Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 19
Jyotiṣa-saṅgraha: Varga-vibhāga, Bala-nirṇaya, Garbha-phala, Āyuḥ-gaṇanā
कवीज्यौ कुजसूर्यौ च वेदो ज्ञो वर्णपाः क्रमात् । सौरोंऽत्यजाधिपः प्रोक्तो राहुर्म्लेच्छाधिपस्तथा ॥ १९ ॥
kavījyau kujasūryau ca vedo jño varṇapāḥ kramāt | sauroṃ'tyajādhipaḥ prokto rāhurmlecchādhipastathā || 19 ||
Kavi (Sukra/Venus), Ijya (Brhaspati/Jupiter), Kuja (Mars), dan Surya (Matahari) dinyatakan berurutan sebagai penguasa varna. Sauri (Saturnus) disebut penguasa kaum antyaja; dan Rahu pun demikian sebagai penguasa kaum mleccha.
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada, within a dharma/technical classification section)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
It frames social categories as being under the governance of specific grahas, emphasizing a dharmic worldview where cosmic order (graha-niyati) and human life are interconnected and regulated within a larger moral-cosmic structure.
Indirectly: by showing that worldly identity and karmic conditions are subject to cosmic forces, it encourages turning toward the transcendent refuge—devotion and surrender that rise beyond astrological and social determinations.
Jyotiṣa (Vedāṅga astrology): the verse assigns rulership (adhipatya) of varṇas and certain communities to specific grahas, a classificatory idea used in traditional astrological reasoning and dharma-oriented interpretation.