Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 1 · Planets, Signs, Year Entry
ग्रहराशिस्वरूपवर्षप्रवेशाद्यानयनाधिकारः
महीजविद्धे तु शरीरपीडा शुभैश्च विद्धे जयसौख्यलाभः॥शुभाशुभव्योमगवीर्यतोत्र फलं च वर्षस्य वदेत्सुधीमान्॥४॥इति ॥
If it is struck by Mars, the body suffers. If it is struck by good planets, there is victory, comfort and gain. Here the wise should tell the year's result from the strength of the good and bad planets.
Simple meaning: Three-flag wheel: Moon struck by Mars, the body suffers; by good planets, victory, comfort and gain. Judge by the planets' strength.
चक्रेमेषराशिरुपलक्षणम् ॥ मेषस्थाने वर्षलग्नं ज्ञेयम् ॥
Drawing the three-flag wheel: where the wheel shows Aries, write the year's rising sign.
॥ पूर्वोक्तंत्रिपताकचक्रम् ॥
Three-flag wheel: twelve points, 1 at the top middle, counted 2 to 12 round to the left. Point 1 is the year's rising sign.
अथात्र प्रसंगाद्वर्षशुभाशुभफलज्ञानार्थं स्वजन्मलग्नान्मेषसंक्रमणलग्नफलं प्रश्नवैष्णवोक्तं लिख्यते ॥
Sun entering Aries: see where that moment's rising sign falls from the birth rising sign. With good planets, that house grows this year; with bad…