Tikanikayātra · Chapter 1
ghanatimiranāgasiṃhastribhuvanabhavanādhipo jagaccakṣuḥ/
udayāstāca(la)maulir jayati ravir gaganatilakaikaḥ//
mūrdhnā gaṇeśaṃ ca sarasvatīṃ ca salokapālaṃ parameśvaraṃ ca/
padmodbhavaṃ padmadhanaṃ hariṃ ca trailokyadīpaṃ praṇamāmi bhānum//
yātrāvidhir ata ūrdhvaṃ vijigīṣor viditajanmasamayasya/
pratyabdamāsavāsaravibhaktasukhaduḥkhaniṣṭhasya//
vidite horārāśau sthānabalaparigrahe grahāṇāṃ ca/
āyuṣi ca parijñāte śubham aśubhaṃ vā phalaṃ vācyam//
prastutavirodha evaṃ sthitaviṣaye bhavati śāstranirdeśaḥ/
janmasamayaṃ ca kecid vadanti na vadanti bahuvo 'nye//
janmarkṣodayalagne tad api yayor vā yiyāsataḥ praśne/
triṣaḍekādaśaśīrṣodayeṣu mārgeṣu ca jayaḥ syāt//
śatror horārāśis tad adhipatir janmabhaṃ tadīśo vā//
yady aste hibuke vā tathāpi śatrur hato vācyaḥ//
praśne manoramā bhūr maṅgalyadravyadarśanaṃ śastam/
yadi cādareṇa pṛcchati daivajño nirdiśed vijayam//
nandā bhadrā vijayā riktā pūrṇā ca nāmasadṛśaphalāḥ/
nyūnasameṣṭā daśame tithayaḥ śukle kṛṣṇe pratīpās tāḥ//
nakṣatrapuṭākiraṇaṃ paścāt sandhyāgataṃ grahair bhinnam/
krūranipīḍitam utpātadūṣitaṃ cāśubhaṃ sarvam//
citrāsvātiviśākhābharaṇīpitryeṣakṛttikāśleṣāḥ/
nātiśubhadāni yāne śeṣāṇi śubhāni dhiṣṇyāni//
śatruviṣayaṃ didhakṣor anyatrārkodayāc chubhāgneyī/
na viśākhārohiṇyuttareṣu divasasya pūrvāhṇe//
jyeṣṭhāmūlāśleṣāraudreṣu vivarjayec ca madhyāhṇam/
svātyāśvipuṣyahasteṣv aparāhṇe varjayed yātrām//
maitrendavacitrārevatīṣu yāyāt pradoṣam utsṛjya/
pūrveṣu triṣu yāmye pitrye ca vihāya madhyaniśam//
na niśāpaścimabhāge punarvasau triṣu ca vaiṣṇavādyeṣu/
sarve 'pi śubhāḥ kālāḥ śravaṇendravahastapuṣyeṣu//
prācyādi sapta sapta kramena dhiṣṇyāni kṛttikādīni/
anulomāny ekatvaṃ pūrvottaraś roṇitarayoś ca//
analāniladigrekhāṃ parighākhyāṃ yānti ye samutkramya/
ājñām iva kuliśabhṛtaḥ patanti na cireṇa te vyasane//
sarvadvārikasaṃjñaṃ nakṣatracatuṣṭayaṃ samuddiṣṭaṃ/
puṣyo hastāśvinyau nakṣatraṃ mitradevaṃ ca//
jyeṣṭhā prāgbhādrapadā rohiṇy athottarā ca phalgunyā/
śūlāni prācyādiṣu teṣu gato 'tyeti yadi citram//
tārās tu janmasampadvipatkarā kṣemā (?) 'pāyaśubhakaṣṭā/
maitrātimaitrasaṃjñāś caitāḥ saṃjñānurūpaphalāḥ//E20
Original text: Tikanikayātra · Edition: Pandit, Vasant Kumar R., Tikanikayatra of Varahamihira, Journal of the University of Bombay. · Data entry Mizue Sugita · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0