The Bṛhat-Pārāśara-Horāśāstra — the complete text, in Sanskrit and English
The foundational classic of Vedic astrology, attributed to Sage Parāśara, in full: 98 chapters and 3,971 numbered ślokas. Each verse is given in the original Devanāgarī with VedicSpace's own clean-room English translation and a stable citation. Translated from the public-domain Chaukhamba edition (Pt. Devachandra Jha) and independently audited against the printed plates. No other astrology website publishes the whole text.
- Adhyāya 1 — The Chapter Describing the Order of Creation · ślokas 1–26
- Adhyāya 2 — Chapter Describing the Sequence of the Avatāras · ślokas 1–13
- Adhyāya 3 — Chapter Describing the Nature and Form of the Grahas · ślokas 1–64
- Adhyāya 4 — Chapter on the Computation of the Planets and the Rest · ślokas 1–45
- Adhyāya 5 — Chapter on the Character of the Rāśis · ślokas 1–30
- Adhyāya 6 — The Chapter Describing the Sixteen Vargas · ślokas 1–53
- Adhyāya 7 — Chapter on the Discrimination of the Vargas · ślokas 1–43
- Adhyāya 8 — Chapter on the Description of the Varieties of Aspect (dṛṣṭi) · ślokas 1–9
- Adhyāya 9 — Chapter on the Birth-Chamber (sūtikā) · ślokas 1–32
- Adhyāya 10 — Chapter on the Examination of Ariṣṭa (Afflictions Threatening Early Death) · ślokas 1–45
- Adhyāya 11 — The Chapter on the Cancellation of Ariṣṭa · ślokas 1–10
- Adhyāya 12 — The Chapter Discriminating the Bhāvas · ślokas 1–16
- Adhyāya 13 — Chapter on the Results of the First (Tanu / Body) Bhāva · ślokas 1–16
- Adhyāya 14 — Chapter on the Results of the Second (Wealth) Bhāva · ślokas 1–14
- Adhyāya 15 — Chapter on the Results of the Third (Sahaja / Co-born) Bhāva · ślokas 1–15
- Adhyāya 16 — Chapter on the Results of the Fourth (Sukha / Happiness) Bhāva · ślokas 1–14
- Adhyāya 17 — Chapter on the Effects of the Fifth (Progeny) Bhāva · ślokas 1–32
- Adhyāya 18 — Chapter on the Results of the Sixth Bhāva (Disease and the like) · ślokas 1–28
- Adhyāya 19 — Chapter on the Effects of the Seventh (Jāyā / Spouse) Bhāva · ślokas 1–42
- Adhyāya 20 — Effects of the Eighth (Longevity) Bhāva · ślokas 1–15
- Adhyāya 21 — Results of the Ninth (Bhāgya) Bhāva · ślokas 1–31
- Adhyāya 22 — Chapter on the Results of the Tenth (Karma) Bhāva · ślokas 1–22
- Adhyāya 23 — Chapter on the Results of the Eleventh (Gains) Bhāva · ślokas 1–11
- Adhyāya 24 — Chapter on the Results of the Twelfth (Vyaya) Bhāva · ślokas 1–14
- Adhyāya 25 — Chapter on the Results of the Lords of the Bhāvas · ślokas 1–148
- Adhyāya 26 — Chapter on the Results of Dhūma and the Other Invisible (aprakāśa) Grahas · ślokas 1–87
- Adhyāya 27 — Chapter Expounding the Exact (sphuṭa) Aspect, beginning with Guru · ślokas 1–13
- Adhyāya 28 — The Chapter Determining Exact Strength (spaṣṭa-bala) · ślokas 1–40
- Adhyāya 29 — Chapter on the Determination of Iṣṭa (Benefic Quantum) and Kaṣṭa (Malefic Quantum) · ślokas 1–20
- Adhyāya 30 — Chapter on the Ārūḍha Pada · ślokas 1–36
- Adhyāya 31 — Chapter on the Results of the Upapada · ślokas 1–42
- Adhyāya 32 — Chapter on the Results of Argalā · ślokas 1–17
- Adhyāya 33 — The Chapter on Kārakas (Significators) · ślokas 1–37
- Adhyāya 34 — Chapter on the Results of the Kārakāṃśa · ślokas 1–96
- Adhyāya 35 — Chapter on Yogas (functional benefics and malefics by lagna) · ślokas 1–44
- Adhyāya 36 — The Nābhasa Yogas · ślokas 1–51
- Adhyāya 37 — The Manifold Yogas (Gajakesarī, Lakṣmī and others) · ślokas 1–39
- Adhyāya 38 — The Moon Yogas (Sunaphā, Anaphā, Durudharā, Kemadruma) · ślokas 1–13
- Adhyāya 39 — The Sun Yogas (Veśi, Vośi, Ubhayacarī) · ślokas 1–4
- Adhyāya 40 — The Rāja Yogas (combinations for power) · ślokas 1–48
- Adhyāya 41 — The Yogas of Royal Patronage · ślokas 1–15
- Adhyāya 42 — The Wealth Yogas (Dhana Yogas) · ślokas 1–34
- Adhyāya 43 — The Poverty Yogas (Dāridrya Yogas) · ślokas 1–18
- Adhyāya 44 — The Chapter on the Allotment of Longevity (āyurdāya) · ślokas 1–77
- Adhyāya 45 — Chapter on the Varieties of Māraka (Killing Agents) · ślokas 1–44
- Adhyāya 46 — Chapter on the Results of the Avasthās (States) of the Grahas · ślokas 1–164
- Adhyāya 47 — The Chapter on the Varieties of Daśā · ślokas 1–209
- Adhyāya 48 — Chapter on the Results of the Daśās · ślokas 1–88
- Adhyāya 49 — Chapter on the Results of the Daśās of the Bhāva-Lords · ślokas 1–18
- Adhyāya 50 — Chapter on the Results of the Kālacakra Daśā · ślokas 1–37
- Adhyāya 51 — Chapter on the Results of the Cara and other Rāśi Daśās · ślokas 1–97
- Adhyāya 52 — The Chapter on Computing the Antardaśā · ślokas 1–16
- Adhyāya 53 — Chapter on the Antardaśās within the Daśā of the Sun (Vimśottarī) · ślokas 1–72
- Adhyāya 54 — Chapter on the Results of the Antardaśās within the Moon's Daśā · ślokas 1–68
- Adhyāya 55 — Chapter on the Antardaśās within the Mahādaśā of Bhauma (Mars) · ślokas 1–75
- Adhyāya 56 — Chapter on the Antardaśās within the Daśā of Rāhu · ślokas 1–81
- Adhyāya 57 — Chapter on the Antardaśās within the Mahādaśā of Guru (Jupiter) · ślokas 1–77
- Adhyāya 58 — The Chapter on the Antardaśās within the Daśā of Śani · ślokas 1–80
- Adhyāya 59 — The Chapter on the Antardaśās within the Daśā of Budha · ślokas 1–70
- Adhyāya 60 — The Chapter on the Antardaśās within the Daśā of Ketu · ślokas 1–78
- Adhyāya 61 — Chapter on the Antardaśās within the Mahādaśā of Śukra · ślokas 1–71
- Adhyāya 62 — Chapter on the Results of the Pratyantardaśā · ślokas 1–82
- Adhyāya 63 — Chapter on the Results of the Sūkṣma-daśā · ślokas 1–82
- Adhyāya 64 — Chapter on the Results of the Prāṇa-daśā · ślokas 1–83
- Adhyāya 65 — Chapter on the Results of the Antardaśās within the Kālacakra Daśā · ślokas 1–58
- Adhyāya 66 — The Chapter on Aṣṭakavarga · ślokas 1–70
- Adhyāya 67 — The Chapter on Trikoṇa Reduction (Trikoṇaśodhana) · ślokas 1–5
- Adhyāya 68 — The Chapter on Ekādhipatya-śodhana (Reduction for Single Lordship) · ślokas 1–6
- Adhyāya 69 — The Chapter on Deriving the Piṇḍa (Aṣṭakavarga Aggregate) · ślokas 1–4
- Adhyāya 70 — Chapter on the Results of the Aṣṭakavarga · ślokas 1–44
- Adhyāya 71 — The Chapter on the Longevity-Allotment from the Aṣṭakavarga · ślokas 1–4
- Adhyāya 72 — The Chapter on the Aggregate Aṣṭakavarga (Samudāyāṣṭakavarga / Sarvāṣṭakavarga) · ślokas 1–31
- Adhyāya 73 — Chapter Describing the Results of the Rays (Raśmi) of the Grahas · ślokas 1–22
- Adhyāya 74 — Chapter on the Results of the Sudarśana Cakra · ślokas 1–30
- Adhyāya 75 — Chapter on the Marks of the Five Mahāpuruṣas · ślokas 1–22
- Adhyāya 76 — Chapter on the Results of the Five Elements · ślokas 1–18
- Adhyāya 77 — Chapter on the Results of the Three Guṇas · ślokas 1–22
- Adhyāya 78 — Chapter on the Lost Horoscope (Naṣṭajātaka) · ślokas 1–16
- Adhyāya 79 — Chapter on the Yogas of Renunciation (Pravrajyā) · ślokas 1–15
- Adhyāya 80 — Chapter on the Results of a Woman's Nativity · ślokas 1–56
- Adhyāya 81 — Chapter on the Fruits of the Marks of the Limbs (Aṅgalakṣaṇaphalādhyāya) · ślokas 1–85 · 84 in all
- Adhyāya 82 — The Chapter on the Results of Moles and Other Body-Marks · ślokas 1–15
- Adhyāya 83 — Chapter on the Description of Curses from a Former Birth · ślokas 1–109
- Adhyāya 84 — Chapter on Praśna (Horary Astrology) · ślokas 1–47
- Adhyāya 85 — Chapter on the Propitiation (śānti) of the Grahas · ślokas 1–28
- Adhyāya 86 — Chapter on the Description of Inauspicious Birth · ślokas 1–5
- Adhyāya 87 — The Chapter on the Propitiation (śānti) for Birth on Amāvāsyā · ślokas 1–9
- Adhyāya 88 — Chapter on the Propitiation for Birth on the Dark-Fortnight Caturdaśī · ślokas 1–11
- Adhyāya 89 — Chapter on the Pacification of Bhadrā, Avama (tithi-kṣaya) and Other Evil Yogas · ślokas 1–6
- Adhyāya 90 — Chapter on the Pacification-Rite for a Child Born under the Same Nakṣatra (as a Parent or Sibling) · ślokas 1–7
- Adhyāya 91 — Chapter on the Pacification of the Blemish of Birth during a Saṅkrānti · ślokas 1–18
- Adhyāya 92 — Chapter on the Propitiation of the Affliction of One Born During an Eclipse · ślokas 1–12
- Adhyāya 93 — Chapter on the Propitiation for Birth in Gaṇḍānta · ślokas 1–12
- Adhyāya 94 — The Chapter on the Propitiation for Mūla-gaṇḍa (Abhukta-mūla) · ślokas 1–18
- Adhyāya 95 — Chapter on the Propitiation for Gaṇḍānta beginning with Jyeṣṭhā · ślokas 1–10
- Adhyāya 96 — Chapter on the Pacification of the Doṣa of a Tri-anya Birth (a child of the opposite sex born after three of the same sex) · ślokas 1–10
- Adhyāya 97 — Chapter on Quelling Abnormalities of Birth (Prasūti-vikṛti-śamana) · ślokas 1–9
- Adhyāya 98 — Chapter on the Conclusion of the Treatise · ślokas 1–27