Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 7 · Finding the Dashas
दशानयनाधिकाराध्यायः
आदौ संपूर्णफलदम्मध्ये मध्येफलप्रदम्॥अन्ते तुच्छफलं लग्नं सर्वस्मिन्नेवमेव हीति नारदकश्यपोक्तेः ॥
A lagna (rising sign) gives full results at its start. In the middle, it gives middling results. At its end, it gives small results. It is the same with everything. So say Narada and Kashyapa.
Simple meaning: 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.
एतत्स्पष्टं मुक्तावल्याम्॥
Counting signs is wrong: some count the periods by least signs. They ignore the old rule that the signs are dropped.