Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 139
Jyotiṣa-saṅgraha: Varga-vibhāga, Bala-nirṇaya, Garbha-phala, Āyuḥ-gaṇanā
क्रमः केंद्रादिकोऽत्रापि द्वित्र्यादौ सबलस्य च । पाकपस्याब्धिनागाश्च ह्यर्णवा सहगस्य च ॥ १३९ ॥
kramaḥ keṃdrādiko'trāpi dvitryādau sabalasya ca | pākapasyābdhināgāśca hyarṇavā sahagasya ca || 139 ||
येथेही क्रम केंद्रापासून सुरू होऊन द्वितीय, तृतीय इत्यादींमध्ये ग्रहबलाचा विचार करतो. फळे ग्रहाच्या ‘पाक’ (परिपाक) अवस्थेत जाणावीत, तसेच अब्धी, नागराज, अर्णव, समुद्र इत्यादी संकेत व सहग घटकांसह.
Narada (teaching in a technical, śāstra-style enumeration within the Mokṣa-dharma section)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It frames a disciplined, rule-based way of reading karmic outcomes—starting from key life-pillars (kendras) and weighing strength and maturation—so that one understands worldly patterns clearly and turns the mind toward discrimination (viveka) and liberation-oriented living.
Indirectly: by organizing how results arise (from house order, strength, and maturation), it encourages surrender of outcomes and steadiness—supporting bhakti as a practice of devotion without anxiety over results, even while acknowledging karmic law.
Jyotiṣa (Vedāṅga Astrology): evaluation begins from kendras, proceeds house-wise, and must consider planetary bala (strength), pāka (maturation/period effects), and associated significations/co-factors for interpretation.