Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 5 · Year Lord and Muntha
वर्षेशादिविचाराध्यायः
अनयोस्त्वराशिकेश्वरयोर्विषयव्यवस्थोक्ता तत्रैव ॥दिवादिनाधीशसदेशयोर्यो रात्रौ तु रात्रीशसदेशयोश्च ॥त्रैराशिकेशो बलवान् ग्रहः स्यान्नैसर्गिकस्तुल्यबले विचिंत्य इति ॥
The same book tells which of these two lords is used. By day, take the day lord and its sadesha (co-lord). By night, take the night lord and its sadesha. Whichever planet is strong is the trirashipa (lord of Balabhadra's four-sign group). If they are equal in strength, think of the natural one.
Simple meaning: Which lord of a group is taken: the strong one. If equal, the natural lord.
दिनाधीशसदृशयो रात्रीशसदृशयोर्वा मध्ये यो बलवान्स ग्राह्यः ॥ बलसाम्ये तेजःसिंहायुक्ता निसर्गास्त्रैराशिकेश्वरा ज्ञेयाइति ॥
Take the stronger of the lord and its co-lord. If equal, take Tejahsimha's natural group lords.
अथ वर्षेशार्थं पंचाधिकारिण आह समरसिंहः ॥
The five candidates for year lord: lords of the muntha, the year lagna, the four-sign group, the Sun's or Moon's sign, and the birth lagna.
अत्र सूर्यशब्देन सूर्याक्रांतराशीश्वरश्चंद्रशब्देन चंद्राक्रांतराशीश्वर उच्यत इति ॥
'Sun' and 'Moon' here mean the lords of the signs they stand in.