Chapter on the Results of the First (Tanu / Body) Bhāva — Bṛhat-Pārāśara-Horāśāstra, Adhyāya 13

अथ प्रथम (तनु) भावफलाध्यायः

The complete Chapter on the Results of the First (Tanu / Body) Bhāva chapter of the Bṛhat-Pārāśara-Horāśāstra — all 16 verses, each in the original Sanskrit with VedicSpace's clean-room English translation, cited by śloka. Translated from the Chaukhamba (Devachandra Jha) edition and audited against the printed plates.

Śloka 1 — Lagneśa in kendra/koṇa vs. in trika with pāpa — bodily comfort

तनुपः केन्द्रकोणस्थोऽनिशं दद्यात्तनौ सुखम् । स एव त्रिकगः पापसंयुतस्तनुसौख्यहृत् ॥ १ ॥

The lord of the tanu (lagna), placed in a kendra or a koṇa, gives unceasing comfort to the body. That very same lord, gone to a trika house and joined with a pāpa, robs bodily comfort.

BPHS Adhyāya 13, śloka 1

Śloka 2 — Lagneśa combust / nīca / in enemy sign; benefics in kendra-trikoṇa cure disease

तनुपोऽस्तमितो नीच-शत्रुभस्थोऽतिरोगकृत् । केन्द्र-त्रिकोणगाः सौम्याः सर्वरोगापहारकाः ॥ २ ॥

The lord of the tanu, when set (combust), or placed in its nīca rāśi or in an enemy's rāśi, causes excessive disease. Benefic grahas placed in kendras and trikoṇas take away all diseases.

BPHS Adhyāya 13, śloka 2

Śloka 3 — Lagna or Moon afflicted by pāpas without benefic aspect

लग्ने शशिनि वा पापग्रहैर्युक्तेऽथवेक्षिते । सौम्यदृग्रहिते सौख्यं तनौ जातस्य नो भवेत् ॥ ३ ॥

When the lagna, or the Moon, is joined with or aspected by pāpa grahas and is devoid of a benefic aspect, the native has no comfort of body.

BPHS Adhyāya 13, śloka 3

Śloka 4 — Benefic vs. pāpa in the lagna — beauty and bodily comfort

लग्ने शुभे तु सुभगस्तत्र पापे तु दुर्भगः । शुभग्रहैर्युते दृष्टे तनौ सौख्यं सुनिश्चितम् ॥ ४ ॥

With a benefic in the lagna the native is comely; but with a pāpa there he is ill-favoured. When the tanu bhāva is joined with or aspected by benefic grahas, bodily comfort is quite certain.

BPHS Adhyāya 13, śloka 4

Śloka 5 — Lagneśa, Budha, Guru or Śukra in kendra/trikoṇa

केन्द्र-त्रिकोणगोऽङ्गेशो बुधो जीवोऽथवा भृगुः । दीर्घायुर्मतिमान् जातो धनवान् राजवल्लभः ॥ ५ ॥

If the lord of the aṅga (lagna), or Budha, or Jīva (Jupiter), or Bhṛgu (Venus) occupies a kendra or a trikoṇa, the native is long-lived, intelligent, wealthy, and a favourite of the king.

BPHS Adhyāya 13, śloka 5

Śloka 6 — Lagneśa in a cara rāśi aspected by a benefic

लग्नेशे चरराशिस्थे शुभग्रह-निरीक्षिते । कीर्ति-श्रीमान् महाभोगी देह-पुष्टि-समन्वितः ॥ ६ ॥

When the lord of the lagna is placed in a cara (movable) rāśi and is aspected by a benefic graha, the native is renowned and prosperous, a great enjoyer, and endowed with a well-nourished body.

BPHS Adhyāya 13, śloka 6

Śloka 7 — Guru, Śukra or Budha with the Moon in lagna or a kendra

जीवः शुक्रो बुधो वापि लग्ने शशि-समन्वितः । लग्नात् केन्द्रगतश्चापि राजलक्षण-संयुतः ॥ ७ ॥

If Jīva (Jupiter), or Śukra, or Budha, joined with the Moon, is in the lagna, or likewise placed in a kendra from the lagna, the native is endowed with the marks of royalty.

BPHS Adhyāya 13, śloka 7

Śloka 8 — Mars and Saturn in Meṣa, Vṛṣabha or Siṃha lagna — umbilical cord coiling

अजे वृषेऽथवा सिंहे लग्ने सारे ससूर्यजे । नालेन वेष्टितो जातो राश्यंशसदृशे तनौ ॥ ८ ॥

When the lagna is Aja (Meṣa), Vṛṣabha, or Siṃha, and that lagna is accompanied by Āra (Mars) together with Sūryaja (Saturn), the child is born with the umbilical cord wound about the limb of the body corresponding to the aṃśa of that rāśi.

BPHS Adhyāya 13, śloka 8

Śloka 9 — Twins — Sun in a quadruped rāśi, strong planets in dual rāśis

चतुष्पाद-गते सूर्ये द्विस्वभावगतैः परैः । द्युचरैर्बलिभिर्जातो यमलत्वमवाप्नुयात् ॥ ९ ॥

When the Sun occupies a quadruped rāśi and the other sky-travelling grahas, being strong, occupy dual-natured rāśis, the birth attains the condition of twins.

BPHS Adhyāya 13, śloka 9

Śloka 10 — Sun and Moon in one rāśi and one aṃśa — nursing by others

रविचन्द्रौ यदैकस्था-चैकांशकसमन्वितौ । त्रिमात्रा च त्रिभिर्मासैः पित्रा भ्रात्रा च पोषितः ॥ १० ॥

When the Sun and the Moon stand in one and the same rāśi and are furnished with one and the same aṃśa, the child is nourished for three months by three mothers, and thereafter by his father and his brother.

BPHS Adhyāya 13, śloka 10

Śloka 11 — Extend the same judgement from the Moon; transition to body marks

एवमेव फलं वाच्यं चन्द्रादपि सदा बुधैः । अधुना जातकस्याङ्गे व्रणलक्ष्मादिकं शृणु ॥ ११ ॥

In just this same manner the results should always be declared by the wise from the Moon as well. Now hear about wounds, marks and the like upon the limbs of the native.

BPHS Adhyāya 13, śloka 11

Śloka 12 — Body parts assigned to the bhāvas in the first drekkāṇa of the lagna

भावाः प्रोक्तास्तु तन्वाद्या आद्ये लग्न-द्रेष्काणे । शीर्षं च चक्षुषी कर्णौ नासे चापि कपोलके ॥ १२ ॥

The bhāvas beginning with the tanu are declared thus when the lagna falls in the first drekkāṇa: the head, the two eyes, the two ears, the two nostrils, and the two cheeks.

BPHS Adhyāya 13, śloka 12

Śloka 13 — Chin and mouth; right-left order; the second drekkāṇa

हनूमुखं च तनुतः क्रमाद् दक्षिणवामगाः । द्वितीये तु क्रमात् कण्ठः स्कन्धौ बाहू च पार्श्वके ॥ १३ ॥

And the chin and the mouth; reckoned in order from the tanu bhāva, these parts run to the right side and to the left. But when the lagna is in the second drekkāṇa, the order is: the throat, the two shoulders, the two arms, and the two sides.

BPHS Adhyāya 13, śloka 13

Śloka 14 — Heart, flanks, navel; the third drekkāṇa begins

हृदये च तथा कुक्षी नाभिश्चेत्युदितं बुधैः । एवं तृतीय-द्रेष्काणे वस्तिर्मेढ्रं गुदं तथा ॥ १४ ॥

And the two sides of the heart, likewise the two flanks, and the navel — so it has been declared by the wise. In the same way, when the lagna is in the third drekkāṇa: the bladder, the generative organ, and the anus,

BPHS Adhyāya 13, śloka 14

Śloka 15 — Remaining limbs of the third drekkāṇa; forward and backward reckoning

वृषणद्वय मूरू च जानुनी चापि जंघके । चरणश्चेत्यवयवाः पुरतः पृष्ठतस्तनोः ॥ १५ ॥

the pair of testicles, the two thighs, the two knees, likewise the two calves, and the feet — these are the limbs, reckoned in front of and behind the tanu bhāva.

BPHS Adhyāya 13, śloka 15

Śloka 16 — Wound vs. mere mark on the limb, by pāpa or śubha association

सपापेऽङ्गे व्रणं, क्रूरैः सबुधैर्नियतं च तत् । सशुभे शुभदृष्टे वा चिह्नमात्रं विनिर्दिशेत् ॥ १६ ॥

In a limb that holds a pāpa there is a wound; and when those cruel grahas are accompanied by Budha, that wound is certain. But if that same limb also holds a benefic, or is aspected by a benefic, one should declare a mere mark [and not a wound]. [The limb meant is the one assigned to that bhāva by the three tables of vv. 12–15, which are read off the dreṣkāṇa the lagna occupies.]

BPHS Adhyāya 13, śloka 16