Dashadhyayi (Devanāgarī: दशाध्यायी, IAST: Daśādhyāyī) is a commentary on the first ten chapters of Varāha Mihira's Bṛhat Jātaka, written in present-day Kerala, India.
[1][2] This text was regularly studied and memorised along with Bṛhat Jātaka[3] and its interpretation of terms readily accepted.
According to B. V. Raman, Govinda has very intelligently tried to read some secret or hidden meanings into Varāha Mihira's writings other than they would ordinarily imply.
[6] Recent research suggests that Govinda only wrote Nauka, another commentary of the entire Brihat Jataka text with same style and language during the 13th century.
IAST: adṛṣṭvā yo daśādhyāyīṃ phalamādeṣṭumicchati । icchatyeva samudrasya taraṇaṃ sa plavaṃ vinā ॥32॥ English Translation by B. V. Raman: “One, who attempts to predict without the Daśādhyāyī, would be like a man trying to cross an ocean without a boat.”