The String of Planetary Combinations of Bhrigu

...he is prone to anger, yet quickly pacified. From his fifth or sixth year, he shall experience happiness, respect from kings, and victory in battle. || 110 || Wealth and fame shall be his, and he will be surrounded by many servants. In his eighteenth or twentieth year, great fame shall follow. || 111 || Day by day, his great happiness increases—of this there is no doubt. However, due to the influence of a past life involving the defamation of a virtuous woman or the killing of a child Sanskrit: balahatya; often refers to the karmic debt of a lost pregnancy or harm to a youth, || 112 || he may suffer from a "royal disease" Sanskrit: rajayoga, often interpreted historically as tuberculosis or a chronic debilitating condition and will certainly face grief regarding his offspring. Shukra said: What prayer Japya: the meditative repetition of a mantra should be performed? Whose worship? What gift Dana: ritual charity should be given, and what is the medicine? || 113 || Bhrigu said: Before a new planetary mandala, one should chant the seed-mantra of Padmanabha A name for Lord Vishnu, "the one with the lotus-navel". One should perform two thousand repetitions of the prayer and then perform acts of merit. || 114 || [Prepare] a copper vessel weighing thirty palas A traditional unit of weight filled with clarified butter, along with twenty-seven stars likely representing the Nakshatras and twenty-six pieces of gold. || 115 || One should offer a cloth of fifty cubits and a cow with her calf, along with a prastha a dry measure of grain, as a gift to a Brahmin. || 116 || Then, the wise one should consecrate the clarified butter with the mantras of the Enemy of Tripura Lord Shiva. At the end of the fertile season, for three days, he should give gold to the teacher. || 117 || By the performance of these gifts, offspring will certainly be obtained. A beautiful Tripura-Yantra A sacred geometric diagram dedicated to the goddess Tripura Sundari should be inscribed on a bell-metal plate. || 118 || One should wash that mantra-diagram with milk while performing special prayers. By the performance of these gifts, a man becomes free from disease. || 119 || In a very short time, happiness will come from the birth of a son. Without these gifts, there will be great anxiety regarding both sons and wealth. || 120 || Thus was the question asked by the Poet Shukra and explained by Bhrigu. || 121 ||

When gentle planets are in the ascendant, the house of wealth, or the house of action, and cruel planets are in the house of children, or when planets are in their lowest or highest exaltations in the ascendant or wealth house, this is called Pingala Yoga. || 122 || In a previous life, he was a censured ascetic; a virtuous woman was defamed; or a gift was given to an unworthy recipient, leading to later regret. || 123 || Wealth and grain are obtained, but there is increase in one moment and loss in the next. In childhood?, he suffers pain and an excess of bile Sanskrit: pitta; one of the three humors in Ayurvedic medicine is produced. || 124 || He suffers because of his children and his wife; happiness is never found. Shukra said: What prayer should be performed? Whose worship? What? gift and what is the medicine? || 125 || Bhrigu said: One should perform three thousand repetitions for Saturn and five thousand for Ketu Sanskrit: shikhi. A brass vessel of thirty palas and a new mandala of sandalwood [should be prepared]. || 126 || A woolen? cloth of green color, folded twenty-four times—seated upon this, one should perform the previously mentioned prayer. || 127 || At the conclusion of the prayer, merit is made by giving six or twelve pieces of gold...