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Narada Purana (Jyotisha Selections) · Chapter 2
जातकम् १
This chapter covers birth chart signs and planets. First come the signs, with their rulers and their parts.
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.
चतुष्पदर्क्षगे भानौ शेषैर्बलयुतैः खगैः ।कोशादतौ तु यमलौ जायेते मुनिसत्तम ॥ ७१ ॥
The Sun may be in a four-footed sign, with the other planets strong. Then twins are born wrapped in a sac, O best of sages. (Our text is unclear here: the word read as 'wrapped in a sac' is damaged.)
Simple meaning: The Sun in a four-footed sign with strong planets can give twins in one sac.
सार्क्यारसिंहोज्ञाजांसे भांशतुत्यांगनालयुक् ।लग्नमिंदुं च सार्केंदु न पश्यति यदा गुरुः ॥ ७२ ॥
Saturn or Mars may be with [the lagna (rising sign)]. It may be in a Leo, Taurus or Aries navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign). Then the cord is wound round the child's limb. That limb matches the sign and the navamsha. Jupiter may not see the lagna or the Moon, or the Moon joined with the Sun. (Our text is unclear here: the word for Taurus is damaged.)
Simple meaning: A lagna in Leo, Taurus or Aries navamsha with Saturn or Mars can mean the cord wraps a limb.
सपापगोऽर्को जायो वा परवीर्यप्रसूतिकृत् ।पापभस्थौ पापखेटैः सूर्यार्घानत्रिकोणगौ ॥ ७३ ॥
Or the Sun is with a bad planet. That makes a birth from another man's seed. Two bad planets in bad signs may stand in the 7th, 9th or 5th from the Sun. (Our text is unclear here: a word in each line is damaged.)
Simple meaning: With these placements, the verse says the child may be from another man.
विदेशगः पितावृद्धः खेवा राशिवशात्यये ।पूर्ण इंदौ स्वभेशेंज्ञे शुभे भुव्यंबुजे तनौ ॥ ७४ ॥
The father is abroad or old, going by the sign. The Moon is full and in its own sign. Mercury is in the lagna (rising sign). A good planet is in the 4th house. The lagna is a watery sign. (Our text is unclear here: the words 'khe va' and 'atyaye' in the first line.)
Simple meaning: The father may be away or old. A full Moon in its own sign starts a rule for the place of birth.
द्यूनस्थे वा विधौ यातेंगना नारी प्रसूयते ।अब्धांगमन्भगः पूर्णे ज्यो वा पश्यति नारद ॥ ७५ ॥
Or the Moon has gone to the 7th house. Then the woman gives birth. Say the full Moon is in a watery sign. It looks at a watery lagna (rising sign), Narada. (Our text is unclear here: the place of the first birth is not named.)
Simple meaning: A Moon in the 7th, or a watery Moon looking at a watery rising sign, sets up a birth by water.
स्वबंधलग्नगः सूतिः सलिले नात्र संसयः ।पापदृष्टे यमे गुह्यां जन्मांगाजव्ययस्थिते ॥ ७६ ॥
Or the Moon is in its own sign, the 4th house or the lagna (rising sign). Then the birth is in water, no doubt. Saturn may be in the 12th from the birth sign or the lagna. If bad planets look at it, the birth is in a closed, hidden place.
Simple meaning: A watery Moon points to birth near water. Saturn in the 12th, seen by bad planets, points to a hidden place.
कर्कातिलग्नगेशौरेवटे जन्माब्जवीक्षिते ।मंदे जन्मगते लग्ने बुधसूर्येंदुवीक्षिते ॥ ७७ ॥
Saturn may be in a Cancer or Scorpio lagna (rising sign), looked at by the Moon. Then the birth is in a pit. Saturn may be in the lagna at birth, looked at by Mercury, the Sun or the Moon. (Our text is unclear here: 'avate' could also mean under a banyan tree.)
Simple meaning: Saturn rising in Cancer or Scorpio, seen by the Moon, points to birth in a pit.
क्रीडास्थाने देवगेहे प्यूषरे च क्रमाज्जनिः ।श्मशाने लग्नदृगसृग्राम्यस्थानेब्जभार्गवौ ॥ ७८ ॥
Then the birth is in a playground, a temple, or barren ground, in that order. If Mars looks at the lagna (rising sign), it is in a cremation ground. With the Moon and Venus, it is in a pleasant place.
Simple meaning: The planet looking at the rising sign shows the birth place, like a temple or a cremation ground.
अग्निहोत्रगृहे जीवोऽर्को भूषाभरणो गृहे ।शिल्पालये बुधो जन्म कुर्याद्बलसमन्वितः ॥ ७९ ॥
Jupiter: a house of the sacred fire. The Sun: a house of ornaments. Mercury: a workshop. The strong planet makes the birth happen there. (Our text is unclear here: the word for the Sun's house.)
Simple meaning: Jupiter, the Sun or Mercury looking at the rising sign show the kind of house of birth.
भासमाने सरे मार्गे स्थिरे स्वर्क्षांशगे गृहे ।त्रिकोणगेज आरार्क्योरस्ते वा सृज्यतेऽम्बया ॥ ८० ॥
If the sign is movable, the birth is on a road. If it is fixed, or in its own navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign), it is at home. Mars and Saturn may be in a trikona (luck house) or the 7th from the Moon. Then the mother leaves the child. (Our text is unclear here: the first word, and 'srjyate', read as 'is left'.)
Simple meaning: A movable sign means birth on a road, a fixed one at home. Mars and Saturn can mean the mother leaves.
गुरुदृष्टे तु दीर्घायुः परं च प्राप्यते पुनः ।पापदृष्टे विधौलग्नेऽस्तेकुजे तु विनश्यति ॥ ८१ ॥
If Jupiter looks [at the Moon], the child lives long and is taken in by others. Bad planets may look at the Moon in the lagna (rising sign), with Mars in the 7th. Then [the left child]'s life may be at risk.
Simple meaning: Jupiter's look protects the left child. A hurt Moon rising with Mars in the 7th may risk its life.
पितृमातृगृहे जन्म तदधीशबलान्मुने ।तरुगेहे शुभे नीचे नैकस्थदृष्टौ लग्नेंदुः ॥ ८३ ॥
The birth is in the father's or the mother's house, by the strength of their lords, sage. If a good planet is in its low sign, it is in a hut under trees. The lagna (rising sign) and the Moon may not be looked at by planets standing together. (Our text is unclear here: the exact sense of the last line.)
Simple meaning: Strong parents' lords point to birth in their home. A good planet in its low sign points to a hut.
एतल्लक्षणसंपन्ना प्रसूतिर्विजने तदा ।मंदर्क्षांशे विधौ तुर्ये मंददृष्टेऽब्जगेऽपि वा ॥ ८४ ॥
With these marks, the birth is in a lonely place. The Moon may be in the 4th, in Saturn's sign or navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign). Or Saturn looks at it, or it is in a watery sign. (Our text is unclear here: the last words, read as 'in a watery sign'.)
Simple meaning: The birth may be in a lonely spot. A Moon in the 4th under Saturn's touch points to a dark place.
मंदार्चने वा तमसि शयनं नीचगे भुवि ।शीर्षे पृष्ठोदये जन्म तद्वदेव विनिर्दिशेत् ॥ ८५ ॥
Or [the Moon] is with Saturn. Then the birth is in the dark. If a planet is in its low sign, the mother lies on the ground. The lagna (rising sign) may be a shirshodaya (head-first rising sign) or a prishthodaya (back-first rising sign). Then say the birth comes the same way. (Our text is unclear here: 'mandarcane', read as 'with Saturn'.)
Simple meaning: The birth may be in the dark. The rising sign's type shows whether the baby comes head first.
चंद्रास्तसुखगः पापैर्मातुः पीडां समादिशेत् ।जीर्णोद्धृतं गृहं मंदे सृजि दग्धं न वा विधौ ॥ ८६ ॥
Bad planets in the 7th and the 4th from the Moon: say the mother suffers. Saturn gives an old, repaired house. Mars gives a burnt one. The Moon gives a new one.
Simple meaning: Bad planets 4th or 7th from the Moon bring the mother trouble. Each planet shows a kind of house.
काष्ठाढ्यमदृढं सूर्यं बहुशिल्पयुतं बुधे ।चित्रयुक्तं नवं शुक्रे दृढे रम्ये गुरौ गृहम् ॥ ८७ ॥
The Sun: a house rich in wood, but not firm. Mercury: a house made by many craftsmen. Venus: a new house with paintings. Jupiter: a firm and lovely house.
Simple meaning: Each planet shows the kind of house the child is born in.
घटाजकर्क्यलिघटे पूर्वे ज्ञेज्यगृहे ह्युदक् ।वृषे पश्चान्मृगे सिंहे दक्षिणे वसतिर्भवेत् ॥ ८८ ॥
The dwelling is on the east side with Libra, Aries, Cancer, Scorpio and Aquarius. It is on the north with the signs of Mercury and Jupiter. It is on the west with Taurus. It is on the south with Capricorn and Leo.
Simple meaning: The sign shows which side of the house the birth room is on.
गृहप्राच्यादिगौ द्वौ द्वौ द्व्यंगाः कोणेष्वजादयः ।पर्यंके वास्तुवत्पादास्त्रिषदंकांत्यराशयः ॥ ८९ ॥
Aries and the rest go two by two to the sides of the house, east first. The dual signs go to the corners. On the bed, as with the house, the 3rd, 6th, 9th and 12th signs are the legs.
Simple meaning: Signs are spread over the sides and corners of the house and the legs of the bed.
चंद्रागांतरगैः खेटैः सूतिकाः समुदाहृताः ।चक्राद्धि बहिरंतश्च दृश्यादृश्योपरेऽन्यथा ॥ ९० ॥
The planets between the Moon and the lagna (rising sign) show the women helping at the birth. Those in the seen half of the wheel are outside. Those in the unseen half are inside. Others say the reverse.
Simple meaning: Planets between the Moon and rising sign show the women at the birth, some inside, some outside.
लग्नाशयसमानांगोबालिखेटंसमोपि वा ।चंद्रनंदांशवद्वर्णः शीर्षाद्यंगविभागयुक् ॥ ९१ ॥
The child's body is like the lord of the lagna (rising sign)'s navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign). Or it is like the strongest planet. The colour is like [the lord of] the Moon's navamsha. The body parts are shared out from the head down.
Simple meaning: The child's looks follow the rising sign's part or the strongest planet. Skin colour follows the Moon's part.
शीर्षकं दक्श्रवे नासा कपोलहनवो मुखम् ।कंठांसपार्श्वहृद्दोषः क्रोडंनाभिश्च बास्तिकः ॥ ९२ ॥
The parts are: head, eyes, ears, nose, cheeks, jaws and mouth. Then neck, shoulders, arms, sides, heart, chest and navel. Then the bladder.
Simple meaning: A list of body parts from the head down, read by thirds of the rising sign.
शिश्नापाते च वृषणौ जघने जानुनी तथा ।जंघे पादौ चोभयत्र त्र्यंशैः समुदितैर्वदेत् ॥ ९३ ॥
Then the penis, the anus, the testicles, the hips and the knees. Then the shanks and the feet. Read these on both sides by the three drekkanas (one-third part of a sign) as they rise. (Our text is unclear here: 'samuditaih', read as 'as they rise'.)
Simple meaning: More body parts are listed, read on both sides of the body by thirds of the rising sign.
पापयुक्ते व्रणस्तस्मिन्नंगे लक्ष्म च तद्युते ।स्वर्क्षांशे स्थिरयुक्ते तु नैज आगंतुकोऽन्यथा ॥ ९४ ॥
If a bad planet joins that body part, there is a wound on it. If [a good planet] joins it, there is a mark. In its own sign or navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign), or with a fixed sign, it is from birth. Otherwise it comes later.
Simple meaning: A wound or mark on that body part is inborn or comes later depending on the planet's place.
मंदेऽनिलाश्मजो भौमे विषशस्त्राग्निजो बुधे ।भुजेऽर्के काष्टपशुजो जेतुः शृंग्यजयोनिजः ॥ ९५ ॥
A wound from Saturn comes from wind or a stone. From Mars, from poison, a weapon or fire. From Mercury, from the earth. From the Sun, from wood or an animal. From the Moon, from a horned animal or a goat. (Our text is unclear here: the last planet's name, read as the Moon.)
Simple meaning: Each planet shows what a wound or scar comes from.
तिलकृन्मसकृदृष्टसौम्यैर्युक्तश्च लक्ष्मवान् ।चतुरस्रः पिंगदृक् च पैत्तिकोऽल्पकचो रविः ॥ ९७ ॥
Looked at by good planets, it makes a mole or a freckle. Joined with them, it gives a mark. The Sun: a square build, tawny eyes, a pitta (the bile humour) nature and thin hair.
Simple meaning: The Sun gives a square body, tawny eyes and thin hair.
वृतो वातकफी प्राज्ञो मंदवाक् शुभदृक् शशी ।क्रूरदृक्तरुणो भौमः पैत्तिकश्चपलस्तथा ॥ ९८ ॥
The Moon: a round body and a vata (the wind humour) and kapha (the phlegm humour) nature. It gives wisdom, soft speech and kind eyes. Mars: cruel eyes, youthful, a pitta (the bile humour) nature and restless.
Simple meaning: The Moon gives a round body and a soft, wise way. Mars gives a young, restless, fiery one.
त्रिधातुपवृतिर्हास्यरुचिज्ञः श्लिष्टवाक्तथा ।पिंगके श्लक्षणो दीर्घः कफी धीमान्गुरुर्मतः ॥ ९९ ॥
Mercury: all three humours mixed, fond of jokes, speaks with double meanings. Jupiter: tawny hair, smooth, tall, a kapha (the phlegm humour) nature and wise.
Simple meaning: Mercury gives a joking, witty way. Jupiter gives a tall, wise build.
सुवपुर्लोचनः कृष्णवक्रकेशो भृगुः सुखी ।दीर्घः कपिलदृड्भंदो निलीखरकचोलसः ॥ १०० ॥
Venus: a fine body and eyes, black curly hair, happy. Saturn: tall, tawny eyes, with dark coarse hair, and lazy.
Simple meaning: Venus gives a handsome body. Saturn gives a tall, lazy build.
स्नाय्वस्थिरक्तत्वक्शुक्रवसामज्जास्तु धातवः ।मंदार्कचंद्रसोम्यास्फुजिज्जीवकुभुवः क्रमात् ॥ ०१ ॥
Sinew, bone, blood, skin, semen, fat and marrow are the seven body tissues, in order. They go with Saturn, the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Mars, in order.
Simple meaning: The seven body tissues go with the seven planets in order.
चंद्रांगपापैर्भांत्यस्थैः सेंबुपापचतुष्टयैः ।चक्रपूर्वापरे पापसौम्यैः कीटतनौ मृतिः ॥ १०२ ॥
The Moon, the lagna (rising sign) and bad planets may be at the ends of signs. Or bad planets with the Moon fill the four corner houses. Or bad planets hold the east half of the wheel and good ones the west, with a Scorpio lagna. Then there may be a risk to life. (Our text is unclear here: 'bhantya' may also mean the 12th house.)
Simple meaning: Certain placements of the Moon and bad planets are said to put a newborn's life at risk.
उदयास्तगतौ पापौ चंद्रः क्रूरयुतैः शुभैः ।न चेद्दृष्टस्तदा मृत्युर्जातस्य भवति ध्रुवम् ॥ १०३ ॥
Bad planets in the rising and setting [houses], the Moon joined with cruel planets, and good planets not looking: then there is a strong risk to the child's life.
Simple meaning: Bad planets in the 1st and 7th with an afflicted Moon may put the newborn's life at risk.
क्षीणेऽब्जे व्ययगे पापैर्लग्नाष्टस्थैः शुभा न चेत् ।केंद्रेषु वाब्जोसंयुक्तः स्मरांत्यमृतिलग्नगः ॥ १०४ ॥
The waning Moon is in the 12th. Bad planets are in the 1st and 8th, and no good planets are in the corner houses. Or the Moon, joined with a bad planet, is in the 7th, 12th, 8th or lagna (rising sign).
Simple meaning: A weak Moon with bad planets in these places is said to put early life at risk.
केंद्राद्या हस्त सन्खेटैरदृष्टो मृत्युदस्तथा ।षष्ठेमेब्जेऽसदृष्टेसद्यो मृत्युः शुभेक्षिते ॥ १०५ ॥
If good planets outside the corner houses do not look at it, there may be a risk to life too. The Moon in the 6th or 8th, looked at by bad planets, can bring an early risk to life. If good planets look at it, (Our text is unclear here: 'hasta san', read as 'outside, good'.)
Simple meaning: A Moon in the 6th or 8th seen by bad planets is said to put a newborn's life at early risk.
समाष्टके मिश्रखेटैर्दृष्टेर्दृष्टे मृतिः शिशोः ।क्षीणेब्जेंगे रन्ध्रकेन्दे पापे पापान्तरस्थिते ॥ १०६ ॥
[the risk to life comes] in eight years. If mixed planets look at it, the risk to the child comes in half that time. The waning Moon may be in the lagna (rising sign), with bad planets in the 8th and the corner houses. Or [the Moon] stands between bad planets.
Simple meaning: A good planet's look delays the risk to life to eight years, a mixed look to four.
भूद्यूननिधने वाब्जे लग्नेऽप्येवं शिशोर्मृतिः ।पापैश्चन्द्रास्तगैर्मात्रा सार्द्धं सदृष्टिमंतरा ॥ १०७ ॥
[It may be] in the 4th, 7th or 8th, or the lagna (rising sign). Then the child's life may be at risk in the same way. Bad planets may be in the 7th from the Moon, with no good planet looking. Then [the child's life] may be at risk, along with the mother's.
Simple meaning: A hemmed-in Moon in some places is said to put a child's life at risk, sometimes the mother's too.
शुभादृष्टे भान्त्यगेब्जे त्रिकोणोपरतैः खलैः ।लग्नस्थे वा विधौपापैरस्तस्थैर्मृतिमाप्नुयात् ॥ १०८ ॥
The Moon is at the end of a sign, not looked at by good planets. Bad planets are in a trikona (luck house). Or the Moon is in the lagna (rising sign) with bad planets in the 7th. Then the child's life may be at risk. (Our text is unclear here: 'bhantya' may also mean the 12th house.)
Simple meaning: A Moon at a sign's end, with bad planets in luck houses or the 7th, is said to put life at risk.
ग्रस्तेऽब्जेऽसद्भिरष्टस्थै सृज्यवात्मजयोर्मृतिः ।लग्ने रवौ तु शस्त्रण सवीर्यासद्भिरष्टगैः ॥ १०९ ॥
The Moon is eclipsed and bad planets are in the 8th. Then the lives of the child and [the mother] may be at risk. The Sun [eclipsed] in the lagna (rising sign), with strong bad planets in the 8th: a risk to life from a weapon. (Our text is unclear here: the word before 'child', read as 'mother'.)
Simple meaning: A hurt Moon or Sun with bad planets in the 8th can put early life at risk, even from a weapon.
कर्केन्द्वीज्ययुते लग्ने केंद्रे सौम्ये च भार्गवे ।शेषैस्त्र्यरीशगैरायुरमितं भवति ध्रुवम् ॥ ११० ॥
The lagna (rising sign) is Cancer, with the Moon and Jupiter in it. Mercury and Venus are in corner houses. The rest are in the 3rd, 6th and 11th. Then the life is surely without limit.
Simple meaning: Cancer rising with the Moon and Jupiter, and planets well placed, gives a very long life.
वर्गोत्तमे मीनलग्ने वृषेऽब्जे तत्त्वलिप्सिके ।स्वतुंगस्थेष्वशेषेषु परमायुः प्रकीर्तितम् ॥ १११ ॥
The lagna (rising sign) is Pisces in vargottama (same sign in the chart and its navamsha). The Moon is in Taurus at 25 minutes. All the rest are in their own high signs. The longest life is declared.
Simple meaning: With these placements the longest life is told.
शुभैर्दृष्टः सवीर्योंगे केंद्रस्थे चायुरर्थदः ।स्वच्चोब्जे स्वर्क्षगैः सौम्यैः सवीर्यैंगाधिपे तनौ ॥ ११२ ॥
A strong planet may be in the lagna (rising sign) or a corner house, looked at by good planets. It gives long life and wealth. The Moon may be in its high sign. Good planets may be strong in their own signs. The strong lagna lord may be in the lagna.
Simple meaning: Strong planets in good places give long life and wealth.
षष्ट्यब्दकेंद्रसौम्येभेष्टशुद्धे सप्ततिर्गुरौ ।मूलत्रिकोणगैः सौम्यैर्गुरौ स्वोच्चसमन्विते ॥ ११३ ॥
[That gives] sixty years. Good planets may be in the corner houses, with the 8th clear: seventy years. Good planets may be in their mulatrikona (a planet's strong own-sign part), with Jupiter in his high sign. (Our text is unclear here: the word 'ibhe' and the first word 'gurau'.)
Simple meaning: Good planets in corner houses with a clear 8th give seventy years. Sixty and eighty come from other placements.
लग्नाधिपे बलयुतशीत्यब्दं त्वायुरीरितम् ।सवीर्ये सत्सु केंद्रेषु त्रिंशच्छुद्धियुतेऽष्टमे ॥ ११४ ॥
With the lagna (rising sign) lord also strong, the life is said to be eighty years. Strong good planets may be in the corner houses, with the 8th clear. (Our text is unclear here: how the word 'thirty' fits this line.)
Simple meaning: Strong lagna lord with good planets well placed gives eighty years of life.
लयेशे धर्मगेजीवेष्टस्थे क्रूरेक्षिते जिताः ।लग्नाष्टमेशावष्टस्थौ भाब्दमायुःकरौ मतौ ॥ ११५ ॥
The 8th lord may be in the 9th, with Jupiter in the 8th looked at by cruel planets. The lagna (rising sign) lord and the 8th lord may be in the 8th. That is held to risk a life of only 27 years. (Our text is unclear here: the years of the first rule, printed 'jitah'.)
Simple meaning: The lagna lord and 8th lord together in the 8th may shorten life to 27 years.
लग्नेऽशुभेज्यौ ग्लौदृष्टौ मृत्यौ कश्चन चाकृतिः ।धर्मांगस्थेशनौ शुक्रे केंद्रेऽब्जे व्ययधर्मगे ॥ ११६ ॥
A bad planet and Jupiter may be in the lagna (rising sign), looked at by the Moon. With any planet in the 8th, life may be shortened to 22 years. Saturn may be in the 9th or the lagna. Venus may be in a corner house, the Moon in the 12th or 9th. (Our text is unclear here: the number word 'akriti', read as 22.)
Simple meaning: Some placements may shorten life to 22 years, others give long life.
शताब्दं गीष्पतौ कर्के कंटकस्थसितेज्ययोः ।लयेशेंगे शुभैर्हीनेऽष्टमे खाब्धिमितं वयः ॥ ११७ ॥
[That gives] a hundred years. Jupiter may be in Cancer, with Venus and Jupiter in corner houses. The 8th lord may be in the lagna (rising sign), with no good planet in the 8th. Then the age is 40.
Simple meaning: Jupiter in Cancer with these placements gives forty years. Another rule gives a hundred.
लग्ने शेष्टमगेष्टेशे तनुस्थे पंचवत्सरम् ।कवीज्ययोगे सौम्याब्जौ लग्ने मृत्यौ च स्वेषवः ॥ ११८ ॥
The lagna (rising sign) lord in the 8th and the 8th lord in the lagna: life may be shortened to five years. Venus and Jupiter together, with Mercury and the Moon in the lagna and the 8th: 50 years.
Simple meaning: Lagna and 8th lords swapped may shorten life to five years. Another placement gives fifty.
एतद्योगजमायुः स्यादथ स्पष्टमुदीर्यते ।सूर्याधिक बले पैंडं निसर्गाच्च विधोर्बले ॥ ११९ ॥
This is the life got from combinations. Now the exact method is told. If the Sun is strongest, use the pinda (total figure). If the Moon is strongest, use the nisarga (natural lifespan).
Simple meaning: The exact life is worked out with a method that follows the strongest of the Sun and Moon.
अंशायुः सबले लग्ने तत्साधनमथो शृणु ।गोब्जास्तत्त्वतिथी सूर्यास्तिथिः स्वर्गा नखाः क्रमात् ॥ १२० ॥
If the lagna (rising sign) is strongest, use the amshayu (lifespan by degree parts). Now hear how it is worked out. [The pinda (total figure) years, Sun to Saturn,] are 19, 25, 15, 12, 15, 21 and 20.
Simple meaning: If the rising sign is strongest, the degree method is used. Full years for each planet are listed.
नखा विधुर्द्वावंकाश्च धृतिः स्वाक्षिखमार्गणाः ॥ १२१ ॥
[The nisarga (natural lifespan) years are] 20, 1, 2, 9, 18, 20 and 50.
Simple meaning: The natural years for each planet are listed.
पिंडे निसर्गे रवोच्चे नो ग्रहः षट्भाल्पको यदा ।चक्रशुद्धस्तदा ग्राह्येस्यांशा आयुषि संमताः ॥ १२२ ॥
For pinda (total figure) and nisarga (natural lifespan), take the planet's high point from the planet. If that is less than six signs, take it from the full circle. Its degrees are then counted for the life.
Simple meaning: A planet's full years count by how far it stands from its low point.
अंशोनाः शत्रुभे कार्या ग्रहं वक्रगतिं विना ।मंदशुक्रौ विनार्द्धोना ग्रहस्यास्तंगतस्य च ॥ १२३ ॥
Cut a share of the years for a planet in an enemy sign, unless it is retrograde. Cut half for a planet set in the Sun's light, except Saturn and Venus. (Our text is unclear here: the size of the enemy-sign cut.)
Simple meaning: A planet's years are reduced when it is in an enemy sign or set in the Sun's light.
हानिद्वयेऽधिकाः कार्या यदा क्रूरस्तनौ तदा ।विहायारीनंशाद्यैर्हन्यादायुर्लवान् भजेत् ॥ १२४ ॥
When both cuts apply, make only the larger one. When a cruel planet is in the lagna (rising sign), drop the lagna's signs. Multiply the life years by its degrees and the rest. Then divide them (Our text is unclear here: 'viharin', read as 'dropping the signs'.)
Simple meaning: When two cuts apply, only the bigger one is made. A cruel planet rising also cuts the years.
भगणांशैर्लब्धहीनास्तेषां कार्या विचक्षणैः ।पापस्यांशाः समग्रोना सौम्यस्यार्द्धविवर्जिताः ॥ १२५ ॥
[Divide] by the degrees of the full circle. The wise take the result away from those [years]. For a bad planet, take away the whole. For a good planet, take away half.
Simple meaning: The rising planet cuts the years by a share. A bad one cuts the whole, a good one half.
स्पष्टास्तेंशाः खषट्त्र्यासा गुणयित्वा स्वकैर्गणैः ।वर्षाणि शेषमर्कघ्नं हारात्संमासकाः स्मृताः ॥ १२६ ॥
Multiply those exact degrees by their own years and divide by 360: this gives years. Multiply the remainder by 12 and divide by the same divisor: months.
Simple meaning: Degree parts are turned into years and months by multiplication and division.
तच्छेषश्च त्रिगुणितः तेनैवाप्तं दिनानि च ।शेषे षष्ट्या हते भक्ते हारेण घटिकादिकम् ॥ १२७ ॥
Multiply that remainder by three. Divide by the same divisor to get days. Multiply the next remainder by 60 and divide by the divisor: ghatikas (24-minute unit) and the rest. (Our text is unclear here: it says three, where 30 days make a month.)
Simple meaning: The remainders are turned into days and smaller units.
हित्वा भाज्यंगभागादीन्कलीकृत्य खखाक्षिभिः ।भजेद्वर्षाणि शेषे तु गुणिते द्वादशादिभिः ॥ १२८ ॥
Leave aside the signs. Turn the degrees and the rest of the lagna (rising sign) into minutes. Divide by 200 to get years. Multiply the remainder by 12 and so on.
Simple meaning: The rising sign's degrees are turned into minutes and divided to give years.
द्विसप्तांशे च मासादिलग्नायुर्जायते स्फुटम् ।अंशायुषी सलग्नानां खेटानामंशका हताः ॥ १२९ ॥
Divide again [by 200], and the lagna (rising sign)'s life in months and the rest comes out exact. In the amshayu (lifespan by degree parts), multiply the degrees of the planets and of the lagna. (Our text is unclear here: 'dvisaptamshe', read as 'divided by 200'.)
Simple meaning: A step to find the rising sign's life in months, and to start the degree method.
खयुगैरायुरंशाः स्युस्तत्संस्कारं वदामि ते ।ग्रहोनलग्नं षड्रात्यं चेत्संस्कारोऽन्यथा नहि ॥ १३० ॥
[by] 40: these are the life degrees. I will tell you their correction. If the lagna (rising sign) minus the planet is less than six signs, make the correction. Otherwise do not.
Simple meaning: A correction is made only in a certain case.
तदंशः स्वाग्नयो भक्ता लब्धोनोभूर्गुणो भवेत् ।यदैकाल्यं तदास्यांशाः स्वाग्र्याप्तोना च भूर्गुणः ॥ १३१ ॥
Divide its degrees by 30. Take the result away from 1: that is the multiplier. If it is less than one [sign], divide its degrees by 30. One less that result is the multiplier.
Simple meaning: A multiplier is worked out by dividing parts by thirty.
सौम्यस्यार्द्धेन पापस्य समग्रेणेति निश्चयः ।गुणकघ्नाश्चायुरंशाः संस्कारोऽयमुदाहृतः ॥ १३२ ॥
It is settled that [the cut is] half for a good planet and whole for a bad planet. The lifespan parts are multiplied by the multiplier. This is the correction as given.
Simple meaning: A good planet is cut by half and a bad planet by the whole amount.
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.