Ocean of Victory in Battle

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The rule is remembered thus; in this way, one should understand the five chashakas; a unit of time measuring 24 seconds, or 1/60th of a ghatika. Currently, there are twenty-seven chashakas The number 27 likely correlates to the 27 Nakshatras or lunar mansions for the Rule of the Sun above. Thus, half and half, in the twenty-seven half-chashakas.

Su. Ja. Na. 3 In the same way In this very manner, the measure for the Moon and the other leading planets is declared by these chashakas. The Wind the element Vayu moves sideways; in an inquiry prashna; a branch of astrology where a chart is cast for the moment a question is asked, the "Life-glance" original: "jiva-drik"; a specific favorable planetary aspect or internal state is remembered. In the burning the fire element, actions are destroyed, O Dear One. When moving through the middle the central channel or sushumna, being in the middle grants great happiness. In the water element, a middle union is considered to increase growth and lifespan.

The prescribed action should be performed by these five the five elements or five time-units. For entering or departing, or in the union of actions, the Wind is auspicious. In war, for victory, and in pleasure, the Wind is very beautiful very favorable. When moving in the equinox vishuva-chara; referring to the balanced flow between the nostrils or the central path, O Goddess, the result is declared to be mediocre.

Having understood this, the wise man should perform actions as he desires. Whether the breath is in the left, the right, or the middle, one should declare the good or bad results, O Dear One. Where the portion of the Breaths prana; the vital life-force or the flow of breath in the nostrils is found, there the inquiry will bring good fortune. In the opposite case, the reverse happens and the action will be destroyed.

Regarding going or not going, the "Foot of the Breath" pranapada; a specific mathematical point in a horoscope related to the breath provides the answer. Success is achieved when the breath has reached the "foot"; it is not achieved when it has moved to the fruit-less side. In an auspicious union of wealth, the Moon will be in Virgo. Whether in an inquiry or at the moment of birth, this is the truth, the truth, O Excellent One.