Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 1 · Planets, Signs, Year Entry
ग्रहराशिस्वरूपवर्षप्रवेशाद्यानयनाधिकारः
ताजिके तु वर्षमध्ये सर्वेषां ग्रहाणां दशाः समायांति ॥ अन्तर्दशा त्वल्पदिनाद्या समायाति तत्र मासप्रवेशफलमत्यन्तसूक्ष्मतरं समायात्यतस्सदसत्फलज्ञानन्ताजिकशास्त्रादेव नितान्तकान्तम् ।
But in the Tajika, the dashas (planet period) of all the planets come within the year. The antardasha (sub-period) comes down to a few days and so on. There the result of the month's entry is finer still. So knowing good and bad results from the Tajika science alone is most pleasing.
Simple meaning: Why Tajika is better: all periods fall within the year, and month results are very fine.
उक्तञ्च समरसिंहेन ॥
Samarasimha: long-range birth chart results are hard to grasp, so the year's result is given.
ननु प्राचीनकर्मरूपस्य दैवस्यावश्यम्भावित्वात्कथमुद्यमो वर्षफलविचारस्य ॥
A question: if fate from past deeds must come, why study the year's results?
यदाह शौनकः ॥
Shaunaka: what one is to receive cannot be changed, even by Brihaspati.