Hora Sara · by Prithuyashas
Chapter 17 · Ashtakavarga and its results
सप्तदशोऽध्यायः
बालोबलिष्ठो लवणागमो सुरो रागीमुरारि शिखरीन्द्रगाथया ।भौमोगणेन्द्रोलघुभावतासुरो गोकर्णरक्तातुपुराणमैथिली ॥ ७३ ॥
This verse and the next give the points in katapayadi (letter-number code). Each letter stands for one number. Each quarter of the verse is a group of twelve, one number for each place. Group 1: 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 4, 5, 3, 5, 7, 2 (total 43). Group 2: 2, 3, 5, 2, 2, 5, 2, 2, 2, 3, 7, 1 (total 36). Group 3: 4, 5, 3, 5, 2, 3, 4, 4, 4, 6, 7, 2 (total 49). Group 4: 3, 1, 5, 2, 6, 6, 1, 2, 5, 5, 7, 3 (total 46).
रुद्रःपरंगह्वरभैरवस्थली रागीबलीभाखरगर्भिगाचलाः ।
This verse goes on with the code. Group 5: 2, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 7, 3 (total 36). Group 6: 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 2, 3, 4, 3, 6, 3 (total 40)…
सर्वकर्मफलोपेतमष्टवर्गं विदुर्बुधाः ।
The wise know the ashtakavarga (eight-source point table) as holding the results of all deeds. Otherwise, its good and bad points are hard to know.
नगा (30) धिकफला ये स्यू राशयस्ते शुभप्रदाः ।
Signs with more than thirty points give good results. Signs from twenty-five up to thirty points are held to be middling.