Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 5 · Year Lord and Muntha
वर्षेशादिविचाराध्यायः
मुन्थहोत्पत्तिप्रकारमाह समरसिंहः ॥जन्मगतवर्षराशौ द्वादशभक्ते तदुद्धृते शेषे ॥लग्नाद्गणिते यत्र च विश्राम्यति मुन्थहा सास्यादिति ॥
Samarasimha tells how the muntha (the point that moves one sign each year) is found. Take the years gone since birth. Divide by twelve. Count the remainder from the lagna (rising sign). Where the count stops, that is the muntha.
Simple meaning: Finding the muntha: divide the years gone by 12, then count the remainder from the lagna.
अयमर्थः ॥ जन्मतो गतवर्षसमूहे द्वादशभक्ते शेषे जन्मलग्नाद्यत्र धनसहजादिभावे विश्रामं प्राप्नोति स एव मुथहास्यादिति ॥
Finding the muntha: years gone divided by 12, remainder counted from the birth lagna.
जन्मचक्रे प्रत्यब्दमेकराशिभ्रमणवशाद्यत्र राश्यादिभावं याति स भाव एव वर्षे मुथहा स्यादिति तट्टीकाकृत् ॥
Muntha by the commentator: it moves one sign a year, and the house it reaches is that year's muntha.
तेजास्सिंहोपि ॥
Muntha moves one house a year, starting from the birth lagna.