Narada Purana (Jyotisha Selections) · by Vyasa
Chapter 3 · Dashas, Yogas, Placements
जातकम् २
धमार्थोपचयस्थैश्च शेषैर्धर्मयुतोनृपः ।मेषूरणायतनुगाः शशिसूर्यजसूरयः ॥ १८२ ॥
In the full Narada Purana (Purva Bhaga) this is chapter 55, verse 182.
The rest stand in the 9th, the 2nd and the upachaya (growth house) places. Then he is a righteous king. Next: the Moon, Saturn and Jupiter in Aries, the 11th and the lagna (rising sign). (Our text is unclear here: the word read as Aries.)
Simple meaning: Strong good planets with the rest in good houses make a righteous king.
ज्ञारौ धने शितरवा हिबुके भूपतिस्तदा ।
Mercury and Mars in the 2nd and Venus and Sun in the 4th make a king.
सुखे गुरुःखेरवींदूयमो लग्ने भवे करै ।
Jupiter in the 4th, Sun and Moon in the 10th, Saturn rising and the rest in the 11th make a king.
सुखास्तु शुभखाप्तिस्था नरेशं जनयंत्यपि ।
These placements also make a king. Kingship comes in the dasha of a planet in the 10th or 1st.