Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 7 · Finding the Dashas
दशानयनाधिकाराध्यायः
सूतौ च वर्षसमये च दशाविपाककाले चयो बलयुतस्सकलापि तस्य ॥श्रेष्ठादशांत्वपरदृष्टियुतस्वधातुस्थानादिभेदवशपाकफलेन्दुवीर्यात् ॥
A planet may be strong at birth, at the time of the year, and when its period ripens. Then its whole dasha (planet period) is the best. Otherwise, the period's result rests on other points. These are the looks and joinings of other planets, its own dhatu (body tissue / state), its place, and the like. It also rests on the Moon's strength.
Simple meaning: Strong at birth, in the year and in its period: the whole period is best. Otherwise judge looks, joinings, place and the Moon's strength.
यो जन्मनीह सबलो विबलोब्दकाले तत्कालमध्यमबलश्च दशा तदीया ।
Strong at birth, weak in the year: the period gives small results first, none later. Reverse strengths give reverse results.
वर्षेच जन्मनि बली विबलो विपाके पाके बली च विबलः प्रसवाब्दकाले ॥
Mixed or middling strength at birth, in the year and in the period: the period gives little.
यो वीर्यवान् जनुषि मध्यबलश्च वर्षे वीर्योपिताश्रितदशासमये दशायाः ॥
Strong at birth, middling in the year: full results early in the period, small results later.