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Check free →Then it names the kinds of houses, such as corner houses and bad places. Each planet gets a role, a taste and a build. Next come the points about birth: the place, the pregnancy and who is present at the birth. It ends with how the span of life is worked out.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
मूर्द्धास्यबाहुहृत्क्रोडांतर्बस्तिव्यंजसोनखः ।जानुजंघांघ्रियुगलं कालांगानि क्रियादयः ॥ १ ॥
The limbs of Time, starting from Aries, are these. Head, face, arms, heart, chest, belly, bladder, private part, [thigh], knee, shank and the two feet.
Simple meaning: The twelve signs from Aries stand for the body, from the head down to the feet.
भौमास्फुजिबुधेंदुश्च रविसौम्यसिताः कुजः ।गुरुमंदार्किगुरवो मेषादीनामधीश्वराः ॥ २ ॥
The lords of the signs from Aries are these. Mars, Venus, Mercury, the Moon, the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Saturn and Jupiter.
Simple meaning: The rulers of the signs from Aries to Pisces are Mars, Venus, Mercury, Moon, Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Saturn, Jupiter.
It teaches the signs, their rulers, the kinds of houses and the role of each planet. It ends with how the span of life is worked out.
Verse 2.14 says the Sun is the soul, the Moon the mind and Mars strength. Mercury is speech, Jupiter knowledge, Venus desire and Saturn sorrow.
Verse 2.11 says the 1st, 4th, 7th and 10th are corner houses.
होरे विषमभेर्केंदोः समभे शशिसूर्ययोः ।आदिपञ्चनवाधीशाद्रेष्काणेशाः प्रकीर्तिताः ॥ ३ ॥
In the hora (half of a sign), an odd sign goes to the Sun and then the Moon. An even sign goes to the Moon and then the Sun. The drekkana (one-third part of a sign) lords are the sign's own lord. Then come the lords of its 5th and 9th signs.
Simple meaning: A sign's halves go to the Sun and Moon. Its thirds go to its own, 5th and 9th lords.
पंचेष्टाष्टाद्रिपंचांशा कुजार्कीज्यज्ञशुक्रगाः ।ओजे विपर्ययाद्युग्मे त्रिशांशेशाः समीरिताः ॥ ४ ॥
The trimshamsha (one-thirtieth of a sign) parts are 5, 5, 8, 7 and 5 degrees. They belong to Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Mercury and Venus. In an odd sign this is the order. In an even sign it is reversed.
Simple meaning: Each sign has five parts of 5, 5, 8, 7 and 5 degrees. They go to Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Mercury and Venus.
क्रियणतौलिककर्काद्या मेषादिषु नवांशकाः ।स्वभाद्वादशभागेशाः षडर्गं राशिपूर्वकम् ॥ ५ ॥
The navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) counts start from Aries, Capricorn, Libra and Cancer. This runs in turn for Aries and the signs after it. The lords of the dvadashamsha (one-twelfth part of a sign) are counted from the sign itself. The shadvarga (six divisions of a sign) starts with the sign. (Our text is unclear here: the name for Capricorn is damaged in print.)
Simple meaning: Navamsha counting starts from Aries, Capricorn, Libra and Cancer. The twelfth parts are counted from the sign itself.
गोजाश्च कर्कयुग्मेन रात्र्याख्या पृष्ठकोदयाः ।शेषा दिनाख्यास्तूभयं तिमिः क्रूरः सौम्यः पुमान् ॥ ६ ॥
Taurus, Aries, Cancer and Gemini are called night signs. They rise back first. The rest are called day signs. Pisces rises both ways. Then, in turn from Aries: cruel and gentle, male.
Simple meaning: Taurus, Aries, Cancer and Gemini are night signs. The rest are day signs. Pisces rises both ways.
पुमान् स्त्री च क्लीबश्चरस्थिरद्विःस्वभावकाः ।मेषाद्याः पूर्वतोदिक्स्थाः स्वस्वस्थानचरास्तथा ॥ ७ ॥
Male, female and neuter. Moving, fixed and dual by nature. Aries and the rest stand in the directions starting from the east. Each also moves in its own place.
Simple meaning: The signs are male, female or neuter, moving, fixed or dual. Aries and the others point to directions starting from the east.
अजोक्षेणांगनाकीटझषजूका इनादितः ।उच्चानि द्वित्रिमनुयुक्तिथीषुभनखांशकैः ॥ ८ ॥
From the Sun on, the high points are Aries, Taurus, Capricorn, Virgo, Cancer, Pisces and Libra. They are highest at 10, 3, 28, 15, 5, 27 and 20 degrees. (Our text is unclear here: the Sun's number reads as 2 in print.)
Simple meaning: The Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn are strongest in Aries, Taurus, Capricorn, Virgo, Cancer, Pisces and Libra.
तत्तत्सप्तमनीचानि प्राङ्मध्यांत्यांशकाः क्रमात् ।वर्गोत्तमाश्चराधेषु भावाद्वादश मूर्तिमान् ॥ ९ ॥
The 7th sign from each of those is its low point. In moving, fixed and dual signs, take the first, middle and last navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) in turn. These are vargottama (same sign in the chart and its navamsha). There are twelve bhava (house) places. The first is the body.
Simple meaning: Each planet is weakest in the sign opposite its strong sign. The first house is the body.
सिंहोक्षाविस्रश्चतौलिकुंभाः सूर्यात्रिकोणभम् ।चतुरस्रं तूर्यमृत्युत्रिकोणं नवपंचमम् ॥ १० ॥
From the Sun on, the mulatrikona (a planet's strong own-sign part) signs are these. Leo, Taurus, Aries, [a damaged word], Libra and Aquarius. The 4th and 8th are the square houses. The 9th and 5th are the trikona (luck house) places. (Our text is unclear here: one sign name is damaged and one is missing.)
Simple meaning: Sun, Moon and Mars have strong parts in Leo, Taurus and Aries. The 5th and 9th are luck houses.
रिःफाष्टषट्कं त्रिकभं केंद्रं प्राक्तुर्यसप्तखम् ।नृपादः कीटपशवो बलाढ्याः केंद्रगाः क्रमात् ॥ ११ ॥
The 12th, 8th and 6th are the dusthana (bad house) places. The kendra (corner house) places are the 1st, 4th, 7th and 10th. Human, water, insect and four-footed [signs] are strong in the kendra places, in turn.
Simple meaning: The 6th, 8th and 12th are bad places. The 1st, 4th, 7th and 10th are corner houses.
केंद्रात्परं पणफरमापोक्लिममतः परम् ।रक्तः श्वेतः शुकनिभः पाटलो धूम्रपांडुरौ ॥ १२ ॥
After the kendra (corner house) places come the panaphara (succeeding house) places. After them come the apoklima (falling house) places. Red, white, parrot-green, rose, smoky and pale, [are the colours of the signs].
Simple meaning: After the corner houses come the succeeding houses, then the falling houses. The signs also have colours, from red upward.
चित्रः कृष्णः पीतपिंगौ बभ्रुः स्वच्छः प्रभाक्रियात् ।साम्याशाख्यप्लुवत्वं स्याद्द्वितीये वशिरर्कभात् ॥ १३ ॥
Variegated, black, yellow and tawny, brown and clear. These colours run from Aries. (Our text is unclear here: the second half, about a sign's lean and the 2nd from the Sun, is damaged.)
Simple meaning: The rest of the signs have colours too: variegated, black, yellow, tawny, brown and clear.
कालात्मार्को मनश्चंद्रः कुजः सत्वं वचो बुधः ।जीवो ज्ञानं सुखं शुक्रः कामो दुःखं दिनेशजः ॥ १४ ॥
The Sun is the soul of Time. The Moon is the mind. Mars is strength. Mercury is speech. Jupiter is knowledge and happiness. Venus is desire. Saturn is sorrow.
Simple meaning: Each planet stands for a part of life: Sun soul, Moon mind, Mars strength, Mercury speech, Jupiter knowledge, Venus desire, Saturn sorrow.
नृपौ रवीन्दू नेतासृक् कुमारो ज्ञः कवीज्यकौ ।सचिवो सूर्यजः प्रेष्यो मतो ज्योतिर्विदां वरैः ॥ १५ ॥
The Sun and the Moon are the two kings. Mars is the leader of the army. Mercury is the prince. Venus and Jupiter are the ministers. Saturn is the servant. This is held by the best of the astrologers.
Simple meaning: Sun and Moon are kings, Mars the army chief, Mercury the prince, Venus and Jupiter ministers, Saturn the servant.
रविशुक्रारराह्वर्केन्दुविदीज्या दिगीश्वराः ।क्षीणेंद्वर्काररविजाः पापा पापयुतो बुधः ॥ १७ ॥
The Sun, Venus, Mars, Rahu, Saturn, the Moon, Mercury and Jupiter are the lords of the directions. The waning Moon, the Sun, Mars and Saturn are bad planets. Mercury is bad when joined with a bad planet.
Simple meaning: The eight planets guard eight directions. Waning Moon, Sun, Mars and Saturn are bad planets, and Mercury turns bad with them.
क्लीबौ बुधार्की शुक्रेन्दू स्त्रियौ शेषा नराः स्मृताः ।शिखिभूमिपयोवारिवासिनो भूसुतादयः ॥ १८ ॥
Mercury and Saturn are neuter. Venus and the Moon are female. The rest are held to be male. Mars and the rest dwell in fire, earth, milk and water, in turn. (Our text is unclear here: the list of elements is damaged.)
Simple meaning: Mercury and Saturn are neuter, Venus and Moon female, the others male. Each planet is also tied to an element.
कवीज्यौ कुजसूर्यौ च वेदो ज्ञो वर्णपाः क्रमात् ।सौरोऽत्यजाधिपः प्रोक्तो राहुर्म्लेच्छाधिपस्तथा ॥ १९ ॥
Venus and Jupiter, Mars and the Sun, 'veda', and Mercury rule the classes of society, in turn. Saturn is called the lord of the outcastes. Rahu is likewise the lord of foreigners. (Our text is unclear here: the word 'veda', where a planet should stand, is damaged.)
Simple meaning: Planets rule the classes of society. Saturn rules outcastes and Rahu rules foreigners.
हेमकांस्यायसी त्र्यंशैः शिशिराद्याः प्रकीर्तिताः ।सौरशुक्रारचंद्रज्ञगुरुषूद्यत्सु च क्रमात् ॥ २२ ॥
Gold, bronze and iron [end the list of metals]. The seasons from Shishira (late winter) on are named by the drekkana (one-third part of a sign). They go in turn with Saturn, Venus, Mars, the Moon, Mercury and Jupiter, when these rise.
Simple meaning: The six seasons go with Saturn, Venus, Mars, Moon, Mercury and Jupiter, read from what is rising.
त्र्याशत्रिकोणतुर्याष्टसप्तमान्येन वृद्धितः ।सौरेज्यारापरे पूर्णे क्रमात्पश्यंति नारद ॥ २३ ॥
Planets see the 3rd and 10th, the 5th and 9th, the 4th and 8th, and the 7th. Their sight grows step by step in that order. Saturn, Jupiter and Mars see those places fully, in that order, O Narada.
Simple meaning: Planets see the 7th fully and some houses partly. Saturn, Jupiter and Mars see extra houses fully.
अयनक्षणघस्रर्तुमासार्द्धशरदो रवेः ।कटुतिक्तक्षारमिश्रमधुराम्लकषायकाः ॥ २४ ॥
From the Sun on, the time spans are these. A half-year, a moment, a day, a season, a month, a fortnight and a year. The tastes, [in the same order], are pungent, bitter, salty, mixed, sweet, sour and astringent.
Simple meaning: From the Sun on, each planet has a time span and a taste.
त्रिकोणात्सांत्यधाधर्मायुः सुखखोद्यपः सुहृत् ।जीवो जीवज्ञौ सितज्ञौ व्यर्का व्याराः क्रमादमी ॥ २५ ॥
Count from a planet's mulatrikona (a planet's strong own-sign part) sign. The lords of the 12th, 9th, 8th and 4th from it are its friends, with some others. In turn from the Sun, the friends are these. Jupiter. Jupiter and Mercury. Venus and Mercury. All but the Sun. All but Mars. (Our text is unclear here: the other house words are damaged.)
Simple meaning: A planet's friends are counted from its own strong sign. The verse then names each planet's friends.
वींद्वर्का विकुजेंद्वर्काः सुहृदोऽन्ये रवेर्धृताः ।मिथोधनव्ययायत्रिबंधुव्यापारगः सुहृत् ॥ २६ ॥
[Venus's friends are] all but the Moon and the Sun. [Saturn's are] all but Mars, the Moon and the Sun. Some hold these as the friends, from the Sun on. Planets in the 2nd, 12th, 11th, 3rd, 4th and 10th from each other are friends.
Simple meaning: Planets in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 10th, 11th or 12th from each other are friends for the moment.
स्वोच्चत्रिकोणगेहा प्रनवांशैस्थानजं बलम् ।दिक्षु सौम्येज्ययोः सूर्यारयोः सौरे सिताब्जयोः ॥ २८ ॥
A planet gets strength of place in its own high sign and its mulatrikona (a planet's strong own-sign part) sign. It also gets it in its own sign and its own navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign). Strength of direction goes in turn to Mercury and Jupiter, the Sun and Mars, Saturn, and Venus and the Moon.
Simple meaning: A planet is strong in its high sign, own sign and own navamsha. It also gets strength from a direction.
निशींदुकुजसौराश्च सर्वदा क्षोह्नि चापरे ।क्रूराः कृष्णे सिते सौम्याः मतं कालबलं बुधैः ॥ ३० ॥
The Moon, Mars and Saturn are strong at night. The others are strong by day. Mercury is always strong. Bad planets are strong in the dark fortnight and good planets in the bright fortnight. The wise call this strength of time.
Simple meaning: Moon, Mars and Saturn are strong at night. The rest are strong by day. Bad planets gain in the dark half.
सौरारज्ञेज्यशुक्रेंदुसूर्याधिक्यं परस्परम् ।पापास्तु बलिनः सौम्या विवक्षाः कण्टकोपगे ॥ ३१ ॥
Saturn, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, the Moon and the Sun: each is stronger than the one before. Bad planets are strong. Good planets ... in a kendra (corner house). (Our text is unclear here: one word about the good planets is damaged.)
Simple meaning: The planets go up in strength from Saturn to the Sun. Good planets count when they stand in a corner house.
क्लीबे तदूशनाद्वापि चंद्रार्कांशसमं जनुः ।स्वांशे पापाः परांशस्थाः सौम्यालग्नं वियोनिजम् ॥ ३२ ॥
A neuter [planet] may be there, or see it. Then the creature born is like the Moon's navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign). Bad planets stand in their own navamsha. Good planets stand in others' navamsha. The lagna (rising sign) is in a non-human sign. (Our text is unclear here: two words in the first line are damaged.)
Simple meaning: Bad planets in their own navamsha, good ones in others', and an animal-sign lagna point to a non-human birth.
निर्बलं च तदादेश्यं वियोनेर्जन्म पंडितैः ।शीर्षं वक्रगले पादावंसौ पृष्ठमुरस्तथा ॥ ३३ ॥
And [the lagna (rising sign)] is weak. Then the learned declare a birth from a non-human womb. [The limbs of a four-footed animal begin:] head, face, neck, two feet, shoulders, back and chest.
Simple meaning: A weak lagna can mean a non-human birth. The verse then lists the creature's body parts.
पार्श्वे कुक्षी त्वपानांघ्री मेढ्रमुष्कौ तथा स्फिजौ ।पुच्छं चतुष्पदांगेषु मेषाद्या राशयः स्मृताः ॥ ३४ ॥
The two sides, the belly, the anus, the [hind] feet, the penis and testicles, the buttocks and the tail. These are the limbs of a four-footed animal, given to the signs from Aries on.
Simple meaning: For a four-footed animal, the signs from Aries on stand for its body parts in this order.
लग्नांशाद्ग्रहयुग्दृष्ट्वा वर्णान्बलयुताद्वदेत् ।दृक्समानप्रमाणांश्च इष्टे रेखां स्मरस्थितैः ॥ ३५ ॥
Take the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) of the lagna (rising sign). Or take the strongest planet joined to it or seeing it. Tell the creature's colours from that. Tell as many colours as there are planets that see it. Planets in the 7th give a stripe on the back. (Our text is unclear here: the word read as 'on the back' is damaged.)
Simple meaning: An animal's colours come from the lagna's navamsha or the strongest planet tied to it. The 7th gives stripes.
विप्रलैस्तनुचंद्रेज्यार्कैस्तरूणां जनिं वदेत् ।स्थलांबुभेंदोशकृतश्चेतरेषामुदाहृतः ॥ ३७ ॥
When the lagna (rising sign), the Moon, Jupiter and the Sun are weak, tell the birth of trees. Whether a tree is of land or of water comes from the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign). The same is said for the others. (Our text is unclear here: the word read as 'weak' is damaged.)
Simple meaning: A weak lagna, Moon, Jupiter and Sun point to trees. The navamsha shows land or water trees.
स्थलांबु च पतिः खेटो लग्नाद्यावन्मिते गृहे ।तावंत एव तरवः स्थलजा जलजास्तथा ॥ ३८ ॥
The planet that is lord of the land or water [sign]: in as many houses as it stands from the lagna (rising sign), that many trees are land-born or water-born.
Simple meaning: The number of trees is told by how far the planet stands from the lagna.
अंतःसारा रवौ सौरे दुर्भगाः क्षीरिणो विधौ ।भौमे कंटकिनो वृक्षा ईज्ये ज्ञे सफलाफलौ ॥ ३९ ॥
Trees with hard heartwood come from the Sun. Poor ones come from Saturn. Milky ones come from the Moon. Thorny ones come from Mars. Jupiter and Mercury give trees with fruit and without fruit.
Simple meaning: Each planet shows what kind of tree: the Sun hard wood, the Moon milky, Mars thorny.
पुष्पिता भार्गवे स्निग्धाश्चंद्रेऽथ कटुकाः कुजे ।अशुभर्क्षे शुभः खेटः शुभं वृक्षं कुभूमिजम् ॥ ४० ॥
Flowering trees come from Venus. Oily ones come from the Moon. Bitter ones come from Mars. A good planet in a bad sign makes a good tree on bad ground.
Simple meaning: Venus gives flowering trees. The Moon gives oily ones and Mars bitter ones.
कुर्याद्विलोमगो वापि स्वांशोक्तपरगैः समम् ।कुजेंदुहेतुकं स्त्रीणां प्रतिमासमिहार्तवम् ॥ ४१ ॥
Or, placed the other way, [a planet] does the reverse. This is alike with its own and others' navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign). Mars and the Moon cause a woman's monthly flow, each month. (Our text is unclear here: the words about its own and others' navamsha.)
Simple meaning: Mars and the Moon cause the monthly cycle in women.
नेष्टस्थेज्येऽन्यथास्ते स्त्रीयुंक्तासन्नरेक्षिते ।पापयुक्तेक्षिते द्यूने रुषा प्रीत्या शुभग्रहैः ॥ ४२ ॥
When Jupiter is in a bad place, [it goes] otherwise. Placed otherwise, and seen by a male [planet], the woman joins [a man]. If bad planets join or see the 7th, the union is in anger. If good planets do, it is in love. (Our text is unclear here: the first words of the verse are damaged.)
Simple meaning: Bad planets with the 7th bring union in anger. Good planets bring union in love.
शुक्रार्केंदुजैः स्वांशस्थैरीज्य चांगत्रिकोणगे ।भवेदपत्यं विप्रेंद्र पुंसां सद्वीर्यशालिनाम् ॥ ४३ ॥
Venus, the Sun and Mercury stand in their own navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign). And Jupiter is in the lagna (rising sign) or a trikona (luck house). Then men of good seed have children, O best of brahmins.
Simple meaning: Venus, Sun and Mercury in own navamsha, and Jupiter in the lagna or a luck house, give children.
अस्त्रेऽर्केंदो कुजार्की चेत्पुंस्त्रियोरामयप्रदौ ।व्ययखगो युतौ चैकदृष्ट्या नृत्युप्रदौ तयोः ॥ ४४ ॥
Mars and Saturn may stand in the 7th from the Sun and the Moon. Then they can bring illness to the man and the woman. They may be in the 12th and 10th, or joined [with them], or seen by one [of them]. Then there may be a risk to the lives of the two. (Our text is unclear here: the house word read as the 10th is damaged.)
Simple meaning: Mars and Saturn in the 7th from the Sun and Moon can bring a couple illness. Other placements may risk their lives.
शुक्रार्कौ मातृपितरौ दिवा नक्तं शशीनजौ ।मातृष्वसृपितृव्याख्यौ वा पद्मेजि समे शुभौ ॥ ४५ ॥
By day, Venus and the Sun are the mother and the father. By night, the Moon and Saturn are. Or they stand for the mother's sister and the father's brother. They are good in ... and in even [signs]. (Our text is unclear here: one word before 'even' is damaged.)
Simple meaning: By day Venus and Sun stand for the mother and father. By night the Moon and Saturn do.
पापदृष्टे शुभे क्षीणे तुंगे वा लग्नगे यमे ।क्षीणेंदुकुजसंदृष्टे मृत्युमेत्य गता ध्रुवम् ॥ ४६ ॥
A good planet is weak and seen by bad ones. Or Saturn is in its high sign or in the lagna (rising sign), seen by the waning Moon and Mars. Then there is a strong risk to [the woman's] life.
Simple meaning: Saturn in the lagna seen by a waning Moon and Mars may put the pregnant woman's life at risk.
युगपद्वा पृथक्संस्थौ लग्नेंदू पापमध्यगौ ।यदा तदा गर्भयुता नारी मृत्युमवाप्नुयात् ॥ ४७ ॥
The lagna (rising sign) and the Moon may stand between bad planets, together or apart. Then a pregnant woman's life may be at risk.
Simple meaning: A pregnant woman's life may be at risk when the lagna and the Moon sit between bad planets.
लग्नाच्चंद्राच्च तुर्यस्थैः पापैर्निधनगे कुजे ।नष्टेंदौ कुजरव्योश्च बंधुरिष्फगयोर्मृतिः ॥ ४८ ॥
Bad planets stand in the 4th from the lagna (rising sign) and from the Moon. Mars is in the 8th. Or the Moon is lost, and Mars and the Sun are in the 4th and 12th. Then there may be a risk to life.
Simple meaning: Bad planets in the 4th, Mars in the 8th and a lost Moon point to a risk to life.
तन्वस्तसंस्थयोर्भौमरव्योः शस्त्रभवः क्षयः ।यन्मासाधिपतिर्नष्टस्तन्मासं संस्रवे त्यजेत् ॥ ४९ ॥
Mars and the Sun stand in the lagna (rising sign) and the 7th. Then there may be a risk to life from a weapon. Whichever month's lord is weak, in that month the child in the womb may be lost.
Simple meaning: Mars and Sun in the lagna and 7th can bring harm by a weapon. A weak month lord can bring miscarriage.
लग्नेंदुगैः शुभैः खेटैस्त्रिकोणार्थास्तभूखगैः ।पापैस्त्रिषष्ठलाभस्थैः सुखी गर्भो रवीक्षितः ॥ ५० ॥
Good planets stand in the lagna (rising sign) and with the Moon. They also stand in the trikona (luck house) places, and in the 2nd, 7th and 4th. Bad planets stand in the 3rd, 6th and 11th. The Sun looks on. Then the child in the womb is happy.
Simple meaning: Good planets in good houses, bad ones in the 3rd, 6th and 11th, and the Sun's look give a happy pregnancy.
ओजभे पुरुषांशेऽर्केज्येंदुलग्नैर्बलान्वितैः ।गुर्वर्कौ विषमस्थौ वा युंजन्म प्रवदेत्तदा ॥ ५१ ॥
The lagna (rising sign), the Sun, Jupiter and the Moon are strong. They are in an odd sign and a male navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign). Or Jupiter and the Sun are in odd signs. Then say that a boy is born.
Simple meaning: A boy is born when these planets are strong in odd signs and male navamsha.
युग्मभांशस्थितैस्तैस्तु वक्रेंदुभृगुभिस्तथा ।यामस्थानगतैर्वाच्यं स्त्रियो जन्म मनीषिभिः ॥ ५२ ॥
The same [planets] may be in even signs and even navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign). Or Mars, the Moon and Venus may be in even places. Then the wise say a girl is born.
Simple meaning: A girl is born when those planets are in even signs, or Mars, Moon and Venus are in even places.
द्व्यंगस्था बुधसंदृष्टाः स्वपक्षेय मलंकराः ।लग्नं विनौजभावस्थः सौरः पुंजन्मकृत्तथा ॥ ५३ ॥
Planets in dual signs, seen by Mercury, make twins of their own kind. Saturn in an odd house other than the lagna (rising sign) also gives a boy.
Simple meaning: Planets in dual signs seen by Mercury can give twins. Saturn in an odd house away from the lagna gives a boy.
मिथो रवींदूर्ज्ञार्की वा पश्यतः समगं रविः ।वक्रो वांगविधू ओजे जज्ञौ युग्मौजसंस्थितौ ॥ ५४ ॥
The Sun and the Moon see each other. Or Mercury and Saturn do. Or Mars sees the Sun in an even sign, or the lagna (rising sign) and the Moon in odd signs. Or [a pair] stands in even and odd signs. (Our text is unclear here: the names of that pair are damaged.)
Simple meaning: These sights and odd-even placements are conditions; the next verse gives the result, a neuter birth.
कुजेक्षितेपुमांशेदुहिता क्लीब जन्मदा ।समे सितेन्दू ओजस्था ज्ञारांगेज्यानृवीक्षितौ ॥ ५५ ॥
Seen by Mars, or in a male navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign), they give a neuter birth. Venus and the Moon may be in even signs. Mercury, Mars, the lagna (rising sign) and Jupiter may be in odd signs, seen by male [planets]. (Our text is unclear here: a word in the first line reads 'daughter'.)
Simple meaning: Some placements seen by Mars give a neuter birth. Venus and Moon in even signs begin a twin rule.
लग्नेंदुसमगौ युग्मस्थाने वा यमलंकराः ।ग्रहोदयस्थान्द्यंगांशान्पश्यति ज्ञे स्वभागगे ॥ ५६ ॥
Or the lagna (rising sign) and the Moon are in even signs or even places. These make twins. Mercury may be in its own navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign). It sees the planets and the lagna in dual-sign navamsha.
Simple meaning: The lagna and the Moon in even signs can give twins.
त्रितयं ज्ञांशकाद्युग्मममिश्रैः सममादिशेत् ।लग्ने चापांत्यभागस्थे तदंशस्थबलिग्रहैः ॥ ५७ ॥
Then say three [are born]. From Mercury's navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign), a pair; with unmixed [planets], say alike. The lagna (rising sign) may be in the last part of Sagittarius. Strong planets may stand in that navamsha. (Our text is unclear here: the words after 'three' do not settle.)
Simple meaning: Mercury's sight can give three at one birth. A lagna late in Sagittarius begins a rule for many.
वीर्याढ्यज्ञार्किसदृष्टैः कोशस्थावहवोगिनः ।सितारेज्यार्कचंद्रार्किज्ञांगेशोर्कैंदवोऽधिपाः ॥ ५८ ॥
[These] may be seen by strong Mercury and Saturn. Then many beings are born in one sac. The lords of the months [of the womb] are these. Venus, Mars, Jupiter, the Sun, the Moon, Saturn, Mercury, the lagna (rising sign) lord, the Sun and the Moon.
Simple meaning: Strong Mercury and Saturn can give many in one birth. The ten womb months each have a planet lord.
मासानां तत्समं वाच्यं गर्भस्थस्य शुभाशुभम् ।त्रिकोणे ज्ञे परैर्नष्टैर्द्विमुखाह्निकपान्वितः ॥ ५९ ॥
The good and bad of the child in the womb is told month by month from those lords. Mercury may be in a trikona (luck house), with the others weak. Then the child has two faces ... (Our text is unclear here: the words after 'two faces' are damaged.)
Simple meaning: Each month of pregnancy goes well or badly by its lord. Mercury in a luck house can bring a deformed child.
आरार्की चेज्यभांशस्थौ सदंतोगर्भकस्तदा ।खभजे भुवि मंदारदृष्टे कुब्जस्तु गर्भगः ।पंगुर्मीने यमेद्वारैर्दृष्टेथांगेभसंधिगे ॥ ६१ ॥
Mars and Saturn may be in Jupiter's sign or navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign). Then the child is born with teeth. ... seen by Saturn and Mars, the child in the womb is hunchbacked. If [the lagna (rising sign)] is Pisces, seen by Saturn, the Moon and Mars, the child is lame. Now, the lagna at the joint of two signs. (Our text is unclear here: the place words before 'seen by Saturn and Mars' are damaged.)
Simple meaning: Some planet places can give a child born with teeth, hunchbacked or lame.
पापैर्जडो विधौ गर्भः शुभदृष्टिविवर्जिते ।मृगांत्यगे वामनकः सौरेंद्वर्कनिरीक्षिते ।धीनयोदपगैस्त्र्यंशैः पापास्तैरसिरोह्रदाः ॥ ६२ ॥
[Seen by] bad planets, and with the Moon unseen by good planets, the child may be slow to learn. [The lagna (rising sign)] may be in the last part of Capricorn, seen by Saturn, the Moon and the Sun. Then the child is a dwarf. Bad planets may be in the drekkana (one-third part of a sign) of the 5th, the 9th and the lagna. Then the child lacks a head ... (Our text is unclear here: the word for what the child lacks is damaged.)
Simple meaning: Bad planets can make a child slow to learn. A late Capricorn lagna seen by Saturn, Moon and Sun gives a dwarf.
रवींदुयुक्ते सिंहेंगे माहेयार्किनिरीक्षिते ।नेत्रहीना मिश्रखेटैर्दृष्टे बुद्बुदलोचनाः ।व्ययेजो वामनयनं दक्षं सूर्यो विनाशयेत् ॥ ६३ ॥
The Sun and the Moon are joined in Leo in the lagna (rising sign). Mars and Saturn see them. The child is blind. Seen by mixed planets: bubble-like eyes. In the 12th, the Moon spoils the left eye and the Sun the right eye.
Simple meaning: The Sun and Moon in Leo in the lagna, seen by Mars and Saturn, can give blindness.
नेष्टा योगाः शुभैर्दृष्टाः पापाः स्युर्नात्र संशयः ।मंदेऽस्ते मंदभांशेंगे निषेकेब्दत्रये जनिः ॥ ६४ ॥
These unwanted combinations, seen by good planets ... are held to be bad. At conception, Saturn may be in the 7th. The lagna (rising sign) may be in Saturn's sign or navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign). Then the birth comes after three years. (Our text is unclear here: whether good planets' sight cancels these combinations.)
Simple meaning: Saturn in the 7th at conception, with the lagna in Saturn's sign, can delay birth three years.
द्वादशाब्दे शशिन्येवं सुतावपि विचिंतयेत् ॥ ६५ ॥
In the same way, with the Moon [so placed], [birth comes] in twelve years. Think of the birth this way too. (Our text is unclear here: the word read as 'birth' may mean 'sons'.)
Simple meaning: With the Moon placed this way, the wait is twelve years.
पितुः परोक्षे जन्मस्यादिन्दौ लग्नमपश्यति ॥ ६८ ॥
Birth is in the father's absence when the Moon does not see the lagna (rising sign).
Simple meaning: When the Moon does not see the lagna, the child is born while the father is away.
मध्याद्भ्रष्टेर्के विदेशस्थे जननेनारिजन्म वै ।मंदेंगस्थे कुजेस्ते च ज्ञोस्फुजि मध्यगे विधौ ॥ ६९ ॥
When the Sun has fallen from the 10th, [the father] is abroad at the birth. Or Saturn is in the lagna (rising sign), or Mars in the 7th. Or the Moon stands between Mercury and Venus. (Our text is unclear here: a word in the first line is damaged.)
Simple meaning: The Sun past the 10th, Saturn in the lagna, or Mars in the 7th can mean the father is away.