Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 5 · Year Lord and Muntha
वर्षेशादिविचाराध्यायः
अथ मुथहाविचारणप्रकारम्मुथहेशमुथहयोः शुभमशुभंवा फलमुक्तं समरसिंहेन॥कस्मिन् राशौ मुथहा कः खेटस्तत्र कोधिपस्तस्याः ॥जन्मनि वर्षे तद्बलमन्वेष्यं हीनमधिकं वा॥
Next, how to judge the muntha. Samarasimha has told the good or bad result of the muntha (the point that moves one sign each year) and of the muntha lord. In which sign is the muntha? Which planet is there? Who is its lord? Its strength, low or high, is to be looked for in the birth chart and in the year.
Simple meaning: Judging the muntha: check its sign, any planet in it, its lord, and their strength.
मुथहाधिपतिः षष्ठाष्टमगो द्वादशगश्चतुर्थश्च॥
Muntha lord in the 6th, 8th, 12th or 4th, set, retrograde, or hurt by bad planets: the year is not good.
भव्यो न भवति वर्षे वाष्टमभवनाधिपेन युक् दृष्टः ॥
Muntha lord with the 8th lord: a very hard year, safety and health need care.
यदि मुथहेशोष्टमभावाधिपेन युतः क्रूरदृष्टस्तदा मरणसमं कष्टं यदि मुथहाधिपतिः षष्ठाष्टमग इत्याद्युक्तलक्षणयुतोष्टमाधीशयुतदृष्टश्च मुथहेशो भवति तदा मरणं स्यात्॥अत्र मुथहाधीशदशायामष्टमाधीशांतर्दशा यस्मिन्काले समायाति तत्रैव मरणं वाच्यम्॥
Muntha lord with the 8th lord: a hard time. Timing comes when the 8th lord's sub-period runs in the muntha lord's period.