Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 5 · Year Lord and Muntha
वर्षेशादिविचाराध्यायः
तत्र त्रैराशिकशब्देन किमुच्यत इति चेदत्रोच्यते ॥ मेषादिद्वादशराशीनां मध्ये मेषादिचतुष्टयं प्रथमो राशिस्सिंहादिचतुष्टयं द्वितीयो राशिः धनुरादिचतुष्टयं तृतीयोराशिः ॥ एवं निष्पन्नास्त्रयो राशयस्त्रैराशिकशब्दवाच्याः॥
If one asks what the word trairashika (of a four-sign group) means, it is told here. Among the twelve signs from Aries, the four signs starting with Aries are the first group. The four starting with Leo are the second group. The four starting with Sagittarius are the third group. These three groups are what the word trairashika means.
Simple meaning: Trairashika means the three groups of four signs each: Aries to Cancer, Leo to Scorpio, Sagittarius to Pisces.
त्रैराशिकस्वामिन आह तेजस्सिंहः ॥
Group lords: Aries to Cancer, by day Sun, Venus, Saturn, Venus; by night Jupiter, Moon, Mercury, Mars. Leo to Scorpio: day and night swap…
विनिमयाद्दिनरात्रिव्यत्ययात् सदेशाः दिवा रात्रौचेशाः॥
Exchange means day and night lords swap. Sadesha means the same lord by day and by night.
मणित्थोपि ॥
Group lords sign by sign. By day: Sun, Venus, Saturn, Venus; Jupiter, Moon, Mercury, Mars; Saturn, Mars, Jupiter, Moon. By night: Jupiter, Moon…