Narapatijayacarya 4.4

Now, therefore, I will fully explain the diagrammatic wheel that illuminates the three worlds, / celebrated as Sarvatobhadra, which brings immediate conviction.

Drawing ten vertical lines and likewise ten horizontal lines, / a diagrammatic wheel of eighty-one cells is formed; there is no doubt in this.

The vowels beginning with 'a' are to be placed in the cells in the intermediate directions beginning with north-east in order, / by the path of creation, sixteen [in all], thus fourfold revolving.

One should draw the asterisms beginning with Kṛttikā in order, starting from the eastern quarter, / seven by seven in order, twenty-eight in number.

[The phonemes] a, va, ka, ha, and ḍa in the east, ma, ṭa, pa, ra, and ta in the south, / na, ya, bha, ja, and kha in the west, and likewise ga, sa, da, ca, and la in the north.

Three by three, beginning with Taurus, starting in order from the eastern quarter, by the wise, / twelve zodiacal signs ending with Aries thus [are to be placed] by the path of creation.

In the remaining cells, in this manner, the pentad of lunar days beginning with Nandā, / and the heptad of weekdays beginning with Mars are indeed to be drawn in order.

[Row 7–8 and verses:] 13 / Sa[tābhijñā]. ga. ai. Sa[gittarius]. Sco[rpio]. e. ta. Svā[tī]. / Dha[niṣṭhā]. ṛ. kha. ja. bha. ya. na. ṝ. Vi[śākhā]. / ī. Śra[vaṇa]. A[bhijit]. U[ttarāṣāḍhā]. Pū[rvāṣāḍhā]. Mū[la]. Jye[ṣṭhā]. A[nurādhā]. i. // Mars and the Sun have an upward gaze, Mercury and Venus squint, / Jupiter and the Moon have a level gaze, and Saturn and Rāhu gaze downward.

14, 15, Sa[turday]. 12, Me[rcury].

On "atha": Now, subsequently, I will explain the diagrammatic wheel named Sarvatobhadra. It is called "Sarvatobhadra" because it is auspicious (bhadra), that is, excellent, on all sides (sarvataḥ). In this diagrammatic wheel, if that which brings about inauspiciousness in another diagrammatic wheel produces an auspicious result, then it is auspicious. Moreover, of what kind is it? "Illuminating the three worlds": like a lamp (dīpa), it is illuminating (dīpaka), that is, it illuminates and makes evident the three worlds. "Celebrated": well known. "Producing immediate conviction": giving rise to the discernment of auspicious and inauspicious results being examined immediately, at that very moment. On "ūrdhvaga": It is easy to understand. On "akārādi": In that diagram, in the cells in the intermediate directions beginning with the northeast, the sixteen vowels beginning with "a" are to be inscribed in succession according to the course of creation, that is, in clockwise order. Thus, one should understand that there are four revolutions (caturbhrama), that is, four circuits; specifically, "a" is in the northeast corner; "ā" is in the southeast corner; "i" is in the southwest; "ī" is in the northwest; then "u" is in the northeast corner, in the cell below "a"; "ū" is in the southeast, in the cell below "ā"; in this manner one should place the sixteen vowels in the four corners beginning with the northeast, such is the import. On "kṛttikādīni": Then, starting from the eastern direction and following the order of directions, the twenty-eight lunar mansions are to be inscribed in groups of seven beginning with Kṛttikā. That is to say: in the east, in the first row, seven lunar mansions are to be written from Kṛttikā up to Āśleṣā. Likewise, one should write the seven lunar mansions beginning with Maghā in the south. One should write the seven lunar mansions beginning with Anurādhā in the west. One should write the seven beginning with Dhaniṣṭhā in the north. Here, the lunar mansion named Abhijit extends from the last quarter of Uttarāṣāḍhā through the first four ghaṭikās of Śravaṇa; thus there are twenty-eight. On "avakahaḍāḥ": Likewise, in the row below the lunar mansions in the eastern direction, [the phonemes] a, va, ka, ha, ḍa [are to be written]; in the row below the lunar mansions in the southern direction, ma, ṭa, pa, ra, ta; in the western direction, na, ya, bha, ja, kha; in the northern direction, ga, śa, ca, la are to be inscribed. On "trayastrayaḥ": In the order following the course of creation, beginning from the eastern direction, the twelve zodiacal signs ending with Aries, in groups of three beginning with Taurus, are to be inscribed in succession by the wise. Here it should be joined thus: one should write the three zodiacal signs beginning with Taurus in the third row of the eastern direction. Likewise, one should write the three zodiacal signs beginning with Leo in the third row of the southern direction, the three zodiacal signs beginning with Scorpio in the third row of the western direction, and the three zodiacal signs beginning with Aquarius in the third row of the northern direction. On "śeṣeṣu": Thus, in the remaining [cells]...