Yavanajataka by Sphujidhvaja [Sanskrit/English]
by Michael D Neely | 2018 | 97,362 words
The Sanskrit text and English translation of the Yavanajataka of Sphujidhvaja (circa 200 to 600 CE). The Yavana-jataka is an ancient text in Indian astrology possibly representing a versification of an earlier translation into Sanskrit of a Greek text, thought to have been written around 120 CE in Alexandria. This edition of the Yavanajataka also includes a word for word rendering from Sanskrit to English with parts of speech annotations. Note: There are a few inconclusive verses in this translation.
Verse 8.18
啶ㄠた啶冟じ啷嵿さ啶距ぇ啶啷嵿し啶距ぎ啶す啶苦ぐ啷嵿啷冟す啶距ぃ啶距ぎ啷� 啶夃い啷嵿じ啷冟し啷嵿啶多た啶侧啶ぞ啶多え啶啶曕啶粪啶距え啶距ぎ啷� 啷�
啶膏お啷嵿い 啶膏啶掂え啷�啶氞ぐ啷嵿啷嵿し啶椸い啶距 啶啶班じ啷傕い啶苦 啶曕啶班啶掂え啷嵿い啶� 啶︵た啶曕啶氞啶班げ啶掂ぞ啶啶ぐ啶距ぃ啶距ぎ啷� 啷ムェ啷� 啷�
ni岣v膩dhama办峁Ｄ乵补bahirg峁沨膩峁嚹乵 耻迟蝉峁涐梗峁璦艣ilp膩艣anabhaik峁k膩n膩m |
sapta sva苍墨肠补rk峁gat膩岣� pras奴ti峁� kurvanti dik肠墨谤补lav膩mbar膩峁嚹乵 ||18 ||
Seven situated in one鈥檚 own debilitation zodiac sign produces the offspring of the poor, vile, emaciated, and outside the house begging for food deprived of a craft, and with fragmented garments with strips of bark in places.
English translation by Michael D Neely (2008)
Word-for-Word grammar analysis breakdown
苍颈岣惫补 = deprived of one鈥檚 own (poor)
adhama = vile
办峁Ｄ乵补 = emaciated
产补丑颈谤驳峁沨补 = outside the house ni岣v膩dhama办峁Ｄ乵补bahirg峁沨膩峁嚹乵 (stem form: ni岣v膩dhama办峁Ｄ乵补产补丑颈谤驳峁沨补) (masculine, genitive, plural) = of the poor, vile, emaciated, and outside the house
耻迟蝉峁涐梗峁璦 = deprived
艣颈濒辫补 = craft a艣ana = food
产丑补颈办峁办补 = begging 耻迟蝉峁涐梗峁璦艣ilp膩艣anabhaik峁k膩n膩m (stem form:
耻迟蝉峁涐梗峁璦艣ilp膩艣ana产丑补颈办峁办补) (neuter, genitive, plural) = of those begging for food deprived of an art
sapta (stem form: saptan) (cardinal number, neuter, nominative, singular) = seven
sva = one鈥檚 own
苍墨肠补 = debilitation 峁沰峁 = zodiac sign
gata = situated
sva苍墨肠补rk峁gat膩s (1st class verb root: gam) (past passive participle, masculine, nominative, plural) = those situated in one鈥檚 own debilitation zodiac sign
辫谤补蝉奴迟颈尘 (stem form: pras奴ti) (feminine, accusative, singular) = offspring
kurvanti (8th class verb root: k峁�) (present indicative, parasmaipada, 3rd person, plural) = they produce
诲颈艣 = place
肠墨谤补 = strip of bark
lava = fragment ambara = garment
dik肠墨谤补lav膩mbar膩峁嚹乵 (stem form: dik肠墨谤补lav膩mbara) () = of fragmented garments with strips of bark in places
Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (8.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Nihsva, Adhama, Kshaman, Kshama, Bahih, Bahi, Bahis, Griha, Utsrishta, Shilpa, Ashana, Bhaiksha, Sapta, Saptan, Svani, Riksha, Gata, Prasuti, Kurvat, Dish, Cira, Bara,
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 8.18
Yavanaj膩taka of Sphujidhvaja
by Michael D Neely (2008)
Edition includes original Sanskrit text, English translation and word-for-word analysis.