Brihat Jataka Verse 2.15

Sanskrit Verse

जीवो जीवबुधौ सितेन्दुतनयौ व्यर्का विभौमाः क्रमाद् वीन्द्वर्का विकुजेन्द्विनाश्च सुहृदः केषांचिद् एवं मतम् । सत्योक्ते सुहृदस्त्रिकोणभवनात् स्वात् स्वान्त्यधीधर्मपाः स्वोच्चायुःसुखपाः स्वलक्षण विधेर्नान्यैर्विरोधाद् इति ॥ १५॥

Transliteration

jīvo jīvabudhau sitendutanayau vyarkā vibhaumāḥ kramād vīndvarkā vikujendvināśca suhṛdaḥ keṣāṃcid evaṃ matam | satyokte suhṛdastrikoṇabhavanāt svāt svāntyadhīdharmapāḥ svoccāyuḥsukhapāḥ svalakṣaṇa vidhernānyairvirodhād iti || 15||

Word meanings

jīvas—Jupiter; jīva—Jupiter; budha—Mercury; jīvabudhau—Jupiter and Mercury; sita—Venus; indutanaya—Mercury (son of the Moon); sitendutanayau—Venus and Mercury; vi—(prefix marking an exception); arka—the Sun; vyarkās—all planets except the Sun; vi—(prefix marking an exception); bhauma—Mars; vibhaumās—all planets except Mars; kramāt—in that order; vi—(prefix marking an exception); indu—the Moon; arka—the Sun; vīndvarkās—all planets except the Moon and the Sun; vi—(prefix marking an exception); kuja—Mars; indu—the Moon; ina—the Sun; vikujendvinās—all the planets with the exception of Mars, the Moon, and the Sun; ca—and; suhṛdas—friends; keṣāṃcit—of some others; evam—similarly; matam—it is thought; satya—Satya; ukta—according; satyokte—according to Satya; suhṛdas—friends; trikoṇa—mulatrikona; bhavana—house; trikoṇabhavanāt—from the mulatrikona house; svāt—from it’s own; sva—2nd house; antya—12th house; dhī—5th house; dharma—9th house; pā—ruler; svāntyadhīdharmapās—the rulers of the 2nd, 12th, 5th, and 9th house; sva—it’s own; ucca—exaltation; āyuḥ—8th house; sukha—4th house; pā—ruler; sukhapās—its own exaltation, 8th house, and 4th house; svalakṣaṇa—having its own specific characteristics; vidhi—conduct; svalakṣaṇavidhes—based the conduct having its own specific characteristics; na—not; anyais—with the others; virodhāt—based on the hostile; iti—(close quotes)

Translation

Friendships defined by Satya: Planets are friendly if they rule the 2nd, 5th, 9th, 4th, 8th, or 12th houses from a planet’s Moolatrikona sign, or if they rule its exaltation sign. Other sources suggest simpler friendships, such as Jupiter for the Sun, or Jupiter and Mercury for the Moon.

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Reference: Brihat Jataka