Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 8 · Month Chart and Monthly Results
मासप्रवेशादिविचाराध्यायः
रविदृष्टिर्विना लग्नं रवियोगं विनापि वा ॥सायकं दशनं वाच्यं लंघनं च विनिर्दिशेत् ॥
The Sun may not look at the lagna (rising sign). Or the Sun may not join it. Then 'sayakam dashanam' should be told. One should also point to fasting. (Our text is unclear here: the words sayakam dashanam, 'arrow, biting', do not fit a meal rule.)
Simple meaning: Meals: with no Sun look or joining on the lagna, fasting may be seen.
उष्णं तु दशमे चंद्रे शीतं तत्र कुजे स्थिते ॥
Meals: Moon in the 10th, hot food; Mars there, cold; Sun in the 4th, bitter; Moon, salty.
कुजे तु कटुकं प्रोक्तं बुधे प्रोक्तं तु मिश्रितम् ॥
Meals: the taste by planet: Mars pungent, Mercury mixed, Jupiter sweet, Venus sour, Saturn rough and drying.
ग्रहे बलयुते वापि भोज्यान्ने रसमादिशेत् ॥
Meals: a strong planet shows the taste. Venus oily, Saturn oil, a planet at its high point gives well-made food.