Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 7 · Finding the Dashas
दशानयनाधिकाराध्यायः
ग्रहज्ञाभरणेपि ॥सलग्नसप्तग्रहहीनभुक्तभागान्विलिख्य प्रथमश्चेति ॥
The Grahajnabharana says it too. Write the degrees gone of the seven planets and the lagna (rising sign), fewest first. And the first ...
Simple meaning: Grahajnabharana: write the planets by fewest degrees gone.
ताजिकरत्नमालायामपि ॥
Tajikaratnamala: fewest degrees first.
इत्यादिबहूनि वचांसि राशिराहित्यप्रतिपादकानि संति ॥
Many texts agree: the signs are dropped.
यादवेन तु किं मूलमंगीकृत्य राश्यादिग्रहदशानयनमभाणि तदभिप्रायं वयन्न जानीमः ॥ अथ च तथाहीत्यादिपद्येन त्वया युक्तिरुक्ता सा चिंत्या न हि वाचनिकेऽर्थे युक्तिः प्रभवेत् ॥
Balabhadra on Yadava: his method has no text behind it, and reasoning cannot override what a text says.