Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 7 · Finding the Dashas
दशानयनाधिकाराध्यायः
क्रूरलग्नदशामध्ये सौख्यं स्वल्पं धनव्ययम् ॥देहे दुःखं तथा कष्टं मातुलस्य च जायते ॥
In the dasha (planet period) of a harsh lagna (rising sign), comfort may be small and money may be spent. There may be pain in the body. Likewise, the mother's brother may have trouble.
Simple meaning: Lagna's period, harsh lagna: little comfort, spending, body pain, trouble for the mother's brother.
स्वामिमित्रशुभैर्दृष्टे लग्ने मध्यफलं भवेत् ॥
Lagna's period: if its lord, friends or good planets look at the lagna, the result is middling.
अथ ग्रहाणां वर्षेशफलवद्दशाफलमित्युक्तं तेजास्सिंहेन ॥
Planet periods: a planet gives in its period what it gives as year lord, good, middling or low by its strength.
अथान्तर्दशानयनं वर्षतन्त्रे ॥
Finding sub-periods: treat the period like a year and divide it the same way; the period lord's own sub-period comes first.