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Check free →It tells how work goes well or badly, and how honour and name are won. It also reads the father and joy from him. Most of the chapter then lists combinations for kings and for people of great standing. It ends with the signs that undo those combinations.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
दशमविवेकः
लग्नेशे सपापे धने वा धनारिद्यूनेशाः सपापाः कोशगाः पिता सज्जनस्त्रीगामी ।
Say the lord of the lagna (rising sign) is with a bad planet in the 2nd house. Or say the lords of the 2nd, 6th and 7th are with bad planets in the 2nd house. Then the father will go to the wives of good men.
दशमविवेकः
सुखारीशावङ्के जनको विटः ।
Say the lords of the 4th and the 6th are in the 9th house. Then the father will be a rake.
दशमविवेकः
भाग्याम्बुपौ सुखे जनको विटः ।
Say the lords of the 9th and the 4th are in the 4th house. Then the father will be a rake.
दशमविवेकः
खेशे पापसम्बन्धे पापान्तरे पितृदुःखम् ।
Say the 10th lord has a link with bad planets and has bad planets on both sides. Then the father will have sorrow.
दशमविवेकः
अर्कादशमेशे पापयुतदृष्टे पिता दुःखी ।
Say the lord of the 10th house from the Sun is joined or looked at by bad planets. Then the father will be unhappy.
दशमविवेकः
सूर्यारौ खे धर्मे वा शीघ्रं पितृमृतिः ।
Say the Sun and Mars are in the 10th or the 9th house. Then the father will die soon.
दशमविवेकः
सपापसूर्ये द्यूने शीघ्रं पितृमृतिः ।
Say the Sun is with bad planets in the 7th house. Then the father will die soon.
दशमविवेकः
चरेऽर्के केन्द्रे वा चन्द्रे पितरौ न दहेत् ।
Say the Sun is in a moving sign, or the Moon is in a kendra (corner house). Then the person will not cremate his parents.
दशमविवेकः
चन्द्रार्कावङ्के पितुर्जले मृतिः ।
Say the Moon and the Sun are in the 9th house. Then the father dies in water.
दशमविवेकः
द्यूनेऽर्के खे भौमेऽन्त्ये राहौ पिता न जीवति ।
Say the Sun is in the 7th house, Mars is in the 10th, and Rahu is in the 12th. Then the father does not live long.
दशमविवेकः
खे शत्रुभे भौमे पिता न जीवति ।
Say Mars is in the 10th house, in an enemy's sign. Then the father does not live long.
दशमविवेकः
लग्ने जीवे धने ज्ञारयमा विवाहे पितृमृतिः ।
Say Jupiter is in the 1st house. Say Mercury, Mars and Saturn are in the 2nd house. Then the father dies at the time of the person's marriage.
दशमविवेकः
चन्द्रार्कौ झषे पापदृष्टौ पितुर्जले मृतिः ।
Say the Moon and the Sun are in Pisces and bad planets aspect them. Then the father dies in water.
दशमविवेकः
शुक्रार्कौ चरे भौमदृष्टयुतौ पितुरन्यदेशे मृतिः ।
Say Venus and the Sun are in a moving sign. Say Mars is with them or aspects them. Then the father dies in another land.
दशमविवेकः
भौमार्कावजे खे जन्मतः प्राक् पितृमरणम् ।
Say Mars and the Sun are in Aries, and Aries is the 10th house. Then the father dies before the person is born.
दशमविवेकः
मन्दारौ खे जन्मतः प्राक् पितृमरणम् ।
Say Saturn and Mars are in the 10th house. Then the father dies before the person is born.
दशमविवेकः
सार्कारे खेशे शीघ्रं पितृमृतिः ।
Say the 10th lord is with the Sun and Mars. Then the father dies soon.
दशमविवेकः
सुखार्थाङ्गेशाः स्वर्क्षे धर्मेशेऽङ्गे सिंहासनाप्तिः ।
Say the lords of the 4th, 2nd and 1st houses are each in their own sign. Say the lord of the 9th house is in the 1st. Then the person gains a throne.
दशमविवेकः
धर्माङ्गसुखेशाः कर्मगाः बलिखेशयुताः सिंहासनाप्तिः ।
Say the lords of the 9th, 1st and 4th houses are in the 10th house. Say a strong 10th lord is with them. Then the person gains a throne.
दशमविवेकः
धर्मेऽम्बुपे शुक्रेज्यौ तुर्ये धर्मेशे केन्द्रकोणे सिंहासनाप्तिः ।
Say the lord of the 4th house is in the 9th. Say Venus and Jupiter are in the 4th. Say the lord of the 9th is in a kendra (corner house) or trikona (luck house). Then the person gains a throne.
दशमविवेकः
वित्तपे केन्द्रे स्वोच्चे शुभदृष्टे सिंहासनाप्तिः ।
Say the lord of the 2nd house is in a kendra (corner house). Say it is in its exaltation sign. Say good planets aspect it. Then the person gains a throne.
दशमविवेकः
शुभाः केन्द्रे त्र्यरीशगाः पापाः सिंहासनाप्तिः ।
Say good planets are in kendra (corner house) positions. Say bad planets are in the 3rd, 6th and 11th houses. Then the person gains a throne.
दशमविवेकः
षट्स्वर्क्षगाः वा शुभषष्ठ्यंशेऽर्के नृपतुल्यः ।
Say six planets are in their own signs. Or say the Sun is in a good shashtyamsha (one-sixtieth part of a sign) division. Then the person is like a king.
दशमविवेकः
चन्द्रेज्यौ सुते वोत्तमांशे नृपतुल्यः ।
Say the Moon and Jupiter are in the 5th house. Or say they are in uttama amsha (a good rank of strength). Then the person is like a king.
दशमविवेकः
चन्द्रेऽङ्गे गुरौ सुखे खे शुक्रे मन्दे स्वर्क्षोच्चे नृपतुल्यः ।
Say the Moon is in the 1st house and Jupiter is in the 4th. Say Venus is in the 10th. Say Saturn is in its own sign or its exaltation sign. Then the person is like a king.
दशमविवेकः
दशमादासोत्थगाः सौम्या नृपतुल्यः ।
Say the good planets are in the houses from the 10th round to the 3rd. That is the 10th, 11th, 12th, 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Then the person is like a king.
दशमविवेकः
सौम्याः केन्द्रकोणे पापस्त्र्यायारिगा लग्नेशे सबले नृपतुल्यः ।
Say good planets are in kendra (corner house) and trikona (luck house) positions. Say bad planets are in the 3rd, 11th and 6th houses. Say the lord of the 1st house is strong. Then the person is like a king.
दशमविवेकः
नीचगभेशोच्चेशः केन्द्रे नृपतुल्यः ।
Say a planet is debilitated. Say the lord of its sign and the lord of its exaltation sign are in kendra (corner house) positions. Then the person is like a king.
दशमविवेकः
बलिनि चन्द्रे लग्नेतरकेन्द्रकोणे शुक्रजीवान्यतरदृष्टे नृपतुल्यः ।
Say the Moon is strong and in a kendra (corner house) or trikona (luck house) other than the 1st. Say Venus or Jupiter aspects it. Then the person is like a king.
दशमविवेकः
नीचगाः स्वोच्चांशगाः नृपतुल्यः ।
Say planets are in their debilitation signs. Say they are in the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) of their own exaltation sign. Then the person is like a king.
दशमविवेकः
देहे जीवे ज्ञे केन्द्रे भाग्यपदृष्टे नृपतुल्यः ।
Say Jupiter is in the 1st house and Mercury is in a kendra (corner house). Say the lord of the 9th house aspects Mercury. Then the person is like a king.
दशमविवेकः
खेशे स्वोच्चमित्रांशे पारावतादौ नृपतुल्यः ।
Take the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) of its own exaltation sign or a friend's sign. Say the 10th lord is in it. Say it is in paravata amsha (a good rank of strength) or a similar rank. Then the person is like a king.
दशमविवेकः
नीचे जीवेऽङ्गे धर्मपे रन्ध्रे शुभांशे नृपतुल्यः ।
Say Jupiter is debilitated and in the 1st house. Say the lord of the 9th is in the 8th house. It is in the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) of a good planet. Then the person is like a king.
दशमविवेकः
जीवेऽन्त्ये लाभे मन्दे सोत्थपेऽर्के नृपतुल्यः ।
Say Jupiter is in the 12th house and Saturn is in the 11th. Say the Sun is the lord of the 3rd house. Then the person is like a king.
दशमविवेकः
षट्ग्रहाः स्वोच्चगा राजाधिराजः ।
Say six planets are in their exaltation signs. Then the person becomes a king of kings.
दशमविवेकः
खेशे सुते सुखेशे खे कोणपदृष्टे राजाधिराजः ।
Say the 10th lord is in the 5th house and the 4th lord is in the 10th. Say a lord of the 5th or 9th house aspects it. Then the person becomes a king of kings.
दशमविवेकः
धर्मापत्यपौ द्यूनोनकेन्द्रे लग्नपयुतौ राजाधिराजः ।
Say the lords of the 9th and 5th houses are in kendra (corner house) positions other than the 7th. Say they are joined with the lord of the 1st house. Then the person becomes a king of kings.
दशमविवेकः
चन्द्रात्सोत्थे मन्दार्के तुर्ये ज्ञाच्छौ लाभे जीवे राजाधिराजः ।
Say Saturn and the Sun are in the 3rd house from the Moon. Say Mercury and Venus are in the 4th and Jupiter is in the 11th. Then the person becomes a king of kings.
दशमविवेकः
गुरावङ्गे द्यूनाम्बुगे सूर्ये वक्रगे शुक्रे सुते राजाधिराजः ।
Say Jupiter is in the 1st house and the Sun is in the 7th or 4th. Say Venus is retrograde in the 5th house. Then the person becomes a king of kings.
दशमविवेकः
जीवार्कावजे खे कुजे धर्मगा ज्ञेन्द्वच्छा राजाधिराजः ।
Say Jupiter and the Sun are in Aries and Mars is in the 10th house. Say Mercury, the Moon and Venus are in the 9th house. Then the person becomes a king of kings.
दशमविवेकः
कन्याङ्गे ज्ञे झषे जीवे लाभे मन्दे हये शुक्रे वक्रार्कावबलौ राजाधिराजः ।
Say Virgo is the rising sign and Mercury is in it. Say Jupiter is in Pisces and Saturn is in the 11th house. Say Venus is in Sagittarius. Say the Sun and Mars are weak. Then the person becomes a king of kings.
दशमविवेकः
धर्मे मन्दे उच्चे कुजे ज्ञेज्याच्छाः सुते राजाधिराजः ।
Say Saturn is in the 9th house and Mars is in its exaltation sign. Say Mercury, Jupiter and Venus are in the 5th house. Then the person becomes a king of kings.
दशमविवेकः
सकलाश्चरेषु राजाधिराजः ।
Say all the planets are in moving signs. Then the person becomes a king of kings.
दशमविवेकः
सोत्थे शनौ षष्ठे भौमे खे शुक्रे धर्मे स्वोच्चेऽर्के राजाधिराजः ।
Say Saturn is in the 3rd house, Mars is in the 6th and Venus is in the 10th. Say the Sun is in the 9th house, in its exaltation sign. Then the person becomes a king of kings.
दशमविवेकः
सुतेशे सबले खाङ्गेशयोगे केन्द्रे राजाधिराजः ।
Say the lord of the 5th house is strong. Say it is joined with the lords of the 10th and 1st houses and is in a kendra (corner house). Then the person becomes a king of kings.
दशमविवेकः
खेशे देवलोके खाङ्केशौ पारावते लाभपे गोपुरे राजाधिराजः ।
Say the 10th lord is in devaloka amsha (a good rank of strength). Say the lords of the 10th and 9th are in paravata amsha (a good rank of strength). Say the lord of the 11th is in gopura amsha (a good rank of strength). Then the person becomes a king of kings.
दशमविवेकः
गोमीनालिकन्यासु सर्वे राजाधिराजः ।
Say all the planets are in Taurus, Pisces, Scorpio and Virgo. Then the person becomes a king of kings.
दशमविवेकः
घटसिंहयुग्मधनुःषु सर्वे राजाधिराजः ।
Say all the planets are in Aquarius, Leo, Gemini and Sagittarius. Then the person becomes a king of kings.
दशमविवेकः
तुलाङ्गनाहयमृगहरिषु सर्वे राजाधिराजः ।
Say all the planets are in Libra, Virgo, Sagittarius, Capricorn and Leo. Then the person becomes a king of kings.
दशमविवेकः
ज्ञारार्केज्यर्क्षेषु सघटेषु सर्वे राजाधिराजः ।
Say all the planets are in the signs of Mercury, Mars, the Sun and Jupiter, and also in Aquarius. Then the person becomes a king of kings.
दशमविवेकः
ज्ञेन्दुजीवभेषु सर्वे राजाधिराजः ।
Say all the planets are in the signs of Mercury, the Moon and Jupiter. Then the person becomes a king of kings.
दशमविवेकः
लग्नाद्वा चन्द्राद्धर्मकर्मपावन्योन्यगौ भूपतिः ।
Say the lords of the 9th and 10th houses are in each other's houses. Count from the 1st house or from the Moon. Then the person becomes a king.
दशमविवेकः
स्वर्क्षगाः सप्त भूपतिः ।
Say seven planets are in their own signs. Then the person becomes a king.
दशमविवेकः
सप्तसुहृद्भगा भूपतिः ।
Say seven planets are in the signs of friends. Then the person becomes a king.
दशमविवेकः
त्र्यादिग्रहाः स्वोच्चगाः भूपवंशजो भूपतिः ।
Say three or more planets are in their exaltation signs. Then the person becomes a king, born in a king's family.
दशमविवेकः
क्रूरेषु स्वोच्चेषु क्रूरो भूपतिः ।
Say bad planets are in their exaltation signs. Then the person becomes a cruel king.
दशमविवेकः
स्वोच्चेषु शुभेषु शुभमतिर्मिश्रेषु मिश्रमतिर्भूपतिः ।
Say good planets are in their exaltation signs. Then the person becomes a king with a good mind. If they are mixed, the king has a mixed mind.
दशमविवेकः
पञ्चादयो ग्रहा उच्चगा अन्यकुलजो भूपतिः ।
Say five or more planets are in their exaltation signs. Then the person becomes a king, born in another family.
दशमविवेकः
चन्द्रेऽङ्गे मन्दार्कारेज्याः स्वोच्चगाः भूपतिः ।
Say the Moon is in the lagna (rising sign). Say Saturn, the Sun, Mars and Jupiter are in their exaltation signs. Then the person becomes a king.
दशमविवेकः
मृगोनचरेऽङ्गे मंन्दार्केज्याः स्वोच्चगाः भूपतिः ।
Say the 1st house is a moving sign other than Capricorn. Say Saturn, the Sun and Jupiter are in their exaltation signs. Then the person becomes a king.
Sutra 12.7 says a 10th lord in its own sign, joined by good planets, may make a person who is in business and values honour.
Sutra 12.21 says work and other matters may go wrong when the 10th lord is in a bad house.
Sutra 12.57 says the person may have joy from the father when the 10th lord is in a good rank of strength.