Chapter on the Propitiation for Gaṇḍānta beginning with Jyeṣṭhā — Bṛhat-Pārāśara-Horāśāstra, Adhyāya 95

अथ ज्येष्ठादिगण्डान्तशान्त्यध्यायः

The complete Chapter on the Propitiation for Gaṇḍānta beginning with Jyeṣṭhā chapter of the Bṛhat-Pārāśara-Horāśāstra — all 10 verses, each in the original Sanskrit with VedicSpace's clean-room English translation, cited by śloka. Translated from the Chaukhamba (Devachandra Jha) edition and audited against the printed plates.

Śloka 1 — Scope of the rite — Jyeṣṭhā-gaṇḍānta birth kills self, father and others; perform the Mūla-śānti procedure

ज्येष्ठागण्डान्तजातानामात्मपित्रादिघातिनाम् । विघ्नोपशमनीं शान्तिं मूलशान्तिवदाचरेत् ॥ १ ॥

For those born in the gaṇḍānta of Jyeṣṭhā, who are destroyers of themselves, of the father and of others, one should perform the propitiatory rite that quells the calamity exactly as the Mūla-śānti is performed.

BPHS Adhyāya 95, śloka 1

Śloka 2 — Deities of the Jyeṣṭhā rite — Indra principal, Agni and Rākṣasa as adhidevatā and pratyadhidevatā

प्रधानदेवो हि शत-क्रतुरत्राग्निराक्षसौ । अधिप्रत्यधिदेवौ स्तस्तस्मात् त्रीनर्चयेद् बुधः ॥ २ ॥

Here the principal deity is Śatakratu (Indra); Agni and the Rākṣasa are the adhidevatā and the pratyadhidevatā. Therefore the wise man should worship these three.

BPHS Adhyāya 95, śloka 2

Śloka 3 — The golden image of Indra — attributes, mount and adornment

वज्राङ्कुशयुतां स्वर्ण-रचितां मूर्तिमिन्द्रजाम् । गजारूढां सुविमलां दिव्याम्बरविभूषिताम् ॥ ३ ॥

An image of Indra fashioned of gold, furnished with the thunderbolt and the goad, mounted upon an elephant, of spotless brilliance, and adorned with divine garments —

BPHS Adhyāya 95, śloka 3

Śloka 4 — Installation of the image, worship, abhiṣeka and homa

संस्थाप्य कलशाग्रस्थ-पात्रे गन्धाक्षतैः शुभैः । गृह्योक्तमन्त्रतोऽभ्यर्च्याभिषेकं हवनं तथा ॥ ४ ॥

— having installed it in the vessel set upon the mouth of the water-jar, and having worshipped it with auspicious sandal-paste and unbroken rice by the mantras stated in the Gṛhya texts, (one should perform) the consecratory bathing and likewise the fire-offering,

BPHS Adhyāya 95, śloka 4

Śloka 5 — Sūkta recitation, Mahāmṛtyuñjaya japa, feeding of brāhmaṇas; result

सूक्तपाठं महामृत्यु-ञ्जयजापं च कारयेत् । ब्राह्मणान् भोजयेदन्ते शुभमेवमवाप्नुयात् ॥ ५ ॥

and one should have the recitation of the sūktas and the japa of the Mahāmṛtyuñjaya performed; at the close one should feed brāhmaṇas. In this way one obtains good fortune.

BPHS Adhyāya 95, śloka 5

Śloka 6 — Substitute remedy when the full rite is beyond one's means — cow-gift graded by the nakṣatra of the gaṇḍānta

शक्त्यभावे गवां दान-माहिमूलमघेन्द्रजे । गण्डान्ते, तु गवां दानं पूषाश्विजनिते सति ॥ ६ ॥

When there is no capacity (for the full rite), the gift of cows is prescribed for the gaṇḍānta arising from Āśleṣā (the serpent's asterism), Mūla, Maghā and Jyeṣṭhā (Indra's asterism); and likewise the gift of cows when the gaṇḍānta is produced by Revatī (Pūṣan's asterism) and Aśvinī.

BPHS Adhyāya 95, śloka 6

Śloka 7 — Gaṇḍānta from any other combination — one cow, or its cash value

गामेकामन्यदुर्योगे दद्याद् विप्राय सादरम् । तन्मूल्यमथवा देयं गोरभावे विशेषतः ॥ ७ ॥

In any other inauspicious combination one should give a single cow, respectfully, to a brāhmaṇa; or else, in the particular case where no cow is to be had, its value should be given.

BPHS Adhyāya 95, śloka 7

Śloka 8 — Jyeṣṭhā-born girl destroys husband's elder brother; last-pāda-of-Viśākhā girl destroys the younger brother-in-law

ज्येष्ठर्क्षसम्भवा कन्या धवाग्रजविघातिनी । विशाखान्तिमपादोत्था स्मृता देवरनाशिनी ॥ ८ ॥

A girl born under the asterism Jyeṣṭhā destroys her husband's elder brother; and one arisen in the last pāda of Viśākhā is declared to be the destroyer of her husband's younger brother.

BPHS Adhyāya 95, śloka 8

Śloka 9 — Godāna at the time of marriage; the affected zone — last three pādas of Jyeṣṭhā, first three pādas of Mūla

विवाहसमयेऽतोऽस्याः शान्तिगोदानमाचरेत् । अन्त्यत्रिपादजा शाक्रे मूलआद्यत्रिपादजा ॥ ९ ॥

Therefore, at the time of her marriage, the propitiatory gift of a cow should be made for her. (Next:) a girl born in the last three pādas of Śakra's asterism (Jyeṣṭhā), or born in the first three pādas of Mūla —

BPHS Adhyāya 95, śloka 9

Śloka 10 — Such a girl destroys the mother-in-law, such a son the father-in-law; godāna at the marriage of either

कन्या श्वश्रूं, सुतस्तत्रोद्भवः श्वशुरघातकः । गोदानमाचरेच्छान्त्यै विवाहसमये तयोः ॥ १० ॥

— such a girl destroys her mother-in-law, while a son born in that same zone is the destroyer of his father-in-law. For the pacification of the two, the gift of a cow should be made at the time of their marriage.

BPHS Adhyāya 95, śloka 10