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Jataka Tattva · Chapter 2
सूतिकातत्वम्
Balarishta means danger in the early years of life, and it is the main theme of this chapter. The chapter has 167 sutras.
It speaks of birth, the place of birth and the first days of a child. It then lists chart signs of danger, and it states them calmly. It also gives many signs that guard a life. Last, it covers parentage and marks on the body.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
सूतिकातत्वम्
इन्द्वङ्गौ सर्वग्रहदृष्टौ सर्वारिष्टहरः ।
Say the Moon and the lagna (rising sign) are aspected by all planets. Then they remove every danger to life.
सूतिकातत्वम्
शुभांशे केन्द्रे कोणे शुक्रदृष्टे चन्द्रे सर्वारिष्टहरः ।
Say the Moon is in a good planet's navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign). It is in the 1st, 4th, 7th, 10th, 5th or 9th house. Venus aspects it. Then it removes every danger to life.
सूतिकातत्वम्
बली शुभः केन्द्रगो लाभे सूर्यः सर्वारिष्टहरः ।
Say a strong good planet is in the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house. The Sun is in the 11th. Then they remove every danger to life.
सूतिकातत्वम्
सबलेऽङ्गपे शुभमात्रदृष्टे सर्वारिष्टहरः ।
Say the lord of the lagna (rising sign) is strong, and only good planets aspect it. Then it removes every danger to life.
सूतिकातत्वम्
जीवे स्वभोच्चगे केन्द्रे सर्वारिष्टहरः ।
Say Jupiter is in his own or high sign, in the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house. Then he removes every danger to life.
सूतिकातत्वम्
पापाः शुभवर्गगाः शुभमात्रदृष्टाः सर्वारिष्टहरः ।
Say bad planets are in a good planet's varga (division of a sign), and only good planets aspect them. Then they remove every danger to life.
सूतिकातत्वम्
जायारिगो राहुः शुभमात्रदृष्टयुतः सर्वारिष्टहरः ।
Say Rahu is in the 7th or 6th house, joined or aspected only by good planets. Then he removes every danger to life.
सूतिकातत्वम्
सर्वे बलिनो वा नृराशिगा वा मित्रभगा वा शुभभगा वा शुभवर्गगाः सर्वारिष्टहरः ।
Say all planets are strong. Or they are all in human signs, or friends' signs, or signs of good planets. Or they are in good planets' varga (division of a sign). Then they remove every danger to life.
सूतिकातत्वम्
षष्ठाष्टमेशौ चन्द्रारयुतौ तुर्यगौ जारजः ।
Say the lords of the 6th and 8th houses are joined with the Moon and Mars, in the 4th house. Then the person is born of the mother's lover, not her husband.
सूतिकातत्वम्
षष्ठाङ्केशौ पापयुतौ जारजः ।
Say the lords of the 6th and 9th houses are joined with bad planets. Then the person is born of the mother's lover, not her husband.
सूतिकातत्वम्
षष्ठाङ्केशयोर्मन्दयोगे शूद्रजो ज्ञयोगे वैश्यजोऽर्कयोगे क्षत्रजो जीवशुक्रान्यतरयोगे ब्राह्मणजो जारजः ।
Say the lords of the 6th and 9th houses are joined with Saturn. Then the person is born of a Shudra man. If joined with Mercury, of a Vaishya man. If joined with the Sun, of a Kshatriya man. If joined with Jupiter or Venus, of a Brahmin man. In each case the birth is from the mother's lover.
सूतिकातत्वम्
अंशे पापमात्रसम्बन्धे जारजः ।
Take the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) of the atmakaraka (the planet that stands for the self). Say only bad planets are linked with it. Then the person is born of the mother's lover, not her husband.
सूतिकातत्वम्
केन्द्रे सोत्थेशयोगे जारजः ।
Say the lord of the 3rd house is joined with a planet in the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house. Then the person is born of the mother's lover, not her husband.
सूतिकातत्वम्
द्वित्रिपञ्चारीशा लग्नगा जारजः ।
Say the lords of the 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th houses are in the lagna (rising sign). Then the person is born of the mother's lover, not her husband.
सूतिकातत्वम्
पापेऽङ्गे शुभे द्यूने खे मन्दे जारजः ।
Say a bad planet is in the lagna (rising sign). A good planet is in the 7th house and Saturn is in the 10th. Then the person is born of the mother's lover, not her husband.
सूतिकातत्वम्
चन्द्रेऽङ्गे सुते शुक्रे सोत्थे भौमे जारजः ।
Say the Moon is in the lagna (rising sign). Venus is in the 5th house and Mars is in the 3rd. Then the person is born of the mother's lover, not her husband.
सूतिकातत्वम्
लग्नेऽर्के सुखे राहौ पितृव्यजः ।
Say the Sun is in the lagna (rising sign) and Rahu is in the 4th house. Then the person is born of the father's brother.
सूतिकातत्वम्
लग्ने राह्वारौ पुष्पवन्तौ द्यूने नीचजः ।
Say Rahu and Mars are in the lagna (rising sign), and the Sun and Moon are in the 7th house. Then the person is born of a man of low birth.
सूतिकातत्वम्
शून्येषु केन्द्रेषु जारजः ।
Say the 1st, 4th, 7th and 10th houses are empty. Then the person is born of the mother's lover, not her husband.
सूतिकातत्वम्
सर्वे द्विषष्ठाष्टान्त्येषु जारजः ।
Say all planets are in the 2nd, 6th, 8th or 12th house. Then the person is born of the mother's lover, not her husband.
सूतिकातत्वम्
जीववर्गहीनेऽङ्गे जारजः ।
Say the lagna (rising sign) has no varga (division of a sign) of Jupiter. Then the person is born of the mother's lover, not her husband.
सूतिकातत्वम्
खेऽङ्गे तुर्ये सपापचन्द्रे चन्द्रलग्नौ गुर्वदृष्टौ जारजः ।
Say the Moon, with a bad planet, is in the 10th house, the lagna (rising sign) or the 4th. Jupiter does not aspect the Moon or the lagna. Then the person is born of the mother's lover, not her husband.
सूतिकातत्वम्
पुष्पवन्तावेकभगौ गुर्वदृष्टौ जारजः ।
Say the Sun and Moon are in the same sign, and Jupiter does not aspect them. Then the person is born of the mother's lover, not her husband.
सूतिकातत्वम्
लग्नाम्बुषष्ठधर्मपयोगे जारजः ।
Say the lords of the lagna (rising sign), the 4th, the 6th and the 9th houses are joined. Then the person is born of the mother's lover, not her husband.
सूतिकातत्वम्
धर्मे सुखे च पापेऽङ्गपेऽबले जारजः ।
Say bad planets are in the 9th and 4th houses, and the lord of the lagna (rising sign) is weak. Then the person is born of the mother's lover, not her husband.
सूतिकातत्वम्
सुखे पापान्तरे लग्नपेऽबले पापदृष्टे जारजः ।
Say the 4th house lies between two bad planets. The lord of the lagna (rising sign) is weak, and bad planets aspect it. Then the person is born of the mother's lover, not her husband.
सूतिकातत्वम्
दारेशे धने सपापे भौमदृष्टे जारजः ।
Say the lord of the 7th house is in the 2nd house with a bad planet, and Mars aspects it. Then the person is born of the mother's lover, not her husband.
सूतिकातत्वम्
चन्द्रमन्दयोगे जारजः ।
Say the Moon is joined with Saturn. Then the person is born of the mother's lover, not her husband.
सूतिकातत्वम्
लग्नपेऽङ्गे वा लग्नद्रष्टरि जारजयोगे भङ्गः ।
Say the lord of the lagna (rising sign) is in the lagna, or aspects the lagna. Then the combination for birth from a lover is broken.
सूतिकातत्वम्
लग्ने जीवयुतदृष्टे जारजयोगे भङ्गः ।
Say Jupiter joins or aspects the lagna (rising sign). Then the combination for birth from a lover is broken.
सूतिकातत्वम्
लग्नचन्द्रान्यतरो जीवभवर्गान्यतरगो जारजयोगे भङ्गः ।
Say the Moon or the lagna (rising sign) is in a sign of Jupiter. Or it is in a varga (division of a sign) of Jupiter. Then the combination for birth from a lover is broken.
सूतिकातत्वम्
यदवयवे कुजार्कौ तत्रारक्तचिह्नम् ।
Say Mars and the Sun are in a sign. Then the part of the body ruled by that sign has a red mark.
सूतिकातत्वम्
राह्वर्कजौ यत्र तत्र श्यामचिह्नम् ।
Say Rahu and Saturn are in a sign. Then the part of the body ruled by that sign has a dark mark.
सूतिकातत्वम्
लग्नगाश्चन्द्राराच्छाः शिरसि चिह्नम् ।
Say the Moon, Mars and Venus are in the lagna (rising sign). Then there is a mark on the head.
सूतिकातत्वम्
शुक्रेऽङ्गे रन्ध्रे राहौ मस्तके वा वामकर्णे चिह्नम् ।
Say Venus is in the lagna (rising sign) and Rahu is in the 8th house. Then there is a mark on the head or on the left ear.
सूतिकातत्वम्
आरेऽङ्गे कोणे मन्दे लिङ्गे गुदसमीपे वा चिह्नम् ।
Say Mars is in the lagna (rising sign) and Saturn is in the 5th or 9th house. Then there is a mark on the private part or near the anus.
सूतिकातत्वम्
ज्ञेज्यौ रन्ध्रे कोणे शुक्रे सुखाङ्गे मन्दे जठरे चिह्नम ।
Say Mercury and Jupiter are in the 8th house. Venus is in the 5th or 9th house. Saturn is in the 4th house or the lagna (rising sign). Then there is a mark on the belly.
सूतिकातत्वम्
राहुच्छौ तुर्ये मन्दे कुजे वाङ्गे वामपादे चिह्नम् ।
Say Rahu and Venus are in the 4th house, and Saturn or Mars is in the lagna (rising sign). Then there is a mark on the left foot.
सूतिकातत्वम्
यस्य राजयोगो भङ्गरहितस्तस्य करचरणान्यतरत्र राजचिह्नम् ।
Say a person has a royal combination that is not broken. Then there is a royal mark on a hand or a foot.
सूतिकातत्वम्
चन्द्रार्कौ यदङ्गगौ तदङ्गे चिह्नम् ।
Say the Moon and the Sun are in the sign for some part of the body. Then there is a mark on that part of the body.
सूतिकातत्वम्
वर्गोत्तमेऽङ्गे वा चन्द्रे शुभं जन्म ।
Say the lagna (rising sign) or the Moon has the same sign in its navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign). Then the birth is good.
सूतिकातत्वम्
सूर्याद्धने सद्ग्रहे शुभं जन्म ।
Say a good planet is in the 2nd house from the Sun. Then the birth is good.
सूतिकातत्वम्
एकस्मिन्नपि केन्द्रे ग्रहयुते शुभं जन्म ।
Say even one of the 1st, 4th, 7th and 10th houses holds a planet. Then the birth is good.
सूतिकातत्वम्
आत्मकारके सबले शुभं जन्म ।
Say the atmakaraka (the planet that stands for the self) is strong. Then the birth is good.
सूतिकातत्वम्
लग्ननन्दांशपतुल्याकारो वा वीर्याधिकग्रहतुल्यतनुः ।
The person's form is like the lord of the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) of the lagna (rising sign). Or the body is like the planet with the most strength.
सूतिकातत्वम्
चन्द्राक्रान्तनवांशपवर्णः ।
The person's colour is that of the lord of the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) where the Moon stands.
सूतिकातत्वम्
सूर्यो यस्य त्रिंशांशे तद्गुणभाक् ।
Say the Sun stands in the trimshamsha (one-thirtieth part of a sign) of a planet. Then the person takes on that planet's qualities.
Sutras 2.110, 2.119 and 2.125 say that good planets in the signs and navamshas of good planets, a full Moon in a good planet's sign, or Jupiter in his own or high sign in a corner house remove every danger to life.
Sutra 2.164 calls the birth good when the atmakaraka is strong. Sutra 2.161 says the same when the rising sign or the Moon has the same sign in its navamsha.
No. Alongside its balarishta rules, it gives several chart signs that guard a life, as in Sutra 2.116.