[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Astronomy & Mathematics](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro) › [Genethlialogy (natal astrology)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora) › [Early Greek-derived and classical foundational texts](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana) › [Brihajjataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.brhajjataka) › 4 # Brihajjataka 4 Bṛhajjātaka 4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.brhajjataka.4) niṣekā > \[Chapter 4: On Conception\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.brhajjataka.4.1) kuja indu hetuḥ pratimāsam ārtavaṃ gate tu pīḍa ṛkṣam anuṣṇa didhitau/ ato anyathāsthe śubha puṃ graha īkṣite nareṇa saṃyogam upaiti kāminī//(vaṃśastha) > Mars and the Moon are the cause of the monthly menses; but when the non-hot-rayed \[Moon\] has entered an afflicted sign, / if it is situated otherwise and aspected by a benefic masculine planet, the passionate woman enters into union with a man. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.brhajjataka.4.2) yathā asta rāśir mithunaṃ sameti tathaiva vācyo mithuna prayogaḥ/ asad graha ālokita saṃyute aste sa roṣa iṣṭaiḥ sa vilāsa hāsaḥ//(indravajrā) > In whatever manner the setting sign meets Gemini, just so should the sexual intercourse be declared: / when the setting \[sign\] is aspected by or conjoined with a malefic planet, it is full of anger; with benefics, full of playfulness and laughter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.brhajjataka.4.3) ravi indu śukra avanijaiḥ sva bhāgagair gurau tri koṇa udaya saṃsthite api vā/ bhavaty apatyaṃ hi vibījinām ime karā hima aṃśor vidṛśām iva aphalāḥ//(vaṃśastha) > Even when the Sun, the Moon, Venus, and Mars are in their own divisions, or Jupiter is situated in the trine or ascendant, / offspring indeed \[does not\] arise for those lacking seed; these \[configurations\] are fruitless, like the rays of the cold-rayed \[Moon\] for the blind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.brhajjataka.4.4) divākara indvoḥ smaragau kuja arkajau gada pradā puṅgala yoṣitos tadā/ vyaya svagau mṛtyu karau yutau tathā tad eka dṛṣṭyā maraṇāya kalpitau//(vaṃśastha) > When Mars and the son of the Sun are situated in the seventh house from the Sun and the Moon, they produce disease in the man and the woman respectively; / when situated in the twelfth and second houses, they cause death; likewise, when conjoined or by their aspect alone, they are considered to bring about death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.brhajjataka.4.5) divā arka śukrau pitṛ mātṛ saṃjñitau śanaiścara indū niśi tad viparyayāt/ pitṛvya mātṛ svasṛ saṃjñitau ca tāv atha oja yugma ṛkṣa gatau tayoḥ śubhau//(vaṃśastha) > By day the Sun and Venus are designated as father and mother, Saturn and the Moon by night; through their reversal / they are designated as paternal uncle and maternal aunt; and their situation in odd and even signs respectively is auspicious. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.brhajjataka.4.6) abhilaṣadbir udaya ṛkṣam asadbhir maraṇam eti śubha dṛṣṭim ayāte/ udaya rāśi sahite ca yame strī vigalita uḍu pati bhū suta dṛṣṭe//(vaṃśastha) > When malefics are approaching the rising sign and it does not receive the aspect of a benefic, she meets death; / and when Saturn is conjoined with the rising sign while aspected by the waning lord of constellations and the son of the earth, the woman \[meets death\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.brhajjataka.4.7) pāpa dvaya madhya saṃsthitau lagna indū na ca saumya vīkṣitau/ yugapat pṛthag eva vā vaden nārī garbha yutā vipadyate//(vai lī) > When the ascendant and the Moon are situated between two malefics and are not aspected by a benefic, / whether simultaneously or separately, one should declare that the woman together with the embryo perishes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.brhajjataka.4.8) krūre śaśinaś caturthage lagnād vā nidhana āśrite kuje/ bandhv antyagayoḥ kṣīṇa indau nidhanāya pūrvavat//(vaitāliyā) > When a malefic is in the fourth house from the Moon, or Mars occupies the eighth house from the ascendant, / or when the waning Moon is in the fourth or the twelfth house, it leads to death as before. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.brhajjataka.4.9) udaya astagayoḥ kuja arkayor nidhanaṃ śastra kṛtaṃ vadet tathā/ māsa adhipatau nipīḍite tat kāle sravaṇaṃ samādiśet//(vai lī) > When Mars and the Sun are in the rising and setting houses, one should declare death caused by a weapon; / likewise, when the lord of the month is afflicted, one should predict a miscarriage at that time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.brhajjataka.4.10) śaśa aṅka lagna upagataiḥ śubha grahais tri koṇa jāyā artha sukha āspada sthitaiḥ/ tṛtīya lābha ṛkṣa gataiś ca pāpakaiḥ sukhī tu garbho raviṇā nirīkṣitaḥ//(vaṃśastha) > When benefic planets are situated in the ascendant of the Moon or in the trines, the seventh, second, fourth, and tenth houses, / and malefics are in the third and eleventh signs, the embryo thrives, provided it is aspected by the Sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.brhajjataka.4.11) oja ṛkṣe puruṣa aṃśakeṣu balibhir lagna arka gurv indubhiḥ puṃ janma pravadet sama aṃśaka gatair yugmeṣu tair yoṣitaḥ/ gurv arkau viṣame naraṃ śaśi sitau vakraś ca yugme striyaṃ/dvy aṅgastha budha vīkṣaṇāc ca yamalau kurvanti pakṣe svake//(śā vi) > When the ascendant, the Sun, Jupiter, and the Moon are strong in odd signs and in masculine navāṃśas, one should predict the birth of a male; when in even signs and even navāṃśas, of a female. / Jupiter and the Sun in an odd \[sign produce\] a male; the Moon, Venus, and Mars in an even \[sign\], a female; and through the aspect of Mercury situated in a dual sign, they produce twins in their respective half. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.brhajjataka.4.12) vihāya lagnaṃ viṣama ṛkṣa saṃsthaḥ sauro api puṃ janma karo vilagnāt/ prokta grahāṇām avalokya vīryaṃ vācyaḥ prasūtau puruṣo aṅganā vā//(upendravajrā) > Excepting the ascendant, Saturn situated in an odd sign from the ascendant also causes the birth of a male. / Observing the strength of the planets mentioned, a male or a female is to be declared at birth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.brhajjataka.4.13) anyonyaṃ yadi paśyataḥ śaśi ravī yady arki saumyāv api vakro vā samagaṃ dina īśam asame candra udayau cet sthitau/ yugma oja ṛkṣa gatāv api indu śaśijau bhūmy ātmajena īkṣitau pumbhāve sita lagna śīta kiraṇāḥ ṣaṭ klība yogāḥ smṛtāḥ//(śā vi) > If the Moon and the Sun aspect each other, or if Saturn and Mercury do; or if Mars \[aspects\] the lord of day situated in an even sign while the Moon and the ascendant are in an odd sign; / or if the Moon and Mercury, situated in an even and an odd sign respectively, are aspected by the son of the earth; or when Venus, the ascendant, and the cold-rayed \[Moon\] are in masculine signs—these are remembered as the six combinations for a hermaphrodite. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.brhajjataka.4.14) yugme candra sitau tathā oja bhavane syur jña āra jīva udayā lagna indū nṛ nirīkṣitau ca samagau yugmeṣu vā prāṇinaḥ/ kuryur te mithunaṃ graha udaya gatān dvy aṅga aṃśakān paśyati sva aṃśe jñe tritayaṃ jñaga aṃśaka vaśād yugmaṃ tv amiśraiḥ samam//(śā vi) > When the Moon and Venus are in an even sign, and Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and the ascendant are in an odd sign; or when the ascendant and Moon are aspected by a male \[planet\] and situated in even signs; or when the living beings are in even \[signs\], / they cause twins. When \[a planet\] aspects dual degrees occupying the planetary ascendant while Mercury is in its own navāṃśa, triplets \[are born\]; triplets are equal \[in sex\] according to the navāṃśas occupied by Mercury, but through unmixed \[influences\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.brhajjataka.4.15) dhanur dharasya antya gate vilagne grahais tad aṃśa upagatair baliṣṭhaiḥ/ jñena arkiṇā vīrya yutena dṛṣṭaiḥ santi prabhūtā api kośa saṃsthāḥ//(upajātikā) > When the ascendant is in the last \[navāṃśa\] of Sagittarius, and strong planets occupy that navāṃśa, / being aspected by Mercury and Saturn endowed with strength, numerous \[children\] are born, even enclosed in a single caul. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.brhajjataka.4.16) kalala ghana aṅkura asthi carma aṅgaja cetanatāḥ sita kuja jīva sūrya candra arki budhāḥ parataḥ/ udayapa candra sūrya nāthāḥ kramaśo gaditā bhavanti śubha aśubhaṃ ca māsa adhipateḥ sadṛśam//(kuṭaka) > Seminal fluid, dense mass, sprout, bone, skin, hair-and-limbs, and consciousness \[are produced by\] Venus, Mars, Jupiter, the Sun, the Moon, Saturn, and Mercury successively; / thereafter, the lord of the ascendant, the Moon, and the Sun are declared \[as lords of the eighth, ninth, and tenth months\]; and good or evil corresponds to the lord of the month. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.brhajjataka.4.17) tri koṇage jñe vibalais tathā parair mukha aṅghri hastair dvi guṇas tadā bhavet/ avāg gavi indāv aśubhair bha saṃdhigaiḥ śubha īkṣitaś cet kurute giraṃ cirāt//(vaṃśastha) > When Mercury is in a trine while the others are weak, \[the child\] then has doubled face, feet, or hands. / When the Moon is in Taurus and malefics are on the junctions of signs, \[the child\] is mute; if aspected by a benefic, it produces speech after a long time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.brhajjataka.4.18) saumya ṛkṣa aṃśe ravija rudhirau cet sa danto atra jātaḥ kubjaḥ sva ṛkṣe śaśini tanuge manda māheya dṛṣṭe/ paṅgur mīne yama śaśi kujair vīkṣite lagna saṃsthe saṃdhau pāpe śaśini ca jaḍaḥ syān na cet saumya dṛṣṭaḥ//(manda ākrāntā) > If the son of the Sun and Mars are in a sign or navāṃśa of Mercury, the one born here has teeth. When the Moon is in its own sign in the ascendant, aspected by Saturn and Mars, a hunchback \[is born\]. / One is lame when Pisces is the ascendant, aspected by Saturn, the Moon, and Mars. When a malefic is in a junction and the Moon is in the ascendant, one is dull-witted, unless aspected by a benefic. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.brhajjataka.4.19) saura śaśa aṅka divā kara dṛṣṭe vāmanako makara antya vilagne/ dhī navama udayagaiś ca dṛkāṇaiḥ pāpa yutair abhuja aṅghri śirāḥ syāt//(dodhaka) > When the end of Capricorn is the ascendant, aspected by Saturn, the Moon, and the Sun, a dwarf \[is born\]. / And through decans in the fifth, ninth, and the ascendant conjoined with malefics, one will be without arms, legs, or head. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.brhajjataka.4.20) ravi śaśi yute siṃhe lagne kuja arki nirīkṣite nayana rahitaḥ saumya asaumyaiḥ sa budbuda locanaḥ/ vyaya gṛha gataś candro vāmaṃ hinasty aparaṃ ravir na śubha gaditā yogā yāpyā bhavanti śubha īkṣitāḥ//(hariṇī) > When Leo is the ascendant conjoined with the Sun and the Moon, and aspected by Mars and Saturn, \[the child\] is bereft of eyes; if aspected by benefics and malefics, it has bubble-like eyes. / The Moon situated in the twelfth house destroys the left eye, the Sun the other; combinations declared as inauspicious are mitigated when aspected by benefics. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.brhajjataka.4.21) tat kālam indu sahito dvi rasa aṃśako yas tat tulya rāśi sahite purataḥ śaśa aṅke/ yāvān udeti dina rātri sa māna bhāgas tāvad gate dina niśoḥ pravadanti janma//(vasantatilakā) > Whichever dvādaśāṃśa the Moon is conjoined with at that time, when the Moon in the future is conjoined with the sign equal to that, / and by as much of an equal portion of the day or night as has arisen, by so much of the day or night having passed, they declare the birth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.brhajjataka.4.22) udayati mṛdu bha aṃśe saptamasthe ca mande yadi bhavati niṣekaḥ sūtir abda trayeṇa/ śaśini tu vidhir eṣa dvādaśe abde prakuryān nigaditam iha cintyaṃ sūti kāle api yuktyā//(mālinī)E4 > If conception takes place when a mild sign or navāṃśa is rising and Saturn is in the seventh house, birth occurs after three years; / but when the Moon \[is in the seventh\], this rule produces it in the twelfth year; what is declared here should also be considered logically at the time of delivery. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.brhajjataka~en-mt.4) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Daśādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.brhajjataka!govindabhatta.4.1) — Govinda, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Bṛhajjātaka (another edition)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.brhajjataka*alt.4.1) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Jātakapārijāta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.jatakaparijata.13.11) — Vaidyanātha Dīkṣita, Sanskrit - [Jyotirnibandha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.jyotisa.jyotirnibandha.2000_3473) — Śivarāja, Sanskrit - [Nityācārapaddhati (Vidyākara vājapeyin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.nityacarapaddhati-vidyakara-vajapeyin.3.p59) — Vidyākara vājapeyin, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.brhajjataka.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.brhajjataka.4) · Pramāṇa