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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 8.21
अनार्यरुक्पीडितदुःखितानां कुर्वन्ति जन्मारिगृहाश्रिताः षट् ।
वैकल्यबीभत्सकुलावराणां सप्ताशनाच्छादनवञ्चितानाम् ॥ २१ ॥
anāryarukpīḍitaduḥkhitānāṃ kurvanti janmārigṛhāśritāḥ ṣaṭ |
vaikalyabībhatsakulāvarāṇāṃ saptāśanācchādanavañcitānām || 21 ||
Six situated in an enemy zodiac sign at birth produce [births] of those distressed and pained by sickness and vile. Seven, of those imperfect, hideous, and the lowest of the families and of those deprived of food and clothing.
English translation by Michael D Neely (2008)
Word-for-Word grammar analysis breakdown
anārya = vile
ruj = sickness pīḍita = pained
duḥkhita = distressed
anāryarukpīḍitaduḥkhitānām (1st class verb root: duḥkh) (past passive participle, masculine, genitive, plural) = of those distressed and pained by sickness and vile
kurvanti (8th class verb root: kṛ) (present indicative, parasmaipada, 3rd person, plural) = they produce
janman = birth
āri = enemy
gṛha = zodiac sign
āśrita = situated
janmārigṛhāśritās (ā + 1st class verb root: śri) (past passive participle, masculine, nominative, plural) = those situated in an enemy zodiac sign at birth
ṣaṭ (stem form: ṣaṣ) (cardinal number, neuter, nominative, sngular) = six
vaikalya = imperfect
bībhatsa = hideous kula = family
avara = lowest vaikalyabībhatsakulāvarāṇām (stem form:
vaikalyabībhatsakulāvara) (masculine, genitive, plural) = of those imperfect, hideous, and the lowest of the families
sapta (stem form: saptan) (cardinal number, neuter, nominative, singular) = seven
aśana = food
ācchādana = clothing vañcita = deprived
aśanācchādanavañcitānām (1st class verb root: vañc) (past passive participle, masculine, genitive, plural) = of those deprived of food and clothing
Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (8.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Anarya, Rukpidita, Duhkhita, Kurvat, Janma, Janman, Ari, Arin, Grih, Griha, Ashrita, Shat, Shash, Vaikalya, Bibhatsa, Kula, Kuli, Ara, Sapta, Saptan, Ashana, Shadana, Vancita,
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 8.21
Yavanajātaka of Sphujidhvaja
by Michael D Neely (2008)
Edition includes original Sanskrit text, English translation and word-for-word analysis.