Chapter on the Effects of the Seventh (Jāyā / Spouse) Bhāva — Bṛhat-Pārāśara-Horāśāstra, Adhyāya 19

अथ सप्तम (जाया) भावफलाध्यायः

The complete Chapter on the Effects of the Seventh (Jāyā / Spouse) Bhāva chapter of the Bṛhat-Pārāśara-Horāśāstra — all 42 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 — Opening; 7th lord in svakṣetra or ucca — full marital happiness

अथ मैत्रेय! ते जाया-भावजं फलमुच्यते । स्वर्क्षे स्वोच्चे तु जायेशे पूर्णजाया-सुखं वदेत् ॥ १ ॥

Now, O Maitreya, the fruit arising from the jāyā-bhāva is declared to you. If the lord of the jāyā (7th) is in his own rāśi or in his ucca, one should declare full happiness from the wife.

BPHS Adhyāya 19, śloka 1

Śloka 2 — 7th lord in 6/8/12 without dignity — diseased wife

कलत्रपो विना स्वर्क्षं स्थितः षष्ठेऽष्टमे व्यये । रोगिणीं कुरुते नारीं तथा तुङ्गादिकं विना ॥ २ ॥

The lord of the kalatra (7th), placed in the 6th, the 8th or the 12th otherwise than in his own rāśi — and likewise otherwise than in ucca and the rest — makes the wife a diseased woman.

BPHS Adhyāya 19, śloka 2

Śloka 3 — Venus in the 7th — great lust; Venus with a pāpa anywhere — death of wife

सप्तमे तु स्थिते शुक्रेऽतीव कामी भवेन्नरः । यत्र कुत्र स्थिते पापयुते स्त्रीमरणं भवेत् ॥ ३ ॥

With Venus placed in the 7th the man becomes exceedingly lustful. And with Venus placed wherever it may be, if joined by a pāpa, death of the wife results.

BPHS Adhyāya 19, śloka 3

Śloka 4 — Strong 7th lord with benefics — happiness and wealth

सौम्यैर्युक्तोऽथवा दृष्टः कलत्रेशो बलान्वितः । कुरुते जातकं सर्वं सुख-सम्पत्ति-शालिनम् ॥ ४ ॥

The lord of the kalatra (7th), endowed with strength and either conjoined with or aspected by benefics, makes the native in every way abounding in happiness and prosperity.

BPHS Adhyāya 19, śloka 4

Śloka 5 — Weak/combust/debilitated 7th lord — sickly wife, many wives

जायेशेऽस्तंगते नीच-रिपुभस्थेऽतिदुर्बले । तदीयां सरुजा जाया बहुभार्यः स जायते ॥ ५ ॥

When the lord of the jāyā (7th) is combust, or in his nīca or in an enemy's rāśi, and exceedingly weak, his wife is sickly, and he becomes a man of many wives.

BPHS Adhyāya 19, śloka 5

Śloka 6 — 7th lord in a rāśi of Venus/Saturn, or in its ucca, benefic-aspected — many wives

कवेः शनेर्वा राशिस्थे सौम्यदृष्टे कलत्रपे । स्वतुङ्गभे तदा जातो बहुदारः प्रजायते ॥ ६ ॥

When the lord of the kalatra (7th) stands in a rāśi of Venus or of Saturn, or in his own ucca rāśi, and is in either case aspected by benefics, then the one born becomes possessed of many wives.

BPHS Adhyāya 19, śloka 6

Śloka 7 — Nature of the wife by the graha in the 7th — Sun, Moon, Mars

वन्ध्यासङ्गो मदे भानौ चन्द्रे राशिसमाः स्त्रियः । कुजे रजस्वलासङ्गो वन्ध्यासङ्गश्च कीर्तितः ॥ ७ ॥

With the Sun in the mada (7th), union is with a barren woman; with the Moon, the women are like the rāśi (in their nature). With Mars, union with a menstruating woman and with a barren woman is declared.

BPHS Adhyāya 19, śloka 7

Śloka 8 — Nature of the wife by the graha in the 7th — Mercury, Jupiter

बुधे वेश्या च हीना च वणिक्-स्त्री वा प्रकीर्तिता । गुरौ ब्राह्मणभार्या स्याद् गर्भिणी-सङ्ग एव च ॥ ८ ॥

With Mercury (in the 7th) a courtesan, or a woman of low birth, or a merchant's woman is declared. With Jupiter the wife is a brāhmaṇī, and there is likewise union with a pregnant woman.

BPHS Adhyāya 19, śloka 8

Śloka 9 — Wife by Saturn/Rāhu/Ketu in the 7th; bodily marks from Mars and Saturn

हीना च पुष्पिणी वाच्या मन्दराहुफणीश्वरैः । कुजेऽस्ते सुस्तनी मन्दे दुर्बला व्याधिसंयुता ॥ ९ ॥

By Saturn, Rāhu and Ketu (in the 7th) a low-born and a menstruating woman are to be declared. With Mars in the asta (7th) she is fine-breasted; with Saturn, she is weak and afflicted with disease.

BPHS Adhyāya 19, śloka 9

Śloka 10 — Bodily marks from Jupiter/Venus in the 7th; start of the 'subservient to wife' yoga

कठिनोर्ध्वकुचाऽऽचार्ये सिते स्थूलोत्तमस्तनी । पापे द्वादश-कामस्थे क्षीणचन्द्रस्तु पञ्चमे ॥ १० ॥

With Jupiter (in the 7th) she has firm, high breasts; with Venus, full and excellent breasts. If a pāpa is in the 12th and in the kāma (7th), and the waning Moon is in the 5th —

BPHS Adhyāya 19, śloka 10

Śloka 11 — Result of the above — subservient to the wife, acts against caste; start of the courtesan-wife yoga

जातश्च भार्यावश्यः स्या-दिति जातिविरोधकृत् । जामित्रे मन्दभौमे तु तदीशे मन्दभूमिजे ॥ ११ ॥

— the one born is subject to his wife and becomes one who acts contrary to his caste. But when Saturn and Mars are in the jāmitra (7th), or when the lord of that (7th) is Saturn or Mars —

BPHS Adhyāya 19, śloka 11

Śloka 12 — Result — courtesan or adulterous wife; start of the Mars-Venus yoga

वेश्या वा जारिणी वापि तस्य भार्या न संशयः । भौमांशकगते शुक्रे भौमक्षेत्र-गतेऽथवा ॥ १२ ॥

— his wife is a courtesan or an adulteress, without doubt. When Venus is in an aṃśa of Mars, or gone to a rāśi of Mars —

BPHS Adhyāya 19, śloka 12

Śloka 13 — Result of the Mars-Venus yoga; start of the Saturn-Venus yoga

भौमयुक्तेऽथवा दृष्टे भगचुम्बनभाग् भवेत् । मन्दांशकगते शुक्रे मन्द-क्षेत्र-गतेऽपि च ॥ १३ ॥

— or when Venus is joined by or aspected by Mars, he becomes one given to kissing the vulva. And when Venus is in an aṃśa of Saturn, or gone to a rāśi of Saturn —

BPHS Adhyāya 19, śloka 13

Śloka 14 — Result of the Saturn-Venus yoga; start of the virtuous-wife yoga

मन्दयुक्ते च दृष्टे च शिश्न-चुम्बनतत्परः । दारेशे स्वोच्च-राशिस्थे द्यूने शुभसमन्विते ॥ १४ ॥

— and joined by or aspected by Saturn, he is intent on kissing the penis. When the lord of the dāra (7th) is in his ucca rāśi and the dyūna (7th) is joined with benefics —

BPHS Adhyāya 19, śloka 14

Śloka 15 — Result — wife with sons and grandsons, rich in virtues

लग्नेशे बलसंयुक्ते कलत्रस्थानगे सति । पुत्रपौत्रादि-संयुक्ता गुणाढ्या तस्य गेहिनी ॥ १५ ॥

— and the lord of the lagna, being strong, is placed in the kalatra-sthāna (7th), then his housewife is blessed with sons, grandsons and the rest, and is rich in good qualities.

BPHS Adhyāya 19, śloka 15

Śloka 16 — Afflicted 7th lord or afflicted 7th — loss of wife

जायेशे रिपुनीचस्थे मूढे वा पापवीक्षिते । पापेक्षितयुते वाऽस्ते जायाहानिं विनिर्दिशेत् ॥ १६ ॥

When the lord of the jāyā (7th) is in an enemy's rāśi or in nīca, or is combust, or is aspected by pāpas; or when the asta (7th) is aspected by or joined with pāpas — one should declare loss of the wife.

BPHS Adhyāya 19, śloka 16

Śloka 17 — Weak 7th lord in 6/8/12 or in nīca — destruction of the wife

षष्ठेऽष्टमे व्यये वापि मदेशो दुर्बलो यदि । नीचराशिगतः किंवा, दारनाशं विनिर्दिशेत् ॥ १७ ॥

If the lord of the mada (7th), being weak, is in the 6th, the 8th or the 12th, or else has gone to a nīca rāśi, one should declare destruction of the wife.

BPHS Adhyāya 19, śloka 17

Śloka 18 — Moon in the 7th, its lord in the 12th, weak kāraka — no marital happiness

कलत्र-स्थानगे चन्द्रे तदीशे व्ययराशिगे । कारको बलहीनश्च दारसौख्यं न विद्यते ॥ १८ ॥

When the Moon is in the kalatra-sthāna (7th), its lord is in the rāśi of the 12th, and the kāraka is devoid of strength, happiness from the wife does not exist.

BPHS Adhyāya 19, śloka 18

Śloka 19 — Dvibhāryā-yoga — two wives

नीचे पापर्क्षगे वापि सपापे च कलत्रपे । क्लीबग्रहे सप्तमस्थे द्विभार्यो जायते नरः ॥ १९ ॥

When the lord of the kalatra (7th) is in nīca, or gone to a pāpa's rāśi, or is together with a pāpa, and a eunuch graha stands in the 7th, the man becomes one of two wives.

BPHS Adhyāya 19, śloka 19

Śloka 20 — Kalatratraya-yoga — three wives

कलत्रस्थानगे भौमे शुक्रे जामित्रगे शनौ । लग्नेशे रन्ध्रराशिस्थे कलत्रत्रयवान् भवेत् ॥ २० ॥

With Mars and Venus in the kalatra-sthāna (7th), and Saturn in the jāmitra (7th), while the lord of the lagna is in the rāśi of the randhra (8th), he becomes possessed of three wives.

BPHS Adhyāya 19, śloka 20

Śloka 21 — Bahudāra-yoga — many wives

द्विस्वभावगते शुक्रे स्वोच्चे तद्राशिनायके । दारेशे बलसंयुक्ते बहुदार-समन्वितः ॥ २१ ॥

When Venus has gone to a dual (dvisvabhāva) rāśi, the lord of that rāśi is in his own ucca, and the lord of the dāra (7th) is endowed with strength, he is possessed of many wives.

BPHS Adhyāya 19, śloka 21

Śloka 22 — Timing of marriage — 5th or 9th year

दारेशे शुभराशिस्थे स्वोच्चस्वर्क्षगते भृगौ । पञ्चमे नवमेऽब्दे तु विवाहः प्रायशो भवेत् ॥ २२ ॥

When the lord of the dāra (7th) stands in a benefic's rāśi and Venus has gone to his own ucca or his own rāśi, marriage generally takes place in the 5th or the 9th year.

BPHS Adhyāya 19, śloka 22

Śloka 23 — Timing of marriage — 7th or 11th year

दारस्थानं गते सूर्ये तदीशे भृगुसंयुते । सप्तमैकादशे वर्षे विवाहः प्रायशो भवेत् ॥ २३ ॥

When the Sun has gone to the dāra-sthāna (7th) and its lord is joined with Venus, marriage generally takes place in the 7th or the 11th year.

BPHS Adhyāya 19, śloka 23

Śloka 24 — Timing of marriage — 10th or 16th year

कुटुम्ब-स्थानगे शुक्रे दारेशे लाभराशिगे । दशमे षोडशाब्दे च विवाहः प्रायशो भवेत् ॥ २४ ॥

When Venus is in the kuṭumba-sthāna (2nd) and the lord of the dāra (7th) is in the rāśi of the lābha (11th), marriage generally takes place in the 10th or the 16th year.

BPHS Adhyāya 19, śloka 24

Śloka 25 — Timing of marriage — 11th year

लग्नकेन्द्रगते शुक्रे लग्नेशे मन्द-राशिगे । वत्सरैकादशे प्राप्ते विवाहं लभते नरः ॥ २५ ॥

When Venus has gone to a kendra from the lagna and the lord of the lagna is in a rāśi of Saturn, the man obtains marriage on reaching the 11th year.

BPHS Adhyāya 19, śloka 25

Śloka 26 — Timing of marriage — 12th or 19th year

लग्नात् केन्द्रगते शुक्रे तस्मात् कामगते शनौ । द्वादशैकोनविंशे च विवाहः प्रायशो भवेत् ॥ २६ ॥

When Venus has gone to a kendra from the lagna, and Saturn has gone to the kāma (7th) from that Venus, marriage generally takes place in the 12th or the 19th year.

BPHS Adhyāya 19, śloka 26

Śloka 27 — Timing of marriage — 18th year

चन्द्राज्जामित्रगे शुक्रे शुक्राज्जामित्रगे शनौ । वत्सरेऽष्टादशे प्राप्ते विवाहं लभते नरः ॥ २७ ॥

When Venus is in the jāmitra (7th) from the Moon and Saturn is in the jāmitra (7th) from Venus, the man obtains marriage on reaching the 18th year.

BPHS Adhyāya 19, śloka 27

Śloka 28 — Timing of marriage — 15th year

धनेशे लाभराशिस्थे लग्नेशे कर्मराशिगे । अब्दे पञ्चदशे प्राप्ते विवाहं लभते नरः ॥ २८ ॥

When the lord of the dhana (2nd) stands in the rāśi of the lābha (11th) and the lord of the lagna is in the rāśi of the karma (10th), the man obtains marriage on reaching the 15th year.

BPHS Adhyāya 19, śloka 28

Śloka 29 — Timing of marriage — 13th year

धनेशे लाभ-राशिस्थे लाभेशे धनराशिगे । अब्दे त्रयोदशे प्राप्ते विवाहं लभते नरः ॥ २९ ॥

When the lord of the dhana (2nd) stands in the rāśi of the lābha (11th) and the lord of the lābha (11th) is in the rāśi of the dhana (2nd), the man obtains marriage on reaching the 13th year.

BPHS Adhyāya 19, śloka 29

Śloka 30 — Timing of marriage — 22nd or 27th year

रन्ध्राज्जामित्रगे शुक्रे तदीशे भौमसंयुते । द्वाविंशे सप्तविंशेऽब्दे विवाहं लभते नरः ॥ ३० ॥

When Venus is in the jāmitra (7th) from the randhra (8th) and the lord of that (8th) is joined with Mars, the man obtains marriage in the 22nd or the 27th year.

BPHS Adhyāya 19, śloka 30

Śloka 31 — Timing of marriage — 23rd or 26th year

दारांशकगते लग्न-नाथे दारेश्वरे व्यये । त्रयोविंशे च षड्विंशे विवाहं लभते नरः ॥ ३१ ॥

When the lord of the lagna has gone to the aṃśa of the lord of the dāra (7th) and the lord of the dāra is in the vyaya (12th), the man obtains marriage in the 23rd or the 26th year.

BPHS Adhyāya 19, śloka 31

Śloka 32 — Timing of marriage — 25th or 33rd year

रन्ध्रेशे दार-राशिस्थे लग्नांशे भृगुसंयुते । पञ्चविंशे त्रयस्त्रिंशे विवाहं लभते नरः ॥ ३२ ॥

When the lord of the randhra (8th) stands in the rāśi of the dāra (7th) and the aṃśa of the lagna is joined with Venus, the man obtains marriage in the 25th or the 33rd year.

BPHS Adhyāya 19, śloka 32

Śloka 33 — Timing of marriage — between the 31st and 33rd year

भाग्याद् भाग्यगते शुक्रे तद्द्वये राहुसंयुते । एकत्रिंशात् त्रयस्त्रिंशे दारलाभं विनिर्दिशेत् ॥ ३३ ॥

When Venus has gone to the bhāgya (9th) counted from the bhāgya (9th), and either of those two is joined with Rāhu, one should declare the gaining of a wife between the 31st and the 33rd year.

BPHS Adhyāya 19, śloka 33

Śloka 34 — Timing of marriage — 30th or 27th year

भाग्याज्जामित्रगे शुक्रे तद्द्यूने दारनायके । त्रिंशेऽथवा सप्तविंशे वर्षे पाणिग्रहो भवेत् ॥ ३४ ॥

When Venus is in the jāmitra (7th) counted from the bhāgya (9th), and the lord of the dāra (7th) is in the dyūna (7th) from that Venus, the taking of the hand in marriage occurs in the 30th or the 27th year.

BPHS Adhyāya 19, śloka 34

Śloka 35 — Death of the wife — 18th or 33rd year

दारेशे नीच-राशिस्थे शुक्रे रन्ध्रारिसंयुते । अष्टादशे त्रयस्त्रिंशे वत्सरे दारनाशनम् ॥ ३५ ॥

When the lord of the dāra (7th) stands in a nīca rāśi and Venus is joined with the randhra (8th) and the ari (6th), destruction of the wife occurs in the 18th or the 33rd year.

BPHS Adhyāya 19, śloka 35

Śloka 36 — Death of the wife — 19th year

मदेशे नाशराशिस्थे व्ययेशे मदराशिगे । तस्य चैकोनविंशाब्दे दारनाशं विनिर्दिशेत् ॥ ३६ ॥

When the lord of the mada (7th) stands in the rāśi of destruction (the 8th) and the lord of the vyaya (12th) is in the rāśi of the mada (7th), one should declare destruction of his wife in the 19th year.

BPHS Adhyāya 19, śloka 36

Śloka 37 — Death of the bride by snakebite on the third day after marriage

कुटुम्बस्थानगो राहुः कलत्रे भौम-संयुते । पाणिग्रहात्तृतीयेऽह्नि सर्पदंशाद् वधूमृतिः ॥ ३७ ॥

When Rāhu is in the kuṭumba-sthāna (2nd) and the kalatra (7th) is joined with Mars, on the third day from the taking of the hand in marriage there is death of the bride by snakebite.

BPHS Adhyāya 19, śloka 37

Śloka 38 — Death of the wife — 12th or 19th year

रन्ध्रस्थानगते शुक्रे तदीशे सौरिराशिगे । द्वादशैकोनविंशाब्दे दारनाशं विनिर्दिशेत् ॥ ३८ ॥

When Venus has gone to the randhra-sthāna (8th) and the lord of that (8th) is in a rāśi of Saturn, one should declare destruction of the wife in the 12th or the 19th year.

BPHS Adhyāya 19, śloka 38

Śloka 39 — Death of the wife — 13th year

लग्नेशे नीचराशिस्थे धनेशे निधनं गते । त्रयोदशे तु सम्प्राप्ते कलत्रस्य मृतिर्भवेत् ॥ ३९ ॥

When the lord of the lagna stands in his nīca rāśi and the lord of the dhana (2nd) has gone to the nidhana (8th), on reaching the 13th year the death of the wife occurs.

BPHS Adhyāya 19, śloka 39

Śloka 40 — Mars in 6, Rāhu in 7, Saturn in 8 — the wife does not survive

यस्य जन्मनि षष्ठस्थः कुजो राहुः कलत्रगः । सूर्यपुत्रोऽष्टमस्थश्चेज्जाया तस्य न जीवति ॥ ४० ॥

In whose nativity Mars stands in the 6th, Rāhu is in the kalatra (7th), and the son of the Sun (Saturn) is in the 8th — his wife does not live.

BPHS Adhyāya 19, śloka 40

Śloka 41 — Three-marriage yoga and the timing of the first marriage — 10th year

शुक्राज्जामित्रगे चन्द्रे चन्द्राज्जामित्रगे बुधे । रन्ध्रेशे सुतभावस्थे प्रथमं दशमाब्दिकम् ॥ ४१ ॥

When the Moon is in the jāmitra (7th) from Venus, Mercury is in the jāmitra (7th) from the Moon, and the lord of the randhra (8th) is placed in the suta-bhāva (5th), the first (marriage) belongs to the tenth year —

BPHS Adhyāya 19, śloka 41

Śloka 42 — Second marriage in the 22nd year, third in the 33rd

द्वाविंशे च द्वितीयं स्यात् त्रयस्त्रिंशे तृतीयकम् । विवाहं लभते मर्त्यो नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥ ४२ ॥

— and the second falls in the 22nd year, the third in the 33rd. The mortal obtains (these) marriages; no deliberation need be made about this.

BPHS Adhyāya 19, śloka 42