Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 7

Jyotiṣa-śāstra Saṅgraha: Threefold Division, Gaṇita Methods, Muhūrta, and Planetary Reckoning

Devanagari script

अनिष्टयोगाः स्रीजन्मपलं निर्याणमेव च । नष्टजन्मविधानं च तथा द्रेष्काणलक्षणम् ॥ ७ ॥

Transliteration

aniṣṭayogāḥ srījanmapalaṃ niryāṇameva ca | naṣṭajanmavidhānaṃ ca tathā dreṣkāṇalakṣaṇam || 7 ||

Translation

次いで、不吉なるヨーガ、女性として生まれることを示す果、死去の徴、失われた（不明の）出生情報を定める方法、そしてドレーシュカーナ（dreṣkāṇa―一つのラーシを三分する区分）の相が説かれる。

Word by Word

• अनिष्ट-योगाः: inauspicious yogas
• अनिष्ट-योगाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक) + योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (adjectival determinative)

• स्त्री-जन्म-फलम्: results of a female nativity
• स्त्री-जन्म-फलम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक) + जन्म (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• निर्याणम्: departure/going forth (death/journey)
• निर्याणम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्याण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• एव: indeed/also
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphasis)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• नष्ट-जन्म-विधानम्: procedure for (determining) a lost/unknown birth
• नष्ट-जन्म-विधानम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नष्ट (प्रातिपदिक) + जन्म (प्रातिपदिक) + विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), प्रकार/समुच्चय (likewise/also)

• द्रेष्काण-लक्षणम्: characteristics of dreṣkāṇa (decan)
• द्रेष्काण-लक्षणम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रेष्काण (प्रातिपदिक) + लक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhayanaka

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Narada
• Sanatkumara

FAQs

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

It frames Jyotiṣa as a dharmic tool: by understanding inauspicious yogas and life-indications, one is guided toward remedial discipline, right conduct, and ultimately mokṣa-oriented living rather than fatalism.

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

While not directly teaching bhakti, it supports a bhakti-aligned worldview: knowledge of karmic indications (yogas, death-signs) encourages taking refuge in dharma and devotion-based remedies, prayer, and surrender rather than anxiety.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It highlights Vedāṅga Jyotiṣa—topics such as inauspicious yogas, strī-janma indicators, niryāṇa (death indications), naṣṭa-jātaka methods, and dreṣkāṇa (decan) characteristics used in horoscopy.