Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 5 · Year Lord and Muntha
वर्षेशादिविचाराध्यायः
पराजिता वर्षपजन्मलग्नवर्षाङ्गमुंथापतयस्तथैव ॥अस्तङ्गता जीवितपुण्यदेहनाथा इमे रिष्टकरा हि योगाः ॥
The year lord and the lords of the birth lagna (rising sign), the year lagna and the muntha (the point that moves one sign each year) may be defeated. In the same way, the lords of life, merit and body may be set. These yogas (planet combinations) bring arishta (harm in the year).
Simple meaning: When the main lords of the year are defeated or set, they can bring harm.
अतोन्यथा रिष्टहराः खचरा मुनिभिस्स्मृताः ॥
Planets in the opposite state remove harm. Add up the strength of the harm-making planets in one place.
तद्वच्चरिष्टहर्तृणां स्थापयेच्च पृथग्बलम् ॥
Weighing harm: set the strength of the harm-removers apart. Add the strengths for danger to life and illness to the harm side.
देहांगपुण्यजीवानां बलं तद्भंगकृद्बलः ॥
Weighing harm: the strength of body, merit and life goes to the side that breaks the harm.