Chapter on the Results of the Kārakāṃśa — Bṛhat-Pārāśara-Horāśāstra, Adhyāya 34

कारकांशफलाध्यायः

The complete Chapter on the Results of the Kārakāṃśa chapter of the Bṛhat-Pārāśara-Horāśāstra — all 98 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 colophon — Chapter colophon

इति सविमर्श-सुधाव्याख्योपेते बृहत्पाराशरहोराशास्त्रे कारकांशफलाध्यायः समाप्तः ॥ ३४ ॥

Thus, in the Bṛhat-Pārāśara-Horāśāstra furnished with the reflective Sudhā commentary, the chapter on the results of the kārakāṃśa is completed. 34.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka colophon

Śloka 1 — Introduction — Brahmā's teaching on grahas in the kārakāṃśa navāṃśa

कारकांशग्रहफलं वच्मि विप्र ! शृणुष्व यद् । नवांशेऽजादिराशिस्थे विधिना भाषितं पुरा ॥ १ ॥

O Vipra, I shall declare the results of the grahas in the kārakāṃśa — hear what was formerly spoken by Vidhi (Brahmā) — for the kārakāṃśa standing in the navāṃśa signs beginning with Aja (Meṣa).

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 1

Śloka 2 — Ātmakāraka in Meṣa navāṃśa (kārakāṃśa)

आत्माख्यकारकेऽजांशे शश्वद्भीतिप्रदा गृहे । भवेयुराखुमार्जारा विशेषात् क्रूरयोगतः ॥ २ ॥

When the kāraka called ātma[kāraka] is in the Aja (Meṣa) aṃśa, mice and cats in the house are a constant source of trouble — especially through conjunction with cruel (malefic) grahas.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 2

Śloka 3 — Ātmakāraka in Vṛṣa and Mithuna navāṃśa

वृषांशगे भवेत् सौख्यं चतुष्पद-सकाशतः । मिथुनांशे तु जायेरन् कण्डूप्रभृतयो गदाः ॥ ३ ॥

If it is gone to the Vṛṣa aṃśa, there is happiness from quadrupeds; but in the Mithuna aṃśa, diseases such as itch (kaṇḍū) arise.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 3

Śloka 4 — Ātmakāraka in Karkaṭa, Siṃha, Kanyā navāṃśa

कर्कटांशे भयं त्वद्भ्यः सिंहांशे श्वपदात्तु तत् । कन्यांशे स्थूलता कण्डूस्तथा भीरनलाद् भवेत् ॥ ४ ॥

In the Karkaṭa aṃśa there is fear from waters; in the Siṃha aṃśa that same fear comes from predatory beasts; in the Kanyā aṃśa there is corpulence and itching, and also fear from fire.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 4

Śloka 5 — Ātmakāraka in Tulā and Vṛścika navāṃśa

तुलांशे स्याद् वणिग्वृत्तिर्निर्माता वाससामपि । वृश्चिकांशे भयमहेः मातुरर्तिस्तथा स्तने ॥ ५ ॥

In the Tulā aṃśa there is a merchant's livelihood, and also [skill as] a maker of cloth; in the Vṛścika aṃśa, fear from snakes, and likewise pain in the mother's breast.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 5

Śloka 6 — Ātmakāraka in Dhanus and Makara navāṃśa

चापांशे तूच्चतः पातोऽथवा वाहनतो भवेत् । नक्रांशे जलजन्तुभ्यः कम्बुमुक्ताप्रवालतः ॥ ६ ॥

In the Cāpa (Dhanus) aṃśa there is a fall from a height, or else from a vehicle; in the Nakra (Makara) aṃśa, [gain] from water creatures — from conch, pearl and coral.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 6

Śloka 7 — Ātmakāraka in Makara (continued) and Kumbha navāṃśa

विहगेभ्योऽपि लाभः स्याज्जातकस्य न संशयः । घटांशे तु तडागादिनिर्माणात् कीर्त्तिमान् भवेत् ॥ ७ ॥

and gain also from birds accrues to the native, without doubt. But in the Ghaṭa (Kumbha) aṃśa he becomes renowned through the construction of tanks and the like.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 7

Śloka 8 — Ātmakāraka in Mīna navāṃśa; the modifying rule of aspect

मीनांशे जायते विप्र ! जातः सायुज्यमुक्तिभाक् । अशुभं नैव सद्दृष्ट्या शुभं नाशुभदृष्टितः ॥ ८ ॥

In the Mīna aṃśa, O Vipra, the native becomes a partaker of sāyujya-mukti. By the aspect of the good (benefics) there is no inauspicious result at all; by the aspect of the inauspicious (malefics) there is no auspicious result.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 8

Śloka 9 — Benefic in kārakāṃśa or lagnāṃśa — royalty

कारकांशेऽथवा लग्नस्यांशे सौम्ये सति ग्रहे । मैत्रेय ! सौम्यदृष्टे स्यान्नृपो जातो न संशयः ॥ ९ ॥

O Maitreya, when a benefic graha is present in the kārakāṃśa or in the aṃśa of the lagna, or when it is aspected by a benefic, the native becomes a king, without doubt.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 9

Śloka 10 — Benefics in kendra/koṇa from kārakāṃśa

कारकांशाद् ग्रहाः सौम्याः पापदृग्योगवर्जिताः । केन्द्रकोणगताः कुर्युर्धनिनं च बुधं नरम् ॥ १० ॥

Benefic grahas gone to a kendra or koṇa from the kārakāṃśa, free from the aspect and conjunction of malefics, make the man wealthy and learned.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 10

Śloka 11-11½ — Mixed grahas; upagraha in svakṣetra/ucca/benefic sign — kaivalya

मिश्रग्रहैः फलं मिश्रं ज्ञेयं विद्भिः शुभाशुभम् । स्वभे स्वतुङ्गे सौम्यर्क्षे स्थिते तूपग्रहे सति ॥ ११ ॥ पापैरदृष्टे चैवान्ते कैवल्यं तस्य निर्दिशेत् ।

With mixed grahas the result is to be known by the wise as mixed, both auspicious and inauspicious. But when the upagraha is placed in its own sign, in its own ucca, or in a benefic's sign, and is unaspected by malefics, one should declare kaivalya (final liberation) for him at the end.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 11-11½

Śloka 12 — Ātmakāraka in the varga of Moon/Mars/Venus — adultery

इन्द्वारभृगुवर्गस्थे कारके पारदारिकः । अन्यथा संस्थिते तस्मिन्नन्यथा फलमादिशेत् ॥ १२ ॥

When the kāraka stands in the varga of the Moon, Mars or Venus, [the native is] an adulterer; when it is otherwise placed, one should declare an accordingly different result.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 12

Śloka 13 — Sun, and full Moon aspected by Venus, in the kārakāṃśa

कारकांशे स्थिते सूर्ये राजकार्यरतो भवेत् । सितेक्षिते विधौ पूर्णे जातो भोगी सुधीरपि ॥ १३ ॥

When the Sun is placed in the kārakāṃśa, he is devoted to royal service. When the full Moon there is aspected by Venus, the native is an enjoyer of pleasures and also of good intellect.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 13

Śloka 14 — Strong Mars in the kārakāṃśa

बलाढ्ये मंगले तत्र जातकः कुन्तधारकः । अग्न्याजीवी भवेत् किंवा रसवादी न संशयः ॥ १४ ॥

When a strong Mars is there, the native is a spear-bearer; or he lives by fire, or is an alchemist (rasavādin), without doubt.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 14

Śloka 15 — Strong Mercury in the kārakāṃśa

तत्रस्थे सबले सौम्ये वाणिज्ये निपुणः सुधीः । कलासु शिल्पकृत्येषु प्रवीणः परमो भवेत् ॥ १५ ॥

When a strong Mercury stands there, he is skilled in trade and of good intellect, and becomes supremely proficient in the arts and in works of craftsmanship.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 15

Śloka 16 — Jupiter and Venus in the kārakāṃśa

निगमागमविज्ञानी सत्कर्मा तत्रगे गुरौ । भृगौ तत्र शताब्दायुः कामुको नृपकार्यकृत् ॥ १६ ॥

When Jupiter is gone there, [he is] a knower of nigama and āgama and a doer of good deeds. With Venus there, a life of a hundred years, lustful, and a doer of the king's work.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 16

Śloka 17 — Saturn and Rāhu in the kārakāṃśa

विशिष्टकर्मतः ख्यातो राजमान्योऽपि सूर्यजे । अगौ धनुर्धरश्चौरो लोहयन्त्रादिकारकः ॥ १७ ॥

With Saturn (the Sun's son), he is famed through distinguished deeds and is even honoured by the king. With Rāhu, he is an archer, a thief, and a maker of iron implements and machines,

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 17

Śloka 18 — Rāhu (concluded) and Ketu in the kārakāṃśa

भिषग् विषाणामपि वा, केतौ स्तेनः प्रजायते । व्यवहारी गजादीनामिति विज्ञैः प्रकीर्त्तितम् ॥ १८ ॥

or else a physician of poisons. With Ketu, he is born a thief, and a dealer in elephants and the like — thus it has been proclaimed by the knowing.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 18

Śloka 19 — Sun and Rāhu together in the kārakāṃśa — snake fear

कारकांशे यदार्कागू तदाभयमहेर्भवेत् । सौम्यदृष्टौ न भीतिः स्यान्मृत्युः स्यात् क्रूरवीक्षितौ ॥ १९ ॥

When the Sun and Rāhu are in the kārakāṃśa, then there is fear from snakes. If those two are aspected by benefics there is no fear; if aspected by cruel grahas, death [results].

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 19

Śloka 20 — That pair in a benefic's ṣaḍvarga; Mars aspecting the Sun-Rāhu kārakāṃśa

सौम्यषड्वर्गगौ तौ चेद् भिषग् विषविनाशकः । भौमेक्षिते कारकांशे भानुस्वर्भानुसंयुते ॥ २० ॥

If those two are gone to the ṣaḍvarga of a benefic, [he is] a physician who destroys poison. When the kārakāṃśa, joined by the Sun and Rāhu, is aspected by Mars —

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 20

Śloka 21 — Arson yoga, and Mercury's cancelling aspect

अन्यग्रहा न पश्यन्ति स्ववेश्म-परदाहकः । तत्रेन्दुजेन संदृष्टे नाग्निदो जायते जनः ॥ २१ ॥

— and other grahas do not aspect it, he is a burner of his own house and of others'. But if aspected there by Mercury, the person does not become an incendiary.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 21

Śloka 22 — Jupiter's and Venus's aspect on the malefic's sign

जीवदृष्टे तु पापर्क्षे समीपगृहदाहकः । सितेक्षिते तु नैव स्यादहनं वेश्मनो मुने ॥ २२ ॥

But when the malefic's sign is aspected by Jupiter, he burns the neighbouring houses; and when it is aspected by Venus, there is no burning of houses at all, O Muni.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 22

Śloka 23 — Gulika in the kārakāṃśa with full-Moon aspect — theft

कारकांशे सगुलिके दृष्टे पूर्णेन्दुना सति । जातकः स्तेननीतस्वः स्वयं चौरोऽथवा भवेत् ॥ २३ ॥

When the kārakāṃśa is joined by Gulika and is aspected by the full Moon, the native has his wealth carried off by thieves, or he himself becomes a thief.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 23

Śloka 24 — Gulika-kārakāṃśa unaspected; Mercury's aspect

खगादृष्टे समान्दौ तु गरदो वा गरैर्मृतः । निःसंशयं भवेदण्डवृद्धिरिन्दुसुतेक्षिते ॥ २४ ॥

When [the kārakāṃśa] with Gulika (Mānda) is unaspected by any graha, he is a giver of poison or one who dies by poison. If aspected by Mercury, there is undoubtedly aṇḍa-vṛddhi (enlargement of the testicles).

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 24

Śloka 25 — Ketu in the kārakāṃśa with malefic aspect — ear affliction

कारकांशे ध्वजोपेते पापखेचरवीक्षिते । कर्णच्छेदोऽथवा कर्णरोगो जातस्य जायते ॥ २५ ॥

When the kārakāṃśa is joined by the banner (Ketu) and aspected by malefic grahas, the native suffers cutting of the ear or disease of the ear.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 25

Śloka 26 — Venus's aspect; Mercury-and-Saturn aspect on that Ketu-kārakāṃśa

तत्र भार्गवसंदृष्टे यज्ञकर्मरतो नरः । सौम्यसौरीक्षिते तु स्याद् वीर्यहीनो जनो ध्रुवम् ॥ २६ ॥

When aspected there by Venus, the man is devoted to sacrificial rites. But when aspected by Mercury and Saturn, the person is surely devoid of virility.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 26

Śloka 27 — Mercury-and-Venus aspect — birth status

दासीपुत्रो भवेत्तत्र सौम्यभार्गववीक्षिते । किंवा पौनर्भवः पुत्रो मुने ! निःसंशयं भवेत् ॥ २७ ॥

When aspected there by Mercury and Venus, he is the son of a maidservant, or else, O Muni, a paunarbhava son (the son of a remarried woman) — without doubt.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 27

Śloka 28 — Saturn's aspect — asceticism or servitude

तापसो मन्दसंदृष्टे दासो वा जातको भवेत् । केवलेनार्किणा तत्र दृष्टे सन्न्यासवाञ्जनः ॥ २८ ॥

When aspected by Saturn, the native is an ascetic, or else a servant. When aspected there by Saturn alone, the person takes to sannyāsa.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 28

Śloka 29 — Venus-and-Sun aspect; closing of the kārakāṃśa section

सितसूर्येक्षिते तत्र राज्ञो भृत्यः प्रजायते । इतीरितं समासेन कारकांशफलं मुने ! ॥ २९ ॥

When aspected there by Venus and the Sun, he is born a servant of the king. Thus, in brief, has the result of the kārakāṃśa been declared, O Muni.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 29

Śloka 30 — 2nd from kārakāṃśa — Venus/Mars varga

कारकांशाद् द्वितीये तु वर्गे शुक्रारयोर्जनः । परस्त्रीनिरतो, दृष्टियोगतो जीवनावधि ॥ ३० ॥

When in the second from the kārakāṃśa there is the varga of Venus and Mars, the person is addicted to other men's wives; and by their aspect or conjunction, [so] to the very end of his life.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 30

Śloka 31 — Ketu, Jupiter, Rāhu in the 2nd from kārakāṃśa

केतौ तत्र फलाभावो देवेज्ये स्त्रीरतः सदा । अगौ द्रव्यविनाशः स्याद् धनगे कारकांशतः ॥ ३१ ॥

With Ketu there, that result is absent; with Jupiter, he is always devoted to women; with Rāhu placed in the dhana (2nd) from the kārakāṃśa, there is destruction of wealth.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 31

Śloka 32 — 3rd from kārakāṃśa — malefic vs benefic

कारकांशाद् विक्रमस्थे क्रूरे जातः सुवीर्यवान् । शुभे तत्र गते खेटे जातो भीरुर्न संशयः ॥ ३२ ॥

When a cruel graha stands in the vikrama (3rd) from the kārakāṃśa, the native is greatly valorous; when a benefic graha has gone there, the native is timid, without doubt.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 32

Śloka 33 — 4th from kārakāṃśa — a mansion

ततस्तुर्ये तु शीतांशुसितसंयुतवीक्षिते । अपि वा तुङ्गगे तत्र ग्रहे जातस्तु हर्म्यवान् ॥ ३३ ॥

When the fourth therefrom is joined or aspected by the Moon and Venus, or when a graha in its ucca is gone there, the native possesses a mansion.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 33

Śloka 34 — 4th from kārakāṃśa — material of the house

जीवे दारुमयं तत्र मन्दागुभ्यां शिलामयम् । भौमध्वजाभ्यां युक्ते तु गृहं स्यादिष्टिकामयम् ॥ ३४ ॥

With Jupiter there, [the house is] made of wood; with Saturn and Rāhu, of stone; but when joined by Mars and Ketu, the house is made of brick.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 34

Śloka 35 — 4th from kārakāṃśa — Sun and Moon

तृणस्य रविणा वेद्यं शशिनाऽनावृतस्थले । पत्न्या सह भवेद्योग इति शास्त्रेषु निश्चितम् ॥ ३५ ॥

With the Sun it is to be understood as [a house] of grass; with the Moon, union with his wife takes place in an uncovered place — so it is settled in the śāstras.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 35

Śloka 36 — 5th from kārakāṃśa — Rāhu and Mars

सुते स्वर्भानुभौमाभ्यां जातकस्तु क्षयामयी । तत्रैव चन्द्रदृष्ट्या तु भवेत् फलमसंशयम् ॥ ३६ ॥

With Rāhu and Mars in the fifth (suta), the native suffers the wasting disease (kṣaya); and by the Moon's aspect there that result comes about beyond doubt.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 36

Śloka 37 — 5th from kārakāṃśa — Mars and Ketu aspects

भौमदृष्ट्या तु जातः स्यात् पिटकादिरुजान्वितः । जलोदरो वा ग्रहणीरोगः स्यात् केतुदृष्टितः ॥ ३७ ॥

By Mars's aspect the native is afflicted with boils and similar ailments; by Ketu's aspect there is dropsy (jalodara) or the grahaṇī disease.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 37

Śloka 38 — 5th from kārakāṃśa — Rāhu with Gulika; Mercury

तत्रैव सागुमान्दौ तु भीतिर्गरल-सम्भवा । तत्रेन्दुजे विदेहः स्यात् किंवा दण्डधरो यतिः ॥ ३८ ॥

There itself, with Gulika together with Rāhu, there is fear arising from poison. With Mercury there, he becomes videha (freed of body-consciousness), or else a staff-bearing ascetic.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 38

Śloka 39 — 5th from kārakāṃśa — Sun, Mars, Saturn, Rāhu

सूर्ये स्वसिधरो बालो भौमे प्रासयुतो भवेत् । सूर्यपुत्रे तु धानुष्कः लोहयन्त्रकरस्त्वगौ ॥ ३९ ॥

With the Sun, the native bears a sword; with Mars, he is armed with a lance (prāsa); with Saturn, he is an archer; and with Rāhu, a maker of iron machines.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 39

Śloka 40 — 5th from kārakāṃśa — Ketu and Venus

घटीयन्त्रकरः केतौ काव्यकर्त्ता भृगोः सुते । वक्ता च काव्यतत्त्वज्ञो जातकः स्यान्न संशयः ॥ ४० ॥

With Ketu, [he is] a maker of water-clocks; with Venus in the fifth, a composer of poetry, an orator, and a knower of the essence of poetry — such the native becomes, without doubt.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 40

Śloka 41 — Jupiter and Moon in kārakāṃśa or its 5th — authorship

कारकांशे तत्सुते वा जीवेन्दू यदि संस्थितौ । ग्रन्थकर्त्ता भवेद् बालः सर्वविद्याविशारदः ॥ ४१ ॥

If Jupiter and the Moon are placed together in the kārakāṃśa or in the fifth from it, the native becomes an author of treatises, accomplished in every branch of learning.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 41

Śloka 42 — Venus / Mercury variants; Jupiter alone — omniscient author

सितेन तु मनागल्पः सौम्यनात्यल्पको मतः । जीवमात्रयुते तत्र सर्वज्ञो ग्रन्थकारकः ॥ ४२ ॥

But with Venus [there] it is slightly less; with Mercury it is held to be very much less. When Jupiter alone is joined there, he is an all-knowing author of works.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 42

Śloka 43 — Learning by planet — Veda, Nyāya, Mīmāṃsā

वेदवेदान्तशब्दानां तत्त्वज्ञो जायते नरः । भौमेन न्यायशास्त्रज्ञः, मीमांसाविद् बुधेन तु ॥ ४३ ॥

[When Jupiter alone is joined there,] the man becomes a knower of the essence of the Veda, of Vedānta, and of śabda-śāstra (grammar). By Mars, a knower of the Nyāya-śāstra; by Mercury, a knower of Mīmāṃsā.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 43

Śloka 44 — Learning by planet — Saturn, Sun, Moon

मन्देन तु सभामूकः भानुना गीततत्त्ववित् । शशिना सांख्य-साहित्य-योग-गानविशारदः ॥ ४४ ॥

By Saturn, [he is] mute in the assembly; by the Sun, a knower of the essence of song; by the Moon, accomplished in Sāṃkhya, literature, yoga and singing.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 44

Śloka 45-45½ — Learning by planet — Rāhu/Ketu; Jupiter's link; extension to the 2nd

अगुना शिखिना वापि जातो गणिततत्त्ववित् । तत्र चेज्जीवसम्बन्धः साम्प्रदायिकशास्त्रवित् ॥ ४५ ॥ कारकांशाद्धनेऽप्येवं केषांचन मते फलम् ।

By Rāhu, or likewise by Ketu, the native is a knower of the essence of mathematics. And if there is a connection of Jupiter there, he is a knower of the sectarian (sāmpradāyika) śāstra. In the opinion of some, the same result [applies] also to the dhana (2nd) from the kārakāṃśa.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 45-45½

Śloka 46 — 6th (and 3rd) from kārakāṃśa

कारकांशाद्रिपौ पापग्रहे कृषिकरो नरः । आलस्ययुक् सौम्यखेटे सहजेऽपीदृशं फलम् ॥ ४६ ॥

With a malefic graha in the ripu (6th) from the kārakāṃśa, the man is a tiller of the soil; with a benefic graha, he is given to idleness. The same result [applies] to the sahaja (3rd) as well.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 46

Śloka 47 — 7th from kārakāṃśa — the wife's nature (Moon/Jupiter, Venus, Mercury)

मदे शशीज्यौ कारकांशात्तज्जाया सुभगोत्तमा । कवौ कामातुरा प्रोक्ता कलापूर्णेन्दुजे स्मृता ॥ ४७ ॥

With the Moon and Jupiter in the mada (7th) from the kārakāṃśa, his wife is most beautiful and fortunate. With Venus, she is declared to be tormented by desire; with Mercury, she is held to be full of accomplishments.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 47

Śloka 48 — 7th from kārakāṃśa — Sun, Saturn, Rāhu

स्वान्वये रक्षिता सूर्ये वयोज्येष्ठा च सौरिणा । तापसी रोगयुक्ता वा विधवा स्यादगौ मुने ! ॥ ४८ ॥

With the Sun, she is kept guarded within her own family; with Saturn, she is older in age, an ascetic, or diseased; with Rāhu she would be a widow, O Muni.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 48

Śloka 49 — 8th from kārakāṃśa — length of life

ससौम्यनाथे निधने दीर्घायुः कारकांशतः । क्रूरदृष्टचन्वितेऽल्पायुः मध्यमायुस्तु मिश्रकैः ॥ ४९ ॥

When the nidhana (8th) from the kārakāṃśa is with a benefic or with its own lord, there is long life; when aspected or joined by cruel grahas, short life; but with mixed [grahas], a middling life.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 49

Śloka 50 — 9th from kārakāṃśa — benefics

कारकांशाच्च नवमे शुभखेट-युतेक्षिते । सत्यवादी गुरौ भक्तः स्वधर्मनिरतो नरः ॥ ५० ॥

When the ninth from the kārakāṃśa is joined or aspected by benefic grahas, the man speaks truth, is devoted to his guru, and is engaged in his own dharma.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 50

Śloka 51 — 9th from kārakāṃśa — malefics

कारकांशाच्च नवमे पापग्रह-युतेक्षिते । स्वधर्मनिरतो बाल्ये मिथ्यावादी तथाऽन्तिमे ॥ ५१ ॥

When the ninth from the kārakāṃśa is joined or aspected by malefic grahas, he is devoted to his own dharma in childhood, but a speaker of falsehood in his last [years].

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 51

Śloka 52 — 9th from kārakāṃśa — Saturn and Rāhu

कारकांशात्तु नवमे शनिराहुयुतेक्षिते । गुरुद्रोही भवेद् विप्र ! शास्त्रेषु विमुखो नरः ॥ ५२ ॥

When the ninth from the kārakāṃśa is joined or aspected by Saturn and Rāhu, O Vipra, the man becomes one who betrays his guru and turns his face from the śāstras.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 52

Śloka 53 — 9th from kārakāṃśa — Jupiter and Sun

कारकांशात्तु नवमे गुरुभानुयुतेक्षिते । तदापि च गुरुद्रोही गुरुवाक्यं न मन्यते ॥ ५३ ॥

When the ninth from the kārakāṃśa is joined or aspected by Jupiter and the Sun, then too he betrays his guru and does not heed the guru's word.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 53

Śloka 54 — 9th from kārakāṃśa — Mars and Venus

कारकांशात्तु नवमे कुजकाव्ययुतेक्षिते । षड्वर्गादिकयोगे तु मरणं पारदारिकम् ॥ ५४ ॥

When the ninth from the kārakāṃśa is joined or aspected by Mars and Venus, then, in a yoga of the ṣaḍvarga and the rest, there is the death of the woman with whom he commits adultery.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 54

Śloka 55 — 9th from kārakāṃśa — Moon and Mercury

कारकांशात्तु नवमे चन्द्रचन्द्रजदग्युते । परस्त्रीसंगमाद् बालो बन्धको भवति ध्रुवम् ॥ ५५ ॥

When the ninth from the kārakāṃśa is aspected or joined by the Moon and Mercury, through union with another man's wife the native surely becomes bound to her.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 55

Śloka 56 — 9th from kārakāṃśa — Jupiter alone

जीवमात्रेण नवमे संयुते वा निरीक्षिते । स्त्रीलोलुपो भवेद् बालो विषयी चापि जायते ॥ ५६ ॥

When the ninth is joined or aspected by Jupiter alone, the native becomes greedy for women, and is also given to sense-pleasures.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 56

Śloka 57 — 10th from kārakāṃśa — benefics

दशमे कारकांशात्तु शुभखेटान्वितेक्षिते । स्थिरवित्तो भवेद् बालो गम्भीरो बहुवीर्यवान् ॥ ५७ ॥

When the tenth from the kārakāṃśa is joined or aspected by benefic grahas, the native has stable wealth, is deep of character, and greatly powerful.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 57

Śloka 58 — 10th from kārakāṃśa — malefics

कारकांशात्तु दशमे क्रूरग्रहयुतेक्षिते । व्यवसायेऽर्थहानिः स्यात्स्वतातसुखवञ्चितः ॥ ५८ ॥

When the tenth from the kārakāṃśa is joined or aspected by cruel grahas, there is loss of wealth in business, and he is deprived of the happiness of his own father.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 58

Śloka 59 — 10th from kārakāṃśa — Mercury and Venus

कारकांशात्तु दशमे सौम्यभार्गवदग्युते । व्यापारे बहुलाभः स्यान्महत्कर्मकृदप्यसौ ॥ ५९ ॥

When the tenth from the kārakāṃśa is aspected or joined by Mercury and Venus, there is great profit in trade, and he is moreover a doer of great deeds.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 59

Śloka 60 — 10th from kārakāṃśa — Sun, Moon and Jupiter

दशमे कारकांशात्तु सूर्येन्दुयुतवीक्षिते । सुरेज्ययुतदृष्टेऽपि जातो भवति भूपतिः ॥ ६० ॥

When the tenth from the kārakāṃśa is joined or aspected by the Sun and Moon, and is also joined or aspected by Jupiter, the native becomes a lord of the earth.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 60

Śloka 61 — 11th from kārakāṃśa — benefic influence

एकादशे कारकांशात् सद्भोगान्वितेक्षिते । सर्वत्र लाभवाञ् जातः सदा सोदरसौख्ययुक् ॥ ६१ ॥

When the eleventh from the kārakāṃśa is joined or aspected by [grahas] bringing good enjoyments, the native gains everywhere and always possesses the happiness of siblings.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 61

Śloka 62 — 11th from kārakāṃśa — malefic influence

तत्रैव क्रूरदृग्योगात्सद्वृत्त्यर्थलाभवान् । पराक्रमयुतो विश्वविश्रुतो जायते जनः ॥ ६२ ॥

There itself, through the aspect or conjunction of cruel grahas, he gains wealth by unrighteous conduct; the person becomes valorous and renowned throughout the world.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 62

Śloka 63 — 12th from kārakāṃśa — nature of expenditure

कारकांशात्तु रिष्फस्थे सौम्ये सत्कर्मणि व्ययः । पापेऽसत्कर्मणि प्रोक्तः खेटासत्त्वे शुभं फलम् ॥ ६३ ॥

When a benefic stands in the riṣpha (12th) from the kārakāṃśa, expenditure is upon good works; with a malefic, expenditure is declared to be upon bad works; and in the absence of any graha there, the result is auspicious.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 63

Śloka 64 — 12th from kārakāṃśa — benefic in svakṣetra or ucca

कारकांशाद् व्ययस्थाने स्वक्षोंच्चस्थे शुभग्रहे । सद्गतिर्जायते तस्य शुभलोकमवाप्नुयात् ॥ ६४ ॥

When a benefic graha stands in the vyaya (12th) place from the kārakāṃśa in its own sign or its ucca, a good destiny arises for him, and he attains an auspicious world.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 64

Śloka 65 — 12th from kārakāṃśa — Ketu with benefics

कारकांशाद् व्यये केतौ शुभखेटैर्युतेक्षिते । तदा तु जायते मुक्तिः सायुज्यपदमाप्नुयात् ॥ ६५ ॥

When Ketu is in the vyaya (12th) from the kārakāṃśa, joined or aspected by benefic grahas, then liberation arises, and he attains the state of sāyujya.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 65

Śloka 66 — Ketu in 12th in Meṣa or Dhanus with benefic aspect — kaivalya

कारकांशाद् व्ययगते मेषे धनुषि वा ध्वजे । शुभग्रहेण संदृष्टे कैवल्यपदमाप्नुयात् ॥ ६६ ॥

When Ketu (the banner) has gone to the vyaya from the kārakāṃśa in Meṣa or in Dhanus, and is aspected by a benefic graha, he attains the state of kaivalya.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 66

Śloka 67 — Ketu alone in 12th with malefics — no liberation

व्यये च केवले केतौ पापग्रहयुतेक्षिते । न मुक्तिर्जायते तर्हि शुभलोकं न पश्यति ॥ ६७ ॥

And when Ketu alone is in the vyaya, joined or aspected by malefic grahas, then liberation does not arise, and he does not behold an auspicious world.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 67

Śloka 68 — Ketu with Sun in the 12th — devotion to the Sun

रविणा संयुते केतौ कारकांशाद् व्ययस्थिते । रविभक्तो भवेज्जातो निर्विशङ्कं द्विजोत्तम ॥ ६८ ॥

When Ketu, placed in the vyaya from the kārakāṃśa, is joined by the Sun, the native becomes a devotee of the Sun, beyond all doubt, O best of the twice-born.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 68

Śloka 69 — Ketu with Moon in the 12th — devotion to Gaurī

चन्द्रेण संयुते केतौ कारकांशाद् व्ययस्थिते । गौर्यां भक्तिर्भवेत्तस्य शाक्तिको जायते नरः ॥ ६९ ॥

When Ketu, placed in the vyaya from the kārakāṃśa, is joined by the Moon, he has devotion to Gaurī, and the man becomes a Śākta.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 69

Śloka 70 — Ketu with Venus in the 12th — devotion to Śrī

शुक्रेण संयुते केतौ कारकांशाद् व्ययस्थिते । श्रियामतितरां भक्तिर्जायतेऽसौ समृद्धिमान् ॥ ७० ॥

When Ketu, placed in the vyaya from the kārakāṃśa, is joined by Venus, exceeding devotion to Śrī (Lakṣmī) arises, and he becomes prosperous.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 70

Śloka 71 — Ketu with Mars / Mercury-Saturn / Jupiter — Skanda, Viṣṇu, Śiva

कुजेन सहिते केतौ स्कन्दभक्तो भवेन्नरः । वैष्णवो बुधसौरिभ्यां गुरुणा शिवभक्तिमान् ॥ ७१ ॥

When Ketu is together with Mars, the man becomes a devotee of Skanda; with Mercury and Saturn, a Vaiṣṇava; with Jupiter, a devotee of Śiva.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 71

Śloka 72 — Ketu with Rāhu / Ketu alone — Durgā, bhūtas, Heramba

राहुणा तामसीं दुर्गां किंवा भूतादिकान् भजेत् । हेरम्बभक्तः शिखिना स्कन्दभक्तोऽथवा भवेत् ॥ ७२ ॥

With Rāhu, he worships the tāmasī Durgā, or else bhūtas and the like; with Ketu, he becomes a devotee of Heramba (Gaṇeśa), or else of Skanda.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 72

Śloka 73 — Saturn in 12th in a malefic sign — lesser deity

कारकांशाद् व्यये सौरिः पापराशौ यदा भवेत् । तदा तु क्षुद्रदेवस्य भक्तिस्तस्य न संशयः ॥ ७३ ॥

When Saturn is in the vyaya from the kārakāṃśa in a malefic sign, then he has devotion to a lesser (kṣudra) deity, without doubt.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 73

Śloka 74 — Venus in 12th in a malefic sign; extension to the 6th from amātyakāraka

पापर्क्षेऽपि व्यये शुक्रे तदापि क्षुद्रसेवकः । एवमेव फलं ज्ञेयं शत्रौ चामात्यकारकात् ॥ ७४ ॥

With Venus too in the vyaya in a malefic sign, he is likewise a servant of lesser deities. Exactly the same result is to be known for the śatru (6th) from the amātyakāraka.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 74

Śloka 75 — Malefics in a trikoṇa from kārakāṃśa — mastery of mantra and tantra

कारकांशात् त्रिकोणस्थे मुने ! क्रूरग्रहोदये । मन्त्र-तन्त्र-विदां वर्यो जायते जातको ध्रुवम् ॥ ७५ ॥

O Muni, when cruel grahas rise in a trikoṇa from the kārakāṃśa, the native surely becomes foremost among the knowers of mantra and tantra.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 75

Śloka 76 — Aspect on that trikoṇa — nigraha vs anugraha

पापसंवीक्षिते तत्र तन्त्र-निग्राहको भवेत् । शुभैर्निरीक्षिते तत्र जातोऽनुग्राहको भवेत् ॥ ७६ ॥

When that is aspected by malefics, he becomes one who uses tantra for subjugation (nigraha); when aspected there by benefics, the native becomes one who bestows grace (anugraha).

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 76

Śloka 77 — Moon in kārakāṃśa aspected by Venus / Mercury

रसवादी नरश्चन्द्रे कारकांशे सितेक्षिते । विदोक्षिते भिषग्वर्यः सर्वरोगहरो मुने ! ॥ ७७ ॥

When the Moon is in the kārakāṃśa and aspected by Venus, the man is an alchemist (rasavādin); when aspected by Mercury, he is the foremost of physicians, a remover of all diseases, O Muni.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 77

Śloka 78 — Moon in the 4th from kārakāṃśa — skin and blood disorders

सितेक्षिते विधौ तुर्ये श्वेतकुष्ठी भवेज्जनः । कुजेक्षिते राजरोगी रक्तपित्तार्त्तिमान् नरः ॥ ७८ ॥

When the Moon is in the fourth and aspected by Venus, the person suffers from white leprosy; when aspected by Mars, the man suffers from rāja-roga and is afflicted with rakta-pitta.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 78

Śloka 79 — Ketu's aspect; Mars and Rāhu in the 4th or 5th

शिखिना वीक्षिते तत्र नीलकुष्ठयुतो भवेत् । कुजागू तुर्यगौ किंवा सुतगौ चेद् द्विजोत्तम ॥ ७९ ॥

When aspected there by Ketu, he is afflicted with blue leprosy (nīla-kuṣṭha). And if Mars and Rāhu are gone to the fourth, or to the fifth, O best of the twice-born —

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 79

Śloka 80 — Consumption; Mars alone in the 4th from kārakāṃśa

क्षयरोगो भवेत्तस्य चन्द्रदृष्ट्या विशेषतः । कारकांशात् तुर्यसून्वोः केवलः संस्थितः कुजः ॥ ८० ॥

— he suffers the wasting disease (kṣaya-roga), especially by the Moon's aspect. When Mars alone is placed in the fourth or in the fifth (sūnu, the son's house) from the kārakāṃśa —

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 80

Śloka 81 — Mars alone in the 4th; Ketu there

पिटकादि भवेत्तस्य निर्विशङ्कं द्विजोत्तम । जलोदरो वा ग्रहणी ध्वजे तत्रैव संस्थिते ॥ ८१ ॥

— he has boils and the like, beyond doubt, O best of the twice-born; or, when Ketu is placed there itself, dropsy or the grahaṇī disease.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 81

Śloka 82 — Rāhu and Gulika in the 4th; Saturn alone in the 5th

स्वर्भानुगुलिकौ तस्मिन् विषवैद्यः प्रजायते । कारकांशात् सुते भावे शनिमात्रे स्थिते सति ॥ ८२ ॥

When Rāhu and Gulika are in that [house], he is born a poison-physician. And when Saturn alone is placed in the suta (5th) bhāva from the kārakāṃśa —

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 82

Śloka 83 — Saturn alone in the 5th; Ketu alone there

धनुर्विद्याधरो बालो जायते नात्र संशयः । शिखिमात्रे तु तत्रस्थे घटिकायन्त्रकृज्जनः ॥ ८३ ॥

— the native becomes a master of the science of archery; there is no doubt here. But when Ketu alone stands there, the person is a maker of water-clocks (ghaṭikā-yantra).

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 83

Śloka 84 — Mercury alone in the 5th; Mars, Rāhu, Sun there respectively

सौम्ये तु दण्डिसंन्यासी स्याद् वा परमहंसवत् । कुजे राहौ रवौ तत्र संस्थिते क्रमशो द्विज ॥ ८४ ॥

But with Mercury, he becomes a staff-bearing sannyāsī, or one like a paramahaṃsa. And with Mars, Rāhu and the Sun placed there respectively, O twice-born —

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 84

Śloka 84½ (85a) — Mars, Rāhu, Sun in the 5th from kārakāṃśa — weapon-bearers

कुन्त-लौहास्त्र-खड्गानां धारको जायते जनः ।

— the person becomes a bearer of the lance, of iron weapons, and of the sword [respectively].

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 84½ (85a)

Śloka 85 — Completion of the weapon list; Śukra in svāṃśa or 5th — poet and orator

कुन्त-लौहास्त्र-खड्गानां धारको जायते जनः । स्वांशेऽथ पञ्चमे वापि कवौ वाग्मी कविर्जनः ॥ ८५ ॥

— the person is born a bearer of the spear, of iron weapons, and of the sword (respectively). Now, when Śukra is in the svāṃśa, or else in the fifth, the person is eloquent and a poet.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 85

Śloka 86 — Guru in svāṃśa or 5th — author and Vedānta-knower

गुरौ तत्र तु सर्वत्र ग्रन्थकृत् शब्दशास्त्रवित् । वेदवेदान्ततत्त्वज्ञः प्रगल्भो न सभासु च ॥ ८६ ॥

But with Guru there, in every case, he is an author of books and a knower of grammar; he knows the truth of the Vedas and Vedānta, and is not bold in assemblies.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 86

Śloka 87 — Śani in those places — mute in assembly; Mangala — logician

उक्तस्थानगते सौरौ सभामूको भवेज्जनः । कारकांशे तत्सुते वा कुजे नैयायिको भवेत् ॥ ८७ ॥

When Śani has gone to the aforesaid places, the person becomes mute in an assembly. When Mangala is in the kārakāṃśa or in the fifth from it, he becomes a logician (naiyāyika).

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 87

Śloka 88 — Moon there — literature and Sāṃkhya; Sun there — Vedānta and music

साहित्य-सांख्ययोगेषु निपुणो गानकृद् विधौ । वेदान्ततत्त्वविद् गानमर्मज्ञो भास्करे भवेत् ॥ ८८ ॥

With the Moon (there) he is skilled in literature and in the Sāṃkhya and Yoga (systems), and is a singer; with the Sun he knows the truth of Vedānta and is a knower of the secrets of song.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 88

Śloka 89 — Ketu there — mathematical astronomy; with Guru — traditional śāstras

गणितज्यौतिषे शास्त्रे निपुणः शिखिनि स्मृतः । तत्रैव जीवसम्बन्धात् साम्प्रदायिकशास्त्रवित् ॥ ८९ ॥

With Ketu (there) he is declared skilled in the śāstra of mathematical astronomy; and in that very place, through connection with Guru, he becomes a knower of the traditional (sectarian) śāstras.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 89

Śloka 90 — Extending the method to the 2nd and 3rd; Ketu in the 2nd or 3rd

एवं वित्ते विक्रमे वा कारकांशाद् विचिन्तयेत् । कारकांशाद्धने चापि तृतीये केतुसंयुते ॥ ९० ॥

In the same way one should consider (the results) in the second or the third from the kārakāṃśa. And when the second from the kārakāṃśa, or the third, is joined with Ketu —

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 90

Śloka 91 — Speech impediment; the 2nd and 8th from kārakāṃśa, ārūḍha and lagna

वाक्स्तब्धता, क्रूरदृष्टे विशेषात् तत्फलं दिशेत् । कारकांशात्तथारूढात् लग्नतो वार्थरन्ध्रयोः ॥ ९१ ॥

— there is impediment of speech; and if it is aspected by a cruel graha, that result should be declared with special force. Likewise, from the kārakāṃśa, from the ārūḍha, or from the lagna, in the second and the eighth —

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 91

Śloka 92 — Definition of Kemadruma yoga from kārakāṃśa/ārūḍha/lagna

केमद्रुमः समे क्रूरे विशेषाच्चन्द्रदृष्टितः । अस्मिन् प्रकरणे प्रोक्ता ये योगास्ते मया मुने ! ॥ ९२ ॥

— when the cruel grahas [standing in those two places] are equal in number, it is Kemadruma, especially so through the Moon's aspect. O Muni, those yogas which have been declared by me in this section —

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 92

Śloka 93 — When these yogas fructify; the same test from the daśā-pada rāśi

तत्तद्राशि-ग्रहदशा-मध्ये ते फलदायिनः । एवं दशापदाद्राशेर्द्वितीयाष्टमयोर्द्विज ! ॥ ९३ ॥

— they give their results in the midst of the daśās of those respective rāśis and grahas. In the same way, O twice-born, from the rāśi of the daśā-pada, in the second and the eighth —

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 93

Śloka 94 — Kemadruma from the daśā-pada; computing grahas at daśā onset

ग्रहसाम्ये तु विज्ञेयो योगः केमद्रुमोऽधमः । दशारम्भे ग्रहान् लग्नसहितान् साधयेद् बुधः ॥ ९४ ॥

— when the grahas are equal (in the two), the base Kemadruma yoga is to be known. At the commencement of a daśā the wise man should compute the grahas together with the lagna.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 94

Śloka 95 — Kemadruma in the daśā-onset chart; general method for all bhāvas and grahas

तत्रापि पूर्ववत् केमद्रुम-योगं विचिन्तयेत् । एवं तन्वादिभावानां रव्यादिद्युषदां सदा ॥ ९५ ॥

There too one should consider the Kemadruma yoga just as before. Thus, always, for the bhāvas beginning with the tanu (first) and for the sky-dwellers (grahas) beginning with the Sun —

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 95

Śloka 96 — Closing rule: judge by respective placement; chapter summed up

तत्तत्स्थितिवशादेव फलं वाच्यं तु धीमता । कारकांशफलं चैतदुक्तं संक्षेपतस्तु ते ॥ ९६ ॥

— the intelligent one should declare the result solely according to their respective placements. And this result of the kārakāṃśa has been told to you in brief.

BPHS Adhyāya 34, śloka 96