Author: Sanjay Rath

Extracts from Viṣṇu Purāṇa 2.8–2.10 Sūrya‑deva’s chariot (Sūrya‑ratha) occupies an area of nava‑sahasra‑yojana (radius), and twice that is the area of its īṣā‑daṇḍa (the pole/shaft),…

Manifested Worlds From one half of the Golden Cosmic Egg (Hiraṇyāṇḍa), the entire expanse of Bhū‑maṇḍala—comprising its dvīpas, oceans, and mountain ranges—extends across five crore…

sa ca viṣṇuṁ parabrahma yataḥ sarvam idaṁ jagat | jagaś ca yo yatra cedam yasmimś ca layam eṣyati || tad brahma tat paraṁ dhāma sad‑asad‑paramaṁ…

आत्मकारकतः केन्द्रे कोणे वाऽमात्यकारके। तदा राजकृपायुक्तो जातो राजाश्रितः सुखी॥ ६॥ ātmakārakataḥ kendre koṇe vā’mātyakārake | tadā rājakṛpāyukto jāto rājāśritaḥ sukhī || 6 Translation: When the…

अमात्यकारके लग्ने पञ्चमे नवमेऽपि वा। राजमन्त्री भवेद्‌ बालो विख्यातो नाऽत्रसंशयः॥ ५॥ amātyakārake lagne pañcame navame’pi vā | rājamantrī bhaved bālo vikhyāto nā’trasaṁśayaḥ || 5 Translation:When…

अमात्यकारके विप्र सबले शुभसंयुते। स्वक्षेत्रेस्वोच्चगे वापि राजमन्त्री भवेद्‌ ध्रुवम्‌॥ ४॥ amātyakārake vipra sabale śubhasaṁyute | svakṣetresvoccage vāpi rājamantrī bhaved dhruvam || 4 Translation: O learned…

अमात्यकारकेणापि कारकेन्द्रेण संयुते। तीव्रबुद्धियुतो बालो राजमन्त्री भवेद्‌ ध्रुवम्‌॥ ३॥ amātyakārakeṇāpi kārakendreṇa saṁyute | tīvrabuddhiyuto bālo rājamantrī bhaved dhruvam || 3 Translations: When the Amātya‑kāraka is…

लाभेशवीक्षिते लाभे पापदृग्योगवर्जिते। राज्यभावे तदा विप्र प्रधानत्वं नृपालये॥ २॥ lābheśavīkṣite lābhe pāpadṛgyogavarjite | rājyabhāve tadā vipra pradhānatvaṁ nṛpālaye || 2 Translations: When the lord of…

rāja-sambandha-yogaḥ rājasya sambandhaḥ yasya saḥ yogaḥ m. the yoga whose connection is with a king (or authority) what are looking for? a rāja — king,…