Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 4 · The Sahamas
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.
तद्यथा ॥ वर्षप्रवेशे भौमो राश्यादिः ३ । १० लग्नेशश्चंद्रो राश्यादिः २ ।५॥ अत्र लग्नाधीशाच्चन्द्राद्भौमपर्य्यन्तङ्गणना कर्तव्या । मिथुनपञ्चांशादुपरि कर्कंदशमांशावधि गणनया जातं राश्यादिः १ । ५ ॥ लग्नाधिपोनभौमः समन्न तु कुजेन लग्नपसमम् ॥
Samarthya point, worked example: Mars at 3 signs 10 degrees, the Moon (lagna lord) at 2 signs 5 degrees. The count from Moon to Mars is 1 sign 5…
अत एव मुक्तावल्यां स्पष्टमभिहितम् ॥
Samarthya point in the Muktavali: by day, take the lagna lord from Mars. The rest of the line is unclear.
समरसिंहवाक्ये यस्माद्गणना तस्य शोध्यत्वं यदवधिगणना तस्य शोधकत्वं सर्वत्र ज्ञेयमित्यलम् ॥
General rule: the planet counted from is taken away, and the planet counted up to is the one it is taken from.