Bṛhad Daivajña Rañjanam

रामः कृष्णश्च भो विप्र नृसिंहो सूकरस्तथा । एते पूर्णावताराश्च ह्यन्ये जीवांशका मताः ॥

rāmaḥ kṛṣṇaśca bho vipra nṛsiṃho sūkarastathā | ete pūrṇāvatārāśca hyanye jīvāṃśakā matāḥ ||

⟨The sage said:⟩ Rāma, Kṛṣṇa, O brāhmaṇa, Nṛsiṃha and the Boar — these are the full descents; the rest are held to be partial, mere portions of the jīva.

अवताराण्यनेकानि अजस्य परमात्मनः । जीवानां कर्मफलदो ग्रहरूपो जनार्दनः ॥

avatārāṇyanekāni ajasya paramātmanaḥ | jīvānāṃ karmaphalado graharūpo janārdanaḥ ||

The descents of the unborn Supreme Self are many. It is Janārdana himself, in the form of the planets, who gives living beings the fruit of their deeds.

दैत्यानां बलनाशाय देवानां बलवृद्धये । धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय ग्रहा जाता इमे क्रमात् ॥

daityānāṃ balanāśāya devānāṃ balavṛddhaye | dharmasaṃsthāpanārthāya grahā jātā ime kramāt ||

To destroy the strength of the daityas, to increase the strength of the gods, and to establish dharma — for these ends these planets came to be, one after another.

रामावतारः सूर्यस्य चंद्रस्य यदुनायकः । नृसिंहो भूमिपुत्रस्य बौद्धः सोमसुतस्य च ॥

rāmāvatāraḥ sūryasya caṃdrasya yadunāyakaḥ | nṛsiṃho bhūmiputrasya bauddhaḥ somasutasya ca ||

The descent of the Sun is Rāma; of the Moon, the lord of the Yadus ⟨Kṛṣṇa⟩; of Mars, Nṛsiṃha; and of Mercury ⟨Soma's son⟩, the Buddha.

वामनो विबुधेज्यस्य भार्गवो भार्गवस्य च । कूर्मो भास्करपुत्रस्य सैंहिकेयस्य सूकरः ॥

vāmano vibudhejyasya bhārgavo bhārgavasya ca | kūrmo bhāskaraputrasya saiṃhikeyasya sūkaraḥ ||

Vāmana belongs to Jupiter ⟨whom the gods worship⟩, Paraśurāma to Venus, the Tortoise to Saturn ⟨the Sun's son⟩, and the Boar to Rāhu ⟨son of Siṃhikā⟩.

केतोर्मीनावतारश्च ये चान्ये तेपि खेटजाः । परमात्मांशमधिकं येषु ते खेचराभिधाः ॥

ketormīnāvatāraśca ye cānye tepi kheṭajāḥ | paramātmāṃśamadhikaṃ yeṣu te khecarābhidhāḥ ||

The Fish is Ketu's descent; and whatever other ⟨descents there are⟩, they too are born of the planets. Those in whom the portion of the Supreme Self predominates are called the moving lights.

जीवांशमधिकं येषु जीवास्ते वै प्रकीर्तिताः । सूर्यादिभ्यो ग्रहेभ्यश्च परमात्मांशनिःसृतः ॥

jīvāṃśamadhikaṃ yeṣu jīvāste vai prakīrtitāḥ | sūryādibhyo grahebhyaśca paramātmāṃśaniḥsṛtaḥ ||

Those in whom the portion of the jīva predominates are declared to be jīvas ⟨ordinary living beings⟩; and from the Sun and the other planets a portion of the Supreme Self goes forth.

ग्रहाणां फलकर्तृत्वमस्ति नो वेति संशयः । केचिद्वदंति तेषां तु कर्मसूचकतामिति ॥

grahāṇāṃ phalakartṛtvamasti no veti saṃśayaḥ | kecidvadaṃti teṣāṃ tu karmasūcakatāmiti ||

Whether the planets actually cause results or not is a matter of doubt. Some say instead that they only INDICATE the deed ⟨already done⟩.

प्राक्कर्मसूचकखगाः कथमेषु भुक्तिः प्राक्कर्मभोगशमनाय हि भोगमूचुः । केचित्तथा दुरितहृज्जगदीशभक्तिः किं नो ग्रहाभिगत एव स एव विष्णुः ॥

prākkarmasūcakakhagāḥ kathameṣu bhuktiḥ prākkarmabhogaśamanāya hi bhogamūcuḥ | kecittathā duritahṛjjagadīśabhaktiḥ kiṃ no grahābhigata eva sa eva viṣṇuḥ ||

⟨If⟩ the planets merely indicate former deeds, how is there any experience in them? — ⟨Answer:⟩ they called it experience precisely so that the enjoyment of former karma may be worked off. Some hold, further, that devotion to the Lord of the world removes sin: is the one who has come as the planet not himself Viṣṇu?

देवताग्रहरूपेण मनुष्याणां शुभाशुभम् । फलं प्रागर्जितं यच्च तद्ददाति स्वकीयकम् ॥

devatāgraharūpeṇa manuṣyāṇāṃ śubhāśubham | phalaṃ prāgarjitaṃ yacca taddadāti svakīyakam ||

The deity, in the form of a planet, gives people the good and bad fruit that each has earned before — his own, and no other's.

सकलमपि धिष्ण्यमंडलमवनिनिबद्धं विनिर्मितं धात्रा । तत्र ग्रहा ग्रहेष्वपि शुभाशुभं सर्वजंतूनाम् ॥

sakalamapi dhiṣṇyamaṃḍalamavaninibaddhaṃ vinirmitaṃ dhātrā | tatra grahā graheṣvapi śubhāśubhaṃ sarvajaṃtūnām ||

The whole circle of the stars was fashioned by the Creator and fastened to the earth; within it are the planets, and within the planets the good and ill of every creature.

ग्रहा राज्यं प्रयच्छंति ग्रहा राज्यं हरंति च । ग्रहैस्तु व्यापितं सर्वं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम् ॥

grahā rājyaṃ prayacchaṃti grahā rājyaṃ haraṃti ca | grahaistu vyāpitaṃ sarvaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram ||

The planets give kingship and the planets take kingship away. By the planets the whole three-fold world is pervaded, all that moves and all that does not.

ग्रहाधीनं जगत्सर्वं ग्रहाधीना नरावराः । कालज्ञानं ग्रहाधीनं ग्रहाः कर्मफलप्रदाः ॥

grahādhīnaṃ jagatsarvaṃ grahādhīnā narāvarāḥ | kālajñānaṃ grahādhīnaṃ grahāḥ karmaphalapradāḥ ||

The whole world depends on the planets; high and low among people depend on the planets; the knowledge of time depends on the planets. The planets give the fruit of deeds.

सृष्टिरक्षणसंहाराः सर्वे चापि ग्रहानुगाः । कर्मणः फलदातारः सूचकाश्च ग्रहाः सदा ॥

sṛṣṭirakṣaṇasaṃhārāḥ sarve cāpi grahānugāḥ | karmaṇaḥ phaladātāraḥ sūcakāśca grahāḥ sadā ||

Creation, preservation and dissolution all follow the planets. The planets are always both the givers of the fruit of deeds and the signs of it.

दुष्करं भवसंयोगकाले दुःस्थानमाययुः । तत्फलानन्वयायेवं तदा पूज्यतमा ग्रहाः ॥

duṣkaraṃ bhavasaṃyogakāle duḥsthānamāyayuḥ | tatphalānanvayāyevaṃ tadā pūjyatamā grahāḥ ||

At the time when a hard conjunction comes about they go to an evil house; so, in order that that result may not follow, the planets are then most to be worshipped.

उच्छ्रयपतनानि नृणां खचराधीनानि विशेषतो यस्मात् । अखिलानामपि लोकानां वृद्धिस्तस्माद्ग्रहाश्च पूज्यतमाः ॥

ucchrayapatanāni nṛṇāṃ khacarādhīnāni viśeṣato yasmāt | akhilānāmapi lokānāṃ vṛddhistasmādgrahāśca pūjyatamāḥ ||

Because the risings and fallings of people depend, above all, on the moving lights — and so does the increase of every world — therefore the planets are most to be worshipped.

गोचरबलचिंतायां ये न विदंति यथाक्रमं चेति । गोचरबलानभिज्ञास्त्वति लोके यांति हास्यतां सुजनैः ॥

gocarabalaciṃtāyāṃ ye na vidaṃti yathākramaṃ ceti | gocarabalānabhijñāstvati loke yāṃti hāsyatāṃ sujanaiḥ ||

Those who do not know, in due order, how to weigh the strength of a transit — such men, ignorant of transit-strength, are laughed at in the world by the good.

शुभकर्मणि सर्वत्र ग्रहाणां गोचरं फलम् । पूर्वैरुक्तं यतोस्माभिरुच्यते ग्रहगोचरम् ॥

śubhakarmaṇi sarvatra grahāṇāṃ gocaraṃ phalam | pūrvairuktaṃ yatosmābhirucyate grahagocaram ||

In every auspicious undertaking the transit-result of the planets ⟨must be weighed⟩. Since the ancients have said so, the transit of the planets is now told by us.

अथ ग्रहाणां नामकथनम् ।

रविविधुक्षितिजा बुधवाक्पती भृगुशनी च तमः शिखिनो ग्रहाः । न च सदा भ्रमणाद्भगणो नृणां ददति धातुसमं फलमुक्तवत् ॥

ravividhukṣitijā budhavākpatī bhṛguśanī ca tamaḥ śikhino grahāḥ | na ca sadā bhramaṇādbhagaṇo nṛṇāṃ dadati dhātusamaṃ phalamuktavat ||

Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter ⟨lord of speech⟩, Venus and Saturn, with Rāhu ⟨darkness⟩ and Ketu ⟨the crested one⟩ — these are the planets. The circle of the asterisms does not always give people their result merely by turning; it gives it according to the humour ⟨it governs⟩, as has been said.

छिन्नोपि विष्णुचक्रेण सुधामयशिरास्तमः । केशवस्य वरेणासौ तथापि ग्रहतां गतः ॥

chinnopi viṣṇucakreṇa sudhāmayaśirāstamaḥ | keśavasya vareṇāsau tathāpi grahatāṃ gataḥ ||

Though cut by Viṣṇu's discus, Rāhu — whose head was full of the nectar — even so attained the rank of a planet, by Keśava's boon.

अमृतास्वादनाद्राहुः शिरश्छिन्नोपि सोऽमृतः । विष्णुना तेन चक्रेण तथापि ग्रहतां गतः ॥

amṛtāsvādanādrāhuḥ śiraśchinnopi so'mṛtaḥ | viṣṇunā tena cakreṇa tathāpi grahatāṃ gataḥ ||

Because he tasted the nectar, Rāhu, though his head was severed by Viṣṇu with that discus, became deathless — and even so attained the rank of a planet.

अथ ग्रहाणां संज्ञाः ।

हेलिः सूर्यश्चंद्रमा शीतरश्मिर्हेम्नाविज्ज्ञो बोधनश्चंद्रपुत्रः । आरो वक्रः क्रूरदृक्चावनेयः कोणो मंदः सूर्यपुत्रोऽसितश्च ॥

heliḥ sūryaścaṃdramā śītaraśmirhemnāvijjño bodhanaścaṃdraputraḥ | āro vakraḥ krūradṛkcāvaneyaḥ koṇo maṃdaḥ sūryaputro'sitaśca ||

Heli and Sūrya ⟨for the Sun⟩; Candramas and Śītaraśmi ⟨for the Moon⟩; Jña, Bodhana and Candraputra ⟨for Mercury⟩; Āra, Vakra, Krūradṛś and Āvaneya ⟨for Mars⟩; Koṇa, Manda, Sūryaputra and Asita ⟨for Saturn⟩.

जीवोऽङ्गिराः सुरगुरुर्वचसां पतीज्यौ शुक्रो भृगुर्भृगुसुतः सित आस्फुजिच्च । राहुस्तमोऽसुरगुरुश्च शिखी च केतुः पर्यायमन्यमुपलभ्य वदेच्च लोकात् ॥

jīvo'ṅgirāḥ suragururvacasāṃ patījyau śukro bhṛgurbhṛgusutaḥ sita āsphujicca | rāhustamo'suraguruśca śikhī ca ketuḥ paryāyamanyamupalabhya vadecca lokāt ||

Jīva, Aṅgiras, Suraguru, Vacasāṃ Pati and Ijya ⟨for Jupiter⟩; Śukra, Bhṛgu, Bhṛgusuta, Sita and Āsphujit ⟨for Venus⟩; Rāhu and Tamas, and Asuraguru; Śikhin and Ketu. One may use any other synonym one finds in common speech.

अथ सौम्यपापविवेकः ।

अर्द्धोनेन्द्वर्कसौराराः पापज्ञस्तद्युतोऽपरे । शुभाः पापौ तमःकेतू विष्णुधर्मोत्तरोदितौ ॥

arddhonendvarkasaurārāḥ pāpajñastadyuto'pare | śubhāḥ pāpau tamaḥketū viṣṇudharmottaroditau ||

A Moon less than half full, the Sun, Saturn and Mars are malefics; Mercury is malefic when joined to one of them; the rest are benefic. Rāhu and Ketu are both malefic — so the Viṣṇudharmottara declares.

क्रूरा वक्रा महाक्रूराः सौम्या वक्रा महाशुभाः । सहजाः स्युः स्वभावस्थाः सौम्याः क्रूराश्च शीघ्रगाः ॥

krūrā vakrā mahākrūrāḥ saumyā vakrā mahāśubhāḥ | sahajāḥ syuḥ svabhāvasthāḥ saumyāḥ krūrāśca śīghragāḥ ||

Malefics retrograde are very malefic; benefics retrograde are very benefic. Moving at their natural speed they keep their own nature — benefics benefic, malefics malefic — and so also when swift.

अथ पुरुषाधिपकथनम् ।

पुंसां सूर्यारवागीशौ योषितां चंद्रभार्गवौ । क्लीबानां बुधमंदौ च पतयः परिकीर्तिताः ॥

puṃsāṃ sūryāravāgīśau yoṣitāṃ caṃdrabhārgavau | klībānāṃ budhamaṃdau ca patayaḥ parikīrtitāḥ ||

For males the Sun, Mars and Jupiter; for females the Moon and Venus; for the sexless Mercury and Saturn — these are declared the ruling planets.

अथ ग्रहाणां स्वामिनः ।

सूर्यादितः शिवशिवागुहविष्णुकेन्द्रकालाः क्रमेण पतयः कथिता ग्रहाणाम् । वह्न्यंबुभूमिहरिशक्रशचीविरिंच्यस्तेषां पुनर्मुनिवरैः प्रतिदेवताश्च ॥

sūryāditaḥ śivaśivāguhaviṣṇukendrakālāḥ krameṇa patayaḥ kathitā grahāṇām | vahnyaṃbubhūmihariśakraśacīviriṃcyasteṣāṃ punarmunivaraiḥ pratidevatāśca ||

From the Sun onward the presiding lords of the planets are said to be, in order, Śiva, Umā, Guha, Viṣṇu, Ka ⟨Brahmā⟩, Indra and Kāla. Their counter-deities, the best of sages say further, are Fire, Water, Earth, Hari, Indra, Śacī and Viriñci ⟨Brahmā⟩.

राहोरधिपतिः कालः प्रत्यधीशो भुजंगमः । तथा केतोश्चित्रगुप्तः स्वयंभू ऋषिभिः स्मृतः ॥

rāhoradhipatiḥ kālaḥ pratyadhīśo bhujaṃgamaḥ | tathā ketościtraguptaḥ svayaṃbhū ṛṣibhiḥ smṛtaḥ ||

Rāhu's lord is Kāla and his counter-lord the Serpent; Ketu's is Citragupta, with Svayambhū ⟨as counter-lord⟩ — so the sages have recorded.

अथ ग्रहाणां वाहनानि ।

सिंहाश्वकौ कर्कमृगौ च मेषौ नरो मयूरो वृषभस्तु सौरभः । छागो महाजश्च वदंति तज्ज्ञाः सूर्यादिकानामिति वाहनानि ॥

siṃhāśvakau karkamṛgau ca meṣau naro mayūro vṛṣabhastu saurabhaḥ | chāgo mahājaśca vadaṃti tajjñāḥ sūryādikānāmiti vāhanāni ||

Lion and horse, crab and deer, and a pair of rams; a man, a peacock, and a fragrant bull; a goat and a great goat — the knowers call these the mounts of the Sun and the rest.

अथ ग्रहाणां गृहम् ।

इदं जगत्स्थावरजंगमाख्यं सर्वं रवीन्द्वात्मकमाहुराद्याः । तस्योद्भवोऽत्रापचयश्च दृष्टो भूमंडलेऽप्येव तदात्मकं तत् ॥

idaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṃgamākhyaṃ sarvaṃ ravīndvātmakamāhurādyāḥ | tasyodbhavo'trāpacayaśca dṛṣṭo bhūmaṃḍale'pyeva tadātmakaṃ tat ||

This whole world, called the standing and the moving, the ancients declare to be of the nature of the Sun and the Moon. Its arising and its wasting are both seen here; and on the earth-circle too it is of that same nature.

तस्यार्धमाद्यं विहितं मघादि सार्पादिचान्द्रं विहितं परार्धम् । क्रमेण सूर्यः प्रददौ ग्रहाणां व्यस्तेन ताराधिपतिस्तथैव ॥

tasyārdhamādyaṃ vihitaṃ maghādi sārpādicāndraṃ vihitaṃ parārdham | krameṇa sūryaḥ pradadau grahāṇāṃ vyastena tārādhipatistathaiva ||

Its first half, beginning with Maghā, was assigned ⟨to the Sun⟩; the further half, beginning with Āśleṣā and belonging to the Moon, was assigned ⟨to her⟩. The Sun gave ⟨the signs⟩ to the planets in forward order, and the lord of the stars ⟨the Moon⟩ in the reverse.

बुधस्य शुक्रस्य धरासुतस्य बृहस्पतेर्भास्करनंदनस्य । द्वे द्वे गृहे तेषु यथानुरूपं फलं विधेयं निपुणं विदग्धैः ॥

budhasya śukrasya dharāsutasya bṛhaspaterbhāskaranaṃdanasya | dve dve gṛhe teṣu yathānurūpaṃ phalaṃ vidheyaṃ nipuṇaṃ vidagdhaiḥ ||

Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn ⟨the Sun's son⟩ have two houses each. In those houses the learned should frame the result skilfully, as befits each.

पंचाननाख्यो हि यथेभचक्रे पंचाननाख्यो हि तथा भचक्रे । एनं हरिः पालयितुं क्षमोऽस्य कृतं तदित्येतदगारमाद्यैः ॥

paṃcānanākhyo hi yathebhacakre paṃcānanākhyo hi tathā bhacakre | enaṃ hariḥ pālayituṃ kṣamo'sya kṛtaṃ tadityetadagāramādyaiḥ ||

As the one called Lion stands in the circle of elephants, so the one called Lion stands in the circle of the zodiac. Hari alone is able to guard him; and so the ancients made this ⟨sign⟩ his house.

सिंहादिचक्रार्धपती रविः स्याद्विलोमकीटादिमखंडपोऽब्जः । पतंगधाम्ना सविधं तमीशः स्थातुं कुलीरं त्वकरोदगारम् ॥

siṃhādicakrārdhapatī raviḥ syādvilomakīṭādimakhaṃḍapo'bjaḥ | pataṃgadhāmnā savidhaṃ tamīśaḥ sthātuṃ kulīraṃ tvakarodagāram ||

The Sun is lord of the half-circle beginning with Leo; the Moon, of the reversed half beginning with Cancer. Because the Sun's house stood next to it, the Lord made Cancer ⟨the Moon's⟩ house.

उच्चोच्चमार्गे चरतां ग्रहाणां बुधाननानां भवनोरिनेंदौ । प्रतिष्ठितान्पालयतः पुराणैर्द्विजैरथौकांसि यथा क्रमेण ॥

uccoccamārge caratāṃ grahāṇāṃ budhānanānāṃ bhavanorineṃdau | pratiṣṭhitānpālayataḥ purāṇairdvijairathaukāṃsi yathā krameṇa ||

For the planets from Mercury onward, moving each on its own higher path, houses ⟨were set⟩ on either side of the Moon; and as the ancient twice-born guard those established ⟨in their places⟩, so were the dwellings assigned in order.

अथैवं गतिकारणं संचारैर्ग्रहाणां भौमादीनां फलितैक्यगतिरष्टभेदात्मिकेत्याह ।

वक्रानुवक्रा कुटिला मंदा मंदतरा समा । तथा शीघ्रतरा शीघ्रा ग्रहाणामष्टधा गतिः ॥

vakrānuvakrā kuṭilā maṃdā maṃdatarā samā | tathā śīghratarā śīghrā grahāṇāmaṣṭadhā gatiḥ ||

Retrograde, re-retrograde, crooked, slow, slower, even, faster and fast — the motion of the planets is of eight kinds.

तथातिशीघ्रा शीघ्राख्या मंदा मंदतरा समा । ऋज्वीति पंचधा ज्ञेया या वक्रा सानुवक्रगा ॥

tathātiśīghrā śīghrākhyā maṃdā maṃdatarā samā | ṛjvīti paṃcadhā jñeyā yā vakrā sānuvakragā ||

Very fast, called fast, slow, slower and even — the direct motion is thus to be known as fivefold; the motion that is retrograde goes with the re-retrograde.

अथाष्टधा गतिकारणम् ।

अर्कयुक्तश्चोदयः स्याद्द्वितीये शीघ्रगो भवेत् । रवेस्तृतीये समता गतिर्मंदा चतुर्थके ॥

arkayuktaścodayaḥ syāddvitīye śīghrago bhavet | ravestṛtīye samatā gatirmaṃdā caturthake ||

Joined to the Sun a planet is at its rising; in the second ⟨sign from the Sun⟩ it is swift; in the third its motion is even; in the fourth it is slow.

पंचमेऽप्यथवा षष्ठे किंचिद्वक्रा च वक्रगा । सप्तमाष्टमयोरर्कादतिवक्रा गतिर्भवेत् ॥

paṃcame'pyathavā ṣaṣṭhe kiṃcidvakrā ca vakragā | saptamāṣṭamayorarkādativakrā gatirbhavet ||

In the fifth or the sixth its motion is somewhat retrograde, or retrograde outright; in the seventh and eighth from the Sun the motion becomes very retrograde.

नवमे दशमे भानोः खेटानां कुटिला गतिः । एकादशे द्वादशे च शीघ्रा शीघ्रतरा क्रमात् । रविसंयुतखेटस्य गतिरस्ताह्वया भवेत् ॥

navame daśame bhānoḥ kheṭānāṃ kuṭilā gatiḥ | ekādaśe dvādaśe ca śīghrā śīghratarā kramāt | ravisaṃyutakheṭasya gatirastāhvayā bhavet ||

In the ninth and tenth from the Sun the planets' motion is crooked; in the eleventh and twelfth it is fast and faster in turn. The motion of a planet conjoined with the Sun is called 'setting'.

अथ ग्रहाणामंतश्चर्यालक्षणम् ।

आत्मा रविः शीतकरश्च चेतः सत्त्वं धराजः शशिजश्च वाणी । ज्ञानं सुखं चंद्रगुरुर्मदश्च शुक्रः शनिः कालनरस्य दुःखम् ॥

ātmā raviḥ śītakaraśca cetaḥ sattvaṃ dharājaḥ śaśijaśca vāṇī | jñānaṃ sukhaṃ caṃdragururmadaśca śukraḥ śaniḥ kālanarasya duḥkham ||

The Sun is the self; the Moon, the mind; Mars, courage; Mercury, speech; Jupiter, knowledge and happiness; Venus, desire; Saturn, the sorrow of the man of time.

अथांगविभागः ।

शिरःप्रदेशे वदने दिनेशो वक्षःस्थले चापि गले कलावान् । पृष्ठोदरे भूतनयश्च पीडां करोति सौम्यश्चरणे च पाणौ ॥

śiraḥpradeśe vadane dineśo vakṣaḥsthale cāpi gale kalāvān | pṛṣṭhodare bhūtanayaśca pīḍāṃ karoti saumyaścaraṇe ca pāṇau ||

The Sun ⟨afflicts⟩ the region of the head and the face; the Moon the chest and the throat; Mars the back and the belly; Mercury gives pain in the feet and the hands.

कटिप्रदेशे जघने च जीवः कविश्च गुह्यस्थलमुष्कयुग्मे । जानूरुदेशे नलिनीशसूनुश्चारेण वा जन्मनि चिंतनीयम् ॥

kaṭipradeśe jaghane ca jīvaḥ kaviśca guhyasthalamuṣkayugme | jānūrudeśe nalinīśasūnuścāreṇa vā janmani ciṃtanīyam ||

Jupiter ⟨afflicts⟩ the waist and the loins; Venus the private parts and the testicles; Saturn ⟨the Sun's son⟩ the knees and thighs. This is to be considered by transit or at birth.

कस्मिन् कार्ये केषां ग्रहाणां बलं ग्राह्यम् ।

उद्वाहे चोत्सवे जीवः सूर्यो भूपालदर्शने । संग्रामे धरणीपुत्रो विद्याभ्यासे बुधो बली ॥

udvāhe cotsave jīvaḥ sūryo bhūpāladarśane | saṃgrāme dharaṇīputro vidyābhyāse budho balī ||

For marriage and festival, Jupiter; for an audience with a king, the Sun; for battle, Mars; for study, Mercury — each is the strong one.

यात्रायां भार्गवः प्रोक्तो दीक्षायां च शनैश्चरः । चंद्रमा सर्वकार्येषु प्रशस्तो गृह्यते बुधैः ॥

yātrāyāṃ bhārgavaḥ prokto dīkṣāyāṃ ca śanaiścaraḥ | caṃdramā sarvakāryeṣu praśasto gṛhyate budhaiḥ ||

For a journey Venus is named, and for initiation Saturn; the Moon the wise take to be commended in every undertaking.

रविर्नृपविलोकने सुरगुरुर्विवाहोत्सवे रणे धरणिनंदनो भृगुसुतः प्रयाणे बली । शनिश्च खलु दीक्षणे निखिलशास्त्रबोधे बुधः शशी सकलकर्मसु ध्रुवमुदाहृतं सूरिभिः ॥

ravirnṛpavilokane suragururvivāhotsave raṇe dharaṇinaṃdano bhṛgusutaḥ prayāṇe balī | śaniśca khalu dīkṣaṇe nikhilaśāstrabodhe budhaḥ śaśī sakalakarmasu dhruvamudāhṛtaṃ sūribhiḥ ||

The Sun for seeing a king, Jupiter for a wedding festival, Mars in battle, Venus on a march; Saturn indeed for initiation, Mercury for the understanding of every science, the Moon in all undertakings — so the learned have stated for certain.

अर्कांगारकमंदास्तु सम्यक्पृष्ठोदयाः स्मृताः । राहुजीवभृगुज्ञास्तु ग्रहाः स्युर्मस्तकोदयाः ॥

arkāṃgārakamaṃdāstu samyakpṛṣṭhodayāḥ smṛtāḥ | rāhujīvabhṛgujñāstu grahāḥ syurmastakodayāḥ ||

Sun, Mars and Saturn are held to rise properly by the back; Rāhu, Jupiter, Venus and Mercury are planets that rise by the head.

अथ ग्रहाणामवस्था ।

वयांसि तेषां स्तनपानबाल्यकिशोरका यौवनमध्यवृद्धाः । अतीव वृद्धा इति चंद्रभौमज्ञशुक्रजीवार्कशनैश्चराणाम् ॥

vayāṃsi teṣāṃ stanapānabālyakiśorakā yauvanamadhyavṛddhāḥ | atīva vṛddhā iti caṃdrabhaumajñaśukrajīvārkaśanaiścarāṇām ||

Their ages are: suckling, childhood, boyhood, youth, middle age, old age and extreme old age — belonging in order to the Moon, Mars, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, the Sun and Saturn.

बुधः शिशुर्युवा भौमः शुक्रेंदू मध्यमौ परे । वृद्धो बुधो विधुर्बालो बालिका स्त्री प्रकीर्तिता ॥

budhaḥ śiśuryuvā bhaumaḥ śukreṃdū madhyamau pare | vṛddho budho vidhurbālo bālikā strī prakīrtitā ||

Mercury is an infant, Mars a youth; Venus and the Moon are of middle age; the others ⟨are old⟩. Mercury ⟨also counts as⟩ old, the Moon a child; and a girl or a woman is so declared.

अथ कालबलिनः ।

प्रातःकाले जीवबुधौ मध्याह्ने कुजभास्करौ । अपराह्णे चंद्रसितौ संध्याकाले तमःशनी ॥

prātaḥkāle jīvabudhau madhyāhne kujabhāskarau | aparāhṇe caṃdrasitau saṃdhyākāle tamaḥśanī ||

Jupiter and Mercury are strong in the morning; Mars and the Sun at midday; the Moon and Venus in the afternoon; Rāhu and Saturn at twilight.

अथ ग्रहधातुमाह ।

भौमार्कौ पित्तमाख्यातौ श्लेष्मकौ चंद्रभार्गवौ । समधातू गुरुबुधौ ग्रहाः शेषास्तु वातिकाः ॥

bhaumārkau pittamākhyātau śleṣmakau caṃdrabhārgavau | samadhātū gurubudhau grahāḥ śeṣāstu vātikāḥ ||

Mars and the Sun are called bile; the Moon and Venus, phlegm; Jupiter and Mercury are of balanced humour; the remaining planets are windy.

कटुकौ कुजमादित्यौ क्षारालौ चंद्रभार्गवौ । बुधः कषायिको जीवो मधुस्तिक्तौ तमःशनी ॥

kaṭukau kujamādityau kṣārālau caṃdrabhārgavau | budhaḥ kaṣāyiko jīvo madhustiktau tamaḥśanī ||

Mars and the Sun are pungent; the Moon and Venus saline and sour; Mercury astringent; Jupiter sweet; Rāhu and Saturn bitter.

द्विपदौ भार्गवगुरू भूपुत्रार्कौ चतुष्पदौ । पक्षिणौ बुधसौरी च चंद्रराहू सरीसृपौ ॥

dvipadau bhārgavagurū bhūputrārkau catuṣpadau | pakṣiṇau budhasaurī ca caṃdrarāhū sarīsṛpau ||

Venus and Jupiter are two-footed; Mars and the Sun four-footed; Mercury and Saturn are birds; the Moon and Rāhu creep.

विप्रौ शुक्रगुरू क्षत्रं कुजार्कौ शूद्र इंदुजः । इंदुर्वैश्यः स्मृतो म्लेच्छौ सैंहिकेयशनैश्चरौ ॥

viprau śukragurū kṣatraṃ kujārkau śūdra iṃdujaḥ | iṃdurvaiśyaḥ smṛto mlecchau saiṃhikeyaśanaiścarau ||

Venus and Jupiter are brāhmaṇas; Mars and the Sun kṣatriyas; Mercury a śūdra; the Moon is held to be a vaiśya; Rāhu and Saturn are outcastes.

अथ ग्रहाणां वर्णनाह ।

भौमो रक्तो गुरुः पीतो बुधो नीलः शशी सितः । कविः शुभ्रो रविर्गौरः कृष्णो राहुः शनिः पुनः ॥

bhaumo rakto guruḥ pīto budho nīlaḥ śaśī sitaḥ | kaviḥ śubhro ravirgauraḥ kṛṣṇo rāhuḥ śaniḥ punaḥ ||

Mars is red, Jupiter yellow, Mercury blue, the Moon white, Venus bright, the Sun tawny; Rāhu is black, and Saturn too.

रवी राजा शशी राज्ञी मंगलो मंडलाधिपः । ज्ञः कुमारो गुरुर्मंत्री सितो नेता परौ भृती ॥

ravī rājā śaśī rājñī maṃgalo maṃḍalādhipaḥ | jñaḥ kumāro gururmaṃtrī sito netā parau bhṛtī ||

The Sun is the king, the Moon the queen, Mars the lord of a province, Mercury the prince, Jupiter the minister, Venus the leader; the other two are servants.

अथ स्नाय्वादिस्वामित्वमाह ।

स्नायुसत्त्वगुल्ममज्जासुखानां स्वामिनौ शशिभास्करौ । शोणिताधिपतिर्भौमः शुक्रस्याधिपतिर्भृगुः ॥

snāyusattvagulmamajjāsukhānāṃ svāminau śaśibhāskarau | śoṇitādhipatirbhaumaḥ śukrasyādhipatirbhṛguḥ ||

The Moon and the Sun own the sinews, the vital essence, the abdominal mass, the marrow and happiness; Mars is lord of the blood, and Venus lord of the semen.

बुधश्चैतन्यबुद्धीनां जीवो जीवाधिपो भवेत् । मनसश्चन्द्रमाः स्वामी भवेदेषां वपुःस्थितिः ॥

budhaścaitanyabuddhīnāṃ jīvo jīvādhipo bhavet | manasaścandramāḥ svāmī bhavedeṣāṃ vapuḥsthitiḥ ||

Mercury owns consciousness and intellect; Jupiter is lord of the life-breath; the Moon is lord of the mind. Such is the standing of these in the body.

ऊर्ध्वदृष्टी कुजादित्यावधोदृष्टी तमःशनी । तिर्यग्दृष्टी भृगुबुधौ चंद्रजीवौ समीक्षणौ ॥

ūrdhvadṛṣṭī kujādityāvadhodṛṣṭī tamaḥśanī | tiryagdṛṣṭī bhṛgubudhau caṃdrajīvau samīkṣaṇau ||

Mars and the Sun look upward; Rāhu and Saturn look downward; Venus and Mercury look sideways; the Moon and Jupiter look level.

अथ ग्रहाणां राशिभोगः ।

सौरी सुंदरि सार्द्धमब्दयुगलं वर्षं समासं गुरू राहुर्मासदशाष्टकं तु कथितं मासं सपक्षं कुजः । सूर्यः शुक्रबुधास्त्रयोऽपि कथिता मासैकतुल्या ग्रहाश्चंद्रः पादयुतं दिनद्वयमिति प्रोक्तेति राशिस्थितिः ॥

saurī suṃdari sārddhamabdayugalaṃ varṣaṃ samāsaṃ gurū rāhurmāsadaśāṣṭakaṃ tu kathitaṃ māsaṃ sapakṣaṃ kujaḥ | sūryaḥ śukrabudhāstrayo'pi kathitā māsaikatulyā grahāścaṃdraḥ pādayutaṃ dinadvayamiti prokteti rāśisthitiḥ ||

O fair one: Saturn ⟨stays in a sign⟩ two and a half years; Jupiter a year with a month; Rāhu is said to take eighteen months; Mars a month and a fortnight; the Sun, Venus and Mercury — all three — are called equal to one month each; and the Moon two days and a quarter. Such is the standing of the planets in a sign.

अथ ग्रहाणां वेधस्थानमाह ।

सर्वे लाभगृहस्थितास्त्रिखरिपुष्वर्को कुजार्की त्रिषट्प्राप्तौ त्र्याद्यखमन्मथारिषु शशी खास्तारिवर्ज्यं भृगुः । धीधर्मास्तधनेषु वाक्पतिररिस्वाष्टांबुखस्थो बुधः श्रेष्ठो जन्मगृहादिगोचरविधौ विद्धो न चेत्स्याद्ग्रहैः ॥

sarve lābhagṛhasthitāstrikharipuṣvarko kujārkī triṣaṭprāptau tryādyakhamanmathāriṣu śaśī khāstārivarjyaṃ bhṛguḥ | dhīdharmāstadhaneṣu vākpatirarisvāṣṭāṃbukhastho budhaḥ śreṣṭho janmagṛhādigocaravidhau viddho na cetsyādgrahaiḥ ||

In transit reckoned from the birth sign, all planets are good standing in the 11th; the Sun in the 3rd, 10th and 6th; Mars and Saturn when they reach the 3rd and 6th; the Moon in the 3rd, the 1st, the 10th, the 7th and the 6th; Venus anywhere but the 10th, 7th and 6th; Jupiter in the 5th, 9th, 7th and 2nd; Mercury standing in the 6th, 2nd, 8th, 4th and 10th. Each is excellent PROVIDED it is not obstructed by other planets.

लाभविक्रमखशत्रुषु स्थितः शोभनो निगदितो दिवाकरः । खेचरैः सुततपोजलांत्यगैर्व्यार्किभिर्यदि न विध्यते तदा ॥

lābhavikramakhaśatruṣu sthitaḥ śobhano nigadito divākaraḥ | khecaraiḥ sutatapojalāṃtyagairvyārkibhiryadi na vidhyate tadā ||

The Sun is called good when standing in the 11th, 3rd, 10th or 6th — that is, when he is not obstructed by planets other than Saturn standing in the 5th, 9th, 4th or 12th.

द्यूनजन्मरिपुलाभखत्रिगश्चंद्रमाः शुभफलप्रदस्तदा । स्वात्मजांत्यमृतिबंधुधर्मगैर्विध्यते न विबुधैर्यदि ग्रहैः ॥

dyūnajanmaripulābhakhatrigaścaṃdramāḥ śubhaphalapradastadā | svātmajāṃtyamṛtibaṃdhudharmagairvidhyate na vibudhairyadi grahaiḥ ||

The Moon, going to the 7th, 1st, 6th, 11th, 10th or 3rd, then gives a good result — provided she is not obstructed by planets standing in the 2nd, 5th, 12th, 8th, 4th or 9th.

विक्रमायरिपुगः शुभः कुजः स्यात्तदांत्यसुतधर्मगैः खगैः । चेन्न विद्ध इनसूनुरप्यसौ किंतु धर्मघृणिना न विध्यते ॥

vikramāyaripugaḥ śubhaḥ kujaḥ syāttadāṃtyasutadharmagaiḥ khagaiḥ | cenna viddha inasūnurapyasau kiṃtu dharmaghṛṇinā na vidhyate ||

Mars is good going to the 3rd, 11th or 6th, if he is not then obstructed by planets standing in the 12th, 5th or 9th. Saturn ⟨the Sun's son⟩ is the same — except that he is not obstructed by the Sun in the 9th.

स्वांबुशत्रुमृतिखायगः शुभो ज्ञस्तदा न खलु विध्यते तदा । आत्मजत्रितप आद्यनैधनप्रांत्यगैर्विविधुभिर्नभश्चरैः ॥

svāṃbuśatrumṛtikhāyagaḥ śubho jñastadā na khalu vidhyate tadā | ātmajatritapa ādyanaidhanaprāṃtyagairvividhubhirnabhaścaraiḥ ||

Mercury going to the 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th, 10th or 11th is good, when he is indeed not obstructed then by planets other than the Moon standing in the 5th, the 3rd, the 9th, the 1st, the 8th and the 12th.

स्वायधर्मतनयद्युनस्थितो नाकनायकपुरोहितः शुभः । रिःफरंध्रखजलत्रिगैर्यदा विध्यते गगनचारिभिर्न हि ॥

svāyadharmatanayadyunasthito nākanāyakapurohitaḥ śubhaḥ | riḥpharaṃdhrakhajalatrigairyadā vidhyate gaganacāribhirna hi ||

Jupiter — the chaplain of the lord of heaven — standing in the 2nd, 11th, 9th, 5th or 7th is good, when he is not obstructed by planets moving through the 12th, 8th, 10th, 4th or 3rd.

आसुताष्टमतपोव्ययायगो विद्ध आस्फुजिदशोभनः स्मृतः । नैधनास्ततनुकर्मधर्मधीलाभवैरिसहजस्थखेचरैः ॥

āsutāṣṭamatapovyayāyago viddha āsphujidaśobhanaḥ smṛtaḥ | naidhanāstatanukarmadharmadhīlābhavairisahajasthakhecaraiḥ ||

Venus going to the 5th, 8th, 9th, 12th or 11th, when obstructed, is held to be inauspicious — obstructed, that is, by planets standing in the 8th, 7th, 1st, 10th, 9th, 5th, 11th, 6th or 3rd.

एवमत्र खचरव्यधान्विताः स्वं फलं नहि दिशंति गोचरे । वामवेधविधिना त्वशोभना अप्यमी शुभफलं दिशत्यलम् ॥

evamatra khacaravyadhānvitāḥ svaṃ phalaṃ nahi diśaṃti gocare | vāmavedhavidhinā tvaśobhanā apyamī śubhaphalaṃ diśatyalam ||

So here, planets carrying an obstruction do not give their own result in transit. But by the rule of left-hand obstruction even these inauspicious ones give a thoroughly good result.

जन्मभाद्गणयेच्चंद्रो जन्मभाद्वेधको ग्रहः । वामवेधः स विज्ञेयः कथितः शौनकादिभिः ॥

janmabhādgaṇayeccaṃdro janmabhādvedhako grahaḥ | vāmavedhaḥ sa vijñeyaḥ kathitaḥ śaunakādibhiḥ ||

Count the Moon from the birth star, and the obstructing planet from the birth star ⟨likewise⟩: that is to be known as left-hand obstruction, so declared by Śaunaka and the rest.

यस्मिन् राशौ गताः खेटाः खेटराशेर्गता ग्रहाः । वामवेधः स विज्ञेयो ग्रहः शुभफलो मतः ॥

yasmin rāśau gatāḥ kheṭāḥ kheṭarāśergatā grahāḥ | vāmavedhaḥ sa vijñeyo grahaḥ śubhaphalo mataḥ ||

When planets have gone into the sign in which ⟨the Moon stands⟩, and ⟨other⟩ planets have gone from the planet's own sign — that is to be known as left-hand obstruction, and the planet is then held to give a good result.

ये वदंति खचरव्यधक्रमं नो ग्रहक्रमविदो हि गोचरे । ते मृषा वचनभाषिणो जना यांति हास्यमपकीर्तिलांछिताः ॥

ye vadaṃti khacaravyadhakramaṃ no grahakramavido hi gocare | te mṛṣā vacanabhāṣiṇo janā yāṃti hāsyamapakīrtilāṃchitāḥ ||

Those who pronounce on transits without knowing the order of planetary obstruction — men who do not know the sequence of the planets — speak falsely, and go to ridicule, branded with ill fame.

न ददाति शुभं किंचिद्गोचरे वेधसंस्थितः । तस्माद्वेधं विचार्याथ कथ्यते तच्छुभाशुभम् ॥

na dadāti śubhaṃ kiṃcidgocare vedhasaṃsthitaḥ | tasmādvedhaṃ vicāryātha kathyate tacchubhāśubham ||

A planet standing under obstruction gives nothing good at all in transit. Therefore the obstruction is weighed first, and only then is its good or ill pronounced.

वामवेधविधानेन शोभनस्त्वशुभोऽपि वा । अतस्तान् द्विविधान् वेधान् विचार्याथ वदेत्फलम् ॥

vāmavedhavidhānena śobhanastvaśubho'pi vā | atastān dvividhān vedhān vicāryātha vadetphalam ||

By the rule of reverse obstruction ⟨vāma-vedha⟩ a planet may be good or else bad. So one should weigh both kinds of obstruction, and only then pronounce the result.

अज्ञात्वा विविधान् वेधान् यो ग्रहज्ञः फलं वदेत् । स मृषावचनाभाषी हास्यं याति नरैः सदा ॥

ajñātvā vividhān vedhān yo grahajñaḥ phalaṃ vadet | sa mṛṣāvacanābhāṣī hāsyaṃ yāti naraiḥ sadā ||

An astrologer who pronounces a result without knowing the several obstructions speaks falsely, and is always laughed at by people.

सौम्येक्षितेऽनिष्टफलः शुभः स्यात्पापवीक्षितः । निष्फलौ तौ ग्रहौ स्वेन शत्रुणा यौ निरीक्षितौ ॥

saumyekṣite'niṣṭaphalaḥ śubhaḥ syātpāpavīkṣitaḥ | niṣphalau tau grahau svena śatruṇā yau nirīkṣitau ||

A planet of ill result, when aspected by a benefic, becomes good; ⟨a good one⟩ aspected by a malefic ⟨turns ill⟩. Both those planets are fruitless which are aspected by their own enemy.

नीचराशौ गतो यश्च शत्रोः क्षेत्रगतोऽपि वा । शुभाशुभफलं नैव दद्यादस्तंगतोऽपि वा ॥

nīcarāśau gato yaśca śatroḥ kṣetragato'pi vā | śubhāśubhaphalaṃ naiva dadyādastaṃgato'pi vā ||

A planet that has gone to its fall, or into an enemy's field, or that has set, gives neither good result nor bad.

असद्ग्रहः सौम्यनिरीक्षितश्च शुभप्रदः स्यादशुभेक्षितो यः । तौ निष्फलौ द्वावपि खेचरेंद्रौ यः शत्रुणा स्वेन निरीक्षितश्च ॥

asadgrahaḥ saumyanirīkṣitaśca śubhapradaḥ syādaśubhekṣito yaḥ | tau niṣphalau dvāvapi khecareṃdrau yaḥ śatruṇā svena nirīkṣitaśca ||

A malefic aspected by a benefic becomes a giver of good; and a benefic that is aspected by a malefic ⟨becomes the reverse⟩. Both those lords of the sky are fruitless — and so is the one aspected by its own enemy.

स्वनीचगेऽस्तगेऽपि वा रिपोर्गृहे स्थिते ग्रहे । वृथा फलं प्रकीर्तितं समस्तमेव सूरिभिः ॥

svanīcage'stage'pi vā riporgṛhe sthite grahe | vṛthā phalaṃ prakīrtitaṃ samastameva sūribhiḥ ||

When a planet stands in its own fall, or set, or in an enemy's house, the whole result is declared by the learned to be in vain.

राशिप्रवेशे सूर्यारौ मध्ये शुक्रबृहस्पती । प्रांत्यस्थौ शनिशीतांशू फलदः सर्वदा बुधः ॥

rāśipraveśe sūryārau madhye śukrabṛhaspatī | prāṃtyasthau śaniśītāṃśū phaladaḥ sarvadā budhaḥ ||

The Sun and Mars give their result on entering a sign; Venus and Jupiter in the middle of it; Saturn and the Moon near its end; Mercury gives it always.

प्रवेशकाले भौमार्कौ शुक्रेज्यौ राशिमध्यगौ । निर्गच्छंतौ शनींदू च सर्वदा फलदो बुधः ॥

praveśakāle bhaumārkau śukrejyau rāśimadhyagau | nirgacchaṃtau śanīṃdū ca sarvadā phalado budhaḥ ||

Mars and the Sun ⟨give their result⟩ at the time of entering; Venus and Jupiter in the middle of the sign; Saturn and the Moon as they go out; Mercury always.

रविर्दिनं पंच कुजस्तथाष्टौ बुधे द्वयं त्रीणि दिनानि शुक्रः । मासं गुरुर्मासचतुष्कमैर्निर्गंतव्यराशौ फलदा भवंति ॥

ravirdinaṃ paṃca kujastathāṣṭau budhe dvayaṃ trīṇi dināni śukraḥ | māsaṃ gururmāsacatuṣkamairnirgaṃtavyarāśau phaladā bhavaṃti ||

The Sun five days, Mars eight, Mercury two, Venus three days; Jupiter a month, and ⟨Saturn⟩ by four months — these give their result in the sign they are about to leave.

सूर्यारसौम्यास्फुजितोक्षनागसप्तद्विघस्रान्विधुरग्निनाडी । तमोयमेज्यास्त्रिरसाश्विमासान् गंतव्यराशेः फलदाः पुरस्तात् ॥

sūryārasaumyāsphujitokṣanāgasaptadvighasrānvidhuragnināḍī | tamoyamejyāstrirasāśvimāsān gaṃtavyarāśeḥ phaladāḥ purastāt ||

The Sun, Mars, Mercury and Venus ⟨give their result⟩ for five, eight, seven and two days; the Moon for three nāḍīs; Rāhu, Saturn and Jupiter for three, six and two months — reckoned in advance, in the sign they are about to enter.

भानुर्ददाति गंतव्यराशौ पंचदिनं फलम् । चंद्रो नाडीत्रयं भौमो दिनान्यष्टौ बुधो द्वयम् ॥

bhānurdadāti gaṃtavyarāśau paṃcadinaṃ phalam | caṃdro nāḍītrayaṃ bhaumo dinānyaṣṭau budho dvayam ||

The Sun gives its result in the sign it is about to enter for five days; the Moon for three nāḍīs; Mars for eight days; Mercury for two.

सार्द्धमासं गुरुः शुक्रश्चतुर्दिनमथार्कजः । मासषट्कं फलं राहुः केतुर्मासत्रयं तथा ॥

sārddhamāsaṃ guruḥ śukraścaturdinamathārkajaḥ | māsaṣaṭkaṃ phalaṃ rāhuḥ keturmāsatrayaṃ tathā ||

Jupiter for a month and a half, Venus for four days, then Saturn; Rāhu gives its result for six months, and Ketu for three.

मेषादिद्वादशं राशिं यत्र जीवो हि तिष्ठति । पूर्वराशिफलं प्रोक्तमष्टाविंशतिवासराः ॥

meṣādidvādaśaṃ rāśiṃ yatra jīvo hi tiṣṭhati | pūrvarāśiphalaṃ proktamaṣṭāviṃśativāsarāḥ ||

In whichever of the twelve signs from Aries Jupiter stands, the result of the PREVIOUS sign is said to hold for twenty-eight days.

विलोमगत्या यदि वातिगत्या प्रयाति यो राशिमतीत्य शेषम् । हित्वा तदीयं गगनेचरोऽसौ दद्यात्फलं पूर्वगृहे यदुक्तम् ॥

vilomagatyā yadi vātigatyā prayāti yo rāśimatītya śeṣam | hitvā tadīyaṃ gaganecaro'sau dadyātphalaṃ pūrvagṛhe yaduktam ||

If a sky-goer passes out of a sign by retrograde motion or by accelerated motion, leaving the remainder of it behind, it should give the result declared for the PREVIOUS house.

वक्रातिचारेण गृहांतरेऽपि स्थितो ग्रहः पूर्वफलो यदि स्यात् । देशांतरं कार्यवशाद्गतोऽपि स्वदेशधर्मं न जहाति मर्त्यः ॥

vakrāticāreṇa gṛhāṃtare'pi sthito grahaḥ pūrvaphalo yadi syāt | deśāṃtaraṃ kāryavaśādgato'pi svadeśadharmaṃ na jahāti martyaḥ ||

A planet standing in another house through retrogression or acceleration still carries its earlier result — just as a man who has gone to another country on business does not give up the custom of his own.

यावंति यो वक्रगतो दिनानि भवेत्स वक्रो यदि वातिचारे । दशांशतुल्यानि फलानि तेषां दद्यात्फलं पूर्वगृहे यदुक्तम् ॥

yāvaṃti yo vakragato dināni bhavetsa vakro yadi vāticāre | daśāṃśatulyāni phalāni teṣāṃ dadyātphalaṃ pūrvagṛhe yaduktam ||

For however many days a planet is retrograde, or if it be in acceleration, it gives results equal to a tenth part of those — the result declared for the previous house.

भौमादीनां ग्रहाणां हि पंचानामपि नित्यशः । अतिचारे च वक्रे च पूर्वराशिफलं वदेत् ॥

bhaumādīnāṃ grahāṇāṃ hi paṃcānāmapi nityaśaḥ | aticāre ca vakre ca pūrvarāśiphalaṃ vadet ||

For all five planets from Mars onward, always, in acceleration and in retrogression alike, one should pronounce the result of the previous sign.

यस्मिन्गृहे स्थितो दीपस्तत्रोद्योतं करोति वै । एवं ग्रहोऽपि यत्र स्यात्तत्रैव फलदः स्मृतः ॥

yasmingṛhe sthito dīpastatrodyotaṃ karoti vai | evaṃ graho'pi yatra syāttatraiva phaladaḥ smṛtaḥ ||

A lamp lights up the house it stands in. Just so a planet is held to give its result precisely where it is.

चारातिचारवक्रेण यो यत्रावस्थितो ग्रहः । स तद्राशिफलं दद्याद्गोचरे फलसाधने ॥

cārāticāravakreṇa yo yatrāvasthito grahaḥ | sa tadrāśiphalaṃ dadyādgocare phalasādhane ||

And whichever planet stands wherever it stands, by normal motion, acceleration or retrogression, it gives the result of THAT sign, in working out the result of a transit.

वसिष्ठमाण्डव्यपराशरात्रिगर्गांगिराव्यासकुलस्य वाक्यम् । वक्रातिचारे सुरराजमंत्री यत्रागतस्तत्र फलं ददाति ॥

vasiṣṭhamāṇḍavyaparāśarātrigargāṃgirāvyāsakulasya vākyam | vakrāticāre surarājamaṃtrī yatrāgatastatra phalaṃ dadāti ||

This is the word of the school of Vasiṣṭha, Māṇḍavya, Parāśara, Atri, Garga, Aṅgiras and Vyāsa: in retrogression and acceleration, the minister of the king of the gods ⟨Jupiter⟩ gives its result where it has arrived.

अतिचारे च वक्रे च ग्रहाणांतर्गतं फलम् । बृहस्पतेस्तु तन्नास्ति पूर्वराशिफलप्रदम् ॥

aticāre ca vakre ca grahāṇāṃtargataṃ phalam | bṛhaspatestu tannāsti pūrvarāśiphalapradam ||

In acceleration and in retrogression the planets' result is an inward one. For Jupiter, however, that does not hold: he gives the result of the previous sign.

द्विजन्मनि पंचमसप्तगाश्चतुरष्टमद्वादशधर्मयुताः । धनधान्यप्राणहिरण्यहरा रविराहुशनैश्चरभूमिसुताः ॥

dvijanmani paṃcamasaptagāścaturaṣṭamadvādaśadharmayutāḥ | dhanadhānyaprāṇahiraṇyaharā ravirāhuśanaiścarabhūmisutāḥ ||

The Sun, Rāhu, Saturn and Mars, when they go to the 2nd, the 1st, the 5th or the 7th, or are joined with the 4th, 8th, 12th or 9th, destroy wealth, grain, life and gold.

द्वादशदशमचतुर्थे जन्मनि षष्ठाष्टगे तृतीये च । व्याधिर्विदेशगमनं मित्रविरोधं सुरगुरुः कुरुते ॥

dvādaśadaśamacaturthe janmani ṣaṣṭhāṣṭage tṛtīye ca | vyādhirvideśagamanaṃ mitravirodhaṃ suraguruḥ kurute ||

In the 12th, 10th, 4th, 1st, 6th, 8th and 3rd, Jupiter brings illness, travel abroad, and quarrel with friends.

तृतीयैकादशे षष्ठे शन्यर्ककुजराहवः । चत्वारस्तस्य राज्यं वा शरीरे सौख्यमादिशेत् ॥

tṛtīyaikādaśe ṣaṣṭhe śanyarkakujarāhavaḥ | catvārastasya rājyaṃ vā śarīre saukhyamādiśet ||

When Saturn, the Sun, Mars and Rāhu — all four — are in the 3rd, 11th or 6th, one should foretell kingship for that man, or comfort in the body.

द्वादशे जन्मगे राशौ द्वितीये च शनैश्चरः । सार्द्धानि सप्तवर्षाणि तदा दुःखैर्युतो भवेत् ॥

dvādaśe janmage rāśau dvitīye ca śanaiścaraḥ | sārddhāni saptavarṣāṇi tadā duḥkhairyuto bhavet ||

When Saturn is in the twelfth sign ⟨from the birth sign⟩, in the sign of birth itself, and in the second — then for seven and a half years the person is beset with sorrows.

अथ गोचरे पृथक्फलानि ।

स्थानं जन्मनि नाशयेद्दिनकरः कुर्याद्द्वितीये भयं दुश्चिक्ये श्रियमातनोति हिबुके मानक्षयं यच्छति । दैन्यं पंचमगः करोति रिपुहा षष्ठेऽर्थहा सप्तमे पीडामष्टमगः करोति पुरुषं कांतिक्षयं धर्मगः ॥

sthānaṃ janmani nāśayeddinakaraḥ kuryāddvitīye bhayaṃ duścikye śriyamātanoti hibuke mānakṣayaṃ yacchati | dainyaṃ paṃcamagaḥ karoti ripuhā ṣaṣṭhe'rthahā saptame pīḍāmaṣṭamagaḥ karoti puruṣaṃ kāṃtikṣayaṃ dharmagaḥ ||

The Sun in the 1st destroys one's place; in the 2nd he causes fear; in the 3rd he spreads prosperity; in the 4th he gives loss of honour; in the 5th he brings wretchedness; in the 6th he kills enemies; in the 7th he destroys wealth; in the 8th he gives affliction; in the 9th he wastes a man's lustre.

कर्मसिद्धिजनकस्तु कर्मगो वित्तलाभकृदथायसंस्थितः । द्रव्यहानिजनितां महापदां यच्छति व्ययगतो दिवाकरः ॥

karmasiddhijanakastu karmago vittalābhakṛdathāyasaṃsthitaḥ | dravyahānijanitāṃ mahāpadāṃ yacchati vyayagato divākaraḥ ||

In the 10th the Sun brings success in work; standing in the 11th he brings gain of wealth; gone to the 12th he gives great calamity born of loss of property.

जन्मन्यायासदोऽर्कः क्षपयति विभवान्कोष्ठरोगाध्वदाता वित्तभ्रंशं द्वितीये दिशति न च सुखं वंचनादृग्रुजं च । स्थानप्राप्तिं तृतीये धननिचयमुदा कल्पकृच्चारिहंता रोगान् धत्ते चतुर्थे जनयति च मुहुः स्रग्धरा भोगविघ्नम् ॥

janmanyāyāsado'rkaḥ kṣapayati vibhavānkoṣṭharogādhvadātā vittabhraṃśaṃ dvitīye diśati na ca sukhaṃ vaṃcanādṛgrujaṃ ca | sthānaprāptiṃ tṛtīye dhananicayamudā kalpakṛccārihaṃtā rogān dhatte caturthe janayati ca muhuḥ sragdharā bhogavighnam ||

In the 1st the Sun gives toil, wastes fortunes, and brings bowel disease and journeys. In the 2nd he brings loss of wealth, and gives no happiness — deceit, and disease of the eye. In the 3rd he gives attainment of place, a heap of wealth, joy, prosperity, and destruction of enemies. In the 4th he plants diseases and again and again raises obstacles to enjoyment.

पीडाः स्युः पंचमस्थे सवितरि बहुशो रोगारिजनिताः षष्ठेऽर्को हंति रोगान् क्षपयति च रिपूंश्छोकांश्च नुदति । अध्वानं सप्तमस्थो जठरगदभयं दैन्यं च कुरुते रुक्त्रासौ चाष्टमस्थे भवति सुवदना न स्वापि वनिता ॥

pīḍāḥ syuḥ paṃcamasthe savitari bahuśo rogārijanitāḥ ṣaṣṭhe'rko haṃti rogān kṣapayati ca ripūṃśchokāṃśca nudati | adhvānaṃ saptamastho jaṭharagadabhayaṃ dainyaṃ ca kurute ruktrāsau cāṣṭamasthe bhavati suvadanā na svāpi vanitā ||

With the Sun in the 5th there are many afflictions, born of disease and enemies. In the 6th he kills diseases, destroys enemies, and drives away griefs. In the 7th he causes travel, fear of stomach disease, and wretchedness. In the 8th there is disease and fear, and not even one's own wife is pleasant-faced.

अथ रविफलम् ।

रवावापद्दैन्यं रुगिति नवमे विभवमपि विरोधा जयं प्राप्नोत्युग्रं दशमगृहगे कर्मसिद्धिं क्रमेण । जयं स्थानं मानं विभवमपि चैकादशे रोगनाशं सुवृत्तानां चेष्टा भवति सफला द्वादशे नेतरेषाम् ॥

ravāvāpaddainyaṃ rugiti navame vibhavamapi virodhā jayaṃ prāpnotyugraṃ daśamagṛhage karmasiddhiṃ krameṇa | jayaṃ sthānaṃ mānaṃ vibhavamapi caikādaśe roganāśaṃ suvṛttānāṃ ceṣṭā bhavati saphalā dvādaśe netareṣām ||

In the 9th, calamity, wretchedness and sickness; wealth too, and opposition, and a fierce victory ⟨are won⟩. In the 10th the Sun gives success in work, in order. In the 11th, victory, position, honour, wealth and the ending of disease. In the 12th, the efforts of the well-conducted bear fruit — but not those of others.

अथ रविचक्रम् ।

मूर्ध्नि त्रीणि मुखे त्रीणि स्कंधे बाहुकरद्वये । वक्षः पंचैकनाभौ च गुह्यैकं जानुनोर्द्वयम् ॥

mūrdhni trīṇi mukhe trīṇi skaṃdhe bāhukaradvaye | vakṣaḥ paṃcaikanābhau ca guhyaikaṃ jānunordvayam ||

Three ⟨stars⟩ on the head, three on the face, ⟨one each⟩ on the shoulders, the two arms and the two hands; five on the chest and one at the navel; one at the privates and two at the knees.

चरणे द्वे षडृक्षाणि सूर्यभाद्गणयेत्क्रमात् ॥

caraṇe dve ṣaḍṛkṣāṇi sūryabhādgaṇayetkramāt ||

Two on the feet — six stars ⟨in all below⟩. Count them in order from the star the Sun occupies.

मूर्ध्नि श्रीर्वदने तु मिष्टमशनं स्कंधे धनं स्वामिता बाह्वोर्बाहुबलं तथा करयुगे चौर्यं हृदि स्वं बहु । नाभ्यामल्पतरेण रुष्यति परस्त्रीसंगमो गुह्यके जानुस्थे रविभे विदेशगमनं पादे मितं जीवनम् ॥

mūrdhni śrīrvadane tu miṣṭamaśanaṃ skaṃdhe dhanaṃ svāmitā bāhvorbāhubalaṃ tathā karayuge cauryaṃ hṛdi svaṃ bahu | nābhyāmalpatareṇa ruṣyati parastrīsaṃgamo guhyake jānusthe ravibhe videśagamanaṃ pāde mitaṃ jīvanam ||

On the head, prosperity; on the face, sweet food; on the shoulder, wealth and lordship; on the two arms, strength of arm; on the two hands, theft; at the heart, much property. At the navel he grows angry over a trifle; at the privates, union with another's wife; when the Sun's star is at the knees, travel abroad; at the foot, a scant living.

यस्मिन्नृक्षे भवेत्सूर्यस्तत्रादौ त्रीणि मस्तके । त्रीणि वक्त्रे प्रदातव्या एकैकं स्कंधयोर्द्वयोः ॥

yasminnṛkṣe bhavetsūryastatrādau trīṇi mastake | trīṇi vaktre pradātavyā ekaikaṃ skaṃdhayordvayoḥ ||

In whichever star the Sun stands, begin there: three are to be set on the head, three on the face, one on each of the two shoulders.

एकैकं बाहुयुग्मे तु एकैकं तु करद्वयोः । हृदये पंच ऋक्षाणि नाभावेकं विनिर्दिशेत् ॥

ekaikaṃ bāhuyugme tu ekaikaṃ tu karadvayoḥ | hṛdaye paṃca ṛkṣāṇi nābhāvekaṃ vinirdiśet ||

One on each of the pair of arms, one on each of the two hands; five stars at the heart, and one should be assigned at the navel.

गुह्ये चैकं प्रदातव्यमेकैकं जानुयुग्मके । शेषाणि षडृक्षाणि पादयोर्विनियोजयेत् ॥

guhye caikaṃ pradātavyamekaikaṃ jānuyugmake | śeṣāṇi ṣaḍṛkṣāṇi pādayorviniyojayet ||

One is to be set at the privates and one on each of the two knees; the remaining six stars should be assigned to the feet.

मस्तके राजसन्मानं मुखे मिष्टान्नभोजनम् । स्कंधे स्कंधधरो ज्ञेयः स्थानभ्रंशो भुजे भवेत् ॥

mastake rājasanmānaṃ mukhe miṣṭānnabhojanam | skaṃdhe skaṃdhadharo jñeyaḥ sthānabhraṃśo bhuje bhavet ||

On the head, honour from a king; on the face, sweet food; on the shoulder, one becomes a bearer of burdens; on the arm, loss of place.

हस्तयोस्तस्करो धूर्तो लक्ष्मीवान्हृदये स्मृतः । नाभौ संतोषवान्धीरो गुह्ये स्यात्पारदारिकः । जान्वोर्विदेशगमनमल्पायुः पादयोर्भवेत् ॥

hastayostaskaro dhūrto lakṣmīvānhṛdaye smṛtaḥ | nābhau saṃtoṣavāndhīro guhye syātpāradārikaḥ | jānvorvideśagamanamalpāyuḥ pādayorbhavet ||

On the two hands, a thief and a cheat; at the heart he is held to be rich; at the navel, content and steady; at the privates, an adulterer; at the knees, travel abroad; at the feet, a short life.

अथ चंद्रफलम् ।

जन्मन्यन्नं दिशतु हिमगुर्वित्तनाशं द्वितीये दद्याद्द्रव्यं सहजभवने कुक्षिरोगं चतुर्थे । कार्यभ्रंशं तनयगृहगे वित्तलाभं च षष्ठे द्यूने द्रव्यं युवतिसहिते मृत्युसंस्थेऽल्पमृत्युः ॥

janmanyannaṃ diśatu himagurvittanāśaṃ dvitīye dadyāddravyaṃ sahajabhavane kukṣirogaṃ caturthe | kāryabhraṃśaṃ tanayagṛhage vittalābhaṃ ca ṣaṣṭhe dyūne dravyaṃ yuvatisahite mṛtyusaṃsthe'lpamṛtyuḥ ||

Let the Moon in the 1st give food; in the 2nd, loss of wealth; in the 3rd she gives property; in the 4th, disease of the belly; in the 5th, failure of one's work; in the 6th, gain of wealth; in the 7th, property together with a young woman; standing in the 8th, a small death ⟨a brush with death⟩.

नृपभयं कुरुते नवमः शशी दशमधामततस्तु महत्सुखम् । विविधमायगतः कुरुते धनं व्ययगतश्च रुजश्च धनक्षयम् ॥

nṛpabhayaṃ kurute navamaḥ śaśī daśamadhāmatatastu mahatsukham | vividhamāyagataḥ kurute dhanaṃ vyayagataśca rujaśca dhanakṣayam ||

The Moon in the 9th causes fear from the king; from the 10th house, great happiness; gone to the 11th she makes wealth of many kinds; and gone to the 12th, illness and loss of wealth.

शशी जन्मन्यन्नप्रवरशयनाच्छादनकरो द्वितीये मानार्थौ ग्लपयति सविघ्नश्च भवति । तृतीये वस्त्रस्त्रीधननिचयसौख्यानि लभते चतुर्थेऽविश्वासः शिखरिणि भुजंगेन सदृशः ॥

śaśī janmanyannapravaraśayanācchādanakaro dvitīye mānārthau glapayati savighnaśca bhavati | tṛtīye vastrastrīdhananicayasaukhyāni labhate caturthe'viśvāsaḥ śikhariṇi bhujaṃgena sadṛśaḥ ||

The Moon in the 1st gives food, fine bedding and clothing; in the 2nd she wastes honour and wealth, and there are obstacles. In the 3rd one gets clothes, a woman, a heap of wealth and comforts. In the 4th there is distrust, as toward a snake on a mountain.

दैन्यं व्याधिं शुचमपि शशी पंचमे मार्गविघ्नं षष्ठे वित्तं जनयति सुखं शत्रुरोगक्षयं च । यानं मानं शयनमशनं सप्तमे वित्तलाभं मंदाक्रांतिं फणिनि हिमगौ चाष्टमे भीर्नरस्य ॥

dainyaṃ vyādhiṃ śucamapi śaśī paṃcame mārgavighnaṃ ṣaṣṭhe vittaṃ janayati sukhaṃ śatrurogakṣayaṃ ca | yānaṃ mānaṃ śayanamaśanaṃ saptame vittalābhaṃ maṃdākrāṃtiṃ phaṇini himagau cāṣṭame bhīrnarasya ||

The Moon in the 5th brings wretchedness, disease, grief and hindrance on the road; in the 6th she produces wealth, happiness, and the ending of enemies and disease; in the 7th, a carriage, honour, a bed, food and gain of wealth; and when the Moon is in the 8th, there is fear for the man, slow-coming, as from a serpent.

नवमगृहगो बंधोद्वेगं श्रमोदररोगकृद्दशमभवने चाज्ञाकर्मप्रसिद्धिकरः शशी । उपचयसुहृत्संयोगार्थप्रमोदमुपांत्यगो वृषभचरितान् दोषानंते करोति हि स व्ययान् ॥

navamagṛhago baṃdhodvegaṃ śramodararogakṛddaśamabhavane cājñākarmaprasiddhikaraḥ śaśī | upacayasuhṛtsaṃyogārthapramodamupāṃtyago vṛṣabhacaritān doṣānaṃte karoti hi sa vyayān ||

The Moon gone to the 9th makes bondage, agitation, toil and disease of the belly; in the 10th house she brings authority and success in work; in the 11th, increase, meeting with friends, wealth and delight; and in the last house she brings faults like the ways of a bull, and expenses.

अथ चंद्रचक्रम् ।

एकं मुखे भषट् शीर्षे त्रीणि दक्षिणहस्तके । हृदि षट् वामहस्ते त्रिः कुक्षौ षट् पादयोर्द्वयम् ॥

ekaṃ mukhe bhaṣaṭ śīrṣe trīṇi dakṣiṇahastake | hṛdi ṣaṭ vāmahaste triḥ kukṣau ṣaṭ pādayordvayam ||

One star on the face, six on the head, three on the right hand; six at the heart, three on the left hand, six at the belly, two on the feet.

वदने हरते द्रव्यं शीर्षे राज्यादिलाभदम् । हानिस्तु दक्षिणे हस्ते हृदये स्त्रीसमागमः ॥

vadane harate dravyaṃ śīrṣe rājyādilābhadam | hānistu dakṣiṇe haste hṛdaye strīsamāgamaḥ ||

On the face it carries off property; on the head it gives kingship and other gains; on the right hand there is loss; at the heart, union with a woman.

वामहस्ते रोगभयं कुक्षौ सौख्यं जयं तथा । पादौ हानिश्रमश्चैव चंद्रचक्रफलं स्मृतम् ॥

vāmahaste rogabhayaṃ kukṣau saukhyaṃ jayaṃ tathā | pādau hāniśramaścaiva caṃdracakraphalaṃ smṛtam ||

On the left hand, fear of disease; at the belly, comfort and victory; at the feet, loss and toil. Such is the recorded result of the Moon-diagram.

षण्मुखे षट् पृष्ठे च षट् बाह्वोर्गुह्यके त्रयः । त्रीणि पादौ त्रीणि कंठे कर्तव्यं गणकोत्तमैः ॥

ṣaṇmukhe ṣaṭ pṛṣṭhe ca ṣaṭ bāhvorguhyake trayaḥ | trīṇi pādau trīṇi kaṃṭhe kartavyaṃ gaṇakottamaiḥ ||

Six on the face, six on the back, six on the two arms, three at the privates, three on the feet and three at the throat — so the best of reckoners should set them.

राकादिनस्थनक्षत्राद्गणकैर्गणयेत्सदा । यावच्च जन्मनक्षत्रं फलं ज्ञेयं क्रमेण च ॥

rākādinasthanakṣatrādgaṇakairgaṇayetsadā | yāvacca janmanakṣatraṃ phalaṃ jñeyaṃ krameṇa ca ||

Reckoners should always count from the star occupied on the day of the full moon, as far as the birth star; and the result is to be known in that order.

मुखे स्वस्थानहानिः स्याद्धनलाभो हि पृष्ठके । हस्तद्वयेऽर्थलाभः स्याद्गुह्ये च स्त्रीसुखं भवेत् ॥

mukhe svasthānahāniḥ syāddhanalābho hi pṛṣṭhake | hastadvaye'rthalābhaḥ syādguhye ca strīsukhaṃ bhavet ||

On the face there is loss of one's own place; on the back, gain of wealth; on the two hands, gain of money; and at the privates, the pleasure of a woman.

पादाभ्यां भ्रमणं देशे कंठे सर्वसुखी भवेत् ॥

pādābhyāṃ bhramaṇaṃ deśe kaṃṭhe sarvasukhī bhavet ||

With the feet, wandering about the country; at the throat, one becomes happy in every way.

अथ भौमफलम् ।

प्रथमगृहगः क्षोणीसूनुः करोत्यरिजं भयं क्षपयति धनं वित्तस्थाने तृतीयगतोऽर्थदः । अरिभयकरः पाताले द्रव्यं क्षिणोति च पंचमे रिपुगृहगतः कुर्याद्वित्तं रुजं मदनस्थितः ॥

prathamagṛhagaḥ kṣoṇīsūnuḥ karotyarijaṃ bhayaṃ kṣapayati dhanaṃ vittasthāne tṛtīyagato'rthadaḥ | aribhayakaraḥ pātāle dravyaṃ kṣiṇoti ca paṃcame ripugṛhagataḥ kuryādvittaṃ rujaṃ madanasthitaḥ ||

Mars in the 1st house causes fear from enemies; in the 2nd he wastes wealth; gone to the 3rd he gives money; in the 4th he causes fear of enemies; in the 5th he wears property away; gone to the 6th house he gives wealth; standing in the 7th, illness.

जनयति निधनस्थः शत्रुबाधां धराजो दिशति नवमसंस्थः कायपीडामतीव । शुभमपि दशमस्थो लाभगो भूरिलाभं व्ययभवनगतोऽसौ व्याधिमर्थस्य नाशम् ॥

janayati nidhanasthaḥ śatrubādhāṃ dharājo diśati navamasaṃsthaḥ kāyapīḍāmatīva | śubhamapi daśamastho lābhago bhūrilābhaṃ vyayabhavanagato'sau vyādhimarthasya nāśam ||

Mars standing in the 8th produces harassment from enemies; standing in the 9th he gives severe bodily pain; in the 10th, good as well; gone to the 11th, abundant gain; and gone to the 12th house, disease and destruction of wealth.

कुजेऽभिघातः प्रथमे द्वितीये नरेंद्रपीडा कलहादिदोषैः । भृशं च पित्तानलरोगचौरैरुपेंद्रवज्रप्रतिमोऽपि यः स्यात् ॥

kuje'bhighātaḥ prathame dvitīye nareṃdrapīḍā kalahādidoṣaiḥ | bhṛśaṃ ca pittānalarogacaurairupeṃdravajrapratimo'pi yaḥ syāt ||

With Mars in the 1st there is a blow; in the 2nd, trouble from the king, with quarrels and the like — and severely, from bile, fire, disease and thieves — even for a man who is like Upendra ⟨Viṣṇu⟩ or the thunderbolt.

तृतीयगश्चौरकुमारकेभ्यो भौमः सकाशात्फलमादधाति । प्रदीप्तिमाज्ञां धनमौर्णिकानि धात्वाकराख्यानि किलापराणि ॥

tṛtīyagaścaurakumārakebhyo bhaumaḥ sakāśātphalamādadhāti | pradīptimājñāṃ dhanamaurṇikāni dhātvākarākhyāni kilāparāṇi ||

Mars in the 3rd brings results from thieves and boys — brilliance, authority, wealth, woollen goods, and other things called mines of metal.

भवति धरणिजे चतुर्थगे ज्वरजठरगदासृगुद्भवः । कुपुरुषजनिताच्च संगमात्प्रसभमपि करोति चाशुभम् ॥

bhavati dharaṇije caturthage jvarajaṭharagadāsṛgudbhavaḥ | kupuruṣajanitācca saṃgamātprasabhamapi karoti cāśubham ||

With Mars in the 4th there arises fever, disease of the belly and of the blood; and from association with bad men he brings about evil by force.

रिपुगदकोपभयानि पंचमे तनयकृताश्च शुचो महीसुते । द्युतिरपि नास्य चिरं भवेत्स्थिरा शिरसि कपेरिव मालतीकृता ॥

ripugadakopabhayāni paṃcame tanayakṛtāśca śuco mahīsute | dyutirapi nāsya ciraṃ bhavetsthirā śirasi kaperiva mālatīkṛtā ||

With Mars in the 5th come enemies, disease, anger and fear, and griefs caused by children. Nor does his lustre stay long fixed — like a jasmine garland set on a monkey's head.

रिपुभयकलहैर्विवर्जितः सकनकविद्रुमताम्रकागमः । रिपुभवनगते महीसुते किमपरवक्रविकारमीक्षते ॥

ripubhayakalahairvivarjitaḥ sakanakavidrumatāmrakāgamaḥ | ripubhavanagate mahīsute kimaparavakravikāramīkṣate ||

With Mars in the 6th house, one is free of fear of enemies and of quarrels, and there is a coming of gold, coral and copper. What further perversity would one look for?

कलत्रकलहाक्षिरुग्जठररोगकृत्सप्तमे क्षरत्क्षतजरूषितः क्षपितवित्तमानोऽष्टमे । कुजे नवमसंस्थिते परिभवार्थनाशादिभिर्विलंबितगतिर्भवत्यबलदेहधातुक्रमैः ॥

kalatrakalahākṣirugjaṭhararogakṛtsaptame kṣaratkṣatajarūṣitaḥ kṣapitavittamāno'ṣṭame | kuje navamasaṃsthite paribhavārthanāśādibhirvilaṃbitagatirbhavatyabaladehadhātukramaiḥ ||

In the 7th, Mars causes quarrel with the wife, eye disease and disease of the belly; in the 8th one is smeared with flowing blood and stripped of wealth and honour. With Mars standing in the 9th, one's gait grows slow through humiliation, loss of wealth and the rest, the bodily humours being weak.

दशमगृहगते समं महीजे विविधधनाप्तिरुपांत्यगे जयश्च । जनपदमुपरि स्थितश्च भुंक्ते वनमिव षट्चरणाः सुपुष्पिताग्रम् ॥

daśamagṛhagate samaṃ mahīje vividhadhanāptirupāṃtyage jayaśca | janapadamupari sthitaśca bhuṃkte vanamiva ṣaṭcaraṇāḥ supuṣpitāgram ||

With Mars gone to the 10th house, all is even; in the 11th, gain of wealth of many kinds, and victory. Standing above, he enjoys the countryside as bees enjoy a wood whose tips are in full flower.

नानाव्ययैर्द्वादशगे महीसुते संताप्यतेऽनर्थशतैश्च मानवः । स्त्रीकोपवित्तैश्च सनेत्रवेदनैर्योऽपीन्द्रवंशाभिजनेन गर्वितः ॥

nānāvyayairdvādaśage mahīsute saṃtāpyate'narthaśataiśca mānavaḥ | strīkopavittaiśca sanetravedanairyo'pīndravaṃśābhijanena garvitaḥ ||

With Mars in the 12th a man is tormented by expenses of every kind and by a hundred misfortunes — by a woman's anger, by money matters, and by pains of the eye — even one proud of a birth in Indra's own line.

अथ भौमचक्रम् ।

यस्मिन्नृक्षे भवेद्भौमस्ततस्त्रीणि मुखे न्यसेत् । नेत्रे त्रीणि त्रीणि शीर्षे बाह्वोर्द्वौ चापि संन्यसेत् ॥

yasminnṛkṣe bhavedbhaumastatastrīṇi mukhe nyaset | netre trīṇi trīṇi śīrṣe bāhvordvau cāpi saṃnyaset ||

In whichever star Mars stands, from there set three on the face; three at the eyes, three on the head, and two on the arms.

कंठे द्वे हृदये पंच गुह्ये त्रीणि चतुष्पदे । मुखे रोगो धनं नेत्रे यशो मूर्ध्नि धनं हृदि ॥

kaṃṭhe dve hṛdaye paṃca guhye trīṇi catuṣpade | mukhe rogo dhanaṃ netre yaśo mūrdhni dhanaṃ hṛdi ||

Two at the throat, five at the heart, three at the privates, four at the feet. On the face, disease; at the eyes, wealth; on the head, fame; at the heart, wealth.

कंठे हिक्का स्त्रियो गुह्ये पादे देशांतरभ्रमः । वामबाहौ भवेद्रोगो दक्षिणे शोकमेव च । भौमभादात्मभं यावद्गणनीयमनुक्रमात् ॥

kaṃṭhe hikkā striyo guhye pāde deśāṃtarabhramaḥ | vāmabāhau bhavedrogo dakṣiṇe śokameva ca | bhaumabhādātmabhaṃ yāvadgaṇanīyamanukramāt ||

At the throat, hiccup; at the privates, women; at the foot, wandering to another country; on the left arm there is disease, and on the right, grief. Count in order from the star Mars occupies as far as one's own star.

भौमर्क्षात्त्रितयं मुखे शिरसि वा चत्वारि बाह्वोश्चतुः कंठे द्वौ हृदये च पंच गदितं गुह्ये त्रयं निर्दिशेत् । षट् पादद्वितयेऽथ मिष्टमशनं चास्ये तु राज्यं शिरे हिक्का कंठगते धनं हृदिगते स्त्रीसंगमं गुह्यके ॥

bhaumarkṣāttritayaṃ mukhe śirasi vā catvāri bāhvoścatuḥ kaṃṭhe dvau hṛdaye ca paṃca gaditaṃ guhye trayaṃ nirdiśet | ṣaṭ pādadvitaye'tha miṣṭamaśanaṃ cāsye tu rājyaṃ śire hikkā kaṃṭhagate dhanaṃ hṛdigate strīsaṃgamaṃ guhyake ||

From Mars's star: three on the face, four on the head, four on the arms, two at the throat, five at the heart, three to be assigned at the privates, and six on the two feet. Then: on the face, sweet food; on the head, kingship; when it reaches the throat, hiccup; at the heart, wealth; at the privates, union with a woman.

वामे हस्ते रोगमृत्युर्दक्षिणे तु जयं शुभम् । देशांतरे गतिः पादे भौमचक्रे फलं वदेत् ॥

vāme haste rogamṛtyurdakṣiṇe tu jayaṃ śubham | deśāṃtare gatiḥ pāde bhaumacakre phalaṃ vadet ||

On the left hand, disease and death; on the right, victory and good. At the foot, going to another country. So one should pronounce the result in the Mars-diagram.

अथ बुधफलम् ।

बुधः प्रथमधामगो दिशति बंधमर्थे धने धनं रिपुभयान्वितं सहजगश्चतुर्थेऽर्थदः । अनिर्वृतिकरो भवेत्तनयगोऽरिगः स्थानदः करोति मदनास्थितो बहुविधां शरीरापदाम् ॥

budhaḥ prathamadhāmago diśati baṃdhamarthe dhane dhanaṃ ripubhayānvitaṃ sahajagaścaturthe'rthadaḥ | anirvṛtikaro bhavettanayago'rigaḥ sthānadaḥ karoti madanāsthito bahuvidhāṃ śarīrāpadām ||

Mercury gone to the 1st house gives restraint in money matters; in the 2nd, wealth attended by fear from enemies; in the 3rd and the 4th he gives money; in the 5th he causes unrest; in the 6th he gives position; standing in the 7th he brings bodily trouble of many kinds.

अष्टमे शशिसुतो धनवृद्धिं धर्मगस्तु महतीं धनपीडाम् । कर्मगः सुखमुपांत्यगतोऽर्थं द्वादशे भवति वित्तविनाशम् ॥

aṣṭame śaśisuto dhanavṛddhiṃ dharmagastu mahatīṃ dhanapīḍām | karmagaḥ sukhamupāṃtyagato'rthaṃ dvādaśe bhavati vittavināśam ||

Mercury in the 8th gives increase of wealth; in the 9th, great distress of wealth; in the 10th, happiness; gone to the 11th, money; and in the 12th there is destruction of wealth.

दुष्टवाक्यपिशुनाहितभेदैर्व्याधिभिः सकलहैश्च हृतस्वः । जन्मगे शशिसुते पथि गच्छन् स्वागतोऽपि कुशलं न शृणोति ॥

duṣṭavākyapiśunāhitabhedairvyādhibhiḥ sakalahaiśca hṛtasvaḥ | janmage śaśisute pathi gacchan svāgato'pi kuśalaṃ na śṛṇoti ||

With Mercury in the 1st, a man is robbed of his own by evil speech, slander, the treachery of enemies, and by diseases and quarrels; going along the road, though welcomed, he hears no good news.

परिभवो धनगते धनलब्धिः सहजगे शशिसुते सुहृदाप्तिः । नृपतिशत्रुभयशंकितचित्तो द्रुतपदं व्रजति दुश्चरितैः स्वैः ॥

paribhavo dhanagate dhanalabdhiḥ sahajage śaśisute suhṛdāptiḥ | nṛpatiśatrubhayaśaṃkitacitto drutapadaṃ vrajati duścaritaiḥ svaiḥ ||

With Mercury in the 2nd, humiliation; in the 3rd, gain of wealth and the winning of friends. His mind uneasy with fear of the king and of enemies, he walks with quick steps because of his own bad conduct.

चतुर्थगे स्वजनकुटुंबवृद्धयो धनागमो भवति च शीतरश्मिजे । सुतस्थिते तनयकलत्रविग्रहे निषेवते न च रुचिरामपि स्त्रियम् ॥

caturthage svajanakuṭuṃbavṛddhayo dhanāgamo bhavati ca śītaraśmije | sutasthite tanayakalatravigrahe niṣevate na ca rucirāmapi striyam ||

With Mercury in the 4th there is increase of kin and household, and a coming of wealth. Standing in the 5th, with strife over children and wife, he does not enjoy even a lovely woman.

सौभाग्यं विजयमथोन्नतिं च षष्ठे वैकल्यं कलहमतीव सप्तमे ज्ञः । मृत्युस्थे सुतजयवस्त्रवित्तलाभनैपुण्यं भवति मतिप्रहर्षणीयम् ॥

saubhāgyaṃ vijayamathonnatiṃ ca ṣaṣṭhe vaikalyaṃ kalahamatīva saptame jñaḥ | mṛtyusthe sutajayavastravittalābhanaipuṇyaṃ bhavati matipraharṣaṇīyam ||

Mercury in the 6th gives good fortune, victory and advancement; in the 7th, disability and violent quarrel. With him in the 8th there is gain of children, victory, clothes and wealth, and a skill that gladdens the mind.

विघ्नकरो नवमः शशिपुत्रः कर्मगतो रिपुहा धनदश्च । सप्रमदं शयनं च विधत्ते तद्गृहदोऽथ कथास्तरणं च ॥

vighnakaro navamaḥ śaśiputraḥ karmagato ripuhā dhanadaśca | sapramadaṃ śayanaṃ ca vidhatte tadgṛhado'tha kathāstaraṇaṃ ca ||

Mercury in the 9th makes obstacles; gone to the 10th he kills enemies and gives wealth; he provides a bed with a woman in it, a house of one's own, and the spreading of stories.

धनसुखसुतयोषिन्मित्रवाह्याप्तितुष्टिस्तुहिनकिरणपुत्रे लाभगे मृष्टवाक्यः । रिपुपरिभवरोगैः पीडितो द्वादशस्थे न सहति परिभोक्तुं मालिनीयोगसौख्यम् ॥

dhanasukhasutayoṣinmitravāhyāptituṣṭistuhinakiraṇaputre lābhage mṛṣṭavākyaḥ | ripuparibhavarogaiḥ pīḍito dvādaśasthe na sahati paribhoktuṃ mālinīyogasaukhyam ||

With Mercury in the 11th, there is the gaining of wealth, comfort, children, a wife, friends and a carriage, and contentment, and his speech is polished. With him in the 12th, afflicted by enemies, humiliation and disease, he cannot bear to enjoy even the happiness of a mālinī union.

अथ बुधचक्रम् ।

बुधचक्रं प्रवक्ष्यामि पुरुषाकारमुत्तमम् । त्रीणि शीर्षे च धिष्ण्यानि विद्याप्राप्तिं करोति वै ॥

budhacakraṃ pravakṣyāmi puruṣākāramuttamam | trīṇi śīrṣe ca dhiṣṇyāni vidyāprāptiṃ karoti vai ||

I shall declare the Mercury-diagram, excellent and in the shape of a man. Three stars on the head — it brings the gaining of learning.

मुखे त्रीणि बलप्राप्तिर्वामपादे चतुष्टयम् । चत्वारि दक्षिणे हस्ते सुखवृद्धिं च लाभदः ॥

mukhe trīṇi balaprāptirvāmapāde catuṣṭayam | catvāri dakṣiṇe haste sukhavṛddhiṃ ca lābhadaḥ ||

Three on the face — gain of strength; four on the left foot; four on the right hand — he gives increase of comfort and gain.

हृदये पंच लाभाय द्वयं गुह्ये तु रोगदम् । त्रीणि दक्षिणपादे च त्रीणि स्युर्वामपादके ॥

hṛdaye paṃca lābhāya dvayaṃ guhye tu rogadam | trīṇi dakṣiṇapāde ca trīṇi syurvāmapādake ||

Five at the heart, for gain; two at the privates, giving disease; three on the right foot and three on the left.

स्थानभ्रंशो रुजा पीडा कलहः स्वजनैः सह । देहस्थबुधमाहात्म्यं कथितं पूर्वसूरिभिः ॥

sthānabhraṃśo rujā pīḍā kalahaḥ svajanaiḥ saha | dehasthabudhamāhātmyaṃ kathitaṃ pūrvasūribhiḥ ||

Loss of place, sickness, affliction, quarrel with one's own people. Such is the power of Mercury placed on the body, as declared by the earlier learned.

अथ गुरुफलम् ।

भयं जन्मन्यर्थान् जनयति धने चार्थमतुलं तृतीयेऽङ्गे क्लेशं दिशति च चतुर्थेऽर्थविलयम् । सुखं पुत्रस्थाने रुजमपि च कुर्यादरिगृहे धनस्याप्तिं द्यूने धननिचयनाशं च निधने ॥

bhayaṃ janmanyarthān janayati dhane cārthamatulaṃ tṛtīye'ṅge kleśaṃ diśati ca caturthe'rthavilayam | sukhaṃ putrasthāne rujamapi ca kuryādarigṛhe dhanasyāptiṃ dyūne dhananicayanāśaṃ ca nidhane ||

Jupiter in the 1st produces fear, and wealth; in the 2nd, incomparable wealth; in the 3rd, distress in the body; in the 4th he gives the melting away of wealth; in the 5th, happiness; in the 6th house he also causes illness; in the 7th, the gaining of wealth; and in the 8th, destruction of the heap of wealth.

धर्मगतो धनवृद्धिकरः स्यात्प्रीतिहरो दशमेऽमरपूज्यः । स्थानधनानि ददाति स चाये द्वादशगस्तनुमानसपीडाम् ॥

dharmagato dhanavṛddhikaraḥ syātprītiharo daśame'marapūjyaḥ | sthānadhanāni dadāti sa cāye dvādaśagastanumānasapīḍām ||

Gone to the 9th, Jupiter makes wealth increase; in the 10th, the one whom the gods honour takes away affection; in the 11th he gives position and wealth; and in the 12th, pain of body and mind.

जीवे जन्मन्यपगतधनधीः स्थानभ्रष्टो बहुकलहयुतः । प्राप्यार्थेऽर्थान् मुनिरपि कुरुते कांतास्याब्जे भ्रमरविलसितम् ॥

jīve janmanyapagatadhanadhīḥ sthānabhraṣṭo bahukalahayutaḥ | prāpyārthe'rthān munirapi kurute kāṃtāsyābje bhramaravilasitam ||

With Jupiter in the 1st a man loses wealth and judgement, falls from his place, and is full of quarrels. Yet when wealth is within reach, even an ascetic plays the bee about the lotus of a lovely woman's face.

स्थानभ्रंशात्कार्यविघाताच्च तृतीयेऽनेकैः क्लेशैर्बंधुजनोत्थैश्च चतुर्थे । जीवे शांतिं पीडितचित्तश्च स विंदेन्नैव ग्रामे वापि वने मत्तमयूरे ॥

sthānabhraṃśātkāryavighātācca tṛtīye'nekaiḥ kleśairbaṃdhujanotthaiśca caturthe | jīve śāṃtiṃ pīḍitacittaśca sa viṃdennaiva grāme vāpi vane mattamayūre ||

With Jupiter in the 3rd, from loss of place and ruin of one's work, and in the 4th from many distresses raised by his kinsfolk — his mind afflicted, he finds no peace, neither in the village nor in the wood where the peacock cries in its pride.

जनयति च तनयभवनमुपगतः परिजनशुभसुतकरितुरगवृषान् । सकनकपुरगृहयुवतिवसनकृन्मणिगुणनिकरकृदपि विबुधगुरुः ॥

janayati ca tanayabhavanamupagataḥ parijanaśubhasutakarituragavṛṣān | sakanakapuragṛhayuvativasanakṛnmaṇiguṇanikarakṛdapi vibudhaguruḥ ||

Gone to the house of children, Jupiter produces attendants, good sons, elephants, horses and bulls; the teacher of the gods brings gold, a town, a house, a young wife and clothing, and heaps of jewels and virtues besides.

न सखीवदनं तिलकोज्ज्वलं न भवनं शिखिकोकिलनादितम् । हरिणाप्लुतशावविचित्रितं रिपुगते मनसः सुखदं गुरौ ॥

na sakhīvadanaṃ tilakojjvalaṃ na bhavanaṃ śikhikokilanāditam | hariṇāplutaśāvavicitritaṃ ripugate manasaḥ sukhadaṃ gurau ||

With Jupiter in the 6th, neither a friend's face bright with its ornament, nor a house loud with peacocks and cuckoos, nor a place dappled with leaping fawns, gives the mind any pleasure.

त्रिदशगुरुः शयनं रतिभोगं धनमशनं कुसुमान्युपवाह्यम् । जनयति सप्तमराशिमुपेतो ललितपदां च गिरां धिषणां च ॥

tridaśaguruḥ śayanaṃ ratibhogaṃ dhanamaśanaṃ kusumānyupavāhyam | janayati saptamarāśimupeto lalitapadāṃ ca girāṃ dhiṣaṇāṃ ca ||

The teacher of the gods, come to the seventh sign, produces a bed, the enjoyment of love, wealth, food, flowers, a carriage, speech of graceful step, and understanding.

बंधं व्याधिं चाष्टमे शोकमुग्रं मार्गक्लेशं मृत्युतुल्यांश्च रोगान् । नैपुण्याज्ञा पुत्रकर्मार्थसिद्धिं धर्मे जीवः शालिनीनां च लाभः ॥

baṃdhaṃ vyādhiṃ cāṣṭame śokamugraṃ mārgakleśaṃ mṛtyutulyāṃśca rogān | naipuṇyājñā putrakarmārthasiddhiṃ dharme jīvaḥ śālinīnāṃ ca lābhaḥ ||

In the 8th, bondage, disease, fierce grief, hardship on the road, and illnesses like death itself. In the 9th Jupiter gives skill, authority, success in children, work and wealth — and the gaining of stately women.

स्थानकल्पधनहा दशमर्क्षगस्तत्प्रदो भवति लाभगो गुरुः । द्वादशे ध्वनिविलोमदुःखभाग्याति यद्यपि नरो रथोद्धतः ॥

sthānakalpadhanahā daśamarkṣagastatprado bhavati lābhago guruḥ | dvādaśe dhvanivilomaduḥkhabhāgyāti yadyapi naro rathoddhataḥ ||

Gone to the 10th, Jupiter destroys position, prosperity and wealth; in the 11th he is the giver of those same things; in the 12th a man comes to grief, his fame reversed, even though he rides high on a chariot.

अथ गुरुचक्रम् ।

शीर्षे चत्वारि राज्यं युगपरिगणितं सव्यहस्ते च लक्ष्मीः कंठे चैकं विभूतिर्मदनशरमितं वक्षसि प्रीतिलाभम् । षड्भिः पीडांघ्रियुग्मे जलधिपरिमितं वामहस्ते च मृत्युर्नेत्रोभौ त्रीणि दद्यान्नृपतिसमसुखं वाक्पतेश्चक्रमेतत् ॥

śīrṣe catvāri rājyaṃ yugaparigaṇitaṃ savyahaste ca lakṣmīḥ kaṃṭhe caikaṃ vibhūtirmadanaśaramitaṃ vakṣasi prītilābham | ṣaḍbhiḥ pīḍāṃghriyugme jaladhiparimitaṃ vāmahaste ca mṛtyurnetrobhau trīṇi dadyānnṛpatisamasukhaṃ vākpateścakrametat ||

Four on the head — kingship; two on the right hand — prosperity; one at the throat — abundance; five ⟨Kāma's arrows⟩ on the chest — gain of affection; six on the pair of feet — affliction; four ⟨the oceans⟩ on the left hand — death; three at the eyes — they give happiness equal to a king's. This is the diagram of Jupiter.

अथ शुक्रफलम् ।

जन्मन्यरिक्षयकरो भृगुजोऽर्थदोऽर्थे दुश्चिक्यगः सुखकरो धनदश्चतुर्थे । स्यात्पुत्रकृत्तनयगोऽरिगतोऽरिवृद्धिं शोकप्रदो मदनगो निधनेऽर्थदाता ॥

janmanyarikṣayakaro bhṛgujo'rthado'rthe duścikyagaḥ sukhakaro dhanadaścaturthe | syātputrakṛttanayago'rigato'rivṛddhiṃ śokaprado madanago nidhane'rthadātā ||

In the 1st Venus destroys enemies; in the 2nd he gives wealth; in the 3rd he gives comfort; in the 4th, wealth; in the 5th he gives children; gone to the 6th, increase of enemies; in the 7th he gives grief; in the 8th he gives wealth.

जनयति विविधांबराणि धर्मे न सुखकरो दशमस्थितस्तु शुक्रः । धननिचयकरः स लाभसंस्थो व्ययभवने च गतोऽपि द्रव्यनाशम् ॥

janayati vividhāṃbarāṇi dharme na sukhakaro daśamasthitastu śukraḥ | dhananicayakaraḥ sa lābhasaṃstho vyayabhavane ca gato'pi dravyanāśam ||

In the 9th Venus produces clothing of many kinds; standing in the 10th he gives no comfort; in the 11th he heaps up wealth; and gone to the 12th house, loss of property.

प्रथमगृहोपगो भृगुसुतः स्मरोपकरणैः सुरभिमनोज्ञगंधकुसुमांबरैरुपचयम् । शयनगृहासनाशनयुतः स चानुकुरुते समदविलासिनीमुखसरोजषट्चरणताम् ॥

prathamagṛhopago bhṛgusutaḥ smaropakaraṇaiḥ surabhimanojñagaṃdhakusumāṃbarairupacayam | śayanagṛhāsanāśanayutaḥ sa cānukurute samadavilāsinīmukhasarojaṣaṭcaraṇatām ||

Venus in the 1st house brings increase through the instruments of love — fragrant and lovely scents, flowers and clothes. Provided with a bedchamber, a seat and food, he plays the bee at the lotus face of a wanton woman.

शुक्रे द्वितीयगृहगे प्रसवार्थधान्यभूपालसत्कृतिकुटुंबहितान्ववाप्य । संसेवते कुसुमरत्नविभूषितश्च कामं वसंततिलकद्युतिमूर्धजोऽपि ॥

śukre dvitīyagṛhage prasavārthadhānyabhūpālasatkṛtikuṭuṃbahitānvavāpya | saṃsevate kusumaratnavibhūṣitaśca kāmaṃ vasaṃtatilakadyutimūrdhajo'pi ||

With Venus in the 2nd house, having won offspring, wealth, grain, honour from a king and the welfare of his household, and adorned with flowers and jewels, he enjoys love at will — his very hair bright as a vasantatilaka blossom.

आज्ञार्थमानास्पदभूतिवस्त्रशत्रुक्षयान्दैत्यगुरुस्तृतीये । धत्ते चतुर्थश्च सुहृत्समाजमुपेंद्रवज्रप्रतिमां च शक्तिम् ॥

ājñārthamānāspadabhūtivastraśatrukṣayāndaityagurustṛtīye | dhatte caturthaśca suhṛtsamājamupeṃdravajrapratimāṃ ca śaktim ||

In the 3rd, Venus — the teacher of the demons — bestows authority, wealth, honour, position, prosperity, clothes and the ending of enemies; and in the 4th, the company of friends and a power like Upendra's thunderbolt.

जनयति शुक्रः पंचमसंस्थो गुरुपरितोषं बंधुजनाप्तिम् । सुतधनलब्धिं मित्रसहायान् नवसिततत्त्वं चारिबलेषु ॥

janayati śukraḥ paṃcamasaṃstho guruparitoṣaṃ baṃdhujanāptim | sutadhanalabdhiṃ mitrasahāyān navasitatattvaṃ cāribaleṣu ||

Venus standing in the 5th produces the contentment of elders, the winning of kinsmen, gain of children and wealth, friends and helpers, and a fresh clear standing among the forces of one's enemies.

षष्ठो भृगुः परिभवरोगतापदः स्त्रीहेतुकं जनयति सप्तमोऽशुभम् । यातोऽष्टमं भवनपरिच्छदप्रदो लक्ष्मीवतीमुपनयति स्त्रियं च सः ॥

ṣaṣṭho bhṛguḥ paribhavarogatāpadaḥ strīhetukaṃ janayati saptamo'śubham | yāto'ṣṭamaṃ bhavanaparicchadaprado lakṣmīvatīmupanayati striyaṃ ca saḥ ||

Venus in the 6th gives humiliation, disease and torment; in the 7th he produces evil on account of a woman; gone to the 8th he gives a house and its furnishings, and brings him a wife possessed of fortune.

नवमे तु धर्मवनितासुखभाग्भृगुजेऽर्थवस्त्रनिचयश्च भवेत् । दशमेऽवमानकलहान् नियमात्प्रमिताक्षराण्यपि वदन् लभते ॥

navame tu dharmavanitāsukhabhāgbhṛguje'rthavastranicayaśca bhavet | daśame'vamānakalahān niyamātpramitākṣarāṇyapi vadan labhate ||

With Venus in the 9th one shares in dharma, in women and in comfort, and a store of wealth and clothing comes about. In the 10th he gets, by rule, dishonour and quarrels — even though he speaks few and measured words.

उपांत्यगो भृगोः सुतः सुहृद्धनान्नगंधदो धनांबरागमोऽन्त्यगे स्थिरस्तु नांबरागमः ॥

upāṃtyago bhṛgoḥ sutaḥ suhṛddhanānnagaṃdhado dhanāṃbarāgamo'ntyage sthirastu nāṃbarāgamaḥ ||

Venus gone to the 11th gives friends, wealth, food and perfumes; in the 12th, a coming of wealth and clothing — but the gain of clothing does not last.

अथ शुक्रचक्रम् ।

चत्वारि मस्तके राज्यं कंठे चत्वारि भूषणम् । हृदये पंच सौभाग्यं गुह्ये त्रीणि रिपोर्भयम् ॥

catvāri mastake rājyaṃ kaṃṭhe catvāri bhūṣaṇam | hṛdaye paṃca saubhāgyaṃ guhye trīṇi riporbhayam ||

Four on the head — kingship; four at the throat — ornament; five at the heart — good fortune; three at the privates — fear from an enemy.

जंघायां पंच मिष्टान्नं पादयोः षट् सुखं धनम् । शुक्रस्य पुरुषाकारे फलं प्रोक्तं विचक्षणैः ॥

jaṃghāyāṃ paṃca miṣṭānnaṃ pādayoḥ ṣaṭ sukhaṃ dhanam | śukrasya puruṣākāre phalaṃ proktaṃ vicakṣaṇaiḥ ||

Five on the shank — sweet food; six on the two feet — comfort and wealth. So the discerning have declared the result in the man-shaped diagram of Venus.

शुक्रचक्रं प्रवक्ष्यामि नररूपेण संस्थितम् । धननाशो मुखे त्रीणि पंच शीर्षे च लाभदः ॥

śukracakraṃ pravakṣyāmi nararūpeṇa saṃsthitam | dhananāśo mukhe trīṇi paṃca śīrṣe ca lābhadaḥ ||

I shall declare the Venus-diagram, set out in the shape of a man. Three on the face — loss of wealth; five on the head — a giver of gain.

त्रीण्येव दक्षिणे पादे हानिः क्लेशकरः स्मृतः । तत्फलं वामपादे च त्रीणि धिष्ण्यानि विन्यसेत् ॥

trīṇyeva dakṣiṇe pāde hāniḥ kleśakaraḥ smṛtaḥ | tatphalaṃ vāmapāde ca trīṇi dhiṣṇyāni vinyaset ||

Three on the right foot — loss, and he is held to bring distress; the same result on the left foot, where three stars should be set.

हृदये पंचभिः सौख्यं करयोश्च चतुश्चतुः । मित्रपुत्रसुखप्राप्तिं करोति भृगुजो ध्रुवम् ॥

hṛdaye paṃcabhiḥ saukhyaṃ karayośca catuścatuḥ | mitraputrasukhaprāptiṃ karoti bhṛgujo dhruvam ||

With five at the heart, comfort; four and four on the two hands — Venus then certainly brings friends, children and happiness.

अथ शनिफलम् ।

चित्तभ्रंशं दिनकरसुतो जन्मराशिं प्रपन्नो वित्ते संस्थो धनहरणकृद्वित्तलाभं तृतीये । पाताले शत्रुवृद्धिं सुतभवनगतः पुत्रभृत्यार्थनाशं षष्ठस्थानेऽर्थलाभं जनयति मदने दोषसंघातमार्किः ॥

cittabhraṃśaṃ dinakarasuto janmarāśiṃ prapanno vitte saṃstho dhanaharaṇakṛdvittalābhaṃ tṛtīye | pātāle śatruvṛddhiṃ sutabhavanagataḥ putrabhṛtyārthanāśaṃ ṣaṣṭhasthāne'rthalābhaṃ janayati madane doṣasaṃghātamārkiḥ ||

Saturn come to the birth sign brings derangement of mind; standing in the 2nd he carries off wealth; in the 3rd, gain of wealth; in the 4th, increase of enemies; gone to the 5th, loss of children, servants and money; in the 6th house he produces gain of money; and in the 7th, a mass of faults.

शरीरपीडां निधने च धर्मे धनक्षयं कर्मणि दौर्मनस्यम् । उपांत्यगो वित्तमनर्थमन्त्यं शनिर्ददातीत्थमिदं हि गोचरे ॥

śarīrapīḍāṃ nidhane ca dharme dhanakṣayaṃ karmaṇi daurmanasyam | upāṃtyago vittamanarthamantyaṃ śanirdadātītthamidaṃ hi gocare ||

In the 8th and the 9th, bodily affliction; loss of wealth; in the 10th, depression of spirits; gone to the 11th, wealth; and in the 12th, misfortune. This is what Saturn gives in transit.

प्रथमे रविजे विषवह्निहतः स्वजनैर्वियुतः कृतबंधुवधः । परदेशमुपेत्य सुहृद्भवनो विसुखार्तसुतोऽटकदीनमुखः ॥

prathame ravije viṣavahnihataḥ svajanairviyutaḥ kṛtabaṃdhuvadhaḥ | paradeśamupetya suhṛdbhavano visukhārtasuto'ṭakadīnamukhaḥ ||

With Saturn in the 1st, a man is struck by poison and fire, cut off from his own people, and has caused the death of a kinsman; going abroad, he lives in a friend's house; without comfort and with afflicted children, he wanders with a wretched face.

चारवशाद्द्वितीयगृहगे रवितनये रूपसुखापवर्जिततनुर्विगतमदबलः । अन्यगुणैः कृतं वसुचयं तदपि खलु भवत्यधिवंशपत्रपतितं न बहु न च चिरम् ॥

cāravaśāddvitīyagṛhage ravitanaye rūpasukhāpavarjitatanurvigatamadabalaḥ | anyaguṇaiḥ kṛtaṃ vasucayaṃ tadapi khalu bhavatyadhivaṃśapatrapatitaṃ na bahu na ca ciram ||

When by its transit Saturn goes to the 2nd house, the body is stripped of beauty and comfort and the pride and strength are gone. Even the store of wealth built by other merits proves like a leaf fallen on a reed — neither much nor for long.

सूर्यसुते तृतीयगृहगे धनानि लभते दासपरिच्छदोष्ट्रमहिषाश्वकुंजरखरान् । सद्मविभूतिसौख्यममितं गदव्युपरमं भीरुरपि प्रशास्त्यधिरिपूंश्च वीरललितैः ॥

sūryasute tṛtīyagṛhage dhanāni labhate dāsaparicchadoṣṭramahiṣāśvakuṃjarakharān | sadmavibhūtisaukhyamamitaṃ gadavyuparamaṃ bhīrurapi praśāstyadhiripūṃśca vīralalitaiḥ ||

With Saturn in the 3rd house one gains wealth — servants, furnishings, camels, buffaloes, horses, elephants and asses; a house, abundance and comfort, and boundless relief from disease. Even a timid man then rules over his enemies, with a hero's bold deeds.

चतुर्थे गृहं सूर्यपुत्रेऽभ्युपेते सुहृद्वित्तभार्यादिभिर्विप्रयुक्तः । भवत्यस्य सर्वत्र चासाधु दुष्टं भुजंगप्रयातानुकारं च चित्तम् ॥

caturthe gṛhaṃ sūryaputre'bhyupete suhṛdvittabhāryādibhirviprayuktaḥ | bhavatyasya sarvatra cāsādhu duṣṭaṃ bhujaṃgaprayātānukāraṃ ca cittam ||

When Saturn has come to the fourth house, a man is parted from friends, wealth, wife and the rest; everywhere his affairs go badly and ill, and his mind moves after the fashion of a snake.

सुतधनपरिहीनः पंचमस्थे प्रचुरकलहयुक्तश्चार्कपुत्रे । विनिहतरिपुरोगः षष्ठयाते पिबति च वनितास्यं श्रीपुटोष्ठम् ॥

sutadhanaparihīnaḥ paṃcamasthe pracurakalahayuktaścārkaputre | vinihataripurogaḥ ṣaṣṭhayāte pibati ca vanitāsyaṃ śrīpuṭoṣṭham ||

With Saturn in the 5th a man is deprived of children and wealth and is full of quarrels; with Saturn gone to the 6th his enemies and diseases are struck down, and he drinks at a woman's face with its lovely cupped lips.

गच्छत्यध्वानं सप्तमे चाष्टमे च हीनः स्त्रीपुत्रैः सूर्यजे दीनचेष्टः । तद्वद्धर्मस्थे वैरहृद्रोगबंधैर्धर्मोऽप्युच्छिद्येद्वैश्वदेवीक्रियाद्याः ॥

gacchatyadhvānaṃ saptame cāṣṭame ca hīnaḥ strīputraiḥ sūryaje dīnaceṣṭaḥ | tadvaddharmasthe vairahṛdrogabaṃdhairdharmo'pyucchidyedvaiśvadevīkriyādyāḥ ||

With Saturn in the 7th and in the 8th a man goes on the road, bereft of wife and children, wretched in his doings. So too with Saturn in the 9th: through enmity, heart disease and bondage, even his religious duty is cut off — the Vaiśvadeva rite and the rest.

कर्मप्राप्तिर्दशमेऽर्थक्षयश्च विद्याकीर्त्योः परिहानिश्च सौरे । तैक्ष्ण्यं लाभे परयोषार्थलाभश्चांत्ये प्राप्नोत्यपि शोकोर्मिमालाम् ॥

karmaprāptirdaśame'rthakṣayaśca vidyākīrtyoḥ parihāniśca saure | taikṣṇyaṃ lābhe parayoṣārthalābhaścāṃtye prāpnotyapi śokormimālām ||

With Saturn in the 10th there is the getting of work and the loss of wealth, and a falling away of learning and fame; in the 11th, sharpness; in the 12th, gain of another's wife and of money — yet he also meets a rolling wave of grief.

अथ शनिपादः ।

जन्मे रसे रुद्रसुवर्णपादे द्विपंचनंदा रजतं शुभं च । त्रिसप्तदिक् ताम्रपदं वदंति वेदाष्टरिःफे खलु लोहपादम् ॥

janme rase rudrasuvarṇapāde dvipaṃcanaṃdā rajataṃ śubhaṃ ca | trisaptadik tāmrapadaṃ vadaṃti vedāṣṭariḥphe khalu lohapādam ||

When Saturn stands in the 1st, the 6th or the 11th, his foot is GOLD. In the 2nd, 5th and 9th it is SILVER, and auspicious. In the 3rd, 7th and 10th they call it the COPPER foot. In the 4th, 8th and 12th it is the IRON foot.

अथ शनिवाहनम् ।

जन्मर्क्षाद्दिननक्षत्रसंख्यानंदैर्विभाजयेत् । शेषांकैर्वाहनं ज्ञेयं यस्मिन्नुक्तं शुभाशुभम् ॥

janmarkṣāddinanakṣatrasaṃkhyānaṃdairvibhājayet | śeṣāṃkairvāhanaṃ jñeyaṃ yasminnuktaṃ śubhāśubham ||

Count the number of the day's star from the birth star and divide by nine. By the remainder the mount is to be known, and with it the good or ill that has been declared.

गर्दभस्तु हयो हस्ती मेषजंबुकसिंहकाः । काको मयूरो हंसश्च नवैते वाहनाः स्मृताः ॥

gardabhastu hayo hastī meṣajaṃbukasiṃhakāḥ | kāko mayūro haṃsaśca navaite vāhanāḥ smṛtāḥ ||

Ass, horse, elephant, ram, jackal, lion, crow, peacock and goose — these nine are recorded as the mounts.

तिथिवारं च नक्षत्रं नामाक्षरसमन्वितम् । नवभिस्तु हरेद्भागं शेषं वाहनमुच्यते ॥

tithivāraṃ ca nakṣatraṃ nāmākṣarasamanvitam | navabhistu haredbhāgaṃ śeṣaṃ vāhanamucyate ||

Take the tithi, the weekday and the star together with the letters of the name, divide by nine; the remainder is called the mount.

गर्दभो वाजिनो हस्ती मेषो जंबुकसिंहयोः । काको मयूरो हंसश्च नवैते शनिवाहनाः ॥

gardabho vājino hastī meṣo jaṃbukasiṃhayoḥ | kāko mayūro haṃsaśca navaite śanivāhanāḥ ||

Ass, horse, elephant, ram, jackal and lion, crow, peacock and goose — these nine are Saturn's mounts.

गर्दभे च महादुःखं वाजिनं सुखसंपदा । हस्ती मिष्टान्नभोक्तव्यं मेषो विमुखजायते ॥

gardabhe ca mahāduḥkhaṃ vājinaṃ sukhasaṃpadā | hastī miṣṭānnabhoktavyaṃ meṣo vimukhajāyate ||

On the ass, great sorrow; on the horse, comfort and wealth; on the elephant, sweet food to eat; the ram turns its face away ⟨and brings adversity⟩.

जंबुके मरणं ज्ञेयं मयूरार्थसुखप्रदम् । हंसाच्च लभते लाभं वाहनानां फलं त्विदम् ॥

jaṃbuke maraṇaṃ jñeyaṃ mayūrārthasukhapradam | haṃsācca labhate lābhaṃ vāhanānāṃ phalaṃ tvidam ||

On the jackal, death is to be understood; on the peacock, wealth and comfort; and from the goose one gets gain. This is the result of the mounts.

एवं मंदर्क्षमास्ये सुखमथ युगलं व्याधिकृद्गुह्यसंस्थं युग्मं दृष्ट्योरभीष्टं वितरति शिरसि त्रीणि साम्राज्यदानि । पंचारोग्याय कुक्षेर्जलधिपरिमितिर्वामपाणौ षडंघ्रिर्दुःखं क्लेशोपलब्धौ जलधिमिति करे दक्षिणे मंगलोत्थैः ॥

evaṃ maṃdarkṣamāsye sukhamatha yugalaṃ vyādhikṛdguhyasaṃsthaṃ yugmaṃ dṛṣṭyorabhīṣṭaṃ vitarati śirasi trīṇi sāmrājyadāni | paṃcārogyāya kukṣerjaladhiparimitirvāmapāṇau ṣaḍaṃghrirduḥkhaṃ kleśopalabdhau jaladhimiti kare dakṣiṇe maṃgalotthaiḥ ||

So, Saturn's star being on the face — comfort; then a pair placed at the private parts — that causes disease; a pair at the eyes gives what is wished; three on the head give sovereignty; five at the belly, for health; four ⟨the oceans⟩ on the left hand; six at the feet, sorrow; distress is met with; four on the right hand, with results arising from Mars.

अथ शनिचक्रम् ।

मुखाद्यष्टौ ततो नेत्रे शीर्षे वामकरे हृदि । वामांघ्रौ दक्षिणे पादे दक्षहस्ते शनेर्गतिः ॥

mukhādyaṣṭau tato netre śīrṣe vāmakare hṛdi | vāmāṃghrau dakṣiṇe pāde dakṣahaste śanergatiḥ ||

Eight beginning at the face; then at the eyes, the head, the left hand, the heart, the left foot, the right foot and the right hand — such is Saturn's course ⟨through the diagram⟩.

वक्त्रे संतापमेकं प्रचुरतरधनं दक्षिणे हस्त विद्यात् पादौ दद्याच्च षड्भिः परवदनवशं वामहस्ते च मृत्युः । पंचोरस्येव धार्यं बहुधनसुखदं त्रीणि शीर्षे च राज्यं नेत्रे युग्मे द्वयोर्वा गुदयुगलमृतिः सौरिचक्रे प्रदिष्टम् ॥

vaktre saṃtāpamekaṃ pracurataradhanaṃ dakṣiṇe hasta vidyāt pādau dadyācca ṣaḍbhiḥ paravadanavaśaṃ vāmahaste ca mṛtyuḥ | paṃcorasyeva dhāryaṃ bahudhanasukhadaṃ trīṇi śīrṣe ca rājyaṃ netre yugme dvayorvā gudayugalamṛtiḥ sauricakre pradiṣṭam ||

One on the face — torment; on the right hand, very great wealth, be it known; the feet, with six, give dependence on another's word; on the left hand, death; five are to be held at the chest, giving much wealth and comfort; three on the head, kingship; a pair at the eyes, or at either; a pair at the fundament, death. So it is set down in Saturn's diagram.

यस्मिन् शनिश्चरति वक्रगतं ततश्च चत्वारि दक्षिणकरेऽङ्घ्रियुगे भषट्कम् । चत्वारि वामकरगोऽप्युदरे च पंच मूर्ध्नि त्रयं नयनयोर्द्वितयं गुदे च ॥

yasmin śaniścarati vakragataṃ tataśca catvāri dakṣiṇakare'ṅghriyuge bhaṣaṭkam | catvāri vāmakarago'pyudare ca paṃca mūrdhni trayaṃ nayanayordvitayaṃ gude ca ||

From the star in which Saturn moves, retrograde included: four on the right hand, six on the pair of feet, four on the left hand, five at the belly, three on the head, and two at the eyes and at the fundament.

रोगो लाभं तथा ध्वानमधनं लाभमेव च । सौभाग्यमल्पमृत्युश्च शनेः प्रोक्तं क्रमात्फलम् ॥

rogo lābhaṃ tathā dhvānamadhanaṃ lābhameva ca | saubhāgyamalpamṛtyuśca śaneḥ proktaṃ kramātphalam ||

Disease, gain, travel, poverty, gain again, good fortune and a small death — such is the result declared for Saturn, in order.

अथ राहुफलम् ।

राहुर्जन्मगतो भयं च कलहं सौभाग्यमानक्षयं चित्तभ्रंशमहत्सुखं नृपभयं चार्थक्षयं यच्छति । संतापं कलहं च वित्तमधिकं शीघ्रं विनाशं नृणां केतुस्तत्फलमेव राशिषु वदेच्छंसंति गर्गादयः ॥

rāhurjanmagato bhayaṃ ca kalahaṃ saubhāgyamānakṣayaṃ cittabhraṃśamahatsukhaṃ nṛpabhayaṃ cārthakṣayaṃ yacchati | saṃtāpaṃ kalahaṃ ca vittamadhikaṃ śīghraṃ vināśaṃ nṛṇāṃ ketustatphalameva rāśiṣu vadecchaṃsaṃti gargādayaḥ ||

Rāhu in the 1st gives fear and quarrel, loss of good fortune and honour, derangement of mind, great comfort, fear from the king and loss of wealth; torment, quarrel, much wealth, and a swift destruction of people. Ketu gives that same result in the signs — so Garga and the rest declare.

अथ राहुचक्रम् ।

यस्मिन्नृक्षे भवेद्राहुस्तत्राद्याः सप्त पादयोः । दक्षिणे तु भुजे पंच शिरसि त्रीणि दापयेत् ॥

yasminnṛkṣe bhavedrāhustatrādyāḥ sapta pādayoḥ | dakṣiṇe tu bhuje paṃca śirasi trīṇi dāpayet ||

In whichever star Rāhu stands, the first seven from there go to the feet; five on the right arm and three on the head should be assigned.

द्वे ऋक्षे हृदये न्यस्य मुखे चैकं न्यसेद्बुधः । पंच वामकरे ज्ञेये ऋक्षमेकं तु नाभिषु ॥

dve ṛkṣe hṛdaye nyasya mukhe caikaṃ nyasedbudhaḥ | paṃca vāmakare jñeye ṛkṣamekaṃ tu nābhiṣu ||

Setting two stars at the heart, the wise man should set one at the face; five are to be known on the left hand, and one star at the navel.

तथा च त्रीणि गुह्येषु राहुचक्रे महाफलम् । धनहानिर्भवेत्पादे संतापं दक्षिणे करे ॥

tathā ca trīṇi guhyeṣu rāhucakre mahāphalam | dhanahānirbhavetpāde saṃtāpaṃ dakṣiṇe kare ||

And three at the privates — a great result in Rāhu's diagram. At the foot there is loss of wealth; on the right hand, torment.

शीर्षे शत्रुजयं विद्याद्धृदये दुर्जनप्रियम् । मुखे दुर्जनसंहारं मृत्युर्वामकरे भवेत् ॥

śīrṣe śatrujayaṃ vidyāddhṛdaye durjanapriyam | mukhe durjanasaṃhāraṃ mṛtyurvāmakare bhavet ||

On the head, know victory over enemies; at the heart, favour with bad men; on the face, the destruction of bad men; on the left hand there is death.

गुह्ये तु सर्वनाशाय विचार्यैवं फलं वदेत् ॥

guhye tu sarvanāśāya vicāryaivaṃ phalaṃ vadet ||

At the privates, for the ruin of everything. Having weighed it thus, one should pronounce the result.

वक्त्रे त्रीणि विधुंतुदो गदभयं चत्वारि कंठे धनं नेत्रे द्वौ सुखदोऽपि राज्यसुखदं पंचर्क्षकं मस्तके । रोगी मृत्युभयं द्वयं तु करयोश्चत्वारि पादद्वये चत्वार्येव सुखं हृदि त्रिनिधनं गुह्ये द्वयं बंधनम् ॥

vaktre trīṇi vidhuṃtudo gadabhayaṃ catvāri kaṃṭhe dhanaṃ netre dvau sukhado'pi rājyasukhadaṃ paṃcarkṣakaṃ mastake | rogī mṛtyubhayaṃ dvayaṃ tu karayoścatvāri pādadvaye catvāryeva sukhaṃ hṛdi trinidhanaṃ guhye dvayaṃ baṃdhanam ||

Three on the face — Rāhu gives fear of disease; four at the throat — wealth; two at the eyes — he gives comfort; five stars on the head — they give kingship and comfort; sick, and fear of death; two on the hands; four on the two feet; four at the heart — comfort; three, death; two at the privates — bondage.

अथ केतुफलम् ।

रोगं वैरं सुखं भीतिः शुचं वित्तं गतिं गदम् । पापं शोकगदं वैरं जन्मभात्कुरुते शिखी । यस्मिन्नृक्षे स्थितः केतुस्तदादि फलमादिशेत् ॥

rogaṃ vairaṃ sukhaṃ bhītiḥ śucaṃ vittaṃ gatiṃ gadam | pāpaṃ śokagadaṃ vairaṃ janmabhātkurute śikhī | yasminnṛkṣe sthitaḥ ketustadādi phalamādiśet ||

Disease, enmity, comfort, fear, grief, wealth, travel, sickness, sin, grief and sickness, enmity — these Ketu causes, counted from the birth star. In whichever star Ketu stands, one should foretell the result beginning from there.

अथ केतुचक्रम् ।

नेत्रे द्वौ रोगशोकाय पंचास्ये लाभदायकः ॥

netre dvau rogaśokāya paṃcāsye lābhadāyakaḥ ||

Two at the eyes — for disease and grief; five on the face — he gives gain.

शीर्षे त्रीणि च धिष्ण्यानि राजसन्मानदायकः । चत्वारि करयोः केतुर्यशोलाभसुखप्रदः ॥

śīrṣe trīṇi ca dhiṣṇyāni rājasanmānadāyakaḥ | catvāri karayoḥ keturyaśolābhasukhapradaḥ ||

Three stars on the head — he gives honour from a king; four on the hands — Ketu then gives fame, gain and comfort.

पादौ चत्वारि धिष्ण्यानि भ्रमणोद्वेगकारकः । हृदये पंच धिष्ण्यानि कलहं स्वजनैः सह ॥

pādau catvāri dhiṣṇyāni bhramaṇodvegakārakaḥ | hṛdaye paṃca dhiṣṇyāni kalahaṃ svajanaiḥ saha ||

Four stars on the feet — he causes wandering and agitation; five stars at the heart — quarrel with one's own people.

कुक्षौ चत्वारि भानीह भयरोगमृतिप्रदः । गोचरे यो ग्रहोऽनिष्टस्तस्य चक्रफलं शुभम् । यदि स्यात्समता ज्ञेया शुभे द्वंद्वे शुभं वदेत् ॥

kukṣau catvāri bhānīha bhayarogamṛtipradaḥ | gocare yo graho'niṣṭastasya cakraphalaṃ śubham | yadi syātsamatā jñeyā śubhe dvaṃdve śubhaṃ vadet ||

Four stars at the belly — he gives fear, disease and death. When a planet is unfavourable in transit but its diagram-result is good, the two are to be known as balancing; where both are good, pronounce good.

अथ ग्रहाणां दोषशान्त्यर्थं स्नानौषधयः ।

मनःशिलैलासुरदारुकुंकुमैरुशीरज्येष्ठीमधुपद्मकान्वितैः । सताम्रपुष्पैर्विषमस्थिते रवौ शुभावहं स्नानमुदाहृतं बुधैः ॥

manaḥśilailāsuradārukuṃkumairuśīrajyeṣṭhīmadhupadmakānvitaiḥ | satāmrapuṣpairviṣamasthite ravau śubhāvahaṃ snānamudāhṛtaṃ budhaiḥ ||

With realgar, cardamom, deodar and saffron, together with uśīra, jyeṣṭhīmadhu and padmaka, and with copper-coloured flowers — when the Sun stands in an inauspicious house, the wise have named this bath as bringing good.

पंचगव्यगजदानमिश्रितैः शंखशुक्तिकुमुदस्फटिकैश्च । शीतरश्मिकृतवैकृतहंति स्नानमेतदुदितं नृपतीनाम् ॥

paṃcagavyagajadānamiśritaiḥ śaṃkhaśuktikumudasphaṭikaiśca | śītaraśmikṛtavaikṛtahaṃti snānametaduditaṃ nṛpatīnām ||

Mixed with the five products of the cow and the gift of an elephant, and with conch, oyster-shell, white lotus and crystal — this bath destroys the harm the Moon has done. It is named for kings.

बिल्वचंदनबलारुणपुष्पैर्हिंगुलूकफलिनीबकुलैश्च । स्नानमद्भिरिह मांसियुताभिर्भौमदोषविनिवारणमाहुः ॥

bilvacaṃdanabalāruṇapuṣpairhiṃgulūkaphalinībakulaiśca | snānamadbhiriha māṃsiyutābhirbhaumadoṣavinivāraṇamāhuḥ ||

With bilva, sandal, balā and red flowers, and with hiṅgulūka ⟨cinnabar⟩, phalinī and bakula — a bath in water mixed with jaṭāmāṃsī is called the remedy for the fault of Mars.

गोमयाक्षतफलैः सरोचनैः क्षौद्रशुक्तिभवमूलहेमभिः । स्नानमुक्तमिदमत्र भूभृतां बोधनाशुभनिवारणं बुधैः ॥

gomayākṣataphalaiḥ sarocanaiḥ kṣaudraśuktibhavamūlahemabhiḥ | snānamuktamidamatra bhūbhṛtāṃ bodhanāśubhanivāraṇaṃ budhaiḥ ||

With cow-dung, unbroken rice and fruit, with gorocanā, honey, oyster-shell, roots and gold — the wise have named this bath here, for kings, as the remedy for the ill of Mercury.

मालतीकुसुमशुक्लसर्षपैः पल्लवैश्च मदयंतिकोद्भवैः । मिश्रमंबु मधुकेन च स्फुटं वैकृतं गुरुकृतं निकृंतति ॥

mālatīkusumaśuklasarṣapaiḥ pallavaiśca madayaṃtikodbhavaiḥ | miśramaṃbu madhukena ca sphuṭaṃ vaikṛtaṃ gurukṛtaṃ nikṛṃtati ||

Water mixed with jasmine flowers, white mustard, sprouts of henna, and liquorice plainly cuts away the harm done by Jupiter.

एलया च शिलया समन्वितैर्वारिभिः सकलमूलकुंकुमैः । स्नानतो भृगुसुतोपपादितं दुःखमेति विलयं न संशयः ॥

elayā ca śilayā samanvitairvāribhiḥ sakalamūlakuṃkumaiḥ | snānato bhṛgusutopapāditaṃ duḥkhameti vilayaṃ na saṃśayaḥ ||

By a bath in waters joined with cardamom and realgar, and with roots of every kind and saffron, the sorrow brought about by Venus melts away — of that there is no doubt.

असिततिलांजनलोध्रबलाभिः शतकुसुमाघनलाजयुताभिः । रवितनये कथितं विषमस्थे दुरितहृदाप्लवनं मुनिमुख्यैः ॥

asitatilāṃjanalodhrabalābhiḥ śatakusumāghanalājayutābhiḥ | ravitanaye kathitaṃ viṣamasthe duritahṛdāplavanaṃ munimukhyaiḥ ||

With black sesame, collyrium, lodhra and balā, together with śatapuṣpā, mustā and parched grain — when Saturn stands in an inauspicious house, the chief of sages have named this a bathing that carries away sin.

विन्यस्य माहिषं शृंगं हरितालं मनःशिलाम् । गुग्गुलं चांबुसंयुक्तं स्नानं राहुप्रशांतये ॥

vinyasya māhiṣaṃ śṛṃgaṃ haritālaṃ manaḥśilām | guggulaṃ cāṃbusaṃyuktaṃ snānaṃ rāhupraśāṃtaye ||

Setting down a buffalo horn, orpiment, realgar and guggulu, joined with water — that bath is for the quieting of Rāhu.

लोध्रदर्भतिलपत्रजमुस्ताहस्तिदानमृगनाभिपयोभिः । स्नानमुक्तमिदमध्यमराहोः साजमूत्रमिदमेव च केतोः ॥

lodhradarbhatilapatrajamustāhastidānamṛganābhipayobhiḥ | snānamuktamidamadhyamarāhoḥ sājamūtramidameva ca ketoḥ ||

With lodhra, darbha grass, sesame, leaf-borne mustā, the gift of an elephant, musk and milk — this bath is named for the middling ⟨afflictions⟩ of Rāhu; and the same with goat's urine added is for Ketu.

सिद्धार्थलोध्ररजनीद्वयभद्रमुस्ता चांद्रं रजः सफलिनीसुरमाविमिश्रैः । स्नानं कुरुष्व ग्रहदोषनिवारणाय सर्वे ग्रहा दिनकरप्रमुखाः शुभाः स्युः ॥

siddhārthalodhrarajanīdvayabhadramustā cāṃdraṃ rajaḥ saphalinīsuramāvimiśraiḥ | snānaṃ kuruṣva grahadoṣanivāraṇāya sarve grahā dinakarapramukhāḥ śubhāḥ syuḥ ||

With white mustard, lodhra, both turmerics, bhadramustā, camphor-dust, phalinī and suramā mixed together — take a bath for the removal of planetary fault, and all the planets, the Sun at their head, will be favourable.

सदौषधैर्यांति गदा विनाशं यथा यथा दुःखभयानि मंत्रैः । तथोदितस्नानविधानतापग्रहाशुभं नाशमुपेत्यवश्यम् ॥

sadauṣadhairyāṃti gadā vināśaṃ yathā yathā duḥkhabhayāni maṃtraiḥ | tathoditasnānavidhānatāpagrahāśubhaṃ nāśamupetyavaśyam ||

As diseases perish by good medicines, and as sorrows and fears perish by mantras, just so the ill of the planets certainly perishes by the rite of the bath here declared.

लाजाकुष्ठबलामिश्रं प्रियंगुघनसर्षपैः । देवदारुहरिद्राभिः पुंखालोध्रेण संयुतः ॥

lājākuṣṭhabalāmiśraṃ priyaṃgughanasarṣapaiḥ | devadāruharidrābhiḥ puṃkhālodhreṇa saṃyutaḥ ||

Mixed with parched grain, kuṣṭha and balā, with priyaṅgu, mustā and mustard, with deodar and turmeric, joined with puṅkhā and lodhra —

वारिभिः स्नानमुक्तं हि प्रोक्तं दानपुरस्सरम् । एतत्सामान्यतः सर्वग्रहपीडोपशांतये ॥

vāribhiḥ snānamuktaṃ hi proktaṃ dānapurassaram | etatsāmānyataḥ sarvagrahapīḍopaśāṃtaye ||

— a bath in those waters is declared, with a gift going before it. This is in general for the quieting of affliction from every planet.

यथा सिद्धौषधै रोगा नश्येयुर्मंत्रतो भयम् । तथा स्नानविधानेन ग्रहदोषः प्रणश्यति ॥

yathā siddhauṣadhai rogā naśyeyurmaṃtrato bhayam | tathā snānavidhānena grahadoṣaḥ praṇaśyati ||

As diseases are destroyed by proven medicines and fear by mantra, so by the ordinance of the bath the fault of the planets is destroyed.

अथ सूर्यादीनां दानानि ।

कौसुंभवस्त्रं गुडहेमताम्रं माणिक्यगोधूमहिरण्यपद्मम् । सवत्सगोदानमिति प्रणीतं दुष्टाय सूर्याय मसूरिकाश्च ॥

kausuṃbhavastraṃ guḍahematāmraṃ māṇikyagodhūmahiraṇyapadmam | savatsagodānamiti praṇītaṃ duṣṭāya sūryāya masūrikāśca ||

Safflower-dyed cloth, jaggery, gold and copper; ruby, wheat, gold and a lotus; the gift of a cow with her calf — these are laid down for an afflicted Sun, and lentils besides.

घृतकलशं सितवस्त्रं दधि शंखमौक्तिकं सुवर्णं च । रजतं च शंखं दद्याच्चंद्रारिष्टोपशांतये ॥

ghṛtakalaśaṃ sitavastraṃ dadhi śaṃkhamauktikaṃ suvarṇaṃ ca | rajataṃ ca śaṃkhaṃ dadyāccaṃdrāriṣṭopaśāṃtaye ||

A pot of ghee, white cloth, curd, a conch, a pearl and gold; and silver and a conch — these one should give for the quieting of harm from the Moon.

प्रवालगोधूममसूरिकाश्च वृषश्च ताम्रः करवीरपुष्पम् । आरक्तवस्त्रं गुडहेमताम्रं दुष्टाय भौमाय सचंदनं वा ॥

pravālagodhūmamasūrikāśca vṛṣaśca tāmraḥ karavīrapuṣpam | āraktavastraṃ guḍahematāmraṃ duṣṭāya bhaumāya sacaṃdanaṃ vā ||

Coral, wheat and lentils; a bull; copper; oleander flowers; reddish cloth, jaggery, gold and copper — or these with sandal — for an afflicted Mars.

नीलं वस्त्रं मुद्गदानं बुधाय रत्नं दद्याद्दासिका हेम सर्पिः । कांस्यं दंतः कुंजरस्याथ मेषो रौप्यं सर्वं पुष्पजात्यादिकं च ॥

nīlaṃ vastraṃ mudgadānaṃ budhāya ratnaṃ dadyāddāsikā hema sarpiḥ | kāṃsyaṃ daṃtaḥ kuṃjarasyātha meṣo raupyaṃ sarvaṃ puṣpajātyādikaṃ ca ||

Blue cloth and the gift of green gram for Mercury; one should give a jewel, a maidservant, gold and clarified butter; bell-metal, an elephant's tusk, a ram, silver, and every kind of flower beginning with jasmine.

अश्वः सुवर्णं शुभपीतवस्त्रं सपीतधान्यं लवणं च पुष्पम् । सशर्करं तद्रजनीप्रयुक्तं दुष्टाय शांत्यै गुरवे प्रणीतम् ॥

aśvaḥ suvarṇaṃ śubhapītavastraṃ sapītadhānyaṃ lavaṇaṃ ca puṣpam | saśarkaraṃ tadrajanīprayuktaṃ duṣṭāya śāṃtyai gurave praṇītam ||

A horse, gold, fine yellow cloth, yellow grain, salt and flowers, with sugar and turmeric added — these are laid down for the appeasing of an afflicted Jupiter.

चित्रवस्त्रमिह दानवार्चिते दुष्टगे मुनिवरैः परिणीतम् । तंडुलं घृतसुवर्णरूपकं वज्रकं परिमलो धवलोऽश्वः ॥

citravastramiha dānavārcite duṣṭage munivaraiḥ pariṇītam | taṃḍulaṃ ghṛtasuvarṇarūpakaṃ vajrakaṃ parimalo dhavalo'śvaḥ ||

Here, when Venus — whom the demons worship — is afflicted, the chief of sages have laid down variegated cloth; rice, ghee, gold and a coin, a diamond, perfume and a white horse.

नीलकं महिषी वस्त्रं कृष्णलोहसदक्षिणम् । तैलमाषकुलित्थाश्च शनिरिष्टप्रशांतये ॥

nīlakaṃ mahiṣī vastraṃ kṛṣṇalohasadakṣiṇam | tailamāṣakulitthāśca śaniriṣṭapraśāṃtaye ||

A sapphire, a buffalo, cloth, black iron with the priest's fee, oil, black gram and horse-gram — for the quieting of harm from Saturn.

राहोर्दानं बुधैर्मेषो गोमेदं शस्त्रकंबलम् । सौवर्णं नागरूपं च सतिलं ताम्रभाजनम् ॥

rāhordānaṃ budhairmeṣo gomedaṃ śastrakaṃbalam | sauvarṇaṃ nāgarūpaṃ ca satilaṃ tāmrabhājanam ||

For Rāhu the wise name as gifts: a ram, a gomeda stone, a weapon, a blanket, a golden serpent-figure, and a copper vessel with sesame.

केतोर्वैदूर्यममलं तैलं मृगमदस्तथा । ऊर्णा तिलाश्च धान्यैकं महाजःक्लेशशांतये ॥

ketorvaidūryamamalaṃ tailaṃ mṛgamadastathā | ūrṇā tilāśca dhānyaikaṃ mahājaḥkleśaśāṃtaye ||

For Ketu, a flawless cat's-eye, oil, musk, wool, sesame, one measure of grain and a large goat — for the quieting of distress.

वस्त्रं धेनुः पाटला तोयकुंभः कांस्यं पात्रं वाज्यपूर्णं रथश्च । व्रीहीद्राज्या हेममाणिक्यमेतद्दानं प्रोक्तं प्रीतये भास्करस्य ॥

vastraṃ dhenuḥ pāṭalā toyakuṃbhaḥ kāṃsyaṃ pātraṃ vājyapūrṇaṃ rathaśca | vrīhīdrājyā hemamāṇikyametaddānaṃ proktaṃ prītaye bhāskarasya ||

Cloth, a milch cow, a trumpet-flower, a water pot, a bell-metal vessel filled with ghee, a chariot, rice, ⟨drājyā, an item not yet identified⟩, gold and ruby — this gift is declared for the pleasure of the Sun.

शंखो रौप्यमयः शशी च कलशो दुग्धप्रपूर्णस्तथा स्थाली कांस्यमयी च मौक्तिकफलं श्रीखंडकं तंडुलाः । कर्पूरं च सितांबरं च कुमुदं व्राज्याहिका स्फाटिकं त्वेलाचेक्षुरिदं सदा निगदितं दानं शशिप्रीतये ॥

śaṃkho raupyamayaḥ śaśī ca kalaśo dugdhaprapūrṇastathā sthālī kāṃsyamayī ca mauktikaphalaṃ śrīkhaṃḍakaṃ taṃḍulāḥ | karpūraṃ ca sitāṃbaraṃ ca kumudaṃ vrājyāhikā sphāṭikaṃ tvelācekṣuridaṃ sadā nigaditaṃ dānaṃ śaśiprītaye ||

A silver conch, a silver moon, a pot brimming with milk, a bell-metal dish, a pearl, fruit, sandal-paste, rice, camphor, white cloth, a white lotus, ⟨vrājyāhikā, an item not yet identified⟩, crystal, cardamom and sugar-cane — this gift is always named for the pleasure of the Moon.

रक्तोऽनड्वान् विद्रुमं रक्तवस्त्रं रक्तं धान्यं ताम्रपात्रं गुडश्च । लाक्षा रक्तं चंदनं चाज्यकुंभं पूगान्येतद्दानमुक्तं कुजस्य ॥

rakto'naḍvān vidrumaṃ raktavastraṃ raktaṃ dhānyaṃ tāmrapātraṃ guḍaśca | lākṣā raktaṃ caṃdanaṃ cājyakuṃbhaṃ pūgānyetaddānamuktaṃ kujasya ||

A red ox, coral, red cloth, red grain, a copper vessel and jaggery; lac, red sandal, a pot of ghee and areca nuts — this gift is named for Mars.

शोणं वस्त्रं नीलवस्त्रं च धान्यं नीलं रक्तं हेम गोरोचनं च । नारंगीणि स्वस्वकाले फलानि चैतद्दानं प्रीतये स्याद्बुधस्य ॥

śoṇaṃ vastraṃ nīlavastraṃ ca dhānyaṃ nīlaṃ raktaṃ hema gorocanaṃ ca | nāraṃgīṇi svasvakāle phalāni caitaddānaṃ prītaye syādbudhasya ||

Crimson cloth and blue cloth, blue and red grain, gold and gorocanā, and oranges and fruits each in its own season — let this be the gift for the pleasure of Mercury.

पीतं दुकूलमथ कंबलकं च पीतं धान्यं हिरण्यहरितालहरिद्रकाश्च । जंबीरकं त्वपि च पीतफलानि वंशपात्रं त्विदं ननु बृहस्पतिदानमुक्तम् ॥

pītaṃ dukūlamatha kaṃbalakaṃ ca pītaṃ dhānyaṃ hiraṇyaharitālaharidrakāśca | jaṃbīrakaṃ tvapi ca pītaphalāni vaṃśapātraṃ tvidaṃ nanu bṛhaspatidānamuktam ||

Yellow silk and a blanket, yellow grain, gold, orpiment and turmeric, a lime and yellow fruits, and a bamboo vessel — this indeed is called the gift for Jupiter.

अश्वः श्वेतः श्वेतधान्यं च वस्त्रं श्वेतं रूप्यं बीजपूरं फलं च । कर्पूरं च श्वेतगंधं च पुष्पं शुक्रस्योक्तं प्रीतये दानमेतत् ॥

aśvaḥ śvetaḥ śvetadhānyaṃ ca vastraṃ śvetaṃ rūpyaṃ bījapūraṃ phalaṃ ca | karpūraṃ ca śvetagaṃdhaṃ ca puṣpaṃ śukrasyoktaṃ prītaye dānametat ||

A white horse, white grain, white cloth, silver, a citron and fruit, camphor, white perfume and a flower — this gift is named for the pleasure of Venus.

कृष्णां धेनुं वृषभमपि तिलानंजनं तैलकुंभं कृष्णं रत्नं त्रपु च महिषीं कृष्णधान्यांबराणि । तीव्रं द्रव्यं समरिचलवंगादिकं गुग्गुलं च दद्याल्लोहं फलमपि शनिप्रीतये चोक्तमेतत् ॥

kṛṣṇāṃ dhenuṃ vṛṣabhamapi tilānaṃjanaṃ tailakuṃbhaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ ratnaṃ trapu ca mahiṣīṃ kṛṣṇadhānyāṃbarāṇi | tīvraṃ dravyaṃ samaricalavaṃgādikaṃ guggulaṃ ca dadyāllohaṃ phalamapi śaniprītaye coktametat ||

A black cow, a bull, sesame, collyrium, a pot of oil, a black gem, tin, a buffalo, black grain and cloth; a pungent substance with pepper, cloves and the like, guggulu, iron and fruit — one should give these; this is named for the pleasure of Saturn.

शूर्पे खड्गसुवर्णनागसहितं धान्यैः फलैः सप्तभिः कूष्मांडं तिलतंडुलाश्च लवणं कस्तूरिकां सर्षपान् । नालीकेरमुपानहौ शुभमणिं गोमेदकं शय्यकां दद्याच्छीशककृष्णधान्यवसनं राहुग्रहप्रीतये ॥

śūrpe khaḍgasuvarṇanāgasahitaṃ dhānyaiḥ phalaiḥ saptabhiḥ kūṣmāṃḍaṃ tilataṃḍulāśca lavaṇaṃ kastūrikāṃ sarṣapān | nālīkeramupānahau śubhamaṇiṃ gomedakaṃ śayyakāṃ dadyācchīśakakṛṣṇadhānyavasanaṃ rāhugrahaprītaye ||

In a winnowing basket, with a sword, gold and a serpent-figure, with seven grains and fruits: a pumpkin, sesame and rice, salt, musk, mustard seeds, a coconut, a pair of shoes, a fine gem — a gomeda — a bed, lead, black grain and cloth. One should give these for the pleasure of Rāhu.

मेषश्च चित्रवसनं त्वथ माषदाली वैदूर्यरत्नमपि कर्बुरकंबलश्च । कार्पासदाडिमफलानि सुगंधतैलमैरंडकाश्च कथितं त्विति केतुदानम् ॥

meṣaśca citravasanaṃ tvatha māṣadālī vaidūryaratnamapi karburakaṃbalaśca | kārpāsadāḍimaphalāni sugaṃdhatailamairaṃḍakāśca kathitaṃ tviti ketudānam ||

A ram, variegated cloth, black gram and split pulse, a cat's-eye gem, a speckled blanket, cotton and pomegranates, fragrant oil and castor plants — such is said to be the gift for Ketu.

अथ दानकालः ।

यमभे कुजवारस्थे चतुर्दश्यष्टमीयुते । कृष्णे पापोदये कुर्याद्दुष्टग्रहविवर्जनम् ॥

yamabhe kujavārasthe caturdaśyaṣṭamīyute | kṛṣṇe pāpodaye kuryādduṣṭagrahavivarjanam ||

On Bharaṇī ⟨Yama's star⟩, on a Tuesday, joined with the fourteenth or the eighth tithi, in the dark fortnight, at the rising of a malefic — then one should perform the warding off of the afflicting planet.

सूर्यादिकानां यद्दानं जपहोमार्चनादिकम् । तेषां वारे प्रकुर्वीत संतुष्टास्ते भवंति हि ॥

sūryādikānāṃ yaddānaṃ japahomārcanādikam | teṣāṃ vāre prakurvīta saṃtuṣṭāste bhavaṃti hi ||

Whatever gift, muttering of mantra, oblation or worship belongs to the Sun and the rest, one should perform it on that planet's own weekday; then indeed they are pleased.

अथ मुद्रिकाः ।

माणिक्यं तरणेः सुजात्यममलं मुक्ताफलं शीतगोर्माहेयस्य च विद्रुमं मरकतं सौम्यस्य गारुत्मतम् । देवेज्यस्य च पुष्पराजमसुराचार्यस्य वज्रं शनेर्नीलं निर्मलमन्ययोश्च गदिते गोमेदवैदूर्यके ॥

māṇikyaṃ taraṇeḥ sujātyamamalaṃ muktāphalaṃ śītagormāheyasya ca vidrumaṃ marakataṃ saumyasya gārutmatam | devejyasya ca puṣparājamasurācāryasya vajraṃ śanernīlaṃ nirmalamanyayośca gadite gomedavaidūryake ||

Ruby for the Sun, of the finest water and flawless; pearl for the Moon; coral for Mars; emerald — the garuḍa-stone — for Mercury; topaz for Jupiter; diamond for Venus; flawless sapphire for Saturn; and for the other two, gomeda and cat's-eye are named.

तारताम्रसुवर्णानामर्कषोडशखेंदुभिः । त्रिभिस्तु वेष्टिता मुद्रा तीव्रदारिद्र्यनाशिनी ॥

tāratāmrasuvarṇānāmarkaṣoḍaśakheṃdubhiḥ | tribhistu veṣṭitā mudrā tīvradāridryanāśinī ||

A ring bound with three metals — silver, copper and gold — in the proportions twelve, sixteen and ten destroys severe poverty.

अथ त्रिशक्तिमुद्रिकाः ।

धार्यं तुष्ट्यै विद्रुमं भौमभान्वोः रौप्यं शुक्रेंदोश्च हेमेंदुजस्य । मुक्तासूरेर्लोहमर्कात्मजस्य राजावर्तः कीर्तितः शेषयोश्च ॥

dhāryaṃ tuṣṭyai vidrumaṃ bhaumabhānvoḥ raupyaṃ śukreṃdośca hemeṃdujasya | muktāsūrerlohamarkātmajasya rājāvartaḥ kīrtitaḥ śeṣayośca ||

To please them one should wear coral for Mars and the Sun, silver for Venus and the Moon, gold for Mercury, pearl for Jupiter, iron for Saturn; and lapis lazuli is named for the remaining two.

धेनुः शंखोऽरुणरुचिवृषः कांचनं पीतवस्त्रं श्वेतश्चाश्वः सुरभिरसिता कृष्णलोहं महाजः । सूर्यादीनां मुनिभिरुदिता दक्षिणास्तु ग्रहाणां स्नानैर्दानैर्हवनबलिभिस्तेऽत्र तुष्यंति यस्मात् ॥

dhenuḥ śaṃkho'ruṇarucivṛṣaḥ kāṃcanaṃ pītavastraṃ śvetaścāśvaḥ surabhirasitā kṛṣṇalohaṃ mahājaḥ | sūryādīnāṃ munibhiruditā dakṣiṇāstu grahāṇāṃ snānairdānairhavanabalibhiste'tra tuṣyaṃti yasmāt ||

A cow, a conch, a bull of ruddy hue, gold, yellow cloth, a white horse, a black cow, black iron and a large goat — these are the fees named by the sages for the Sun and the rest, since by baths, gifts, oblations and offerings the planets are pleased here.

अथ ग्रहस्थापनम् ।

मध्ये तु भास्करं विद्याच्छशिनं पूर्वदक्षिणे । दक्षिणे लोहितं विद्याद्बुधमीशानकोणके ॥

madhye tu bhāskaraṃ vidyācchaśinaṃ pūrvadakṣiṇe | dakṣiṇe lohitaṃ vidyādbudhamīśānakoṇake ||

Know the Sun to stand in the centre, the Moon in the south-east, Mars in the south, and Mercury in the north-east corner.

गुरुमुत्तरतः स्थाप्य पूर्वस्यां दिशि भार्गवः । पश्चिमे तु शनिः स्थाप्यो राहुर्दक्षिणपश्चिमे ॥

gurumuttarataḥ sthāpya pūrvasyāṃ diśi bhārgavaḥ | paścime tu śaniḥ sthāpyo rāhurdakṣiṇapaścime ||

Setting Jupiter in the north, Venus is in the east; Saturn is to be set in the west and Rāhu in the south-west.

पश्चिमोत्तरतः केतुर्ग्रहाणां स्थापनं स्मृतम् ॥

paścimottarataḥ keturgrahāṇāṃ sthāpanaṃ smṛtam ||

Ketu in the north-west. Such is the recorded setting of the planets.

अथ सूर्यादीनां यंत्राण्यरिष्टनाशनाय धार्याणि ।

रसेंदुनागा नगबाणरामा युग्मांकवेदा नवकोष्ठमध्ये । विलिख्य धार्यं गदनाशनाय वदंति गर्गादिमहामुनींद्राः ॥

raseṃdunāgā nagabāṇarāmā yugmāṃkavedā navakoṣṭhamadhye | vilikhya dhāryaṃ gadanāśanāya vadaṃti gargādimahāmunīṃdrāḥ ||

Six, one, eight; seven, five, three; two, nine, four — write these in the nine cells and wear it for the destruction of disease, say Garga and the other great sages.

नगद्विनंदा गजषट्समुद्रा शिवाक्षदिग्बाण विलिख्य कोष्ठे । चंद्रकृतारिष्टविनाशनाय धार्यं मनुष्यैः शशियंत्रमीरितम् ॥

nagadvinaṃdā gajaṣaṭsamudrā śivākṣadigbāṇa vilikhya koṣṭhe | caṃdrakṛtāriṣṭavināśanāya dhāryaṃ manuṣyaiḥ śaśiyaṃtramīritam ||

Seven, two, nine; eight, six, four; three, ten, five — writing these in the cells, men should wear it for the destruction of harm done by the Moon. This is called the Moon's yantra.

गजाग्निदिश्याथ नवाद्रिबाणा पातालरुद्रारस संविलेख्य । भौमस्य यंत्रं क्रमतो विधार्यमनिष्टनाशं प्रवदंति गर्गाः ॥

gajāgnidiśyātha navādribāṇā pātālarudrārasa saṃvilekhya | bhaumasya yaṃtraṃ kramato vidhāryamaniṣṭanāśaṃ pravadaṃti gargāḥ ||

Eight, three, ten; nine, seven, five; four, eleven, six — writing these in order, Mars's yantra is to be worn; Garga and his school declare it destroys misfortune.

नवाब्धिरुद्रा दिङ्नागषष्ठा बाणार्कसप्ता नवकोष्ठयंत्रे । विलिख्य धार्यं गदनाशहेतवे वदंति यंत्रं शशिजस्य धीराः ॥

navābdhirudrā diṅnāgaṣaṣṭhā bāṇārkasaptā navakoṣṭhayaṃtre | vilikhya dhāryaṃ gadanāśahetave vadaṃti yaṃtraṃ śaśijasya dhīrāḥ ||

Nine, four, eleven; ten, eight, six; five, twelve, seven — writing these in the nine-celled yantra and wearing it for the ending of disease: the steady call this Mercury's yantra.

दिग्बाणसूर्या शिवनंदसप्ता षड्विश्वनागाः क्रमतोऽंककोष्ठे । विलिख्य धार्यं गुरुयंत्रमीरितं रुजाविनाशाय वदंति तद्बुधाः ॥

digbāṇasūryā śivanaṃdasaptā ṣaḍviśvanāgāḥ kramato'ṃkakoṣṭhe | vilikhya dhāryaṃ guruyaṃtramīritaṃ rujāvināśāya vadaṃti tadbudhāḥ ||

Ten, five, twelve; eleven, nine, seven; six, thirteen, eight — writing these in order in the nine cells and wearing it: this is called Jupiter's yantra, and the wise say it is for the destroying of sickness.

रुद्रांगविश्वा रविदिग्गजाख्या नगामनुश्चांकक्रमाद्विलेख्या । भृगोः कृतारिष्टनिवारणाय धार्यं हि यंत्रं मुनिना प्रकीर्तितम् ॥

rudrāṃgaviśvā ravidiggajākhyā nagāmanuścāṃkakramādvilekhyā | bhṛgoḥ kṛtāriṣṭanivāraṇāya dhāryaṃ hi yaṃtraṃ muninā prakīrtitam ||

Eleven, six, thirteen; twelve, ten, eight; seven, fourteen, nine — to be written in order. For the warding off of harm done by Venus this yantra is to be worn; so the sage has declared.

अर्काद्रिमन्वास्मररुद्रअंका नागाख्यतिथ्या दश मन्दयन्त्रम् । विलिख्य भूर्जोपरि धार्यविद्वच्छनैः कृतारिष्टनिवारणाय ॥

arkādrimanvāsmararudraaṃkā nāgākhyatithyā daśa mandayantram | vilikhya bhūrjopari dhāryavidvacchanaiḥ kṛtāriṣṭanivāraṇāya ||

Twelve, seven, fourteen; thirteen, eleven, nine; eight, fifteen, ten — that is Saturn's yantra. Writing it on birch bark, the learned should wear it for the warding off of harm done by Saturn.

विश्वाष्टतिथ्या मनुसूर्यदिश्या खगामहींद्रैकदशांककोष्ठे । विलिख्य यंत्रं सततं विधार्य राहोः कृतारिष्टनिवारणाय ॥

viśvāṣṭatithyā manusūryadiśyā khagāmahīṃdraikadaśāṃkakoṣṭhe | vilikhya yaṃtraṃ satataṃ vidhārya rāhoḥ kṛtāriṣṭanivāraṇāya ||

Thirteen, eight, fifteen; fourteen, twelve, ten; nine, sixteen, eleven — writing the yantra in the cells and wearing it constantly, for the warding off of harm done by Rāhu.

मनुखेचरभूपातिथि विश्वशिवा दिक्सप्तादशसूर्यमिता । क्रमतो विलिखेन्नवकोष्ठमिते परिधार्य नराद्दुःखनाशकराः ॥

manukhecarabhūpātithi viśvaśivā diksaptādaśasūryamitā | kramato vilikhennavakoṣṭhamite paridhārya narādduḥkhanāśakarāḥ ||

Fourteen, nine, sixteen; fifteen, thirteen, eleven; ten, seventeen, twelve — measured by these numbers one should write them in order in the nine cells; worn by a man, they destroy sorrow.

ग्रहाणां मन्त्राः ।

तथा ग्रहदोषनिवारणाय वैदिकमंत्रैर्जपेत् । संहिता यजुर्वेदे आकृष्णेनेति रविमन्त्रम् । इमं देवा असपत्न इति चन्द्रमन्त्रम् । अग्निर्मूर्द्धा दिवेति भौममन्त्रम् । उद्बुध्यस्वाग्ने इत्यादि बुधमन्त्रम् । बृहस्पते अति यदर्यो इत्यादि बृहस्पतिमन्त्रम् । अन्नात्परिस्रुते इत्यादि भृगुमन्त्रम् । शन्नो देवीरिति शनिमन्त्रम् । कया नश्चित्रेति राहुमन्त्रम् । केतुं कृण्वन्नेति केतुमन्त्रम् । अथ जपस्थानमाह । शुचिस्थाने स्वगृहे जलाशये देवालये वा शुचिर्भूत्वा विधिवज्जपं कुर्यात्कारयेद्वा । तदुक्तं स्मृतौ-गृहे त्वेकगुणं जाप्यं नद्यां तु द्विगुणं स्मृतम् । गवां गोष्ठे दशगुणमग्न्यागारे शताधिकम् ॥

tathā grahadoṣanivāraṇāya vaidikamaṃtrairjapet | saṃhitā yajurvede ākṛṣṇeneti ravimantram | imaṃ devā asapatna iti candramantram | agnirmūrddhā diveti bhaumamantram | udbudhyasvāgne ityādi budhamantram | bṛhaspate ati yadaryo ityādi bṛhaspatimantram | annātparisrute ityādi bhṛgumantram | śanno devīriti śanimantram | kayā naścitreti rāhumantram | ketuṃ kṛṇvanneti ketumantram | atha japasthānamāha | śucisthāne svagṛhe jalāśaye devālaye vā śucirbhūtvā vidhivajjapaṃ kuryātkārayedvā | taduktaṃ smṛtau-gṛhe tvekaguṇaṃ jāpyaṃ nadyāṃ tu dviguṇaṃ smṛtam | gavāṃ goṣṭhe daśaguṇamagnyāgāre śatādhikam ||

So too, for the removal of planetary fault, one should mutter the Vedic mantras. In the Yajurveda Saṃhitā: ā kṛṣṇena is the Sun's mantra; imaṃ devā asapatnam, the Moon's; agnir mūrdhā divaḥ, Mars's; ud budhyasvāgne and the rest, Mercury's; bṛhaspate ati yad aryaḥ and the rest, Jupiter's; annāt parisrutaḥ and the rest, Venus's; śaṃ no devīḥ, Saturn's; kayā naś citraḥ, Rāhu's; ketuṃ kṛṇvan, Ketu's. Now the place of muttering. In a clean place, in one's own house, at a pool of water or in a temple, having made oneself clean, one should perform the muttering by rule, or have it performed. As the Smṛti says: at home the muttering counts once over; at a river, twice; in a cow-pen, tenfold; in a fire-house, a hundredfold and more.

तीर्थादिषु सहस्रं स्यादनंतं विष्णुसंनिधौ ॥ इति ॥

tīrthādiṣu sahasraṃ syādanaṃtaṃ viṣṇusaṃnidhau || iti ||

At places of pilgrimage and the like it is a thousandfold, and in the presence of Viṣṇu, without end. So it is said.

ग्रहाणां समिधम् ।

अर्काद्ब्राह्ममहीरुहात्खदिरतोऽपामार्गतः पिप्पलादार्द्रौदुंबरशाखिनोऽप्यथ शमीदूर्वाकुशेभ्यः क्रमात् । सूर्यादिग्रहमंडलस्य समिधो होमाय कार्या बुधैः सुस्निग्धाः सरलास्त्वचावनिमिताः प्रादेशमात्राः स्थिताः ॥

arkādbrāhmamahīruhātkhadirato'pāmārgataḥ pippalādārdrauduṃbaraśākhino'pyatha śamīdūrvākuśebhyaḥ kramāt | sūryādigrahamaṃḍalasya samidho homāya kāryā budhaiḥ susnigdhāḥ saralāstvacāvanimitāḥ prādeśamātrāḥ sthitāḥ ||

From arka, from palāśa, from khadira, from apāmārga, from pippala, from the moist udumbara tree, and then from śamī, dūrvā and kuśa, in order — the wise should make the fuel-sticks for the oblation to the circle of planets beginning with the Sun: well oiled, straight, with the bark intact, a span in length, and evenly set.

ज्योतिःशास्त्राज्ज्ञायते कालमानं तस्माद्यज्ञस्तेन तुष्यंति देवाः । तुष्टा देवाः साधयंतीप्सितार्थं तस्मात्तज्ज्ञा यत्नतः पूजनीयाः ॥

jyotiḥśāstrājjñāyate kālamānaṃ tasmādyajñastena tuṣyaṃti devāḥ | tuṣṭā devāḥ sādhayaṃtīpsitārthaṃ tasmāttajjñā yatnataḥ pūjanīyāḥ ||

From the science of the lights the measure of time is known; from that comes sacrifice; by that the gods are pleased. Pleased, the gods accomplish what is wished. Therefore those who know that science are to be honoured with care.

यज्ञाशक्तौ च सर्वेषां ग्रहाणां स्वस्वमन्त्रकैः । जपेद्वा विप्रमुख्यैस्तु दत्त्वाऽऽम्नायोक्तदक्षिणाम् ॥

yajñāśaktau ca sarveṣāṃ grahāṇāṃ svasvamantrakaiḥ | japedvā vipramukhyaistu dattvā''mnāyoktadakṣiṇām ||

If one is unable to perform the sacrifice, let the muttering for all the planets be done with each one's own mantra — or by chief brāhmaṇas, after giving the fee the Veda prescribes.

अशक्तौ तु जपाद्यादि दानरूपेण दक्षिणाम् । तदभावे तदा मन्त्रैस्तर्पयेद्वा पृथक् पृथक् ॥

aśaktau tu japādyādi dānarūpeṇa dakṣiṇām | tadabhāve tadā mantraistarpayedvā pṛthak pṛthak ||

If unable even for the muttering and the rest, let the fee be given in the form of a gift; and failing that, let him satisfy them with the mantras, each one separately.

दानविशेषः ।

सांवत्सरे वेदविदांगणेषु सर्वत्र दानग्रहणे प्रदिष्टः । तत्रापि दानेषु नवग्रहाणामतिप्रशस्तो न च कश्चिदन्यः ॥

sāṃvatsare vedavidāṃgaṇeṣu sarvatra dānagrahaṇe pradiṣṭaḥ | tatrāpi dāneṣu navagrahāṇāmatipraśasto na ca kaścidanyaḥ ||

At the year's turn, in the assemblies of those who know the Veda, giving and receiving is everywhere enjoined. And among those gifts, none is more highly commended than the gift for the nine planets.

भानुस्तांबूलदानादपहरति नृणां वैकृतं वासरोक्तं सोमः श्रीखंडदानादवनितनुभवो भोजनात्पुष्पदानात् । सौम्यः शक्रस्य मन्त्री हरिहरनमनाद्भार्गवः शुक्लवस्त्रैस्तैलस्नानात्प्रभाते दिनकरतनयो ब्रह्महत्यापरौ च ॥

bhānustāṃbūladānādapaharati nṛṇāṃ vaikṛtaṃ vāsaroktaṃ somaḥ śrīkhaṃḍadānādavanitanubhavo bhojanātpuṣpadānāt | saumyaḥ śakrasya mantrī hariharanamanādbhārgavaḥ śuklavastraistailasnānātprabhāte dinakaratanayo brahmahatyāparau ca ||

The Sun takes away from people the harm declared for his weekday by the gift of betel; the Moon by the gift of sandal; Mars by a feast; Mercury by the gift of flowers; Jupiter by obeisance to Hari and Hara; Venus by white cloth; Saturn by an oil bath at dawn; and the other two ⟨Rāhu and Ketu⟩ by the rite for the killing of a brāhmaṇa.

प्रत्येकग्रहाणां दोषहरणम् ।

राहुदोषं बुधो हन्यादुभयोस्तु शनैश्चरः । त्रयाणां भूमिजो हंति चतुर्णां दानवार्चितः ॥

rāhudoṣaṃ budho hanyādubhayostu śanaiścaraḥ | trayāṇāṃ bhūmijo haṃti caturṇāṃ dānavārcitaḥ ||

Mercury destroys the fault of Rāhu; Saturn that of two; Mars destroys the fault of three; and Venus — whom the demons worship — that of four.

पंचानां देवमन्त्री च षण्णां दोषं तु चन्द्रमाः । सप्तदोषं रविर्हन्याद्विशेषादुत्तरायणे ॥

paṃcānāṃ devamantrī ca ṣaṇṇāṃ doṣaṃ tu candramāḥ | saptadoṣaṃ ravirhanyādviśeṣāduttarāyaṇe ||

Jupiter, the minister of the gods, destroys the fault of five; the Moon that of six; and the Sun destroys the fault of seven, especially in the northern course.

ग्रहकृतारिष्टनिवृत्तये विशेषोपायः ।

देवब्राह्मणवन्दनाद्गुरुवचःसंपादनात्प्रत्यहं साधूनामभिभाषणाच्छ्रुतिरवश्रेयस्कथाकर्णनात् । होमादध्वरदर्शनाच्छुचिमनोभावाज्जपाद्दानतो नो कुर्वंति कदाचिदेव पुरुषस्यैवं ग्रहाः पीडनम् ॥

devabrāhmaṇavandanādguruvacaḥsaṃpādanātpratyahaṃ sādhūnāmabhibhāṣaṇācchrutiravaśreyaskathākarṇanāt | homādadhvaradarśanācchucimanobhāvājjapāddānato no kurvaṃti kadācideva puruṣasyaivaṃ grahāḥ pīḍanam ||

By honouring the gods and brāhmaṇas, by carrying out a teacher's word, by speaking daily with good people, by listening to scripture and to talk that leads to good, by oblation, by witnessing a sacrifice, by purity of mind, by muttering and by giving — by these the planets never at any time afflict a man.