Narada Purana (Jyotisha Selections) · by Vyasa
Chapter 3 · Dashas, Yogas, Placements
जातकम् २
उक्तस्थानेषु रेखादो ह्यनुक्तेषु तु बिंदुदाः ।जन्मभाद्वद्विमित्रोच्चस्वभेधिष्टं परेष्वसत् ॥ १६५ ॥
In the full Narada Purana (Purva Bhaga) this is chapter 55, verse 165.
In the places named, a planet gives a rekha (line mark). In the places not named, it gives a bindu (dot mark). Count from the birth sign. A planet in the 11th, or in a friend's, high or own sign, is very good. Elsewhere it is bad.
Simple meaning: Planets give marks in set houses. A planet in a friend's, high or own sign is good. In others it is bad.
कष्टमर्थक्षयः क्लेशः समतार्थसुखागमः ।
The number of marks decides the result, from trouble up to gain of what is wished.
तृगस्वर्णाश्वधोरणाद्यैरर्कांशे वृत्तिमादिशेत् ।
Livelihood follows the planet whose part of the sign is strong, such as the Sun, Moon or Mars.
स्वोच्चेष्वार्की तथा ज्यारैरुक्तैकांगे नृपाधिपाः ।
Saturn, Jupiter and Mars exalted, or a vargottama lagna or Moon seen by four planets, make a great king.