Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 3 · The Sixteen Yogas
षोडशयोगाध्यायः
उदाहरणम् ॥भाग्यप्रश्ने मेषलग्नं भौमः कर्के नवांशकः ॥गुरुभाग्याधिपो नीचे मकरे च दशांशकः॥
Example. In a question about fortune, the lagna (rising sign) is Aries. Mars is in Cancer at 9 degrees. Jupiter is lord of the 9th house. It stands in its nicha (low point) sign, Capricorn, at 10 degrees.
Simple meaning: Middle-lowest kambula example: a question about fortune, Aries rising. Mars in Cancer at 9; Jupiter, the 9th lord, in its low sign Capricorn at 10.
स्वद्रेष्काणगतश्चंद्रस्तुलायां पंचभागकः ॥
Middle-lowest kambula example, continued: Moon in Libra at 5 in its own drekkana; the three are linked.
अथ समोत्तमकंबूललक्षणम् ॥
Same verse as Tajika Nilakanthi 2.42; see its meaning there.
अत्र पदोनं द्विविधं एकं तावद्ग्रहाणां समगृहसमहद्दासमद्रेष्काणे समनवांशगतत्वम् ॥ द्वितीयं सूक्ष्मे प्रातिविकलारूपे समगृहहद्दाद्रेष्काणनवांशानामादौ प्रांते वावस्थितत्वमिति जीर्णटीकाकृत् ॥
Padona has two meanings: standing in a neutral planet's place, or standing at the very start or end of one.