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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 115

Devanagari script

लयेशे धर्मगेजीवेष्टस्थे क्रूरक्षिते जिताः । लग्नाष्टमेशावष्टस्थौ भाब्दमायुः करौ मतौ ॥ ११५ ॥

Transliteration

layeśe dharmagejīveṣṭasthe krūrakṣite jitāḥ | lagnāṣṭameśāvaṣṭasthau bhābdamāyuḥ karau matau || 115 ||

Translation

लयेशे शनौ धर्मभावगे, जीवः अष्टमस्थे, क्रूरक्षिते कुजे जिते; तथा लग्नेशाष्टमेशौ अष्टमस्थौ चेत्—आचार्यैः आयुः केवलं संवत्सरमात्रं मतम्॥

Word by Word
लय-ईशेin the lord of dissolution/decay (contextual planet/house-lord)
लय-ईशे:
अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootलयेश (प्रातिपदिक) [लय + ईश]
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन; locative singular
धर्म-गेsituated in the dharma (9th house)
धर्म-गे:
विशेषण (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootधर्मग (प्रातिपदिक) [धर्म + ग]
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन; locative singular
जीवेin Jupiter
जीवे:
अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootजीव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन; locative singular
इष्ट-स्थेbeing in a desired position
इष्ट-स्थे:
विशेषण (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootइष्टस्थ (प्रातिपदिक) [इष्ट + स्थ]
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन; locative singular
क्रूर-क्षितेwhen afflicted by a cruel (planet)
क्रूर-क्षिते:
अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootक्रूरक्षित (प्रातिपदिक) [क्रूर + क्षित]
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन; locative singular
जिताःare overcome/defeated
जिताः:
विधेय (Predicate/विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Rootजि (धातु) → जित (कृदन्त, क्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन
लग्न-अष्टम-ईशौthe lords of the ascendant and the eighth
लग्न-अष्टम-ईशौ:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootलग्नाष्टमेश (प्रातिपदिक) [लग्न + अष्टम + ईश]
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा द्विवचन; nominative dual
अवष्ट-स्थौbeing in avasthā/weak condition (avastha)
अवष्ट-स्थौ:
विशेषण (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअवष्टस्थ (प्रातिपदिक) [अवष्ट + स्थ]
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा द्विवचन; nominative dual (agreeing with ईशौ)
भ-अब्दम्one year (lit. ‘bhā-year’, a year)
भ-अब्दम्:
कर्म (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootभाब्द (प्रातिपदिक) [भ + अब्द]
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; accusative singular (measure)
आयुःlifespan
आयुः:
कर्ता/विषय (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootआयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; nominative singular
करौtwo hands; (here) two (units)
करौ:
विधेय (Predicate/विधेय)
TypeNoun
Rootकर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा द्विवचन; nominative dual
मतौare considered
मतौ:
विधेय (Predicate/विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Rootमत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा द्विवचन; nominative dual (agreeing with करौ)
Speaker

Narada (teaching Jyotisha principles in the Narada Purana context)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhayanaka

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities
N
Narada

FAQs

It frames Jyotiṣa as a Vedāṅga tool for discernment—recognizing fragility of embodied life (āyuḥ) so one turns more urgently toward dharma and liberation-oriented practice.

By emphasizing uncertainty and brevity of life under harsh configurations, it indirectly supports bhakti as the safest refuge—prompting remembrance of the Divine and steady dharmic living rather than complacency.

Jyotiṣa (Vedāṅga astrology): it gives a specific longevity-yoga using house placements (9th and 8th) and the conditions of the lagna lord and 8th lord, yielding an assessment of very short lifespan (about one year).

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