Sutra 7

Devanagari script

तस्योपलधिर्बृहस्पतेः स्थानगमनगर्भाधानेभ्यः शुक्रोदयास्तमयचारेभ्यः सूर्यस्य प्रकृतिवैकृताच्च ॥ कZ_०२.२४.०७ ॥

Transliteration

tasyopaladhir bṛhaspateḥ sthānagamanagarbhādhānebhyaḥ śukrodayāstamayacārebhyaḥ sūryasya prakṛtivaikṛtācca

Translation

Its (i.e., the season’s/rain’s) assessment is to be made from: Jupiter’s position, movement, and conjunction; Venus’s rising, setting, and course; and from the sun’s normal and abnormal appearances.

Word by Word

तस्यof that (of it)

उपलधिःascertainment; determination; finding out

बृहस्पतेःof Bṛhaspati (Jupiter)

स्थानposition; station

गमनmovement; course

गर्भाधानेभ्यःfrom (its) conception/impregnation (i.e., generation)

शुक्रŚukra (Venus)

उदयrising

अस्तमयsetting

चारेभ्यःfrom the courses/movements

सूर्यस्यof the Sun

प्रकृतिnatural/normal state

वैकृतात्from the abnormal/irregular (state)

चand

Entities Mentioned

Bṛhaspati (Jupiter)

Śukra (Venus)

Sūrya (Sun)

FAQs

How should a modern reader interpret these astral indicators in governance terms?

As an institutionalized forecasting protocol—using the best-available indicators of the time to reduce uncertainty in agricultural and revenue planning.