Yavanajataka by Sphujidhvaja [Sanskrit/English]

by Michael D Neely | 2018 | 97,362 words

The Sanskrit text and English translation of the Yavanajataka of Sphujidhvaja (circa 200 to 600 CE). The Yavana-jataka is an ancient text in Indian astrology possibly representing a versification of an earlier translation into Sanskrit of a Greek text, thought to have been written around 120 CE in Alexandria. This edition of the Yavanajataka also includes a word for word rendering from Sanskrit to English with parts of speech annotations. Note: There are a few inconclusive verses in this translation.

Chapter 3 - One’s Own Form of the Drekkāṇas

ṣaṭ ṣaḍguṇā rāśitṛtīyabhāgā drekāṇasaṃjñā yavanākhyayā ye |
nānāvidhacchādanacitrarūpāstān sarvaliṅgādiguṇairvidhāsye
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raktāmbaro raktavapuḥ pracaṇḍaḥ krodhaprahāraḥ kṣatagātrapāṇiḥ |
suvarṇavarmāyudhacitrabāṇo meṣe kuṭhārodyatapāṇirādyaḥ
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gauraḥ prahārī ripudāruṇākṣaḥ śuklāmbaro vāraṇatulyamūrdhā |
bāṇāyudho dhāturasārthavicca meṣe dvitīyo gurulomaśāṅgaḥ
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nīlāmbaro nīlavapuḥ pracaṇḍo dṇḍāyudho nīlakirīṭamālī |
balottarāṅgaśca gavākṣitāro meṣe tṛtīyaḥ kalikālakalpaḥ
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śyāmā kaṭākṣākulacittaśastā nārī kadambākulakaṇṭhamālā |
ādyo vṛṣe tatra kuṭhārahastā sambhāti gopālavināmitāṅgī
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raktānanā raktabhujaikapādā raktādharoṣṭhī kalaśī pradhānā |
bhakṣye ca pāne ca sadābhiyuktā vṛṣe'parodyānavanābhirāmā
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narī ma komalāṅgī kakudmatī campakacitramālā |
subhrūlatā sā vṛṣabhāntayātā nitambabimbānuvilambakāñcī
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dhanurdharo bāṇavicitrapāṇiścitrasrajālaṅkṛtalambahāraḥ |
ādyastṛtīye kṛtaśilpabhāṇḍaḥ śastrāstravidvaddhakirīṭavarmā
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śyāmā vicitrāmbaracārukāṃcī nārī kalāgītakathābhirāmā |
vīṇāṃ pragṛhyābhiratā prakāmā subhrū vilāsī mithune dvitīyā
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raktāmbarā raktavilambahāro raktāṅgagauro rabhasapracaṇḍaḥ |
raktāgradaṇḍo naravṛndamukhaḥ śastrāstradhārī mithune tṛtīyaḥ
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nārī vilāsārpitavalguśabdā jale sthitā padmagṛhītahastā |
kāmāturā campakacārugaurī śuklakavastrā prathamā caturthe
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sarpāsanā madhyamarūpaśobhī dākṣiṇyabhāvapracurāntarātmā |
ratnākarālaṅkṛtacārumūrtirgaurāṃśukā karkaṭake dvitīyaḥ
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nilotpalābhā nayanābhirāmā kauśeyacitrābharaṇottarīyā |
bandhyā ca saubhāgyamadotkaṭā ca nārī caturthe vihitā tṛtīyā
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siṃhodaraḥ siṃhavapuḥ pracaṇḍaḥ śastrāyudhaḥ prauḍhabalābhimānī |
raudrograkarmā piśunāśanepsurādyaḥ prabhūtāgrakaraśca siṃhe
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nārī pragalbhā viralāgrakeśī śaile parasvāharaṇeṣu dṛptā |
tasya pramāraṃ ca karoti bhīmā siṃhe'parā mauṣṭikatulyaceṣṭā
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nārī kṛtāṭopavidagdhaceṣṭā yantreṣu śilpārthamaṇikriyāsu |
dantāsanasthā prakaroti cintāṃ siṃhe tṛtīyā dviṣatāṃ vadhena
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śyāmo naraḥ śilpavidagdhaśāstraḥ saṃkhyānakauśalyakathāvidhijñaḥ |
saubhāgyanaipuṇyavidhau niyuktaḥ kanyādibhāgo'rthaviniścitaḥ syāt
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nārī surupārtavadigdhagātrī naraṃ prajārthe rahasi smarantī |
sā paṇḍitā yatnavatī janārthaṃ ṣaṣṭhe videśaṃ vrajati dvitīyā
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nārī vilāsārpitahāvabhāvā smitānanā candramukhī tṛtīyā |
aśokapuṣpābharaṇaikaveṇī gatairmadapraskhalitairvibhāti
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vīthyāṃ manuṣyaḥ kṛtaśilpabhāṇḍaḥ kauśeyacitrābharaṇairvṛtāṅgaḥ |
ādyastule śyāmatanuḥ sunetro hiraṇyapaṇyākarakośabhūmiḥ
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nārī sumadhyā viditālpaśilpā citrāmbarā citravilambahārā |
dūtīvidhāne nipuṇā varārthe tule dvitīyā viṭadhūrtaceṣṭā
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naraḥ prahārī viralāgradantaḥ prarūḍharomā gurukocapāṃśuḥ |
dhanvī śirastrāṇavibaddhavarmā tule tṛtīyo viṭakūṭaceṣṭaḥ
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naraḥ pradīpto ripucaṇḍadaṇḍo nikṛṣṭakhaḍgastapanīyavarmā |
prakrīḍate krodhavimūrchitārcirādyo'ṣṭame tīkṣṇaviṣairbhujaṅgaiḥ
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nārī vikeśī bhujagairnibaddhā caurairaraṇye muṣitāsitāṅgī |
caurāddrutaṃ dhāvati sā vinagnā kīṭe'parā krandati raudramuccaiḥ
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hiṃsro naraḥ kāṃcanavarmadhārī bile nidhāneṣṭavikarmaṭhaśca |
bhagnavrateccho'stravidaṣṭame'ntyaḥ santapyatesvairmuṣitaḥ sahāyaiḥ
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vyākṛṣṭacāpo hayacaṇḍavego rathāstraśikṣaḥ kratubhāṇḍadhārī |
ādyo naraḥ kāṃcanadaṃśitāṅgo dhanurdhare kāṃcanakuṇḍalārciḥ
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narī vilāsārpitacāruśobhā bhadrāsanasthā kanakāṃśugaurī |
ratnākare hemamayaṃ samudgamudghaṭṭya dāne'bhiratā dvitīyā
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kūrcī naraḥ śyāmatanurvilāsī kauśeyavāsā madanāturātmā |
keyūramuktāguṇalambavakṣā gāndharvagandhapraṇayī tṛtīyaḥ
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nīlāṃjanābho makarogradaṃṣṭro daṇḍāyudhaḥ kālakṛtāntakarmā |
madhyaśmaśāne gurulomavarmā sthito mṛgākhye'kṛśamūrtirādyaḥ
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dīptadyutirnīlapiśācadantaḥ prabaddhavarmāsiśiro vapuṣmān |
kurvannadībandhataḍāgavāhān mṛge dvitīyaḥ paricaṃcarīti
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srastāgrakeśī pravidāritāsyā lambodarī raktakṛśāyatāṅgī |
pāśāgrahastā mṛtacailadhātrī hiṃsābhirāmā makare tṛtīyā
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daṃṣṭrākarālo viditendrajālo nīlāmbudābho malinordhakeśaḥ |
nistriṃśakarmājinavīravāsā sakṣudrabhāvaḥ prathamo nṛkumbhe
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pradīptaśastraḥ kapilordhvakeśaḥ kapālamālākulabaddhacarmā |
sandhyāghanābho'pasṛtogradaṃṣṭro vṛtaśca pāśādiguṇaidvitīyaḥ
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nānāyudhaḥ kāṃcanacandramālī naro varāhākṛtighoramūrtiḥ |
raktān prakurvan malaye tapasvī kumbho tṛtīyaḥ kapipiṅgakeśaḥ
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nārī sukāyā vipulāyatākṣī kauśeyacāmīkarabhūṣitāṅgī |
potena santīrṇamahārṇavasthā ratnākarārthe ca jhaṣādvayādyā
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kalau karālā pramukhī pracaṇḍā nārī vivastrā sitalohakālī |
praṇaṣṭavastrābharaṇā virauti vastrārthinī mīnayuge dvitīyā
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ābhīracihnābharaṇā vikeśī nārī virāvaṃ prakaroti bhītā |
sṛgālamārjāravarāharūpairvibhūṣitā bhūtagaṇairjalasthā
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ete niruktā yavanairmahadbhirhorārthadharmaśrutividbhirādyaiḥ |
drekkābhidhānā bhavanatribhāgāścintāśrayaiḥ svaprakṛtānubandhaiḥ
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aṃśeśvarāṃśagrahadarśayogā vikalpanādindriyadṛṣṭireṣā |
jagatyanekākṛtibhāvaliṅgairnidarśanākāraṇato yathārthā
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kṣetrāṃśakāle gaditā viśeṣā grahasya ye vā karaṇasvabhāvāḥ |
teṣāṃ phalaṃ kṛtsnamanūnaśaktaṃ tathaiva sarvārthaparikriyāsu
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grahasya rāśeśca yadīritaṃ prāgrūpaṃ svabhāvo guṇalakṣaṇaṃ ca |
anyonyasaṃyogavikārajaṃ tu rūpaṃ vidhāryaṃ viduṣā krameṇa
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gṛhagrahāṃśairvividhairvikārair navāṃśakasyākṛtiliṅgamāhuḥ |
rāśeḥ svarāśikramasaṃniveśādbaddhātiśaktaṃ bhavanāṃśamāhuḥ
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Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the One’s Own Form of the Drekkāṇas

Cover of edition (2008)

Yavanajātaka of Sphujidhvaja
by Michael D Neely (2008)

Edition includes original Sanskrit text, English translation and word-for-word analysis.

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