Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 171
Jyotiṣa-śāstra Saṅgraha: Threefold Division, Gaṇita Methods, Muhūrta, and Planetary Reckoning
त्रिज्याधिकोने श्रवणे वपूंषि स्युर्हृताः कुजात् । ऋज्वोरनृज्वोर्विवरं गत्यंतरविभाजितम् ॥ १७१ ॥
trijyādhikone śravaṇe vapūṃṣi syurhṛtāḥ kujāt | ṛjvoranṛjvorvivaraṃ gatyaṃtaravibhājitam || 171 ||
જ્યારે શ્રવણ નક્ષત્ર ત્રિજ્યાધિકોણ યોગમાં હોય, ત્યારે દેહો પાપગ્રહ (કુજ) દ્વારા ગ્રસ્ત થાય છે એમ કહેવાયું છે. સીધી અને વાંકી ગતિ વચ્ચેનું અંતર ભિન્ન ગતિઓના વિભાગથી નિશ્ચિત થાય છે॥૧૭૧॥
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in a technical/vedanga-style passage)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
FAQs
It frames cosmic order as measurable and law-governed—showing that embodied life is influenced by time (nakṣatra) and motion, encouraging discernment and disciplined living as supports for mokṣa.
Indirectly: by acknowledging afflictive conditions in embodied existence, it implies the need for steadiness and refuge in higher principles; bhakti is strengthened when one remains unwavering despite time-based fluctuations.
Jyotiṣa (Vedāṅga astrology/astronomy): it references Śravaṇa nakṣatra and a specific geometric/positional configuration, and it connects outcomes to differences in motion—an observational basis for calendrical and timing judgments.