Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 8 · Month Chart and Monthly Results
मासप्रवेशादिविचाराध्यायः
कर्तरीलक्षणमाह वसिष्ठः ॥लग्नस्य पृष्ठाग्रगयोरसाध्वोः सा कर्तरी स्यादृजुवक्रगत्योः ॥तौ शीघ्रचारौ यदि वक्रचारौ न कर्तरी चेति पितामहोक्तिः इति ॥
Vasishtha gives the mark of kartari (planets on both sides). Take two bad planets going behind and ahead of the lagna (rising sign), with direct and retrograde motion. That is kartari. If those two are fast-moving, or retrograde, it is not kartari. This is the saying of Pitamaha.
Simple meaning: Kartari: two bad planets one before and one after the lagna, in direct and retrograde motion. Not kartari if both are fast or retrograde.
अत्र लग्नपापग्रहयोरंशसाम्ये कर्तरीदोष इत्युक्तं गर्गेण ॥
Kartari fault only when the lagna and the two bad planets are in the same part. Otherwise the house gives its usual result.
कर्तर्यपवादोपि बादरायणोक्तः ॥
No kartari when the Moon is in the 2nd, or a good planet is there, or Jupiter is in the last house.
अत्र शुभग्रहकर्तरी शुभैव स्वल्पसौख्यकरी ज्ञेयेति ॥
A kartari of good planets is good, and gives a little happiness.