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Śivasvarodaya
 
One should obtain from his Guru at the earliest the
knowledge as to how to know the existence of the Moon
Svara in the middle of the Sun and the Sun Svara in the
middle of the Moon. This cannot, otherwise, be known
through the study of Vedas or a million Śāstras.
 
चैत्रशुक्ल प्रतिपदि प्रातस्तत्त्व विभेदतः ।
पश्येद्विचक्षणो योगी दक्षिणे चोत्तरायणे ॥ ३०१ ॥
 
ON PREDICTION FOR THE WHOLE YEAR
 
On the first day of the lighted fortnight of Caitra (the first
month of the Hindu Calendar) the erudite Yogis should try
to see the summer and the winter solstices, and the differen-
tiation of the Svaras i. e. he should predict the results for
the whole year through the flow of the Svaras.
 
चन्द्रोदयस्य वेलायां वहमानोऽत्र तत्त्वतः ।
 
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पृथिव्यापस्तथा वायुः सुभिक्षं सर्वसस्यजम् ॥३०२॥
 
If at the time of the rise of the Moon Svara there is either
Earth, Water or the Wind Elements then there would be
a good harvest.
 
तेजोव्योम्नोभयं घोरं दुर्भिक्षं कालतत्त्वतः ।
 
एवं तत्त्वफलं ज्ञेयं वर्षे मासे दिनेष्वपि ॥ ३०३ ॥
 
If under the Moon Svara there is Fire or the Akasa Ele-
ment then there would be serious famine and difficulty. Simi-
larly one should know the results for the year and month of
day according to the aforesaid order of the Tattvas.
 
मध्यमा भवति क्रूरा दुष्टा सर्वेषु कर्मसु ।
देशभंगमहारोगक्लेशकष्टादि दुःखदा ॥३०४॥
 
The Suşumnā Nādī is considered cruel and bad for all
types of works, and it causes the destruction of the country,
epidemics, pains, difficulties and other calamities.
 
मेषसंक्रान्तिवेलायां स्वरभेदं विचारयेत् ।
संवत्सरफलंब्रूयाल्लोकानां तत्त्वचिन्तकः ॥३०५॥