Chapter on the Results of the Cara and other Rāśi Daśās — Bṛhat-Pārāśara-Horāśāstra, Adhyāya 51

चरादिराशिदशाफलाध्यायः

The complete Chapter on the Results of the Cara and other Rāśi Daśās chapter of the Bṛhat-Pārāśara-Horāśāstra — all 97 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 — Transition — Parāśara announces the phala of the cara/sthira rāśi daśās

पराशर उवाच — चरस्थिरप्रभृतयो दशा याः प्रागुदीरिताः । शुभं वाप्यशुभं तासां फलं सम्प्रति वच्मि ते ॥ १ ॥

Parāśara said: Those daśās beginning with the cara and sthira (rāśi daśās) which were declared earlier — their fruit, whether auspicious or inauspicious, I now tell you.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 1

Śloka 2 — Master principle — judge each bhāva's daśā by the strength of its lord

लग्नादारभ्य रिष्फान्तभावानां फलवर्णने । तत्तद्भावेशबलेनैव यथोचितमुदीरयेत् ॥ २ ॥

In describing the fruits of the bhāvas from the lagna up to the twelfth (riṣpha), one should declare them as is fitting, purely according to the strength of each respective bhāva-lord.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 2

Śloka 3 — Three grades of result by bhāva-lord strength

सबले भावाधिपे तस्य पूर्णमेव फलं स्मृतम् । तथा मध्ये बले मध्यमल्पे त्वल्पं फलं दिशेत् ॥ ३ ॥

When the bhāva-lord is strong, the full fruit of that bhāva is declared. Likewise, when the strength is middling, a middling fruit; and when it is slight, one should assign only a slight fruit.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 3

Śloka 4 — Malefics in the 2nd and 8th from the daśā rāśi

यः स्याद् दशाप्रदो राशिस्तस्य रन्ध्रद्वितीयके । पापखेटयुते विप्र ! तद्दशा दुःखदायिका ॥ ४ ॥

O Vipra! When the rāśi that gives the daśā has its eighth (randhra) and second occupied by malefic grahas, that daśā gives sorrow.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 4

Śloka 5 — Malefics vs benefics in the 3rd and 6th from the daśā rāśi

तृतीयषष्ठगे पापे जयादिः परिकीर्तितः । शुभखेटयुते तत्र जायते हि पराजयः ॥ ५ ॥

With a malefic gone to the third and sixth (from the daśā rāśi), victory and the like are declared; but if benefic grahas occupy those places, defeat indeed results.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 5

Śloka 6 — Any graha in the lagna gives gain; benefic-joined daśā rāśi (protasis)

लग्नस्थे शुभपापे तु लाभो भवति निश्चितम् । यदा दशाप्रदो राशिः शुभखेटयुतो द्विज ॥ ६ ॥

When either a benefic or a malefic is placed in the lagna, gain is certain. O Dvija, when the daśā-giving rāśi is joined by benefic grahas —

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 6

Śloka 7 — Daśā rāśi in a benefic's kṣetra; benefic kṣetra with a malefic on it

शुभक्षेत्रे हि तद्राशेः शुभमेव दशाफलम् । पापयुक्ते शुभक्षेत्रे पूर्वं सत् स्यात्ततोऽप्यसत् ॥ ७ ॥

— or lies in a benefic's kṣetra, then the daśā-fruit of that rāśi is auspicious indeed. But when a benefic's kṣetra is joined by a malefic, first there is good, and thereafter bad.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 7

Śloka 8 — Malefic kṣetra with benefic on it; malefic kṣetra with malefic on it

पापर्क्षे शुभसंयुक्ते पूर्वं सौख्यं ततोऽसुखम् । पापक्षेत्रे पापयुक्ते सा दशा सर्वदुःखदा ॥ ८ ॥

In a malefic's ṛkṣa joined by a benefic, there is happiness first and unhappiness thereafter. In a malefic's kṣetra joined by a malefic, that daśā gives sorrow of every kind.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 8

Śloka 9 — Benefic kṣetra with both benefics and malefics on it

शुभक्षेत्रदशाराशौ युक्ते पापशुभैर्द्विज । पूर्वं कष्टं सुखं पश्चान्निर्विशङ्कं प्रजायते ॥ ९ ॥

O Dvija, when the daśā rāśi is a benefic's kṣetra and is joined by both malefics and benefics, hardship comes first and happiness afterwards — this arises without any doubt.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 9

Śloka 10 — Summary of kṣetra rule; benefics in the 2nd and 5th

शुभक्षेत्रे शुभं वाच्यं पापर्क्षे त्वशुभं फलम् । द्वितीये पञ्चमे सौम्ये राजप्रीतिर्जयो ध्रुवम् ॥ १० ॥

In a benefic's kṣetra an auspicious result is to be pronounced, and in a malefic's ṛkṣa an inauspicious one. With a benefic in the second and the fifth, the king's affection and victory are assured.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 10

Śloka 11 — Malefic in 2nd/5th; benefic in 4th and 8th

पापे तत्र स्थिते खेटे तद्दशायाः फलं त्वसत् । चतुर्थे तु शुभं सौख्यमारोग्यं त्वष्टमे शुभे ॥ ११ ॥

But if a malefic graha is placed there, the fruit of that daśā is bad. A benefic in the fourth gives good and comfort, and a benefic in the eighth gives freedom from disease.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 11

Śloka 12 — Benefic in the 9th; the contrary and mixed cases

धर्मवृद्धिर्गुरुजनात् सौख्यं च नवमे शुभे । विपरीते विपर्यासो मिश्रे मिश्रं प्रकीर्तितम् ॥ १२ ॥

With a benefic in the ninth, there is growth of dharma and comfort through elders. In the contrary case the reverse occurs; and where there is a mixture, a mixed result is declared.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 12

Śloka 13 — Malefics on the daśā rāśi and the bhoga place; malefic in the 7th

पाके भोगे च पापाढ्ये देहपीडा मनोव्यथा । सप्तमे पापभोगाभ्यां पापे दारार्तिरीरिता ॥ १३ ॥

When the pāka (the daśā rāśi) and the bhoga place are laden with malefics, there is bodily affliction and mental anguish. With a malefic in the seventh, distress to the wife is declared.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 13

Śloka 14 — Malefics in the 4th, 5th, 10th and 9th

चतुर्थे स्थानहानिः स्यात् पञ्चमे पुत्रपीडनम् । दशमे कीर्तिहानिः स्यान्नवमे पितृपीडनम् ॥ १४ ॥

(With a malefic) in the fourth there is loss of position; in the fifth, affliction to children; in the tenth, loss of reputation; and in the ninth, affliction to the father.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 14

Śloka 15 — Malefic in the 11th (rudra) from the pāka; benefics in the same houses

पाकाद्रुद्रगते पापे पीडा सर्वाप्यवाधिता । उक्तस्थानगते सौम्ये ततः सौख्यं विनिर्दिशेत् ॥ १५ ॥

When a malefic has gone to the eleventh (rudra) from the pāka, affliction of every kind arises unobstructed. When benefics occupy the houses already named, one should accordingly pronounce comfort.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 15

Śloka 16 — Benefic in a kendra; judge also by natal and transit positions

केन्द्रस्थानगते सौम्ये लाभः शत्रुजयप्रदः । जन्मकालग्रहस्थित्या गोचरग्रहतोऽपि च ॥ १६ ॥

When a benefic has gone to a kendra, there is gain that also confers victory over enemies. And by the positions of the grahas at the time of birth, and likewise from the transiting grahas —

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 16

Śloka 17 — Weigh everything before pronouncing; rāśi occupied by or followed by benefics

विचार्य खलु वक्तव्यं तत्तद्राशिदशाफलम् । यश्च राशिः शुभाक्रान्तो यस्य पश्चाच्छुभग्रहाः ॥ १७ ॥

— having weighed these, the daśā-fruit of each respective rāśi must certainly be pronounced. And whichever rāśi is occupied by benefics, or has benefic grahas behind it —

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 17

Śloka 18 — Its daśā is good; benefics/malefics in the trikoṇa, 8th and 12th

तद्दशा शुभदा प्रोक्ता विपरीते विपर्ययः । त्रिकोणरन्ध्ररिष्फस्थैः शुभपापैः शुभाशुभम् ॥ १८ ॥

— its daśā is declared to give good; in the opposite case, the reverse. By benefics and malefics placed in the trikoṇa, the eighth (randhra) and the twelfth (riṣpha), good and bad are respectively produced.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 18

Śloka 19 — The result is to be told as taught; bādhaka signs of the movable rāśis

तद्दशायां तु वक्तव्यं फलं विज्ञेययथोदितम् । मेषकर्कतुलानक्रराशीनां च यथाक्रमम् ॥ १९ ॥

In that daśā the result is to be told, and understood, exactly as has been stated. And for the rāśis Meṣa, Karka, Tulā and Makara (nakra), in order —

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 19

Śloka 20 — Bādhaka-sthānas of the movable rāśis; malefic on the pāka-lord's sign or the bādhaka

बाधास्थानानि क्रमशः कुम्भगोसिंहवृश्चिकाः । पाकेशान्वितराशौ वा बाधास्थाने शुभेतरे ॥ २० ॥

— the bādhā-sthānas are, respectively, Kumbha, Vṛṣa (go), Siṃha and Vṛścika. And if in the rāśi occupied by the lord of the pāka, or in the bādhā-sthāna, a non-benefic —

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 20

Śloka 21 — Malefic there gives grief and bondage; an exalted or own-sign graha there gives wealth

स्थिते सति महाशोको व्यसनं बन्धनं गदाः । उच्चस्वर्क्षगृहे तस्मिन् शुभं सौख्यं धनागमः ॥ २१ ॥

— is placed, there is great grief, calamity, imprisonment and diseases. But if in that (rāśi) there is a graha in its ucca or in its own ṛkṣa or house, there is good, comfort and the coming of wealth.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 21

Śloka 22 — An empty daśā rāśi yields nothing

तच्छून्यं चेदसौख्यं स्यात्तद्दशा न फलप्रदा ॥ २२ ॥

If that (rāśi — namely the one occupied by the pāka-lord, or the bādhā-sthāna named in v20–21) is empty of planets, there is discomfort; that rāśi's daśā yields no fruit.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 22

Śloka 23 — Rāhu in the bādhaka, 12th, 6th or 8th

बाधकव्ययषड्रन्ध्रे राहुयुक्ते महद्भयम् । प्रस्थाने बन्धनप्राप्ती राजपीडा रिपोर्भयम् ॥ २३ ॥

When Rāhu is joined to the bādhaka, the twelfth, the sixth or the eighth (randhra), there is great fear; on setting out on a journey, the incurring of bondage, affliction from the king, and fear from an enemy.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 23

Śloka 24 — Sun, Mars, Rāhu, Saturn in the bhukti rāśi

रव्याराराहुशनयो भुक्तिराशौ स्थिता यदि । तद्राशिभुक्तौ पतनं राजकोपान्महद्भयम् ॥ २४ ॥

If the Sun, Mars, Rāhu and Saturn are situated in the bhukti rāśi, then in the bhukti of that rāśi there is downfall, and great fear from the wrath of the king.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 24

Śloka 25 — Debilitated graha in a trikoṇa from, or joined to, the bhukti rāśi

भुक्तिराशित्रिकोणे तु नीचखेटः स्थितो यदि । तद्राशौ वा युते नीचे पापे मृत्युभयं भवेत् ॥ २५ ॥

If a graha in nīca is placed in a trikoṇa from the bhukti rāśi, or if a debilitated malefic joins that rāśi itself, there arises fear of death.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 25

Śloka 26 — Own-sign or exalted graha in the bhukti rāśi or its trikoṇa

भुक्तिराशौ स्वतुङ्गस्थे त्रिकोणे वा ग्रहे सति । यदा भुक्तिदशा प्राप्ता सुखं हि लभते नरः ॥ २६ ॥

When a graha standing in its own sign or exaltation is in the bhukti rāśi, or in a trikoṇa from it, then, when that bhukti-daśā arrives, the person indeed obtains happiness.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 26

Śloka 27 — Fruits of that favourable bhukti (continued)

नगरग्रामनाथत्वं पुत्रलाभं धनागमम् । कल्याणं भूरिभाग्यं च सैनापत्यं महोन्नतिम् ॥ २७ ॥

(He obtains) lordship over a town or a village, the gain of sons, an inflow of wealth, welfare, abundant good fortune, the command of an army, and great advancement.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 27

Śloka 28 — Pāka-lord aspected by Jupiter and in an auspicious rāśi

पाकेश्वरो जीवदृष्टः शुभराशिस्थितो यदि । तद्दशायां धनप्राप्तिर्मङ्गलं पुत्रजं भवेत् ॥ २८ ॥

If the lord of the pāka is aspected by Jupiter (jīva) and is placed in an auspicious rāśi, in its daśā there is acquisition of wealth and auspiciousness arising through a son.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 28

Śloka 29 — Enemy rāśis of the Sun and the Moon (start of the list)

सितासितभयुग्माश्च सूर्यस्य रिपुराशयः । कौर्पितौलिघटाश्चेन्दोर्भौमस्य रिपुराशयः ॥ २९ ॥

The signs of Venus (sita) and of Saturn (asita), together with Mithuna (yugma), are the Sun's enemy rāśis. Vṛścika (kaurpi), Tulā and Kumbha (ghaṭa) are the Moon's; and the enemy rāśis of Mars (are next stated) —

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 29

Śloka 30 — Enemy rāśis of Mars and of Mercury

घटमीननृयुक्तौलिकन्या ज्ञस्य ततः परम् । कर्कमीनालिकुम्भाश्च राशयो रिपवः स्मृताः ॥ ३० ॥

— Kumbha (ghaṭa), Mīna, Mithuna (nṛ-yuk), Tulā and Kanyā. Next, for Mercury (jña), the rāśis Karka, Mīna, Vṛścika (ali) and Kumbha are held to be his enemies.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 30

Śloka 31 — Enemy rāśis of Jupiter and of Venus

वृषतौलिनृयुक्कन्याराशयो जीवशत्रवः । सिंहालिकर्कचापाश्च शुक्रस्य रिपुराशयः ॥ ३१ ॥

The rāśis Vṛṣa, Tulā, Mithuna and Kanyā are Jupiter's enemies. Siṃha, Vṛścika (ali), Karka and Dhanus (cāpa) are Venus's enemy rāśis.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 31

Śloka 32 — Enemy rāśis of Saturn; instruction to apply this to antardaśā

मेषसिंहधनुःकौर्पिकर्कटाः शनिशत्रवः । एवं ग्रहान्तरदशां चिन्तयेत् कोविदो द्विजः ! ॥ ३२ ॥

Meṣa, Siṃha, Dhanus, Vṛścika (kaurpi) and Karka are Saturn's enemies. In this way let the learned dvija consider the antardaśā of the grahas.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 32

Śloka 33 — Rājayoga-giving grahas, grahas between benefics, benefics in 2/3/4

ये राजयोगदा ये च शुभमध्यगता ग्रहाः । यस्माद् द्वित्रिचतुर्थस्थाः सत्खेटाः सत्फलप्रदाः ॥ ३३ ॥

Those grahas which confer rājayoga, those which stand between benefics, and that rāśi from which good grahas occupy the second, third and fourth — these give good results.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 33

Śloka 34 — Rājayoga fruit; a malefic between two benefics turns benefic

तद्दशायां शुभं ब्रूयाद् राजयोगादिसम्भवम् । शुभद्वयान्तरगतः पापोऽपि शुभदो मतः ॥ ३४ ॥

In its daśā one should declare good, arising from rājayoga and the like. Even a malefic that has gone between two benefics is held to be a giver of good.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 34

Śloka 35 — A benefic's daśā falling within an auspicious daśā; benefic in the trikoṇa

गता शुभदशामध्यं दशा सौम्यस्य शोभना । शुभो यस्य त्रिकोणस्थस्तद्दशापि शुभप्रदा ॥ ३५ ॥

A benefic's daśā that falls in the midst of an auspicious daśā is excellent. And that (rāśi) which has a benefic standing in its trikoṇa — its daśā too is a giver of good.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 35

Śloka 36 — Auspicious start and end of a daśā; divide each rāśi's period

आरम्भान्तौ मित्रशुभराश्योर्यदि फलं शुभम् । प्रतिराश्येवमब्दादि-विविच्य फलमीरयेत् ॥ ३६ ॥

If the beginning and the end (of a daśā) fall in friendly and benefic rāśis, the result is auspicious. Thus, for each rāśi in turn, one should apportion the years and so forth and pronounce the result.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 36

Śloka 37 — Benefic in the trikoṇa from the daśā's commencement

आरम्भात्त्रिकोणे तु सौम्ये तु शुभमावहेत् । शुभराशौ शुभारम्भे दशा स्यादतिशोभना ॥ ३७ ॥

A benefic in a trikoṇa from the commencement brings good. In an auspicious rāśi, with an auspicious commencement, the daśā becomes exceedingly fine.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 37

Śloka 38 — Malefic in an auspiciously-begun rāśi; judge by the commencement

शुभादिराशौ पापश्चेद् दशारम्भे शुभा भवेत् । शुभारम्भे कथा केति प्रारम्भस्य फलं दिशेत् ॥ ३८ ॥

If a malefic falls in a rāśi whose opening is benefic, the daśā is nonetheless good at its commencement. When the commencement is auspicious — what need is there to say more? — one should assign the result according to the commencement.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 38

Śloka 39 — Malefic rāśi or weak/debilitated lord at the commencement

आरम्भे पापभे वा यन्नाथः स्यादवलो मुने । नीचादौ तद्दशाद्यन्ते दिशेद् भाग्यविपर्ययम् ॥ ३९ ॥

O Muni, if the commencement falls in a malefic's rāśi, or if its lord is powerless or is in debilitation and the like, one should assign a reversal of fortune at the beginning and at the end of that daśā.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 39

Śloka 40 — Rāśi connected with debilitated grahas (protasis)

यत्र स्थितो नीचखेटस्त्रिकोणे नीचगोऽथवा । तथा राशीश्वरे नीचे सम्बन्धो नीचखेटकैः ॥ ४० ॥

That rāśi in which a debilitated graha is placed, or which has a debilitated one in its trikoṇa, or whose lord is himself in debilitation, or which has any connection with debilitated grahas —

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 40

Śloka 41 — Its result — reversal of fortune, loss of wealth and crops, disease

भाग्यस्य विपरीतत्वं करोत्येव द्विजोत्तम ! । अर्थसस्यादिनाशः स्याद् रोगभीतिस्तनावपि ॥ ४१ ॥

— O best of the twice-born, it assuredly produces a reversal of fortune. There will be destruction of wealth, crops and the like, and fear of disease in the body as well.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 41

Śloka 42 — Own signs of Rāhu and Ketu

राहोः केतोश्च कुम्भादि-वृश्चिकादि चतुष्टयम् । स्वर्क्षं तत्र समारम्भस्तद्दशायां शुभं भवेत् ॥ ४२ ॥

For Rāhu the set of four beginning with Kumbha, and for Ketu the set of four beginning with Vṛścika, are their own ṛkṣas. A daśā that commences there gives good in that daśā.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 42

Śloka 43 — A good-promising graha in a māraka; daśā ending aspected/joined

यद्दशायां शुभं ब्रूयात् स चेन्मारकसंस्थितः । यस्मिन् राशौ दशान्तः स्यात्तस्मिन् दृष्टे युतेऽपि वा ॥ ४३ ॥

That in whose daśā one would declare good — if it is itself placed in a māraka position; or the rāśi in which the daśā terminates, if that be aspected by or joined with —

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 43

Śloka 44 — Venus or Moon there gives loss of wealth from royal wrath; end in an enemy sign or with Rāhu

शुक्रेण विधुना वा स्याद् राजकोपाद् धनक्षयः । दशान्तश्चेदरिक्षेत्रे राहुदृष्टयुतेऽपि वा ॥ ४४ ॥

— Venus or the Moon, then there will be loss of wealth through the wrath of the king. And the same if the daśā ends in an enemy's kṣetra, or in one aspected by or joined with Rāhu.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 44

Śloka 45 — Exception — not applicable in Saturn's pāka or in Makara

इदं फलं शनेः पाके न विचिन्त्यं द्विजोत्तम ! । दशाप्रदे नक्रराशौ न विचिन्त्यमिदं फलम् ॥ ४५ ॥

O best of the twice-born, this result is not to be reckoned in Saturn's pāka; nor is this result to be reckoned when the daśā-giving rāśi is Makara (nakra).

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 45

Śloka 46 — End of Rāhu's daśā

राहोर्दशान्ते सर्वस्वनाशो मरणबन्धने । देशान्निर्वासनं वा स्यात् कष्टं वा महदश्नुते ॥ ४६ ॥

At the close of Rāhu's daśā there is loss of all one's possessions, death or bondage, or banishment from the country; or else one meets with great suffering.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 46

Śloka 47 — Malefic in the trikoṇa from it; general instruction

तत्त्रिकोणगते पापे निश्चयाद् दुःखमादिशेत् । एवं शुभाशुभं सर्वं निश्चयेन वदेद् बुधः ॥ ४७ ॥

If a malefic has gone to a trikoṇa from that, one should predict sorrow with certainty. In this way let the wise man declare all the good and the bad with assurance.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 47

Śloka 48 — When a rāśi occupied by Rāhu etc. becomes the daśā-giver

राह्वादिश्रितराशिः स्याच्चेन्मैत्रेय ! दशाप्रदः । तत्र कालेऽपि पूर्वोक्तं चिन्तनीयं प्रयत्नतः ॥ ४८ ॥

O Maitreya! If a rāśi occupied by Rāhu and the rest becomes the daśā-giver, then at that time too the foregoing must be considered with care.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 48

Śloka 49 — Daśā beginning or ending in a māraka; Rāhu there too

दशारम्भो दशान्तो वा मारके चेन्न शोभनम् । तस्मिन्नेव च राहुश्चेन्निरोधो द्रव्यनाशनम् ॥ ४९ ॥

If the beginning or the end of a daśā falls in a māraka, it is not good. And if Rāhu is in that very place, there is confinement and destruction of property.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 49

Śloka 50 — Rāhu at the start of a daśā; Rāhu in the 2nd

यत्र क्वापि च भे राहौ दशारम्भे विनाशनम् । गृहभ्रंशः समुद्दिष्टो धने राहुर्धनार्तिदः ॥ ५० ॥

When Rāhu is in whatever rāśi marks the commencement of a daśā, there is ruin; loss of the home is declared. Rāhu in the second (dhana) gives distress to wealth.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 50

Śloka 51 — Moon and Venus in the 12th; Mars and Ketu there

चन्द्रशुक्रौ द्वादशे चेद्राजकोपो भवेद् ध्रुवम् । भौमकेतू तत्र यदि वधोऽग्नेर्महती व्यथा ॥ ५१ ॥

If the Moon and Venus are in the twelfth, the king's wrath is certain. If Mars and Ketu are there, there is violent injury, or great suffering from fire.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 51

Śloka 52 — Moon and Venus in the 2nd give sovereignty

चन्द्रशुक्रौ धने विप्र ! स्थितौ चेद्राज्यदायकौ । दशारम्भे दशान्ते च द्वितीयस्थमिदं फलम् ॥ ५२ ॥

O Vipra! If the Moon and Venus are situated in the second (dhana), they confer sovereignty. This result pertaining to the second applies both at the daśā's beginning and at its end.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 52

Śloka 53 — Transition to argala; a graha in the śubha-argala

इत्थं सार्गलभावोत्थं फलं सद्भिरुदीरितम् । यस्य पापः शुभो वापि ग्रहस्तिष्ठेच्छुभार्गले ॥ ५३ ॥

Thus has the result arising from the bhāvas together with their argala been declared by the good. Whichever (bhāva) has a graha, malefic or benefic, standing in its śubha-argala —

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 53

Śloka 54 — The lagna aspected by that graha becomes strong; viparīta-argala

तेन द्रष्ट्रेक्षितं लग्नं प्राबल्यायोपकल्पते । यदि पश्येद् ग्रहस्तत्र विपरीतार्गलस्थितः ॥ ५४ ॥

— the lagna aspected by that aspecting graha is rendered strong. But if a graha placed in the viparīta-argala should aspect it —

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 54

Śloka 55 — Reversed result; benefic aspect gives good

दशायां तस्य भावस्य विपरीतं फलं भवेत् । शुभदृष्टे शुभं ब्रूयान्निर्विशङ्कं द्विजोत्तम ! ॥ ५५ ॥

— then in the daśā of that bhāva the result becomes reversed. When it is aspected by a benefic, declare good without any hesitation, O best of the twice-born.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 55

Śloka 56 — Bhāva connected with its benefic lord or an exalted graha

भावे यत्र शुभेशोच्चग्रहसम्बन्ध ईक्ष्यते । दशायां तस्य भावस्य धनाप्तिरतुला भवेत् ॥ ५६ ॥

In whichever bhāva a connection with a benefic lord or with an exalted graha is seen, in the daśā of that bhāva there is incomparable acquisition of wealth.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 56

Śloka 57 — Bhāva lord in or aspecting its own ṛkṣa

यद्भावाधिपतिः स्वार्क्षमध्यास्तेऽथवेक्षते । तद्भावस्य दशायां स्याद् नित्यमर्थागमो महान् ॥ ५७ ॥

Whichever bhāva's lord occupies its own ṛkṣa, or else aspects it — in the daśā of that bhāva there is constant and great income of wealth.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 57

Śloka 58 — Lord in the 12th from a bhāva; malefics in its trikoṇas

यस्माद् रिष्फस्थितो यः स्यात्तद्दशार्थक्षतिप्रदा । पापा यतस्त्रिकोणस्थास्तत्राप्यशुभसञ्चयः ॥ ५८ ॥

Whichever lord is placed in the twelfth (riṣpha) from a bhāva — that bhāva's daśā gives loss of wealth. And from whichever bhāva malefics occupy the trikoṇas, there too an accumulation of inauspiciousness.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 58

Śloka 59 — Consequences; 12th/8th lords and Sun, Mars, Saturn in the trikoṇas

पितुः कष्टं सूनुनाशो महानाधिश्च सम्भवेत् । त्रिकोणस्था यतस्त्वन्त्यमृतीशेनक्रुजार्कजाः ॥ ५९ ॥

There will arise suffering for the father, loss of a son, and great mental anguish — namely, from whichever bhāva the lords of the twelfth (antya) and of the eighth (mṛti), or the Sun (ina), Mars (kuja) and Saturn (arkaja), occupy the trikoṇas.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 59

Śloka 60 — Rāhu and Ketu in the trikoṇas

राहौ केतौ त्रिकोणस्थे सुतार्तिर्द्रविणक्षयः । परदेशाटनं कष्टं भीतिः सर्वत्र जायते ॥ ६० ॥

When Rāhu and Ketu stand in the trikoṇas, there arise affliction to children, loss of wealth, wandering in foreign lands, hardship, and fear on every side.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 60

Śloka 61 — Malefics, debilitated or combust grahas in the 6th and 8th

यतोऽरिमृतिभे पापा नीचा वास्तंगता ग्रहाः । भूपारिरोगतो भीतिरसह्याग्निशमीरिता ॥ ६१ ॥

From whichever bhāva malefics, or grahas that are debilitated or combust, occupy the sixth (ari) and eighth (mṛti) — from that comes fear on account of the king, of enemies and of disease, declared to be unbearable.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 61

Śloka 62 — Malefic in the 4th from a bhāva; Mars there

यतस्तुर्यगतः पापस्तत्र भूक्षेत्रवेश्मनाम् । पशूनाञ्च क्षयस्तत्र कुजे दग्धं गृहं भवेत् ॥ ६२ ॥

From whichever bhāva a malefic has gone to the fourth, there is destruction of land, fields, houses and cattle; and if Mars is there, the house is consumed by fire.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 62

Śloka 63 — Saturn, Sun or Rāhu in that fourth

हृच्छूलमर्कजे भानौ राजकोपः प्रजायते । राहौ सर्वस्वनाशः स्याद् भीश्चौरगरलादिजा ॥ ६३ ॥

If it be Saturn (arkaja), there is piercing pain in the heart; if the Sun, the wrath of the king arises; if Rāhu, there is loss of all one's possessions, and fear born of thieves, poison and the like.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 63

Śloka 64 — Rāhu in the 10th; benefics in the 10th, 11th and 9th

यतः कर्मगतो राहुस्तद्दशा पुण्यतीर्थदा । शुभग्रहाः कर्मलाभतपोभावगता यतः ॥ ६४ ॥

From whichever bhāva Rāhu has gone to the tenth (karma), that bhāva's daśā yields merit and pilgrimage. And from whichever bhāva benefic grahas occupy the tenth (karma), the eleventh (lābha) and the ninth (tapas) —

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 64

Śloka 65 — Their fruit; exalted benefics in the 5th, 7th and 6th

सद्विद्या-धनसत्कृत्यकीर्तिधर्मपुमर्थदा । यस्मात् सुतवसुतशत्रुस्थाः स्वोच्चगाः स्युः शुभग्रहाः ॥ ६५ ॥

— (that daśā) gives sound learning, wealth, meritorious deeds, fame, dharma and the aims of human life. And from whichever bhāva benefic grahas standing in their own exaltation occupy the fifth (suta), the seventh and the sixth (śatru) —

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 65

Śloka 66 — Their fruit; conjunction of the lords of 1, 4, trikoṇa, 11 and 10

जायात्मजादिसत्सौख्यं राजसम्मानमुत्तमम् । यत्र तन्वम्बुकोणायराज्यनाथास्तु संगताः ॥ ६६ ॥

— (there is) genuine happiness from wife, children and the rest, and the highest honour from the king. And where the lords of the lagna (tanu), of the fourth (ambu), of the trikoṇa, of the eleventh (āya) and of the tenth (rājya) are joined together —

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 66

Śloka 67 — Increase of those bhāvas; Jupiter, Venus or a trikoṇa lord

तत्तद्भावाभिवृद्धिस्तु भवेद्योगबलाश्रयात् । यत्रेज्यो भार्गवो वापि त्रिकोणाधिपतिः स्थितः ॥ ६७ ॥

— then there is increase of each of those respective bhāvas, resting upon the strength of that yoga. And wherever Jupiter (ijya), or Venus (bhārgava), or the lord of a trikoṇa is placed —

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 67

Śloka 68 — Their fruit; exalted grahas or a trikoṇa lord in the 4th

भव्यं, नानार्थसम्पत्तिः सुरभूसुरपूजनम् । यस्मात्तुर्ये निजोच्चस्था ग्रहाः किंवा त्रिकोणपः ॥ ६८ ॥

— there is auspiciousness, wealth and possessions of many kinds, and the worship of the gods and of the brāhmaṇas (the earth-gods). And from whichever bhāva grahas standing in their own exaltation, or the lord of a trikoṇa, occupy the fourth (turya) —

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 68

Śloka 69 — Their fruit; the Moon in that fourth

ग्रामवाहनसम्प्राप्तिः पशुसम्पत्तिरेव च । तस्मिन्निन्दौ भवेल्लाभो भूरिसस्यरसोद्भवः ॥ ६९ ॥

— there is the acquisition of a village and of vehicles, and wealth in cattle as well. If the Moon is there, gain arises from abundant grain and its produce.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 69

Śloka 70 — Full Moon there; Venus there

निधेर्लाभः पूर्णचन्द्रे मणिरत्नादिकस्य च । आतोद्यवाद्यसंगीतसुखं स्यात्तत्र भार्गवे ॥ ७० ॥

With a full Moon there, there is the gain of buried treasure and of gems, jewels and the like. If Venus is there, there is the pleasure of drums, instrumental music and song.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 70

Śloka 71 — Jupiter in the 4th; lords of 1, 9 and 10, or exalted benefics

सौवर्ण-शिबिकाद्याप्तिश्चतुर्थे गुरुर्भवेत् । यत्र लग्नतपोराज्याधिपतुङ्गगसद्ग्रहाः ॥ ७१ ॥

If Jupiter is in the fourth, there is the acquisition of golden palanquins and the like. And where the lords of the lagna, of the ninth (tapas) and of the tenth (rājya), or good grahas placed in exaltation, are found —

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 71

Śloka 72 — Their fruit; closing instruction on bhāva-daśā judgement

तत्र सर्वकृतौ सिद्धी राज्यभावसमृद्धयः । इत्थं वदेद् विविच्यैव तत्तद्-भावदशाफलम् ॥ ७२ ॥

— there is success in every undertaking, and prosperity of the royal bhāva. In this manner, only after due discrimination, should one declare the daśā-fruit of each respective bhāva.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 72

Śloka 73 — Each rāśi-and-graha daśā yields results according to its eighteen states

एकैकर्क्षग्रहदशा गुणैस्तु धृतिभिर्निजैः । नानाविधं फलं यच्छेदिति द्विज ! सतां मतम् ॥ ७३ ॥

Each individual ṛkṣa-and-graha daśā yields results of many kinds according to its own qualities, which are eighteen (dhṛti) in number. Such, O Dvija, is the view of the good.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 73

Śloka 74 — The eighteen states, part 1 — exaltation and own signs

तुङ्गे परमतुङ्गे च तत्पूर्वं वा ततः परम् । मूलत्रिकोणराशौ वा स्वराशौ स्वाधिमित्रभे ॥ ७४ ॥

In ucca, in paramocca, or in the degree before it or after it; or in the mūlatrikoṇa rāśi, in its own rāśi, in the sign of a great friend (adhimitra) —

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 74

Śloka 75 — The eighteen states, part 2 — friends, neutrals, enemies, debilitation

तात्कालिकसुहृद्राशावुदासीनारिभे तथा । अधिशत्रुगृहे नीचे नीचादूर्ध्वप्रदेशभे ॥ ७५ ॥

— in the rāśi of a temporary friend, and likewise in the rāśi of a neutral or of an enemy; in the house of a great enemy (adhiśatru); in nīca; in the region above the point of debilitation —

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 75

Śloka 76 — The eighteen states, part 3 — vargas, kendra and koṇa

नीचादधोऽपि नीचस्य परमांशे स्ववर्गके । नीचवर्गेऽरिवर्गे च सक्रूरे कोणकेन्द्रभे ॥ ७६ ॥

— also below the point of debilitation; in the paramāṃśa of debilitation; in its own varga; in a debilitation-varga and in an enemy's varga; in a sign accompanied by a cruel graha; in a koṇa or a kendra sign —

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 76

Śloka 77 — The eighteen states, part 4 — planetary war and combustion; the governing principle

संस्थितस्य तथा युद्धजितस्यास्तंगतस्य च । द्युपदस्तु दशापाकफलं नैजगुणानुगम् ॥ ७७ ॥

— and of one so placed, and of one defeated in planetary war, and of one gone to combustion: the daśā-pāka result of the graha follows its own inherent qualities.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 77

Śloka 78 — A graha in ati-tuṅga or below it yet very strong

अतितुङ्गगतो यः स्यादधोवाऽतिबलसंयुतः । दशा तदीया सम्पूर्णा राज्यभोगसुखप्रदा ॥ ७८ ॥

Whichever graha has gone to ati-tuṅga (past its exact exaltation point), or is below it yet endowed with exceeding strength — its daśā is called Sampūrṇā, and confers kingdom, enjoyment and happiness.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 78

Śloka 79 — pūrṇā daśā — exalted and strong graha

तत्र लक्ष्मीविलासश्च सर्वैश्वर्यसमुन्नतिः । उच्चगस्याथ बलिनो दशा पूर्णाभिधा मता ॥ ७९ ॥

In that [sampūrṇā daśā] there is the sport of Lakṣmī and a rise in every kind of lordship. Next, the daśā of a graha placed in ucca and possessed of strength is held to bear the name 'pūrṇā' (full).

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 79

Śloka 80 — pūrṇā gives lordship but also grave disease; setup for riktā

परमैश्वर्यदा किन्तु महारोगप्रदाऽपि च । अत्यन्तनीचभस्थस्य निर्बलस्य खचारिणः ॥ ८० ॥

It gives supreme lordship, but it also gives grave disease. Of a sky-goer (graha) standing in the sign of its extreme debilitation and devoid of strength —

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 80

Śloka 81 — riktā daśā; avarohiṇī daśā

दशा रिक्ता त्वशुभदा रोगार्थक्षतिमृत्युदा । अत्युच्चनीचमध्यस्थग्रहस्य त्ववरोहिणी ॥ ८१ ॥

— the daśā is 'riktā' (empty), giving inauspicious results, disease, loss of wealth and death. But of a graha standing midway between the deepest exaltation and the debilitation, [the daśā is] 'avarohiṇī' (descending).

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 81

Śloka 82 — madhyamā daśā; ārohiṇī daśā

सुहृत्तुङ्गभसंस्थस्य मध्यमा धनदा दशा । नीचोच्चयोरन्तराले स्थितस्यारोहिणी दशा ॥ ८२ ॥

Of a graha placed in a friend's sign or in an exaltation sign, the daśā is 'madhyamā' (middling) and gives wealth. Of one placed in the interval between debilitation and exaltation, the daśā is 'ārohiṇī' (ascending).

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 82

Śloka 83 — adhamā daśā — debilitated or enemy navāṃśa

नीचशत्रुनवांशस्थ-ग्रहस्य त्वधमा दशा । नानाभयार्त्तिसंकष्ट-बहुभीतिप्रदायिनी ॥ ८३ ॥

But of a graha standing in the navāṃśa of its debilitation or of an enemy, the daśā is 'adhamā' (lowest), bestowing manifold dangers, affliction, distress and much terror.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 83

Śloka 84 — the named daśās deliver per their names; Jupiter–9th-lord sambandha

उक्ता दशाः स्वपाके तु नामतुल्यफलप्रदाः । जीवधर्मेशसम्बन्धो युतिदृक्केन्द्रगेहजः ॥ ८४ ॥

The daśās just named give, in their own ripening, results matching their names. A relation (sambandha) of Jupiter with the lord of the ninth — one arising from conjunction, from aspect, from mutual kendra position, or from sharing a house —

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 84

Śloka 85 — the Jupiter–9th-lord relation aids even another graha's daśā; the bhāgya-increasing graha

दशायामपरस्यापि भवेत् सौभाग्यवर्द्धकः । भाग्यवृद्धिकरो यस्तु नभोगो जन्मनि स्थितः ॥ ८५ ॥

— becomes an augmenter of good fortune even during the daśā of some other graha. But that sky-goer (graha) which stands at birth as a producer of increase of fortune —

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 85

Śloka 86 — retrograde grahas give full result only when direct; sambandha and yoga empower weak grahas

वक्रत्यागात् परं पूर्णफलदश्चैवमक्षमान् । खगान् सम्बन्धयोगाभ्यां फलदान् विबुधा जगुः ॥ ८६ ॥

— gives its full result only after abandoning retrogression. In just this way the wise have declared that grahas otherwise incapable [of giving results] become result-giving through relation (sambandha) and through yoga.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 86

Śloka 87 — kendra / paṇaphara / āpoklima grading of daśā results — full, half, quarter

केन्द्रादिगानामेषां तु दशापि फलदा स्मृता । पूर्णतो दलतश्चैवं पादतश्च क्रमाद् बुधैः ॥ ८७ ॥

And the daśā of these [grahas], when they occupy a kendra and the rest, is declared by the wise to be result-giving in full, by half, and by a quarter respectively.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 87

Śloka 88 — śīrṣodaya and ubhayodaya signs — when in the daśā the result falls

ग्रहाः शीर्षोदयर्क्षस्थाः स्वदायादौ फलप्रदाः । दशामध्ये तु फलदा उभयोदयराशिगाः ॥ ८८ ॥

Grahas standing in śīrṣodaya (head-rising) rāśis give their results at the beginning of their own dāya (daśā); those occupying ubhayodaya (both-ways-rising) rāśis give results in the middle of the daśā.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 88

Śloka 89 — pṛṣṭhodaya signs; friendly antardaśās give good results

दशावसाने सफलाः पृष्ठोदयभगाश्च ते । भुक्तौ निसर्गतत्कालसुहृदां सत्फलं दिशेत् ॥ ८९ ॥

And those occupying pṛṣṭhodaya (back-rising) signs are fruitful at the close of the daśā. In the bhukti of natural and of temporal friends one should declare good results.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 89

Śloka 90 — hostile antardaśās give bad results; the twelve rāśi antardaśās counted from the daśā-lord's sign

तदन्यथा संस्थितानामसत्फलमुदीरितम् । दशाधिपयुताद् राशेर्यावद् द्वादशराशिकम् ॥ ९० ॥

For those otherwise situated (i.e. natural or temporal enemies), bad results are declared. From the rāśi occupied by the daśā-lord onward, as far as the twelve rāśis —

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 90

Śloka 91 — rāśi-antardaśā order; own-lord or friendly-lord rāśi gives good results

राशीनां क्रमतो वेद्या दशाभुक्तिस्तु कोविदैः । तत्र या स्वसुहृत्स्वर्क्षगता तस्यां शुभं फलम् ॥ ९१ ॥

— the bhukti of the rāśis within the daśā is to be known in order by the learned. Among them, whichever rāśi is occupied by its own lord or by a friend, in that one the result is auspicious.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 91

Śloka 92 — trika-placed or afflicted antardaśā rāśi — loss, quarrel, death, disease

त्रिकस्था पापनीचारि-राशिस्थग्रहसंयुता । तत्रार्थहानिः कलहो मृतिरुग्भीतयः स्मृताः ॥ ९२ ॥

[A rāśi] standing in a trika — counted, like the rest of this sequence, from the rāśi occupied by the daśā-lord (v90) — or joined with a malefic or with a graha placed in its debilitation or enemy rāśi: in that one, loss of wealth, quarrel, death, disease and fears are declared.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 92

Śloka 93 — aṣṭakavarga bindus grade the growth or decline of that rāśi/bhāva

स्वाष्टवर्गे वृद्धिहानी तद्राशिभवनस्य तु । क्रमेण बिन्दुबाहुल्यशून्यत्ववशतः स्मृते ॥ ९३ ॥

Increase and decline for that rāśi and bhāva are declared, respectively, according to abundance or emptiness of bindus in its own aṣṭakavarga.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 93

Śloka 94 — reckoning the twelve bhāvas afresh from the rāśi in each bhāva (bhāva-lagna technique)

तत्तद्भावस्थिताद् राशेस्तन्वादीनां प्रकल्पनात् । जातकस्य सुतादानां शुभाशुभफलं दिशेत् ॥ ९४ ॥

By reckoning tanu (the first) and the rest of the bhāvas from the rāśi standing in each several bhāva, one should declare the auspicious and inauspicious results of the native's sons and the rest.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 94

Śloka 95 — dhātu-mūla-jīva significations wax and wane by benefic/malefic daśā

राशिखेचरयोर्ये च धात्वादय उदीरिताः । तच्चयापचयौ ज्ञेयौ शुभपापदशावशात् ॥ ९५ ॥

And those dhātu (mineral) and the rest that were declared for the rāśis and the grahas — their accumulation and diminution are to be known according as the daśā is of a benefic or of a malefic.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 95

Śloka 96 — summary rule for reading every graha's bhukti

शुभाशुभद्विषद्योगात् सदसद्ग्रहयोगतः । एवं समस्तखेटानां स्वस्वभुक्तिफलं दिशेत् ॥ ९६ ॥

From association with benefic, malefic and hostile [grahas], and from conjunction with good and bad grahas — in this way one should declare the bhukti-result of each and every graha in its own turn.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 96

Śloka 97 — closing instruction — extend the method to antardaśā and beyond within each rāśi

एवं स्वराशौ राशीनां प्रकल्प्यान्तर्दशादिकम् । फलं वाच्यं विशेषेण जातकस्य तु कोविदैः ॥ ९७ ॥

Thus, having reckoned within each rāśi the antardaśās of the [twelve] rāśis and so forth, the learned should declare the native's results in particular detail.

BPHS Adhyāya 51, śloka 97