“A Shloka From खेटकौतुकम् (KhetKautakam) ” – an article written by Vishal Aksh

(1) It was Friday, July 19, 2018 when I saw someone’s Article in some Facebook Group in that the writer of that article in his post quoted a Shloka which was as follows:

यदा मुस्तरी कर्कटे व कमाने, यदा

चसमकोरा जमी आसमाने ,

तदा ज्योतिषी क्या पढ़ेगा लिखेगा, हुआ

बाल का बादशाह ही करेगा।

(2) Let me tell you all that the aforesaid Daoha written by that person in his Facebook post is somewhat wrong and for the benefit of you all here I am writing it in its true form with its meaning in forthcoming paragraphs:

(2.1) यदा मुश्तरी कर्कटे वा कमाने,

यदा चश्मकोरा भवेत मालखाने।

तदा ज्योतिषी क्या लिखेगा पढे़गा,

हुआ बालक बादशाही करेगा॥

[Yadaa Mushtri Karkate Vaa Kamane

Yadaa Chashamkaura Bhavet Maalkhane!

Tadaa Jyotishi Kaya Likhegaa Padhegaa

Huaa Baalak Baadshaahi Karegaa!!]

(2.2) Translation Of Aforesaid Shloka In English:

यदा (Yadaa, Sanskrit Word) = When

मुश्तरी (Mushtri, Persian Word) = Bristpati or Jupiter

कर्कटे (Karkate, Sanskrit Word) = Resides in Kark Rashi or Sidereal Cancer

वा (Vaa, Sanskrit Word) = Or

कमाने (Kamane, Persian Word) = Dhanush or Bow indicating Dhanur Rashi or Sidereal Sagittarius.

Meaning Of First line of First Half of Aforesaid Shloka: When Jupiter occupies Cancer or Sagittarius

यदा (Yadaa, Sanskrit Word) = When

चश्मकोरा (Chashamkaura, Persian Word) = Anyone who wears spectacles or weak sighted but here it indicates Shukra (Venus) the Guru of Demons who has only one eye as per Vedic literatures.  

भवेत (Bhavet, Sanskrit Word) = appears in

मालखाने (Maalkhane) = House of Wealth or 2^nd House

Meaning Of Second Line of First Half Of Aforesaid Shloka: When Venus appears in 2^nd House

तदा (Tadaa, Sanskrit Word) = Then

ज्योतिषी (Jyotishi, Sanskrit Word) = Astrologer

क्या (Kaya, Hindi Word) = What

लिखेगा (Likhegaa, Hindi Word) = Will Write

पढे़गा (Padhegaa, Hindi Word) = will read

Meaning Of First line of Second Half of Aforesaid Shloka: Then what an Astrologer will write and read or write future after reading that of course from Horoscope  

हुआ (Huaa, Hindi Word): here in aforesaid Shloka  its meaning is one who has born

बालक (Baalak, Sanskrit & Hindi Word) = Child

बादशाही (Baadshaahi, Urdu Word) = Ruling, Kingship

करेगा (Karegaa, Hindi Word) = Will do

Meaning Of Second line of Second Half of Aforesaid Shloka: The child born will do ruling

(2.3) If the meanings of every line of that Shloka written earlier under (2.1) are systematically arranged then the meaning of that Shloka becomes:

(2.4) When Jupiter occupies Sidereal Cancer or Sidereal Sagittarius and when Venus occupies 2^nd House then and Astrologer needs not to read and write the future of that newly born Child as that newly born Child will surely do ruling or will ascend to throne.  

(3) Rahim Das is known known for his inspiring dohas those he wrote in Hindi. Rahim Das was actually Abdul Rahim Khan – e - Khana one of the Navratna in the court of King Akbar. Despite being a great poet he was also a great warrior.

(4) Those who have in depth knowledge of Vedic Jyotish know that Abdul Rahim Khan – e – Khana was also a great Astrologer and he wrote two books 1) खेटकौतुकम् (KhetKautakam), 2. द्वात्रिंशद्योगावली (Dwatrimshadyogavali) based on Vedic Jyotish by taking the words from Sanskrit, Hindi, Persian and Urdu.

(5) In Year 1600 AD Abdul Rahim Khan – e – Khana wrote खेटकौतुकम् (KhetKautakam) and the Shloka described under (2.1) is from खेटकौतुकम् (KhetKautakam).  

Written on Saturday, July 21, 2018 at 14:53 by

Vishal Aksh