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Daivajna Vallabha · Chapter 6
प्रवासचिन्ताध्यायः
This chapter is a prashna for return from abroad: will a person who has gone far away come back? It names the placings that bring the traveller back.
It also names those that may hold him back. Other verses ask how safe the road will be. Some verses speak of release from confinement.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
प्रवासचिन्ताध्यायः
लग्नतः सहजपुत्रवित्तगा दूरगागमनशंसिनो ग्रहाः ।नष्टलम्भनकराः शुभग्रहाः शीघ्रमागमकरौ तु मन्त्रिणौ ॥ १ ॥
Planets in the 3rd, 5th and 2nd houses from the rising sign show that the person far away will come. Good planets help get back what was lost. The two ministers, Jupiter and Venus, bring a quick return.
Simple meaning: Planets in the 2nd, 3rd or 5th house show the absent person will come. Jupiter and Venus bring quick return.
प्रवासचिन्ताध्यायः
बृहस्पतौ केंद्रगते तु कश्चन ग्रहो भवेत् षष्ठगतोऽथ सप्तमः ।भवेत्तदा प्रोषित पूरुषागमस्त्रिकोणगे चन्द्रसुते सितेऽपि वा ॥ २ ॥
Jupiter may be in a corner house, and some planet in the 6th or the 7th house. Then the man who is away will come. He also comes if Mercury or Venus is in a luck house.
Simple meaning: Jupiter in a corner and a planet in the 6th or 7th, or Mercury or Venus in luck houses: return.
प्रवासचिन्ताध्यायः
अष्टमे शशिनि पापवर्जिते कंटके सुखमुपैति चाध्वगः ।कण्टकस्थितशुभग्रहैः शुभं स्वं निवासमयेति लाभवान् ॥ ३ ॥
The Moon may be in the 8th house, and the corner houses free of bad planets. Then the traveller finds comfort. With good planets in the corner houses, he comes back safely to his own home, with gain.
Simple meaning: Good planets in corner houses, and no bad planets there, bring the traveller home safely with gain.
प्रवासचिन्ताध्यायः
पृष्ठे लग्ने पापदृष्टे वधो वा बन्धो वा स्यात्सौम्यदृष्टे तु न स्यात् ।पापे षष्ठे केन्द्रगे वा तृतीये नष्टो भ्रष्टः स्थानतः प्रच्युतो वा ॥ ४ ॥
If the back-first rising sign is looked at by bad planets, there is a risk of death or prison. If good planets look at it, this does not happen. A bad planet may be in the 6th house, a corner house or the 3rd house. Then he may be lost, ruined or driven from his place.
Simple meaning: Bad planets looking at a back-first rising sign risk death or prison. Good planets looking at it prevent this.
प्रवासचिन्ताध्यायः
यथा तथा यदि भवतः कथंचन द्वये त्रये सुरगुरुदैत्यमंत्रिणौ ।प्रवासिनां भवति तदाऽऽगमो नृणां तुरीयगौ नियतगृहप्रवेशदौ ॥ ५ ॥
In any way at all, Jupiter and Venus may be 'in two or three'. Then people who are away will come back. If both are in the 4th house, they surely bring them back into their homes. (Our text is unclear here: what 'in two or three' means, two or three houses or a group of planets.)
Simple meaning: Jupiter and Venus placed a certain way bring travellers back. Both in the 4th house surely bring them home.
प्रवासचिन्ताध्यायः
पापकैः षष्ठलाभत्रिकस्थायिभिः सौम्यकैः किंच केंद्रत्रिकोणस्थितैः ।दूरगस्यागमो निर्विशंकं स्फुटं जल्पनीयो ग्रहग्रंथविद्भिः सदा ॥ ६ ॥
Bad planets may be in the 6th, 11th and 3rd houses. Good planets may be in corner and luck houses. Then those who know the planet books should always say clearly that the one far away will return. There is no doubt.
Simple meaning: Bad planets in the 3rd, 6th, 11th and good planets in corner and luck houses show the traveller will return.
प्रवासचिन्ताध्यायः
अशुभर्क्षगतोऽशुभैश्चदृष्टश्चतुरस्रगृहेऽथवा त्रिकोणके ।दिवसेश्वरनंदनोऽध्वगानां नियतं शंसति बन्धनं तदानीम् ॥ ७ ॥
Saturn may stand in a sign of a bad planet and be looked at by bad planets. It may be in the 4th or 8th house, or in a luck house. Then there is a strong risk that travellers are held or put in prison.
Simple meaning: Saturn in a bad planet's sign, looked at by bad planets, shows a strong risk travellers are held or jailed.
प्रवासचिन्ताध्यायः
शुभयुक्ते स्थिरलग्ने सुस्थिरबन्धश्चरे त्वशुभयुक्ते ।क्षिप्रं भवति विमोक्षो द्वितनौ कालक्रमान्मोक्षः ॥ ८ ॥
If the rising sign is a fixed sign joined by good planets, the confinement tends to be firm and long. If it is a moving sign joined by bad planets, release comes quickly. In a two-bodied sign, release comes in time.
Simple meaning: A fixed rising sign with good planets means long confinement. A moving sign with bad planets means quick release.
प्रवासचिन्ताध्यायः
अरिभिरवलोक्यमानास्त्रिकोणयामित्रगा पापाः ।पृष्ठोदयं विलग्नं सौम्यादृष्टं च पन्थमरणाय ॥ ९ ॥
Bad planets may be in the luck houses or the 7th house, looked at by enemy planets. The back-first rising sign may have no look from good planets. These point to a risk of death on the road.
Simple meaning: Bad planets seen by enemies, with no good planet on the rising sign, risk death on the road.
प्रवासचिन्ताध्यायः
अध्वस्थाने सौम्यैरध्वा निरुपद्रवोऽध्वनीनस्य ।भयरोगपरिक्लेशाः पापैर्लग्नस्थितैस्तस्य ॥ १० ॥
If good planets are in the house of the road, the traveller's road is free from trouble. If bad planets are in the rising sign, he may meet fear, illness and distress.
Simple meaning: Good planets in the road house keep the road safe. Bad ones in the rising sign may bring illness.
प्रवासचिन्ताध्यायः
गृहे ग्रहो यावति लग्नतो भवेत्तदा हता द्वादश राशयः स्फुटम् ।अवेहि तावद्दिवसैर्गतागमं निवर्तनं वक्रगतग्रहेण च ॥ ११ ॥
Count the houses from the rising sign to the planet. Multiply that number by twelve. In that many days, the one who went away comes back. A planet moving backward also shows a turning back.
Simple meaning: Count the planet's house from the rising sign, times twelve. In that many days the traveller comes back.
Verse 6.1 names planets in the 2nd, 3rd and 5th houses, and Verse 6.6 names bad planets in the 3rd, 6th and 11th with good planets in corner and luck houses.
Verse 6.10 says good planets in the house of the road keep the traveller's road free from trouble.