The Chapter on Ekādhipatya-śodhana (Reduction for Single Lordship) — Bṛhat-Pārāśara-Horāśāstra, Adhyāya 68

एकाधिपत्यशोधनाध्यायः

The complete The Chapter on Ekādhipatya-śodhana (Reduction for Single Lordship) chapter of the Bṛhat-Pārāśara-Horāśāstra — all 6 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 — Order of operations: trikoṇa-śodhana first, then ekādhipatya-śodhana

त्रिकोणमेवं संशोध्य फलं भानां लिखेद् बुधः। शोधनं द्विज ! कुर्वीत पश्चादेवाधिपत्यजम् ॥ १ ॥

Having in this way purified (reduced) the trikoṇa, the wise man should write down the resulting figure (phala) of the rāśis; thereafter, O twice-born one (Maitreya), he should carry out the purification that arises from [single] lordship.

BPHS Adhyāya 68, śloka 1

Śloka 2 — Both kṣetras of one lord carry a value; both graha-less — subtract the smaller

क्षेत्रद्वये फलानि स्युस्तदैवं शोधयेत् सुधीः। क्षीणेन सह चान्यस्मिन् शोधयेद् ग्रहवर्जिते ॥ २ ॥

Only when there are figures (phala) in both kṣetras [owned by one lord] should the intelligent man purify in this manner: in the other [rāśi], which is devoid of a graha, he should reduce it by the smaller [of the two figures].

BPHS Adhyāya 68, śloka 2

Śloka 3 — Both rāśis occupied by grahas — no reduction; setting up the mixed case

उभयोर्ग्रहसंयुक्तौ न संशोध्यः कदाचन। ग्रहयुक्ते फलैर्हीने ग्रहाभावे फलाधिके ॥ ३ ॥

When both [rāśis] are joined with grahas, no reduction whatsoever is ever to be made. When the one joined with a graha is deficient in figures and the one lacking a graha has the greater figure —

BPHS Adhyāya 68, śloka 3

Śloka 4 — Mixed case: which of the two signs loses its value

ऊनेन सह चान्यस्मिन् शोधयेद् ग्रहवर्जिते। फलाधिके ग्रहैर्युक्ते चान्यस्मिन् सर्वमुत्सृजेत् ॥ ४ ॥

— he should reduce in that other [rāśi], the one devoid of a graha, by the lesser [figure]. But when the [rāśi] having the greater figure is joined with grahas, then in the other [the graha-less one] he should discard the whole [figure].

BPHS Adhyāya 68, śloka 4

Śloka 5 — Equality cases: both empty and equal; one occupied, one empty, equal

उभयोर्ग्रहहीनत्वे समत्वे च फले त्यजेत्। सग्रहाग्रहयोस्तुल्ये सर्वं संशोध्यमग्रहे ॥ ५ ॥

When both are devoid of grahas and the figures are equal, he should discard [both figures]. When one has a graha and the other has none and [their figures] are equal, the whole [figure] is to be reduced away in the graha-less one.

BPHS Adhyāya 68, śloka 5

Śloka 6 (first half-line only, unnumbered) — Karka and Siṃha are exempt — each has its own sole lord

कुलीरसिंहयो राश्योः पृथक् क्षेत्रं पृथक् फलम् ।

Of the two rāśis Kuḷīra (Karka) and Siṃha, the kṣetra is separate and the figure is separate.

BPHS Adhyāya 68, śloka 6 (first half-line only, unnumbered)