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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.
Verse 2.28
तुलाधरे निर्दयकर्मशीला होरा द्वितीया नरकर्मशीला ।
दंष्ट्रोत्कटस्त्राणकसाधनद्विड् विचित्रबानासिनिकृष्टखड्गः ॥२८॥
tulādhare nirdayakarmaśīlā horā dvitīyā narakarmaśīlā |
daṃṣṭrotkaṭastrāṇakasādhanadviḍ vicitrabānāsinikṛṣṭakhaḍgaḥ ||28||
The second horā in Libra is a character of pitiless action, character of manly action, having large teeth, hating the performance of protection, and brightly colored arrows, knife, and a vile sword.
English translation by Michael D Neely (2008)
Word-for-Word grammar analysis breakdown
tulā = scale
dhara = holding
tulādhare (stem form: tulādhara) (masculine, locative, singular) = in holding a scale (Libra)
nirdaya = pitiless
karman = action śīlā = character
nirdayakarmaśīlā (stem form: nirdayakarmaśīlā) (feminine, nominative, singular) = character of pitiless action
horā (stem form: horā) (feminine, nominative, singular) = horā
dvitīyā (stem form: dvitīyā) (ordinal number, feminine, nominative, singular) = second
nara = man
karman = action śīlā = nature
narakarmaśīlā (stem form: narakarmaśīlā) (feminine, nominative, singular) = character of manly action
daṃṣṭrā = tooth
utkaṭa = large
daṃṣṭrotkaṭas (stem form: daṃṣṭrotkaṭa) (masculine, nominative, singular) = large teeth
trāṇaka = protection
sādhana = performance dviṣ = hating
trāṇakasādhanadviṭ (stem form: trāṇakasādhanadviṣ) (masculine, nominative, singular) = hating the performance of protection
vicitra = brightly colored
bāṇa = arrow
asi = knife
nikṛṣṭa = vile khaḍga = sword
vicitrabāṇāsinikṛṣṭakhaḍgas (stem form: vicitrabāṇāsinikṛṣṭakhaḍga) (masculine, nominative, singular) = brightly colored arrows, knife, and a vile sword
Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (2.28). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Tuladhara, Nirdaya, Karmashila, Hora, Dvitiya, Nara, Damshtrotkata, Trana, Kasa, Vid, Vish, Vicitra, Nikrishta, Khadga,
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 2.28
Yavanajātaka of Sphujidhvaja
by Michael D Neely (2008)
Edition includes original Sanskrit text, English translation and word-for-word analysis.