Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 5 · Year Lord and Muntha
वर्षेशादिविचाराध्यायः
देहांगपुण्यजीवानां बलं तद्भंगकृद्बलः ॥इष्टकष्टबलं क्षेप्यं रिष्टारिष्टबले तथा ॥
The strength of body, lagna (rising sign), merit and life counts as strength that breaks the arishta (harm in the year). In the same way, put the good and the bad strengths into the totals for harm and for no harm.
Simple meaning: Weighing harm: the strength of body, merit and life goes to the side that breaks the harm.
तयोरंतरजो धीमान् रिष्टं तद्भंगमादिशेत् ॥
Take the difference between the two strengths. That tells whether harm stays or goes.
रिष्टकृद्ग्रहदशांतरेयदांतर्दशाधिरिपुपापिनो भवेत् ॥
When harm is serious: only if the sub-period lord is an enemy and a bad planet, and the lifespan is ending.
इत्यरिष्टभंगविचारः ॥
End of the section on cancelling harm.