Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 5 · Year Lord and Muntha
वर्षेशादिविचाराध्यायः
दिनाधीशसदृशयो रात्रीशसदृशयोर्वा मध्ये यो बलवान्स ग्राह्यः ॥ बलसाम्ये तेजःसिंहायुक्ता निसर्गास्त्रैराशिकेश्वरा ज्ञेयाइति ॥
Of the day lord and its co-lord, or the night lord and its co-lord, the strong one is taken. If strength is equal, the natural trirashipas (lord of Balabhadra's four-sign group) told by Tejahsimha should be used.
Simple meaning: 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.
अत एव तेजास्सिंहेन स्पष्टमुक्तम् ॥
Five year lord candidates, as before. Then their strength is checked.