Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 5 · Year Lord and Muntha
वर्षेशादिविचाराध्यायः
न पश्येत्स चन्द्रो न चंद्रेत्थशालः स चेन्नैव पश्येत्तदा लग्नपः स्यात् ॥न पश्येच्च लग्नं तदा नोसमेशः समेशं विना मृत्युरेव प्रदिष्ट इति ॥
Suppose he does not see the lagna (rising sign). Nor does the Moon, nor the planet in ithasala (planets moving toward an exact aspect) with the Moon. If none of them sees it, the lord of the lagna becomes year lord. If the lagna lord does not see the lagna either, there is no year lord. Without a year lord, there may be danger to life, it is said.
Simple meaning: Year lord when no one looks at the lagna: the Moon, or the planet in ithasala with it, then the lagna lord. If none looks, the year needs great care.
वामनोपि ॥
Year lord, the strong one does not look: take a weaker planet that looks. If strength is equal, the one with more aspect.
यादवः ॥
Year lord, equal aspect: among the five, the planet holding the most charges is year lord.
समरसिंहोपि ॥
Year lord, many look at the lagna: among the five, the one holding the most charges gets the lordship.