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Hayanaratna · Chapter 3
षोडशयोगाध्यायः
This chapter names the sixteen Tajika yogas, which are the links between planets that a year chart is read through. It first gives the orbs of the planets, then spends most of its time on ithasala, planets moving toward an exact aspect.
Next come israpha, nakta, yamaya and manau, each with a worked chart. The long kambula section grades the Moon and the two lords into sixteen kinds. The last yogas are khallasara, radda, duphalikuttha, dutthotthadavira, tambira, kuttha and durupha. The chapter ends by saying all sixteen are forms of ithasala.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
षोडशयोगाध्यायः
चापे वृषे चोभयदृश्यमूर्तिः शीघ्रोर्कभा १२ गैरथवा भवांशैः ११ ॥आदाय तेजो बुधतो ददौ यज्जीवाय लाभः परतस्स्त्रियास्तत् ॥
The Moon, the fast planet, is in Sagittarius or in Taurus, and its body is seen by both planets. It has 12 degrees, or 11 degrees. It took light from Mercury and gave it to Jupiter. So the gain of a wife comes through another.
Simple meaning: Example continued: the Moon takes light from Mercury and gives it to Jupiter. The wife is gained through another.
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अयमर्थः ॥ अत्र लग्नेशकार्येशयोः परस्परं षडष्टगत्वात् दृष्टिर्नास्ति अथ शीघ्रश्चंद्रोन्योन्यं बुधं गुरुं च पश्यन्स्वस्मादल्पांशाद्बुधात्तेजो गृहीत्वा स्वस्मादधिकांशाय गुरवे ददौ तस्मात्परहस्तात्स्त्रीलाभः ॥
The meaning: here the lagna (rising sign) lord and the lord of the matter are 6th and 8th from each other. So there is no look between them. The fast Moon looks at both Mercury and Jupiter. It takes light from Mercury, who has fewer degrees than itself. It gives it to Jupiter, who has more degrees than itself. So the gain of a wife comes through another's hand.
Simple meaning: Nakta example: Mercury and Jupiter cannot see each other. The Moon takes light from Mercury and gives it to Jupiter. The wife comes through another.
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अत्र स्थानदृष्टिसद्भावेपि दीप्तांशातिक्रमेण नक्तयोगो भवतीत्युक्तं यादवेन ॥लग्नेशकार्यपखगौ निजभागदृष्ट्या हीनावुभौ परखगोंतरगः प्रपश्यन् ॥नीत्वा महश्चरगतेरचलाय दद्यान्नक्तं भवेदपरहस्तविलंबसिद्ध्यै ॥
Here, Yadava says that nakta (a faster planet linking two others) forms even when there is a look by sign. This happens if the planets pass beyond their deepta degrees (the planet's orb of light). The lagna (rising sign) lord and the lord of the matter both fall short in the look of their own degrees. A third planet stands between them and looks at both. It takes light from the fast one and gives it to the slow one. That is nakta. It gives success through another's hand, after delay.
Simple meaning: Nakta by sign look: the planets are out of orb. A third planet between them takes light from the fast one and gives it to the slow one. Success comes late, through another.
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७६५८४९ चं१२३१०१२ बृ १२२ च १११११
This chart has no title. Sign 6, Virgo, is in the top centre box, the lagna (rising sign). Sign 12, Pisces: Jupiter at 12 degrees. Sign 9, Sagittarius: the Moon at 12 degrees. Sign 2, Taurus: the Moon at 11 degrees. The other boxes hold no planet.
Simple meaning: Nakta chart: Virgo rising, Jupiter at 12 in Pisces, and the Moon at 12 in Sagittarius or 11 in Taurus.
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अत्रोदाहरणमाह स एव ।मीने विलग्ने गुरुरर्कभागः स्त्रियाम्बुधो नेत्रलवोनदृष्टिः ॥तयोश्च मध्येऽद्रि ७ लवः कुलीरे चंद्रस्तदान्येन सखेंगनाप्तिरिति॥
Yadava himself gives an example here. Pisces is the lagna (rising sign). Jupiter is at twelve degrees. Mercury is in Virgo, two degrees short in its look. Between the two, the Moon is in Cancer at seven degrees. Then, O friend, a wife is gained through another.
Simple meaning: Nakta example: Jupiter at 12 in the lagna, Mercury in the 7th, the Moon between them in Cancer. A wife is gained through another.
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परस्परालोकनवर्जितं यत्खेटद्वयं पश्यति मंदखेटः ॥दीप्तांशकैर्धामचराद्गृहीत्वा स्थिराय दत्ते यमयाभिधानः ॥
This ends nakta. Next, the yamaya (a slower planet linking two others) combination. Its mark is given in the Tajikabhushana. Two planets do not look at each other. A slow planet looks at both. By its own deepta degrees (the planet's orb of light) it takes light from the fast planet and gives it to the slow one. This is called yamaya.
Simple meaning: Yamaya: a slow planet looks at two planets that do not see each other. It takes light from the fast one and gives it to the slow one.
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अयमर्थः । परस्परालोकनवर्जितं खेटद्वयं लग्नेशकार्येशाभिधं तृतीयो मंदग्रहः स्वदीप्तांशैर्लग्नाधीशकार्याधीशौ स्थानदृष्ट्या पश्यन् पुनरुभयोर्मध्ये शीघ्रतेजो नीत्वा मंदगाय दत्ते यमयाख्यो योगः स्यात् ॥
The meaning: two planets do not look at each other. They are the lagna (rising sign) lord and the lord of the matter. A third planet, a slow one, looks at both by place with its own deepta degrees (the planet's orb of light). Of the two, it takes the fast one's light and gives it to the slow one. This is the yamaya (a slower planet linking two others) combination.
Simple meaning: Yamaya: the lagna lord and the matter's lord do not see each other. A slow third planet carries light from the fast one to the slow one.
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अत्रोदाहरणं संज्ञातन्त्रे ॥राज्याप्तिपृच्छातुललग्ननाथो मेषे सितस्त्वष्टि १६ लवैर्वृषस्थः ॥चंद्रो रसांशै ६ र्यदि राज्यनाथो दृष्टिस्तयोर्नास्ति गुरुस्तु मन्दः ॥
Here is an example, in the Samjna Tantra. It is a question on gaining a kingdom. Libra is the lagna (rising sign). Its lord Venus is in Aries at sixteen degrees. The Moon, the lord of the kingdom, is in Taurus at six degrees. There is no look between them. Jupiter is the slow one.
Simple meaning: Yamaya example: Venus at 16 in Aries, the Moon at 6 in Taurus, no look between them. Jupiter is the slow third planet.
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यमयायोगः८७६९५१०बृ १० ४११शु १६ १३१२चं६ २
This chart shows the yamaya (a slower planet linking two others) combination. The boxes are numbered by sign. Sign 7, Libra, is the lagna (rising sign) box, with no planet. Sign 1, Aries: Venus at 16 degrees. Sign 2, Taurus: the Moon at 6 degrees. Sign 4, Cancer: Jupiter at 10 degrees. The other boxes hold no planet.
Simple meaning: Yamaya chart: Venus at 16 in Aries, the Moon at 6 in Taurus, Jupiter at 10 in Cancer.
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दिगंशतः कर्कगतस्तु पश्यन्नुभौ महोदीप्तलवैस्सचान्द्रम् ॥ददौ सितायेतिपदस्य लाभोमात्येन भावीतिविमृश्य वाच्यम् ॥
The same verse is in Tajika Nilakanthi 2.30, with our English meaning there.
Simple meaning: Same verse as Tajika Nilakanthi 2.30; see its meaning there.
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अत्र लग्नेशकार्येशयोर्द्विर्द्वादशकत्वादन्योन्यदृष्टिर्नास्ति तृतीयो गुरुर्मन्दगामी कर्कस्थो दशांशः लग्नाधीशकार्याधीशौ स्थानदृष्ट्या पश्यन् सन् स्वल्पांशाद्धिमांशोस्स्वदीप्तभागैस्तेजो गृहीत्वा बह्वंशाय शुक्राय ददौ तस्मान्मंत्रद्वारया राज्यलाभोमात्येन वाच्यः ॥
Here the lagna (rising sign) lord and the lord of the matter are 2nd and 12th from each other. So there is no look between them. The third planet is Jupiter, the slow mover, in Cancer at ten degrees. It looks by place at both. It takes light, by its own deepta degrees (the planet's orb of light), from the Moon, who has fewer degrees. It gives it to Venus, who has more degrees. So a gain of a kingdom is to be told as coming through a minister, by way of counsel.
Simple meaning: Yamaya example: Jupiter at 10 in Cancer takes light from the Moon (6) and gives it to Venus (16). The kingdom comes through a minister.
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भौमो वा रविजश्चरस्य पुरतः पृष्ठेथवा संस्थितः पश्यन् शत्रुदृशा १ । ४ । ७ । १० स्वदीप्तलवकैर्हीनैरहीनैरपि ॥यत्कार्यार्थमथो कृतम्मुथशिलं तत्र स्थितो वा ग्रहो गृह्णातीह महोमणुर्निगदितो योगोर्थनाशे पटुः ॥
This ends yamaya (a slower planet linking two others). Next, the manau (Mars or Saturn blocking the link of two planets) combination. Yadava gives its mark. Mars or Saturn stands ahead of or behind the fast planet. It looks with an enemy look from the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th place. Its own deepta degrees (the planet's orb of light) may be short or not short. Or an ithasala (planets moving toward an exact aspect) may have been made for some matter, and the planet stands right there. Then it takes the light. This combination is called manau. It is apt to ruin the matter.
Simple meaning: Manau: Mars or Saturn looks at the fast planet with an enemy look and takes light from it. It is quick to spoil the matter.
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मनुष्यताजिके समरसिंहोपि ॥जातेपि योगे रविजोऽथ भौमश्शीघ्रस्य पृष्ठेऽथ पुरोरिदृष्ट्या ॥स्वांशैर्महस्त्वेकगतस्तु हीनाधिकैश्च स स्यान्मणऊनशस्त इति ॥
Samarasimha also says in the Manushyatajika: Even when the combination has formed, this can happen. Saturn or Mars may stand behind or ahead of the fast planet. It looks with an enemy look, or it stands in the same place. With its own degrees, less or more, [it takes] the light. That is manau (Mars or Saturn blocking the link of two planets). It is not praised.
Simple meaning: Manau by Samarasimha: even after the combination forms, Mars or Saturn behind, ahead or with the fast planet takes its light. It is not praised.
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पूर्वपद्यस्यायमर्थः ॥ भौमश्शनिर्वालग्नेशकार्य्येशयोर्मध्ये शीघ्रग्रहस्याग्रे पृष्ठे वा स्थित्वा चतुर्थसप्तमैक-राशिदृष्ट्या पश्यन् सन् स्वदीप्तांशैर्हीनैरधिकैर्वा शीघ्रस्य तेजो गृह्णाति तत्र लग्नेशकार्येशयोरित्थशालेऽपि कार्यनाशको मणऊयोगः।
The meaning of the verse above: take the lagna (rising sign) lord and the lord of the matter. Mars or Saturn stands ahead of or behind the faster of the two. It looks by the 4th, 7th or same-sign look. With its own deepta degrees (the planet's orb of light), less or more, it takes the fast planet's light. These two lords may have ithasala (planets moving toward an exact aspect). Even then, the manau (Mars or Saturn blocking the link of two planets) combination destroys the matter.
Simple meaning: Manau, first reading: Mars or Saturn takes the light of the faster of the two lords. Then even an ithasala between the lagna lord and the matter's lord cannot save the matter.
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अथवा यत्कार्यनिमित्तं लग्नेशकार्येशाभ्यां यस्मिन् स्थाने मुथशिलं कृतं तत्र द्वयोरेकस्थानगो भौमः शनिर्वा हीनैरधिकैर्वा स्वदीप्तभागैर्द्वयोरेकस्य वा तेजो गृह्णाति स मणऊयोगः कार्यनाशको ज्ञेयः ॥
Or: the lagna (rising sign) lord and the lord of the matter made ithasala (planets moving toward an exact aspect) in some place for some matter. Mars or Saturn stands in that place with the two. With its own deepta degrees (the planet's orb of light), less or more, it takes the light of both, or of one. That is manau (Mars or Saturn blocking the link of two planets). Know it as the destroyer of the matter.
Simple meaning: Manau, second reading: Mars or Saturn stands where the ithasala was made and takes light from one or both. It spoils the matter.
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अत्र श्रीहरिभट्टदैवज्ञकृतसंग्रहः श्लोकः ॥भौमः शनिर्वा यदि मुथशिलीसराफवान् शीघ्ररिपुग्रहेण ॥लग्नेशकार्याऽधिपतीत्थशालफलप्रणाशी मणऊ शुभो न ॥
Here is the summary verse made by the astrologer Shri Haribhatta. Mars or Saturn may form ithasala (planets moving toward an exact aspect) or israpha (planets moving apart after an aspect) with the fast planet, an enemy. Then it destroys the result of the ithasala of the lagna (rising sign) lord and the lord of the matter. Manau (Mars or Saturn blocking the link of two planets) is not good.
Simple meaning: Manau by Haribhatta: Mars or Saturn linking with the fast planet destroys the result of the ithasala between the two lords. Manau is not good.
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अत्रोदाहरणमाह यादवः ॥कन्याविलग्नेस्ति बुधोस्तनाथो दशांशकैरंगिरसाद्विचंद्रः ॥मीने च युग्मेऽवनिजो भवांशैः पृष्ठो बुधस्तेन न चाङ्गनाप्तिः ॥
Here Yadava gives an example. Virgo is the lagna (rising sign), and Mercury is in it, at ten degrees. The 7th lord is named with Jupiter and the Moon. [Jupiter is] in Pisces. Mars is in Gemini, at eleven degrees. Mercury is behind. So there is no gain of a wife. (Our text is unclear here: the words after 'the 7th lord', which name Jupiter and seem to name the Moon.)
Simple meaning: Manau example: Virgo rising, Mercury at 10 degrees, Mars in Gemini at 11. Mars is ahead, so there is no gain of a wife.
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पुनर्नक्तयोगः ॥११२ बृ १२११२१०३९४ चं ७६ उ २८५७
This chart shows the nakta yoga (a faster planet linking two others) again, as a second chart. The box for sign 12 (Pisces) holds Jupiter at 12 degrees. The box for sign 4 (Cancer) holds the Moon at 7 degrees. The box for sign 6 (Virgo) holds a mark printed 'u', with 2. The other boxes hold only their sign numbers.
Simple meaning: Second nakta chart: Jupiter in Pisces at 12, Moon in Cancer at 7, and a mark in Virgo at 2.
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पृष्ठेपि भौमे नवभिस्तथैव मीने कविर्हस्ति ८ मितोत्र पूज्यः ॥नृपैश्च तत्रार्कसुतो नवांशैर्नगै ७श्च पृष्ठे न हि कार्यसिद्धिः ॥
Even with Mars behind, at nine, it is the same. [Second example:] here Venus is in Pisces at eight, and Jupiter at sixteen. Saturn is there, in the ninth [sign], at seven. With [Saturn] behind, the work does not succeed.
Simple meaning: Manau example continued: Mars at 9 gives the same result. Venus 8 and Jupiter 16 in Pisces, Saturn behind at 7: the work does not succeed.
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कर्के विलग्नेस्ति कविर्दिनांशे १५ वृषेभ्रचंद्रे १० हिमशुः कुजोऽत्र ॥भूपैर्लवै १६ भूमिसुतेन चंद्रो हतस्ततो नात्र सखेर्थलाभ इति ॥
Cancer is the lagna (rising sign), and Venus is in it at fifteen degrees. The Moon is in Taurus at ten degrees. Mars is there too, at sixteen degrees. Mars strikes the Moon. So, my friend, there is no money gain here.
Simple meaning: Manau example: Cancer rising, Moon at 10 in Taurus, Mars there at 16. Mars takes the Moon's light, so no money gain.
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अत्रप्रथमोदाहरणे दशमस्थो भौमो लग्नगं बुधं तुर्यदृष्ट्या पश्यन् बुधादल्पांशादेकेनांशेनाधिको भूत्वा बुधतेजोहरो जातः ॥ अत्र स्त्रीलाभप्रश्ने कार्येशलग्नेशयोर्गुरुबुधयोरित्थशालेपि बुधस्य तेजोहीनत्वात् स्त्रीलाभो न च वक्तव्यः ॥
In the first example, Mars is in the 10th house. It looks at Mercury in the lagna (rising sign) with a fourth-place drishti (a planet's look). Mars has one degree more than Mercury, who has fewer degrees. So Mars takes away Mercury's light. The question is about gaining a wife. The lagna lord and the lord of the matter are Mercury and Jupiter. They are in ithasala (planets moving toward an exact aspect). Even so, Mercury has lost its light. So do not say there is a gain of a wife.
Simple meaning: Manau example 1: Mars in the 10th takes Mercury's light, so no gain of a wife.
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अथ हरते तेजः स्वांशेरहोनैरधिकैश्च मणऊयोगोसावितिविशेषसमरसिंहवाक्येन शीघ्रग्रहाद्बुधादल्पांशो मन्दग्रहो भौमो नवांशमितोपि बुधतेजोहरो जातस्तस्मान्नवांशमिते भौमे मणऊयोगत्वात्स्त्रीलाभो न वाच्यः ॥
Next, the special saying of Samarasimha: a planet takes the light by its degrees, whether they are fewer or more. This is the manau yoga (Mars or Saturn blocking the link of two planets). Mercury is the faster planet. Mars is slower and has fewer degrees than Mercury. Even at nine degrees, Mars takes Mercury's light. So with Mars at nine there is a manau yoga. Do not say there is a gain of a wife.
Simple meaning: Manau rule: a slow Mars or Saturn takes the light even with fewer degrees. So no gain of a wife.
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द्वितीयोदाहरणे शुक्रशन्योर्योगो ज्ञेयः ॥ अथ तृतीयोदाहरणे लाभप्रश्ने कर्कलग्नं तदीशश्चंद्रो वृषे दशांशास्तत्र कुजः षोडशांशः ॥ अत्र मंदो भौमः शीघ्राच्चंद्रादधिकांशस्तस्माच्चन्द्रतेजोहरो जातः ॥ अत्र यद्यपि लग्नेशकार्येशयोरित्थशालयोगोस्ति तथापि भौमकृतमणऊयोगत्वाल्लाभो न वाच्यः ॥ एवमेकराशिस्थानेऽप्युदाहरणं ज्ञेयम् ॥
In the second example, know the yoga (planet combination) as one of Venus and Saturn. Now the third example, in a question about gain. Cancer is the lagna (rising sign), and its lord, the Moon, is in Taurus at ten degrees. Mars is there at sixteen degrees. Mars is slow and has more degrees than the fast Moon. So it takes the Moon's light. The lords of the lagna and the matter are in ithasala (planets moving toward an exact aspect). Even so, because Mars makes a manau yoga (Mars or Saturn blocking the link of two planets), do not say there is a gain. Know the example for planets in one sign in the same way.
Simple meaning: Manau examples 2 and 3: Mars takes the Moon's light, so no gain even with ithasala.
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लग्नकार्येशयोरित्थशालेऽत्रेन्दित्थशालतः ॥कम्बूलं चेष्टमध्यादिभेदैर्नानाविधं स्मृतम् ॥
This ends the manau yoga (Mars or Saturn blocking the link of two planets). Next is the kambula yoga (the Moon supporting the link of two planets). Kambula with its many kinds is told in the Samjna Tantra. The same verse is in Tajika Nilakanthi 2.36, with our English meaning there.
Simple meaning: Same verse as Tajika Nilakanthi 2.36; see its meaning there.
षोडशयोगाध्यायः
अत्र लग्नेशकार्येशयोरित्थशाले सति चेदत्र लग्नेशेन कार्येशेनोभाभ्यां वा चंद्रो मुथशिलं करोति तत्कम्बूलम् ॥
Here the lords of lagna (rising sign) and of the matter are in ithasala (planets moving toward an exact aspect). Then the Moon may make ithasala with the lagna lord, or with the lord of the matter, or with both. That is kambula (the Moon supporting the link of two planets).
Simple meaning: Kambula: the two lords are in ithasala and the Moon links with one or both.
षोडशयोगाध्यायः
अत्र कम्बूलयोगे भेदोपपत्तौ स्वगृहोच्चावस्थितिरुत्तमोधिकारः स्वहद्दाद्रेष्काणनवांशावस्थितिर्मध्यमोधिकारश्शत्रुनीचगृहावस्थितिरधमोधिकार एतत्त्रितयाधिकारराहित्यं समोधिकारः ॥
Here kambula (the Moon supporting the link of two planets) has kinds, by the rank of the planets. A planet in its own sign or its uchcha (high point) has the best rank. A planet in its own hadda (a planet's own small part of a sign), drekkana (one-third part of a sign) or navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) has the middle rank. A planet in an enemy's sign or its nicha (low point) has the lowest rank. A planet with none of these three ranks has the equal rank.
Simple meaning: Kambula ranks: own sign or high point is best, own small parts is middle, enemy or low sign is lowest, none of these is equal.
षोडशयोगाध्यायः
यदाह यादवः ॥स्वोच्चस्वालयशालिनोर्यदि शशी स्वोच्चे स्वगेहे स्थितः सुश्रेष्ठं निजतुङ्गगेहरहितो योगे तदा श्रेष्ठकम् ॥स्वत्रैराशिकहद्दभागगतयोर्मध्यं विनैभिस्ततो हीनं हीनतरञ्च नीचरिपुभे योगङ्करोतीह चेत् ॥
Yadava says: The two lords may be in their own uchcha (high point) or own sign. The Moon may also be in its own high point or own sign. Then the kambula (the Moon supporting the link of two planets) is the very best. If the Moon has neither its own high point nor its own sign, the yoga (planet combination) is best. The two lords may stand in their own group of three signs, or own hadda (a planet's own small part of a sign) or part. That gives the middle kind. Without these, it is lower. It is lower still if [the Moon] makes the yoga in a low or enemy sign.
Simple meaning: Kambula grades: Moon and both lords in own or high sign, very best; lords in own small parts, middle; without these, lower; low or enemy sign, lower still.
षोडशयोगाध्यायः
हीनं समं हीनतरं मध्यममेवञ्चन्द्रस्य लग्नेशकार्येशयोश्चाधिकारगवेषणया कम्बूलमुत्तमोत्तमादिषोडशभेदभिन्नम्भवतीति ज्ञेयम् ॥
[The ranks are] lower, equal, lower still and middle. Look at the rank of the Moon and of the lords of the lagna (rising sign) and the matter. By this, kambula (the Moon supporting the link of two planets) has sixteen kinds. They run from best-best onward.
Simple meaning: Kambula has sixteen kinds, found by the ranks of the Moon and the two lords.
षोडशयोगाध्यायः
अथोत्तमकम्बूललक्षणं संज्ञातंत्रे ॥यदीन्दुःस्वगृहोच्चस्थस्तादृशौ लग्नकार्यपौ ॥इत्थशालीककम्बूलमुत्तमोत्तममुच्यते ॥
Next, the mark of the best kambula, in the Samjna Tantra. The same verse is in Tajika Nilakanthi 2.37, with our English meaning there.
Simple meaning: Same verse as Tajika Nilakanthi 2.37; see its meaning there.
षोडशयोगाध्यायः
अत्रोदाहरणन्तत्रैव ॥मेषे रविः कुजो वापि कर्कराशिगतश्शशी ॥तत्रेत्थशालात्कम्बूलमुत्तमोत्तमकार्यकृदिति ॥
Here is the example, in the same place. The Sun or Mars is in Aries. The Moon is in Cancer. From the ithasala (planets moving toward an exact aspect) there, kambula (the Moon supporting the link of two planets) arises. It does the best-best work.
Simple meaning: Best-best kambula: Sun or Mars in Aries, Moon in Cancer, with ithasala. The work gets done.
षोडशयोगाध्यायः
अत्र सन्तानप्रश्ने मेषलग्नं लग्नेशो भौमः स्वगृहे मेषलग्ने विंशत्यंशं पंचमभावाधीशो रविः स्वोच्चे मेषे सप्तदशांशश्चन्द्रः कर्के स्वगृहे चतुर्दशांशः ॥ अत्रार्कभौमयोः कार्य्येशलग्नेशयोरित्थशालयोगोस्ति । चन्द्रोऽपि द्वाभ्यां सहेत्थशालङ्करोति तेन उत्तमोत्तमकम्बूलज्ञातम् ॥ उत्तमोत्तमकार्यङ्करोति सन्तानप्राप्त्याख्यं कार्य्यमवश्यङ्करोतीत्यर्थः ॥
Here is a question about a child. Aries is the lagna (rising sign). Its lord, Mars, is in his own house, Aries, at twenty degrees. The lord of the 5th house, the Sun, is in his uchcha (high point), Aries, at seventeen degrees. The Moon is in Cancer, his own house, at fourteen degrees. The Sun and Mars are the lord of the matter and the lagna lord. They are in ithasala (planets moving toward an exact aspect). The Moon also makes ithasala with both. So it is known as the best-best kambula (the Moon supporting the link of two planets). It surely does the best-best work. That means the work called getting a child.
Simple meaning: Best-best kambula example: question about a child. Aries rising, Mars at 20, Sun at 17 in Aries, Moon at 14 in Cancer. A child is likely.
षोडशयोगाध्यायः
अत्र लग्नाधीशकार्येशयोर्मुथशिलसत्त्वे चन्द्रो द्वयोरन्यतरेण मुथशिलञ्चेत्करोति तदाप्युत्तमोत्तमकम्बूलं स्यादिति यादवः ॥
Here the lords of lagna (rising sign) and of the matter may be in ithasala (planets moving toward an exact aspect). The Moon may then make ithasala with either one of the two. Even then it is the best-best kambula (the Moon supporting the link of two planets). So says Yadava.
Simple meaning: Best-best kambula also forms when the Moon links with either one of the two lords.
षोडशयोगाध्यायः
अत्रोदाहरणमाह स एव॥मेषेंऽगेऽवनिजो नवांशक इनः सिंहे कुभागः१शशी कर्के पिण्ड२८लवो हि चोत्तममतः कंबूलयोगः शुभ इति ॥
Here the same Yadava gives the example. Mars is in Aries, the lagna (rising sign), at nine degrees. The Sun is in Leo, at one degree. The Moon is in Cancer, at twenty-eight degrees. So this is the best kambula (the Moon supporting the link of two planets), a good yoga.
Simple meaning: Best kambula example: Mars in Aries at 9, Sun in Leo at 1, Moon in Cancer at 28. A good yoga.
षोडशयोगाध्यायः
अत्र लग्नेशकार्येशाभ्यां चंद्रो मुथशिलं करोतीति मुख्यः पक्षः॥
Here the main view is this. The Moon makes ithasala (planets moving toward an exact aspect) with both lords. They are the lagna lord and the lord of the matter.
Simple meaning: Main view: the Moon links with both lords for kambula.
षोडशयोगाध्यायः
मणऊयोगः७६ चं १०५८४९मं ३ ९ चं १११०१२ बृ १७२१११
This chart shows the manau yoga (Mars or Saturn blocking the link of two planets), first example. The box for sign 6 (Virgo) holds the Moon at 10 degrees. The box for sign 3 (Gemini) holds Mars at 9 degrees and the Moon at 11 degrees. The box for sign 12 (Pisces) holds Jupiter at 17 degrees. The other boxes are empty.
Simple meaning: Manau chart 1: Moon at 10 in Virgo, Mars at 9 and Moon at 11 in Gemini, Jupiter at 17 in Pisces.
षोडशयोगाध्यायः
मणऊयोगः११२ शु बृ १६ ८११२१०३९ श ७ रा ७४६८५७
This chart shows the manau yoga (Mars or Saturn blocking the link of two planets), second example. The box for sign 12 (Pisces) holds Venus and Jupiter, at 16 and 8 degrees in the printed order. The box for sign 9 (Sagittarius) holds Saturn at 7 degrees and Rahu at 7 degrees. The other boxes are empty.
Simple meaning: Manau chart 2: Venus and Jupiter in Pisces at 16 and 8, Saturn and Rahu at 7 in Sagittarius.
षोडशयोगाध्यायः
मणऊयोगः५४ शु १५३६मं २ दं १६७१८१०१२९११
This chart shows the manau yoga (Mars or Saturn blocking the link of two planets), third example. The box for sign 4 (Cancer) holds Venus at 15 degrees. The box for sign 2 (Taurus) holds Mars, with no degree printed, and a planet marked 'dam' at 16 degrees. The other boxes are empty. (Our text is unclear here: 'dam' is not a known planet mark.)
Simple meaning: Manau chart 3: Venus at 15 in Cancer; Taurus holds Mars and another mark at 16.
षोडशयोगाध्यायः
उत्तमोत्तमम्२१ सू १७ मं २०१२३११४ बु १४१०५७९६८
This chart shows the best-best kambula (the Moon supporting the link of two planets). The box for sign 1 (Aries) holds the Sun at 17 degrees and Mars at 20 degrees. The box for sign 4 (Cancer) holds Mercury at 14 degrees. The other boxes are empty.
Simple meaning: Best-best kambula chart: Sun at 17 and Mars at 20 in Aries, one planet at 14 in Cancer.
षोडशयोगाध्यायः
अथान्येषां कम्बूलयोगानां संज्ञातंत्रोक्तलक्षणानि स्वकृतोदाहरणसहितानि लिख्यंते ॥ तत्रोत्तममध्योत्तमसमयोर्लक्षणे॥स्वीयहद्दादृकाणांकभागस्थेनेत्थशालतः॥मध्यमोत्तमकंबूलं हीनाधिकृतिनोत्तमम् ॥
Next, the marks of the other kambula yogas told in the Samjna Tantra are written, with examples I made myself. First, the marks of the best-middle and the best-equal kinds. The same verse is in Tajika Nilakanthi 2.38, with our English meaning there.
Simple meaning: Same verse as Tajika Nilakanthi 2.38; see its meaning there.
षोडशयोगाध्यायः
अत्र यदींदुः स्वगृहोच्चस्थ इत्यनुवर्त्तते हीनाधिकृतिना त्रिविधाधिकाररहितेन कोर्थः समस्य गृहहद्दाद्रेष्काणनवांशस्थेन लग्नपेन कार्यपेन ॥
Here 'if the Moon is in its own house or uchcha (high point)' carries on from before. 'Hinadhikriti' means one without the three kinds of rank. What does that mean? It means the lagna (rising sign) lord or the lord of the matter stands in a certain place. That place is the house, hadda (a planet's own small part of a sign), drekkana (one-third part of a sign) or navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) of a neutral [planet].
Simple meaning: Best-equal kambula: the Moon is in own or high sign, and the two lords stand in the sign or small parts of a neutral planet.
षोडशयोगाध्यायः
अत्रोदाहरणे॥भागप्रश्ने तुलालग्नं स्वहद्दायां दशांशकः १० ॥दशमे संस्थितः शुक्रो भाग्यपो ज्ञश्च सप्तमे ॥
Here is the example. In a question about fortune, Libra is the lagna (rising sign). Venus is in its own hadda (a planet's own small part of a sign), at ten degrees. It stands in the 10th house. Mercury, the lord of fortune, is in the 7th.
Simple meaning: Best-middle kambula example, part 1: Libra rising; Venus in the 10th at 10, in its own small part; Mercury in the 7th.
षोडशयोगाध्यायः
शक्रांशः १४ स्वीयहद्दायां चंद्रः कर्के नवांशकः ९ ॥योगे त्रयाणां कंबूलं प्रोक्तमुत्तममध्यमम् ॥स्वनामसदृशं ज्ञेयं प्रश्ने कंबूलजं फलम् ॥
[Mercury] is at fourteen degrees, in its own hadda (a planet's own small part of a sign). The Moon is in Cancer, at nine degrees. When the three are in ithasala (planets moving toward an exact aspect), the kambula (the Moon supporting the link of two planets) is called best-middle. In the question, know the result to be like its name.
Simple meaning: Best-middle kambula example, part 2: Mercury at 14 in its own small part, Moon in Cancer at 9. The result matches the name.
षोडशयोगाध्यायः
एवं स्वस्वनवांशे तु गतयोर्लग्नकार्ययोः ॥स्वगृहोच्चगतस्येंदोर्ज्ञेयो योगः स एव हि ॥
In the same way, take the lagna (rising sign) lord and the lord of the matter. Each may be in its own navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign). The Moon may be in its own house or uchcha (high point). Then that same yoga is to be known.
Simple meaning: The same best-middle kambula forms when both lords are in their own navamsha.
षोडशयोगाध्यायः
राज्यप्रश्ने युग्मलग्नं ३ बुधः कौर्प्ये नगां ७ शकः ॥समस्य ज्ञस्य गेहे तु कर्के पंचां ५ शकः शशी ॥कंबूलमुत्तमसमं त्रयाणामित्थशालतः ॥
In a question about a kingdom, Gemini (sign 3) is the lagna (rising sign). Mercury is in Scorpio, at seven degrees. That is the house of a planet neutral to Mercury. The Moon is in Cancer, at five degrees. Because the three are in ithasala (planets moving toward an exact aspect), the kambula (the Moon supporting the link of two planets) is best-equal.
Simple meaning: Best-equal kambula example: question about a kingdom. Gemini rising, Mercury in Scorpio at 7, Moon in Cancer at 5.
षोडशयोगाध्यायः
अथोत्तमाधमकंबूललक्षणम् ॥उत्तमाधमता नीचरिपुगेहस्थितेन चेत् ॥
Next, the mark of the best-lowest kambula. The same verse is in Tajika Nilakanthi 2.39, with our English meaning there.
Simple meaning: Same verse as Tajika Nilakanthi 2.39; see its meaning there.
षोडशयोगाध्यायः
अत्रापि यदीन्दुस्स्वगृहोच्चस्थ इत्यनुवर्तते ॥
Here too, 'if the Moon is in its own house or uchcha (high point)' carries on from before.
Simple meaning: Best-lowest kambula: the Moon is strong as before.
षोडशयोगाध्यायः
उदाहरणम् ॥प्रश्ने स्त्रीलाभसंज्ञे तु तुलालग्नश्च भार्गवः ॥स्वनीचे युवतीराशौ दशांशस्सप्तमाधिपः ॥
Here is the example. In a question about gaining a wife, Libra is the lagna (rising sign). Venus is in its own nicha (low point), in Virgo, at ten degrees. The lord of the 7th...
Simple meaning: Best-lowest kambula example, part 1: Libra rising; Venus in Virgo at 10, its low sign.
षोडशयोगाध्यायः
कुजस्स्वनीचे सूर्यांशो विधुः कर्के नवांशकः ॥त्रयाणामित्थशालत्वात्कम्बूलञ्चोत्तमाधमम् ॥
...Mars, is in its own nicha (low point), at twelve degrees. The Moon is in Cancer, at nine degrees. Because the three are in ithasala (planets moving toward an exact aspect), the kambula (the Moon supporting the link of two planets) is best-lowest.
Simple meaning: Best-lowest kambula example, part 2: Mars at 12 in its low sign, Moon in Cancer at 9.
षोडशयोगाध्यायः
अथमध्यमोत्तमकम्बूललक्षणम् ॥स्वहद्दादिगतश्चन्द्रस्स्वभोच्चस्थेत्थशालकृत् ॥मध्यमोत्तममेतच्च पूर्वस्मान्न विशिष्यते ॥
Next, the mark of the middle-best kambula (the Moon supporting the link of two planets). The Moon is in its own hadda (a planet's own small part of a sign) or the like. It makes ithasala (planets moving toward an exact aspect) with [lords] standing in their own sign or uchcha (high point). This middle-best is no better than the kind before.
Simple meaning: Middle-best kambula: the Moon is in its own small part and links with lords in own or high sign.
षोडशयोगाध्यायः
पूर्वस्मादुत्तममध्यमकम्बूलात् ॥
'From the one before' means: than the best-middle kambula (the Moon supporting the link of two planets).
Simple meaning: Middle-best is no different from best-middle.
षोडशयोगाध्यायः
उदाहरणम् ॥भामिनीलाभके प्रश्ने तुलालग्नन्तुलोपगः ॥शुक्रो धनांशो १७ जायेशो धृत्यंशो मेषगः कुजः ॥
Here is the example. In a question about gaining a wife, Libra is the lagna (rising sign). Venus is in Libra, at seventeen degrees. The lord of the 7th, Mars, is in Aries, at eighteen degrees.
Simple meaning: Middle-best kambula example, part 1: Libra rising, Venus in Libra at 17, Mars in Aries at 18.
षोडशयोगाध्यायः
स्वनवांशगतश्चन्द्रो मेषर्क्षे द्वादशांशकः ॥त्रयाणामित्थशालत्वात्कम्बूलम्मध्यमोत्तमम् ॥
The Moon is in its own navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign), in Aries, at twelve. Because the three are in ithasala (planets moving toward an exact aspect), the kambula (the Moon supporting the link of two planets) is middle-best.
Simple meaning: Middle-best kambula example, part 2: Moon in Aries at 12 in its own navamsha.
षोडशयोगाध्यायः
अथमध्यमध्यमकम्बूललक्षणम् ॥स्वहद्दादिपदस्थेन कम्बूलम्मध्यमध्यमम् ॥
Next, the mark of the middle-middle kambula. The same verse is in Tajika Nilakanthi 2.40, with our English meaning there.
Simple meaning: Same verse as Tajika Nilakanthi 2.40; see its meaning there.
षोडशयोगाध्यायः
अत्र स्वहद्दादिगतश्चन्द्र इत्यनुवर्तते॥
Here 'the Moon in its own hadda (a planet's own small part of a sign) and the like' carries on from before.
Simple meaning: Middle-middle kambula: the Moon is in its own small part, as before.
षोडशयोगाध्यायः
उदाहरणम् ॥पुत्रप्रश्ने युग्मलग्नं ज्ञस्तुलायां नगांशकः ॥स्वहद्दायां स्थितश्शुक्रः पञ्चमेशोऽष्टमांशकः ॥
Example. In a question about children, the lagna (rising sign) is Gemini. Mercury is in Libra at 7 degrees. Venus stands in its own hadda (a planet's own small part of a sign). Venus is lord of the 5th house and stands at 8 degrees.
Simple meaning: Middle-middle kambula example: a question about children, Gemini rising. Mercury in Libra at 7; Venus, the 5th lord, in its own hadda at 8.
षोडशयोगाध्यायः
उत्तम मध्यमम्८९७६५१०स्वहद्दा ४ शु१·चं९१११२बु १४ स्वह१द्दा२३
This chart shows the best-middle kambula (the Moon supporting the link of two planets). Cancer box (marked 4): Venus at 1 degree and the Moon at 9 degrees. The words 'own hadda' are printed there too. Aries box (marked 1): Mercury at 14 degrees, also marked 'own hadda'.
Simple meaning: Best-middle kambula chart: Venus and Moon in Cancer, Mercury in Aries at 14.
षोडशयोगाध्यायः
उत्तम समम्४ चं ५५३२१६ बृ ९१२७८ बु ७९१०११
This chart shows the best-equal kambula (the Moon supporting the link of two planets). Cancer box (marked 4): the Moon at 5 degrees. Virgo box (marked 6): Jupiter at 9 degrees. Scorpio box (marked 8): Mercury at 7 degrees.
Simple meaning: Best-equal kambula chart: Moon in Cancer at 5, Jupiter in Virgo at 9, Mercury in Scorpio at 7.
षोडशयोगाध्यायः
उत्तमा धमम्८९७शु १० ६५१०मं १२ चं ४१११२१२३
This chart shows the best-lowest kambula (the Moon supporting the link of two planets). Virgo box (marked 6): Venus at 10 degrees. Cancer box (marked 4): Mars at 12 degrees, and the Moon with no degree printed.
Simple meaning: Best-lowest kambula chart: Venus in Virgo at 10, Mars and the Moon in Cancer.
षोडशयोगाध्यायः
मिथुने स्वीयहद्दायां विधुर्जूके नगांशकः ॥स्वत्रिभागगतो योगे कम्बूलम्मध्यमध्यमम् ॥
[Venus is] in Gemini, in its own hadda (a planet's own small part of a sign). The Moon is in Libra at 7 degrees, in its own drekkana (one-third part of a sign). With the yoga (planet combination), the kambula (the Moon supporting the link of two planets) is middle-middle.
Simple meaning: Middle-middle kambula example, continued: Venus in Gemini in its own hadda; Moon in Libra at 7 in its own drekkana.
षोडशयोगाध्यायः
योगे इत्थशालाख्ये ॥
Yoga (planet combination) here means the one called ithasala (planets moving toward an exact aspect).
Simple meaning: Yoga here means ithasala.
Verse 3.6 says a planet makes the yogas within its orb. Verse 3.4 gives the orbs: Sun 15, Moon 12, Mars 8, Venus and Mercury 7, Jupiter and Saturn 9.
Verse 3.51 says that when a fast planet goes one degree ahead of a slow planet, that is israpha, also called musaripha. The older teachers said it gives a bad result.
Verse 3.180 says the Moon moves where the two lords do not see it and makes no ithasala or joining with them. Then khallasara takes away the work.