Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 7 · Finding the Dashas
दशानयनाधिकाराध्यायः
यो वीर्यवान् जनुषि मध्यबलश्च वर्षे वीर्योपिताश्रितदशासमये दशायाः ॥पूर्वे तु पूर्णफलदोल्पफलो परार्द्धे कार्यो विपर्ययविधिर्विपरीतवीर्ये ॥
A planet may be strong at birth and of middle strength in the year. Then, in its own dasha (planet period), it gives full results in the first half. It gives small results in the second half. If the strengths are reversed, reverse the rule. (Our text is unclear here: one word on the planet's strength at the time of its period.)
Simple meaning: Strong at birth, middling in the year: full results early in the period, small results later.
वीर्योज्झितस्त्रिसमये बहुदुःखदायी यावद्बलं तु खचरस्य फलं तु तावत् ॥
Weak at birth, in the year and in the period: much sorrow. Results follow the planet's strength.
आधारमिन्दुजबलं निखिलग्रहाणामाहुर्बलस्य खलु दैवविदः पुराणाः ॥
Moon's strength in the periods: it is the base of all planets' strength. Good or bad period results follow it.
अथ दशाफलविचारे विशेषमाहसमरसिंहः ॥
Year lord rules the year's periods: tell its results by its own nature.