Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 5 · Year Lord and Muntha
वर्षेशादिविचाराध्यायः
दृष्टिसमत्वे जन्मलग्नपवर्षलग्नपेत्याद्युक्ताधिकारपंचकमध्ये यस्य बहवोधिकाराः स एव वर्षाधिप इत्युक्तम् ॥
When the aspect is equal, look at the five charges named before. They include the lord of the janma lagna (rising sign at birth). They include the lord of the lagna (rising sign) of the year chart (chart for the year), and the rest. The planet holding the most of these charges is the year lord. So it is said.
Simple meaning: Year lord, equal aspect: the planet in charge of the most places among the five is year lord.
ताजिकसारे ॥
Year lord, few look at the lagna: the planet with most charges, or the one in ithasala with the Moon, else the lagna lord.
ताजिकतिलकेप्येवमेवोक्तम् ॥
Year lord, no one looks at the lagna: first the planet in charge of most places, then the strongest, then the one in ithasala with the year lagna…
अथ पंचाधिकारिणां दृष्टयभावे वर्षलग्नेशोब्दप इत्युक्तं मुक्तावल्याम् ॥
Year lord, no one looks at the lagna: the lord of the year chart lagna becomes year lord.