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# Tithyarka 5.p1.10

Tithyarka 5.p1.10

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.p1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi.tithyarka.5.p1.10)

prababhūva mahāviṣṇurnarasiṃhākṛtinnṛpa !  
rādhaśuklacaturdaśyāṃ śuddhe vaṇijavāyubhe  
mandavāre nṛsiṃho'bhūt tretāyāṃ cādikalpake  
sāyaṃkāle sadasatāṃ rakṣādamanakāraṇāt ||"  
iti nṛsiṃhabhaviṣyapurāṇācca  
atrāsmanmātuḥ pitāmahacaraṇāḥ—  
nṛsiṃhapurāṇe sāmānyataḥ kāla utpatteruktaḥ, vivasvatyastaṃgāminīti ghaṭikāparimāṇānukteḥ | tasya skāndena nirṇayaḥ  
tatra hi pradoṣa upāttaḥ | tallakṣaṇaṃ ca hemādrāvuktam—  
"trimuhūrtaḥ pradoṣaḥ syādbhānau vyastaṃ gate sati |" iti  
tasyāpi saṅkoco bhaviṣyapurāṇena tatra sāyaṃkāla ityukteḥ  
"nakṣatradarśanātsandhyā sāyaṃ tatparataḥ sthitam |" iti  
atra yadyapi sāyaṃśabdena paro'vadhirna labhyate, tathāpi pradoṣaśabdena  
parāvadhilābhāt sāyaṃśabdena ca pūrvāvadhilābhāt trighaṭikātmakasāyaṃsandhyordhvaghaṭikātrayaṃ pradoṣasāyaṃśabdābhyāṃ parasparaṃ viśeṣaṇāllabhyate janmakālattveneti tatkālavyāpinī nṛsiṃhacaturdaśīyupoṣyeti  
rāddhāntamāhuḥ—  
"ayaṃ prakāsaṃ priyadarśanatvādū  
vinirṇayo me rucaye babhūva  
niśīthinīnātha ivodito'sau  
prabhākaraḥ pūrṇakalo nalinyāḥ ||” iti  
dinadvaye tadvyāptisattve'sattve vaikadeśasamavyāptau cottarā, vratārambhakāle sattvāt | vratārambhakālastu tatraivoktaḥ—  
"tato madhyāhnavelāyāṃ nadyādau vimale jale  
paridhāya navaṃ vāso vratakarma samārabhet ||” iti  
"anaṅgena samāyuktā na sopāṣyā caturdaśī  
dhanāpatyairviyujyeta tasmāttāṃ parivarjayet ||”  
iti pādme trayodaśīyuktaniṣedhāccāparaiva | vaiṣamyeṇaikadeśasparśe  
tadādhikyavatī grāhyā | atra sarveṣāmadhikāra ityuktaṃ tatraiva—  
"sarveṣāmeva varṇānāmadhikāro'sti madvrate

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