Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 5 · Year Lord and Muntha
वर्षेशादिविचाराध्यायः
मदननिधन ७।८ बंधु ४ प्रांत्य १२ शत्रु ८ स्थिताचेज्जननसमयलग्नादिंथिहाब्देष्टमस्था ॥खलगगनचरेश्चेद्युक्तदृष्टातिरिष्टं जनयति शुभदृष्टोत्पन्नरिष्टाल्पता स्यात् ॥
Count from the lagna (rising sign) at birth. The muntha (the point that moves one sign each year) may stand in the 7th, 8th, 4th or 12th house, or in the house of enemies. Or it may stand in the 8th in the year. If bad planets join or look at it, it brings great arishta (harm in the year). If good planets look at it, the harm that arises is small. (Our text is unclear here.)
Simple meaning: Muntha in the 7th, 8th, 4th, 12th or the enemy house from the birth lagna: harm, less if good planets look at it.
कामिनीभवनगस्तु हिमांशुलग्नपो मृतिपतिर्यदि संस्थः ॥
Moon's sign lord or 8th lord in the 7th, 12th, 6th or 8th: harm. The lagna lord and muntha lord the same.
जन्मर्क्षनाथो निधनेब्दलग्नात्स्यान्मृत्युकृत्क्रूरयुतेक्षितश्चेत् ॥
Birth star lord in the 8th from the year lagna, with bad planets: a hard year, health needs care.
हिल्लाजदीपिकायाम् ॥
Moon in a bad planet's hadda with bad planets: a hard year. Saturn in the lagna and Mars in the 7th: a very hard year.