The Yogas of Royal Patronage — Bṛhat-Pārāśara-Horāśāstra, Adhyāya 41

राजाश्रययोगाध्यायः

The complete The Yogas of Royal Patronage chapter of the Bṛhat-Pārāśara-Horāśāstra — all 16 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 41.10

कारके शुभसंयुक्ते पञ्चमे सप्तमेऽपि वा । / नवमे दशमे वा स्याद् राजसम्बन्धतो धनम् ॥ १० ॥

When the kāraka (ātmakāraka), joined with a benefic, stands in the fifth, or in the seventh, or in the ninth or the tenth, there is wealth through connection with a king.

BPHS Adhyāya 41, śloka 41.10

Śloka 41.11

कारके नवमे याते लग्ने भाग्यपदेऽथवा । / जातः स्याद्राजसम्बद्धो योगेऽस्मिन्नात्र संशयः ॥ ११ ॥

When the kāraka (ātmakāraka) has gone to the ninth, and the bhāgya-pada — the ārūḍha-pada of the ninth — is in the lagna, the native becomes attached to a king; in this yoga there is no doubt about it.

BPHS Adhyāya 41, śloka 41.11

Śloka 41.12

लग्नेशे लाभगेहस्थे पापदृष्टिविवर्जिते । / कारके शुभसंयुक्ते लाभस्तस्य नृपालयात् ॥ १२ ॥

When the lord of the lagna stands in the house of gain (the eleventh) and is free from the aspect of malefics, and the kāraka is joined with a benefic, that person has gain from the king's palace.

BPHS Adhyāya 41, śloka 41.12

Śloka 41.13

कर्मगे लग्नपे लग्नगते कर्मपतावपि । / राजसम्बन्धकृद्योगो विशेषात् समुदीरितः ॥ १३ ॥

When the lord of the lagna has gone to the karma-bhāva (the tenth) and the lord of the tenth likewise has gone to the lagna, this is declared to be, in a special degree, a yoga producing connection with a king.

BPHS Adhyāya 41, śloka 41.13

Śloka 41.14

आत्मकारकतो मातृभावगाबिन्दुभार्गवौ । / नृपलक्ष्मयुतं जातं कुरुतो नृपवन्मुने ! ॥ १४ ॥

O sage! the Moon and Venus, placed in the mātṛ-bhāva (the fourth) reckoned from the ātmakāraka, make the native endowed with the marks of royalty, like a king.

BPHS Adhyāya 41, śloka 41.14

Śloka 41.15

सुतेशसहिते लग्नपतौ किंवात्मकारके । / केन्द्रगे कोणगे वापि जातः स्यान्नृपतेः सुहृत् ॥ १५ ॥

When the lord of the lagna — or else the ātmakāraka — is joined with the lord of the fifth and stands in a kendra or in a koṇa, the native becomes the friend of a king.

BPHS Adhyāya 41, śloka 41.15

Śloka 41.0 (heading + speaker line)

अथ राजाश्रययोगाध्यायः ॥ ४१ ॥ पराशर उवाच—

Now the chapter on the yogas of royal patronage (rāja-āśraya). Parāśara said:

BPHS Adhyāya 41, śloka 41.0 (heading + speaker line)

Śloka 41.1

राज्येशे तु जनुर्लग्नादमात्येशयुतेक्षिते । अमात्यकारकेणापि प्रधानत्वं नृपालये ॥ १ ॥

When the lord of the rājya-bhāva (the 10th), reckoned from the birth-lagna, is conjoined with or aspected by the lord of the amātya-bhāva — or likewise by the amātya-kāraka — (the native attains) pre-eminence in the king's palace.

BPHS Adhyāya 41, śloka 41.1

Śloka 41.2

लग्नाधीशेक्षिते लाभे पापदृग्युतिविवर्जिते । राजालये प्रधानत्वं जायते स्वकुलेऽपि च ॥ २ ॥

When the lābha-bhāva (the 11th) is aspected by the lord of the lagna and is free from the aspect or conjunction of malefics, pre-eminence arises in the royal palace and in one's own clan as well.

BPHS Adhyāya 41, śloka 41.2

Śloka 41.3

अमात्यकारकेणापि कारकेन्द्रे समन्विते । तीव्रबुद्धियुतो बालो नृपामात्यः प्रजायते ॥ ३ ॥

If (the ātma-kāraka) is joined also by the amātya-kāraka, the native, endowed with keen intellect, becomes a king's minister from his youth.

BPHS Adhyāya 41, śloka 41.3

Śloka 41.4

बलाढ्ये सद्ग्रहोपेतेऽमात्याख्ये कारके सति । स्वर्क्षे स्वतुङ्गगे वा स्यान्नृपामात्यो न संशयः ॥ ४ ॥

When the kāraka named amātya is rich in strength, accompanied by benefic grahas, and is situated in its own rāśi or in its exaltation, the native becomes a king's minister — of this there is no doubt.

BPHS Adhyāya 41, śloka 41.4

Śloka 41.5

तनुनवतपःसंस्थे मुनेऽमात्याख्यकारके । विश्रुतो जायते जातो ध्रुवं मन्त्री महीपतेः ॥ ५ ॥

O Muni, when the kāraka named amātya is placed in the tanu (1st), the nava (9th) or the tapas (5th) bhāva, the native becomes renowned and is assuredly a minister of the lord of the earth.

BPHS Adhyāya 41, śloka 41.5

Śloka 41.6

अमात्यकारकश्चात्मकारकात् केन्द्रकोणगः । सुखी जातोऽनिशं राज्ञः कृपापात्रं तदाश्रयी ॥ ६ ॥

And when the amātya-kāraka occupies a kendra or a koṇa reckoned from the ātma-kāraka, the native is happy, is constantly a vessel of the king's grace, and lives under his patronage.

BPHS Adhyāya 41, śloka 41.6

Śloka 41.7

आत्मकारकतो लग्नात् पदाद्वा विक्रमे रिपौ । स्थितेष्वखिलपापेषु जातः सेनापतिर्भवेत् ॥ ७ ॥

When all the malefic grahas stand in the vikrama (3rd) or the ripu (6th) counted from the ātma-kāraka, from the lagna, or from the pada, the native becomes a commander of armies.

BPHS Adhyāya 41, śloka 41.7

Śloka 41.8

स्वर्क्षतुङ्गगते केन्द्रे कोणे वा कारके स्थिते । धर्मेशयुतदृष्टे च राजमन्त्री नरो भवेत् ॥ ८ ॥

When the kāraka, gone to its own rāśi or its exaltation, is placed in a kendra or a koṇa, and is conjoined with or aspected by the lord of the dharma-bhāva (the 9th), the man becomes a royal minister.

BPHS Adhyāya 41, śloka 41.8

Śloka 41.9

कारके चन्द्रराशीशे लग्नगे सौम्यसंयुते । मन्त्रित्वे मुख्ययोगोऽयं वार्धके नात्र संशय ॥ ९ ॥

When the kāraka — himself the lord of the rāśi occupied by the Moon — stands in the lagna joined by a benefic, this is the chief yoga for ministership, (fructifying) in old age; herein there is no doubt.

BPHS Adhyāya 41, śloka 41.9