Narada Purana (Jyotisha Selections) · by Vyasa
Chapter 3 · Dashas, Yogas, Placements
जातकम् २
स्वोच्चे त्रिकोणभगते त्र्याद्यैर्बलयुतैर्नृपः ।सिंहेऽर्के मेषलग्नेऽजे मृगे भौमे घटेऽष्टमे ॥ १७९ ॥
In the full Narada Purana (Purva Bhaga) this is chapter 55, verse 179.
Three or more strong planets may stand in their high or mulatrikona (a planet's strong own-sign part) signs. Then he is a king. Next: the Sun in Leo, and the Moon in an Aries lagna (rising sign). Mars in Capricorn, and a planet in Aquarius in the 8th. (Our text is unclear here: the planet called aja and the last words.)
Simple meaning: Three strong planets in high or own strong signs make a king.
चापे जीवे धरानाथःस्यादथ स्वर्क्षगे भृगौ ।
Jupiter in Sagittarius finishes one ruler's chart. Venus in the 4th and the Moon in the 9th start another.
त्रिलग्नभवगैःशेषैर्धराधीशः प्रजायते ।
Venus in the 4th, the Moon in the 9th and the rest in the 3rd, 1st and 11th make a ruler.
धमार्थोपचयस्थैश्च शेषैर्धर्मयुतोनृपः ।
Strong good planets with the rest in good houses make a righteous king.