Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 1 · Planets, Signs, Year Entry
ग्रहराशिस्वरूपवर्षप्रवेशाद्यानयनाधिकारः
अथ वर्षप्रवेशे शुभाशुभफलज्ञानार्थं त्रिपताकचक्रमुक्तंमुक्तावल्याम् ॥रेखात्रयं तिर्यगथोर्ध्वसंस्थमन्योन्यविद्धाग्रगमेककोणात् ॥स्मृतंबुधैस्तत्रिपताकचक्रं प्राङ्मध्यरेखाग्रगवर्षलग्नात् ॥१॥
Next, for knowing good and bad results at the year's entry, the tripataka chakra (three-flag wheel drawn from the year lagna) is told in the Muktavali. Draw three lines across and three upright, with tips crossing one another from corner to corner. The wise call this the tripataka chakra. From the year lagna at the tip of the eastern middle line...
Simple meaning: Three-flag wheel: three lines across and three upright, joined corner to corner; start from the year lagna at the east.
न्यसेद्भचक्रं किल तत्र सैकां याताब्दसंख्यां विभजेन्नभोगैः ॥
Three-flag wheel, the Moon: years gone plus one, divided by 9; count the remainder from the birth Moon's sign.
परे चतुर्भाजितशेषतुल्ये स्थाने स्वराशौ खचरास्तु लेख्याः ॥
Three-flag wheel, other planets: years plus one, divided by 4. Moon struck by Rahu: hardship; by the Sun: distress; by Saturn: illness.
महीजविद्धे तु शरीरपीडा शुभैश्च विद्धे जयसौख्यलाभः॥
Three-flag wheel: Moon struck by Mars, the body suffers; by good planets, victory, comfort and gain. Judge by the planets' strength.