Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 149

Jyotiṣa-saṅgraha: Varga-vibhāga, Bala-nirṇaya, Garbha-phala, Āyuḥ-gaṇanā

Devanagari script

चरे सन्मध्यदुष्टाभ्यामंगभंगे विपर्ययात् । स्थिरे नेष्टष्टमध्या च होरायास्त्र्यं शकैः फलम् ॥ १४९ ॥

Transliteration

care sanmadhyaduṣṭābhyāmaṃgabhaṃge viparyayāt | sthire neṣṭaṣṭamadhyā ca horāyāstryaṃ śakaiḥ phalam || 149 ||

Translation

Dans les signes mobiles, les résultats sont dits bons, moyens ou nuisibles (selon l’état de la horā) ; mais en cas de blessure du corps, les indications doivent être prises à l’inverse. Dans les signes fixes, les issues sont tenues pour défavorables, surtout lorsqu’elles se rattachent à la huitième place et au milieu. Ainsi les Śakas ont enseigné le triple fruit de la horā.

Word by Word

• care: in a movable sign/condition
• care: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case, Locative), एकवचन; ‘in a movable (sign)’

• sat-madhya-duṣṭābhyām: by (the states) good, middling, and bad
• sat-madhya-duṣṭābhyām: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat (प्रातिपदिक) + madhya (प्रातिपदिक) + duṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case, Instrumental), द्विवचन; द्वन्द्व (समाहार) — ‘सत्, मध्यम्, दुष्टम्’ इत्येतैः (by good, middling, bad)

• aṅga-bhaṅge: in the division of parts (of the chart/body)
• aṅga-bhaṅge: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + bhaṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष — ‘अङ्गस्य भङ्गः’ (division of limbs/parts)

• viparyayāt: from reversal/contrary arrangement
• viparyayāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viparyaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case, Ablative), एकवचन

• sthire: in a fixed sign/condition
• sthire: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘in a fixed (sign)’

• na-iṣṭa-aṣṭama-madhyā: (hora) being undesirable/eighth/middling
• na-iṣṭa-aṣṭama-madhyā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: na (अव्यय-नञ्) + iṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + aṣṭama (प्रातिपदिक) + madhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; द्वन्द्व/समाहार-भावः — ‘नेष्टा, अष्टमा, मध्या’ (unfavourable, eighth, middling) as a set; agrees with horā

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• horāyāḥ: of the hora (hour/horary division)
• horāyāḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: horā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case, Genitive), एकवचन

• tryam: a triad/threefold (classification)
• tryam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: traya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; numeral collective ‘triad/threefold’

• śakaiḥ: by the Śakas (authorities)
• śakaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; instrumental ‘by the Śakas’ (i.e., according to Śaka authorities)

• phalam: result
• phalam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: none

Characters & Entities

• Narada
• Sanatkumara
• Śakas

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in Narada Purana?

It frames Jyotiṣa (Vedāṅga astrology) as a disciplined interpretive tool: outcomes are not read mechanically, but by rules (movable vs. fixed signs) and contextual correction (viparyaya in injury), encouraging careful discernment in dharmic decision-making.

How does this verse explain the path of devotion (Bhakti)?

Indirectly: it supports a devotee’s dharmic life by teaching how to judge time-signs (horā) prudently; such prudence is meant to aid righteous conduct, within which Viṣṇu-bhakti and mokṣa-oriented living can be pursued without superstition.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Vedāṅga Jyotiṣa—specifically horā-phala (hour/divisional results), interpretation by rāśi-type (movable vs. fixed), the inauspicious role of the eighth place, and the rule of viparyaya (reversal) when reading indications for bodily injury.