Sanskrit · DevanāgarīJātaka Pārijāta manuscript tradition
अथ बलप्रमाणम् ।
अर्धाधिकं षट्कमिनस्य सूरेः शुक्रस्य पञ्चाधिकमर्धरूपम् ।
सप्तेन्दुपुत्रस्य बलं षडिन्दोः सौरारयोः सायकरूपसंख्या
IAST Transliteration
atha balapramāṇam |
ardhādhikaṃ ṣaṭkaminasya sūreḥ śukrasya pañcādhikamardharūpam |
saptenduputrasya balaṃ ṣaḍindoḥ saurārayoḥ sāyakarūpasaṃkhyā
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English
Professors of Astrology say that the six kinds of strength (Shadbala) taken in the following order — namely Drigbala (strength of aspect), Stthanabala (positional strength), Nisargabala (natural strength), Cheshtabala (motional strength), Digbala (directional strength) and Kalabala (temporal strength) — have varieties indicated by the numbers 1, 5, 1, 5, 1, 7 respectively. The minimum required strengths (Rupas) for the Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn are respectively 390, 360, 300, 420, 390, 330 and 300 Shashtiamsas.
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