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Check free →Then it names them and shows how to work out the Punya point, by day and by night, with examples and the views of older teachers. Many more sahamas follow, each with its own sum. Next it tells how to judge a sahama's strength and what each one gives. It closes with a note to fit the result to the person, and how to time the results.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
सहमाध्यायः
अथ सहमाधिकारः ॥ तत्प्रयोजनमाह यादवः ॥सकलभावफलस्य सहायतां विदधते सहमानि सदा यतः ॥विधिरिवोद्यमनस्य नृणामतः सहमसन्नयनं विदधे स्फुटमिति ॥
Now begins the chapter on sahamas (special point for one life topic). Yadava states why they are worked out. Sahamas always help the result of every house. They are like fate helping people's effort. So I set out clearly how to work out the sahamas.
Simple meaning: Why sahamas are worked out: they help the results of every house, as fate helps effort, so the way to find them is explained.
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अथ शीघ्रोपस्थित्यर्थं सहमानां नामान्युक्तानि संज्ञातंत्रे ॥पुण्यं १ गुरु २ ज्ञान ३ यशांसि ४ मित्रं ५ माहात्म्य ६ माशा ७ च समर्थता ८ च ॥भ्राता ९ ततो गौरव १० राज ११ तात १२ माता १३ सुतो १४ जीवित १५ मम्बु १६ कर्म १७ ॥
Next, so that they can be found quickly, the names of the sahamas are given in the Samjna Tantra. The same verse is in Tajika Nilakanthi 3.1, with our English meaning there.
Simple meaning: Same verse as Tajika Nilakanthi 3.1; see its meaning there.
Verse 4.10 says that by day it is the lagna minus the Sun plus the Moon, and by night the lagna minus the Moon plus the Sun.
Verse 4.133 says to work out all sahamas in the birth chart first, judge the strength of each lord and sahama, and look in the year only at those strong in every way.
No. Verse 4.231 says to fit the result to the person. Do not tell a two-year-old child about marriage or children, even if the chart allows it.
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मांद्यं १८ च मन्मथ १९ कली २० परतः क्षमोक्ता २१ शास्त्रं २२ सबन्धु सहमं २३ त्वथ वन्दकश्च २४ ॥मृत्युश्च २५ सद्म २६ परदेश २७ धनान्यदारा २८ स्यादन्यकर्म २९ सवणिक् ३० त्वथ कार्यसिद्धिः ३१ ॥
The same verse is in Tajika Nilakanthi 3.2, with our English meaning there.
Simple meaning: Same verse as Tajika Nilakanthi 3.2; see its meaning there.
सहमाध्यायः
उद्वाह ३२ सूति ३३ सन्ताप ३४ श्रद्धा ३५ प्रीति ३६ बलं ३७ तनुः ३८ ॥जाड्य ३९ व्यापारसहमे ४० पानीयपतनं ४१ रिपुः ४२ ॥
The same verse is in Tajika Nilakanthi 3.3, with our English meaning there.
Simple meaning: Same verse as Tajika Nilakanthi 3.3; see its meaning there.
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शौर्यो ४३ पाय ४४ दरिद्रत्वं ४५ गुरुतां ४६ बुपथाभिधं ४७ ॥बंधनं ४८ दुहिता ४९ श्वश्रूः ५० पञ्चाशत्सहमानि हि ॥
Shaurya (courage) 43. Upaya (means) 44. Daridra (poverty) 45. Guruta (importance) 46. The one named Ambupatha (water path) 47. Bandhana (bondage) 48. Duhita (daughter) 49. Shvashru (mother-in-law) 50. These are the fifty sahamas (special point for one life topic).
Simple meaning: Sahamas 43 to 50: courage, means, poverty, importance, water path, bondage, daughter, mother-in-law. That makes 50.
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अत्र परदेशसहममेव मार्गसहमम् ॥ विवाहसहममेव स्त्रीसहमम् ॥ ज्ञानसहममेव विद्यासहमं ज्ञेयम् ॥
Here the foreign-lands sahama (special point for one life topic) is the same as the road sahama. The marriage sahama is the same as the wife sahama. The knowledge sahama should be known as the same as the learning sahama.
Simple meaning: Same sahamas, other names: foreign lands is road, marriage is wife, knowledge is learning.
सहमाध्यायः
अन्यैरधिकानि सहमान्युक्तानि ॥भार्याख्य ५१ मोक्षा ५२ वसुसं ५३ पितृव्यसंज्ञं ५४ तथा क्लेश ५५ गमागमौ च ५६ ॥गजाभिधं ५७ सन्मति ५८ घात ५९ कोष्टं ६० चतुष्पदाख्यं ६१ व्यसनं ६२ कृषिश्च ६३ ॥
More sahamas (special point for one life topic) have been named by others. Bharya (wife) 51. Moksha (liberation) 52. Vasusa 53. The one named Pitrivya (father's brother) 54. Then Klesha (trouble) 55 and Gamagama (coming and going) 56. The one named Gaja (elephant) 57. Sanmati (good thinking) 58. Ghata (harm) 59. Koshta (storehouse) 60. The one named Chatushpada (four-footed animals) 61. Vyasana (misfortune) 62. And Krishi (farming) 63.
Simple meaning: More sahamas named by others, 51 to 63: wife, liberation, Vasusa, father's brother, trouble, coming and going, elephant, good thinking, harm, storehouse, four-footed animals, misfortune, farming.
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दृष्ट्याख्य ६४ माखेटक ६५ भृत्यकां ६६ ग ६७ प्राप्ति ६८ निधि ६९ ज्ञाति ७० ऋणानि ७१ बुद्धिः ७२ ॥आधान ७३ धैर्याभिध ७४ सत्यकानि ७५ पंचाद्रिसंख्यान्यखिलानि तानि ॥प्रोक्तानि पूर्वैः क्रमशस्त्वथैषां स्फुटं वदाम्यानयनं यथोक्तमिति ॥
Drishti (sight) 64. Akheta (hunting) 65. Bhrityaka (servants) 66. Anga (body) 67. Prapti (gain) 68. Nidhi (treasure) 69. Jnati (relatives) 70. Rina (debts) 71. Buddhi (intelligence) 72. Adhana (conception) 73. The one named Dhairya (steadiness) 74. Satyaka (truth) 75. All these are seventy-five in number. The earlier teachers named them in order. Now I state clearly how they are worked out, as laid down.
Simple meaning: More sahamas, 64 to 75: sight, hunting, servants, body, gain, treasure, relatives, debts, intelligence, conception, steadiness, truth. Their working out is now explained.
सहमाध्यायः
सूर्योनचन्द्रान्वितमह्नि लग्नं वीन्द्वर्कयुक्तन्निशि पुण्यसंज्ञम् ॥शोध्यर्क्षशुद्ध्याश्रयभान्तराले लग्नन्न चेत्सैकभमेतदुक्तम् ॥
Next, an easy way to work out the Punya (merit) sahama is given in the Samjna Tantra. The same verse is in Tajika Nilakanthi 3.5, with our English meaning there.
Simple meaning: Same verse as Tajika Nilakanthi 3.5; see its meaning there.
सहमाध्यायः
अस्याऽर्थः ॥ दिवसे वर्षप्रवेशो जन्मकालो वा भवेत्तदा तात्कालिकस्पष्टलग्नन्तात्कालिकस्पष्टसूर्य्यरहितेन चन्द्रमसान्वितङ्कार्यन्तत्पुण्यसहमम्भवति ॥ रात्रौ लग्नं स्पष्टचन्द्ररहितस्पष्टार्कयुतं पुण्यसहमं स्यात् ॥
Its meaning is this. Suppose the year begins by day, or the birth was by day. Then take the exact lagna (rising sign) of that moment. Take away the exact Sun of that moment. Add the Moon. This is the Punya (merit) sahama (special point for one life topic). At night, take the exact lagna. Take away the exact Moon. Add the exact Sun. This is the Punya sahama.
Simple meaning: Punya point: by day, lagna minus Sun plus Moon. By night, lagna minus Moon plus Sun.
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अत्र संस्कारविशेष उच्यते ॥ शोध्यर्क्ष इति ॥ शोध्यते न्यूनः क्रियते यो ग्रहः स शोध्यस्तस्य राशिश्शोध्यर्क्षं यस्मिन् ग्रहे शोध्यो ग्रहश्शोध्यते स शुद्ध्याश्रयो ग्रहस्तस्य भं राशिः अनयो राश्यादिग्रहयोर्मध्ये शोध्यग्रहराश्यादिमारभ्य शुद्ध्याश्रयग्रहराश्यंशावधिमध्ये चेल्लग्नन्न स्यात्तदैतत् पुण्यसहममेकराशिसहितङ्कार्य्यम् ॥ यदि तयोर्मध्ये लग्नं स्यात्तदैकराशियुतन्न कार्यमित्यर्थः ॥ अत्र शोध्यर्क्षशुद्ध्याश्रयेतिसामान्योक्तिर्ग्रहसहमानामपि ग्रहणार्थं कृता ॥
Here a special step is stated, in the words 'shodhyarksha' and the rest. The planet that is taken away (made less) is the shodhya. Its sign is the shodhyarksha. The planet it is taken from is the shuddhyashraya. Its 'bha' is its sign. Count from the shodhya planet's sign and degree up to the shuddhyashraya planet's sign and degree. If the lagna (rising sign) does not fall between them, add one sign to this Punya (merit) sahama (special point for one life topic). If the lagna does fall between them, one sign is not added. This is the meaning. The general words shodhyarksha and shuddhyashraya are used so that planets and sahamas both count.
Simple meaning: Adding one sign: add one sign to the Punya point only if the lagna is not between the two points used.
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अस्योदाहरणम् ॥ स्पष्टस्सूर्यो राश्यादिः ४।८ १० स्पष्टश्चन्द्रो राश्यादिः ६।१२।१० लग्नं राश्यादिः ८।१०।०० दिने वर्षप्रवेशोस्तीत्यतस्सूर्यश्चन्द्रमध्ये शोधितश्शेषम् २।४।०० लग्नयुतं १०।१४।०० सिंहाष्टमांशादारभ्य तुलाद्वादशांशावधि धनुर्लग्नाभावादेकराशियुतञ्जातं पुण्यसहमं ११।१४।००॥
An example of this. The exact Sun is 4 signs 8 degrees 10 minutes. The exact Moon is 6 signs 12 degrees 10 minutes. The lagna (rising sign) is 8 signs 10 degrees 0 minutes. The year begins by day. So the Sun is taken away from the Moon. The rest is 2 signs 4 degrees 0 minutes. Joined with the lagna it is 10 signs 14 degrees 0 minutes. From Leo 8 degrees to Libra 12 degrees there is no Sagittarius lagna. So one sign is added. The Punya (merit) sahama (special point for one life topic) is 11 signs 14 degrees 0 minutes.
Simple meaning: Punya point by day, example: Sun 4-8-10, Moon 6-12-10, lagna 8-10-0. Moon minus Sun plus lagna is 10-14-0. The lagna is outside, so add one sign: 11-14-0.
सहमाध्यायः
अथ रात्रौ वर्षप्रवेशे सूर्य्यः ४।८।१० चन्द्रः ६।१२।१० लग्नं २।१४।०० अत्र सूर्यमध्ये चन्द्रश्शोधितश्शेषम् ९।२६।०० लग्नयुतं ०।१०।० तुलाद्वादशांशादारभ्य सिंहाष्टमांशावधि मिथुनलग्नसत्त्वादेकराशियोगाभावः तस्मादिदमेव ०।१०।० पुण्यसहमम् ॥
Now by night. The year begins by night. The Sun is 4 signs 8 degrees 10 minutes. The Moon is 6 signs 12 degrees 10 minutes. The lagna (rising sign) is 2 signs 14 degrees 0 minutes. Here the Moon is taken away from the Sun. The rest is 9 signs 26 degrees 0 minutes. Joined with the lagna it is 0 signs 10 degrees 0 minutes. From Libra 12 degrees up to Leo 8 degrees there is a Gemini lagna. So one sign is not added. This 0 signs 10 degrees is the Punya (merit) sahama (special point for one life topic).
Simple meaning: Punya point by night, example: Sun 4-8-10, Moon 6-12-10, lagna 2-14-0. Sun minus Moon plus lagna is 0-10-0. The lagna is between, so no sign is added.
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अत्रार्थे मूलं समरसिंहः ॥दिवसे दिनपतिभोग्यान् शशिभुक्तानंशकांश्च संमील्य ॥अंतःस्थितराशियुतांस्त्रिंशत्प्रत्येकतः कृत्वा ॥
On this matter the source is Samarasimha. By day, join the Sun's degrees still to travel and the Moon's degrees already travelled. Add the signs lying between them, making each sign thirty degrees...
Simple meaning: Samarasimha's way by day: add the Sun's degrees left in its sign, the Moon's degrees gone, and 30 for each sign between.
सहमाध्यायः
यद्यंतरराश्यंतर्न भवति लग्नं तदास्य भुक्तांशाः ॥मध्ये क्षेप्या मध्यस्थिते तु भोग्यांशकाः पात्याः ॥
... If the lagna (rising sign) does not stand within the signs between, add its travelled degrees into the total. If it stands within them, take away its degrees still to travel.
Simple meaning: If the lagna is outside the signs between, add its degrees gone. If it is inside, subtract its degrees left.
सहमाध्यायः
लग्नद्वितीयभवनात्त्रिंशत्प्रत्येकशोधिते यत्र ॥विश्राम्यति तत्रर्क्षे विज्ञेयं पुण्यसहममिति ॥
Take away thirty at a time, starting from the 2nd house from the lagna (rising sign). In the sign where the count comes to rest, know the Punya (merit) sahama (special point for one life topic) to be there.
Simple meaning: From the sign after the lagna, subtract 30 for each sign. The sign where it stops is the Punya point.
सहमाध्यायः
नक्तं तु चंद्रभोग्याद्रविभुक्तं यावदन्य आद्यविधिरिति॥
By night, the count runs from the Moon's degrees still to travel up to the Sun's travelled degrees. The other steps follow the first rule.
Simple meaning: By night: Moon's degrees left plus Sun's degrees gone; the rest is as by day.
सहमाध्यायः
व्याख्या॥दिवसे वर्षप्रवेशे सूर्यभोग्यांशान् चंद्रभुक्तांशांश्च संमील्य पुनः सूर्य्याच्चन्द्रपर्यंतं यावंतोन्तःस्थितराशयस्ते त्रिंशत्प्रत्येकतः कृत्वा योज्यास्त्रिंशद्गुणिता राशयो योज्या इत्यर्थः॥पुनः सूर्यराशेः सकाशाच्चन्द्रराशिः यावन्मध्ये लग्नराशिर्न भवति तदा अस्य लग्नस्य भुक्तांशाः कृतांशसमूहे क्षेप्याः ॥
Explanation. If the year begins by day, join the Sun's degrees still to travel and the Moon's degrees already travelled. Then count the signs that lie from the Sun to the Moon. Make each of them thirty and add them. That is, add the signs multiplied by thirty. Next, take the Sun's sign and the Moon's sign. If the lagna (rising sign) is not between them, add this lagna's travelled degrees to the total of degrees made.
Simple meaning: Samarasimha's rule by day: Sun's degrees left plus Moon's degrees gone plus 30 for each sign between. If the lagna is outside, add its degrees gone.
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यदि तु तयोः शोध्यशोधकयोः राश्यादिकयोर्मध्यवर्ति लग्नं भवति तदा लग्नभोग्यांशाः प्रोक्तांशमध्ये शोध्याः ॥ ततो लग्नद्वितीयभवनमारभ्य त्रिंशदंशैरैकैकराशिं विशोध्य यस्मिन् राश्यादौ विश्रांतिः स्यात्तद्राश्याद्यं पुण्यसहमं ज्ञेयम् ॥
But the lagna (rising sign) may lie between the point taken away and the point it is taken from. Then take away the lagna's degrees still to travel from the degrees stated. Then start from the 2nd house from the lagna. Take away thirty degrees for one sign at a time. Where the count rests, that sign and degree is to be known as the Punya (merit) sahama (special point for one life topic).
Simple meaning: If the lagna is between, subtract its degrees left. Then, from the sign after the lagna, subtract 30 per sign. Where it stops is the Punya point.
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रात्रौ चन्द्रभोग्यांशाः सूर्य्यभुक्तांशैर्मध्यवर्तिराशिभिश्च युताः कार्यास्ततो यद्यन्तरराश्यंतरित्याह ॥ अन्य आद्यविधिः कर्तव्य इत्यर्थः ॥
By night, the Moon's degrees still to travel are joined with the Sun's travelled degrees and the signs between them. Then, with the words 'if the lagna is not within the signs between', he speaks of the rest. He says the other steps follow the first rule. This means the rest is done as in the first rule.
Simple meaning: By night, join the Moon's degrees left, the Sun's degrees gone and the signs between. The rest is as by day.
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अत्रोदाहरणम्॥ दिने सूर्यभोग्यांशाः २१।५० चन्द्रभुक्तांशै १२।१० युताः ३४।० सूर्यचन्द्रयोर्मध्ये एक एव राशिस्तस्यांशैः ३० युताः ६४ अयमंशाद्यः सूर्योनश्चंद्रो जातः पुनरेतेंशा लग्नस्य बहिःस्थितत्वाद्भुक्तांशैर्योजिताः ७४ एवं धनुर्लग्नस्य संस्कारो जातस्ततो लग्नात् द्वितीयभवनं मकरस्थमारभ्य त्रिंशदंशैरेकराशिकल्पनया मकरकुंभयोरंशाः ६० शोधिताः शेषं १४ अंशादि॥ अत्र मीनलग्नस्यांशाः ३० न शुध्यन्त्यतो मीनचतुर्दशांशैर्विश्रान्तिर्जाता तस्मादिदमेव पुण्यसहमं मीनलग्ने चतुर्दशांश ११।१४ सम्मितं संज्ञातत्त्रानीतसमम् ॥
An example of this. By day, the Sun's degrees still to travel are 21 degrees 50 minutes. Joined with the Moon's travelled degrees, 12 degrees 10 minutes, they make 34 degrees 0 minutes. Between the Sun and the Moon there is only one sign. Its degrees, 30, are added. This makes 64. This is the Moon less the Sun, in degrees. The lagna (rising sign) is outside, so its travelled degrees are added. This makes 74. In this way the Sagittarius lagna is dealt with. Then start from the 2nd house from the lagna, Capricorn. Take away thirty degrees for each sign. The degrees of Capricorn and Aquarius, 60, are taken away. The rest is 14 degrees. Thirty degrees of Pisces cannot be taken away. So the count rests at 14 degrees of Pisces. This is the Punya (merit) sahama (special point for one life topic): Pisces 14 degrees, that is 11 signs 14 degrees. It equals the result of the Samjna Tantra method.
Simple meaning: Samarasimha's way by day, example: 21-50 plus 12-10 plus 30 plus the lagna's 10 gives 74. Subtract 60 from Capricorn onward. 14 is left, so Pisces 14 degrees.
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अथ रात्रौ चन्द्रभोग्यांशाः १७।५० सूर्यभुक्तांशै ८।१० युता २६। ० चन्द्रार्कयोरन्तरस्थराश्यंशै ९।२७ युताः २१६ जातश्चन्द्रोनसूर्यः॥ अत्र चन्द्रार्कयोर्मध्ये लग्नमस्तीत्यतो लग्नभोग्यांशाः ९।१६ प्रोक्तांशमध्ये २३६ शोधिताश्शेषं २८० ततो लग्नद्वितीयभवनं कर्कस्थमारभ्य नव राश्यंशाः २७० मीनान्तं यावत् अंशसमूहे २८० शोधिताश्शेषं १० मेषराशिरंशाः ३० न शुद्ध्यन्त्यतो मेषदशांशे विश्रांतिर्जाता॥ अत इदमेव ०।१० पुण्यसहमं संज्ञातत्त्रानीतसहमसमम् ॥
Now by night. The Moon's degrees still to travel are 17 degrees 50 minutes. Joined with the Sun's travelled degrees, 8 degrees 10 minutes, they make 26 degrees 0 minutes. The degrees of the signs between the Moon and the Sun, 9 signs, 27 [as printed], are added. This makes 216 [as printed]. This is the Sun less the Moon. Here the lagna (rising sign) lies between the Moon and the Sun. So the lagna's degrees still to travel, 9, 16 [as printed], are taken away. They are taken from the stated total, 236 [as printed]. The rest is 280. Then start from the 2nd house from the lagna, Cancer. Take away nine signs of degrees, 270, up to the end of Pisces, from the total of 280. The rest is 10. The 30 degrees of Aries cannot be taken away. So the count rests at 10 degrees of Aries. This 0 signs 10 degrees is the Punya (merit) sahama (special point for one life topic). It equals the result of the Samjna Tantra method.
Simple meaning: Samarasimha's way by night, example: 17-50 plus 8-10 plus nine signs between, less the lagna's 16 degrees left, leaves 280. Subtract 270 from Cancer to Pisces. 10 is left, so Aries 10 degrees.
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अथ संज्ञातन्त्रोक्तसैकताकरणोपपत्तिः ॥ तत्र पूर्वं समरसिंहेन लग्रसंस्कारे शोध्यशोधकयोर्मध्ये लग्नाभावे लग्नभुक्तांशाः कृतांशसमूहे क्षेप्याः लग्नसमत्वे तु लग्नभोग्यांशाः कृतांशसमूहे शोध्याः पुनर्लग्नद्वितीयभवनात् त्रिंशत्प्रत्येकतः कृत्वा शोधनमुक्तम् ॥
Next, the reason for the 'add one sign' step stated in the Samjna Tantra. There, Samarasimha first said this. Suppose the lagna (rising sign) is not between the point taken away and the point it is taken from. Then add the lagna's travelled degrees to the total of degrees made. Suppose the lagna is within them. Then take away the lagna's degrees still to travel from the total. Then take away thirty at a time, starting from the 2nd house from the lagna.
Simple meaning: Why one sign is added: Samarasimha says to add the lagna's degrees gone if it is outside, subtract its degrees left if it is inside, then subtract 30 per sign from the 2nd house.
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तत्र लग्नाभावे भुक्तांशसहितांशसमूहे धनभात्त्रिंशात्त्रिंशांशशोधने धनभावादेव सहमगणना जाता धनभावलग्नभावयोरन्तश्चैकराशिमितं दृष्टमतस्सहमे सैकतां कृत्वा लग्नादेव सहमगणनोक्ता लग्नसमत्वे तु भोग्यांशसमूहे धनभावात्पूर्ववच्छोधने कृतेऽत्रापि धनभावादेव गणना जाता परन्तु भोग्यांशशोधने भुक्तांशयोजनेंशसाम्यपूर्वकमेकराश्यंशानामूनत्वम्भवति ॥ एकराशिहीनो धनभावो लग्नभाव एव भवत्यतः सहमे सैकतासंस्कारे विनैव लग्नादेव सहमगणनोक्तेत्युपपन्नं सैकतासंस्कारकरणम् ॥
Take first the case where the lagna (rising sign) is not between. The total then has the lagna's travelled degrees added. Thirty-degree parts are taken away from the 2nd house. So the count of the sahama (special point for one life topic) starts at the 2nd house. The 2nd house and the lagna are one sign apart. So [the Samjna Tantra] adds one sign to the sahama and counts it from the lagna itself. Now the case where the lagna is within. Thirty is taken away from the 2nd house as before, from the total less the degrees still to travel. Here too the count starts at the 2nd house. But here the degrees still to travel are taken away, not the travelled degrees added. That leaves the same degree in the sign. Yet the total is one full sign less. The 2nd house less one sign is the lagna itself. So the sahama is counted from the lagna itself, without adding one sign. So the add-one-sign step is shown to be right.
Simple meaning: Why one sign is added: Samarasimha counts from the 2nd house. When the lagna is outside, that is one sign more than counting from the lagna, so one sign is added. When it is inside, the total is already one sign less, so nothing is added.
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अत्र केचिल्लग्नद्वितीयभवनादितिवाक्ये लग्नात् द्वितीयभवनादितिपञ्चम्यंतं पदद्वयरूपं पाठं कल्पयित्वा यद्यंतरराश्यंतर्न भवति लग्नं तदास्य भुक्तांशा मध्ये क्षेप्यास्तदैव लग्नभवनादेवाग्रिमराश्यंशाः शोध्याः यदा तु मध्यस्थितं लग्नं तदा स्वभोग्यांशा मध्ये क्षेप्यास्तदैव लग्नद्वितीयलग्नादारभ्याग्रिमराश्यंशाः शोध्याः एवं कृते सति लग्नस्य बहिःस्थितत्वे वा लग्नयोग एव भवतीत्याहुः ॥
Here some make up a reading of the words 'lagna-dvitiya-bhavanat'. They read two words in the fifth case: 'from the lagna (rising sign)' and 'from the 2nd house'. They say this. If the lagna is not within the signs between, add its travelled degrees in the middle. Then take away the degrees of the following signs starting from the lagna house itself. But when the lagna stands in the middle, add its own degrees still to travel in the middle. Then take away the degrees of the following signs starting from the 2nd from the lagna. They say that done this way, when the lagna stands outside, it simply comes to adding the lagna.
Simple meaning: Another view: they split 'from the 2nd house from the lagna' into 'from the lagna' and 'from the 2nd house', and use one for each case.
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नैतद्रम्यम् ॥ यत ऋषिस्थानाभिषिक्तसमरसिंहवाक्ये प्रथमतः पाठांतरकल्पनमेव नोचितम् ॥ अथ कल्प्यमानेपि पाठे क्रमादितिपदाभावान्नाभिमतसिद्धिः रीतिरियं ग्रंथकर्तॄणां यत्र यथासंख्यं चिकीर्षितं तत्र तत्र क्रमाद्यथासंख्यंयथाक्रमंपदानि प्रयुज्यंते ॥
This is not pleasing. First, it is not right to make up another reading. These are the words of Samarasimha, who stands anointed in the place of a sage. Even if such a reading is made up, the wanted result is not reached. The word 'in order' is missing. This is the habit of authors. Wherever they want things done in turn, they use words like 'kramat', 'yathasankhyam' and 'yathakramam'.
Simple meaning: The other view is rejected: Samarasimha's words should not be changed, and without the word 'in order' it does not work.
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अब्दा गजाश्वैस्त्रिरसैर्विभाजिता ऋणं विलिप्तासु शशीज्ययोः क्रमादिति भास्करः ॥
The years are divided by gaja-ashva [78] and by tri-rasa [63]. The result is taken off the viliptas (seconds) of the Moon and of Jupiter, in that order. So says Bhaskara.
Simple meaning: Example of the word 'in order' from Bhaskara: years divided by 78 and by 63 are subtracted from the Moon and from Jupiter, in that order.
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अतः क्रमोक्तौ सत्यामेव यथोक्तार्थलाभो भवेत् ॥ क्रमपदाभावे विपरीतोप्यर्थः संभाव्येत ॥ यथा ॥ लग्नस्य मध्यगतत्वाभावे सति द्वितीयभवनादारभ्य शोधनं लग्नस्यांतर्भूते सति लग्नादारभ्य शोधनमित्यर्थत्वात् ॥
So only when 'in order' is stated does the stated meaning come out. Without the word 'in order', even the opposite meaning could be thought of. For example: if the lagna (rising sign) is not within, take away starting from the 2nd house. If the lagna is within, take away starting from the lagna. This could be the meaning.
Simple meaning: Without 'in order' the meaning could be reversed: outside, count from the 2nd house; inside, count from the lagna.
सहमाध्यायः
अथ च समरसिंहस्य यद्येष एवाभिप्रायोभिमतः स्यात्तदा यद्यंतरराश्यंतरित्यादिपद्योक्तप्रकारगौरवमपहाय प्रथमपद्यकथनानंतरं तत्र राश्यादिलग्नं क्षेप्यमित्येव प्रकारं लाघवात्समरसिंहो ब्रूयात्तच्च न कृतमतो लग्नद्वितीयभवनादित्येकमेव पदं जायत इति सिद्धांतः ॥
Moreover, if this were Samarasimha's wish, he would have said it briefly. After the first verse he would have said only 'add the lagna (rising sign) in signs and degrees'. He would have left out the long way stated in the verse beginning 'yadyantararashyantar'. He did not do that. So the single word 'lagna-dvitiya-bhavanat' ('from the 2nd house from the lagna') stands. This is the conclusion.
Simple meaning: Conclusion: Samarasimha meant 'from the 2nd house from the lagna' as one phrase, since otherwise he would have said it more briefly.
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एतत्स्पष्टमुक्तं तेजःसिंहेन ॥भोग्यानह्नि रवेरंशान्भुक्तानिन्दोश्च मेलयेत् ॥ततस्तयोरन्तरालराशिं संघांशकैर्युतान् ॥
Tejahsimha has stated this clearly. By day, join the Sun's degrees still to travel and the Moon's degrees already travelled. Then add the sign between the two, made into degrees...
Simple meaning: Tejahsimha says it clearly: by day add the Sun's degrees left, the Moon's degrees gone and the signs between.
सहमाध्यायः
स्याच्चेन्नान्तरराश्यन्तर्लग्नन्तस्यांशके च ये ॥लग्नभुक्तांशकाः क्षेप्यास्तन्मध्यस्थेथवोदये ॥
... If the lagna (rising sign) is not within the signs between, add the lagna's travelled degrees to the total. Or if the rising sign stands in the middle of them...
Simple meaning: If the lagna is outside, add its degrees gone. If it is inside, the next verse tells what to do.
सहमाध्यायः
तदात्रोदयभोग्यांशाः पात्यास्स्युर्भागपिण्डतः ॥त्रिंशत्कृत्वाधनस्थानादंशान्प्रत्येकशोधनात् ॥
... then the rising sign's degrees still to travel are to be taken away from the total of degrees. Then, by taking away thirty degrees at a time from the 2nd house...
Simple meaning: If the lagna is inside, subtract its degrees left. Then subtract 30 per sign from the 2nd house.
सहमाध्यायः
विश्राम्यति हि तत्रर्क्षे स्यात्पुण्यसहमं विधोः ॥भोग्यादारविभुक्तन्तु निश्यन्यो विधिरादिम इति ॥
... in the sign where the count rests, there is the Punya (merit) sahama (special point for one life topic). By night, the count runs from the Moon's degrees still to travel up to the Sun's travelled degrees. The other rule is the first one.
Simple meaning: Where the count stops is the Punya point. By night, use the Moon's degrees left and the Sun's degrees gone; the rest is the same.
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वामनेनापि पितृसहमानयने स्पष्टमभिहितञ्च ॥दिने वर्षविलग्नश्चेत्सूर्यभोग्यांशकास्ततः ॥शनिभुक्तानंशकांश्च मध्यराश्यंशकैर्युतान् ॥
Vamana too has said it clearly, in working out the sahama (special point for one life topic) of the father. The year lagna (rising sign) may fall by day. Then take the Sun's degrees still to travel and Saturn's travelled degrees, joined with the degrees of the signs between...
Simple meaning: Vamana's way for the father's point by day: Sun's degrees left, Saturn's degrees gone and the signs between.
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एकीकृत्य ततः प्राग्वत् कृत्वा लग्नविचारणम् ॥रात्रौ वर्षविलग्नश्चेच्छनिभोग्यांशकास्ततः ॥
... Having joined them, check the lagna (rising sign) as before. If the year lagna is taken by night, take Saturn's degrees still to travel, and then...
Simple meaning: After joining, check the lagna as before. By night, start with Saturn's degrees left.
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सूर्यभुक्तानंशकांश्च पिण्डयेत्प्राग्वदाचरेत् ॥शुद्धिः कार्या धनाद्यत्र विश्रान्तिः पितृसद्म तदिति ॥
... the Sun's travelled degrees. Join them and act as before. Take away from the 2nd house on. Where the count rests, that is the sahama (special point for one life topic) of the father.
Simple meaning: By night add the Sun's degrees gone, then subtract from the 2nd house. Where it stops is the father's point.
सहमाध्यायः
यदुनरसिंहनन्दनेन दिवाकरेण स्वकृतवर्षपद्धतिटीकायां सैकतासंस्कारो वामनेनोक्त इत्युक्तम् ॥ तन्मतिभ्रमेण ॥
Divakara, son of Narasimha, wrote in his own commentary on the Varsha Paddhati. He said Vamana stated the add-one-sign step. What he said comes from a confusion of his mind.
Simple meaning: Divakara's claim that Vamana gave the add-one-sign step is wrong.
सहमाध्यायः
ताजिकशास्त्रावबोधरूपायान्ताजिकमुक्तावल्यामप्युक्तम् ॥एवन्दिवा स्यान्निशि वैपरीत्यान्मध्ये तनावूनितमेष्यभागैः ॥असंभवे लग्नगतांशयुक्तं गण्यन्धनर्क्षादखिलेषु चैवमिति ॥
It is also said in the Tajikamuktavali, which gives knowledge of the Tajika science. So by day. At night it is the reverse. If the lagna (rising sign) is in the middle, reduce the total by the lagna's degrees still to come. If that cannot be, add the degrees the lagna has gone through. Count from the 2nd sign, in all sahamas (special point for one life topic) the same way.
Simple meaning: Tajikamuktavali: if the lagna is between, subtract its degrees left. If not, add its degrees gone. Count from the 2nd house for every sahama.
सहमाध्यायः
ग्रहज्ञाभरणेप्युक्तम् ॥दिवसे भानुभोग्यांशानिन्दुभुक्तांश्च मेलयेत् ॥तदन्तरालराश्यंशयुताल्लग्नन्तदन्तरे ॥
It is also said in the Grahajnabharana. By day, join the Sun's degrees still to travel and the Moon's travelled degrees. From the total, joined with the degrees of the signs between them, [check] whether the lagna (rising sign) is within them...
Simple meaning: Grahajnabharana: by day join the Sun's degrees left and the Moon's degrees gone, plus the signs between. Then check where the lagna is.
सहमाध्यायः
यदि न स्यात्तदा क्षेप्या भुक्तांशा अस्य मध्यगे ॥पात्या भोग्यलवाः स्वात्तु त्रिंशात्रिंशच्च शोधयेत् ॥विश्राम्यति गृहे यत्र विज्ञेयम्पुण्यसद्म तदिति ॥
... If it is not so, add the travelled degrees. If it stands in the middle, take away the degrees still to travel. Then take away thirty at a time from 'sva'. In the house where the count rests, know that to be the Punya (merit) sahama (special point for one life topic).
Simple meaning: If the lagna is outside, add its degrees gone. If it is inside, subtract its degrees left. Then subtract 30 per sign from the 2nd house.
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स्वात् द्वितीयभवनात् ॥
The word "svat" means from the 2nd house.
Simple meaning: The word 'svat': it means counting from the 2nd house.
सहमाध्यायः
येषु नोक्ता पृथक् शुद्धिस्तेषु कार्या धनादित इति ॥
In the sahamas (special points for one life topic) where no separate taking-away is stated, work from the 2nd house onward.
Simple meaning: Sahamas with no stated rule: count from the 2nd house.
सहमाध्यायः
जीर्णताजिकेपि स्पष्टमुक्तमेवं जीर्णताजिककर्तृभिः प्रामाणिकैरुक्तत्वात्केशवदैवज्ञहरिभट्टगणेशदैवज्ञकृतं सैकतासंस्काररहितं सहमसाधनं न रमणीयम् ॥ अस्मद्गुरूणामेव मते युक्तिसहमालोचयामः ॥ किञ्च सैकतासंस्काररहिते कृतेपि सहमे फले विसंवाद इत्यादि सुज्ञैर्विलोक्यमिति ॥
The Jirna Tajika also says this clearly. Its authors are trusted, and they said it. So the method of finding a sahama (special point for one life topic) made by Keshava Daivajna, Hari Bhatta and Ganesha Daivajna is not pleasing. That method leaves out the step of adding one sign. We look at the matter with reasons, in the view of our own teachers alone. Also, a sahama made without that step gives results that disagree, and so on. Let the wise see this.
Simple meaning: Finding sahamas without adding one sign: Balabhadra rejects it, since the Jirna Tajika states the added sign.
सहमाध्यायः
अथ च सैकतासंस्काररहितं सहमसाधनं केशवदैवज्ञगणेशदैवज्ञतोऽतिप्राचीनेन हरिभट्टेनैव कृतमित्यवगम्यते यतस्तस्मात् प्राचीनैर्वामनादिभिः सैकतासंस्कार उक्तोस्ति अत एव ज्ञायते गणेशदैवज्ञकेशवदैवज्ञादिभिराधुनिकैर्हरिभट्टमतेनैव सैकतासंस्काररहितं सहमसाधनं कृतमस्ति ॥ तत्र हरिभट्टस्य सहमसाधनज्ञानलेशोपि नास्ति ॥
Hari Bhatta is much older than Keshava Daivajna and Ganesha Daivajna. It is understood that Hari Bhatta himself made the method of finding a sahama (special point for one life topic) without the added sign. This is because Vamana and others, older than him, state the step of adding one sign. So it is known that the newer writers followed Hari Bhatta's view. These are Ganesha Daivajna, Keshava Daivajna and others. They made the method of finding a sahama without that step. Hari Bhatta has not even a trace of knowledge of finding sahamas.
Simple meaning: Hari Bhatta dropped the added sign first, and later writers copied him. Balabhadra says Hari Bhatta did not know how to find sahamas.
सहमाध्यायः
यतस्तेन ताजिकसारे ॥ पुण्यं स्याद्दिवसेर्कतो हिमरुचिः शोध्यः क्षपायां रविश्चंद्राल्लग्नसमन्वितमित्यादिना सकलसहमशिरोमणेः पुण्यसहमस्य साधनं समरसिंहवाक्याज्ञानाद्यथा अन्यथैवोक्तम् ॥ तथैव सैकतासंस्कारोपि नोक्तमित्यलमतिक्लिष्टेन समरसिंहवाक्यविचारविस्तरेण विरम्यते॥
For in the Tajikasara he wrote this: "Punya: by day, the Moon is taken away from the Sun. At night, the Sun is taken away from the Moon. The lagna (rising sign) is added." And so on. So he stated the working of the Punya sahama (special point for one life topic) quite otherwise. Punya is the crown jewel of all sahamas. He did this from not knowing Samarasimha's words. Likewise he did not state the step of adding one sign either. So enough of this very tiring, long talk on Samarasimha's words. We stop here.
Simple meaning: Punya point in Hari Bhatta's Tajikasara: Balabhadra says it is stated wrongly, from not knowing Samarasimha. He ends the argument here.
सहमाध्यायः
स्वगुरोर्मतविद्वेषी अलं च मतखंडने॥बलभद्रकृतोद्योगो लोकेऽस्मिन्केन वार्यतामिति ॥
One may hate the view of one's own teacher. One may be able to break down views. Still, Balabhadra has made this effort. Who in this world can stop it?
Simple meaning: Balabhadra's resolve: whoever argues against his teacher's view, no one can stop his effort.
सहमाध्यायः
अथावशेषसहमानां साधनं संज्ञातंत्रे ॥व्यत्यस्तमस्माद्गुरुविद्ययोस्तु संसाधनं पुण्यवियुक् सुरेज्यः ॥दिवा विलोमं निशि पूर्ववत्तु यशोभिधन्तत्सहमं वदन्ति ॥
Next, the working of the remaining sahamas (special points for one life topic) is given in the Samjna Tantra. The same verse is in Tajika Nilakanthi 3.6, with our English meaning there.
Simple meaning: Same verse as Tajika Nilakanthi 3.6; see its meaning there.
सहमाध्यायः
अस्मात् पुण्यसहमाद्दिनरात्रिव्यत्ययेन गुरुविद्यासहमयोः साधनं कर्तव्यं पूर्ववल्लग्नयोगः सैकता च कार्या ॥
The Guru (teacher) and Vidya (knowledge) sahamas (special points for one life topic) are found like this Punya (merit) sahama, with day and night swapped. As before, add the lagna (rising sign). The adding of one sign is also to be done.
Simple meaning: Teacher and knowledge points: work them like the Punya point, with day and night swapped. Add the lagna and one sign as before.
सहमाध्यायः
पुण्यसद्म गुरुसद्मतस्त्यजेत् व्यत्ययो निशि सितान्वितन्तु तत् ॥सैकतातनुवदुक्तरीतितो मित्रनाम सहमं विदुर्बुधाः ॥
The same verse is in Tajika Nilakanthi 3.7, with our English meaning there.
Simple meaning: Same verse as Tajika Nilakanthi 3.7; see its meaning there.
सहमाध्यायः
अत्र शोध्यर्क्षशुद्ध्याश्रयभान्तराले सितो न चेत्सैकभमेतदुक्तम् ॥
Here, if Venus is not between the sign taken away and the sign it is taken from, add one sign. This is what was said.
Simple meaning: Mitra point: add one sign when Venus is not between the two signs.
सहमाध्यायः
पुण्याद्भौमं शोधयेदुक्तवत्स्यान्माहात्म्यं तं नक्तमस्माद्विलोमम् ॥ ६ ॥शुक्रम्मन्दादह्नि नक्तं विलोममासाख्यं स्यादुक्तवच्छेषमूह्यम् ॥ ७ ॥
The same verse is in Tajika Nilakanthi 3.8, with our English meaning there.
Simple meaning: Same verse as Tajika Nilakanthi 3.8; see its meaning there.
सहमाध्यायः
अत्रोक्तवत्पुण्यवदित्यादिशब्दैर्लग्नयोगस्सैकना च ज्ञातव्येति ॥
Here, words such as "as stated" and "like Punya" mean that the lagna (rising sign) is added. One sign is added as well.
Simple meaning: 'As stated' and 'like Punya' mean: add the lagna and add one sign.
सहमाध्यायः
सामर्थ्यमारात्तनुपं विशोध्य नक्तं विलोमन्तनुपे कुजे तु ॥जीवाद्विशुद्धे सततम्पुरावद्भ्रातार्किहीनाद्गुरुतस्सदोह्यः ॥
The same verse is in Tajika Nilakanthi 3.9, with our English meaning there.
Simple meaning: Same verse as Tajika Nilakanthi 3.9; see its meaning there.
सहमाध्यायः
लग्नस्वामिनि भौमे दिवारात्रौ च जीवाद्विशुद्धे सामर्थ्यसहमं स्यादिति ॥ अत्र सर्वत्र शोधने कृते सति यत्र योगो नोक्तस्तत्र लग्नयोगः कर्तव्यः ॥
If Mars is the lord of the lagna (rising sign), take Mars away from Jupiter. This gives the Samarthya sahama (special point for one life topic), day and night. Here, everywhere, after the taking-away, add the lagna where no adding is stated.
Simple meaning: Samarthya point when Mars lords the lagna: take Mars from Jupiter. Where no planet is named to add, add the lagna.
सहमाध्यायः
उक्तश्च यादवेन ॥शोध्ये कृते यत्र न योग उक्तः कस्यापि तत्रैव युतं विलग्नमिति ॥
And Yadava has said: After the taking-away is done, add the lagna (rising sign) where no adding is stated for any [planet].
Simple meaning: Adding the lagna: where no adding is named after the take-away, add the lagna.
सहमाध्यायः
केशवपद्धतौ सर्वत्र तनुर्योज्येति यदुक्तन्तन्मूलाभावादुपेक्ष्यम् ॥
Keshava's Paddhati says that the lagna (rising sign) is to be added everywhere. That has no source, so it is set aside.
Simple meaning: Balabhadra sets aside Keshava's rule of always adding the lagna, since it has no source.
सहमाध्यायः
ताजिकसारे तु ॥सामर्थ्यन्तनुपात्त्यजेत्क्षितिसुतं घस्रेऽन्यथा रात्रिष्विति ॥
But in the Tajikasara: Samarthya. By day, take Mars away from the lord of the lagna (rising sign). At night, the other way.
Simple meaning: Tajikasara on the Samarthya point: by day take Mars from the lagna lord, at night the reverse.
सहमाध्यायः
सामर्थ्यसहमे शोध्यशोधकवैपरीत्यमुक्तन्तन्निर्मूलत्वादुपेक्ष्यम् ॥
In the Samarthya sahama (special point for one life topic), a swap has been stated. The planet taken away and the planet it is taken from change places. That has no source, so it is set aside.
Simple meaning: Balabhadra sets aside the Tajikasara's swap in the Samarthya point.
सहमाध्यायः
यदाह समरसिंहः ॥सामर्थ्यसहममहि च लग्नपतेर्भृगुसुतं निशि विलोमम् ॥
For Samarasimha says: The Samarthya sahama (special point for one life topic), by day, [runs] from the lord of the lagna (rising sign) to Venus, Bhrigu's son. At night, it is the reverse. (Our text is unclear here: it names Venus, but the explanation that follows works this rule with Mars.)
Simple meaning: Samarasimha on the Samarthya point: by day it runs from the lagna lord to Venus, at night the reverse. The next lines work it with Mars.
सहमाध्यायः
अस्यार्थः ॥ लग्नाधीशाद्भौमं यावत्सामर्थ्यसहमं भवति भौमाल्लग्नाधीशं शोधयेदित्यर्थः ॥ नन्वेतत्कुतोवगम्यत इति चेच्छृणु । अत्रैतद्व्याख्यानम्प्रत्यक्षोपलब्ध्यैव युक्तं यतो भौमाल्लग्नाधिपे शोधिते सति लग्नाधीशाद्भौमपर्यन्तङ्गणना भवति ॥ लग्नाधीशाद्भौमे शोधिते सति लग्नेशाद्भौमपर्यंतं गणना भवति ॥
Its meaning: the Samarthya sahama (special point for one life topic) runs from the lord of the lagna (rising sign) up to Mars. That is, take the lagna lord away from Mars. You may ask how this is known. Listen. This explanation is right, because we can see it directly. When the lagna lord is taken away from Mars, the count runs from the lagna lord up to Mars. When Mars is taken away from the lagna lord, the count runs from the lagna lord up to Mars. (Our text is unclear here: the last sentence gives the same count as the one before, though the taking-away is reversed.)
Simple meaning: Samarthya point: the count runs from the lagna lord up to Mars, so take the lagna lord away from Mars.