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Daivajna Vallabha · Chapter 5
शत्रुगमागमाध्यायः
This chapter is a prashna for enemy attack: will the enemy come, stay or turn back? The answer comes from planets in the 4th and 6th houses and from the sign rising.
The Moon and its sign also matter. Some placings keep the enemy away. Others bring him quickly. The last verse counts the days until he arrives.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
शत्रुगमागमाध्यायः
पापै रिपुस्थैर्यदि वा सुतस्थैर्निवर्तते वर्त्मत एव शत्रुः ।चतुर्थगैरन्तिकसंगतोऽपि पराङ्मुखो गच्छति भग्नसैन्यः ॥ १ ॥
If bad planets are in the 6th or 5th house, the enemy turns back on the road itself. If [bad planets] are in the 4th house, he may come near. But then he tends to turn and go away, his army broken.
Simple meaning: Bad planets in the 6th or 5th house: the enemy turns back. In the 4th: he comes near, then leaves.
शत्रुगमागमाध्यायः
चतुर्थगैरलिमीनकर्कटैः पराजयो भवति शुभैर्विलोकनात् ।चतुष्पदैः पुनरिह तुर्यवर्तिभिः पलायते नियतमरातिरागतः ॥ २ ॥
The 4th house may be Scorpio, Pisces or Cancer, and good planets may look at it. Then there is defeat [for the enemy]. And if a four-footed sign is in the 4th house, the enemy who has come surely runs away.
Simple meaning: Scorpio, Pisces or Cancer in the 4th, seen by good planets: the enemy may lose. Four-footed sign there: he flees.
शत्रुगमागमाध्यायः
चरोदये भवति यदा शुभग्रहस्तदा भृशं जनयति यायिनां शुभम् ।चरोदये त्वशुभसमन्विते शुभं स्थिरोदये भवति शुभं व्यवस्थया ॥ ३ ॥
When a good planet is in a moving rising sign, it brings great good to the side that attacks. When a moving rising sign has bad planets, the result is bad [for them]. In a fixed rising sign, there is good by the matching rule. (Our text is unclear here: for which side the fixed rising sign is good.)
Simple meaning: A good planet in a moving rising sign helps the attacking side. A bad planet there harms it.
शत्रुगमागमाध्यायः
स्थिरे शशांके चरराशिलग्ने नवांशके वाऽस्यरिपुस्तदैति ।चरे शशांके स्थिरराशिलग्ने नवांशके तस्य तु वा गमः स्यात् ॥ ४ ॥
The Moon may be in a fixed sign. The rising sign or its navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) may be moving. Then his enemy comes. Or the Moon may be in a moving sign, with the rising sign or its navamsha fixed. Then the enemy may go away.
Simple meaning: Moon in a fixed sign, moving rising sign: the enemy comes. Moon moving, rising sign fixed: he goes.
शत्रुगमागमाध्यायः
शीतगौ द्वितनुराशिसंस्थते लग्नतामुपगतो यदि स्थिरः ।शत्रुरेत्य विनिवर्ततेऽरिभे ज्ञेज्तशुक्रसहिते विनश्यति ॥ ५ ॥
The Moon may be in a dual sign, and a fixed sign may be rising. Then the enemy comes and turns back. If the 6th house holds Mercury, Jupiter and Venus, the enemy may be ruined.
Simple meaning: Moon dual, fixed sign rising: the enemy comes and goes back. Good planets in the 6th: he may fall.
शत्रुगमागमाध्यायः
लग्ने स्थिरे गुरुशनैश्चरदृष्टिदृष्टे शत्रोर्नवा गमनमागमनं न वा स्यात् ।पापास्त्रिपंचरिपुगा रिपुसंगमाय तुर्ये स्थिताः पुनररातिनिवर्तनाय ॥ ६ ॥
A fixed sign may be rising, and Jupiter and Saturn may look at it. Then the enemy will neither go nor come. Bad planets in the 3rd, 5th and 6th houses bring a clash with the enemy. Bad planets in the 4th house make the enemy turn back.
Simple meaning: Jupiter and Saturn looking at a fixed rising sign: no move. Bad planets in the 4th: the enemy turns back.
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चन्द्रश्चरे द्वितनुलग्नमथो पथोऽर्धमागत्यगच्छति रिपुर्द्वितनौ च चन्द्रे ।लग्ने चरे रिपुरुपैति बलद्वयेन पापेक्षणाद्भवति तस्य पराजयोऽपि ॥ ७ ॥
The Moon may be in a moving sign and the rising sign dual. Then the enemy comes half the way and goes back. The Moon may be in a dual sign and the rising sign moving. Then the enemy comes with double strength. If bad planets look at it, he may also be defeated.
Simple meaning: Moon moving, rising sign dual: the enemy comes halfway and goes back. Moon dual, rising moving: he comes strong.
शत्रुगमागमाध्यायः
चन्द्रार्कौ यदि हिबुके स्थितौ भवेतामत्युग्रं न हि परचक्रमभ्युपैति ।आक्रान्तं गुरुबुधभार्गवैश्चतुर्थं स्थानं चेत्त्वरितमुपैत्यरिस्तदानीम् ॥ ८ ॥
If the Moon and Sun are in the 4th house, an enemy army does not come, however fierce. If Jupiter, Mercury and Venus occupy the 4th house, the enemy comes quickly.
Simple meaning: Moon and Sun in the 4th house keep the enemy away. Jupiter, Mercury and Venus there bring him quickly.
शत्रुगमागमाध्यायः
सिंहाजकोदंडवृषा भवन्ति विलग्नगा वापि चतुर्थगा वा ।ग्रहेण युक्ता यदि वा वियुक्ता ध्रुवं तदा तिष्ठति नैव शत्रुः ॥ ९ ॥
Leo, Aries, Sagittarius or Taurus may be the rising sign or in the 4th house, with or without a planet. Then the enemy surely will not stay.
Simple meaning: Leo, Aries, Sagittarius or Taurus rising or in the 4th house: the enemy will not stay.
शत्रुगमागमाध्यायः
रवौ गुरौ वा स्थिरलग्नगामिनि स्थितो रिपुः स्वाश्रम एव निश्चलः ।रवौ गुरौ वाथ चरोदयस्थिते वदेदरातेरचिरात्समागमम् ॥ १० ॥
If the Sun or Jupiter is in a fixed rising sign, the enemy stays put in his own place. If the Sun or Jupiter is in a moving rising sign, say the enemy will come soon.
Simple meaning: Sun or Jupiter in a fixed rising sign: the enemy stays. In a moving one: he comes soon.
शत्रुगमागमाध्यायः
सुराचार्यदेवद्विषन्मन्त्रिणौ द्वौ द्वितीये तृतीये यथा वा तथा वा ।तदा क्षिप्रमायात्यरातिः स्थिरस्थैर्न लग्नेशधर्मेशकर्मेशभेशैः ॥ ११ ॥
Jupiter and Venus may both be in the 2nd and 3rd houses, in any order. Then the enemy comes quickly. It is not so if these are in fixed signs: the lords of the rising sign, 9th and 10th, and the Moon.
Simple meaning: Jupiter and Venus in the 2nd and 3rd: the enemy comes fast, unless key lords and Moon sit fixed.
शत्रुगमागमाध्यायः
यावत्संख्यं भवति रजनीनाथगेहं विलग्नान्नैकोऽपिस्यान्नियतमनयोर्मध्यवर्ती ग्रहश्चेत् ।तावत्संख्यैरपि गतदिनैः शत्रुरागच्छतीति ज्योतिर्विद्याविपुलगणकग्रामणीरुद्गृणाति ॥ १२ ॥
Count the signs from the rising sign to the Moon's sign. If not even one planet stands between them, the enemy comes after that many days. So says the leader of the many astrologers.
Simple meaning: Count signs from the rising sign to the Moon. No planet between: the enemy comes in that many days.
Verse 5.8 says the Moon and Sun in the 4th house keep an enemy army away, however fierce.
Verse 5.12 counts the signs from the rising sign to the Moon's sign when no planet stands between them.