Jataka Tattva · Chapter 6
चतुर्थविवेकः
This chapter is about the 4th house mother and home. It has 144 sutras.
It tells what the chart says about the mother and about happiness. It then turns to houses, land and animals. It also covers how kin and friends treat the person. The rules weigh the 4th lord and the planets that look at the house.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
चतुर्थविवेकः
वित्तेशांशेश्वरेण सहिते सपापेऽम्बुपे राजकोपात् क्षेत्रनाशः ।
Say the 4th lord is joined with the lord of the 2nd lord's navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign). Bad planets join it too. Then the fields are lost through the king's anger.
चतुर्थविवेकः
सुताङ्गेऽशमित्रत्वे पुत्रो मित्रम् ।
Say the 5th lord and the lagna (rising sign) lord are friends. Then the person's son is his friend.
चतुर्थविवेकः
द्यूनाङ्गेशमित्रत्वे स्त्री मैत्री ।
Say the lords of the 7th house and the lagna (rising sign) are friends of each other. Then the person's wife is a friend.
चतुर्थविवेकः
सुखाङ्गेशमित्रत्वे बहुजनमैत्री ।
Say the lords of the 4th house and the lagna (rising sign) are friends of each other. Then the person has friendship with many people.
चतुर्थविवेकः
द्वयोर्मित्रक्षेत्रगयोः सुहृत्पोष्यः ।
Say two of these lords are in the signs of friends. Then the person is looked after by his friends.
चतुर्थविवेकः
सुखे शुभदृष्ट्याधिक्ये बहुजनामित्रता ।
Say the 4th house has more aspects from good planets. Then the person has enmity with many people.
चतुर्थविवेकः
सुखे सौम्ये सौम्यदृष्टे सुखकारके बलिनि बन्धुपूज्यः ।
Say a good planet is in the 4th house. Good planets aspect it. Say the karaka (the planet that stands for a thing) of the 4th house is strong. Then the person is honoured by his kin.
चतुर्थविवेकः
गेहे जीवे गेहपे शुभयुते बन्धुपूज्यः ।
Say Jupiter is in the 4th house. Say the 4th lord is joined with good planets. Then the person is honoured by his kin.
चतुर्थविवेकः
तुर्ये स्वोच्चे स्वमित्रभे वा खेटे गुरुदृष्टे बन्धुपूज्यः ।
Say a planet is in the 4th house. It is in its own uchcha (high point) sign or a friend's sign. Jupiter aspects it. Then the person is honoured by his kin.
चतुर्थविवेकः
त्रिभिःस्वर्क्षगैः बन्धुपूज्यः ।
Say three planets are in their own signs. Then the person is honoured by his kin.
चतुर्थविवेकः
केन्द्रकोणे सुखेशे वैशेषिकांशे पापदृग्योगहीने बन्धूपकारकृत् ।
Say the 4th lord is in a kendra (corner house) or a trikona (luck house). Say it is in vaisheshika amsha (a good rank of strength). No bad planet joins or aspects it. Then the person helps his kin.
चतुर्थविवेकः
तुर्ये सौम्ये बन्धूपकारकृत् ।
Say a good planet is in the 4th house. Then the person helps his kin.
चतुर्थविवेकः
धनेशे लाभे त्रिकोणे गेहे शुभदृष्टे बन्धूपकारकृत् ।
Say the 2nd lord is in the 11th house, in a trikona (luck house), or in the 4th house. Good planets aspect it. Then the person helps his kin.
चतुर्थविवेकः
गेहेशे केन्द्रे शुभांशे बन्धूपकारकृत् ।
Say the 4th lord is in a kendra (corner house). Say it is in the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) of a good planet. Then the person helps his kin.
चतुर्थविवेकः
सपापे तुर्यपे क्रूरषष्ट्यंशेऽल्पवीर्ये बन्धुभिस्त्यज्यते ।
Say the 4th lord is with bad planets. Say it is in a cruel shashtyamsha (one-sixtieth part of a sign) and is weak. Then his kin leave the person.
चतुर्थविवेकः
बन्धुनाथे बहुपापयुते तथैव कारके बन्धुमध्ये कुत्सितः ।
Say the 4th lord is joined with many bad planets. Say the karaka (the planet that stands for a thing) of the 4th house is too. Then the person is looked down on among his kin.
चतुर्थविवेकः
पापर्क्षे तुर्ये नीचास्तखगयुते शुभदृग्योगहीने बन्धुद्वेषी ।
Say the 4th house is in a sign of a bad planet. Say a planet in its nicha (low point) sign or too close to the Sun is in the 4th. No good planet joins or aspects it. Then the person is hostile to his kin.
चतुर्थविवेकः
चतुर्षु ग्रहेषु सुहृद्गेहगेषु बन्धुपोष्यः ।
Say four planets are in the houses of their friends. Then the person is looked after by his kin.
चतुर्थविवेकः
अन्त्येशे शुभसम्बन्धे शुभवर्गे स्वोचे वा पर्यङ्कशायी ।
Say the 12th lord is linked with good planets. Say it is in the divisions of good planets, or in its uchcha (high point) sign. Then the person sleeps on a fine bed.
चतुर्थविवेकः
व्ययेशे पापसम्बन्धे शयनसुखाभावः ।
Say the 12th lord is linked with bad planets. Then the person has no comfort in bed.
चतुर्थविवेकः
व्ययेशे पापेऽपि शुभवर्गे शयनसुखम् ।
Say the 12th lord is a bad planet. Even so, say it is in the divisions of good planets. Then the person has comfort in bed.
चतुर्थविवेकः
लग्नेशे त्रिके शयनसुखाभावः ।
Say the lord of the lagna (rising sign) is in a trika (group of three houses) place. Then the person has no comfort in bed.
चतुर्थविवेकः
नीचेऽङ्गेशे शयनसुखाभावः ।
Say the lord of the lagna (rising sign) is in its nicha (low point) sign. Then the person has no comfort in bed.
चतुर्थविवेकः
देहपे मन्दमान्द्यगुयुते शयनसुखाभावः
Say the lord of the lagna (rising sign) is joined with Saturn. Say Mandi (son of Saturn, a shadow point) and Rahu join it too. Then the person has no comfort in bed.
Sutra 6.51 says the person tends to be happy when the 4th lord is looked at by Jupiter.
Sutra 6.81 says a person may gain a house when the lords of the rising sign and the 4th house are in each other's places.
Sutra 6.130 says the person may be honoured by his kin when three planets are in their own signs.