Narada Purana (Jyotisha Selections) · by Vyasa
Chapter 3 · Dashas, Yogas, Placements
जातकम् २
कष्टमर्थक्षयः क्लेशः समतार्थसुखागमः ।धनाप्तिः सुखमिष्टाप्तिरिति रेखाफलं क्रमात् ॥ १६६ ॥
In the full Narada Purana (Purva Bhaga) this is chapter 55, verse 166.
Trouble. Loss of money. Hardship. Evenness. The coming of money and ease. Gain of wealth. Ease. Gain of what is wished. This is the result of the lines, in order.
Simple meaning: 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.
द्वाविंशभूपास्तुंगेसृक्चापेर्केन्दूयमस्तनौ ।
Mars exalted with Sun and Moon in Sagittarius, or the Sun exalted rising with Jupiter in the 10th, makes a king.