Chapter on the Results of Argalā — Bṛhat-Pārāśara-Horāśāstra, Adhyāya 32

अर्गलाफलाध्यायः

The complete Chapter on the Results of Argalā chapter of the Bṛhat-Pārāśara-Horāśāstra — all 17 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 — what is argalā and what does it yield

महर्षे ! दयया या मे गदिता प्रागिहार्गला । तस्या रूपं फलं चापि श्रोतुमिच्छामि साम्प्रतम् ॥ १ ॥

O great sage! That argalā which you earlier declared to me here out of compassion — its form, and its fruit as well, I now wish to hear.

BPHS Adhyāya 32, śloka 1

Śloka 2 — Parāśara's promise to expound argalā

भावखेटफलं विप्र ! यया भवति निश्चितम् । सार्गला मुनिभिः प्रोक्ता वच्मि तां शृणु यत्नतः ॥ २ ॥

O vipra! That by which the result of a bhāva and of a graha becomes settled — the argalā-bearing condition declared by the munis — I shall speak of it; listen attentively.

BPHS Adhyāya 32, śloka 2

Śloka 3 — Definition of argalā and its bādhaka (obstructing) places

तुर्ये द्वितीये लाभे च ग्रहे सति तु सार्गला । तस्यास्तु बाधकाः खेटा व्योमरिष्फतृतीयगाः ॥ ३ ॥

When a graha stands in the 4th, the 2nd, or the 11th, there is argalā. But the obstructors of that argalā are the grahas situated in the 10th, the 12th, and the 3rd.

BPHS Adhyāya 32, śloka 3

Śloka 4 — When bādhakas fail; many malefics in the 3rd

दुर्बलाः स्वल्पसंख्या वा खेटाः स्युर्नैव बाधकाः । तृतीये बहवः क्रूरा यत्र बाधाविधायिनः ॥ ४ ॥

Grahas that are weak, or fewer in number, are not obstructors at all. Where many cruel grahas stand in the 3rd as makers of obstruction —

BPHS Adhyāya 32, śloka 4

Śloka 5 — Viparīta-argalā

विपरीतार्गला वेद्या तत्रापि मुनिसत्तम ! । सार्गलं ग्रहभावोत्थं तथापि फलमीरितम् ॥ ५ ॥

— there too, O best of munis, a reverse argalā (viparītārgalā) is to be understood; and even so the fruit arising from the graha and the bhāva is declared to be argalā-endowed.

BPHS Adhyāya 32, śloka 5

Śloka 6 — 5th house as argalā; reversal for Rāhu and Ketu

पञ्चमं चार्गला-स्थानं नवमं तद् विरोधकम् । वैपरीत्येन तमसोर्ग्रहयोरर्गला भवेत् ॥ ६ ॥

The 5th too is an argalā place, and the 9th is its opposer. For the two shadowy grahas the argalā operates in the reverse direction.

BPHS Adhyāya 32, śloka 6

Śloka 7 — Grading argalā by number of grahas

एकग्रहार्गला प्रोक्ता मुनिभिस्तु दर्वीयसी । द्विग्रहा मध्यमा, त्र्यादिग्रहा चैवोत्तमा मता ॥ ७ ॥

An argalā made by a single graha is called the slightest by the munis; that of two grahas is middling; and that of three or more grahas is held to be the best.

BPHS Adhyāya 32, śloka 7

Śloka 8 — Two kinds of argalā; obstructed vs unobstructed

द्विविधा त्वर्गला प्रोक्ता राशितः खेटतस्तथा । बाधाविरहिता भव्यफलदा निष्फलान्यथा ॥ ८ ॥

Argalā is declared to be of two kinds — reckoned from the rāśi and from the graha. Free of obstruction it gives auspicious fruit; otherwise it is fruitless.

BPHS Adhyāya 32, śloka 8

Śloka 9 — When the argalā result manifests

यो राशिर्यो ग्रहश्चापि सार्गलो जायते द्विज ! । तस्य पाकदशामध्ये फलं निःसंशयं भवेत् ॥ ९ ॥

Whichever rāśi and whichever graha comes to be possessed of argalā, O twice-born — during the ripening daśā of that one the fruit will assuredly come to pass.

BPHS Adhyāya 32, śloka 9

Śloka 10 — Argalā on pada, lagna or 7th — fame and fortune

पदे लग्ने सप्तमे वा निराभासार्गला यदि । प्रसिद्धस्तर्हि सद्भाग्यशाली जायेत मानवः ॥ १० ॥

If there is unobscured argalā on the pada, on the lagna, or on the 7th, then the person is born renowned and endowed with good fortune.

BPHS Adhyāya 32, śloka 10

Śloka 11 — A graha in an unobstructed argalā aspecting the lagna

ग्रहः क्रूरोऽथवा सौम्यो यस्य निर्बाधकार्गले । स्थितस्तद्वीक्षिते लग्ने प्राबल्यायोपकल्पते ॥ ११ ॥

Whichever graha, cruel or benign, stands in a person's unobstructed argalā — when the lagna is aspected by that graha, it conduces to the strengthening [of the yoga].

BPHS Adhyāya 32, śloka 11

Śloka 12 — Argalā on the 2nd and 3rd bhāvas

अर्गलायुजि वित्ते तु सस्यसंपत्समन्वितः । विक्रमे सहजादीनां सदा सुखमुदीरितम् ॥ १२ ॥

When the 2nd (wealth) is joined with argalā, he is furnished with abundance of grain and riches; when the 3rd (prowess), constant happiness from siblings and the like is declared.

BPHS Adhyāya 32, śloka 12

Śloka 13 — Argalā on the 4th and 5th bhāvas

तादृशे तुर्यभावे तु गेहादि-सुखमुत्तमम् । सुते तथाविधे जाते मतिमान् सुतसौख्यवान् ॥ १३ ॥

When the 4th bhāva is of such a kind (bearing argalā), there is excellent happiness of house and the rest; when the 5th is likewise so, the native is intelligent and blessed with the happiness of children.

BPHS Adhyāya 32, śloka 13

Śloka 14 — Argalā on the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th bhāvas

शत्रुभीः सार्गले शत्रौ यूने जायादिजं सुखम् । रन्ध्रे तु बहुशः क्लेशो भाग्ये स्याद् भाग्यवान्नरः ॥ १४ ॥

With argalā on the 6th (enemies), there is fear from enemies; on the 7th, happiness from wife and the rest; on the 8th, however, affliction of many kinds; on the 9th (fortune), the man becomes fortunate.

BPHS Adhyāya 32, śloka 14

Śloka 15 — Argalā on the 10th, 11th and 12th bhāvas

राजपूज्यो नरो व्योम्नि सदाये स्याद्धनागमः । तादृशे रिष्फभावे तु सर्वत्रैव व्ययोऽधिकः ॥ १५ ॥

With [argalā] on the 10th the man is honoured by the king; on the 11th (gains) there is an inflow of wealth; but when the 12th bhāva is of that kind, expenditure is excessive in every direction.

BPHS Adhyāya 32, śloka 15

Śloka 16 — Quality of argalā by benefic/malefic nature

शुभग्रहार्गले नूनं सुखं नैकविधं स्मृतम् । पापे तु तादृशे चाल्पं मिश्रे मध्यं विनिर्दिशेत् ॥ १६ ॥

In an argalā formed by benefic grahas, happiness of many kinds is assuredly recorded; in one so formed by a malefic, little; and in a mixed one, one should declare a middling result.

BPHS Adhyāya 32, śloka 16

Śloka 17 — Argalā on a trikoṇa — royal status

त्रिकोणे सार्गले जाते जायते यो हि जातकः । सुख-सौभाग्य-सम्पन्नो नृपो वा नृपसन्निभः ॥ १७ ॥

When a trikoṇa comes to bear argalā, the native who is then born is endowed with happiness and good fortune, and is a king or the equal of a king.

BPHS Adhyāya 32, śloka 17