बृहत्-पाराशर-होरा-शास्त्रम् bṛhat-pārāśara-horā-śāstram - chapter-51, verse-7

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अत्राऽपरो विशेषोऽस्ति ब्रवीमि तमहं द्विज ।
चरेऽनुज्झितमार्गः स्यात् षष्ठषष्ठादिकाः स्थिरे ॥७॥

7. atrā'paro viśeṣo'sti bravīmi tamahaṃ dvija .
care'nujjhitamārgaḥ syāt ṣaṣṭhaṣaṣṭhādikāḥ sthire.

7. atra aparaḥ viśeṣaḥ asti bravīmi tam aham dvija | care
anujjhita-mārgaḥ syāt ṣaṣṭha-ṣaṣṭha-ādikāḥ sthire

7. O twice-born (dvija), here is another special rule that I shall explain to you. In movable (cara) signs, the sequence (for daśā counting) should be direct, while in fixed (sthira) signs, it should proceed from the sixth house, then the sixth from that (i.e., the eleventh) and so on.

Words meanings summery:

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अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter (here, in this place, in this matter)

अपरः (aparaḥ) - another (another, other, different)

विशेषः (viśeṣaḥ) - special rule (special rule, distinction, peculiarity, specific)

अस्ति (asti) - is (there) (is, exists)

ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I shall explain (I tell, I say, I speak)

तम् (tam) - that (rule) (that, him, it)

अहम् (aham) - I

द्विज (dvija) - O twice-born (dvija) (addressing the student/disciple) (twice-born (Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya; also bird, tooth))

चरे (care) - in movable (cara) signs (in movable (signs))

अनुज्झित-मार्गः (anujjhita-mārgaḥ) - the sequence should be direct (whose path is not abandoned, direct path, unbroken sequence)

स्यात् (syāt) - should be (should be, may be, would be)

षष्ठ-षष्ठ-आदिकाः (ṣaṣṭha-ṣaṣṭha-ādikāḥ) - proceed from the sixth house, then the sixth from that (i.e., the eleventh) and so on (the sixth from the sixth, and so on)

स्थिरे (sthire) - in fixed (sthira) signs (in fixed (signs))

Words meanings and morphology

अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter (here, in this place, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

अपरः (aparaḥ) - another (another, other, different)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apara

apara - another, other, different

Note: Agrees with 'viśeṣaḥ'.

विशेषः (viśeṣaḥ) - special rule (special rule, distinction, peculiarity, specific)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viśeṣa

viśeṣa - special rule, distinction, peculiarity, specific

Note: Subject of 'asti'.

अस्ति (asti) - is (there) (is, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present tense, 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: as (class 2)

ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I shall explain (I tell, I say, I speak)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of brū

Present tense, 1st person singular, active voice

Root: brū (class 2)

तम् (tam) - that (rule) (that, him, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Object of 'bravīmi'.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

Note: Subject of 'bravīmi'.

द्विज (dvija) - O twice-born (dvija) (addressing the student/disciple) (twice-born (Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya; also bird, tooth))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvija

dvija - twice-born, Brahmin, bird, tooth

From dvi (two) + ja (born)

Compound type : tatpurusha (dvi+ja)

dvi – two
numeral
ja – born, produced from
adjective
Derived from root JAN (to be born)
Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Addressing the listener, a common trope in Sanskrit texts.

चरे (care) - in movable (cara) signs (in movable (signs))

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of cara

cara - movable, moving, mobile

From root CAR (to move)

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Locative case, refers to the context of movable signs.

अनुज्झित-मार्गः (anujjhita-mārgaḥ) - the sequence should be direct (whose path is not abandoned, direct path, unbroken sequence)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anujjhitamārga

anujjhitamārga - whose path is not abandoned, direct path, unbroken sequence

Compound type : bahuvrihi (anujjhita+mārga)

anujjhita – not abandoned, not forsaken
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
From root JHĀ (to forsake) with prefixes UT- and AN- (negation)
Prefixes: an+ut
Root: jhā (class 3)
mārga – path, way, course, sequence
noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of 'syāt'.

स्यात् (syāt) - should be (should be, may be, would be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of as

Optative mood, 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: as (class 2)

षष्ठ-षष्ठ-आदिकाः (ṣaṣṭha-ṣaṣṭha-ādikāḥ) - proceed from the sixth house, then the sixth from that (i.e., the eleventh) and so on (the sixth from the sixth, and so on)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ṣaṣṭhaṣaṣṭhādika

ṣaṣṭhaṣaṣṭhādika - the sixth from the sixth, and so on

Compound type : tatpurusha (ṣaṣṭha+ṣaṣṭha+ādika)