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Check free →It then teaches the main method, which lists the planets by their degrees, and shows how to find the start day of each period. It also gives other ways to set the periods, such as by the planets that look at the lagna. Then it gives the results of each planet's period and sub-period, and Gauri's mudda periods from the birth star, and ends with a guide on which system to use.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
दशानयनाधिकाराध्यायः
अथ दशाविचारः ॥ तत्र दशाशब्देनशुभाशुभफलपाककाल उच्यते ॥ अथ पूर्वोक्तानां फलादीनां विभागज्ञानन्दशाज्ञानेन विना दुर्ज्ञेयमिति दशानयनमवश्यं वक्तव्यम् ॥
Now the study of the dasha (planet period) begins. Here the word dasha means the time when good and bad results ripen. Knowing how the results told before are shared out in time is hard without the dashas. So the way to work out the dashas must be told.
Simple meaning: What a dasha is: the time when good and bad results ripen. Without it, the year's results cannot be timed.
दशानयनाधिकाराध्यायः
यदाह सूर्य्यसूरीः ॥यदपि सूचितमत्र सभाफलन्तनुधनादिगतैः खचरैस्तु यत् ॥दिनविभागमृतेन हि गम्यते तदहमत्र दशानयनम्ब्रुवे ॥ १ ॥
As Suryasuri says. Whatever result has been shown here, with the signs, comes from planets in the 1st, 2nd and other houses. It cannot be known without dividing it into days. So here I tell how to work out the dasha (planet period).
Simple meaning: Why dashas are needed: the year's results from the planets in the houses can only be timed by dividing the year into days.
Verse 7.1 says a dasha is the time when good and bad results ripen. Verse 7.3 adds that it is the time in which a planet gives the results of the houses.
Verse 7.10 says Hillaja puts the stronger planet's period first. So the weaker planet still gets a period, after it.
Verse 7.295 says that at the month entry the periods are found from the star of that day, and at the day entry from the star of the lagna. These are called the mudda periods.
दशानयनाधिकाराध्यायः
यादवोपि ॥विविधभावफलोत्थफलं खगो दिशति तद्यदनेहसि सा दशा ॥
Yadava also says: A planet gives the result that comes from the results of the many houses. The time in which it gives it is its dasha (planet period). So I explain how to work it out, with its results. I follow sound method, for the joy of the learned.
Simple meaning: What a dasha is: the time in which a planet gives the results of the houses. Yadava will teach how to find it.
दशानयनाधिकाराध्यायः
स्पष्टान्सलग्नान्खचरान्विधाय राशीन्विनात्वल्पलवन्तु पूर्वम् ॥निवेशतस्मादधिकाधिकांशं क्रमादयं स्यात्तु दशाक्रमोब्दे ॥ १ ॥
Next, the way to work out the dashas is told in the Varsha Tantra. The same verse is in Tajika Nilakanthi 4.1, with our English meaning there.
Simple meaning: Same verse as Tajika Nilakanthi 4.1; see its meaning there.
दशानयनाधिकाराध्यायः
ऊनं विशोध्याधिकतः क्रमेणांशाद्यं विशुद्धांशकशेषकैक्यम् ॥सर्वाधिकांशोन्मितमेव तस्मादनेन वर्षस्य मितिस्तु भाज्या ॥ २ ॥
The same verse is in Tajika Nilakanthi 21.2, with our English meaning there.
Simple meaning: Same verse as Tajika Nilakanthi 21.2; see its meaning there.
दशानयनाधिकाराध्यायः
शुद्धांशकांस्तान्गुणयेदनेन लब्धध्रुवांकेन भवेद्दशायाः ॥मानं दिनाद्यं खलु तद्ग्रहस्य फलान्यथासान्निगदेत्तु शास्त्रात् ॥ ३ ॥
The same verse is in Tajika Nilakanthi 4.3, with our English meaning there.
Simple meaning: Same verse as Tajika Nilakanthi 4.3; see its meaning there.
दशानयनाधिकाराध्यायः
अयमर्थः ॥ दशानयने सलग्नानां सर्वग्रहाणां राशीन्विहाय सर्वन्यूनांशो ग्रहः पूर्वं लेख्यः ॥ पुनस्तस्माद्यथायथा यस्ययस्यांशाधिक्यं तथा समग्रहः लग्नं निवेश्यः एवन्निवेशितास्सर्वे ग्रहा हीनांशसंज्ञकास्स्युः ॥ वर्षे अयं दशाक्रमः स्यात् ॥
This is the meaning. To work out the dashas (planet period), leave aside the signs of all the planets and the lagna (rising sign). Write first the planet with the fewest degrees of all. Then place the planets and the lagna in turn, as each has more degrees. All planets placed this way are called hinamsha (degrees in fewest-first order). This is the order of the dashas in the year.
Simple meaning: Order of the year's dashas: drop the signs, then list the planets and the lagna from fewest degrees to most.
दशानयनाधिकाराध्यायः
पुनरूनं हीनमंशाद्यं ग्रहमधिकांशाद्ग्रहाद्विशोध्य क्रमेण किंचिदधिकांशं तदग्रिमाद्विशोध्य एवं सर्वे ग्रहाः शोध्याः ॥ शेषांशानां नाम पात्यांशाश्शुद्धांशाश्च पुनः पात्यांशानां योगः कर्तव्यः ॥ स योगः हीनांशसाम्याभावे सर्वग्रहमध्ये योधिकांशस्तत्तुल्यमेव स्यादिति व्याप्तिः ॥
Then take the smaller degrees of a planet from the next planet with more degrees. Go on in order, taking each from the one after it. Subtract all the planets this way. The remainders are called patyamsha (degrees left after subtracting) and shuddhamsha (cleared degrees). Then add up the patyamshas. When no two least degrees are equal, the total equals the largest degree among all the planets. This is a fixed rule.
Simple meaning: Finding the remainders: take each planet's degrees from the next one's and add the remainders. The total equals the largest degree.
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ननु हीनांशसाम्येपि तदूर्ध्वोर्ध्वतः पात्या इत्यनेनानीतपात्यांशयुतिः सर्वाधिकांशस्तत्तुल्या भवत्येवेति स्यादेतत् यदि साम्यांशाः परस्वगस्य पात्यांशशून्यत्वं पात्यांशाभावे दशाद्यभावोपि स्यात् ॥ नचेष्टापत्तिर्दशाभावे तु भावमुन्थावर्षेशादिफलस्योच्छेदापत्तेः ॥
An objection: Even when least degrees are equal, the patyamshas (degrees left after subtracting) are taken from each higher one. So their total still equals the largest degree. Let that be so. But if the degrees are equal, the later planet's patyamsha is zero. With no patyamsha, it would get no dasha (planet period) either. This cannot be accepted. Without a dasha, the results of the houses, the muntha (the point that moves one sign each year), the year lord and the rest would be lost.
Simple meaning: Equal degrees: if two planets had equal degrees, the later one would get no period. That cannot be right.
दशानयनाधिकाराध्यायः
किंच कृशांशसाम्ये समांशापरस्वगस्य दशाभावो यदि प्राचीनानामाचार्याणामनुमतः स्यात्तर्हि एकराशिगानामेकोंशं हरति बलीति जातकोक्तिवद्बलिन एकस्यैव दशा स्यादित्युक्तं स्यात् ॥ अंशाद्यस्यसमत्वे दशा च वीर्याधिकस्य पूर्वा स्यादितिवक्ष्यमाणहिल्लाजवचने निर्बलस्यानंतरं दशेत्याशयोवगम्यते ॥
Also, suppose the old teachers allowed that a later planet with equal small degrees gets no dasha (planet period). Then it would be like a saying of the jataka (birth chart reading) texts. 'Among planets in one sign, the strong one takes the share'. It would mean only the one strong planet gets a dasha. But see Hillaja's words, quoted below. 'If the degrees are equal, the dasha of the stronger comes first'. From this the meaning is clear. The weaker planet's dasha comes after it.
Simple meaning: Equal degrees: Hillaja says the stronger planet's period comes first. So the weaker one still gets a period, after it.
दशानयनाधिकाराध्यायः
अन्यथा समांशापरस्वगस्य दशाभावेन तत्क्रमाकांक्षाभावात्तन्निर्णायकं हिल्लाजतेजःसिंहादिवाक्यं बलिनः पूर्वा दशा इत्यादिकमुन्मत्तप्रलपितुमिव स्यात् अपि च लग्नग्रहाणामष्टानामप्यंशसाम्ये सप्तानां पात्यांशशून्यत्वादेकस्यैव समग्रवर्षदशा स्यात् ॥
Otherwise the later planet with equal degrees would get no dasha (planet period). Then there would be no need to settle its order. So the words of Hillaja, Tejahsimha and others that settle it would be like a madman's talk. These are words such as 'the stronger one's dasha first'. Also, suppose the lagna (rising sign) and all seven planets had equal degrees. Then seven would have zero patyamsha (degrees left after subtracting). One alone would then have a dasha for the whole year.
Simple meaning: Equal degrees: if equal degrees gave no period, the rules for ties would be pointless, and one planet could rule the whole year.
दशानयनाधिकाराध्यायः
नत्वेकस्यैव दशाफलं शुभमशुभं वासमग्रवर्षं भवतीति बालोपि प्रतिपद्यते ॥ नचांतरदशाविदशाफलभेद इति वाच्यम् ॥ पात्यांशाभावेन तद्दशायामन्तर्दशादेरपि गगनकुसुमायमानत्वात् ॥ अत एव श्रीमन्नीलकण्ठदैवज्ञैः ऊनं विशोऽध्याऽधिकत इत्युक्तम् ॥
But even a child knows this. One planet's dasha (planet period) results, good or bad, do not last the whole year. Nor can one say the results still differ by apahara (sub-period) and vidasha (still smaller period). With no patyamsha (degrees left after subtracting), sub-periods in that dasha could not exist. They would be like flowers in the sky. That is why the honoured Nilakantha Daivajna said: 'Subtract the smaller from the larger.'
Simple meaning: One planet for the whole year: not possible. So Nilakantha says to subtract the smaller from the larger.
दशानयनाधिकाराध्यायः
नतूर्ध्वस्थग्रहशोधनमधस्स्थितग्रहे उक्तम् ॥ अत्र ऊनांशग्रहे तस्मादधिकांशेभ्यः शोधिते सति ग्रहाणां दशादिनानां तुल्यत्वेपि नकापि क्षतिः ॥ तस्माद्धीनांशसाम्याभावे पात्यांशयोगः सर्वाधिकांशमितो भवति ॥
He did not say to subtract the planet above from the planet below. Here the planet with fewer degrees is taken from those with more degrees. Then, even if some planets get equal dasha (planet period) days, there is no harm. So when no least degrees are equal, the total of the patyamshas (degrees left after subtracting) equals the largest degree.
Simple meaning: Nilakantha's rule: always subtract the smaller from the larger. Equal period days then do no harm.
दशानयनाधिकाराध्यायः
वर्षतंत्रवाक्ये अव्ययानामनेकार्थत्वादेवशब्दो वाशब्दवाची ज्ञेयः ॥ हीनांशसाम्यं कदाचिद्भवत्यतः श्रीमन्नीलकण्ठदैवज्ञैः पात्यांशयोगस्सर्वाधिकांशोन्मतो भवतीत्युक्तः ॥ अन्यथा पात्यांशयोगमनुक्तैव लाघवात्सर्वाधिकांशैर्भाज्या इत्यभिदध्युरित्यलमतिप्रसङ्गेन ॥
In the Varsha Tantra verse, the word eva stands for va ('or'). Small words like these have many meanings. Equal least degrees do happen sometimes. So the honoured Nilakantha Daivajna said the total of patyamshas (degrees left after subtracting) equals the largest degree, or [does not]. Otherwise, to keep it short, he would have said only 'divide by the largest degree'. He would not have named the total of patyamshas. Enough of this side issue.
Simple meaning: Nilakantha's words: the total of the remainders usually equals the largest degree, but not always. So he names the total.
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पुनः पात्यांशयोगेन सर्वाणि नववर्षस्य मितिः सौरी ३६० सौरसावनावा ३६५।१५।३१।३० सवर्णिताद्राज्याद्यल्लब्धन्दिनाद्यं स तस्मिन्वर्षे ध्रुवांकस्स्यात् ॥ अनेन ध्रुवांकेन ग्रहाणाम्पात्यांशा गोमूत्रिकासंज्ञेन गुणनप्रकारविशेषेण गुणिताः षष्ठ्योपर्युपरि लब्धेन युक्तास्सन्तो ग्रहाणां सलग्नेशानां दिनघटीपलरूपाणि दशामानानि स्युः॥
Then take the length of the year: solar, 360, or solar-civil, 365 days 15 ghatikas (24-minute unit) 31 palas (24-second unit) 30 vipalas (one-sixtieth of a pala). Make it into like units and divide it by the total of patyamshas (degrees left after subtracting). What comes out, in days and smaller parts, is that year's dhruvanka (fixed multiplier). Multiply the planets' patyamshas by this dhruvanka. Use the special way of multiplying called gomutrika (cross-wise multiplication). Carry upward what comes from dividing by 60 at each step. These give the dasha (planet period) lengths of the planets and the lagna (rising sign), in days, ghatikas and palas.
Simple meaning: Period lengths: divide the year (360 or 365.26 days) by the total of remainders, then multiply each remainder by that figure.
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बु | ल | सू | शु | बृ | मं | श | चं | ग्रहाः२,१८,३४ | ८,५३,२ | ९,४४,५९ | १६,२६,२६ | १९,२३,३२ | १९,५७,८ | २१,५७,३ | २८,१६,३१ | हीनांशाः२,१८,३४ | ६,३४,२८ | ०,५१,५० | ६,४१,२७ | २,५७,६ | ०,३३,३६ | १,५९,५५ | ६,१९,२८ | पात्यांशाः२९,२२,६ | ८३,४४,२८ | ९,१९,३४ | ८५,४२,१७ | ३३,४६,४३ | ७,६,४४ | २५,२६,४६ | ०,३१,२२ | दशामानं दिनादिकम् ।
The table lists each planet and the lagna (rising sign), from fewest degrees to most. For each it gives the least degrees, the patyamsha (degrees left after subtracting) and the dasha (planet period). Degrees read degrees-minutes-seconds. Dashas read days-ghatikas (24-minute unit)-palas (24-second unit). Mercury: 2-18-34; patyamsha 2-18-34; dasha 29-22-6. Lagna: 8-53-2; patyamsha 6-34-28; dasha 83-44-28. Sun: 9-44-59; patyamsha 0-51-50; dasha 9-19-34. Venus: 16-26-26; patyamsha 6-41-27; dasha 85-42-17. Jupiter: 19-23-32; patyamsha 2-57-6; dasha 33-46-43. Mars: 19-57-8; patyamsha 0-33-36; dasha 7-6-44. Saturn: 21-57-3; patyamsha 1-59-55; dasha 25-26-46. Moon: 28-16-31; patyamsha 6-19-28; dasha 0-31-22.
Simple meaning: Worked table: eight entries, fewest degrees first, with their remainders and period lengths in days.
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अत्रोदाहरणम्॥तत्राब्दप्रवेशे स्वल्पांशो बुधोस्तीति स प्रथमतो विलेख्यस्ततः किञ्चिदधिकांशं लग्नं ततस्सूर्योधिकांशः एवं सर्वे स्थाप्याः ॥ ततः ऊनांशो बुधः ०।२।१८।३४ अधिकांशः लग्नमिदं ८।५३।२ विशोध्य शेषं ०।६। ३४।२८ लग्नस्याधः स्थाप्यम् ॥ एवं सर्वेषां पात्यांशा जाताः ॥ एषां पात्यांशानां योगः २८। १६।३१ हीनांशसाम्यभावात्सर्वाधिकांशश्चद्रांशादिना २८।१६।३१ तुल्यो जातः ॥ अनेन वारद्वयं षष्ट्या ६० सवर्णितेन १०।१७।९१ सौरीवर्षमिति ३६० वारद्वयं षष्ट्या ६० सवर्णिते जाता १२।९६००० भक्ताल्लब्धो दिनघटीपलात्मको ध्रुवकः १२।४३।५५ ॥ अनेन ग्रहाणां पात्यांशा गोमूत्रिकया संगुणिताः षष्ट्योपर्युपरिलब्धेन युता जातानिग्रहाणां दिनादिदशामानानि ॥
Here is an example. At the year's entry Mercury has the fewest degrees, so it is written first. Then the lagna (rising sign), with a little more. Then the Sun, with more degrees. All are set out this way. Then take the smaller, Mercury, 0 signs 2 degrees 18 minutes 34 seconds. Take it from the larger, the lagna, 8 degrees 53 minutes 2 seconds. The rest, 0 signs 6 degrees 34 minutes 28 seconds, is written below the lagna. In this way the patyamshas (degrees left after subtracting) of all are found. Their total is 28 degrees 16 minutes 31 seconds. No least degrees are equal, so it equals the largest, the Moon's 28 degrees 16 minutes 31 seconds. Multiplied twice by 60 it is 101791. The solar year, 360, multiplied twice by 60, is 1296000. Divide 1296000 by 101791. This gives the dhruvanka (fixed multiplier): 12 days 43 ghatikas (24-minute unit) 55 palas (24-second unit). The planets' patyamshas are multiplied by it, by gomutrika (cross-wise multiplication). What comes from dividing by 60 is carried upward. These give the planets' dasha (planet period) lengths in days and so on.
Simple meaning: Worked example: the remainders add up to 28 degrees 16 minutes 31 seconds. Dividing 360 days by it gives a multiplier of about 12.73 days.
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पात्यांशनिघ्ना दशसौरवर्षा⟦दद्वं⟧शभक्तादथवा दशाहाः ॥
Next, another method, in the Jatakalankara: Or else, multiply the solar year by the patyamsha (degrees left after subtracting). Divide it by the ... degrees. This gives the days of the dasha (planet period). (Our text is unclear here: the word naming the degrees to divide by.)
Simple meaning: Another way to find a period: multiply the year by the planet's remainder and divide. The divisor's word is unclear in our text.
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सौरवर्षमितिः ३६० बुधपात्यांश २।१८।३४ गुणाः ८।३०।२४ सर्वधिकांशैर्भक्ता २८।१६।३ लब्धा दिनाद्या बुधदशा २९।२२। ६ पूर्वागतसमैव ॥
The solar year is 360. Multiply it by Mercury's patyamsha (degrees left after subtracting), 2 degrees 18 minutes 34 seconds. This gives 8-30-24 [as printed]. Divide by the largest degree, 28-16-3 [as printed]. The result is Mercury's dasha (planet period): 29 days 22 ghatikas (24-minute unit) 6 palas (24-second unit). It is the same as found before.
Simple meaning: The other method checked: Mercury's period again comes to about 29 days 22 ghatikas, the same as before.
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तत्र दशाप्रवेशज्ञानार्थं सौराणि दशादिनानि वर्षप्रवेशकालार्के राश्यादौ योज्यानि तत्समेर्के दशाप्रवेशास्स्युः ॥
Now, to know when each dasha (planet period) begins: take the Sun's place at the year's entry, in signs and degrees. Add the solar dasha days to it as degrees. When the Sun reaches that point, the next dasha begins.
Simple meaning: When a period begins: add its days, as degrees, to the Sun's place at the year's start. When the Sun gets there, the next period starts.
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उदाहरणम् ॥ वर्षारंभे सूर्यः ३।९।३६।५९ तस्मिन्कालेऽयं सूर्य्यैस्थितस्तस्मिन्नेव काले पूर्वप्रकोरणानीतासु दशासु प्रथमतो बुधदशा सौर्य्यैव जाता दिनाद्या २९।२२।६ पुनर्वर्षप्रवेशकालार्के ३।९।३६।५९ बुधदशाहाः २९।२२।६ अंशादौयोजिताः ४।८।५८।५ जातोग्रिमदशाप्रवेशार्कः ॥ एवमग्रेपि ॥
An example. At the year's start the Sun is at 3 signs 9 degrees 36 minutes 59 seconds. At that time the Sun stands there. Of the dashas (planet period) found by the method above, Mercury's comes first. In solar measure it is 29 days 22 ghatikas (24-minute unit) 6 palas (24-second unit). Add Mercury's dasha days, 29-22-6, as degrees and so on, to the Sun at the year's entry, 3-9-36-59. This gives 4-8-58-5 [as printed]. This is the Sun at which the next dasha begins. The same is done for the rest.
Simple meaning: Worked example: Sun at 3 signs 9 degrees plus Mercury's 29 days gives about 4 signs 9 degrees. When the Sun reaches it, the next period starts.
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अथात्र वर्षफले संक्रांतिदिवसान् पञ्चाङ्गपत्रे दृष्ट्वा तत्तद्दशाप्रवेशमालक्ष्य फलानि वाच्यानि ॥ अत एव साम्प्रदायिकाः कस्मिन् काले दशाप्रवेशो जात इति संशये सौरसावनदिनादिवर्षमानेन दशाहाश्च समानयन्ति ॥
So in the year's results, look up the days when the Sun enters each sign in the panchanga (almanac). From them, mark when each dasha (planet period) begins. Then tell the results. That is why the people of the tradition use the solar-civil length of the year. When they doubt the time a dasha began, they work out the dasha days by it.
Simple meaning: Timing the periods: use the Sun's sign-entry days from the almanac. When in doubt, use the solar-civil year length.
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तत्र दशाप्रवेशकालज्ञानार्थं वर्षप्रवेशवारादौ प्रथमदशादिनानि योज्यानि उपरि सप्ततष्टानि द्वितीयदशाप्रवेशे वारघटीपलात्मकः कालो भवति ॥ पुनर्द्वितीयदशाप्रवेशकाले द्वितीयदशादिनानि योज्यानि तृतीयदशाप्रवेशकालो भवति ॥ एवमग्रेपि ॥
This is how to know the time a dasha (planet period) begins. Add the first dasha's days to the weekday and time of the year's entry. Cast out sevens from the weekday part. This gives the start of the second dasha, as weekday, ghatikas (24-minute unit) and palas (24-second unit). Then add the second dasha's days to the time the second dasha begins. This gives the time the third dasha begins. The same is done for the rest.
Simple meaning: Start day of each period: add the period's days to the year's starting weekday and time, and remove whole weeks.
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उदाहरणम् ॥ श्रावणकृष्णनवम्यां शुक्रवासरे सूर्योदयाद्गतघटीपलेषु ५।३६ वर्षप्रवेशः अस्मिन्वर्षप्रवेशकाले प्रथमं बुधदशा जातासौरसावनदिनात्मिका २९।४७।५० पुनर्वर्षप्रवेशवारादौ ६।५।३६ बुधदशाहाः २९।४७।५० योजिताः ३५।५३।२६वारस्थाने सप्ततष्टे शेषं शनिवारो जातः ॥ वर्षप्रवेशादेकोनत्रिंशद्दिनान्तरं शनिवारे सूर्योदयाद्गतघटीपलेषु५३।२६। द्वितीयदशाप्रवेशो लग्नस्य जातः ॥ पुनरस्मिन् काले ०।५३।२६ लग्नदशाहा योजिताः ॥ पूर्ववत्तृतीयदशाप्रवेशो वाराद्यः कालो भवति ॥ एवं सर्वत्र ॥
An example. The year begins on a Friday, the 9th day of the dark half of Shravana. It begins 5 ghatikas (24-minute unit) 36 palas (24-second unit) after sunrise. At this year's entry Mercury's dasha (planet period) comes first. In solar-civil days it is 29 days 47 ghatikas 50 palas. The year's entry is 6-5-36, as weekday, ghatikas and palas. Add Mercury's dasha days, 29-47-50, to it. This gives 35-53-26. Cast out sevens from the weekday part. The rest gives Saturday. So the second dasha, the lagna's (rising sign), begins on a Saturday. It is twenty-nine days after the year's entry, 53 ghatikas 26 palas after sunrise. Then add the lagna's dasha days to this time, 0-53-26. As before, this gives the third dasha's start, as weekday and so on. Do the same for all.
Simple meaning: Worked example: a year starting on Friday, plus Mercury's 29 days 47 ghatikas, puts the lagna's period start on a Saturday.
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वामनेन तु मुन्थाफलज्ञानार्थं लग्नवन्मुन्थादशापि कर्तव्येत्युक्तम् ॥सर्वग्रहाणां मुन्थाया भुक्तांशान् स्वाँश्च पीडयेदिति ॥
Vamana says this about the muntha (the point that moves one sign each year). To know its results, a dasha (planet period) of the muntha should be made too. It is made like the lagna's (rising sign). 'Take the degrees gone of all the planets and of the muntha, and their own, and work them.'
Simple meaning: Muntha period: Vamana says to give the muntha a period too, found like the lagna's.
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यत्रयत्र द्वयोर्बहूनां वा ग्रहाणामंशादिसाम्यन्तत्र दशाक्रमज्ञानमुक्तम् हिल्लाजेन ॥अंशाद्यस्य समत्वे दशा च वीर्य्याधिकस्य पूर्वा स्यात् ॥वीर्यस्यापि समत्वे स्पष्टाल्पगतेर्दशा पूर्वा ॥ १ ॥
Wherever two or more planets have equal degrees, Hillaja tells the dasha (planet period) order. If the degrees and smaller parts are equal, the dasha of the stronger comes first. If the strength too is equal, the dasha of the one with slower exact motion comes first.
Simple meaning: Equal degrees: the stronger planet's period comes first. If strength is equal too, the slower planet's comes first.
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वर्षतंत्रेपि ॥शुद्धांशसाम्ये बलिनो दशाद्या बलस्य साम्येल्पगतेस्तु पूर्वा ॥
In the Varsha Tantra too: The same verse is in Tajika Nilakanthi 4.4, with our English meaning there.
Simple meaning: Same verse as Tajika Nilakanthi 4.4; see its meaning there.
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अत्र शुद्धांशानाम्पात्यांशानां साम्येऽधिकबलग्रहस्याद्यदशा नैतद्युक्तम् ॥ शुद्धांशसाम्ये यतो दशाक्रमज्ञानंहीनांशक्रमेणोक्तम्॥अत्र हीनांशसाम्याभावे पात्यांशसाम्याभावे पात्यांशसाम्यं भवति॥
Here [some read]: if the shuddhamshas (cleared degrees), meaning the patyamshas (degrees left after subtracting), are equal, the stronger planet's dasha (planet period) comes first. This is not right. For the dasha order is already given by the order of least degrees. Even when least degrees are not equal, patyamshas can be equal.
Simple meaning: What 'cleared degrees' means: not the remainders. Equal remainders do not change the fewest-degree order.
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उदाहरणम् ॥ तत्र हीनांशा ग्रहाः पात्यांशाश्च लिख्यन्ते ॥
An example. The planets in order of least degrees, and their patyamshas (degrees left after subtracting), are written here.
Simple meaning: Example of equal remainders: a table of planets follows.
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चं | सू | बु | शु | श३,५ | ७,८ | ११,११ | १५,१४ | १९,१७ | हीनांशाः३,५ | ४,३ | ४,३ | ४,३ | ४,३ | पात्यांशाः
The table lists five planets by least degrees, in degrees-minutes, with their patyamshas (degrees left after subtracting). Moon: 3-5; patyamsha 3-5. Sun: 7-8; patyamsha 4-3. Mercury: 11-11; patyamsha 4-3. Venus: 15-14; patyamsha 4-3. Saturn: 19-17; patyamsha 4-3.
Simple meaning: Example table: Moon, Sun, Mercury, Venus and Saturn. All but the Moon have the same remainder, 4 degrees 3 minutes.
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अत्र सूर्य्यबुधशुक्राणाम्पात्यांशसाम्यं यद्यप्यागतम् ॥ तथापि बलविचारं विनैव हीनांशक्रमेणबुधशुक्रापेक्षया न्यूनबलस्यापि रवेः पूर्वदशा ततो बुधस्य ततः शुक्रस्य ततः शनेः ॥
Here the Sun, Mercury and Venus do come out with equal patyamshas (degrees left after subtracting). Even so, strength is not weighed. The order of least degrees decides. The Sun is weaker than Mercury and Venus, yet its dasha (planet period) comes first. Then Mercury's, then Venus's, then Saturn's.
Simple meaning: Equal remainders: the fewest-degree order still decides. The Sun comes first even if weaker.
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एवं हिल्लाजवचनस्य स्ववचनस्यापि वैपर्य्यम्भवति ॥ तस्माच्छुद्धांशा राशिं विना शुद्धा यथावस्थिता येंशास्तेषां साम्ये इत्यर्थः ॥ शुद्धांशानाम्पात्यांशानां साम्ये इति व्याख्यानं देवानाम्प्रियस्य सम्मतमिति ॥
Read the other way, Hillaja's words and his own words would clash. So shuddhamsha (cleared degrees) means the degrees that are 'clean': without the sign, as they stand. The rule means: when these are equal. To explain shuddhamsha as patyamsha (degrees left after subtracting) is the view of a simple-minded person.
Simple meaning: What 'cleared degrees' means: the planet's own degrees without the sign. Only when these are equal does strength decide.
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गतिसमत्वे समवशात्प्रोक्ताद्यैरुदयक्रमादथ च तत्साम्ये तु पाठक्रमात् ॥
Next, in the Paddhatibhushana, the dasha (planet period) order when even the motion is equal: If the motion is equal, ... by the order of rising, as the earlier teachers said. If that too is equal, follow the order of listing. (Our text is unclear here: a few words at the start of the line.)
Simple meaning: Equal motion: the planet that rises first comes first. If that is equal too, follow the usual listing order.
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अयमर्थः ॥ गतिसाम्येपि सूर्य्यवशेन प्रथमोदितस्य पूर्वादशा तस्यापि साम्ये लग्नसूर्य्यचंद्रभौमेत्यादिपाठक्रमाद्दशा स्यात् ॥
This is the meaning. If the motion too is equal, the planet that rose first, counted from the Sun, has the earlier dasha (planet period). If that too is equal, the dasha goes by the order of listing. That is lagna (rising sign), Sun, Moon, Mars and so on.
Simple meaning: Equal motion: the planet that rose first from the Sun comes first; then the order lagna, Sun, Moon, Mars and so on.
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अथ लग्नग्रहयोरंशसाम्ये पूर्वानीतलग्नबलग्रहबलयोर्मध्ये यस्याधिक्यं तस्याद्या दशा बलसाम्ये लग्नस्य गत्यभावाल्लग्नेशग्रहयोर्मध्ये यस्याऽल्पगतिस्तस्याद्या दशा ॥
Now, if the lagna (rising sign) and a planet have equal degrees: compare the lagna's strength and the planet's strength, found before. The one with more strength has the first dasha (planet period). If the strengths are equal: the lagna has no motion. So compare the lagna lord and the planet. The one with slower motion has the first dasha.
Simple meaning: Lagna and a planet tie: the stronger comes first. If equal, compare the lagna lord with the planet; the slower comes first.
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उक्तञ्च ताजिकसारे ॥वीर्ये समाने तनुखेटयोश्चेत्स्यातान्तदा लग्नपखेटयोश्च ॥यस्याऽल्पभुक्तिः खलु पूर्वकोसौ ज्ञेयो ग्रहज्ञैरिह पाकमार्गे इति ॥
And it is said in the Tajikasara. Say the lagna (rising sign) and a planet are equal in strength. Then look at the lagna lord and the planet. The one with the smaller daily motion comes first. Astrologers should know this in the order of the periods.
Simple meaning: Lagna and a planet tie: Tajikasara agrees. The slower of the lagna lord and the planet comes first.
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गतेरपि साम्ये उक्तवल्लग्नेशग्रहयोर्मध्ये पूर्वोदितस्याद्या दशा उदयसाम्येपि कथितपाठक्रमेण दशाक्रमो ज्ञेय इति ॥
If the motion too is equal, then, as said, compare the lagna (rising sign) lord and the planet. The one that rose first has the first dasha (planet period). If the rising too is equal, know the dasha order by the order of listing told before.
Simple meaning: Lagna and a planet still tied: the one that rose first comes first; then the usual listing order.
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अथमासप्रवेशे दशानयनमुक्तं मुक्तावल्याम् ॥पात्यांशयोगेन भजेद्गतैष्यमासांतरंस्याद्गुणकोथ तेन ॥पात्यांशकास्संगुणिता दशाःस्युरुक्तक्रमान्मासफले दशानाम् ॥
Next, the Muktavali tells how to work out the dashas (planet period) at the month's entry. Take the time between the past and the coming month entry. Divide it by the total of patyamshas (degrees left after subtracting). The result is the multiplier. Multiply the patyamshas by it. These are the dashas, in the order told, for the month's results.
Simple meaning: Month periods: divide the month's length by the total of remainders, then multiply each remainder by it.
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हीनांशकानुक्रमतो यथास्थलवैक्यहन्मासमिते यदाप्तम् ॥पृथक्पृथक् तद्गुणिताश्च तेंशा दिनानि वा मासफले दशानामिति ॥
Or else: follow the order of least degrees. Divide the month's length by the total of the degrees as they stand. Multiply those degrees, one by one, by what comes out. This gives the days of the dashas (planet period) for the month's results.
Simple meaning: Month periods, another way: divide the month by the total of the degrees as they stand, then multiply each by the result.
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समरसिंहेन सर्वग्रहाणां भोग्यांशेभ्यो दशानयनमुक्तम्॥सर्वग्रहा भुक्तांशा नव संस्थाप्य भोग्यभागेभ्यः॥जातांकभुक्तवर्षे यल्लब्धं तेन संगुणयेत् ॥
Samarasimha tells how to work out the dashas (planet period) of all planets. He uses the degrees still to run. Set out all nine with their degrees gone. From the degrees still to run, find the jatanka (the number found). Divide the year by it. Multiply by what comes out.
Simple meaning: Periods from the degrees still to run: Samarasimha's method. The year is divided by the total found from these degrees.
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प्रत्येकं भुक्तांशा यो यस्यास्तिराशिसंख्यांकः॥तस्यास्ति तत्प्रमाणदिवसा घट्यः पलानि स्युः॥
[Multiply] each one's degrees gone. Whatever 'rashi' number each one has, that many days, ghatikas (24-minute unit) and palas (24-second unit) are its period.
Simple meaning: Periods from the degrees still to run: each planet's figure, multiplied, gives its period in days.
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व्याख्या॥सर्वग्रहाणां सलग्नानां भुक्तांशान् कर्मभूमौ संस्थाप्य अंशास्त्रिंशन्मध्ये शोधिताः संतो भोग्यांशास्स्युस्तेभ्यः पूर्वोक्तप्रकारेण यो जातांकस्तेन वर्षपरिमाणं भाज्यम् ॥
Explanation. Set the degrees gone of all the planets and the lagna (rising sign) on the work board. Take them away from thirty degrees. These are the degrees still to run. From them, by the method told before, find the jatanka (the number found). Divide the year's length by it.
Simple meaning: Degrees still to run: take each degrees-gone figure from 30. Then use the same method as before.
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अयमर्थः ॥ पूर्वं ग्रहभागा हीनांशक्रमेण स्थापिताः ॥ इदानीन्ते भागास्त्रिंशन्मध्ये शोधितास्संतो भोग्यभागा वैपरीत्येन हीनांशा जातास्ते पुनर्वैपरीत्यक्रमेण पात्यांशाः कर्तव्यास्तेषां योगेन वर्षम्भजेत् ॥
This is the meaning. Before, the planets' degrees were set in the order of least degrees. Now those degrees are taken from thirty. They become the degrees still to run. In reverse, they become the least-degree list. Make the patyamshas (degrees left after subtracting) from them, in reverse order. Divide the year by their total.
Simple meaning: Degrees still to run: the order is reversed. The remainders are made in reverse and the year is divided by their total.
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यल्लब्धन्तेन यस्य यस्य योयो राशिसंख्यांकोंशसंघसंख्याकोस्ति तत्तद्ग्रहांशस्वरूपाः प्रत्येकभुक्तांशा इदानीम्पात्यांशकवशेन स्थापितास्तान् गुणयेत् ॥ गुणने कृते सति तत्तत्प्रमाणात्ततद्ग्रहांशवशतो दशादिवसाद्याः स्युः ॥
Multiply by what comes out. For each planet, its 'rashi number' is the number of its heap of degrees. These are each one's degrees gone, in the form of that planet's degrees, now set out as patyamshas (degrees left after subtracting). Multiply them. When they are multiplied, each planet's degrees give its dasha (planet period) days and so on.
Simple meaning: Degrees still to run: multiply each planet's figure by the result to get its period days.
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उदाहरणम् ॥ तत्र हीनांशाद्या ग्रहाः अत्रैव चक्रन्यासः ॥ एषां भोग्यांशानांवैपरीत्यक्रमेण शोधने पात्यांशास्स्युः पात्यांशानां योगः २७ अनेन वर्षसंख्या सौरी ३६० भक्ता लब्धो दिनादिध्रुवकः १३।२० अनेन ग्रहाणां पात्यांशा गुणिता जाताः सौरदशादिवसाः ॥
An example. The planets in order of least degrees are set out in a table here. Subtract these degrees still to run in reverse order. These are the patyamshas (degrees left after subtracting). Their total is 27. Divide the solar year, 360, by it. The dhruvanka (fixed multiplier) is 13 days 20 ghatikas (24-minute unit). Multiply the planets' patyamshas by it. These give the solar dasha (planet period) days.
Simple meaning: Worked example: the remainders total 27. 360 divided by 27 gives a multiplier of 13 days 20 ghatikas.
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अयं दशाक्रमः समरसिंहेनाप्रचुरदवस्थोभिहितः ॥
This dasha (planet period) order was told by Samarasimha ... (Our text is unclear here: a word saying how he gave it.)
Simple meaning: Samarasimha's order: our text is unclear about how he gave it.
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अत्र केचित्सर्वग्रहभुक्तांशकराशीनालोक्य यो भवेदल्प इत्येव समरसिंहवाक्ये राशिशब्दस्य संघवाचित्वे वक्तव्ये सर्वग्रहभुक्तांशसंघं स्ववलोक्य यो भवेदल्प इत्येवं समरसिंहो ब्रूयात्तत्रोत्क्रमतो राशिपदोपादानसामर्थ्याद्राश्यादिग्रहाणां सलग्नानां दशा प्रागुक्तविधिना विधेयेत्याहुः ॥
Here some say this. Samarasimha's words are these. 'Look at the rashis of the degrees gone of all the planets; whichever is least ...'. If rashi there meant 'heap', he would have said 'heap'. He would have said: 'Look at the heap of degrees gone of all the planets'. He used the word rashi instead. By the force of that word, they say, the dashas (planet period) go by signs and degrees. This is for the planets and the lagna (rising sign), by the method told before.
Simple meaning: Some readers: Samarasimha said rashi, not 'heap'. So they count periods by signs and degrees too.
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कथं मेषादिषु राशिषु प्रथमतोल्पराशिगो ग्रहो लेख्यः ततस्तदधिको ग्रहो लेख्यः एवमुत्तरत्राधिकराशिस्थाः सलग्नास्सर्वे ग्रहा लेख्यास्ततः पूर्वपूर्वग्रहो राश्यादिरग्रिमाग्रिमग्रहाच्छोध्यः एवमग्रेपि शोध्याः तेषां राश्यादियोगस्यांशान्विधाय तैर्वर्षमानं भाज्यं यल्लब्धं स दिनादिध्रुवकः स्यात्तेन सलग्नग्रहाणां कृतांशानामंशादिगुणनीयं यद्भवति सा दिनादिका दशा स्यात् ॥
How is it done? Among the signs from Aries, write first the planet in the lowest sign. Then write the one above it. Write all the planets and the lagna (rising sign) this way, those in higher signs later. Then take each earlier planet, in signs and so on, from the next one. Subtract the rest the same way. Make their total, in signs and so on, into degrees. Divide the year's length by it. The result is the dhruvanka (fixed multiplier) in days. Multiply by it the planets' and the lagna's remainders, made into degrees. What comes out is the dasha (planet period) in days and so on.
Simple meaning: Periods by signs and degrees: list by full position from Aries, subtract each from the next, and use the same multiplier method.
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उदाहरणम् ॥ पात्यराशिग्रहाणां योगो राश्यादिः १०।०।०।० अनेनांशीकृतेन ३००सौरवर्षमिति ३६० भक्तालब्धं दिनादि ध्रुवकः १।१२ अनेन शोधिता ग्रहा अंशीकृता गुणिता जाताः सर्वेषान्दशादिवसाः ॥ यादवेनतु राश्यादिग्रहाणान्दशाप्रकारान्तरेणोक्ता
An example. The total of the planets' remainders, in signs, is 10 signs 0 degrees 0 minutes 0 seconds. In degrees it is 300. Divide the solar year, 360, by it. The dhruvanka (fixed multiplier) is 1 day 12 ghatikas (24-minute unit). Multiply the subtracted planets, made into degrees, by it. These are the dasha (planet period) days of all. But Yadava gives the dashas of the planets by signs in another way:
Simple meaning: Worked example: the remainders total 300 degrees. 360 divided by 300 gives 1 day 12 ghatikas.
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लग्नादिरिःफान्तगतग्रहेषु योल्पो भपूर्वो हि खगस्स चादौ ॥स्थाप्योधिको स्यादधिकस्ततोग्रे चैवं क्रमादग्रमुखान्विलिख्य ॥
Take the planets standing from the lagna (rising sign) to the 12th house. Set first the planet that is least, counting signs first. Then set the one with more ahead of it. Write them all in this order, each further ahead.
Simple meaning: Yadava's order: list the planets from the lagna onward, by how far they stand from it.
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लग्नं चाग्रखगात्त्यजेत्तदनु तच्छ्रेयो विलग्नादधः स्थाप्यस्तद्विहगन्तदग्रखगतः शेषस्तुपूर्वादधः ॥एवं सर्वखगान्विशोध्य च ततः संस्थापयेत्पूर्ववल्लग्नात्सर्वखगाधिकं तु विवरं सर्वाधिकाधो लिखेत् ॥
Take the lagna (rising sign) from the planet ahead of it. Then set the rest below the lagna. Take that planet from the planet ahead of it. Set the rest below the earlier one. Subtract all the planets this way and set them out as before. Then take the gap from the lagna, beyond all the planets. Write it below the last, furthest planet.
Simple meaning: Yadava's method: subtract each from the next, starting at the lagna. The gap from the last planet back to the lagna goes below the last one.
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चं ल सू बु शु बृ श मं ग्रहाः१ २ ३ ४ ४ ६ ८ १०१५ २५ १० २ १० ८ १५ ० हीनरा१४ ४० २५ ४८ ३० २५ ५० ० शयः१० ५० ४० २० ३० ४५ ५५ ०१ १ ० ० ० १ २ ११५ १० १४ २२ १५ २९ १७ ४ पात्यरा१४ २६ ४४ २२ ४२ ५५ २५ ९ शयः।१० ४० ५० ४० १० १५ १० ५४५ ४८ १७ २६ १८ ५८ ५२ ४०१० ३२ ४१ ५१ ५० ५४ ५४ ५८ दशादि० ० ४६ १२ ३६ १८ १२ ४४ नादि ३६०
The table lists the planets and the lagna (rising sign), from the lowest sign to the highest, in signs-degrees-minutes-seconds. It gives their remainders, and the dasha (planet period) in days-ghatikas (24-minute unit)-palas (24-second unit). The year is 360 days. Moon: place 1-15-14-10; remainder 1-15-14-10; dasha 45-10-0. Lagna: 2-25-40-50; remainder 1-10-26-40; dasha 48-32-0. Sun: 3-10-25-40; remainder 0-14-44-50; dasha 17-41-46. Mercury: 4-2-48-20; remainder 0-22-22-40; dasha 26-51-12. Venus: 4-10-30-30; remainder 0-15-42-10; dasha 18-50-36. Jupiter: 6-8-25-45; remainder 1-29-55-15; dasha 58-54-18. Saturn: 8-15-50-55; remainder 2-17-25-10; dasha 52-54-12. Mars: 10-0-0-0; remainder 1-4-9-5; dasha 40-58-44.
Simple meaning: Worked table: each planet's place from Aries, its remainder, and its period in days.
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ल सू बु शु बृ श मं चं ग्रहाः२ ३ ४ ४ ६ ८ १० १ लग्नादि२५ १० २ १८ ८ २५ ० १५ त्यपर्यन्त४० २५ ४८ ३० २५ ५० ० १४ गाः५० ४० २० ३० ४५ ५५ ० १०० ० ० १ २ २ १ १३१५ २७ १५ १९ १७ २४ २४ २४ योगाः० ७ ३२ ५५ २५ ३४ ५३ २३० ३० १० १५ १० ४५ ५० २५१३ १९ १२ ५४ ६८ ७२ ४८ ७५ योगादशा१२ ५० ५८ २६ ५५ २२ ५२ २५ दिनादिं१० ५० ४४ २७ १८ ९ १५ ४९ ३६०
The table lists Yadava's periods. The planets are counted from the lagna (rising sign) to the 12th house, in signs-degrees-minutes-seconds. It gives the remainders, and the dasha (planet period) in days-ghatikas (24-minute unit)-palas (24-second unit). The year is 360 days. Lagna: place 2-25-40-50; remainder 0-15-0-0; dasha 13-12-10. Sun: 3-10-25-40; remainder 0-27-7-30; dasha 19-50-50. Mercury: 4-2-48-20; remainder 0-15-32-10; dasha 12-58-44. Venus: 4-18-30-30; remainder 1-19-55-15; dasha 54-26-27. Jupiter: 6-8-25-45; remainder 2-17-25-10; dasha 68-55-18. Saturn: 8-25-50-55; remainder 2-24-34-45; dasha 72-22-9. Mars: 10-0-0-0; remainder 1-24-53-50; dasha 48-52-15. Moon: 1-15-14-10; remainder 13-24-23-25; dasha 75-25-49.
Simple meaning: Yadava's worked table: each planet's place counted from the lagna, its remainder and its period in days.
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शुद्धांशयोगेन भजेच्च वर्षं लब्धेन लग्नादिखगाधरस्थात्॥शुद्धांशकात्संगुणयेद्दशा स्यात्पृथक्पृथग्व्योमसदां दिनाद्याः ॥
Divide the year by the total of the shuddhamshas (cleared degrees). With what comes out, multiply each cleared figure set below the lagna (rising sign) and the planets. This gives each planet's dasha (planet period), in days and so on, one by one.
Simple meaning: Yadava's period lengths: divide the year by the total of the remainders, then multiply each remainder by it.
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द्वौ वा त्रयश्चेत्समराशिखेटास्तदल्पभागः प्रथमो निधेयः॥समानभागोल्पफलैस्तु लिप्ता तुल्येऽल्पवेगस्तु गतौ समायात् ॥पूर्वोदितो योथविलग्नखेटौ समौ तदा लग्नदशैव पूर्वा इति ॥
If two or three planets are in the same sign, set first the one with fewer degrees. If the degrees are equal, go by fewer minutes. If those are equal too, the slower one comes first. If the motion is equal, the one that rose first comes first. If the lagna (rising sign) and a planet are equal, the lagna's dasha (planet period) comes first.
Simple meaning: Yadava's ties: fewer degrees, then fewer minutes, then the slower planet, then the one that rose first. The lagna beats a planet in a tie.
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उदाहरणम् ॥ तत्र लग्नादिक्रमेण सर्वे ग्रहाः शोधितग्रहाश्च लिख्यंते अत्र सर्वखगाधिकं विवरं राश्यादि २। २४।३९।५५ सर्वभावप्रांते वर्तमानस्य चंद्रस्याधस्ताल्लिखितम् ॥ अथैषां शुद्धानां योगोराश्यादि १३।१४।२३।२५ एषामंशाः ४०४।२३।२५ सौरवर्षमानं ३६० भक्तं लब्धोदिनादिध्रुवकः०।५३।४०।५०अनेन ग्रहाणां मन्तरराश्यादीनि गुणितानि जाता दशाहास्सौराः ॥
An example. Here all the planets are written in order from the lagna (rising sign), and the subtracted planets too. The gap beyond all the planets is 2 signs 24 degrees 39 minutes 55 seconds. It is written below the Moon, which stands at the end of all the houses. The total of these cleared figures is 13 signs 14 degrees 23 minutes 25 seconds. In degrees it is 404 degrees 23 minutes 25 seconds. Divide the solar year, 360, by it. The dhruvanka (fixed multiplier) is 0 days 53 ghatikas (24-minute unit) 40 palas (24-second unit) 50 vipalas (one-sixtieth of a pala), as printed. Multiply the planets' gaps, in signs and so on, by it. These give the solar dasha (planet period) days.
Simple meaning: Yadava's worked example: the remainders total about 404 degrees. 360 divided by it gives a multiplier a little under one day.
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अत्रान्तर्दशाप्रकार उक्तस्तत्रैव ॥शुद्धांशयोगेन भवेत्स्वकीयं दशादिनाद्यश्च बलेन हन्यात् ॥शुद्धांशकांस्तन्निजतः क्रमेण चान्तर्दशाथोविदशापि चैवम् ॥ १ ॥
Here the way of the sub-periods is told in the same place. Take one's own dasha (planet period), in days and so on. Divide it by the total of the shuddhamshas (cleared degrees). By that figure, multiply the cleared degrees in order, starting from its own. These give the apahara (sub-period). The vidasha (still smaller period) is found the same way too.
Simple meaning: Yadava's sub-periods: treat each period like a small year and share it out by the same remainders, starting with its own.
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राश्यादिग्रहशुद्धांशयोगेन
[That is,] by the total of the cleared degrees of the planets counted by signs and so on.
Simple meaning: A note: the total used is that of the planets' remainders counted with their signs.
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पूर्वाल्पभुक्त्यंशकमार्गतोत्र दशाक्रमो यैः समवादि विप्रैः ॥नबोधितैर्यावनसम्प्रदायो न चिंतिता चापि फलार्थयुक्तिः ॥१॥
Next, Yadava himself tells the fault of the dasha (planet period) by least degrees. Some Brahmins here set the dasha order by fewest degrees gone first. They were not taught the Yavana (foreign teachers) tradition. Nor did they think about how results are reasoned.
Simple meaning: Yadava's objection: those who order periods by fewest degrees did not learn the foreign tradition.
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तथा हि योल्पांशखगोंत्यगोस्य पूर्वा दशा तत्फलदा कथं स्यात् ॥अंत्या तथाग्रस्थितभूरिभागखेटस्य चित्रेयमतो हि हेया ॥ २ ॥
For a planet with few degrees may stand at the end. How can its dasha (planet period) come first and give its results? And the planet in front with many degrees gets the last dasha. This is strange. So this method should be dropped.
Simple meaning: Yadava's objection: a far planet should not get the first period just for having few degrees.