Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 12 · The 10th House, Work and Standing
दशमविवेकः
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 6th, 8th and 12th houses. 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.
सौम्या अस्तगा केन्द्रहीना लग्ने राहौ चन्द्रदृष्टे पापाः षट्त्र्यायगाः व्यर्था राजयोगाः ।
Say the good planets are combust and none is in a kendra (corner house). Say Rahu is in the 1st house and the Moon looks at it. Say the bad planets…