Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 1 · Planets, Signs, Year Entry
ग्रहराशिस्वरूपवर्षप्रवेशाद्यानयनाधिकारः
अथ लग्नाद्द्वादशभावसाधनम् । उक्तं च जातकसुधानिधौ ॥जन्माब्दपृच्छादिशुभाशुभेषु भावा विधेयाः सुधिया यतोत्र ॥तत्तद्दशेनैव दिशंति नित्यं शुभाशुभं भावभवं नभोगा इति ॥
Now, finding the twelve houses from the lagna (rising sign). It is said in the Jatakasudhanidhi. Think of the good and bad of birth, the year, questions and the like. For these, a wise man should work out the houses. For here the planets always give the good and bad born of the houses, each through its own dasha (planet period).
Simple meaning: Why work out the houses: planets give each house's good and bad, so the houses must be found for birth, year and question charts.
ताजिकतिलकेपि ॥
Houses come first: for year, question, journey and birth charts, work out the houses before anything else.
भावानां नामान्युक्तानि ताजिकमुक्तावल्याम् ॥
Names of the 12 houses: body, wealth, brother, friend, son, enemy, wife, 8th, duty, work, gain, loss.
अत्रलग्नादिभावा अन्वर्थसंज्ञा ज्ञेयाः ॥ यथादेहविचारोलग्नात् द्रव्यविचारो द्वितीयादेवं सर्वत्र ॥ एतत्सविशेषभावविचारे वक्ष्यामः ॥
House names mean what they say: body from the 1st, wealth from the 2nd, and so on.