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चतुर्दशीं पञ्चदशीं भूतपूर्वां च षोडशीम्। इमां तु नाभिजानेऽहम् अमावास्यां त्रयोदशीम्॥ चन्द्रसूर्यावुभौ ग्रस्तावेकमासे त्रयोदशीम्।

caturdaśīṁ pañcadaśīṁ bhūta-pūrvāṁ ca ṣoḍaśīm | imāṁ tu nābhijāne 'ham amāvāsyāṁ trayodaśīm || candra-sūryāv ubhau grastāv eka-māse trayodaśīm ||

“A lunar fortnight has been known to be 14, 15, or 16 days; but this one I know to be 13 days. Both the moon and the sun are eclipsed in the very same month within thirteen days.”

ततो यज्ञे समाप्ते तु ऋतूनां षट् समत्ययुः। ततश्च द्वादशे मासे चैत्रे नावमिके तिथौ॥ नक्षत्रेऽदितिदैवत्ये स्वोच्चसंस्थेषु पञ्चसु। ग्रहेषु कर्कटे लग्ने वाक्पताविन्दुना सह॥

tato yajñe samāpte tu ṛtūnāṁ ṣaṭ samatyayuḥ | tataś ca dvādaśe māse caitre nāvamike tithau || nakṣatre 'diti-daivatye svocca-saṁstheṣu pañcasu | graheṣu karkaṭe lagne vākpatāv indunā saha ||

“On the ninth lunar day of Chaitra month, under Aditi’s constellation (Punarvasu), when five planets were in their exaltation, and Cancer was the ascendant with Jupiter and the Moon conjoined, Rama was born.”

आयुःसत्त्वबलारोग्यसुखप्रीतिविवर्धनाः। रस्याः स्निग्धाः स्थिरा हृद्या आहाराः सात्त्विकप्रियाः॥

āyuḥ-sattva-balārogya-sukha-prīti-vivardhanāḥ | rasyāḥ snigdhāḥ sthirā hṛdyā āhārāḥ sāttvika-priyāḥ ||

“Foods that augment life span, purity of mind, physical strength, immunity, happiness, and cheerfulness, which are succulent, wholesome, sustaining, and agreeable to the heart, are cherished by those in Sattva.”

वातपित्तश्लेष्मणां साम्यं प्रकृतिरुच्यते। वैषम्यं तु विकारः स्यात् स्वास्थ्यं साम्ये प्रवर्तते॥

vāta-pitta-śleṣmaṇāṁ sāmyaṁ prakṛtir ucyate | vaiṣamyaṁ tu vikāraḥ syāt svāsthyaṁ sāmye pravartate ||

“The equilibrium of Vata, Pitta, and Kapha is known as the natural state of health; their imbalance is disease. True health abides in dynamic balance.”

योगश्चित्तवृत्तिनिरोधः। तदा द्रष्टुः स्वरूपेऽवस्थानम्। वृत्तयः पञ्चतय्यः क्लिष्टाऽक्लिष्टाः॥

yogaś citta-vṛtti-nirodhaḥ | tadā draṣṭuḥ svarūpe 'vasthānam | vṛttayaḥ pañcatayyaḥ kliṣṭākliṣṭāḥ ||

“Yoga is the cessation of the fluctuations of the mind. Then the witness rests in its own pristine nature. The mental modifications are fivefold, either causing affliction or non-affliction.”

जागरितस्थानो बहिष्प्रज्ञः... स्वप्नस्थानोऽन्तःप्रज्ञः... सुषुप्तस्थान एकीभूतः... शान्तं शिवमद्वैतं चतुर्थं मन्यन्ते स आत्मा॥

jāgarita-sthāno bahiṣ-prajñaḥ... svapna-sthāno 'ntaḥ-prajñaḥ... suṣupta-sthāna ekībhūtaḥ... śāntaṁ śivam advaitaṁ caturthaṁ manyante sa ātmā ||

“The waking state conscious of the outer world... the dream state conscious of the inner world... the deep sleep state unified in potential... peaceful, auspicious, non-dual—this they consider the Fourth (Turiya). That is the Self.”

महद्दीर्घवद्वा ह्रस्वपरिमण्डलाभ्याम्। परमाणुकारणवादनिराकरणम्॥

mahad-dīrghavad vā hrasva-parimaṇḍalābhyām | paramāṇu-kāraṇa-vāda-nirākaraṇam ||

“As from the infinitesimal and spherical atoms the diatomic and triatomic compounds are produced with macroscopic length and magnitude...”

काष्ठा पञ्चदशाख्याता निमेषा मुनिसत्तम। दिव्यैर्वर्षसहस्रैस्तु कृतत्रेतादिसञ्जितम्। चतुर्युगं द्वादशभिस्तत्पिण्डं परिकीर्तितम्॥ एष कल्पस्तु कथितो ब्रह्मणो दिनमुच्यते।

kāṣṭhā pañcadaśākhyātā nimeṣā muni-sattama | divyair varṣa-sahasrais tu kṛta-tretādi-sañjitam | catur-yugaṁ dvādaśabhis tat-piṇḍaṁ parikīrtitam || eṣa kalpas tu kathito brahmaṇo dinam ucyate ||

“Fifteen Nimeshas make a Kashtha... Twelve thousand divine years make the aggregate of four Yugas. One thousand such cycles make a Kalpa, which is said to be a single day of Brahma.”

यस्य कृत्यं न जानन्ति मन्त्रं वा मन्त्रितं परे। कृतमेवास्य जानन्ति स वै पण्डित उच्यते॥ धर्मेण लभते सर्वं धर्मे सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम्।

yasya kṛtyaṁ na jānanti mantraṁ vā mantritaṁ pare | kṛtam evāsya jānanti sa vai paṇḍita ucyate || dharmeṇa labhate sarvaṁ dharme sarvaṁ pratiṣṭhitam ||

“He whose plans and deliberations are not leaked beforehand, but whose completed actions alone become manifest—he is termed a wise leader. Through righteousness all is attained; in righteousness the entire society is sustained.”

सामर्थ्य आहे चळवळीचें। जो जे करील तयाचें। परंतु तेथें भगवंताचें। अधिष्ठान पाहिजे॥

sāmarthya āhe caḷavaḷīceṃ | jo je karīla tayāceṃ | paraṃtu tetheṃ bhagavaṃtāceṃ | adhiṣṭhāna pāhije ||

“Tremendous power resides in purposeful organization and united action; whatever one undertakes bears fruit. But it must be firmly grounded in divine righteousness.”

एका च मे दश च मे शतं च मे सहस्रं च मेऽयुतं च मे नियुतं च मे प्रयुतं च मेऽर्बुदं च मे न्यर्बुदं च मे समुद्रश्च मे मध्यं च मेऽन्तश्च मे परार्धश्च मे॥

ekā ca me daśa ca me śataṁ ca me sahasraṁ ca me 'yutaṁ ca me niyutaṁ ca me prayutaṁ ca me 'rbudaṁ ca me nyarbudaṁ ca me samudraś ca me madhyaṁ ca me 'ntaś ca me parārdhaś ca me ||

“May my one, ten, hundred, thousand, ten-thousand, hundred-thousand, million, ten-million, hundred-million, billion, ten-billion, hundred-billion, and trillion (Parardha) prosper through sacred order.”

गुरवेकः। लघवः शेषाः। परे पूर्णम्। प्रस्तारे मेरुप्रस्तारो द्विकाभ्यासो गणितसिद्धः॥

gurav ekaḥ | laghavaḥ śeṣāḥ | pare pūrṇam | prastāre meru-prastāro dvikābhyāso gaṇita-siddhaḥ ||

“Place one for Guru; the rest Laghu. The expansion forms the pyramid of Meru, based on binary doubling, established by mathematics.”

माता भूमिः पुत्रोऽहं पृथिव्याः पर्जन्यः पिता स उ नः पिपर्तु। यत्ते भूमे विखनामि क्षिप्रं तदपि रोहतु। मा ते मर्म विमृग्वरि मा ते हृदयमर्पिपम्॥

mātā bhūmiḥ putro 'haṁ pṛthivyāḥ parjanyaḥ pitā sa u naḥ pipartu | yat te bhūme vikhanāmi kṣipraṁ tad api rohatu | mā te marma vimṛgvari mā te hṛdayam arpipam ||

“The Earth is my Mother, and I am her child. Whatever I dig from thee, O Earth, may that promptly replenish itself. Let me never injure thy vital parts, nor pierce thy heart!”

तमसा बहुरूपेण वेष्टिताः कर्महेतुना। अन्तःसंज्ञा भवन्त्येते सुखदुःखसमन्विताः॥

tamasā bahurūpeṇa veṣṭitāḥ karma-hetunā | antaḥ-saṁjñā bhavanty ete sukha-duḥkha-samanvitāḥ ||

“Enveloped by diverse layers of inert matter according to their natural causes, these plants nevertheless possess inner consciousness, and are endowed with the experience of pleasure and pain.”

प्रत्यक्षानुमानागमाः प्रमाणानि। विपर्ययो ज्ञानमतद्रूपप्रतिष्ठम्॥

pratyakṣānumānāgamāḥ pramāṇāni | viparyayo jñānam atadrūpa-pratiṣṭham ||

“Direct empirical perception, logical inference, and verified authoritative testimony constitute valid knowledge. Cognitive error is false knowledge not based on the true form of the object.”

उच्चैरुदात्तः। नीचैरनुदात्तः। समाहारः स्वरितः। अग्न आ याहि वीतये गृणानो हव्यदातये॥

uccair udāttaḥ | nīcair anudāttaḥ | samāhāraḥ svaritaḥ | agna ā yāhi vītaye gṛṇāno havyadātaye ||

“High pitch is Udatta; low pitch is Anudatta; their harmonious synthesis is Svarita. O Agni, come to the banquet, praised for the bestowing of offerings.”

गर्भाधानादि संस्कारैः पावनं कुरुते द्विजः। अन्नप्राशनतो बालः शुचिर्भवति पुष्टये॥

garbhādhānādi saṁskāraiḥ pāvanaṁ kurute dvijaḥ | annaprāśanato bālaḥ śucir bhavati puṣṭaye ||

“Through transitional developmental rites beginning from conception, the individual is refined; through healthy weaning to solid foods (Annaprashana), the child achieves physical vitality and neurological purity.”