Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 28
Graha–Ketu–Utpāta Lakṣaṇas: Solar/Lunar Omens, Comets, Eclipses, and Calendar Rules
तद्वक्रमुष्णं संज्ञं स्यात्प्रजापीडाग्निसंभवः । दशमैकादशे ऋक्षे द्वादशर्वाग्रतीपयः ॥ २८ ॥
tadvakramuṣṇaṃ saṃjñaṃ syātprajāpīḍāgnisaṃbhavaḥ | daśamaikādaśe ṛkṣe dvādaśarvāgratīpayaḥ || 28 ||
اس کیفیت کو ‘وَکرموشن’ کی سنجیا دی گئی ہے؛ یہ ایسی آگ سے پیدا ہوتی ہے جو مخلوق کو رنج پہنچائے۔ یہ دسویں اور گیارھویں رِکش میں دیکھی جاتی ہے؛ اور بارہ کو آگے رُخ والے نقطوں والا کہا گیا ہے۔
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in a technical/disciplinary enumeration)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It frames celestial conditions as meaningful “saṃjñā” (technical designations), reminding the seeker that cosmic order and its disturbances (pīḍā) are part of dharma-aware living and disciplined practice.
While the verse is primarily jyotiṣa-technical, its devotional implication is that a bhakta aligns actions and vows with dharmic timing and accepts adverse periods as occasions for steadiness, japa, and reliance on the Lord rather than anxiety.
Vedāṅga Jyotiṣa: it uses technical labels like vakra (retrograde/irregular motion) and references ṛkṣa (nakṣatra) enumeration, relevant for calendrical/ritual decision-making and interpreting “heated/afflictive” celestial indications.