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Daivajna Vallabha · Chapter 2
शुभाऽशुभाध्यायः
This chapter lists the houses in prashna, the question chart, and what each one stands for. The astrologer picks the house that matches the matter asked.
Good planets in the right houses bring good results. Bad planets there bring the opposite. When both appear, the stronger side gives more of its result.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
शुभाऽशुभाध्यायः
प्रष्टुः शुभैः पञ्चभिरिष्टलाभोऽनिष्टप्रदैः पञ्चभिरप्यनिष्टम् ।तुल्यैर्बलाबलवशात्फलमूहनीयं ज्ञेयं चतुर्भिरथ वापिफलं बलाच्च ॥ १ ॥
If five planets are good for the asker, he gets what he wants. If five planets give bad results, the result is bad. If the good and bad are equal, judge the result by which side is strong. The result can also be known from four planets, and from strength.
Simple meaning: Five good planets bring what the asker wants. Five bad ones bring a bad result. Strength decides the rest.
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भावः स्वेशेनेक्षितो वा युतः स्यात्पापादन्यैर्वापि तस्यास्ति वृद्धिः ।सौम्या यस्यान्त्यास्तखस्वांबुगा वा पापैरेवं हानिरादेशनीया ॥ २ ॥
A house grows if its own lord looks at it or joins it. It also grows if planets other than bad ones do. It grows too if good planets stand in the 12th, 7th, 10th, 2nd or 4th from it. In the same way, bad planets there show loss.
Simple meaning: A house grows when its lord or good planets help it. Bad planets in the same places show loss.
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पर्यायसंज्ञा चैतेषां कथ्यते मुनिसंमता ।कार्यसंज्ञा च तस्योक्ता तस्मात्प्रश्नविचारणा ॥ ३ ॥
Now the list of matters for each of these houses is told, as the sages agree. The names of the work for each house are also given. From these the question is judged.
Simple meaning: The matters of each house are listed next. The question is judged from them.
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आरोग्यपूजागुणकल्पवृत्तमायुर्वयोजातिरदोषसौख्यम् ।क्लेशाकृती लक्षणरूपवर्णास्तद्भागिनेयस्य वधूस्तनौ स्यात् ॥ ४ ॥
The 1st house: health, worship, good qualities, ability, conduct, length of life, age and birth group. Also freedom from fault, comfort, trouble, shape, body marks, looks and colour. It also shows the wife of his sister's son.
Simple meaning: The 1st house shows the asker's health, nature, age, looks and comfort.
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माणिक्यमुक्ताफलरत्नधातुद्रव्याम्बरस्वर्णहयादिकार्यम् ।रूप्यं सधान्यक्रयविक्रयादि साधारणंतद्भवति द्वितीये ॥ ५ ॥
The 2nd house: rubies, pearls, gems, metals, goods, clothes, gold, horses and the like, silver, grain, and buying and selling. These are the common matters of the 2nd house.
Simple meaning: The 2nd house is about money, gold, gems, goods, and buying and selling.
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स्नुषानुजक्षेमसुबुद्धिलाभभृत्यादिदासीभटकर्मकर्तुः ।भ्रात्रादिचिन्ताविषयं समग्रं पर्यायमेतत् कथितं तृतीये ॥ ६ ॥
The 3rd house: the son's wife, the younger brother, welfare, good sense, gain, servants, maids, soldiers and a worker. All matters of brothers and the like are thought of here. This is the list for the 3rd house.
Simple meaning: The 3rd house is about brothers, servants, soldiers, welfare and good sense.
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गृहं निधानं विवरप्रवेशो महौषधक्षेत्रखलादिवाटी ।सुहृज्जलं वै पितृपप्रयोगो गमागमौ ग्रामसुखादिकं च ॥ ७ ॥
The 4th house: the home, hidden treasure, going into a hole or cave, and great herbs. Also a field, a threshing floor, a garden, friends and water. It also shows going and coming, and comfort in the village and the like. (Our text is unclear here: one word, 'pitripaprayoga', seems to be about the father, but its sense is not clear.)
Simple meaning: The 4th house is about the home, hidden treasure, land, water, friends and comfort.
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स्थानच्युतिर्लाभगृहप्रवेशो वृद्धिर्जनित्री जनकश्च तद्वत् ।देशादिकार्याण्यपि लाभमस्य पर्यायमेतत्कथयन्ति तुर्ये ॥ ८ ॥
Loss of place, gain, entering a new house, growth, the mother and the father also belong here. Work in lands and the like, and gain from them, are part of it. This is the list told for the 4th house.
Simple meaning: The 4th house also shows moving house, growth, gain, and the mother and father.
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नानाप्रयोगो विनयप्रबन्धविनेयविद्यानयबुद्धिमंत्राः ।संधानगर्भाङ्गभवादिकं च प्रज्ञासुतार्थस्य च पंचमे स्यात् ॥ ९ ॥
The 5th house: many kinds of work, good manners, writing, a pupil, learning, good policy, intelligence and advice. It also shows making peace, pregnancy, a son and the like, and matters of mind and children.
Simple meaning: The 5th house is about learning, intelligence, advice and children.
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अस्वास्थ्यदौस्थित्यविपक्षदासक्रूरोग्रकर्मापरकृत्यशङ्काः ।युद्धादितन्मातुलमाहिषाद्यं रोगोऽपि चिन्त्यो रिपुभावतुल्यः ॥ १० ॥
The 6th house: poor health, a bad state, the enemy side, servants, cruel and fierce acts, deeds done by others, and fears. It also shows war and the like, his mother's brother, and buffaloes and the like. Illness too is judged here, the same as the enemy house.
Simple meaning: The 6th house is about enemies, fears, servants, war and illness.
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वस्तुक्रयस्वास्थ्यवणिज्यवादकामोदयो दासकलत्रचौर्यम् ।निवृत्तिस्वस्रेयगमागमाद्यं कलत्रपर्यायमिदं निरुक्तम् ॥ ११ ॥
The 7th house: buying goods, health, trade, debate, rise of desire, servants, the wife and theft. It also shows stopping work, the sister's son, and going and coming. This is the list told for the wife's house.
Simple meaning: The 7th house is about the wife, trade, desire, servants and travel.
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आयुर्विरोधो निधनं च राज्यं भेदोऽथ वा बन्धुजनस्य छिद्रम् ।वैषम्य दुर्गादिकलत्रशत्रुवधो नदीतारणमष्टमर्क्षे ॥ १२ ॥
The 8th house: threats to life, a risk of death, and the kingdom. It also shows a split, or a weak point among relatives, and hardship. Forts and the like, the wife, the killing of enemies and crossing a river belong here.
Simple meaning: The 8th house is about risks to life, hardship and splits among relatives.
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स्वाध्यायदीक्षासुरगेहयात्रा नृपाभिशेको गुरुधर्मकृत्यम् ।जलाशयश्यालकदेवरादीन् भ्रातुर्गृहिण्यो नवमस्य पूर्वैः ॥ १३ ॥
The 9th house: study of the holy books, initiation, going to a temple, a king's crowning, and teachers and duty. It also shows ponds, the wife's brother, the husband's younger brother and the like, and the brothers' wives. So the old teachers say for the 9th house.
Simple meaning: The 9th house is about study, temples, teachers, duty and the king.
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आकाशवृत्तान्तजलप्रपातः स्थानं पितुः कार्यसुखादिमानम् ।पुण्यं नृपत्वं च तथाऽधिकारो मुद्राच्युतिस्तद्दशमस्य तुल्यम् ॥ १४ ॥
The 10th house: news of the sky, rainfall, the father's position, work, comfort and the like, and honour. It also shows merit, being a king, high office, and loss of the seal of office. These are the matters of the 10th house.
Simple meaning: The 10th house is about the father, work, honour, merit and high office.
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कार्यस्य वृद्धिः क्रयवृद्धिलब्धिर्गजाश्ववस्त्रादिकयानशय्याः ।स्वर्णानुवित्तापहृतादिकन्यालाभो गजादेः श्वसुराद्यमाये ॥ १५ ॥
The 11th house: growth of work, growth and gain in buying, elephants, horses, clothes, vehicles and beds. It also shows gold, further wealth, stolen things and the like, and gain of a girl. Gain of elephants and the like, and the wife's father and others, are part of the 11th house.
Simple meaning: The 11th house is about gain, buying, vehicles, gold, stolen things and the wife's father.
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त्यागादिभोगेष्टिविवाहदानकृष्यादिकर्मव्ययसंक्षतिश्च ।पितृव्ययमातृष्वसृमातुलानीयुद्धेक्षणं युद्धपराजयोऽन्त्ये ॥ १६ ॥
The 12th house: giving up, enjoyment, worship by fire, marriage, gifts, farming and the like, spending and loss. It also shows the father's brother, the mother's sister and the wife of the mother's brother. Also seeing a war, and a risk of defeat in war. This is the 12th house.
Simple meaning: The 12th house is about spending, loss, gifts, marriage and a risk of defeat in war.
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यद्यद्भावेषु यद्वस्तु कथितं यवनादिभिः ।तत्कार्यसंज्ञमाख्यातं ततः प्रश्नविचारणा ॥ १७ ॥
Whatever matter the Yavana teachers and others give for each house is called its work name. The question is judged from it.
Simple meaning: The matters for each house, as told by the Yavanas, are used to judge a question.
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यस्य भावस्य यद्वस्तु प्रश्नमात्रे प्रकाशितम् ।तत्पृच्छायां तु तल्लग्नमेवं वा पूर्ववद् भवेत् ॥ १८ ॥
A matter of a house may be shown at the very time of the question. Then in the asking, the rising sign is that house. Or it may be as before.
Simple meaning: The matter shown at the time of asking decides which house acts as the rising sign.
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यद्यद्भावेषु यत्कर्म तस्माल्लग्नव्यवस्थितिः ।अतीतानागते कार्ये त्वतीतानागतादपि ॥ १९ ॥
Whatever work belongs to each house, from that the place of the rising sign is set. For a matter of the past or the future, it is set also from the past and the future.
Simple meaning: The rising sign is set by the matter asked, and this holds for past or future matters too.
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मूर्द्धोदये सौम्यविलग्नगे वा लग्नेऽपि वा सौम्ययुते शुभं स्यात् ।अतोऽन्यथात्वे तु तदन्यथात्वं मिश्रं विमिश्रैरधिकं बलाढ्यैः ॥ २० ॥
The result is good if the rising sign rises head first, or a good planet is in it. It is also good if a good planet joins the rising sign. If it is the other way, the result is the other way. If mixed, the result is mixed. The stronger side gives more of its result.
Simple meaning: Good planets with the rising sign bring good results. Bad ones may bring bad results. The stronger side decides.
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केन्द्रोपगा नवमपंचमगाश्च सौम्याः केन्द्राष्टवर्ज्यमशुभास्त्रिषडायसंस्थाः ।सर्वार्थसाधनकराः परिपृच्छतां स्युरेभिर्विपर्ययगुणैस्तु विपर्ययः स्यात् ॥ २१ ॥
Good planets in the 1st, 4th, 7th and 10th bring success in all the asker's aims. So do good planets in the 9th and 5th. So do bad planets in the 3rd, 6th and 11th, away from the 1st, 4th, 7th, 10th and 8th. With the opposite placings, the result is the opposite.
Simple meaning: Good planets in the 1st, 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th, 10th help, and bad ones in the 3rd, 6th, 11th.
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केन्द्रादिनाथो यदि लग्नगः स्यात्तन्मित्रमेतस्य च केन्द्रगं वा ।व्ययाष्टकेन्द्राण्यपहाय पापाश्चान्यत्र याता यदि तच्छुभं स्यात् ॥ २२ ॥
It is good if the lord of the rising sign is in the rising sign. It is also good if his friend is in one of the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th houses. It is good too if bad planets go elsewhere. They should stay out of the 12th, 8th, 1st, 4th, 7th and 10th.
Simple meaning: Good if the rising sign's lord or his friend is well placed, and bad planets avoid key houses.
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नरराशिलग्नमभिवीक्षितं शुभैरुदयास्तबन्धुदशगैः शुभैस्तथा ।त्रिकलाभषष्ठभगतैस्तथाशुभैः शुभलाभवित्तविषयांस्तदा वदेत् ॥ २३ ॥
A human sign may rise, and good planets may look at it. Good planets may stand in the 1st, 7th, 4th and 10th. Bad planets may stand in the 3rd, 11th and 6th. Then say there will be good things, gain, wealth and property.
Simple meaning: A human-sign rising sign, good planets in the corner houses and bad ones in the 3rd, 6th, 11th bring gain.
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कन्यातुला च मिथुनं च घटो नृराशिश्चैतेषुसौम्यसहितेषु शुभं विभाव्यम् ।पापा व्ययायभगता न शुभा विलग्ने पापः शशी न शुभदो दशमे शुभश्च ॥ २४ ॥
Virgo, Libra, Gemini and Aquarius are human signs. If good planets are with them, judge the result good. Bad planets in the 12th, the 11th or the rising sign are not good. A bad Moon does not give good results. A good planet in the 10th house is good.
Simple meaning: Human signs with good planets are good. Bad planets in the rising sign, and a bad Moon, are not good.
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चतुष्पदे वा द्विपदे विलग्ने पापग्रहस्तेन तदीक्षितेश्च ।शुभग्रहैस्त्वीक्षित एव वृद्धिं नृराशिलग्ने तु शुभं समस्तम् ॥ २५ ॥
The rising sign may be a four-footed or a two-footed sign. A bad planet may be in it or look at it. Then there is growth only if good planets look at it. If the rising sign is a human sign, all is good.
Simple meaning: A bad planet on a four- or two-footed rising sign: growth comes only if good planets also look at it.
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उदयतुहिनदीधिती भवेतां यदि च शुभैरभिवीक्षितौ तदानीम् ।शुभमशुभमतोऽन्यथेत्यभीष्टं गुणिगणमौलिमणेः शशिप्रभोस्तु ॥ २६ ॥
If the rising sign and the Moon are both looked at by good planets, the result is good. Otherwise it tends to be bad. This is the view of Shashiprabhu, the crown jewel of the wise.
Simple meaning: If good planets look at the rising sign and the Moon, the result is good. Otherwise it may be bad.
Verse 2.5 lists gems, metals, gold, silver, grain, goods, and buying and selling.
Verse 2.20 says the result is good when a good planet is in or joins the rising sign. Verse 2.26 adds that good planets looking at the rising sign and the Moon bring good results.
Verse 2.20 says the result is mixed, and the stronger side gives more of its result.