Daivajna Vallabha · Attributed to Varahamihira
Chapter 14 · Miscellaneous Questions
प्रकीर्णाध्यायः
सौम्यर्क्षसंस्थस्य स शोभनः स्यात्पापर्क्षसंस्थस्य तु नीरसः स्यात् ।ग्रहस्य वक्रस्य रसं न भोक्ता भुङ्क्ते च पात्रे च पुनः प्रदत्तम् ॥ ११ ॥
A planet in a good planet's sign gives a good taste. In a bad planet's sign the food has no taste. With a backward planet, the eater does not eat the food at first. He eats it when it is served again on the plate.
Simple meaning: A planet in a good sign gives tasty food. A backward planet means food eaten only when served again.
स्थिरे विलग्ने न गमागमौ स्तो न रोगशांतिर्न च वित्तनाशः ।
A fixed rising sign means things stay as they are. A moving rising sign means the opposite.
विमिश्रितं स्याद्द्वितनौ तदंशद्वये चरस्थावरवद्वदन्ति ।
A dual rising sign gives mixed results. Good planets looking at the rising sign or Moon bring good results.
कंदृक्ष्रोत्रनसाकपोलहनवो वक्रं च होरादयस्तेकण्ठांसकबाहुपार्श्वहृदयक्रोडानि नाभिस्ततः ।
Houses from the rising sign stand for body parts. Which set depends on the third of the sign rising.