सर्वे सर्वगणीयाश्च तथानेकार्थवाचिनः
All are considered belonging to all groups, and likewise, they express multiple meanings.
संक्षेपो ऽयं समुद्दिष्टो विस्तरस्तत्र तत्र च
This summary has been stated; the detailed explanation is given here and there.
वृङ्वृञ्भ्यां च विनैकाचो ऽजन्तेषु निहताः स्मृताः
Except for 'vṛṅ' and 'vṛñ', all roots ending in 'a' are regarded as excluded.
भञ्ज्भुज्भ्रस्ज्मत्जियज्युज्रुज्रञ्जविजिर्स्वञ्जिसञ्ज्सृजः
'bhañj', 'bhuj', 'bhrasj', 'mat', 'ji', 'yaj', 'yuj', 'ruj', 'rañj', 'avi', 'jir', 'svañj', 'isañj', and 'sṛja' are the roots.
शद्सदी स्विद्यतिःस्कन्दिर्हदी क्रुध्क्षुधिबुध्यती
Śad, sadī, svidyatiḥ, skandir, hadī, krudh, kṣudhi, budhyatī.
मन्यहन्नाप्क्षिप्छुपितप्तिपस्तृप्यतिदृप्यती
Manyah, annā, pkṣip, chupita, ptipa, stṛpyati, dṛpyatī.
क्रुशिर्दंशिदिशी दृश्मृश्रिरुश्लिश्विश्स्पृशः कृषिः
Kruśi, daṃśi, diśī, dṛś, mṛśi, ruś, liś, viś, spṛśaḥ, kṛṣiḥ.
वसतिर्दहदिहिदुहो नह्मिह्रुह्लिह्वहिस्तथा
Vasati, dahati, hiduho, nahmih, ruhli, hvahi, and likewise.
चाद्या निपाता गवयः प्राद्या दिग्देशकालजाः
Cādyā are indeclinables, gavayaḥ; prādyā arise from direction, place, and time.
गणपाठः सूत्रपाठो धातुपाठस्तथैव च
The recitation of groups, the recitation of aphorisms, and likewise the recitation of roots.
शब्दाः सिद्धा वैदिकास्तु लौकिकाश्चापि नारद
Words established, Vedic, and also worldly, O Nārada.
लघुमार्गेण शब्दानां साधूनां संनिरूपणम्
By the concise method, the determination of proper words.
प्रकृतिप्रत्ययादेशलोपागममुखैः कृतम्
Made by means of base, suffix, substitution, elision, and addition.
कात्स्न्येर्न वक्तुमानन्त्यात्को ऽपिशक्तो न नारद
Due to their entirety and infinitude, no one is able to speak them all, O Nārada.
यस्य विज्ञान मात्रेण धर्मसिद्धिर्भवेन्नृणाम्
By whose mere knowledge, the accomplishment of dharma arises for people.
गणितं जातकं विप्र संहितास्कन्धसंज्ञिताः
Calculation, horoscope, O Brāhmaṇa, and collections known as Skandha.
अनुयोगश्चन्द्रसूर्यग्रहणं तचोदस्याकम्
Inquiry, lunar and solar eclipses, and likewise the Udāsya.
जातके राशिभेदाश्च ग्रहयोनिश्च योनिजम्
In the horoscope, the divisions of signs, the origin of planets, and the birth-related.
कर्माजीवं चाष्टवर्गो राजयोगाश्च नाभसाः
Action, life, the eight groups, royal yogas, and celestial ones.
ग्रहभावफलं चैवाश्रययोगप्रकीर्णके
The result of planetary positions, and the mixed yogas of support.
नष्टजन्मविधानं च तथा द्रेष्काणलक्षणम्
The determination of lost birth, and likewise the characteristics of the Dreṣkāṇa.
तिथिवासरनक्षत्रयोगतिथ्यर्द्धसंज्ञकाः
The conjunctions of lunar day, day, star, and those known as half-tithi.
चन्द्रता राबलं चैव सर्वलग्रार्तवाह्वयः
The waxing and waning of the moon, and likewise the so-called seasons of all the lunar mansions.
चौलङ्कर्ण्ययणं मैञ्जी क्षुरिकाबन्धनं तथा
The first cutting of hair, the piercing of the ears, the tonsure, the tying of the knife, and so on.
यात्राप्रवेशनं सद्योवृष्टिः कर्मविलक्षणम्
The beginning of a journey, entering a place, sudden rain, and actions of a special kind.
एकं दश शतं चैव सहस्रायुतलक्षकम्
One, ten, a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand, and a hundred thousand.
निरवर्व च महापद्मं शङ्कुर्जलधिरेव च
The 'niravara', the 'mahāpadma', and likewise the 'shaṅku' and the ocean itself.
क्रमादुत्क्रमतो वापि योगः कार्योत्तरं तथा
Whether in order or out of order, the combination is to be made according to the result required.
शुद्धेद्धरोयद्गुणश्चभाज्यान्त्यात्तत्फलं मुने
When the divisor is pure, O sage, the quotient is to be multiplied by the last remainder, and that is the result.
अन्त्यात्तु विषमात्त्यक्त्वा कृतिं मूलंन्यसेत्पृथक्
But when the last is odd, leaving aside the odd, one should set the root separately.