Effects like marriage, oblations, charities, performance of religious rites, close relations with the king (government), social contacts with men of learning, acquisition of pearls, corals, Mani (jewels), conveyances, clothes, ornaments, good health, affections, enjoyments, drinking of Soma rasa and other tasty syrups etc., will be derived in the Antardasa of Mercury, if he be in kendra or trikona, the 11th or the 2nd from the lord of the Dasa (the Moon).

आरोग्यप्रीतिसौख्यं च सोमपानादिकः सुखम् । यदि बुध चन्द्रमा से केन्द्र, त्रिकोण, लाभ या धन स्थान में हो तो विवाह, यज्ञ दीक्षा, दानधर्म के अवसर, राजा से प्रीति, विद्वानों का समागम, मुक्ता मणि के अलंकार, आरोग्य लाभ, स्नेह वृद्धि, सुख तथा सोमरस (सुन्दर पेय) पीने के सुयोग होते हैं ।