Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 8 · Month Chart and Monthly Results
मासप्रवेशादिविचाराध्यायः
अथ दिनप्रवेशे भोजनविचारः ॥ वामनः ॥दिनलग्नं निवेश्यादौ चक्रे द्वादशराशिके ॥तात्कालिकग्रहवशाद्भोजनादि विचिंतयेत् ॥
Next, thought on meals at the day entry. First place the day's lagna (rising sign) in a chart of twelve signs. Then think on meals and the rest by the planets of that moment.
Simple meaning: Meals on the day entry: place the day's lagna in a chart and judge meals from the planets of that moment.
आदिशब्देन आखेटस्वमादि ज्ञेयम् ॥
Meals: the words 'and the rest' cover hunting and similar matters.
भोज्यदाता तनुस्वामी भोज्यं हिबुकवेश्मपः ॥
Meals: lagna lord gives, 4th lord is the food, 7th lord is both hunger and the eater.
लाभेवेश्मनि लग्ने च शुभदृष्टे सुभोजनम् ॥
Good meal: good planets looking at the 11th house and the lagna, or Jupiter or Venus in the lagna.