Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 5 · Year Lord and Muntha
वर्षेशादिविचाराध्यायः
उक्तं च जीर्णताजिके ॥वर्षलग्नेश्वरो भूपः सेनानीश्चंद्रसूर्यपः ।मुथहाधिपतिर्मन्त्री पुरेशो जन्मलग्नपः ॥
And it is said in Jirnatajika: The lord of the year lagna (rising sign) is the king. The lord of the Moon's or the Sun's sign is the general. The lord of the muntha (the point that moves one sign each year) is the minister. The lord of the birth lagna is the lord of the city.
Simple meaning: Office holders of the year: the year-lagna lord is king, the Sun or Moon sign lord is general, the muntha lord is minister, the birth-lagna lord rules the city.
रससस्यादिधातूनान्तनोस्त्रैराशिकेश्वरः ।
Four-sign group lord: the lord of the lagna's four-sign group rules liquids, crops and the body's state. Strong planets in charge give good results…
तेजास्सिंहः ॥
When the office holders give results: in ithasala with the year lord or good planets, in their own place, seen by good planets, in friendly or own…
पूर्णम्फलन्तु परिपूर्णबलेब्दनाथे मध्ये च मध्यमिह हीनबले च हीनम्॥
Year lord's strength: full strength gives a full result, middle gives middle, low gives little. Lost strength gives nothing; a ruined year lord…