Shantikamalakara 5.16_249

5.16_249

sūta uvāca :----
evamuktaḥ śaninaina bāḍhamityena jalpyaca .
nāradaṃ samanujñāya jāgamanijasaṃśrayaṃ ..
madanaratne prabhāsakhaṃḍe :---
yaḥ punaḥ śraddhayāyuktaḥ śuciḥ prātassamāhitaḥ ..
śamīpatraiḥ samabhyarca pratimāṃ lohajāṃ mama .
māṣodanaṃ tilairmiśraṃ dadyāllohaṃ ca dakṣiṇāṃ ..
kṛṣṇāṃgāṃ vṛṣabhaṃvāpi yāmedadyā dvijāyavai .
tasya pīḍāṃnacai vāhaṃ kariṣyāmi kadācana .
iti śani stutiḥ ..
atha rāhu śāṃtiḥ .. jyotiṣye :-----
jānmāṃtya paṃcacaturaṣṭa navadnisapte rāhugraho yaditucāra vaśenagacchet .
āloḍanaṃ nṛpabhayaṃ kṣayamardha nāśanaṃ rogapranavāsa maraṇāgni bhayaṃ karoti ..

Sūta said:
"Thus addressed, Saturn said, 'So be it,'
and having taken leave of Nārada, he went to his own abode."
In the Madanaratna, from the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa:
"Furthermore, he who, endowed with faith, clean, and concentrated in the morning,
worships my iron image with śamī leaves,
offers cooked kidney beans mixed with sesame, and gives iron as a sacrificial gift,
or who gives a black cow or a bull to a Brahmin,
I shall never cause affliction to him."
Thus ends the praise of Saturn.
Now, the propitiatory rite for Rāhu. In astrology:
"If the planet Rāhu, by virtue of transit, moves into the first, twelfth, fifth, fourth, eighth, ninth, or seventh house from one's natal sign,
it causes agitation, fear of the king, loss, destruction of wealth, sickness, exile, death, and danger from fire."