Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 5 · Year Lord and Muntha
वर्षेशादिविचाराध्यायः
अन्यच्च तत्रैव ॥जन्मोदयात् कियति वर्षविलग्नतोपि स्थानेंथिहास्तिनिजनाथबलादियुक्ता ॥तत्स्थानकोत्थफलदा तनुते तथारो मांद्यं मृतिं च मृतिगारिकृता पदोंत्येइति
And more from the same book. The muntha (the point that moves one sign each year) stands in some house. Count it from the birth lagna (rising sign), and from the year lagna too. If it has its own lord's strength and the like, it gives the results of that house. In the same way, in the 6th it brings poor health. In the 8th there may be danger to life. In the 12th it brings troubles caused by enemies.
Simple meaning: Muntha's house: a muntha with a strong lord gives that house's results. In the 6th, poor health; in the 8th, a hard year, health needs care; in the 12th, trouble from enemies.
भौमार्कियुक्ज्वलनरुग्भयदेंथिहास्यात् ॥ क्रूरैर्हता जनकयोर्भयकृच्चतुर्थे ॥
Muntha with Mars or Saturn: fear of fire, health needs care. Hit by bad planets in the 4th: worry for the parents. A spoiled muntha harms its house…
अथोक्तानां मुथहाफलानां पाकः स्वामिदशायां भवतीत्युक्तं ताजिकभूषणे ॥
Muntha results come in the dasha of the muntha lord. Wise people judge them by its strength.
विशेषमाह यादवसूरिः ॥
With the birth lagna in tropical degrees, the lord of the muntha's sign is the year lord. A good planet as lord gives a good year; a bad one, a hard…