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sutesÝme pU[R†iòtmSy t&tIye irpaE pad†iòinRtaNtm!,sutesaptame pürëadåñöitamasya tåtéye ripau pädadåñöirnitäntam |xneraJygehe=xR†iò< vdiNt Svgehe iÇpad< Éve½Ev ketaE>.dhaneräjyagehe'rdhadåñöià vadanti svagehe tripädaà bhaveccaiva ketauù ||Rahu (and Ketu, if we take Tama to mean both rahu and Ketu) aspects 5th and 7th with full strength,3rd and the 6th by 1/4th strength aspect, 2nd and 10th with half strength and it aspects own house by3/4th strength. Similar are the aspects of Ketu. [SA: note the word ketu used in the sanskrit shloka]Gopeshkumar in his commentary on Jataka Parijata published by Motilal Banarasidas, also gives belowshloka, and credits the BPHS for this shloka (This is the shloka that also appears in Santanam's book ifmemory serves right and is attributed to the Bombay edition), which is more or less similar to the one inBrihajjataka commentary and runs as :sutmdnnvaNte pU[R†iòtmSy yugldzmgehe caxR†iò< vdiNt,sutamadananavänte pürëadåñöitamasya yugaladaçamagehe cärdhadåñöià vadanti|shjirpu ivpZyn! pad†iò< muinNÔa> injÉuvnmupetae laecnaNx> àidò>.sahajaripu vipaçyan pädadåñöià munindräù nijabhuvanamupeto locanändhaù pradiñöaù ||Rahu (Or Ketu too as the reference is to Tama) aspects the 5th, 7th and 9th bhava with full aspect, the2nd and 10th bhava with ½ aspect strength and the 3rd, and 6th with 1/4th aspect. It is blind (does notaspect) in own house (the bhava occupied or own rasi, perhaps the later).Bombay Edition 7सुतमदननवांते पूणर्िं तम युगलदशमगेहे चाधर्िं वदंित।सहजिरपु िववपँयादिं मुिना िनजभवनमुपेतो लोचनाः ूिदः॥२६॥sutamadananavāṁte pūrṇadṛṣṭiṁ tamasya yugaladaśamagehe cārdhadṛṣṭiṁ vadaṁti |sahajaripuvivapaśyanpādadṛṣṭiṁ munindrā nijabhavanamupeto locanāndhaḥ pradiṣṭaḥ ||26||Rahu aspects the 5th, 7th and 9th bhava with full aspect, the 2nd and 10th bhava with 1/2 strength aspectand the 3rd and 6th bhava with 1/4th strength aspect. It is blind when in own house (devoid of aspect).Page 498 of Chapter Rahu aspects, first volume of Brihat Parashara hora shastra, written by PanditTarachandra Shastri. Khemraj Shrikrishnadas Publications Mumbai, Edition 1989.Dr Raman’s Astrological Magazine – March 1969 IssueEven after searching for 6 years to find this issue of the Astrological Magazine of Dr Raman wecould not get our hands on the full article for verification. Incidentally this page that is beingproduced below was of another article whose by mistake photocopy was done from C S Patel’shouse when we were working on Navamsa there with him, as it was a mistake in photocopying by theshop keeper you will find strike lines on the page below. Kindly note the title of the article it is ‘My7 Publisher: This version is by Tarachand Shastri & the original by Venkateshwar Press is very old. What is to be noted isthat it is said that Tarachand Shastri, got the original manuscript from the Maharaja of Darbhanga from the Maharaja’s ownlibrary, every vedic astrologer knows the history of the region of Darbhanga and the great role of the kings of Darbhangawith regards to original vedic scriptures. The above verse is not found in Santhanams version if one is not wrong.43