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Bhava Kutuhala · Chapter 4
अरिष्टाऽध्यायः
This chapter looks at dangers to a child at birth. It names Moon and planet placements that the old texts link with a hard start.
A weak Moon with bad planets and no good planet looking at it is a common theme. The chapter also shows when a combination loses its force. Chapter 5 then turns to what protects.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
अरिष्टाऽध्यायः
तुहिनकिरणहोरिका च सन्ध्याभचरमगाः खलखेचरा जनौ चेत् ।मृतिरथ रजनीशपापखेटैरखिलचतुष्टयगैर्विनाशमेति ॥ १ ॥
The child may be born in the Moon's half of a sign, at twilight. Bad planets may stand at the very end of their signs. The old texts say this chart shows a serious risk to the child's life in the early days. The same risk is seen when the Moon and bad planets fill all four corner houses (1st, 4th, 7th, 10th).
Simple meaning: Birth at twilight in the Moon's half-sign, with bad planets at sign ends, may show an early risk.
अरिष्टाऽध्यायः
अशुभेषु शुभेषु चक्रपूर्वापरभागेषु गतेषु कीटलग्ने ।विरतिं समुपैति बालकोऽयं खलखेटैरपिकामिनीतनुस्थैः ॥ २ ॥
Bad planets may stand in the eastern half of the chart and good planets in the western half. The rising sign may be Scorpio. The old texts say this shows a serious risk to the child's life. The same holds when bad planets stand in the 7th house and the 1st house.
Simple meaning: Bad planets in the eastern half, good ones in the western half, with Scorpio rising, may show a risk.
अरिष्टाऽध्यायः
खलखगसहितो निशाकरोऽयंतनुमृतिमारगतो हि जन्मकाले ।मृतिपदमुपयाति देवबालोऽपि चसकलैरवलोकितो न सौम्यैः ॥ ३ ॥
At birth the Moon may be with bad planets in the 1st, 8th or 7th house. No good planet looks at it. The old texts say even a child blessed by the gods may then face a serious risk to life.
Simple meaning: A Moon with bad planets in the 1st, 7th or 8th, unseen by good planets, may show risk.
अरिष्टाऽध्यायः
अशुभावगोदयगतौ शुभदैरवलोकितो न खलु युक्तविधुः ।मृतिरन्त्यगे कृशविधौ कुगजागभगैः खलैरपि विकेन्द्रशुभैः ॥ ४ ॥
Bad planets may stand in the 7th house and the 1st house. The Moon may be with a bad planet, and no good planet looks at it. The old texts say this shows a serious risk to the child's life. The same holds when a weak Moon is in the 12th house. Bad planets are then in the 1st, 8th and 7th houses. Good planets are outside the corner houses.
Simple meaning: Bad planets in the 1st and 7th, or a weak Moon in the 12th, may show a risk.
अरिष्टाऽध्यायः
शीतांशावरिविरतिस्थिते विनाशःपापैः स्यात्सपदि युतेक्षितेपि जन्तो ।अष्टाब्दैः शुभखचरैश्च मिश्रखेटैर्वेदाब्दैरपि मुनिभिर्निरुक्तमेतत् ॥ ५ ॥
The Moon may stand in the 6th or 8th house. Bad planets may join it or look at it. The old texts say this shows a risk to the child's life soon after birth. If good planets join or look at it instead, the risk is within 8 years. With mixed planets it is within 4 years. The sages have said this.
Simple meaning: A Moon in the 6th or 8th with bad planets may show an early risk.
अरिष्टाऽध्यायः
अरिविरतिगते शुभे च दृष्टेबलसहितेन खलेन मासमायुः ।मदनसदनगेऽपि लग्ननाथेखलविजिते ध्रुवमस्य मासमायुः ॥ ६ ॥
A good planet may stand in the 6th or 8th house and be looked at by a strong bad planet. The old texts say the risk to life then falls in the first month. The lord of the rising sign may be in the 7th house and beaten by a bad planet. Then too the chart shows a strong risk in the first month.
Simple meaning: A good planet in the 6th or 8th seen by a strong bad planet may show a first-month risk.
अरिष्टाऽध्यायः
कृशशशिनि तनौ खलोऽष्टकेन्द्रेमृतिरथ शीतरुचौ खलान्तराले ।मुनिहिबुकलयस्थितेपि लग्नेमुनिलयगैश्च सहाम्बया खलैः स्यात् ॥ ७ ॥
The Moon may be weak in the 1st house. A bad planet may be in the 8th or a corner house. The old texts say this shows a risk to the child's life. The same holds when the Moon is between bad planets in the 7th, 4th, 8th or 1st house. When bad planets are in the 7th and 8th houses, the mother's life may also be at risk.
Simple meaning: A weak Moon in the 1st, or a Moon between bad planets, may show a risk.
अरिष्टाऽध्यायः
भविरतिगतशोभनैरदृष्टे शशिनि नवेषुगतैः खलैर्मृतिः स्यात् ।तनुगतहिमगौ खले नगस्थे मृतिरुदिता मुनिभिः शिशोरवश्यम् ॥ ८ ॥
The Moon may not be seen by good planets that stand in certain houses. Bad planets may stand in the 9th and 5th houses. Then there is a risk to the child's life. The Moon may be in the 1st house with a bad planet in the 7th. The sages say this shows a sure risk to the child's life. (Our text is unclear here: which houses the good planets are in is not clear.)
Simple meaning: Bad planets in the 5th and 9th, or Moon in 1st with one in 7th, may show risk.
अरिष्टाऽध्यायः
असुरमुखगते खलेन युक्तेतनुगविधौ सममम्बया लयारे ।मृतिरथ तनुगे रवौ सशस्त्रंग्रहणगते खलसंयुतेऽपि मृत्युः ॥ ९ ॥
The Moon may be in the 1st house, with a bad planet, in the mouth of the demon. Mars may be in the 8th house. The old texts say this shows a risk to the child's life, and to the mother's too. If the Sun is in the 1st house so, there is a risk from a cut or a weapon. A risk to life is also seen if the Moon or Sun is eclipsed and joined with a bad planet. (Our text is unclear here: 'the mouth of the demon' is taken as being with Rahu.)
Simple meaning: A Moon in the 1st with a bad planet, and Mars in the 8th, may show risk.
अरिष्टाऽध्यायः
सबलशुभखगैर्युतेन दृष्टे तुहिनकरे दिनपेऽथवा तनौ चेत् ।निधननवसुताश्रिताः खलाःस्युर्निधनमिहाशु वदन्ति वै मुनीन्द्राः ॥ १० ॥
The Moon or the Sun may be in the 1st house. Strong good planets do not join it or look at it. Bad planets stand in the 8th, 9th and 5th houses. The great sages say this shows a risk to the child's life soon after birth.
Simple meaning: Moon or Sun in the 1st, with bad planets in the 5th, 8th and 9th, may show risk.
अरिष्टाऽध्यायः
शनिरविविधुभूमिजैः क्रमेणव्ययनवलग्नलयाश्रितैर्मृतिः स्यात् ।सबलसुरपुरोहितेन दृष्टैर्नहिमरणंगदितं तदा मुनीन्द्रैः ॥ ११ ॥
Saturn, the Sun, the Moon and Mars may stand in the 12th, 9th, 1st and 8th houses, in that order. The old texts say this shows a risk to the child's life. If strong Jupiter looks at them, the great sages say there is no such risk.
Simple meaning: Saturn, Sun, Moon, Mars in the 12th, 9th, 1st, 8th may show risk; Jupiter's look removes it.
अरिष्टाऽध्यायः
लयमारलग्ननवधीव्ययगःखलखेचरेण सहितः सितगुः ।अवलोकितो नहि युतश्चशुभैर्नियतं भवेत्स मरणायतदा ॥ १२ ॥
The Moon may stand in the 8th, 7th, 1st, 9th, 5th or 12th house with a bad planet. No good planet looks at it or joins it. The old texts say this chart then shows a serious risk to the child's life.
Simple meaning: A Moon with a bad planet in certain houses, with no good planet near, may show a risk.
अरिष्टाऽध्यायः
वलियोगकारकखगाश्रित भेजनिभे तनाबपियदास्ति विधुः ।बलसंयुतः खलजदृक्सहितःशरदन्त एव मृतिदः स तदा ॥ १३ ॥
The Moon may be in the sign held by a strong planet that makes a yoga (planet combination). Or it may be in the birth sign or the 1st house. It may be strong and looked at by bad planets. The old texts say it then shows a risk to the child's life at the end of the first year. (Our text is unclear here: the words on the sign held by a strong yoga-making planet, and the birth sign, are not clear.)
Simple meaning: A strong Moon looked at by bad planets may show a risk near the end of the first year.
No. Verse 4.11 says that if strong Jupiter looks at the planets of a hard combination, the sages say there is no such risk.
The Moon. Verse 4.3 reads the Moon with bad planets and no good planet looking at it as a hard sign for a child.