Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 7 · Finding the Dashas
दशानयनाधिकाराध्यायः
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.
अथ गतिसाम्येपि दशाक्रमज्ञानं पद्धतिभूषणे ॥
Equal motion: the planet that rises first comes first. If that is equal too, follow the usual listing order.
अयमर्थः ॥ गतिसाम्येपि सूर्य्यवशेन प्रथमोदितस्य पूर्वादशा तस्यापि साम्ये लग्नसूर्य्यचंद्रभौमेत्यादिपाठक्रमाद्दशा स्यात् ॥
Equal motion: the planet that rose first from the Sun comes first; then the order lagna, Sun, Moon, Mars and so on.
अथ लग्नग्रहयोरंशसाम्ये पूर्वानीतलग्नबलग्रहबलयोर्मध्ये यस्याधिक्यं तस्याद्या दशा बलसाम्ये लग्नस्य गत्यभावाल्लग्नेशग्रहयोर्मध्ये यस्याऽल्पगतिस्तस्याद्या दशा ॥
Lagna and a planet tie: the stronger comes first. If equal, compare the lagna lord with the planet; the slower comes first.