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 4.9
啶ㄠ啷嵿ぐ啶距 啶膏ぎ啶｀啶∴啶曕啷佮げ啷�啶班啷傕ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶距ざ啷嬥啶距 啶膏ざ啶粪啶ぞ啶｀た 啶� 啶掂ぞ啶班た啶溹ぞ啶ㄠた 啷�
啶多啶掂啶むぞ啶� 啶多啷佮え啷嵿い啶距 啶げ啶溹啶掂た啶ㄠざ啷嵿 啶班ぞ啶多啶多啶氞い啷佮ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶膏啶� 啶ぐ啶苦啷嵿ぐ啶灌ぞ啶� 啶膏啶啶� 啷ムク啷�
nakr膩岣� sa尘补峁囜笉奴办补kul墨rak奴rm膩艣ok膩岣� 蝉补艣补峁腻峁噄 ca 惫腻谤颈j膩ni |
艣vet膩岣� 艣akunt膩岣� pala箩墨惫颈苍a艣ca r膩艣e艣caturthasya parigrah膩岣� syu岣� ||9||
crocodiles, with frogs, crabs, turtles, and 腻艣辞办补 trees, with sprouting grass, those born in the water, white birds, and those seizing living upon flesh ought to be of the fourth zodiac sign (Cancer).
English translation by Michael D Neely (2008)
Word-for-Word grammar analysis breakdown
苍补办谤腻蝉 (stem form: nakra) (masculine, nominative, plural) = crocodiles
sa = with
尘补峁囜笉奴办补 = frog kul墨ra = crab
办奴谤尘补 = turtle 腻艣辞办补 = 腻艣辞办补 tree
sa尘补峁囜笉奴办补kul墨rak奴rm膩艣ok膩s (stem form: sa尘补峁囜笉奴办补kul墨rak奴rm腻艣辞办补) (masculine, nominative, plural) = with frogs, crabs, turtles, and 腻艣辞办补 trees
sa = with
艣补峁补 = sprouting grass
蝉补艣补峁腻峁噄 (stem form: sa艣补峁补) (neuter, nominative, plural) = with sprouting grass
ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and
惫腻谤颈 = water
ja = born
惫腻谤颈j膩ni (stem form: 惫腻谤颈ja) (neuter, nominative, plural) = those born in water
艣惫别迟腻蝉 (stem form: 艣veta) (masculine, nominative, plural) = those white
艣补办耻苍迟腻蝉 (stem form: 艣akunta) (masculine, nominative, plural) = birds
pala = flesh
箩墨惫颈苍 = living upon
pala箩墨惫颈苍as (stem form: pala箩墨惫颈苍) (masculine, nominative, plural) = those living upon flesh
ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and
谤腻艣别蝉 (stem form: r膩艣i) (masculine, genitive, singular) = of a zodiac sign
caturthasya (stem form: caturtha) (ordinal number, masculine, genitive, singular) = of the fourth
辫补谤颈驳谤补丑腻蝉 (stem form: parigraha) (masculine, nominative, plural) = those seizing
syus (2nd class verb root: as) (optative, parasmaipada, 3rd person, plural) = those ought to be
Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (4.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Nakra, Manduka, Kulira, Kurma, Ashoka, Shashpa, Varija, Shveta, Shakunta, Pala, Jivin, Rashi, Caturtha, Parigraha,
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 4.9
Yavanaj膩taka of Sphujidhvaja
by Michael D Neely (2008)
Edition includes original Sanskrit text, English translation and word-for-word analysis.