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Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 7 · Finding the Dashas
दशानयनाधिकाराध्यायः
एतत्स्पष्टं मुक्तावल्याम्॥राश्यादिहीनक्रमतो गृहादेः केचिद्वदन्त्याध्वनिका दशाहान् ॥राशीनयास्येति पुरातनोक्तीरमन्यमानास्तु दुराग्रहेण ॥
This is made clear in the Muktavali. Some passers-by say this. The days of the dasha (planet period) follow the order of least signs, degrees and so on. They count from the lagna (rising sign) and the rest. They do not accept the old sayings that drop the signs. They hold this view out of stubbornness.
Simple meaning: Counting signs is wrong: some count the periods by least signs. They ignore the old rule that the signs are dropped.
इत्यलमतिप्रसगेन ॥
End of the argument: no more needs to be said.
अन्येषामपि मतान्याहुरभियुक्तास्तु ज्योतिर्विंदः॥
Other views on the order: some count least signs, some add the zodiac shift, and some use degrees alone.
यतरवत्तखुत्तवरखिन्धिकरोमकाद्याम्लेच्छास्तथा च कृतिनस्समरसिंहपूर्वाः ॥
Least-degree order: the foreign teachers and Samarasimha dropped the signs. A planet near the start of its sign is stronger, so it comes first.