Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 5 · Year Lord and Muntha
वर्षेशादिविचाराध्यायः
रंध्रेशोथविलग्नपो यदि विधोर्लग्नाद्व्ययारिष्टगो तौ सौम्यैरवलोकितौ निधनकृन्मुन्थाधिपो वा तथा ॥
The 8th lord and the lord of the lagna (rising sign) may stand in the 12th, 6th or 8th. Count from the Moon. Then they cause danger to life. The lord of the muntha (the point that moves one sign each year) does the same. (Our text is unclear here: whether good planets look at the two lords or do not.)
Simple meaning: 8th lord and lagna lord in the 12th, 6th or 8th from the Moon: a hard year. The muntha lord is read the same way.
दैवालंकृतौ ॥
Moon's lord, lagna lord and 8th lord in the 12th, 6th or 8th: a hard year. Birth lagna lord and muntha lord in the 8th with bad planets looking: the…
इत्यरिष्टविचारः॥
End of the part on bad results in the year.
अथारिष्टभङ्गः ॥ वर्षतंत्रे ॥
Same verse as Tajika Nilakanthi 8.2; see its meaning there.