nakṣatraphala(BJ_16) priya bhūṣaṇaḥ surūpaḥ subhago dakṣo aśvinīṣu matimāṃś ca | kṛta niścaya satya arug dakṣaḥ sukhitaś ca bharaṇīṣu

Those born under Aśvinī are fond of ornaments, handsome, fortunate, skillful, and intelligent. Those born under Bharaṇī are firm in resolve, truthful, free from disease, dexterous, and happy.

rogapīḍaikaviṃśatyā dadyād|h dhānyasya parvatam|h | yamāśvibhirbandhupīḍā dadyādādarśakaṃ dvija

In illness-affliction, on the twenty-first (day) one should give a heap of grain. For the affliction of relatives caused by Yama and the Aśvins, one should give a mirror, O twice-born.

yāmye asṛkpiśitabhujaḥ krūrā vadhabandhatāḍanaāsaktāḥ | tuṣadhānyaṃ nīcakulodbhavā vihīnāś ca sattvena

Those born under the southern (Yāmya) [asterisms] feed on blood and flesh, are cruel, addicted to killing, binding, and beating; they deal in chaff-grain, are born of low families, and are devoid of moral goodness.

saumyaaindracitrāvasudaivatāni sevājanasvāmyam upāgatāni 15.30cd sārpaṃ viśākhā śravaṇo bharaṇyaś caṇḍālajāter abhinirdiśanti[k.iti nirdaśanti]

(The asterisms) Mṛgaśiras, Jyeṣṭhā, Citrā and Dhaniṣṭhā govern people who are in service. Āśleṣā, Viśākhā, Śravaṇa and Bharaṇī indicate (people of) the Caṇḍāla caste.

ugrāṇi pūrvabharaṇīpitryāṇy utsādanāśaśāṭhyeṣu | yojyāni bandhaviṣadahanaśastraghātaādiṣu ca siddhyai

Pūrvaphalgunī, Bharaṇī, and Maghā (the Pitrya asterism) are fierce; they are to be employed for success in acts of destruction, eradication, deceit, and likewise in matters such as imprisonment, poisoning, burning, and slaying by weapons.

priyabhūṣaṇaḥ svarūpaḥ[k.surūpaḥ] subhago dakṣo aśvinīṣu matimāṃś ca | kṛtaniścayasatyaarugdakṣaḥ sukhitaś ca bharaṇīṣu

One born under Aśvinī is fond of ornaments, handsome in form, fortunate, skillful, and intelligent. One born under Bharaṇī is resolute in his decisions, truthful, healthy, skillful, and happy.

śāntātmā calacittaḥ strīlolo bhrātṛvallabho mānī | dhīro mitrasahāyaścirajīvī nātiputravānāmye ||

One born under Bharaṇī (the asterism of Yama) is peaceful in nature, fickle of mind, fond of women, dear to his brothers, proud, resolute, helpful to friends, long-lived, and has not many sons.

ṣoḍaśābdāsturaṅgādye maghādye cāṣṭavatsarāḥ

In the first (group) beginning with Aśvinī, sixteen years; and in the (group) beginning with Maghā, eight years.

aśvinyāmatibuddhivittavinayaprajñāyaśasvī sukhī yāmyarkṣe vikalo'nyadāranirataḥ krūraḥ kṛtaghno dhanī | tajasvī bahulodbhavaḥ prabhusamo'murkhaśca vidyādhanī rohiṇyāṃ parrandhrvitkṛśatanurvodhī parastrīrataḥ

One born under Aśvinī is highly intelligent, wealthy, modest, wise, famous, and happy. Born under Yāmya (Bharaṇī) he is defective, devoted to others' wives, cruel, ungrateful, yet rich. Born under Kṛttikā he is brilliant, equal to a lord, foolish, and rich in learning. Born under Rohiṇī he knows others' weaknesses, has a slender body, is wise, and is devoted to other men's wives.

kṣyaimasamīrorageraudraduṣṭaṃ trayeṣu na prāṇiti jātarogaḥ chidrāsametaṣu sapāpavāre dhyaimeyavmlantakavāruṇeṣu ॥ 17 ॥

When the (lunar mansions) afflicted by Mars-air-serpent-Rudra (cruel asterisms) are spoiled, in the three (sets) the one with the arisen disease does not survive; (likewise) in those joined with the 'gap' asterisms during a malefic weekday, and in the Jyeṣṭhā, antaka and Vāruṇa stars.

svīkāre mahiṣīgavāṃ guṇakarāṣṭau vāṇanāgendavo lābho hānir atho svalābhasukhakṛl lābho mahābhītikṛt | mūrddhāsyaṅghriṣu hṛtstaneṣu ca bhage tv aryamṇa ānityabhaṃ gṛhṇīyāc ca catuṣpadān vṛṣamukhān sañcintya cakrādikam || 19 ||

For the taking of buffaloes and cows the divisions are three, two, eight, five, eight and one (guṇa = 3, kara = 2, aṣṭau = 8, bāṇa = 5, nāga = 8, indu = 1); [their results are] gain, loss, then gain for oneself, a giver of ease, gain, and a cause of great fear. These fall respectively on the head (mūrdhan), the mouth (āsya) and the feet (aṅghri), on the chest (hṛd) and the udders (stana), and on the generative parts (bhaga), counting from the star of Aryaman (Uttarā Phalgunī) up to the asterism of the day. Having thus pondered the cakra and the rest, one should acquire four-footed beasts headed by the bull.

vahnyṛkṣād dinabhāntakaṃ hi gaṇane bāṇā mukhe pūjyatā kaṇṭhe sthur nava lābhadāḥ prabhumṛter madhye gajā daṇḍake | bāṇā rājyakarāḥ kramāt phalam idaṃ syād dīpikākhyaṃ smṛtaṃ cakraṃ nūtanadīpabhājanavinikṣepe tv avaśyaṃ śubham || 32 ||

In the reckoning from the star of Fire (vahni = Kṛttikā) up to the star of the day: five (bāṇa = 5) stand at the mouth [of the lamp] — honour; nine stand at the neck as givers of gain; eight (gaja = 8) in the middle bring about the death of the master; and five (bāṇa) on the stem confer sovereignty. Such is the fruit in order. This is remembered as the cakra called dīpikā, the lamp, and it is unfailingly auspicious for the installing of a new lamp-vessel.

cakrāntarvidhibhāt tribhaṃ tu vilikhet tadvac ca pūrvādiṣu tv evaṃ saṃgaṇite 'tiśīghrajaladaṃ tannirjalaṃ madhyamam | nīrābhāvajalādikāmṛtajalakṣārodanīrānvitaṃ madhyaṃ syād vidhubhāt phalaṃ bhavati tatkūpasya vāpyāś ca vā || 33 ||

Within the cakra one should write three asterisms beginning from the star of Vidhi (Rohiṇī, whose lord is Brahmā), and three likewise in the east and the remaining quarters. When it has been reckoned in this way, [the results are]: water yielded very quickly; that spot is waterless; middling; absence of water; water and more besides (abundance); nectar-sweet water; brackish water; well supplied with water; and middling. Such is the fruit obtained from the Moon's asterism, for a well (kūpa) or for a step-well (vāpī).