About the Book JAIMINI is held in high esteem throughout india not only for his philosophical aphorisms, but also for his astro logical writings as well.
Jaimini sutras presented in this edition deals with a sys tem of astrology that has no parallel in the existing methods. The sutras are hard nut to crack and Professor Rao has tried his utlomst to explain the aphorisms as clearly and convinc ingly as possible. In those early days Professor Rao was the only one to have attempted this English translation of Jaimini sutras.
Preface The best Indian sciences, religion, philosophy, dramas literature, politics and epics are the productions of the Maharishis. These are intellectual giants like the Himalayan Mountains and all others in the world are pigmies before them. The why of this may not be known to us, but the facts are there. Works, therefore, from the brains of the Maharishis stand unrivalled and they are colossal in nature. Maharishi Jaimini is a great intellect and his sutras are very valuable. I make no apology to introduce them to the public in the simplest, English garb. The sutras will and have to speak for themselves. They are more than five thousand years old and valuable to command attention and respect from all classes of readers, Indian or Foreign. Those which have stood brilliantly for 5 or 10 thousand years old without losing their brilliancy are real intellectual gem which everybody should covet to possess. These five thousand years instead of diminishing their lustre, have added further brilliancy to the sutras. The commentators have done invaluable service and all their extensive interpretations and clear arguments, cannot be incorporated or embodied in short notes of mine. If they are to be assimilated into the real explanations of the sutras, the bulk of the present volume would increase by ten-fold and cause tremendous discouragement to the students who would like to pursue the easiest way, and learn something of Jaimini sutras, which have been sealed letters to the English knowing public. Even the great Sanskrit scholars find the sutras hard nuts to crack and often they give them up for want of patience. devotion and technical difficulties in the way. I have been only a student in Astrology and kindred sciences, although I have had 55 years of study and practice.
Introduction An Introduction to the valuable Jaiminisutras will be an uncalled for luxury. The profundity and brevity of these sutras have called forth the highest admiration from all readers dur ing the last fifty centuries. My pen is too humble to do them justice or bring their majesty before the public in that dignified form in which the original sutras stand in Sanskrit. They eloquently speak for their intrinsic value. To frame short sutras with comprehensive meanings is not given to ordinary mortals; Maharishis of Arayavarta alone have framed Sutras. None else could do them, No one has done them in the world. It requires not only the command over the Sanskrit language but it also requires consummate scholarship in the Science of Astrology and kindred subjects to frame sutras. The read ers should particularly remember that Jyothish,; in Sanskrit means light and the sense which sees and feels the light. It is the clear vision of the Vedas. Of the Vedic shadangas this is the most important. Without the help of Jyotisha, Vedas would be blind.
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