Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 7 · Finding the Dashas
दशानयनाधिकाराध्यायः
पूर्वोक्तवाक्येषु स्वल्यांशग्रहक्रमेण दशानयनाभिधानात् ॥ अथ च लग्नादित्योडुपानामधिकबलवतस्स्याद्दशाघाततोन्येति जातकपद्धतौ श्रीपत्युक्तेर्लग्नात् द्वादशस्थस्य सूर्यचंद्रमसोरन्यतरस्य बलिष्ठस्यादौ दशाफलदा भवेन्न वेति संदेहः कस्यापि मनसि न जागर्तितराम् ॥
For in the sayings told above, the dasha (planet period) is worked out by the order of planets with the fewest degrees. Also, Shripati says this in the Jataka Paddhati. 'Of the lagna (rising sign), the Sun and the Moon, the strongest has the first dasha. The others follow'. Suppose the Sun or the Moon is the strongest and stands in the 12th house from the lagna. Does it give the first dasha's results or not? No such doubt rises in anyone's mind.
Simple meaning: Shripati's rule: the strongest of lagna, Sun and Moon gives the first period, wherever it stands. No one doubts it.
तद्वद्यत्किञ्चिद्भावस्थो ग्रहोल्पांशः शुभमशुभस्वफलं दातुं समर्थ एव॥
Least degrees: a planet with few degrees can give its own good or bad results from any house.
ननु हीनांशादिग्रहाणामाद्या दशोक्ता ततोन्येषामिति तत्राल्पांशानां प्रथमतः फलदातृत्वमुच्यते॥
Least degrees first: the planet with the least degrees gets the first period, so it gives results first.
आदौ संपूर्णफलदम्मध्ये मध्येफलप्रदम्॥
Degrees in a sign: a lagna gives full results at its start, middling in the middle and small at its end. It is the same with everything.