Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 7 · Finding the Dashas
दशानयनाधिकाराध्यायः
ननु हीनांशादिग्रहाणामाद्या दशोक्ता ततोन्येषामिति तत्राल्पांशानां प्रथमतः फलदातृत्वमुच्यते॥
Indeed, the first dasha (planet period) is given to the planet with the least degrees. Then come the others. So the planets with few degrees are said to give results first.
Simple meaning: 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.
सर्वस्मिन् ग्रहे भावे च यथायथा राशिसमीपवर्त्यंशस्थितत्वम्भवति ॥ तथा तथा महाफलदातृत्वमस्ति॥यथायथांशोपचयस्तथातथा तुच्छफलदातृत्वमस्ति॥प्राग्ग्रहापेक्षया किञ्चिन्यूनमितियुक्तिः॥
Degree and results: a planet or house near the start of its sign gives big results. As its degrees grow, its results get smaller.
एवंजीर्णताजिकशास्त्रमूलभूतं हीनांशक्रमेण दशानयनं श्रीमन्नीलकण्ठदैवज्ञैर्नवीनमतताजिककर्तृभिश्चोक्तम्॥
Least-degree order: it rests on the old Tajika texts. Nilakantha and the newer writers teach it too.