Chapter on the Ārūḍha Pada — Bṛhat-Pārāśara-Horāśāstra, Adhyāya 30

आरूढपदाध्यायः

The complete Chapter on the Ārūḍha Pada chapter of the Bṛhat-Pārāśara-Horāśāstra — all 34 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 — Introduction — the rāśi-ārūḍha pada announced

अथ वच्मि नभोगानां भावानां च विशेषतः । फलादेश-विधानाय राश्यारूढपदं द्विज ! ॥ १ ॥

Now, O best of the twice-born (Maitreya), for the sake of laying down the declaration of results I shall speak in particular of the rāśi-ārūḍha pada of the grahas and of the bhāvas.

BPHS Adhyāya 30, śloka 1

Śloka 2 — Definition of the lagna-pada (ārūḍha lagna)

यावदुन्मितभे तिष्ठेल्लग्नतो लग्नपः क्रमात् । तावदुन्मितभे तस्मात्पदं लग्नस्य कीर्त्यते ॥ २ ॥

In whichever rāśi, counted in order from the lagna, the lord of the lagna stands, the rāśi that many signs onward from that one is declared to be the pada of the lagna.

BPHS Adhyāya 30, śloka 2

Śloka 3 — Padas of the other bhāvas; primacy of the lagna-pada

इत्थमेव पदं चान्यभावानामपि जायते । प्राधान्यं तत्र विज्ञेयं मुने ! लग्नपदस्य वै ॥ ३ ॥

In exactly this way the pada of the other bhāvas also arises. Among them, O sage (Maitreya), the pada of the lagna is to be known as the foremost.

BPHS Adhyāya 30, śloka 3

Śloka 4 — Exception — when the pada falls on the 1st or the 7th

स्वस्थानस्य पदत्वे तु दशमं पदमिष्यते । सप्तमस्य तथात्वे तु तुरीयं पदमीरितम् ॥ ४ ॥

But when the bhāva's own place would become the pada, the tenth is desired as the pada; and when the seventh would likewise become it, the fourth is declared to be the pada.

BPHS Adhyāya 30, śloka 4

Śloka 5 — Worked application of the exception (lord in 4th, lord in 7th)

तुरीयस्थेऽधिपे प्रोक्तं तुर्यमेव यथा पदम् । सप्तमस्थेऽधिपे चैवं दशमं पदमीक्षितम् ॥ ५ ॥

When the lord stands in the fourth, the fourth itself is declared to be the pada; and likewise when the lord stands in the seventh, the tenth is seen as the pada.

BPHS Adhyāya 30, śloka 5

Śloka 6 — Definition of the ārūḍha (pada) of a graha

यतो नभोगतो यावन्मिते भे तद्गृहं भवेत् । ततस्तावन्मितं भं तु ग्रहारूढं बुधा विदुः ॥ ६ ॥

From wherever a sky-goer (graha) is placed, however many signs away its own house falls, the rāśi that many signs onward from it — that the wise know as the ārūḍha of the graha.

BPHS Adhyāya 30, śloka 6

Śloka 7 — Grahas owning two rāśis — use the stronger house

गृहद्वयवतामेवं सबलं भवनं च यत् । गणयेत्तदवध्येवं पदं बोध्यं ततो बुधैः ॥ ७ ॥

For those (grahas) that own two houses, whichever house is the stronger — one should count up to that limit, and thence the wise are to determine the pada in this same manner.

BPHS Adhyāya 30, śloka 7

Śloka 8-9 — Benefics/malefics in the 11th from the pada — source of wealth

अधुना सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि किञ्चित्पदगतं फलम् । पदादेकादशे स्थाने शुभग्रहयुतेक्षिते ॥ ८ ॥ लक्ष्मीवाञ्जायते बालो न्यायोपार्जितवित्तकः । पापेक्षितयुते तत्र भवेदन्यायतोऽर्थवान् ॥ ९ ॥

Now I shall fully declare some of the results that depend on the pada. If the eleventh place from the pada is conjoined with or aspected by benefic grahas, the child born is wealthy, his wealth acquired by just means. If that place is aspected by or conjoined with malefics, he becomes wealthy by unjust means.

BPHS Adhyāya 30, śloka 8-9

Śloka 10 — Mixed grahas in the 11th from the pada; dignity multiplies gains

मिश्रैर्मिश्रफलं ज्ञेयमुच्चमित्रादिवेश्मगैः । बहुधा जायते लाभ-सुखाप्तिश्चाप्यनेकधा ॥ १० ॥

With mixed (benefic and malefic) grahas a mixed result is to be understood. When they occupy their ucca, a friend's house and the like, gain arises in many ways and the attainment of happiness in manifold forms.

BPHS Adhyāya 30, śloka 10

Śloka 11 — All grahas aspecting the 11th, none in the 12th, from the pada

आरूढा लाभभवनं पश्येयुश्चेन्नभश्चराः । खगादृष्टे व्यये तर्हिं जातः स्याद्राजसन्निभः ॥ ११ ॥

If the sky-goers aspect the house of gain (the eleventh) from the ārūḍha, and the twelfth is unaspected by any graha, then the one born is like unto a king.

BPHS Adhyāya 30, śloka 11

Śloka 12 — Argalā on the 11th from the pada — escalating fortune (part 1)

पदादाये घुसद्दृष्टियुत्याधिक्ये द्विजोत्तम ! सार्गले चापि तत्रापि बह्वर्गलसमागमे ॥ १२ ॥

O best of the twice-born (Maitreya)! When there is abundance of benefic aspect and conjunction upon the eleventh from the pada; and when that place has argalā upon it; and when there again there is a meeting of many argalās —

BPHS Adhyāya 30, śloka 12

Śloka 13 — Argalā by benefics / exalted grahas; aspect of a good lord (part 2)

शुभग्रहार्गले ब्रह्मन् ! तत्राप्युच्चग्रहार्गले । शोभनस्वामिना दृष्टे लग्नभाग्यादिगेन वा ॥ १३ ॥

— and, O brāhmaṇa (Maitreya), when the argalā is by benefic grahas; and again when the argalā is by an exalted graha; and when it is aspected by an auspicious lord, or by one occupying the lagna, the ninth and so forth —

BPHS Adhyāya 30, śloka 13

Śloka 14 — Result: progressively greater fortune, provided no graha in the 12th

जातस्य प्रबलं भाग्यं निर्दिशेदुत्तरोत्तरम् । खगश्चेदुक्तयोगेषु द्वादशं नहि पश्यति ॥ १४ ॥

— one should declare the fortune of the native to be powerful, each successive condition making it greater still — provided that in the said yogas no graha looks upon the twelfth.

BPHS Adhyāya 30, śloka 14

Śloka 15 — Benefics and malefics in the 12th from the pada — heavy expenditure

पदाद् व्यये तु मैत्रेय ! शुभपापयुतेक्षिते । व्ययाधिक्यं भवेदेवं विशेषोपार्जनात् सदा ॥ १५ ॥

O Maitreya! When the twelfth from the pada is conjoined with or aspected by benefics and malefics, there is thus an excess of expenditure, always attended by constant special earning.

BPHS Adhyāya 30, śloka 15

Śloka 16 — Nature of that earning — righteous, crooked or mixed

सुमार्गात् शोभनखगैः कुमार्गात् पापखेचरैः । मिश्रैर्मिश्रफलं वाच्यं धनाप्तिर्लाभगे भवेत् ॥ १६ ॥

With auspicious grahas the earning is by a good road; with malefic sky-goers by a crooked road; with mixed grahas a mixed result is to be declared. When (grahas) occupy the house of gain, there is attainment of wealth.

BPHS Adhyāya 30, śloka 16

Śloka 17 — Venus, Sun, Rāhu in the 12th from the pada — expenditure through the king

पदारूढाद् व्यये शुक्रभानुस्वर्भानुवीक्षिते । राजमूलाद् व्ययो वाच्यश्चन्द्रदृष्ट्या विशेषतः ॥ १७ ॥

When the twelfth from the pada-ārūḍha is aspected by Venus, the Sun and Rāhu, expenditure rooted in the king is to be declared; and by the aspect of the Moon, especially so.

BPHS Adhyāya 30, śloka 17

Śloka 18 — Mercury in the 12th from the pada — expenditure among kinsmen or in quarrel

पदारूढाद् व्यये सौम्ये शुभखेटयुतेक्षिते । ज्ञातिमध्ये व्ययो नित्यं, पापदृष्ट्या कलेर्व्ययः ॥ १८ ॥

When Mercury is in the twelfth from the pada-ārūḍha and is conjoined with or aspected by benefic grahas, expenditure is constantly among kinsmen; by malefic aspect, expenditure arises from quarrel.

BPHS Adhyāya 30, śloka 18

Śloka 19 — Jupiter in the 12th from the pada — expenditure by one's own hand

पदाद्व्यये सुराचार्ये वीक्षिते चान्यखेचरैः । करमूलाद् व्ययो वाच्यो जातकस्य द्विजोत्तम ॥ १९ ॥

O best of the twice-born (Maitreya), when the preceptor of the gods (Jupiter) is in the twelfth from the pada and is aspected by other sky-goers, expenditure of the native rooted in kara — i.e. arising from taxes or levies, or, on the literal reading, from his own hand — is to be declared.

BPHS Adhyāya 30, śloka 19

Śloka 20 — Saturn with Mars in the 12th from the ārūḍha — loss through brothers

आरूढाद् द्वादशे सौरे धरापुत्रेण संयुते । अन्यग्रहेक्षिते विप्र ! भ्रातृमूलाद्धनव्ययः ॥ २० ॥

O brāhmaṇa (Maitreya)! When Saturn is in the twelfth from the ārūḍha, joined with the son of the Earth (Mars), and aspected by another graha, there is expenditure of wealth rooted in brothers.

BPHS Adhyāya 30, śloka 20

Śloka 21 — The same yogas read from the 11th give gain

पदात्तु द्वादशे स्थाने गे योगा गणिता मया । लाभभावेऽपि ते योगा लाभयोगकराः सदा ॥ २१ ॥

The yogas that I have reckoned as pertaining to the twelfth place from the pada — those same yogas, when they occur in the house of gain (the eleventh), always produce gain.

BPHS Adhyāya 30, śloka 21

Śloka 22 — Rāhu or Ketu in the 7th from the pada — abdominal affliction

पदतः सप्तमे राहुरथवा संस्थितः शिखी । कुक्षिव्यथायुतो बालः शिखिना वाऽतिपीडितः ॥ २२ ॥

If Rāhu, or else Ketu, is stationed in the seventh from the pada, the child is afflicted with pain of the belly — or, by Ketu, exceedingly tormented.

BPHS Adhyāya 30, śloka 22

Śloka 23 — Ketu in the 7th from the pada with malefics

पदात् सप्तमगे केतौ पापखेटयुतेक्षिते । साहसी श्वेतकेशी च दीर्घलिङ्गी भवेन्नरः ॥ २३ ॥

When Ketu goes to the seventh from the pada and is conjoined with or aspected by malefic grahas, the man becomes rash and daring, white-haired, and of a long member.

BPHS Adhyāya 30, śloka 23

Śloka 24 — Jupiter, Venus, Moon in the 7th from the pada — wealth

पदतः सप्तमे स्थाने गुरुशुक्रनिशाकराः । एको द्वयं त्रयो वापि लक्ष्मीवाञ् जातको भवेत् ॥ २४ ॥

If Jupiter, Venus and the night-maker (the Moon) — one of them, or two, or even all three — occupy the seventh place from the pada, the native becomes possessed of wealth.

BPHS Adhyāya 30, śloka 24

Śloka 25 — Any exalted graha in the 7th from the pada

पदात्तु सप्तमे तुङ्गे शुभो वाप्यशुभो ग्रहः । श्रीमान् सोऽपि भवेन्नूनं सत्कीर्तिसहितो द्विज ॥ २५ ॥

O twice-born one (Maitreya)! If in the seventh from the pada a graha — benefic or even malefic — stands in exaltation, that native too assuredly becomes prosperous and endowed with good fame.

BPHS Adhyāya 30, śloka 25

Śloka 26 — The same results read from the 2nd from the pada

ये पदात् सप्तमे भावे योगाः प्रागुदिता यथा । ते तथैव बुधैर्बोध्या द्वितीयेऽपि द्विजोत्तम ! ॥ २६ ॥

O best of the twice-born (Maitreya)! Those yogas which have just been stated for the seventh bhāva from the pada are, exactly so, to be understood by the wise for the second as well.

BPHS Adhyāya 30, śloka 26

Śloka 27 — A strong exalted benefic in the 2nd from the pada — wealth

तुङ्गस्थः शशिजः किंवा जीवो वा कविरेव वा । एको बली धनगतः श्रियं दिशति देहिनः ॥ २७ ॥

Mercury standing in exaltation, or Jupiter, or indeed Venus — any one of them, if strong and placed in the house of wealth, bestows prosperity upon the embodied one.

BPHS Adhyāya 30, śloka 27

Śloka 28 — Extending the pada/lagna yogas to the kārakāṃśa chart

ये योगाश्च पदे लग्ने यथावदुदिता मुने ! कारकांशस्य कुण्डल्यां निबोध ते सतां मताः ॥ २८ ॥

And those yogas which have been duly stated with respect to the pada and the lagna — know, O sage (Maitreya), that in the chart of the kārakāṃśa they too are held valid by the good.

BPHS Adhyāya 30, śloka 28

Śloka 29 — Benefic / Venus in the 2nd from the ārūḍha

आरूढात् वित्तभे सौम्ये सर्वदेशाधिपो भवेत् । सर्वज्ञो जातको वाऽथ कविर्विवादी च भार्गवे ॥ २९ ॥

If a benefic is in the house of wealth (the second) from the ārūḍha, the native becomes ruler of all lands, or else all-knowing. And if Venus is there, he becomes a poet and a disputant.

BPHS Adhyāya 30, śloka 29

Śloka 30-31 — Kalatra-pada in kendra/koṇa from ārūḍha; and the 7th-pada in 6/8/12

आरूढात् केन्द्र-कोणेषु कलत्रपदसंस्थिते । लग्नधूनपदे वापि बलवत्खचरान्विते ॥ ३० ॥ श्रीमांश्च जायते नूनं देशे विख्यातिमान् भवेत् । षष्ठाष्टमव्यये जायापदे निःस्वो हि जातकः ॥ ३१ ॥

If the pada of the wife (the 7th-pada) stands in a kendra or koṇa from the ārūḍha, or if the padas of the lagna and of the seventh are both accompanied by strong sky-goers, then assuredly he becomes prosperous and renowned in the land. But if the pada of the wife falls in the sixth, eighth or twelfth, the native is destitute.

BPHS Adhyāya 30, śloka 30-31

Śloka 32 — A strong graha in kendra/koṇa/upacaya from the lagna- or 7th-pada

पदे धूनेऽपि वा केन्द्रे कोणे चोपचये यदि । सुवीर्यः संस्थितः खेटो भार्या-भर्तृ-सुखप्रदः ॥ ३२ ॥

If a graha of good strength is stationed in a kendra, a koṇa or an upacaya from the pada, or likewise from the seventh (pada), it bestows the happiness of wife and of husband.

BPHS Adhyāya 30, śloka 32

Śloka 33 — The 7th-pada in kendra/koṇa vs. in the trika

आरूढात् सप्तमपदे स्थितं केन्द्र-त्रिकोणयोः । सौहार्दं खलु दम्पत्योः शत्रुत्वं स्यात् त्रिके ध्रुवम् ॥ ३३ ॥

If the pada of the seventh stands in a kendra or trikoṇa from the ārūḍha, there is indeed mutual affection between the married pair; if it falls in the trika, enmity is certain.

BPHS Adhyāya 30, śloka 33

Śloka 34 — Same method for the padas of children and other bhāvas

एवं लग्नपदाद् विप्र ! पुत्रादीनां पदे सति । मित्रामित्रे विजानीयाद्धानिवृद्धी च दैववित् ॥ ३४ ॥

In the same way, O brāhmaṇa (Maitreya), when the padas of children and the rest are placed (thus) relative to the lagna-pada, the knower of destiny should determine friendship or enmity, and loss or increase.

BPHS Adhyāya 30, śloka 34

Śloka 35 — Lagna-pada and 7th-pada in kendra/koṇa or 3rd/11th — a king

तनुधूनपदे केन्द्र-कोणे वापि त्रिलाभयोः । स्थिते सति भवेज्जातो नूनं राजा धराधिपः ॥ ३५ ॥

When the pada of the body (lagna) and the pada of the seventh are placed in kendras or koṇas, or else in the third and the eleventh, the one born assuredly becomes a king, a lord of the earth.

BPHS Adhyāya 30, śloka 35

Śloka 36 — Closing rule — always judge from both padas

विलग्नपदतश्चैवं वित्तादिकपदादपि । पदद्वितयमालोक्य फलं वाच्यं सदा बुधैः ॥ ३६ ॥

Thus from the pada of the lagna, and likewise from the pada of the second and the rest, the wise should always declare the result after looking at the two padas together.

BPHS Adhyāya 30, śloka 36