Chapter Expounding the Exact (sphuṭa) Aspect, beginning with Guru — Bṛhat-Pārāśara-Horāśāstra, Adhyāya 27

गुरु-स्पष्टदृष्टिविवेचनाध्यायः

The complete Chapter Expounding the Exact (sphuṭa) Aspect, beginning with Guru chapter of the Bṛhat-Pārāśara-Horāśāstra — all 14 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 — Maitreya's question — asking for the exact (sphuṭa) aspect of the grahas

महर्षे ! भावजं प्रोक्तं खेटानां फलमद्भुतम् । अधुना कृपया ब्रूहि तेषां दृष्टिं स्फुटां प्रभो ! ॥ १ ॥

O great ṛṣi! The wonderful bhāva-born results of the grahas have been declared. Now, O Lord, be gracious and tell me of their exact (sphuṭa) aspect.

BPHS Adhyāya 27, śloka 1

Śloka 2 — General aspect — the four aspect-classes and their quarter-strengths

ग्रहास्त्र्यंशं त्रिकोणं च चतुरस्रं तु सप्तमम् । पश्यन्ति पादसंवृद्ध्या फलदाश्च तथैव ते ॥ २ ॥

The grahas aspect the tryaṃśa [the 3rd and 10th], the trikoṇa [the 5th and 9th], the caturasra [the 4th and 8th], and the seventh — with an increase of one quarter [at each successive class]; and they give their results in exactly that measure.

BPHS Adhyāya 27, śloka 2

Śloka 3 — All grahas aspect the 7th fully; the special full aspects of Śani, Guru (Jīva) and Kuja

पश्यन्ति सप्तमं सर्वे शनि-जीव-कुजाः पुनः । विशेषतश्च त्रिदश-त्रिकोण-चतुरष्टमान् ॥ ३ ॥

All [the grahas] aspect the seventh [fully]; and further Śani, Jīva (Guru) and Kuja (Maṅgala) aspect — with special [i.e. full] force — respectively the 3rd-and-10th, the trikoṇa [5th and 9th], and the 4th-and-8th.

BPHS Adhyāya 27, śloka 3

Śloka 4 — Distinction between general (sāmānya) aspect by house and exact (sphuṭa) aspect by longitude

एषा स्थानान्तरवशाद् दृष्टिः सामान्यतो बुधैः । उदिता, खगयोः स्पष्टान्तरात् सा तु स्फुटा मता ॥ ४ ॥

This aspect, [reckoned] by the difference of position [i.e. by bhāva], has been stated by the wise as the general one; but that [aspect derived] from the difference of the exact (spaṣṭa) longitudes of the two grahas is held to be the sphuṭa [exact] aspect.

BPHS Adhyāya 27, śloka 4

Śloka 5 — Sphuṭa-dṛṣṭi computation — the case where the difference exceeds six rāśis

दृश्याद् विशोध्य द्रष्टारं शेषे षड्राशितोऽधिके । दिग्भ्यो विशोध्य तद्भागा द्विभक्ताः स्फुटदृग्भवेत् ॥ ५ ॥

Having subtracted the aspecting graha (draṣṭṛ) from the aspected one (dṛśya): if the remainder exceeds six rāśis, subtract it from the diś [= ten rāśis]; the resulting degrees, divided by two, become the sphuṭa aspect.

BPHS Adhyāya 27, śloka 5

Śloka 6 — Sphuṭa-dṛṣṭi — the cases of difference exceeding five and four rāśis

शराधिके विना राशिं भागा द्विघ्नाः स्फुटा हि सा । वेदाधिके त्यजेद् भूताद् भागा दृष्टिः, त्रिभाधिके ॥ ६ ॥

If [the difference] exceeds śara [= five] rāśis, then, leaving aside the rāśis, the degrees doubled are indeed that sphuṭa [aspect]. If it exceeds veda [= four] rāśis, subtract [it] from bhūta [= five rāśis]; the [remaining] degrees are the aspect. If it exceeds three rāśis —

BPHS Adhyāya 27, śloka 6

Śloka 7 — Sphuṭa-dṛṣṭi — the cases of difference exceeding three and two rāśis

विशोध्यार्णवतो द्वाभ्यां लब्धं त्रिंशद्युतं च सा । कराधिके विना राशिं भागास्तिथियुतास्तथा ॥ ७ ॥

— subtracting [it] from the arṇava [= four rāśis], [the remainder] divided by two, and the quotient increased by thirty: that is it [the aspect]. If [the difference] exceeds kara [= two] rāśis, then, leaving aside the rāśis, the degrees increased by tithi [= fifteen], likewise [is the aspect].

BPHS Adhyāya 27, śloka 7

Śloka 7½ (8a) — Sphuṭa-dṛṣṭi — the case of difference exceeding one rāśi; and the null case

रूपाधिके विना राशिं भागा भक्ता दशाऽपि सा ॥

If [the difference] exceeds rūpa [= one] rāśi, then, leaving aside the rāśi, the degrees divided [by two] — that too is it.

BPHS Adhyāya 27, śloka 7½ (8a)

Śloka 8 — Closing of the general method

एवं सामान्यतो दृष्टिसाधनाय विधिः स्मृतः ॥ ८ ॥

Thus has the method for computing the aspect in general been handed down.

BPHS Adhyāya 27, śloka 8

Śloka 9 — Special sphuṭa-dṛṣṭi rules for Śani, Kuja and Guru; Śani's ninth-rāśi and first-rāśi cases

मन्दक्षितिज-जीवानां दृष्टौ बोध्या विशेषता । शनेः शेषेऽङ्कभमिते भोग्यांशा, एकभे पुनः ॥ ९ ॥

In the aspect of Manda (Śani), Kṣitija (Maṅgala) and Jīva (Guru) a special rule is to be understood. For Śani: when the remainder measures aṅka [= nine] rāśis, the bhogya degrees [doubled]; and again, when [it measures] one rāśi —

BPHS Adhyāya 27, śloka 9

Śloka 10 — Śani's sphuṭa-dṛṣṭi — the one-, two- and eight-rāśi cases

भुक्तांशा युग्मगुणिता द्विभेंऽशार्धोनिताः खषट् । अष्टभे त्रिंशता युक्ता भुक्तांशाः स्फुटदृग् भवेत् ॥ १० ॥

— the bhukta degrees multiplied by two. In two rāśis, khaṣaṭ [= sixty] diminished by half the degrees. In eight rāśis, the bhukta degrees increased by thirty: that becomes the sphuṭa aspect.

BPHS Adhyāya 27, śloka 10

Śloka 11 — Maṅgala's (Bhauma's) special sphuṭa-dṛṣṭi

भौमे त्रिसप्तभे शेषे षष्टिर्भुक्तकलत्रोनिताः । सार्धांशकास्तिथियुता द्विभे पूर्णाऽङ्गभे मता ॥ ११ ॥

For Bhauma (Maṅgala): when the remainder is in the third or seventh rāśi, sixty diminished by the elapsed (bhukta) minutes-and-degrees. In the second rāśi, one-and-a-half times the degrees increased by tithi [= fifteen]. In the aṅga [= sixth] rāśi it is deemed full.

BPHS Adhyāya 27, śloka 11

Śloka 12 — Guru's special sphuṭa-dṛṣṭi

गुरोस्त्रिसप्तभे भुक्तांशार्धं पञ्चाब्धिसंयुतम् । द्विघ्नभुक्तांशकैरूना षष्टिर्दृष्टिर्गजाब्धिभे ॥ १२ ॥

For Guru: in the third or seventh rāśi, half the bhukta degrees increased by pañca-abdhi [= forty-five]. In the gaja-abdhi [= eighth and fourth] rāśi, the aspect is sixty diminished by twice the bhukta degrees.

BPHS Adhyāya 27, śloka 12

Śloka 13 — Conclusion — apply the sphuṭa aspect to bhāva results

इत्थं भवेदिनादीनां स्फुटा दृष्टिः सतां मता । भावानां च फलं विज्ञैर्वाच्यं तदनुसारतः ॥ १३ ॥

In this way arises the exact (sphuṭa) aspect of the Sun and the rest, as held by the good. And the result of the bhāvas should be declared by the knowledgeable in accordance with it.

BPHS Adhyāya 27, śloka 13