Daivajna Vallabha · Attributed to Varahamihira
Chapter 6 · Travel Abroad
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.
शुभयुक्ते स्थिरलग्ने सुस्थिरबन्धश्चरे त्वशुभयुक्ते ।
A fixed rising sign with good planets means long confinement. A moving sign with bad planets means quick release.
अध्वस्थाने सौम्यैरध्वा निरुपद्रवोऽध्वनीनस्य ।
Good planets in the road house keep the road safe. Bad ones in the rising sign may bring illness.
गृहे ग्रहो यावति लग्नतो भवेत्तदा हता द्वादश राशयः स्फुटम् ।
Count the planet's house from the rising sign, times twelve. In that many days the traveller comes back.