Salutations to the Illustrious Ganesha. Salutations to the Illustrious Lord of Venkata. Now begins the Sarvartha Chintamani The "Gemstone of All Desired Meanings," a classic 13th-century Sanskrit treatise on predictive astrology..

Salutations to the Guru, Lord Venkatesha, who resides upon the banks of the magnificent Shesha Hill Tirumala. I, the wise son of Arya, having bowed daily to the Lord of Venkata, shall now compose the Sarvartha Chintamani—a vessel for crossing the great ocean of the science of light Jyotish: the traditional Indian system of astronomy and astrology—for the benefit of those learned in the ripening of astrological wisdom. (1)

I bow to the elephant-faced Ganesha, who possesses the luster of a blue lotus, who fulfills desires in an instant, and before whom all the gods prostrate. (2)

May the Goddess Saraswati, the bestower of the wealth of speech, who sits upon a white lotus and whose form is as white as cow’s milk, reside upon my tongue. (3)

May all the zodiac signs beginning with Aries, and the planets led by the Sun, who act for the benefit of the world, protect me here always. (4)

Whatever has been declared in the birth charts Jataka: natal astrology of humans on earth, the experts say all of that applies to horary questions Prashna: the branch of astrology answering specific questions based on the time they are asked as well. A question is similar to a birth; there is no difference between a question and a birth in this system. (5)

Mars, Venus, Mercury, the Moon, the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Saturn, and Jupiter are the lords of the signs beginning with Aries in order; they are also the lords of the subdivisions Amshas: divisional portions of a zodiac sign of those signs. (6)

The signs from Aries onward represent the head, face, throat, chest, heart, stomach, waist, bladder, private parts, thighs, the two knees, shanks, and feet. Whichever part is associated with a malefic planet planets considered naturally unfavorable, such as Mars or Saturn suffers affliction. (7)

Two fish joined tail-to-head Pisces, a man with the legs of a horse and a bow Sagittarius, a human pair—one holding a staff and the other a lute Gemini, a woman in a boat holding fire and grain Virgo, and a merchant holding scales Libra...

+ A grammatical connection Sandhi: the phonetic blending of words should be understood here to complete the meter of the verse.