Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 8 · Month Chart and Monthly Results
मासप्रवेशादिविचाराध्यायः
अथाखेटके दिननक्षत्रवशेन फलमुक्तं ॥ भूपालवल्लभे ॥सूर्यभात्रित्रिभे चंद्रे पाशघातवधस्तथा ॥पाशे पाशगतं कुर्याद् घाते प्राप्तिर्भवेन्नहि ॥
Next, in hunting, the result by the day's star is told, in the Bhupalavallabha. Count the stars from the Sun's star to the Moon's, three at a time. They are the noose, the blow and the kill, in turn. In the noose, it brings the animal into the noose. In the blow, there is no gain.
Simple meaning: Hunting by the day's star: count from the Sun's star to the Moon's in threes: noose, blow, final catch. The noose catches, the blow brings no gain.
वधे प्राप्तिर्भवेन्नित्यमेवं वाच्यं न संशयः ॥
Hunting: the third case always brings gain. Then a rule starts: the sign of the hunter's name star and the Moon's place.
तन्मध्ये यदि सौम्याः स्युस्तदा च हरिणादिकम्॥
Hunting: good planets in between, deer; bad planets in between, harmful animals.
मिश्रखेटे मिश्रपशुर्नग्रहश्चेत्पशुर्नहि ॥
Hunting: mixed planets, mixed animals; no planet, no animal; Rahu and Saturn, buffaloes; Mars and Sun, deer.