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Daivajna Vallabha · Chapter 8
रोगशुभाध्यायः
This chapter is a prashna for illness, asked about a person who is unwell. It looks at planets in the rising sign and the 8th house.
It also looks at the Moon and at the birth sign of the person. Some placings show a hard time. Others show recovery. The last verse reads fixed, moving and two-bodied rising signs.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
रोगशुभाध्यायः
लग्नस्थितो वाऽष्टमसंस्थितो वा पापग्रहो यस्य तु जन्मराशिम् ।निरीक्षते तस्य गदार्दितस्य निःसंशयं मृत्युमुदाहरन्ति ॥ १ ॥
A bad planet may stand in the rising sign or the 8th house. It may look at the birth sign of a sick person. The wise say there is a strong risk of death for him.
Simple meaning: A bad planet in the rising sign or 8th house, looking at the birth sign, shows a risk of death.
रोगशुभाध्यायः
पृष्ठोदये विलग्ने क्रूराः केन्द्रेऽष्टगः शशी यस्य ।रोगार्तस्य विनाशो दृष्टे वा बलयुतैः पापैः ॥ २ ॥
The rising sign may be back-first, with bad planets in a corner house. If the Moon is in the 8th house, the sick person is at risk of death. The same holds if strong bad planets look at the rising sign.
Simple meaning: A back-first rising sign, bad planets in a corner and the Moon in the 8th show a risk of death.
रोगशुभाध्यायः
शशिनं शशिपुत्रं वा पश्यति पापो विलग्नगेहस्थम् ।आदेष्टव्यः प्रष्टुः कष्टो व्याधिर्न संदेहः ॥ ३ ॥
A bad planet may look at the Moon or Mercury in the rising sign. Then the astrologer should warn the asker of a painful illness. The text says there is no doubt of it.
Simple meaning: A bad planet looking at the Moon or Mercury in the rising sign shows a risk of painful illness.
रोगशुभाध्यायः
सौम्यग्रहा यदि सुतस्मरमृत्युसंस्थाः पापा भवन्ति च शुभग्रहदृश्यमानाः ।आयत्रिषड्दशमगश्च निशाकरः स्यात् तस्माच्छुभाश्च यदि वा शुभमाहुरस्य ॥ ४ ॥
Good planets may be in the 5th, 7th and 8th houses. Bad planets may be looked at by good planets. The Moon may be in the 11th, 3rd, 6th or 10th house. Or good planets may be in those houses counted from the Moon. Then they call it good for him.
Simple meaning: Good planets in the 5th, 7th, 8th and the Moon in the 3rd, 6th, 10th or 11th are good.
रोगशुभाध्यायः
पापेक्षितः पापयुतः शुभानां दृग्योगहीनो नवमः शनिश्चेत् ।तदा रुजार्तः परदेशगः स्यात् षष्ठाष्टमे मृत्युकरस्त्ववश्यम् ॥ ५ ॥
Saturn may be in the 9th house, looked at by bad planets and joined with them. No good planet looks at it or joins it. Then the person may be ill and go to a far country. If Saturn is so in the 6th or 8th house, there is a strong risk of death.
Simple meaning: Saturn in the 9th with bad planets shows illness far away. In the 6th or 8th, risk of death.
रोगशुभाध्यायः
उपचयगृहगे चन्द्रे शुभेषु केन्द्रत्रिकोणनिधनेषु ।शुभदृष्टे वा लग्ने रोगी देशान्तरे नीरुक् ॥ ६ ॥
The Moon may be in a growth house. Good planets may be in the corner houses, the luck houses and the 8th house. Or good planets may look at the rising sign. Then the sick person who is in another land gets well.
Simple meaning: The Moon in a growth house, or good planets in corner, luck or 8th houses, bring recovery.
रोगशुभाध्यायः
लग्नगतः परिपूर्णो रजनिजानिर्विलोकितो गुरुणा ।केन्द्रे वा गुरुभृगुजौ रोगार्तस्तत्र नीरोगः ॥ ७ ॥
The full Moon may be in the rising sign and Jupiter may look at it. Or Jupiter and Venus may be in a corner house. Then the sick person becomes free from illness.
Simple meaning: A full Moon in the rising sign seen by Jupiter, or Jupiter and Venus in a corner, show recovery.
रोगशुभाध्यायः
प्रश्नश्चेत्स्थिरलग्ने तदा न मरणं न रोगशान्तिर्वा ।चरलग्ने विपरीतं द्विदेहलग्ने तु पूर्वमिव ॥ ८ ॥
If the question is asked in a fixed rising sign, there is neither death nor an end to the illness. In a moving sign it is the opposite. In a two-bodied sign it is as before.
Simple meaning: In a fixed rising sign there is neither death nor cure. A moving sign shows the opposite.
Verse 8.7 names a full Moon in the rising sign seen by Jupiter, or Jupiter and Venus in a corner house.
Verse 8.8 says a fixed rising sign shows neither a crisis nor an end to the illness, and a moving sign shows the opposite.