BA PART I : PAPER 4.1

Brihat Jatak I

Explanation of technicalities used

Stanza 1:
The Sun, who is one of the AshtaMurthies of Siva, who forms the path for those who go to Moksha, who represents Atma for those who are well versed in Atmavidya, who accepts the results of the sacrificial rites, who is the master of Amaras and Jyotishas; who destroys, creates and protects the Lokas, who is praised in the Vedas in various forms, who is possessed of many rays and who is the lamp of the three worlds, may he grant us speech?
Stanza 2:
Although there are great many works ably written by intelligent men in accordance with excellent literary style, many people get dispirited in trying to cross the vast ocean of horoscopic knowledge; to such I offer a small boat, constructed with metre of various kinds, short but very suggestive and full of instructive ideas, to enable them to cross this ocean.
Stanza 3:
The science of astrology is called Hora Sastra from the compounding of the two words Aho and Ratri and the dropping of the first and last letters; and it speaks of the results of the good and bad deeds done by men in their previous births.
Stanza 4:
In the celestial Chakra (globe) the signs commencing with Mesha and Aswini, are each formed by nine padams (quarters) of stars and govern the following organs of Kalapurusha, namely, head, face, chest, heart, belly, waist, lower belly, sexual organ, thighs, knees, buttocks and feet respectively. Rasi, Kshetra, Griha, Ruksha, Bha and Bhavana refer to and signify the zodiacal signs.
Stanza 5:
Meena is represented by two fishes lying close to each other with their heads pointing in opposite directions; Kumbha is shown by a person bearing a water pot; Mithuna is indicated by a man with a club and a woman with a lute, in close embrace; Dhanus is described as a Centaur with the hind part resembling that of a horse and the front of an archer; Makara bears the representation of the face of a deer with the hinder part of a crocodile; Thula represents the appearance of a man with a balance in hand; Kanya is shown by a virgin seated in a boat with a crop in one hand and with a light in the other, and the other signs are represented by their names and move in places congenial to their nature.
Stanza 6:
Kuja, Sukra, Budha, Chandra, Ravi, Budha, Sukra, Kuja, Guru, Sani, Sani and Guru are respectively the lords of the signs and their divisions from Mesha; the navamsas commence from Mesha, Makara, Thula and Kataka, etc., Dwadasamsas commence from the houses themselves.
Stanza 7:
Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Mercury and Venus govern five, eight, seven and five Bhagas (degrees) respectively in the Trimsamsas of the odd signs while the order is reversed in those of the even signs. The last part of Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces goes under the name of Rikshasandhi (junction of two rasis or constellations).
Stanza 8:
Kriya, Thavuri, Jitheema, Kulira, Laya, Pathona, Juka, Kowrpi, Thaukshika, Akokero, Hridroga and Anthya are names for Mesha, Vrishabha, Mithuna, Kataka, Simha, Kanya, Thula, Vrischika, Dhanus, Makara, Kumbha and Meena respectively.
Stanza 9:
If a planet is in its Drekkana, Hora, Navamsa, Trimsamsa, Dwadasamsa and Rasi, it is said to be in its Varga.
Stanza 10:
Vrishabha, Mesha, Dhanus, Kataka, Mithuna and Makara are Ratribala Rasis or signs powerful during night. With the exception of Mithuna these same rasis are called Prustodayas, The other rasis, viz., Simha, Kanya, Thula, Kumbha and Vrischika are called Dinabala Rasis. These with Mithuna are called Sirshodayas. Meena is called Oobhayodaya.
Stanza 11:
The signs are cruel and beneficial regularly, they are also masculine and feminine, the same are also movable, fixed and common; the lords of the cardinal points are the lords of the triangular houses from Mesha, Vrishabha, Mithuna and Kataka. In odd signs, the first hora is governed by Ravi and the second hora by Chandra and the reverse holds good in the even signs. The lords of the Drekkanas are the lords of the 1st, 5th and 9th in a rasi.
Stanza 12:
Some writers on astrology say that the first hora is governed by the lord of that house while the second hora is governed by the lord of the eleventh from that house. They further say that the lords of the Drekkanas are: (1) the lord of the first, (2) the lord of the 12th, and (3) the lord of the eleventh houses respectively.
Stanza 13:
Aries, Taurus, Capricorn, Virgo, Cancer, Pisces and Libra are signs of exaltation for the Sun, etc., respectively. The 10th, 3rd, 28th, 15th, 5th, 27th and 20th degrees of the above signs are deep exaltations for the Sun, etc., respectively. The seventh from these are the signs and degrees of debilitations for those planets.
Stanza 14:
The first navamsa of movable, the middle navamsa of the fixed and the last navamsa of the double-bodied signs are technically called Vargottama, Leo, Taurus, Aries, Virgo, Sagittarius, Libra and Aquarius are Moolathrikonas for the Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn respectively.
Stanza 15:
The twelve houses from lagna have been given the following names: (1) Thanu, (2) Kutumba, (3) Sahotha, (4) Bandhu. (5) Putra, (6) Ari, (7) Patni, (8) Marana, (9) Shubha, (10) Aspada, (11) Aaya, and (12) Ripha. The Oopachayas are the 3rd, 6th, 10th and 11th houses from lagna, while the rest are Apachayas. Some say that these should not be taken as permanent.
Stanza 16:
Kalya, Swa, Vikrama, Griha, Pratibha, Kshata, Chitthotha, Randhra, Guru, Mana, Bhava, Vyaya are names of birth, second, third, etc., houses, respectively. The fourth and eighth from lagna are technically called Chaturasra, the seventh goes under the name of Dyuna and the tenth is Agnya.
Stanza 17:
Kantaka, Kendra and Chatustaya denote quadrants and these are Saptama (7th), Lagna (1st), Chaturtha (4th) and Kha (10th) Bhanam Rasis (signs). The Nara Rasis (masculine signs) are Mithuna, Kanya, Thula, the first half of Dhanus and Kumbha and these are powerful when they happen to be birth signs. The Jalachara Rasis (Aquatic) are Kataka, Meena, the second half of Makara, and these become powerful in the fourth. Kita Rasi (Vrischika) becomes powerful in the7th, and Pasu Rasis (quadruped) Mesha, Vrishabha, Simha, the 2nd half of Dhanus and the 1st half of Makara become potent when they become the 10th houses.
Stanza 18:
Those houses next to kendras are called Panaparas and those next to Panaparas are designated Apoklimas. Hibuka, Ambu, Sukha and Vesma denote 4th house, Jamitra denotes 7th, Suthabham, Thrikona shows 5th, Meshurana and Karma are names for Dasama (10th).
Stanza 19:
If the lord of the birth, Jupiter or Mercury occupy or aspect lagna (birth) it becomes most powerful. If other than these planets aspect or occupy it, it will not be so. All signs in kendras are powerful. Signs in Panaparas are of moderate strength while signs in Apoklimas are powerless. Biped signs are powerful during day, Quadruped signs in the night and Kita Rasi during the two twilights. The measure of the rasis from Mesha to Kanya inclusive is 5-6-7-8-9 and 10 multiplied by four, respectively, the other half from Thula to Meena in the reverse order, Sahaja (3rd) is called Duschikya, Navama (9th) is denoted as Thapas and Trikona.
Stanza 20:
Blood-red, white, green, whitish red, smoky, variegated, black, golden, reddish yellow, whitish yellow. Darkish white, and fish tint are the colours of Aries, etc., respectively. The signs of planets get Plava in the direction of their lords. The second from the Sun becomes Vasi.

Chapter 2
Grahayoni prabheda

Stanza 1:
The Sun represents the Atma, the Moon mind, Mars strength, Mercury speech, Jupiter wisdom and happiness, Venus passions, and Saturn sorrow, of Kalapurusha respectively. The Sun and the Moon are Rajas, Mars is Commander-in-Chief, Mercury is Yuva Raja, Jupiter and Venus are ministers, and Saturn is the servant.
Stanza 2:
Heli and Surya are names for the Sun. Chandrama and Sitarasmi stand for the Moon. Hemno, Vit, Gna, Bodhana and Induputra are names for Mercury. Ara, Vakra, Kruradrik, Avanaya denote Mars; Kona, Manda, Suryaputra and Asita stand for Saturn.
Stanza 3:
Jiva, Angira, Suraguru, Vachasampathi and Ijya are terms for Jupiter.
Sukra, Bhrigu, Brigusuta, Sita and Aspujit are names for Venus.
Thamas, Agu and Asura are names for Rahu, Sikhi stands for Kethu.
Their other names must be learnt from well-known works in the world.
Stanza 4:
The Sun is dark-red, the Moon white, Mars blood-red, Mercury green, Jupiter yellow or golden, Venus neither white nor black, Saturn black.
Stanza 5:
Copper colour is governed by the Sun, while white by the Moon, blood-red by Mars, green by Mercury, yellow by Jupiter, variegated colours by Venus and black by Saturn. The Sun has Agni as adhidevata. The Moon Ambu, Mars has Kumara, Mercury has Kesava, Jupiter has Indra, Venus has Indrani, and Saturn has Kaha. The east, etc., is governed by the Sun, Venus, Mars, Rahu, Saturn, Moon, Mercury and Jupiter respectively. Waning Moon, Sun, Mars, Saturn and Mercury in conjunction with them, are malefics.
Stanza 6:
Saturn and Mercury are impotent, Venus and Moon are females and the rest are masculine. Fire, earth, sky, water and air are rules by Mars, etc.
Stanza 7:
Sukra and Guru represent Vipras, Kuja and Ravi Kshatriyas, Chandra Vaisya, Budha Sudra, and Sani represents Antyajas. Chandra, Ravi and Guru represent Satwa, Kuja and Sani Thamasa, and Budha and Sukra represent Rajasa
Stanza 8:
to
Stanza 11:
The Sun has a well proportioned body, is bilious and possesses pingala eyes, has short hairs, coloured eyes.
The Moon has a well rounded body, much wind and phlegm, intelligent, sweet speech and good eyes.
Mars is youthful, liberal bilious, fickleminded and possesses a thin waist.
Mercury has gurgling speech, fond of joking and has a mixture of air, phlegm and bile.
Jupiter has a corpulent body, golden locks and eyes, moral and is phlegmatic.
Venus is fond of happiness, handsome, fine eyes and black ringlets and a temperament compounded of wind and phlegm.
Saturn is lazy, has yellowish eyes, lean tall body, stout teeth and rough hairs. He is of a windy temperament. Saturn governs nerves, the Sun rules bones, the Moon controls the blood, Mercury the skin, Venus the sperm, Jupiter the brain, and Mars the marrow.
Stanza 12:
The Sun controls Devastana, the Moon watery place, Mars the fire place, Mercury the gaming place, Jupiter the treasury, Venus the bed room, and Saturn the heap of dirt.
The Sun governs rough cloth, the Moon rules new clothes, Mars controls burnt clothes, Mercury rules soaked clothes, Jupiter neither old nor new clothes, Venus controls strong clothes, and Saturn rules rags. Sun governs copper, Moon precious stones, Mars gold, Mercury belimetal, etc., Jupiter silver, and when he is in his own house he governs gold, Venus pearls and Saturn governs iron, lead, etc.
Saturn controls Sisira, Venus Vasanta, Mars Grishma, Moon Varsha, Mercury Sarat, Jupiter Hemanta, and the Sun Grishma. These seasons may also be indicated by the lord of the Drekkana rising in the lagna at the time of question or consultation of lost horoscopes.
Stanza 13:
Planets aspect ¼,1/2, ¾ and full in the 3rd and 10th, in the 5th and 9th, in the 4th and 8th and in the 7th respectively. Saturn, Mars and Jupiter have special sights and are powerful in aspecting 3rd and 10th, 4th and 8th and 5th and 9th respectively
Stanza 14:
An Ayana, a Kshana, a Wasara, a Ruthu, a Masa, an Ardha and a Sama will be the time allotted to the Sun, etc., respectively, for the fulfillment of any act or deed indicated in a question. Pungent, salt, bitter, mixture, sweet, sour and acid are the tastes attributed to the Sun, etc., respectively.
Stanza 15:
According to some, Sun has Jupiter, Moon has Mercury and Jupiter, Mars has Venus and Mercury, Mercury has all except the Sun; Jupiter has all except Mars; Venus has all except the Sun and the Moon; and Saturn has all except Mars, Moon and the Sun as friends. But according to Satya from the thrikona of the planet the 2nd, 12th, 5th, 9th, the lord of his exaltation. 8th and 4th lords, are friends. The rest are not friends.
Stanza 16 & 17:
PLANETS FRIENDS NEUTRALS ENEMIES
Sun Moon, Mars Mercury Saturn & Venus
& Jupiter
Moon Sun & Mars, Jupiter, None
Mercury Saturn & Venus
Mars Jupiter, Sun Saturn & Venus Mercury
& Moon
Mercury Sun & Venus Saturn, Mars & Moon
Jupiter
Jupiter Sun, Moon & Saturn Mercury & Venus
Mars
Venus Mercury & Mars & Sun & Moon
Saturn Jupiter
Saturn Mercury & Jupiter Sun, Moon &
Venus Mars
Stanza 18:
The Planet in the 2nd, 12th, 11th, 3rd, 10th, or 4th from any other planet at the time of birth, becomes his temporary friend. Some say the lord of the house in which a planet is exalted also becomes his friend. The rest (unnamed here) are enemies. The lords of two houses, the lord of one house named and the lord of house not named become friend, neutral, and enemy, respectively. These relations (temporary) must be taken along with the Nisargika (permanent) relations named in the previous stanzas and then friendship, etc., must be finally determined.
Stanza 19:
By Swochha, Suhrut, Swa Thrikona, Navamsa, the planets get Sthanabala. In the East Jupiter and Mercury, in the North the Sun and Mars, in the West Saturn, and in the South Venus and Moon get Digbala.
Stanza 20:
Ravi and Chandra have chestabala in Oottarayana. The rest will have chestabala when they have Vakra or Samagama. Those who are in the North of the planetary fight, and those whose rays are bright also possess chestabala.
Stanza 21:
The night gives Moon, Mars and Saturn Kala Bala. Mercury has it always. The rest are powerful during the day. Benefics have Kalabala during the bright half of the lunar month, while malefics get it during the dark half. The lord of the year, of the day, of the hora, of the masa also gets Kalabala. Sa, Ku, Bu, Gu, Su, Sha, Ra, are respectively stronger than each other.

Chapter 3
Viyoni Janmadhyaya

Stanza 1:
When benefics are powerless and malefics powerful, and when impotent planets are in quadrants, the birth must be foretold of objects that have resemblance to the nature of the dwadasamsa occupied by Moon at the time, or when under similar conjunctions the birth sign is aspected by impotent planets, the birth of viyonis must be predicted
Stanza 2:
If powerful malefics occupy their navamsa, if powerless benefics occupy others’ navamsas and if lagna is viyoni, then viyoni creatures must be predicted
Stanza 3:
Aries represents head, Taurus face and neck, Gemini front legs, Cancer back, Leo chest, Virgo sides, Libra belly, Scorpio anus, Sagittarius hind legs, Capricorn genitals, Aquarius butt and upper legs, and Pisces tail
Stanza 4:
The color must be predicted by the birth sign, its amsa, by planets in it or by their aspects. The intensity of the color is known by powerful conjunctions or aspects of planets. By the planets in the 7th the lines or spots on the butt must be identified
Stanza 5:
If birth is in pakshi drekkana, if Saturn joins or aspects it, the birth of birds must be predicted. If Moon is there or aspects it, predict the birth of water-birds. If the navamsa falls in Mercurial signs with Saturn in conjunction or aspecting, then ordinary birds, but if Moon joins or aspects it, aquatic birds must be predicted
Stanza 6:
When the birth sign, Moon, Jupiter and Sun are powerless, the birth of trees must be predicted. The nature of the plants (aquatic or land) must be identified by the rising navamsa, and the number of the trees by the number of the navaaamsas that the lord of the navamsa has passed from his rising amsa in the lagna
Stanza 7:
Sun produces internally strong trees, Saturn ugly ones, Moon milky trees, Mars dry plants, Mercury and Jupiter fruitless and fruitful ones respectively and Venus flowery trees. Moon makes bright plants and Mars bitter ones
Stanza 8:
If a benefic occupies a bad sign, then a good tree grows in a bad place, if otherwise it is reversed. The number of trees is determined by the amass the lord has passed from his

Chapter 4
Nishika (consummation of marriage)

Stanza 1:
Mars and the Moon are the cause for monthly menses. When the Moon is in anupachaya rasis the menses for conception occurs. When the reverse is the case, and the masculine benefics aspect, the woman gets sexual union with man.
Stanza 2:
The sexual union resembles the nature of the Astha rasi. If malefics conjoin or aspect the 7th, union will be consummated under quarrelling, if benefics join or aspect the 7th, the sexual union will be happy.
Stanza 3:
If Ravi, Chandra, Sukra and Kuja occupy their own navamsas, if Guru is found in lagna or thrikona, conception takes place. If this combination is present in impotent cases, it will be useless as moonlight is to a blind man.
Stanza 4:
If Kuja and Arkaja occupy the seventh from Ravi and Chandra, they make the man and the woman sick respectively. If they occupy the 12th and the 2nd from Ravi and Chandra, the man and woman will meet with Mrityu respectively. If Kuja and Arkaja join Ravi and Chandra, and has one of their aspects. Death may be foretold for the man and woman respectively.
Stanza 5:
During the day the Sun stands for father and Venus for mother; during the night Saturn and Moon. Paternal uncles and maternal aunts are to be judged in the reverse order, and if they are in odd and even signs respectively they become beneficial to the parties concerned.
Stanza 6:
If malefics are approaching the rising sign without beneficial aspects the woman dies. If Saturn occupies the rising sign aspected by Mars or weak Moon she dies.
Stanza 7:
If the rising sign and the Moon are betwixt two evil planets unaspected by benefics jointly or separately the woman dies in pregnancy
Stanza 8:
If from the rising sign of the Moon the 4th house is joined by evil planets and Mars is in the 8thhouse, she suffers death. If from lagna, the 4th and 12th houses are occupied by the Sun and Mars and the Moon is weak, she suffers death as before.
Stanza 9:
If Kuja and Ravi are in the 1st and 7th respectively, death occurs to her by weapons. The abortion takes place in the month, whose lord is powerless or afflicted.
Stanza 10:
If benefics are in conjunction with lagna and Chandra, of if the 5th, 9th, 2nd, 7th, 4th and 10th houses from them are occupied be benefics or if the malefics occupy 3rd and 11th houses, and aspected by the Sun she will have a safe and happy pregnancy.
Stanza 11:
If powerful lagna, Ravi, Chandra and Guru occupy odd signs or navamsas, they cause masculine birth. If these occupy even signs and amsas, they produce feminine birth. If Guru and Ravi are found in odd signs, then a male, if Sukra, Kuja and Chandra are in even signs, a female is born. If these planets are in double-bodied signs aspected by Budha, there will be twins after the sex of the zodiacal sign.
Stanza 12:
If Saturn occupies odd signs from the lagna (excepting lagna), he causes male birth. Examine the relative strength of the various planets and predict the birth of males or females.
Stanza 13:
If the Moon and the Sun aspect mutually, if Saturn and Mercury aspect mutually; if Mars, in an odd sign, aspects the Sun in an even sign; if the Moon and lagna are in odd, and have the aspect of Mars in even sign; if the Moon is in even and Mercury in odd, and have the aspect of Mars; if Venus, lagna and the Moon are posited in masculine amsas; in all these six cases, eunuchs will be born.
Stanza 14:
If the Moon and Venus are in signs, and if Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and lagna are in odd signs, twins are born, of whom one will be male and the other female. Lagna and the Moon in even houses aspected by male planets, produce twins, as above. If powerful Budha, Kuja, Guru and lagna are in even signs, then predict the same result. If planets and lagna are in common amsas, aspected by Mercury in his amsa, three children will be born, of whom two will partake of the sex of the amsa occupied by Mercury and the other of the opposite sex. If planets, lagna and Budha are in similar amsas, then three children of that sex will be born.
Stanza 15:
If lagna is in Dhanus, or falls in that amsa, if all the planets are powerful Sani and Budha, then predict many children at one birth.
Stanza 16:
Kalala, Ghana, Ankura, Asthi, Charma, Angaja, Chetamatha are governed by Sukra, Kuja, Guru, Ravi, Chandra, Sani and Budha respectively. The lord of lagna, Chandra, and Ravi are rulers of the next three months respectively. The foetal growth depends upon the strength and weakness of the planets, who govern the particular month.
Stanza 17:
If Budha is in thrikona, and other planets are powerless, then the child will have two faces, four hands, and four legs with one face. If the Moon is in Taurus, and evil planets are in Ruksha Sandhis, predict a dumb child. If, in this conjunction, the Moon has beneficial aspect, the child begins to speak very late in life.
Stanza 18:
If Sani and Kuja occupy Budha’s houses or navamsas, the child will be born with teeth. If Kataka is lagna with Chandra init, having the aspects of Sani and Kuja, the child will be dwarf. If Meena becomes lagna becomes a cripple. If the Rasi Sandhis are occupied by malefics and the Moon, the child will be deaf. In all these cases there must be no beneficial aspects.
Stanza 19:
If the last navamsa of Makara is lagna aspected by Sani, Chandra and Ravi then a dwarf is born. If malefics occupy the 5th, 9th and 1st drekkanas, handless, feetless and headless child respectively must be predicted.
Stanza 20:
If Leo is birth occupied by the Sun and the Moon, aspected by Mars and Saturn the child will be blind. If in the above combination there is also beneficial aspect the vision will be dim. The Moon in the 12th house causes loss to the left eye and the Sun there causes loss to the right eye. Beneficial aspects give some relief in these combinations.
Stanza 21:
The birth of a child takes place in the sign occupied by the Moon, which is represented by the number, in which Dwadasamsa, the Moon is fixed at the time. The day or the night and the ghaties of the birth time must be known by the number of the ghaties at the time of the question and the nature of the sign whether diurnal or nocturnal.
Stanza 22:
If Makara or Kumbha navamsa rises at the time of conception, aspected by Sani, the child will be born after 4 years. If Katakamsa rises at the time of conception, aspected by Chandra, then the birth occurs after 12 years of pregnancy. The details in this chapter must be carefully understood and applied with sense and judgment.

Chapter 5
Janma Kala lakshana

Stanza 1:
If birth sign is unaspected by the Moon, father will be absent at the birth. If the Sun occupies a movable sign (pathitha) from the 10th, the father will be away in a foreign country at the birth of child.
Stanza 2:
If Saturn occupies lagna or if Mars is in the 7th or if the Moon is between Mercury and Venus, the father will be absent at the birth of the child.
Stanza 3:
If the Moon occupies Mars drekkana and benefics are in the 2nd and 11th houses, predict a serpent’s birth. If an evil sign falls in Kuja’s drekkana and has benefics in the 2nd and the 11th, the child will be bound by a serpent-like bandage.
Stanza 4:
If the Sun occupies a quadruped sign and if other powerful planets occupy common signs, twins will be born covered with a common hood.
Stanza 5:
If Mesha, Simha or Vrishabha falls as lagna, occupies by Sani or Kuja, the child will be born with a cowl or cord in that organ which is represented by the rising navamsa.
Stanza 6:
If Jupiter does not aspect birth and Moon, or if he does not aspect the Sun, in conjunction with the Moon, if the Moon with a malefic combines with the Sun then say certainly the child is born to another person or of adultery.
Stanza 7:
If malefics occupy the signs of cruel planets and are in the 7th, 9th or 5th from the Sun, the father will be imprisoned when the child is born. The sign occupied by the Sun determines the locality of his bondage.
Stanza 8:
If Full Moon is in cancer, if Mercury is in lagna and benefics are in the 4th, the delivery takes place in a boat or steamer, or in a sea voyage. If birth is watery with the Moon in the 7th the same result happens.
Stanza 9:
If birth falls in a watery sign as also the Moon, the delivery will be close to water. If lagna (a watery sign) has Full Moon’s aspect the same result happens. If, for such lagna, the Moon is there or in the 5th or 10th then similar results happen.
Stanza 10:
If Saturn occupies the 12th, and a malefic aspects the Moon, the woman delivers the child when in bondage or jail. If Saturn is in Scorpio or Cancer one of which is the birth aspected by the Moon, the delivery takes place in a hole or hollow or pit.
Stanza 11:
If birth is watery with Saturn in it, aspected by Mercury, the Sun and the Moon, the birth takes place in playgrounds, temples and uncultivated fields, respectively.
Stanza 12:
If birth with Sani falls in a Nara Rasi aspected by Kuja the birth happens in a grave-yard; aspected by Sukra and Chandra in pleasant places; aspected by Guru in sacrificial places; aspected by Ravi in royal mansions, cowsheds, or temple premises; aspected by Budha in libraries, art colleges or carpenters’ premises.
Stanza 13:
Place of birth happens to be according to the nature of the rasi and navamsa, either at home or outside. The birth place should be determined according to the strength of the lagna either in rasi or navamsa.
Stanza 14:
If the Moon or the Sun is in the 9th or 5th from Saturn and Mars, the child will be forsaken by its mother. If in that combination Jupiter aspects it, the child lives long and prospers although forsaken by its mother.
Stanza 15:
If the Moon is in birth aspected by a malefic and has Mars in the 7th the forsaken babe will perish. If in this combination Mars and Saturn are in the 11th, the child dies, if aspected by a benefic, the child gets protection by such caste man as is indicated by the benefic; if aspected by malefics, the child falls to different hands and dies.
Stanza 16:
The birth takes place in the house of the father or mother according to the strength of their lords. If benefics occupy debilitated places, birth will be under trees, roads, etc. If benefics occupy neecha and if the Moon and birth are unaspected by other planets occupying one house, the birth occurs in lonely places.
Stanza 17:
If Moon joins Saturn’s amsa or is in the 4th or has aspect of Saturn or occupies watery signs or conjoins with Saturn, then birth takes place in darkness. If there are three or more debilitated planets, birth takes place on the ground. The birth takes place similar to the rasi which rises on a level with the equator. If malefics occupy the 4th or 7th from Moon or join Moon, the delivery is attended with much pain.
Stanza 18:
The quantity of oil by Moon, the wick by the birth sign and the light by Sun, the door by the planets in quadrants or by the most powerful of the planets must be ascertained.
Stanza 19:
If Saturn is the strongest, the house will be one newly repaired having become old; if Mars is so, it’s partly burnt; if Moon, new; if the Sun, the house contains much wood; and if Mercury, built by many artists; if Venus, handsome, painted and new; if Jupiter, strong house; the adjoining houses must be indicated similarly by the planets in the rasis.
Stanza 20:
If birth falls in Mesha, Kataka, Thula, Vrischika and Kumbha, or in these navamsa the delivery will be in the eastern part of the house. If the birth falls in Guru’s or Budha’s houses or amsas the delivery happens in the northern part of the house. If it falls in Vrishabha or its amsa the birth takes place in the west and if it falls in Makara or Simha or their navamsas the birth place will be in the southern side.
Stanza 21:
The cardinal direction of the lying down must be indicated by two signs from Mesha etc., and the corners by the double-bodied signs. Similarly I must be ascertained for the direction of the bed, etc. The legs of the cost or the sides of the bed must be ascertained by the 6th, 3rd, 9th and 12th houses from lagna.
Stanza 22:
The number of women to assist the delivery must be determined by the number of planets between the Moon and the lagna. Their presence inside or outside the delivery room has to be learnt by the planets in the invisible and the visible half of the zodiac respectively. Some say quite the reverse.
Stanza 23:
The body of the child will resemble the planet who is the lord of the navamsa or who is the most powerful. The color of the infant will resemble that of the lord of the navamsa occupied by the Moon. Taking the lagna as head, etc., the limbs resemble the rasis in which they fall.
Stanza 24:
If the first drekkana rises in the lagna; by the Drusya and Adrusya halves of the zodiac, left and right sides of head, eyes, ears, nose, temples, cheeks and face must be determined from the lagna respectively. If the second drekkana rises in the lagna, neck, shoulders, arms, sides, chest, belly and navel should be similarly determined. If the third drekkana rises in the lagna, lower stomach, sexual organ and anus, testicles, thighs, knees, calves and feet must be similarly delineated.
Stanza 25:
If those rasis are occupied by the malefics there will be sores or wounds, if these are occupied or aspected by benefics there will be marks; if such planets causing sores, etc.-are in their won rasis or navamsas or infixed signs or navamsas, the sores, etc., will accompany birth, if not they come by accidents after birth. If such a planet is Saturn the wounds will be caused by stones and windy diseases; if Mars by fire, weapons and poisons; if Mercury by the earth or the ground; if the Sun by wood or quadrupeds; if the Moon by horned animals or aquatics; if they are other planets then there will be no wounds.
Stanza 26:
If Mercury joins three other planets in any rasi he will cause wounds in that organ which is governed by it. If an evil planet is in the 6th from birth, there will be wound in that organ represented by that rasi. If such a malefic has beneficial aspect then there will be Thilaka, Masaka, etc., there. If benefics join him there will be Lakshma, etc.

Chapter 6
Balarishta (early death)

Stanza 1:
Children born during sandhi or when birth is in Chandra hora, when evil planets occupy the ends of signs or when four malefics (including Moon) occupy quadrants, will die
Stanza 2:
If cruel and benefic planets occupy the first and the second halves of the zodiac respectively and the birth rises in an insect rasi or if the birth and the 7th ar placed between malefics, the child dies straightaway
Stanza 3:
If malefics occupy birth and 7th and if Moon joins cruel planets, unaspected by benefics, the child dies quickly
Stanza 4:
If a weak Moon occupies the 12th with malefics in the birth and the 8th without benefics in quadrants, the child dies soon
Stanza 5:
If Moon joins a malefic and occupies the 7th, 8th or 12th and when benefics aren’t in quadrants and don’t aspect these, the child dies
Stanza 6:
If Moon occupies 6th or 8th aspected by malefics, early death comes. If such Moon has beneficial aspects, the child dies before 8. If such Moon ahs mixed aspets, the child lives for 4 years. If a benefic occupies the 6th or 8th aspected by powerful malefics, the child lives for a month. If the lord of the birth joins the 7th and suffers defeat there by malefics, similar results must be predicted
Stanza 7:
If a weak Moon joins the lagna with malefics in the 8th or quadrants, or if Moon is betwixt malefics occupying the 4th, 7th or 8th, the child dies. If Moon is in lagna as above stated, malefics in the 7th and 8th without the aspect of powerful benefics, the mother and child both die
Stanza 8:
If Moon occupies the last navamsa of the sign and malefics are in the 5th and 9th without beneficial aspects, or if lagna joins Moon with malefics in the 7th, the child dies immediately
Stanza 9:
If Moon joins a malefic in lagna, eclipsed with Mars in the 8th, both mother and child die. Similarly, if Sun is in lagna, death results from weapons. If Moon or Sun occupy the lagna with powerful malefics in trines and the 8th, unassociated with benefics, the child dies
Stanza 10:
If Saturn, Sun, Moon and Mars occupy the 12th, 9th, lagna and 8th respectively, unaspected by a powerful Jupiter, the child dies quickly
Stanza 11:
If Moon is with malefics and occupies a trine, 7th, 8th or 12th and not aspected by or combined with a powerful Venus, Mercury or Jupiter, death comes early
Stanza 12:
If Moon in transit joins the house of the most powerful malefic in the above yogas or joins his own place, or the lagna, when he’s strong and has strong malefic aspects, he causes death to the child within one year

Chapter 7
Ayurdaya (Longevity)

Stanza 1:
Sun, in deep exaltation give 19, Moon 25, Mars 15, Mercury 12, Jupiter 15, Venus 21 and Saturn 20 years of life respectively according to Maya, Yavana, Manitha and Saktipurva.
Stanza 2:
Where a planet is debilitated he cuts away half of the term of life and in the middle rasis he give terms of life as per rule of three. The lagna is supposed to give that number of years, which is represented by its amsa, while others say the number will be similar to the rasi. A planet in an unfriendly sign cuts one-third of his term unless he is retrograde. The combust planets except Venus and Saturn, cut off half their term of life.
Stanza 3:
Evil planets in the 12th, 11th, 10th, 9th, 8th, and 7th away 1, ½, 1/3, ¼, 1/6 and 1/8th of the term of life allotted to them respectively. If benefics occupy the same houses, they take away only one half of that which the malefics do. Satyacharya says that, if there are many planets in anyone of the houses, only the most powerful among them will eat the proportion of life granted by it.
Stanza 4:
If an evil planet occupies the birth the number of amsas, etc., passed by the lagna must be multiplied by the total of the planetary terms of years, etc., and then divided by 108, and deducted from the total term of life the figure thus obtained. If a benefic aspects the above conjunction, half of this must be deducted.
Stanza 5:
Men and elephants have 60 x 2 years as terms of life and 5 days more. Horses live 32 years. Camels and asses 25 years. Buffaloes and bullocks live 24 years. Dogs have 12 years. Goats etc., 16 years.
Stanza 6:
If the last navamsa of Meena becomes lagna. If Mercury is in the 25th minute in Vrishabha and if all the rest are in their deep exaltations, the person gets the utmost limit of life, viz., 120 years and 5 days.
Stanza 7 & 8
Vishnugupta, Devaswami and Siddhasena have given similar longevity. There is one serious objection to the acceptance of their theory, because according to them, no children can die above 8 and below 20 years which is absurd.
They have further stated that those who have this longevity will also become emperors. This is erroneous as many men live long and still be beggars
Stanza 9:
Jeevasarma says, on his own responsibility, that each of the planets gives one-seventh of the period of the longevity stated above. Satyacharya says that each planet gives that term of life which is indicated by the navamsa he occupies. This seems to be approved of by many astrological experts.
Stanza 10:
Convert the intended planet’s position into kalas; divide this by 200; the quotient, if divisable, divided by 12 represents years, etc.
Stanza 11:
A planet in exaltation or retrogression will give 3 times the term of his life. If he is in Vargottama or in his own house or navamsa or drekkana he gives double the period. This is the speciality named by Satyacharya.
Stanza 12:
Lagna gives similar number of years as it has advance in the navamsa. If it is very powerful it will give similar to the rasi. If a malefic is in lagna no deduction should be made on this account. Do not take the terms of life granted by the planets as stated before.
Stanza 13:
Satyacharya’s system is excellent, but many have spoiled it by useless multiplication.
Whenever two or three figures are to be multiplied, then multiply it by that figure which are presents the strongest factors.
Stanza 14:
If birth falls in Kataka and Guru and Chandra are in it, Budha and Sukra in the kendras, the rest in 3-6-11 the person lives very long and mathematical calculations for longevity do not apply to such a combination.

Chapter 8
Dasantardasa

Stanza 1:
The most powerful among Lagna, Surya and Chandra, with planets in their kendras give results in the commencement, middle, and last periods of life respectively. If planets are not in kendras, etc., the results will flow in the commencement even from Apoklima planets.
Stanza 2:
The planet most powerful gives the first dasa extending over that period of life granted by him. If many planets are equally powerful then the first dasa will belong to that planet who gives the largest term of life. If some planets give equal terms of life, then the first dasa will be given by that planet who rises first.
Stanza 3:
The planet with the Dasanatha gives half the term of that dasa with his results. The planet who occupies the thrikona from him gives one-third of that period with his results. The planet in the 7th from him gives one-seventh of his period. The planet who is in chaturasra gives one-fourth of that term. In this manner lagna and planets give their Dasas and Antardasas.
Stanza 4:
Bring all the fractions to a common figure, omit the denominators and multiply severally the numerators by the dasa years and then divide the whole by the total of the numerators. By doing this you get the Antardasa periods.
Stanza 5:
The Dasa (period) of a most powerful and exalted planet is called the Poorna Dasa. The dasa of a powerless planet is called the Rikta. The period of that planet which is in the navamsa of unfriendly amsa is called the Aristaphala.
Stanza 6:
The planet who has fallen from exaltation gives Avarohi Dasa. If he joins friendly or exalted navamsa, he constitutes Madhya Dasa.
The planet who is ascending from his debilitation gives Arohani Dasa. If such a planet occupies debilitated or unfriendly navamsa, he gives a worthless period.
Stanza 7:
If a planet is in a good house and joins debilitated or unfriendly navamsa, it gives mixed results. The names are fixed for these indicative of their results. I shall give the results of the periods of the Sun, etc., later on.
Stanza 8:
If lagna rises in common sign, its drekkanas constitute Adhama, Madhya and Pujita respectively. If lagna is movable, the order must be reversed. If lagna is fixed, they constitute Ashubha, Ista and Sama respectively. Lagna Dasas are thus arranged.
Stanza 9:
Moon, Mars, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, the Sun and Saturn give 1, 2, 9, 20, 18, 20, 50 years respectively of Nisargika Dasa. If in the previously stated dasa period of the planets, they get also this ?Nisargika dasa, they produce good results. Some of Yavanaas say that the Lagna Dasa comes in the end and gives good. Some do not accept this view.
Stanza 10:
If the anthardasanatha is in lagna, or if his friend is in lagna, or if lagna falls in his friend’s or in his varga, the dasa beginning then, will be productive of good. Or if he is in the 3rd, 6th, 10th or 11th houses it is good. Or if the Moon occupies the exaltation house of the Pakaswami or his friendly rasi, or thrikona, or the 7th from him, it produces good. If it is the reverse it produces bad.
Stanza 11:
That dasa which begins when the Moon is in his own house is good and gives honour, wealth and happiness. That dasa which begins when the Moon is in Kuja’s house makes his wife immoral; if that dasa begins when the Moon is in Budha’s house it gives education, friends and wealth; if the dasa begins when the Moon is in Simha it gives work for him in forts, forests, roads, houses and agriculture; if it begins when the Moon is in Sukra’s house he gives all desirable food; if it begins when the Moon is in Sani’s house it gives mean woman; if it begins when the Moon is in Guru’s house it gives reputation, wealth and happiness.
Stanza 12:
The Sun gives wealth by Nakha, (nails or claws) teeth, skins, gold, cruelty, travel, kings and wars. He makes the man hot-tempered determined in doing work, in getting reputation and good by courage. He gets misery through wife, children, wealth, enemy, weapon, fire and king. The Sun gives liberty, fondness for sinful deeds, quarrels among his workmen or servants, complaints in chest, stomach and other diseases.
Stanza 13:
During the Moon’s period the person gets money or profits from mantras, Brahmins, sugarcane, milk, clothes, flowers, playing, oil seeds, good and fatigue or pain. He will be fond of sleep, laziness, enduring pain, Brahmins and Devatas, getting female issues, possessed of good intelligence, reputation, earning and spending, and he will pick quarrels with is own men and those who are more powerful than himself.
Stanza 14:
During the period of Mars there will be destruction of enemies, gains from rulers, lands, brothers, sheep and wool. He will have hatred among his children, wife, friends, brothers, learned men, and preceptors. He will suffer from thirst, bloody diseases, fever, bile, fractures. He’ll be fond of others’ wives, sinful men and uncharitable deeds. He’ll be harsh, hot and evil-tempered
Stanza 15:
In the period of Mercury, the person gets wealth by embassy, friends, preceptors and Brahmins. He’ll be praised by learned men and thereby gets reputation. He gets gold, mules, lands and personal charm, and happiness. He’ll be witty and humorous and will be clever in serving. he’ll have a good mind and charitable disposition. Harshness, fatigue, restraint or imprisonment, mental disease and complaints from the three dhatus (vaata, pittha and sleshma) will result
Stanza 16:
In his period, Jupiter gives honor, good character, good mind, personal charm, courage, philanthropic disposition, determination and devotion. He gets wealth thru mantras, kings, vedic recitation, counsel and skill in diplomacy. He’ll have gold, houses, sons, elephants, clothes and friendship with good rulers. he gets troubled by deep thinking, diseases in the ear and hatred among lawless people
Stanza 17:
During Venus’ period, the person will be fond of music, pleasure, fine scents, good food and drink, clothes, females, gems, personal charm, sensual pleasure, yogis, friends, desirable personages, skill in merchandise, agriculture, treasure-troves, wealth, hated by communities, kings, wild people, vagabonds and sorrow thru friendship
Stanza 18:
During Saturn’s period, the person gets donkeys, camels, birds, buffaloes, old women, leadership over communities, towns or cities, and inferior gains. he gets miseries or troubles thru phlegm, jealousy, wind, anger, derangement, dirt, laziness and fatigue. He’ll be insulted and terrified by servants, children, wife and will suffer the loss of a limb
Stanza 19:
Good periods give happiness and bad periods produce misery. Mixed periods give mixed results and the result of the lagna dasa will be similar in nature to its lord
Stanza 20:
In the period of each planet, the results will be based on the materials or objects that have been detailed in the Saumgnyadhyaya and the means of livelihood detailed in the Karma Jivadhyaya. Results of the planets will be determined by the aspects, occupation and other combinations given elsewhere
Stanza 21:
Different planets give their luster of the mahabootas in their periods. This luster or shade has to be identified by the nose, face, eyes, skin and ear obtained by or thru the earth, water, fire, air and space
Stanza 22:
During the time of an auspicious planet, the mind of the person will be good. It enables the man to get wealth and secure happiness. The dasa may also be known by the happiness or misery the man is subjected to. The results produced by powerless planets will be enjoyed in dreams and thoughts
Stanza 23:
If one planet represents two contrary results, the effect will be the destruction of those events. but if one is stronger than the other, the stronger prevails. If one planet represents one and another indicates a contrary result, there’ll be both the results. Planets give good or bad in their own periods