Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 5 · Year Lord and Muntha
वर्षेशादिविचाराध्यायः
वक्रेथवाब्दजनुषोरपि सर्वकार्ये स्यात् प्रात्यलोम्यविफलत्वधनक्षयाद्यम् ॥अस्ते हतेपि च तदेव तथैव लग्ननाथेंथिहाधिपदशापतयो विचिंत्याः ॥जन्माब्द योरपि हतेब्ददशाधिपेरिरंध्रांत्यगेब्दमसदन्यशुभेपि योगे ॥
The year lord may be retrograde, in the year or at birth. Then there may be setbacks, failure and loss of wealth in all work. The same holds when it is set or struck. Think of the lagna (rising sign) lord, the muntha (the point that moves one sign each year) lord and the dasha (planet period) lords the same way. The lord of the year's dasha may be struck at birth or in the year. Or it may be in the 6th, 8th or 12th. Then the year is bad, even with another good yoga (planet combination).
Simple meaning: Year lord retrograde, set or struck: a year of trouble and loss of money. The same if the dasha lord is in the 6th, 8th or 12th.
अब्ददशाधिपो वर्षेशः ॥
Gloss: the lord of the year's dasha is the year lord.
वर्षेश्वरोमुथशिली च भवेद्यदैको नाथेन तत्सदनधातुफलं ददाति ॥
Year lord in ithasala with one lord: it gives the result of that lord's house and state, good or not by their strength.
अत्र वर्षेशो वर्षलग्नाधीशेन मुथशिलं करोति वर्षलग्नाधीशो वा बलवान् तदा भूपात्सुखं वाच्यम् ॥ तथा वर्षेशो वर्षलग्नपेन सहेश राफयोगं करोति लग्नपो वा हीनबलस्तदा भूपादसुखं वाच्यम् ॥
Year lord and year lagna lord: ithasala or a strong lagna lord brings comfort from the king; israpha or a weak one brings discomfort.