Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 12 · The 10th House, Work and Standing
दशमविवेकः
ग्रहमात्रादृष्टश्चन्द्रो वा लग्नं व्यर्था राजयोगाः ।
Say the Moon or the 1st house is looked at by no planet at all. Then the royal combinations come to nothing.
सिंहांशेऽर्के पापयुते क्षीणेन्दौ सौम्यादृष्टे व्यर्था राजयोगाः ।
Say the Sun is in a Leo navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) and joined by a bad planet. Say the Moon is waning and no good planet looks at it. Then…
परमनीचांशे जीवे वा शुक्रे व्यर्था राजयोगाः ।
Say Jupiter or Venus is at its deepest debilitation point. Then the royal combinations come to nothing.
पापा नीचगाः सर्वे कण्टकगाः सौम्यास्त्रिकगाः व्यर्था राजयोगाः ।
Say all the bad planets are debilitated and in a kendra (corner house). Say the good planets are in the trika (group of three houses). These are the…