Adhyaya 58 — The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions
कृत्तिका रोहिणी सौम्या एतेषां मध्यवासिनाम् ।
नक्षत्रत्रितयं विप्र शुभाशुभविपाकदम् ॥
kṛttikā rohiṇī saumyā eteṣāṃ madhyavāsinām | nakṣatratritayaṃ vipra śubhāśubhavipākadam ||
ดูก่อนพราหมณ์ สำหรับผู้พำนักอยู่ ณ ส่วนกลาง กลุ่มนักษัตรสามคือ กฤตติกา โรหิณี และเสามยะ ย่อมทำให้ผลทั้งมงคลและอวมงคลสุกงอม
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Even ‘good’ celestial markers can be tied to mixed outcomes; the text emphasizes vipāka (ripening) rather than fatalism. Ethical agency remains: one should respond to conditions with dharmic action, not resignation.
Sthiti—cosmic ordering with an applied layer of phala (results) discourse often used in dharma/omenic contexts.
A triad suggests a threefold modulation of experience (e.g., guṇa-like reading): the same field yields śubha/aśubha depending on alignment. Nakṣatras become symbolic ‘timing-gates’ through which karma expresses.