Narapatijayacarya 4.25

4.25

avarṇādi svarau iti | avargādi dvau dvau svarau a ā, i ī, ityādayaḥ santi teṣāṃ madhye ekasya bedhena dvayorapi vedho jñātavyaḥ | svarayukta ātmā yayoranusvāravisargayostayorapi vedhaḥ | tatrāpi ekavedhena dvayorapi vedho jñātavyaḥ | yato dvayorapi akārasahitānuccāryyete | va0 vau0 śa0 sau iti | atra granthe bavau śasau ṣakhau ṅa ñau dvau dvau barṇau tulyau jñātabyau | tatra śubhāśubhakhagavyadhe ekena vedhe dvitayaṃ viddhaṃ jñeyam | gha-ṅa-chā iti | ka-pa-ma-daiḥ viddhaiḥ bhavati | yathā kakāre viddhe dha-ṅa-chā varṇā viddhāḥ | pakāre viddhe ṣa-ṇa-ṭhā viddhāḥ, bhakāre viddhe tha-jha-bhā viddhāḥ | dha-ṅa chā raudrage iti | raudrage ārdrābhe sthite grahe gha-ṅa-chā varṇā viddhā bhavanti | śeṣaṃ sugamam | avarṇādi iti | spaṣṭārtham vyākhyātañca ||

"avarṇādisvarau..." The pairs of vowels beginning with the vowel a—such as a and ā, i and ī, and so forth—among them, by the piercing of one, the piercing of both is to be understood. The anusvāra and visarga whose nature is endowed with vowels are also pierced; there too, by the piercing of one, the piercing of both is to be understood, because both are pronounced together with the phoneme a. "ba-vau śa-sau..." In this treatise, ba and va, śa and sa, ṣa and kha, ṅa and ña—each pair of phonemes is to be known as equivalent. In that case, in the astrological piercing by benefic and malefic planets, by the piercing of one, both are to be known as pierced. "gha-ṅa-chāḥ..." This occurs by the piercing of ka, pa, [da], and bha. As follows: when the phoneme ka is pierced, the phonemes [gha], ṅa, and cha are pierced; when the phoneme pa is pierced, ṣa, ṇa, and ṭha are pierced; [when da is pierced, dha, pha, and ḍha are pierced]; when the phoneme bha is pierced, tha, jha, and [ña] are pierced. "gha-ṅa-chā raudrage..." When a planet is situated in the asterism sacred to Rudra, [that is,] in Ārdrā, the phonemes gha, ṅa, and cha are pierced. The rest is easily understood. "avarṇādi..." This has a clear meaning and has already been explained.