xlii ÄRYÅBHATİYA पश्यन्तु तमिमं प्रन्थं शास्त्रन्यायोपबृंहितम् ॥ पूर्णजातकशास्त्राणामलङ्कारं विपश्चितः ॥ इह खलु विशिष्टः सिद्धाचारः सिद्धः ॥ प्रारभ्यमाणस्य ग्रन्थस्याविध्नपरिसमाप्तिसकलदेशपुरुषव्यक्तिप्रयोजनम् , अभीष्टदेवतास्तुतिनमस्कारादिरूपं मङ्गलाचरणं कृत्वा प्रन्थारम्भ प्रतिजानीते । तदयमपि श्रीपतिप्राचार्योऽभीष्टदेवतानमस्कारपूर्व जातककर्मपद्धत्याख्यं प्रन्थकरण श्लोकेन प्रतिजानीते-नत्वा तं गुरुदेवतां etc. The work ends with the following: सर्वं सम्पूर्णमेव । अस्माभिः कृतस्यास्य व्याख्यानस्य ग्रन्थसंख्या पञ्चाशदधिकचतुःशतयुतसहस्रद्वयपरिमिता भवति ॥ इत्थं निध्रुवगोत्रेण सूर्यदेवेन यज्वना ॥ कृतं जातकपद्धत्यां सङ्कीर्णफलवर्णनम् ॥ Col. : इति सूर्यदेवसोमसुत्-विरचिते श्रीपतिव्याख्याने जातकालङ्कारे प्रकीर्णाध्यायः । Suryadeva's commentary is not very elaborate but, as stated by him in the third introductory verse above, it is astranyayopabriahitam and is rich in secondary information in the form of quotations from a number of astrological authorities. From among the less known astrological authorities may be mentioned Badarayana, Devakirti, Krsnaiditya, Maya and Sridhara. Suryadeva quotes also anonymous traditional verses and refers them to risis or Sampradayavid-s. 9. Commentary on the Mahabhaskarīya-vivaraņa The first work that Suryadeva wrote was a commentary on the Mahabhaskariya-vyakhya of Govinda-svami. He mentions this fact, as indicated earlier, towards the close of his commentary on the Laghumanasa, in the words : "The works written by me earlier are enumerated (here): First was commented the commentary Vivarana by Govinda-svami on Bhaskaracarya's Mahatantra (Mahabhaskariya).” Manuscripts of this commentary, however, are yet to be unearthed and therefore, the nature or extent of this commentary cannot be ascertained. Suryadeva should have given vent to his youthful ardour 1. For the edition of Govinda-swami's Vyakhya, see T. S. Kuppanna Sastri, Mahābhāskarīya with the Bhāşya of Govinda-svāmin and the super-commentary Siddhantadipika of Paramesvara, Govt. Or. Mss. Library, Madras, 1957.
