The Chapter on Aṣṭakavarga — Bṛhat-Pārāśara-Horāśāstra, Adhyāya 66

अष्टकवर्गाध्यायः

The complete The Chapter on Aṣṭakavarga chapter of the Bṛhat-Pārāśara-Horāśāstra — all 61 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 — Closing colophon of the Aṣṭakavarga chapter

इति बृहत्पाराशरहोराशास्त्रे अष्टकवर्गाध्यायः समाप्तः ॥

Thus, in the Bṛhat-Pārāśara-Horāśāstra, the chapter on the Aṣṭakavarga is concluded.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka colophon

Śloka 1-3 — Maitreya's question — a śāstra simple enough for the dull-witted of Kali-yuga

मैत्रेय उवाच— भगवन् ! सर्वमाख्यातमनेकाचार्यसम्मतम् । खेटभावादिजनितं फलं, तद्गतिसंकरात् ॥ १ ॥ ग्रहाणां तत्फलानां च, निश्चयोऽप्यतिदुस्तरः । कलौ विशेषतोऽल्पज्ञजनानां पापिनां कृते ॥ २ ॥ यदल्पमतिविज्ञेयं शास्त्रं तद् ब्रूहि मे त्वतः । लोकयात्रापरिज्ञानमायुषो निर्णयं यतः ॥ ३ ॥

Maitreya said: Reverend one! You have declared it all — what is approved by many teachers, the fruit produced by the grahas, the bhāvas and the rest. But because their motions are intermixed [and so their results are blended], the settling of the grahas and of their fruits is exceedingly hard to accomplish — especially in Kali[-yuga], for people of little learning and of sinful conduct. Therefore tell me, from your own mouth, that śāstra which one of small intellect can grasp, by which the course of worldly life may be fully known and the span of life determined.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 1-3

Śloka 4 — Parāśara's assent

पराशर उवाच— साधु पृष्टं त्वया ब्रह्मन् ! निखिलं तद् ब्रवीमि ते । लोकानामुपकाराय शृणु त्वं सुसमाहितः ॥ ४ ॥

Parāśara said: Well asked by you, O brahman! I shall tell you the whole of it, for the benefit of the people. Listen, you, with close attention.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 4

Śloka 5-6 — The general rule already taught: bhāva results from benefic/malefic association and dignity

लग्नादिव्ययभावान्ता भावाः संज्ञानुरूपतः । फलदाः शुभसंदृष्टाः सद्युक्ता वाऽतिशोभनाः ॥ ५ ॥ स्वोच्चादिस्थानगैः खेटैरपि नीचारिभिस्थितैः । पापैर्दृष्टियुता भावाः कल्याणेतरदायकाः ॥ ६ ॥

The bhāvas, from the lagna up to the twelfth (vyaya), give their fruits in accordance with their own designations; aspected by benefics, or joined with good [grahas], they are exceedingly auspicious — and the more so when those grahas stand in their own exaltation, own sign and the like. But bhāvas aspected by or conjoined with malefics that are themselves placed in debilitation or in an enemy's sign become givers of the other than welfare. [Thus the two limbs together: givers of welfare and of its opposite, respectively.]

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 5-6

Śloka 7 — Colophon on the preceding: this is the general teaching, following the earlier ācāryas

एवं सामान्यतः प्रोक्तं होराविद्भिस्तु सूरिभिः । मयैतत्सकलं प्रोक्तं पूर्वाचार्यानुवर्तिना ॥ ७ ॥

Thus has it been stated in general terms by the learned who know horā; and all this has been declared by me too, following the earlier ācāryas.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 7

Śloka 8-9 — Even Vasiṣṭha or Bṛhaspati cannot settle longevity — how much less ordinary men in Kali

आयुश्च लोकयात्रां च प्रयोजनमपि द्विज ! शास्त्रस्यास्य विनिश्चेतुं वशिष्ठो वा बृहस्पतिः ॥ ८ ॥ न शक्नोति पुनः किं वा मनुजा मन्दबुद्धयः । विशेषतः कलियुगे सरलोऽयं न निश्चयः ॥ ९ ॥

O twice-born one! To determine with certainty the life-span, the course of worldly life, and even the very purpose of this śāstra — not even Vasiṣṭha or Bṛhaspati is able; what then of men of dull intellect? Especially in Kali-yuga this settling is not an easy thing.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 8-9

Śloka 10 — Horāśāstra is twofold: the general portion and the decisive portion

होराशास्त्रं द्विधा प्रोक्तं सामान्यं निश्चयात्मकम् । सामान्यांशस्तु सम्प्रोक्तो निश्चयांशोऽथ कथ्यते ॥ १० ॥

Horāśāstra is declared to be twofold: the general and the decisive. The general portion has been fully stated; now the decisive portion is told.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 10

Śloka 11-13 — The two marks — karaṇa (bindu) and sthāna (rekhā) — and the eightfold reckoning from Sun through lagna

ज्ञात्वादौ करणं स्थानं, बिन्दुरेखात्मकं क्रमात् । एवमष्टकवर्गस्य फलं ज्ञेयं विचक्षणैः ॥ ११ ॥ तनोश्चन्द्रमसो वापि यथा द्वादशभावजम् । शुभाशुभफलं प्रोक्तं तथान्येभ्योऽपि चिन्तयेत् ॥ १२ ॥ सूर्यादीनां सलग्नानामष्टानां सर्वभावजम् । अशुभं वा शुभं विज्ञेयमेवमनुक्रमात् ॥ १३ ॥

Having first understood the karaṇa and the sthāna — which take the form of a dot and a line respectively — the discerning should in this way know the fruit of the aṣṭakavarga. Just as the auspicious and inauspicious fruit arising from the twelve bhāvas has been declared from the lagna (tanu), or likewise from the Moon, so should it be considered from the others as well. From the eight — the Sun and the rest together with the lagna — the inauspicious or auspicious [result] arising in every bhāva is to be known, thus, in due order.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 11-13

Śloka 14 — Definition: karaṇa = bindu (bad), sthāna = rekhā (good)

करणं बिन्दुवत्प्रोक्तं स्थानं रेखा तथोच्यते । सदसत्फलदं ज्ञेयं स्थानं च करणं बुधैः ॥ १४ ॥

The karaṇa is declared to be of the form of a dot (bindu); the sthāna, likewise, is called a line (rekhā). The wise should know the sthāna as the giver of good fruit and the karaṇa as the giver of bad.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 14

Śloka 15 — Drawing the aṣṭakavarga diagram: 14 north–south lines and 10 east–west lines

रेखा याम्योत्तराः शक्रमिताः पूर्वापरा दश । विलिखे[त्] … एवं चक्रमनेकमितकोष्ठकम् ॥ १५ ॥

Lines running south-to-north to the number of Śakra (fourteen), and ten running east-to-west — one should draw them; thus [arises] a diagram containing a great many cells.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 15

Śloka 16-17 — Filling the diagram: bhāvas across the top row, the eight (7 grahas + lagna) down the side

पूर्वापरेषु कोष्ठेषु भावानाद्येषु विन्यसेत् । सलग्नखेटान् विलिखेत् तिर्यगष्टसु तेषु वै ॥ १६ ॥ शुभाशुभप्रदं तत्र स्थानं करणमेव वा । यथोदितमभिज्ञाय फलं विज्ञस्ततो दिशेत् ॥ १७ ॥

In the first row of east–west cells one should set down the bhāvas; and across, in eight [cells], one should write out the grahas together with the lagna. There, having recognised — as has been stated — the sthāna that gives the auspicious or the karaṇa that gives the inauspicious, the knowing one should thereupon declare the fruit.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 16-17

Śloka 18 — Sun's aṣṭakavarga — number of bindus (karaṇas) per bhāva from the Sun

तनुस्वायुस्त्रिरिष्फेषु पञ्च कामे सुखेऽर्णवाः । अरौ भाग्ये त्रयः पुत्रे षट् करौ खे भवे च भूः ॥ १८ ॥

In the 1st, 2nd, 8th, 3rd and 12th — five; in the 7th and the 4th — four (arṇava); in the 6th and the 9th — three; in the 5th — six; in the 10th — two (kara); and in the 11th — one (bhū).

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 18

Śloka 19-21 — Sun's aṣṭakavarga — which grahas give the bindu in each bhāva

लग्नेन्दुजीवशुक्रज्ञास्तनौ स्वे मरणेऽपि च । रविभौमार्किचन्द्रार्या व्यये, ज्ञेन्दुसितार्यकाः ॥ १९ ॥ सुखे, होरेन्दुशुक्राश्च धर्मेऽर्कार्किकुजा अरौ । होराज्ञार्येन्दवः कामे भवे दैत्येन्द्रपूजितः ॥ २० ॥ सहजेऽर्कार्किशुक्रार्यभौमाः खे गुरुभार्गवौ । सुतेऽर्कार्कीन्दुलग्नारशुक्राः स्युः करणं रवेः ॥ २१ ॥

Lagna, Moon, Jupiter, Venus and Mercury — in the 1st, in the 2nd, and also in the 8th. In the 12th: Sun, Mars, Saturn, Moon and Jupiter. In the 4th: Mercury, Moon, Venus and Jupiter. In the 9th: lagna, Moon and Venus. In the 6th: Sun, Saturn and Mars. In the 7th: lagna, Mercury, Jupiter and Moon. In the 11th: he who is worshipped by the lord of the daityas (Venus). In the 3rd: Sun, Saturn, Venus, Jupiter and Mars. In the 10th: Jupiter and Venus. In the 5th: Sun, Saturn, Moon, lagna, Mars and Venus. These are the karaṇas of the Sun.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 19-21

Śloka 22-23 — Moon's aṣṭakavarga — bindu counts per bhāva, and the first two houses' bindu-givers

भाग्यस्वयोश्च षड् वेश्ममृतिहोरासु पञ्च च । मानदुश्चिक्ययोरेकः सुते वेदा अरिस्त्रियोः ॥ २२ ॥ त्रयो व्ययेऽष्टावाये च शून्यं शीतकरस्य तु । होरार्कारार्किभृगवोऽज्ञब्जार्केन्द्वार्किभार्गवाः ॥ २३ ॥

In the 9th and the 2nd — six; in the 4th, the 8th and the 1st — five; in the 10th and the 3rd — one; in the 5th — four (veda); in the 6th and the 7th — three; in the 12th — eight; and in the 11th — nil. Such is the Moon's. [The bindu-givers:] lagna, Sun, Mars, Saturn and Venus [in the 1st]; lagna, Mercury, Sun, Moon, Saturn and Venus [in the 2nd]. (In 23d the printed compound repeats the Moon — abja and indu — and drops the lagna; the 2nd-house six are restored from Jha's gloss and from the Candrāṣṭakavargīya chakra.)

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 22-23

Śloka 24 — Moon's aṣṭakavarga — bindu-givers for the 3rd through 8th bhāvas

जीवोऽर्कार्कीन्दुलग्नारा होरेन्दुगुरुभास्कराः । सितज्ञार्याः कुजतनुमन्दास्ते सितशीतगू ॥ २४ ॥

Jupiter [in the 3rd]. Sun, Saturn, Moon, lagna and Mars [in the 4th]. Lagna, Moon, Jupiter and Sun [in the 5th]. Venus, Mercury and Jupiter [in the 6th]. Mars, lagna and Saturn [in the 7th]. Those same, with Venus and the Moon [in the 8th].

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 24

Śloka 25 — Seam verse — end of the Moon's bindu-givers, and the start of Mars's bindu counts

होरार्कारार्किविज्जीवाः शनिः खं सकलाः क्रमात् । व्ययवेश्मसुतस्त्रीषु षट् सप्त धनधर्मयोः ॥ २५ ॥

Lagna, Sun, Mars, Saturn, Mercury and Jupiter [in the 9th]; Saturn [in the 10th]; nil (khaṃ) [in the 11th]; all [in the 12th] — in order. [Now for Mars:] in the 12th, the 4th, the 5th and the 7th — six; seven in the 2nd and the 9th.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 25

Śloka 26 — Mars's aṣṭakavarga — remaining bindu counts

होरामृत्य्वोः शरा वेदा विक्रमे खे त्रयः क्षते । द्वौ, भवे शून्यमेवं स्यात् करणं भूमिजस्य तु ॥ २६ ॥

In the 1st and the 8th — five (śara); in the 3rd — four (veda); in the 10th — three; in the 6th — two; and in the 11th — nil. Such, then, is the karaṇa of the earth-born (Mars).

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 26

Śloka 27 — Mars's aṣṭakavarga — bindu-givers, bhāvas 1 to 4

कुजस्यार्केन्दुविज्जीवसिता लग्नशनी च तु । सितारगुरुमन्दाः स्युर्धर्मोक्तेषु कुजं विना ॥ २७ ॥

For Mars: Sun, Moon, Mercury, Jupiter and Venus [in the 1st]; and with lagna and Saturn added [in the 2nd]. Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn [in the 3rd]. In the 4th, those stated for the 9th, but without Mars.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 27

Śloka 28 — Mars's aṣṭakavarga — bindu-givers, bhāvas 5 to 8

चन्द्रारगुरुशुक्रार्किलग्नानि कुजभास्करी । ज्ञेन्द्वर्कसितलग्नार्या एषु शुक्रं विना ततः ॥ २८ ॥

Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn and lagna [give a bindu in the 5th]. Mars and Saturn [in the 6th]. Mercury, Moon, Sun, Venus, lagna and Jupiter [in the 7th]; and these same, without Venus, thereafter [in the 8th].

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 28

Śloka 29 — Mars's aṣṭakavarga — bindu-givers, bhāvas 9 to 12

विना शनिं सप्त धर्मे, सितेन्दुज्ञा वियत्ततः । अर्कार्किज्ञेन्दुलग्नाराः करणं प्रोच्यते क्रमात् ॥ २९ ॥

In the 9th, seven — all but Saturn. Venus, Moon and Mercury [in the 10th]; thereafter, void (the 11th). Sun, Saturn, Mercury, Moon, lagna and Mars [in the 12th]. Thus is the karaṇa declared, in order.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 29

Śloka 30 — Mercury's aṣṭakavarga — bindu counts per bhāva

तनुस्वगृहकर्मारिधर्मेष्वग्निर्मृतौ करौ । भ्रातृस्त्रियो रसा लाभे शून्यं पुत्रे व्यये शराः ॥ ३० ॥

In the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 10th, 6th and 9th — three (agni); in the 8th — two; in the 3rd and the 7th — six (rasa); in the 11th — nil; in the 5th and the 12th — five (śara).

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 30

Śloka 31 — Mercury's aṣṭakavarga — bindu-givers, bhāvas 1 to 4

बुधस्यार्केन्दुगुरवो गुरुसूर्यबुधाः क्रमात् । लग्नार्कारार्किचन्द्रार्या ज्ञार्कार्या हि बुधस्य तु ॥ ३१ ॥

For Mercury: Sun, Moon and Jupiter [in the 1st]; Jupiter, Sun and Mercury [in the 2nd], in order. Lagna, Sun, Mars, Saturn, Moon and Jupiter [in the 3rd]; and Mercury, Sun and Jupiter [in the 4th] — these indeed are Mercury's.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 31

Śloka 32 — Mercury's aṣṭakavarga — bindu-givers, bhāvas 5 to 9

जीवारेन्द्वार्किलग्नानि शुक्रमन्दधरासुताः । [ज्ञ]इन्दुलग्नार्कशुक्रार्या ज्ञार्कौ जीवेन्दुलग्नकाः ॥ ३२ ॥

Jupiter, Mars, Moon, Saturn and lagna [in the 5th]. Venus, Saturn and Mars [in the 6th]. [Mercury,] Moon, lagna, Sun, Venus and Jupiter [in the 7th]. Mercury and the Sun [in the 8th]. Jupiter, Moon and lagna [in the 9th].

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 32

Śloka 33 — Seam verse — end of Mercury's bindu-givers, and the start of Jupiter's bindu counts

अर्कार्यशुक्राः शून्यं च होरेन्द्वारार्किभार्गवाः । रूपं धनाययोः खे द्वौ, व्यये सप्त, क्षतेऽर्णवाः ॥ ३३ ॥

Sun, Jupiter and Venus [in the 10th]; nil [in the 11th]; lagna, Moon, Mars, Saturn and Venus [in the 12th]. [Now for Jupiter:] one (rūpa) in the 2nd and the 11th; in the 10th, two; in the 12th, seven; in the 6th, four (arṇava).

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 33

Śloka 34 — Jupiter's aṣṭakavarga — remaining bindu counts, and bindu-givers for bhāvas 1, 2, 11

मृतिविक्रमयोः पञ्च गुरोः शेषेषु वह्नयः । लग्ने शुक्रेन्दुमन्दाः स्वे आये मन्दश्च, विक्रमे ॥ ३४ ॥

In the 8th and the 3rd — five, for Jupiter; in the remaining [bhāvas] — three (vahni). [The bindu-givers:] in the 1st, Venus, Moon and Saturn; in the 2nd and the 11th, Saturn; and in the 3rd —

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 34

Śloka 35 — Jupiter's aṣṭakavarga — bindu-givers, bhāvas 3, 5, 4, 7

लग्नारेन्दुज्ञभृगवः सुतेऽर्कार्यकुजा, गृहे । शुक्रमन्देन्दवो, घूने बुधशुक्रशनैश्चराः ॥ ३५ ॥

— lagna, Mars, Moon, Mercury and Venus [in the 3rd]. In the 5th: Sun, Jupiter and Mars. In the 4th: Venus, Saturn and Moon. In the 7th: Mercury, Venus and Saturn.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 35

Śloka 36 — Jupiter's aṣṭakavarga — bindu-givers, bhāvas 6, 12, 10, 9

जीवाराकेन्दवः शत्रौ सर्वे मन्दं विना व्यये । कर्मणीन्दुशनी, धर्मे मन्दारगुरवो, मृतौ ॥ ३६ ॥

Jupiter, Mars, Sun and Moon in the 6th. In the 12th, all except Saturn. In the 10th, Moon and Saturn. In the 9th, Saturn, Mars and Jupiter. In the 8th —

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 36

Śloka 37 — Seam verse — Jupiter's 8th-house bindu-givers and colophon, then Venus's bindu counts begin

लग्नार्किसितचन्द्रज्ञाः करणं च गुरोरिदम् । सुतायुर्विक्रमेष्वक्षि तनुस्वव्ययखेष्विषुः ॥ ३७ ॥

Lagna, Saturn, Venus, Moon and Mercury [in the 8th]; and this is the karaṇa of Jupiter. [Now for Venus:] in the 5th, the 8th and the 3rd — two (akṣi); in the 1st, the 2nd, the 12th and the 10th — five (iṣu).

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 37

Śloka 38 — Venus's aṣṭakavarga — remaining bindu counts, and bindu-givers for bhāvas 1, 2, 7

अष्टौ स्त्रियामरौ षड् भूर्धर्मे मित्रेऽक्षि खं भवे । लग्ने स्वेऽर्कारविज्जीवमन्दाः सर्वे च कामे ॥ ३८ ॥

Eight in the 7th (strī); six in the 6th (ari); one (bhū) in the 9th (dharma); two (akṣi) in the mitra-bhāva — i.e. the 4th [but read three: see note]; nil (kha) in the bhava-bhāva, the 11th. [The bindu-givers:] in the 1st and the 2nd — Sun, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn; and in the 7th (kāma) — all.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 38

Śloka 39 — Venus's aṣṭakavarga — bindu-givers, bhāvas 3, 5, 9, 4, 8

अर्कार्यौ विक्रमस्थाने सुतेऽर्कारौ शुभे रविः । सुखेऽर्कबुधजीवाः स्युर्भौमज्ञौ मृतिभे द्विज ! ॥ ३९ ॥

Sun and Jupiter in the 3rd; Sun and Mars in the 5th; in the 9th (śubha) the Sun alone; in the 4th, Sun, Mercury and Jupiter; and Mars and Mercury in the 8th sign, O twice-born one!

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 39

Śloka 40 — Venus's aṣṭakavarga — bindu-givers, bhāvas 6, 11, 12, 10

शुक्रार्केन्द्वार्किलग्नार्याः शत्रौ शून्यं भवे व्यये । होरार्किबुधशुक्रार्यास्तन्वारज्ञेन्दिनाश्च खे ॥ ४० ॥

Venus, Sun, Moon, Saturn, lagna and Jupiter in the 6th; nil in the 11th; in the 12th, lagna, Saturn, Mercury, Venus and Jupiter; and in the 10th, lagna, Mars, Mercury, Moon and Sun.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 40

Śloka 41 — Saturn's aṣṭakavarga — bindu counts per bhāva

स्वस्त्रीधर्मेषु सप्ताङ्गं मृतिहोरागृहेषु च । आज्ञाभ्रातृव्यये वेदा रूपं शत्रौ सुते शराः ॥ ४१ ॥

In the 2nd, the 7th and the 9th — seven; and six (aṅga) in the 8th, the 1st and the 4th. In the 10th, the 3rd and the 12th — four (veda); in the 6th — one (rūpa); in the 5th — five (śara).

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 41

Śloka 42 — Saturn — the 11th is nil; and bindu-givers for bhāvas 4, 1, 2, 7

आये शून्यं शनेरेवं करणं प्रोच्यते बुधैः । गृहे तनौ च लग्नार्कौ स्वस्त्रियोश्च रविं विना ॥ ४२ ॥

In the 11th — nil. Thus is Saturn's karaṇa declared by the wise. In the 4th and the 1st, [all] except the lagna and the Sun; and in the 2nd and the 7th, [all] except the Sun.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 42

Śloka 43 — Saturn's aṣṭakavarga — bindu-givers, bhāvas 9, 10, 3, 6

हित्वा धर्मे बुधं माने लग्नाररविचन्द्रजान् । ततो भ्रातरि जीवार्कबुधशुक्राः क्षते रविः ॥ ४३ ॥

In the 9th, omitting Mercury; in the 10th, omitting lagna, Mars, the Sun and Mercury (the Moon's son). Then in the 3rd: Jupiter, Sun, Mercury and Venus; in the 6th: the Sun.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 43

Śloka 44 — Saturn's aṣṭakavarga — bindu-givers, bhāvas 12, 5, 8, 11

व्यये लग्नेन्दुमन्दार्काः सितार्केन्दुज्ञलग्नकाः । सुते, मृतौ बुधार्कौ च हित्वाऽऽये खं शनेरिदम् ॥ ४४ ॥

In the 12th: lagna, Moon, Saturn and Sun. In the 5th: Venus, Sun, Moon, Mercury and lagna. In the 8th, omitting Mercury and the Sun. In the 11th: nil. This is Saturn's.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 44

Śloka 45 — Transition — the unmarked places are the sthāna (rekhā) givers; the sthāna-grahas will now be told

उक्ताऽन्ये स्थानदातार इति स्थानं विदुर्बुधाः । अथ स्थानग्रहान् वक्ष्ये सुखबोधाय सूरिणाम् ॥ ४५ ॥

The others, [those] not stated [as karaṇa-givers], are the givers of the sthāna — thus the wise understand the sthāna. Now I shall declare the sthāna-grahas, for the easy comprehension of the learned.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 45

Śloka 46 — Sūrya-aṣṭakavarga — rekhā-giving grahas for the 2nd, 8th, 1st, 5th, 3rd and 4th bhāvas

स्वायुस्तनुषु मन्दारसूर्या जीवबुधौ सुते । विक्रमे ज्ञेन्दुलग्नानि लग्नार्कार्किकुजा गृहे ॥ ४६ ॥

In the second, the eighth and the first [in the Sun's aṣṭakavarga, the rekhā-givers are] Saturn, Mars and the Sun; in the fifth, Jupiter and Mercury; in the third, Mercury, the Moon and the lagna; in the fourth, the lagna, the Sun, Saturn and Mars.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 46

Śloka 47 — Sūrya-aṣṭakavarga — rekhā-givers for the 10th, 11th, 12th and 6th bhāvas

ते च ज्ञेन्दू खभे चान्ये सर्वे शुक्रं विना, व्यये । लग्नशुक्रबुधाः, शत्रौ ते च जीवसुधाकरौ ॥ ४७ ॥

In the tenth [the rekhā-givers are] those [same four] together with Mercury and the Moon; and [in the eleventh] all the others except Venus; in the twelfth, the lagna, Venus and Mercury; in the sixth, those [three] together with Jupiter and the Moon.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 47

Śloka 48 — Sūrya-aṣṭakavarga 7th and 9th; then Candra-aṣṭakavarga rekhā-givers for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd

द्यूनेऽर्कारार्किशुक्राश्च धर्मेऽर्कारार्किज्ञेज्यकाः । ज्ञेन्दुजीवाः, कुजार्यौ ज्ञार्केन्द्वारार्कितनूशनाः ॥ ४८ ॥

In the seventh [of the Sun's aṣṭakavarga the rekhā-givers are] the Sun, Mars, Saturn and Venus; in the ninth, the Sun, Mars, Saturn, Mercury and Jupiter. [Now for the Moon:] Mercury, the Moon and Jupiter [give a rekhā in the first]; Mars and Jupiter in the second; Mercury, the Sun, the Moon, Mars, Saturn, the lagna and Venus in the third.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 48

Śloka 49 — Candra-aṣṭakavarga — rekhā-givers for the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th bhāvas

जीवशुक्रबुधा भौमबुधशुक्रशनैश्चराः । रवीन्द्वारार्किलग्नानि, रवीन्द्वार्यज्ञभार्गवाः ॥ ४९ ॥

[In the fourth] Jupiter, Venus and Mercury [give a rekhā]; in the fifth, Mars, Mercury, Venus and Saturn; in the sixth, the Sun, the Moon, Mars, Saturn and the lagna; in the seventh, the Sun, the Moon, Jupiter, Mercury and Venus.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 49

Śloka 50 — Candra-aṣṭakavarga — rekhā-givers for the 8th to 12th bhāvas; close of the Moon's scheme

अर्कज्ञजीवाः शुक्रेन्दू, ते च तौ लग्नभूसुतौ । सर्वे, शून्यं, क्रमात् प्रोक्तं स्थानं शीतकरस्य च ॥ ५० ॥

[In the eighth] the Sun, Mercury and Jupiter; [in the ninth] Venus and the Moon; [in the tenth] those [three] and these [two], together with the lagna and Mars; [in the eleventh] all; [in the twelfth] none. Thus in order has the sthāna[-scheme] of the cool-rayed one (the Moon) been declared.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 50

Śloka 51 — Bhauma-aṣṭakavarga — rekhā-givers for the 1st to 6th bhāvas

लग्नमन्दकुजा भौमो होराज्ञेन्दुदिनाधिपाः । मन्दारौ ज्ञरवी ज्ञेन्दु-जीवार्कतनुभार्गवाः ॥ ५१ ॥

[In the first, in Mars's aṣṭakavarga, the rekhā-givers are] the lagna, Saturn and Mars; [in the second] Mars [alone]; [in the third] the lagna, Mercury, the Moon and the Sun; [in the fourth] Saturn and Mars; [in the fifth] Mercury and the Sun; [in the sixth] Mercury, the Moon, Jupiter, the Sun, the lagna and Venus.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 51

Śloka 52 — Bhauma-aṣṭakavarga — rekhā-givers for the 7th to 12th bhāvas; close of Mars's scheme

मन्दारौ तौ सितश्चार्किः कुजार्कार्यार्किलग्नकाः । सर्वे, गुरुसितौ स्थानं भौमस्यैवं विदुर्बुधाः ॥ ५२ ॥

[In the seventh] Saturn and Mars; [in the eighth] those two together with Venus; [in the ninth] Saturn [alone]; [in the tenth] Mars, the Sun, Jupiter, Saturn and the lagna; [in the eleventh] all; [in the twelfth] Jupiter and Venus. Thus do the wise know the sthāna[-scheme] of Mars.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 52

Śloka 53 — Budha-aṣṭakavarga — rekhā-givers for the 1st to 5th bhāvas

लग्नमन्दारशुक्रज्ञा लग्नारेन्दुसिताकंजाः । शुक्रज्ञौ लग्नचन्द्रार्किसितारा ज्ञार्कभार्गवाः ॥ ५३ ॥

[In the first, in Mercury's aṣṭakavarga, the rekhā-givers are] the lagna, Saturn, Mars, Venus and Mercury; [in the second] the lagna, Mars, the Moon, Venus and Saturn; [in the third] Venus and Mercury; [in the fourth] the lagna, the Moon, Saturn, Venus and Mars; [in the fifth] Mercury, the Sun and Venus.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 53

Śloka 54 — Budha-aṣṭakavarga — rekhā-givers for the 6th to 9th bhāvas

जीवज्ञार्केन्दुलग्नानि, भूमिपुत्रशनैश्चरौ । तौ च लग्नेन्दुशुक्रार्या मन्दारार्केज्ञभार्गवाः ॥ ५४ ॥

[In the sixth] Jupiter, Mercury, the Sun, the Moon and the lagna; [in the seventh] Mars and Saturn; [in the eighth] those two together with the lagna, the Moon, Venus and Jupiter; [in the ninth] Saturn, Mars, the Sun, Mercury and Venus.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 54

Śloka 55 — Budha-aṣṭakavarga 10th–12th; then Guru-aṣṭakavarga rekhā-givers for the 1st and 4th

लग्नमन्दारविच्चन्द्राः सर्वे, जीवज्ञभास्कराः । गुरोर्लग्ने सुखे जीवलग्नारार्कबुधा धने ॥ ५५ ॥

[In the tenth] the lagna, Saturn, Mars, Mercury and the Moon; [in the eleventh] all; [in the twelfth] Jupiter, Mercury and the Sun. For Jupiter, in the first and the fourth [the rekhā-givers are] Jupiter, the lagna, Mars, the Sun and Mercury; in the second [likewise, together with what follows] —

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 55

Śloka 56 — Guru-aṣṭakavarga — rekhā-givers for the 2nd, 3rd, 12th, 5th and 6th bhāvas

चन्द्रशुक्रौ च दुश्चिक्ये मन्दार्यार्काः शनिर्व्यये । सुते शुक्रेन्दुलग्नज्ञमन्दाश्चन्द्रं विना त्वरौ ॥ ५६ ॥

— and in the second [also] the Moon and Venus; in the third, Saturn, Jupiter and the Sun; in the twelfth, Saturn [alone]; in the fifth, Venus, the Moon, the lagna, Mercury and Saturn; and in the sixth, the same but without the Moon.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 56

Śloka 57 — Guru-aṣṭakavarga — rekhā-givers for the 7th, 8th, 9th and 11th bhāvas

लग्नाराऽर्याऽर्केन्दवोऽस्ते मृतौ जीवार्कभूसुताः । धर्मे शुक्रार्कलग्नेन्दुबुधा मन्दं विनाऽऽयभे ॥ ५७ ॥

In the seventh, the lagna, Mars, Jupiter, the Sun and the Moon; in the eighth, Jupiter, the Sun and Mars; in the ninth, Venus, the Sun, the lagna, the Moon and Mercury; in the eleventh, all except Saturn.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 57

Śloka 58 — Guru-aṣṭakavarga 10th; then Śukra-aṣṭakavarga rekhā-givers for the 1st to 4th bhāvas

माने गुरुबुधारार्कशुक्रहोरास्तथा विदुः । लग्नशुक्रेन्दवस्ते ते ज्ञार्क्यारास्ते ज्ञवर्जिताः ॥ ५८ ॥

In the tenth [of Jupiter's aṣṭakavarga] they know Jupiter, Mercury, Mars, the Sun, Venus and the lagna [to be the rekhā-givers]. [For Venus:] in the first, the lagna, Venus and the Moon; in the second, those same; in the third, those together with Mercury, Saturn and Mars; in the fourth, those without Mercury.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 58

Śloka 59 — Śukra-aṣṭakavarga — rekhā-givers for the 5th to 8th bhāvas

सुते लग्नशशिजशशाङ्कार्यार्किभार्गवाः । ज्ञारौ शून्यं सितार्केन्दुगुरुलग्नशनैश्चराः ॥ ५९ ॥

In the fifth, the lagna, Mercury, the Moon, Jupiter, Saturn and Venus; [in the sixth] Mercury and Mars; [in the seventh] nothing; [in the eighth] Venus, the Sun, the Moon, Jupiter, the lagna and Saturn.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 59

Śloka 60 — Śukra-aṣṭakavarga — rekhā-givers for the 9th to 12th bhāvas; close of Venus's scheme

सर्वे रवि विना, शुक्रगुरुमन्दाश्च मानभे । सर्वे कुजेन्दुरवयः क्रमाद् भृगुसुतस्य च ॥ ६० ॥

[In the ninth] all except the Sun; and in the tenth, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn; [in the eleventh] all; [in the twelfth] Mars, the Moon and the Sun — such, in order, is [the scheme] of the son of Bhṛgu (Venus).

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 60

Śloka 61 — Śani-aṣṭakavarga — rekhā-givers for the 1st to 6th bhāvas

शने रवितनू सूर्यो लग्नेन्दुकुजसूर्यजाः । लग्नार्कौ जीवमन्दाराः सर्वे सूर्यं विना क्षते ॥ ६१ ॥

For Saturn: [in the first] the Sun and the lagna; [in the second] the Sun [alone]; [in the third] the lagna, the Moon, Mars and Saturn; [in the fourth] the lagna and the Sun; [in the fifth] Jupiter, Saturn and Mars; in the sixth, all except the Sun.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 61

Śloka 62 — Śani-aṣṭakavarga — rekhā-givers for the 7th to 12th bhāvas; close of Saturn's scheme

अर्कोऽर्कज्ञौ बुधोऽर्कारितनुज्ञाः सकलास्ततः । कुजज्ञगुरुशुक्राश्च क्रमात् स्थानमिदं विदुः ॥ ६२ ॥

[In the seventh] the Sun; [in the eighth] the Sun and Mercury; [in the ninth] Mercury; [in the tenth] the Sun, Mars, the lagna and Mercury; thereafter [in the eleventh] all; and [in the twelfth] Mars, Mercury, Jupiter and Venus. Such, in order, they know this sthāna[-scheme] to be.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 62

Śloka 63 — Lagna-aṣṭakavarga — the NUMBER of bindus per bhāva

तनौ तुर्ये च वह्निः स्याद् दुश्चिक्ये द्वौ धने शराः । बुद्धिमृत्यंकरिष्फेषु षट् खेशक्षतराशिषु ॥ ६३ ॥

In the first and the fourth [bhāva of the lagna's aṣṭakavarga] there are three [bindus]; in the third, two; in the second, five; in the fifth, the eighth, the ninth and the twelfth, six; and in the tenth, the eleventh and the sixth signs —

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 63

Śloka 64 — Lagna-aṣṭakavarga — one bindu in the 10th/11th/6th, seven in the 7th; then bindu-givers for the 1st and 2nd

रूपं स्त्रियां गुरुं त्यक्त्वा लग्नस्य करणं त्विदम् । होरार्केन्दवो लग्ने लग्नारेन्द्विनसूर्यजाः ॥ ६४ ॥

— one [bindu each]; in the seventh, all excepting Jupiter. This indeed is the karaṇa (bindu-reckoning) of the lagna. In the first [the bindu-givers are] the lagna, the Sun and the Moon; [in the second] the lagna, Mars, the Moon, the Sun and Saturn.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 64

Śloka 65 — Lagna-aṣṭakavarga — bindu-givers for the 3rd to 7th bhāvas

गुरुज्ञौ लग्नचन्द्रारा ल. सू. चं. मं. बु. सौरयः । क्षते शुक्रस्तथा चैकः कामे सर्वे गुरुं विना ॥ ६५ ॥

[In the third] Jupiter and Mercury; [in the fourth] the lagna, the Moon and Mars; [in the fifth] the lagna, the Sun, the Moon, Mars, Mercury and Saturn; in the sixth Venus, and he alone; in the seventh, all except Jupiter.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 65

Śloka 66 — Lagna-aṣṭakavarga — bindu-givers for the 8th to 12th bhāvas

मृतौ भृगुबुधौ त्यक्त्वा धर्मे गुरुसितौ विना । कर्मण्याये तथा शुक्रो व्यये सूर्येन्दुवर्जिताः ॥ ६६ ॥

In the eighth, [all] excepting Venus and Mercury; in the ninth, [all] except Jupiter and Venus; in the tenth and the eleventh likewise Venus [alone]; in the twelfth, all excluding the Sun and the Moon.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 66

Śloka 67 — Transition — the lagna's karaṇa is done; the lagna's sthāna (rekhā) follows

लग्नस्येदं तु सम्प्रोक्तं करणं द्विजपुङ्गव ! अथ स्थानं प्रवक्ष्यामि लग्नस्य द्विजपुङ्गव ! ॥ ६७ ॥

This, O best of the twice-born, is the karaṇa (bindu-reckoning) of the lagna as fully declared. Now, O best of the twice-born, I shall state the sthāna (rekhā-reckoning) of the lagna.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 67

Śloka 68 — Lagna-aṣṭakavarga — rekhā-givers for the 1st to 4th bhāvas

आर्किज्ञशुक्रगुर्वीराः सौम्यदेवेज्यभार्गवाः । हित्वा सौम्यगुरू शेषाः सूर्यज्ञेज्यभृगुसूर्यजाः ॥ ६८ ॥

[In the first] Saturn, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Mars [give a rekhā]; [in the second] Mercury, Jupiter and Venus; [in the third] the rest, excluding Mercury and Jupiter; [in the fourth] the Sun, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 68

Śloka 69 — Lagna-aṣṭakavarga — rekhā-givers for the 5th to 8th bhāvas

तथा जीवभृगू बुद्धौ, सर्वे शुक्रं विना क्षते । जीव एकस्तथा द्यूने, मृतौ सौम्यभृगू तथा ॥ ६९ ॥

So too in the fifth, Jupiter and Venus; in the sixth, all except Venus; in the seventh, Jupiter alone; and in the eighth, Mercury and Venus.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 69

Śloka 70 — Lagna-aṣṭakavarga — rekhā-givers for the 9th to 12th bhāvas; close of the lagna's scheme

धर्मे गुरुसितावेव खे भवे शुक्रमन्तरा । सूर्यचन्द्रौ तथा रिष्फे स्थानं लग्नस्य कीर्तितम् ॥ ७० ॥

In the ninth, Jupiter and Venus alone; in the tenth and the eleventh, [all] apart from Venus; and in the twelfth, the Sun and the Moon. Thus has the sthāna (rekhā-reckoning) of the lagna been proclaimed.

BPHS Adhyāya 66, śloka 70