Ch. 1. Birth of Horasastra
1. Glory to the Sun-God, whose very breathing causes
Creation in this world, with whose rising all the
animals (living beings) wake up (from the sleep of
their ignorance), whose state at the head (zenith)
accentuates all activities (throws the brightest
light on one's wisdom) and whose setting (absence,
weakness) causes all to sleep. Such Sun-God has his
efficacy spread (all over).
2-4. Varaha Mihira in his Horasastra, i.e. Brhat
Jataka, stated briefly the essence of the teachings
of the learned sages viz. ten divisions of the
Zodiacal Sign, Raja Yogas, longevity, effects of
planetary periods etc. This could not be done
elaborately by him and hence I am conveying in this
work such useful essence, as called out from Yavanas
etc., rejecting other unuseful portions, which may
be appended to the said Brihat Jataka.
5. I, Kalyana Varma, whose fame on account of
patronizing Gods and administering villages and
cities is brilliant, like that of a female swan in
the cage of the universe, who is the king of
Vyagrapada region, present this Saravali, an
astrological treatise, with a chaste heart.
6. Saravali is a river with chilly water, which has
taken its birth in the mountain called Kalyana Varma,
to ward off the thirst for astrology of those
interested.
Thus ends the 1st Ch. Birth of Horasastra in Kalyana
Varma's Saravali
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