Jataka Alankara · by Ganesha Daivajna
Chapter 6 · The Ascendant Lord and the House Lords in Exchange
भावाध्यायः
हृद्यैःपद्यैर्गुंफितेसूरितोषेऽलंकाराख्येजातकेमंजुलेऽस्मिन् ॥भावाध्यायःश्रीगणेशेनवर्यैर्वृत्तैःषष्ठोष्टाभिरेषप्रणीतः ॥ ९ ॥
This lovely jataka (birth chart reading) book is called Alankara. It is woven of pleasing verses for the joy of the learned. In it, Ganesha wrote this 6th chapter, on the houses, in 8 fine verses.
Simple meaning: Here ends the 6th chapter, on the houses, written by Ganesha in 8 fine verses.
लग्नेशेरिःफयातेव्ययसदनपतौलग्नगेसर्वशत्रुर्बुद्ध्याहीनोनितांतंकृपणतरमतिर्द्रव्यनाशीविलोलः ॥
1st and 12th lords swapping may bring enemies and loss. Venus with the 1st lord brings honour.
एवंस्वमत्यासुफलप्रबोधंश्रीजातकालंकरणंमनोज्ञम् ॥
The author says he wrote this pleasing book from his own understanding, for astrologers.
पुष्करालयवशागुणसाराजातकोक्तिरमलेवमराला ॥
The author hopes his clear work lives happily in the minds of good poets.