛtam
In a cruel (undertaking) one should act in a cruel (asterism). And I shall declare the downward-faced ones and the rest: Kṛttikā, Bharaṇī, Āśleṣā, Viśākhā, the ancestral one (Maghā), the southwestern one (Mūla),
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AgP 126.18
:न् १ उदरस्थे चेति ख॥ २ कटिदेश इत्य् आदिः, सौरिर्गुरुस्तथेत्यन्तः पाठः घ॥ पुस्तके नास्ति ३ यात्राध्वनि चेति ख॥ , घ॥ च :प् ५६ पूर्वात्रयमधोवक्त्रं कर्म चाधोमुखञ्चरेत्(१) एषु कूपतडागादि विद्याकर्म भिषक्क्रिया
:n 1 udarasthe ceti kha.. 2 kaṭideśa ity ādiḥ, saurirgurustathetyantaḥ pāṭhaḥ gha.. pustake nāsti 3 yātrādhvani ceti kha.. , gha.. ca :p 56 pūrvātrayamadhovaktraṃ karma cādhomukhañcaret(1) eṣu kūpataḍāgādi vidyākarma bhiṣakkriyā
and the three Pūrvās are downward-mouthed; and one should undertake a downward-facing act (in them). In these (one should do) wells, tanks and the like, study, and a physician's work,
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AgP 126.19
स्थापनन्नौकाभूपादिविधानं(२) खननन्तथा रेवती चाश्विनी चित्रा हस्ता स्वाती पुनर्वसुः
sthāpanannaukābhūpādividhānaṃ(2) khananantathā revatī cāśvinī citrā hastā svātī punarvasuḥ
the setting up of boats, the arrangements for a king and so forth, and digging. Revatī, Aśvinī, Citrā, Hastā, Svātī, Punarvasu,
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AgP 126.20
अनुराधा मृगो ज्येष्ठा नव वै पार्श्वतोमुखाः एषु राज्याभिषेकञ्च पट्टबन्धङ्गजाश्वयोः
anurādhā mṛgo jyeṣṭhā nava vai pārśvatomukhāḥ eṣu rājyābhiṣekañca paṭṭabandhaṅgajāśvayoḥ
Anurādhā, Mṛga, Jyeṣṭhā — these nine indeed are the side-faced ones; in these (one should do) royal consecration and the tying of the fillet, (and matters) of elephants and horses,
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AgP 126.21
आरामगृहप्रासादं प्राकारं क्षेत्रतोरणं ध्वजचिह्नपताकाश् च(३) सर्वानेतांश् च कारयेत्
ārāmagṛhaprāsādaṃ prākāraṃ kṣetratoraṇaṃ dhvajacihnapatākāś ca(3) sarvānetāṃś ca kārayet
a garden, a house, a palace, a rampart, a field, an archway, and flags, emblems and banners — all these he should have made.
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AgP 126.22
द्वादशी सूर्यदग्धा तु चन्द्रेणैकदशी तथा भौमेन दशमी दग्धा तृतीया वै बुधेन च
dvādaśī sūryadagdhā tu candreṇaikadaśī tathā bhaumena daśamī dagdhā tṛtīyā vai budhena ca
But the twelfth (lunar day) is burnt by the sun, and likewise the eleventh by the moon; the tenth is burnt by Mars, and the third by Mercury,
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AgP 126.23
षष्टी च गुरुणा दग्धा द्वितीया भृगुणा तथा सप्तमी सूर्यपुत्रेण त्रिपुष्करमथो वदे
ṣaṣṭī ca guruṇā dagdhā dvitīyā bhṛguṇā tathā saptamī sūryaputreṇa tripuṣkaramatho vade
and the sixth is burnt by Jupiter, and likewise the second by Venus, the seventh by the son of the sun (Saturn). Now I shall speak of the triple-puṣkara.
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AgP 126.24
द्वितीया द्वादशी चैव सप्तमी वै तृतीयया(४) रविर्भौमस् तथा(५) शौरिः षडेतास्तु त्रिपुष्कराः(६)
dvitīyā dvādaśī caiva saptamī vai tṛtīyayā(4) ravirbhaumas tathā(5) śauriḥ ṣaḍetāstu tripuṣkarāḥ(6)
The second, the twelfth, and the seventh together with the third; the sun, Mars, and also Saturn — these six are the triple-puṣkara.
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AgP 126.25
विशाखा कृत्तिका चैव उत्तरे द्वे पुनर्वसुः पूर्वभाद्रपदा चैव षडेते तु त्रिपुष्कराः
viśākhā kṛttikā caiva uttare dve punarvasuḥ pūrvabhādrapadā caiva ṣaḍete tu tripuṣkarāḥ
Viśākhā and Kṛttikā, the two Uttarās, Punarvasu, and Pūrvabhādrapadā — these six are the triple-puṣkara.
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AgP 126.26
लाभो हानिर्जयो वृद्धिः पुत्रजन्म तथैव च नष्टं भ्रष्टं विनष्टं वा तत्सर्वन्त्रिगुणं(७) भवेत्
lābho hānirjayo vṛddhiḥ putrajanma tathaiva ca naṣṭaṃ bhraṣṭaṃ vinaṣṭaṃ vā tatsarvantriguṇaṃ(7) bhavet
Gain, loss, victory, increase, and likewise the birth of a son, or what is lost, fallen away, destroyed — all that becomes threefold.
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AgP 126.27
:न् १ चाधोमुखं भवेदिति ख॥ २ नौकाद्यूतादिविधानमिति ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ च ३ वज्रचिह्नपताकाश्चेति झ॥ ४ तृतीयकेति ङ॥ , ज॥ च ५ गुरुर्भौमस्तथेति क॥ , ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ च ६ षडेतास्त्रिषु पुष्करा इति क॥ , ख॥ , ङ॥ , छ॥ च ७ तत्सर्वं द्विगुणमिति ख॥ , छ॥ च :प् ५७ अश्विनी भरणी चैव अश्लेषा पुष्यमेव च खातिश् चैव विशाखा च श्रवणं सप्तमं पुनः
:n 1 cādhomukhaṃ bhavediti kha.. 2 naukādyūtādividhānamiti ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. ca 3 vajracihnapatākāśceti jha.. 4 tṛtīyaketi ṅa.. , ja.. ca 5 gururbhaumastatheti ka.. , ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. ca 6 ṣaḍetāstriṣu puṣkarā iti ka.. , kha.. , ṅa.. , cha.. ca 7 tatsarvaṃ dviguṇamiti kha.. , cha.. ca :p 57 aśvinī bharaṇī caiva aśleṣā puṣyameva ca khātiś caiva viśākhā ca śravaṇaṃ saptamaṃ punaḥ
Aśvinī and Bharaṇī, Āśleṣā and Puṣya, and Svātī and Viśākhā, and seventh again Śravaṇa —
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AgP 126.28
एतानि दृढचक्षूंषि पश्यनति च दिशो दश यात्रासु दूरगस्यापि आगमः पुण्यगोचरे
etāni dṛḍhacakṣūṃṣi paśyanati ca diśo daśa yātrāsu dūragasyāpi āgamaḥ puṇyagocare
these are the firm-eyed ones, and they look upon the ten directions; on journeys there is the return even of one gone far, when (the moon) is in an auspicious field.
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AgP 126.29
आषाढे रेवती चित्रा केकराणि पुनर्वसुः एषु पञ्चसु ऋक्षेषु(१) निर्गतस्यागमो भवेत्
āṣāḍhe revatī citrā kekarāṇi punarvasuḥ eṣu pañcasu ṛkṣeṣu(1) nirgatasyāgamo bhavet
Āṣāḍhā, Revatī, Citrā, Punarvasu are the squint-eyed ones; in these five asterisms there is the return of one who has gone out.
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AgP 126.30
कृत्तिका रोहिणी सौम्यं फल्गुनी च मघा तथा मूलं ज्येष्ठानुराधा च धनिष्ठा शततारकाः
kṛttikā rohiṇī saumyaṃ phalgunī ca maghā tathā mūlaṃ jyeṣṭhānurādhā ca dhaniṣṭhā śatatārakāḥ
Kṛttikā, Rohiṇī, Saumya (Mṛgaśiras), and Phalgunī, and Maghā, Mūla, Jyeṣṭhā and Anurādhā, Dhaniṣṭhā, Śatatārakā,
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AgP 126.31
पूर्वभाद्रपदा चैव चिपिटानि च तानि हि(२) अध्वानं व्रजमानस्य पुनरेवागमो भवेत्
pūrvabhādrapadā caiva cipiṭāni ca tāni hi(2) adhvānaṃ vrajamānasya punarevāgamo bhavet
And Pūrvabhādrapadā too — these indeed are the "flat" (cipiṭa) ones; for one setting out on a road there would be a return again.
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AgP 126.32
हस्त उत्तरभाद्रश् च आर्द्राषाढा तथैव च नष्टार्थाश् चैव दृश्यन्ते सङ्ग्रामो नैव विद्यते
hasta uttarabhādraś ca ārdrāṣāḍhā tathaiva ca naṣṭārthāś caiva dṛśyante saṅgrāmo naiva vidyate
Hasta and Uttarabhādra, and likewise Ārdrā and Āṣāḍhā: lost property is (again) seen, and no battle takes place.
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AgP 126.33
पुनर्वक्ष्यामि गण्डान्तमृक्षमध्ये यथा स्थितम् रेवत्यन्ते चतुर्नाडी(३) अश्विन्यादिचतुष्टयम्
punarvakṣyāmi gaṇḍāntamṛkṣamadhye yathā sthitam revatyante caturnāḍī(3) aśvinyādicatuṣṭayam
Again I shall state how the gaṇḍānta stands in the midst of the asterisms: four nāḍīs at the end of Revatī, and the group of four beginning with Aśvinī.
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AgP 126.34
उभयोर्याममात्रन्तु वर्जयेत्तत् प्रयत्नतः अश्लेषान्ते मघादौ तु घटिकानां चतुष्टयम्
ubhayoryāmamātrantu varjayettat prayatnataḥ aśleṣānte maghādau tu ghaṭikānāṃ catuṣṭayam
But of both one should diligently avoid just the measure of a watch (yāma); and at the end of Aśleṣā and the beginning of Maghā, a set of four ghaṭikās.
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AgP 126.35
द्वितीयं गण्डमाख्यातं तृतीयं भैरवि शृणु ज्येष्ठाभमूलयोर्मध्ये उग्ररूपन्तु यामकम्
dvitīyaṃ gaṇḍamākhyātaṃ tṛtīyaṃ bhairavi śṛṇu jyeṣṭhābhamūlayormadhye ugrarūpantu yāmakam
That has been declared the second gaṇḍa; hear the third, O Bhairavī: in the middle of the asterisms Jyeṣṭhā and Mūla the watch (yāma) is of terrible form.
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AgP 126.36
:न् १ केकरेषु च ऋक्षेषु इति छ॥ २ चिपिटानि च भानि हि इति क॥ , छ॥ च ३ रेवत्यन्ते चतुष्कन्तु इति ख॥ , ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ , छ॥ , ज॥ च :प् ५८ न कुर्याच्छुभकर्माणि यदीच्छेदात्मजीवितं दारके जातकाले च(१) म्रियेते पितृमातरो
:n 1 kekareṣu ca ṛkṣeṣu iti cha.. 2 cipiṭāni ca bhāni hi iti ka.. , cha.. ca 3 revatyante catuṣkantu iti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. , cha.. , ja.. ca :p 58 na kuryācchubhakarmāṇi yadīcchedātmajīvitaṃ dārake jātakāle ca(1) mriyete pitṛmātaro
[Variant readings: ch. reads "kekareṣu ca ṛkṣeṣu"; ka. and ch. read "cipiṭāni ca bhāni hi"; kha., ga., gha., ṅa., ch., ja. read "revatyante catuṣkantu". Page 58] One should not perform auspicious rites, if one wishes for one's own life; and when a child is born at that time, its father and mother die.
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