Chapter on the Results of the Aṣṭakavarga — Bṛhat-Pārāśara-Horāśāstra, Adhyāya 70

अष्टकवर्गफलाध्यायः

The complete Chapter on the Results of the Aṣṭakavarga chapter of the Bṛhat-Pārāśara-Horāśāstra — all 44 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 — Invocation; what the Sun's aṣṭakavarga signifies

अष्टवर्गफलं विप्र ! समाहितमनाः शृणु । आत्मस्वभावशक्तिश्च पितृचिन्ता रवेः फलम् ॥ १ ॥

O brāhmaṇa (Maitreya)! With a collected mind, hear the results of the aṣṭakavarga. The self, one's own nature and strength, and all deliberation concerning the father — these are the results (read) from the Sun.

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 1

Śloka 2 — Significations of the Moon's and Mars's aṣṭakavarga

मनोबुद्धिप्रसादश्च मातृचिन्ता मृगाङ्कतः । भ्रातृसत्त्वं गुणं भूमिं भौमेन तु विचिन्तयेत् ॥ २ ॥

Mind, and the clarity (serenity) of the intellect, and all deliberation concerning the mother — from the Moon. But the brother's inner strength, (his) qualities, and land should be considered by means of Mars.

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 2

Śloka 3 — Significations of Mercury's and Jupiter's aṣṭakavarga

वाणिज्यकर्मवृत्तिश्च मित्रं चापि बुधेन तु । गुरुणा देहपुष्टिं च बुद्धिपुत्रार्थसम्पदः ॥ ३ ॥

Trade, occupation and means of livelihood, and also friends — by Mercury. By Jupiter, bodily nourishment, and intellect, sons, and abundance of wealth.

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 3

Śloka 4 — Significations of Venus's aṣṭakavarga

भृगोर्विवाहकर्माणि भोगस्थानं च वाहनम् । वेश्यास्त्रीजनसंसर्गं शुक्रेण च निरीक्षयेत् ॥ ४ ॥

From Bhṛgu (Venus): the rites of marriage, the place of enjoyment, and the vehicle. Association with courtesans and with womenfolk should also be examined through Venus.

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 4

Śloka 5 — Significations of Saturn's aṣṭakavarga

आयुश्च जीवनोपायं दुःखशोकौ महद् भयम् । सर्वक्षयं च मरणं मन्देनैव निरीक्षयेत् ॥ ५ ॥

Longevity and the means of subsistence, pain and grief, great fear, the loss of everything, and death — all these should be examined by Manda (Saturn) alone.

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 5

Śloka 6 — General method: yogapiṇḍa × bhāva rekhās ÷ 27 → nakṣatra of decline

तद्भावफलरेखाभिर्योगपिण्डं विवर्धयेत् । उद्धरेत् सप्तविंशत्या शेषर्क्षं रविजे गते ॥ ६ ॥

One should multiply the yogapiṇḍa by the rekhās (the result-lines) of the bhāva in question, and divide by twenty-seven. When Ravi's son (Saturn) has arrived at the nakṣatra (counted off) by the remainder —

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 6

Śloka 7 — Completion of the rule; the father's house defined from the Sun

ध्रुवं तद्भावजनिते फले ह्रासं समादिशेत् । सूर्यर्क्षादङ्कमितभं पितुर्गेहमुदीरितम् ॥ ७ ॥

— one should certainly declare a diminution in the result produced by that bhāva. The rāśi measured off by aṅka (nine) from the Sun's rāśi is declared to be the house of the father.

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 7

Śloka 8 — Father's affliction: piṇḍa × father-house rekhās ÷ 27

तद्गेहरेखासंख्याभिर्गुणितं पिण्डकं हृतम् । नक्षत्रसंख्यया शेषमितभं रविजे गते ॥ ८ ॥

The piṇḍa multiplied by the number of rekhās in that (father's) house, and divided by the number of the nakṣatras (twenty-seven) — when Ravi's son (Saturn) has gone to the nakṣatra measured by the remainder —

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 8

Śloka 9 — Father's affliction or death, including the trine nakṣatras

असंशयं तु विप्रेन्द्र ! पितुः क्लेशं समादिशेत् । तत्त्रिकोणगते वाऽपि पिता पितृसमोऽपि वा ॥ ९ ॥

— then without doubt, O chief of brāhmaṇas (Maitreya), one should declare affliction to the father. Or when (Saturn) has gone to the trine (nakṣatras) of that one, the father, or one who is equal to a father —

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 9

Śloka 10 — Completion; alternate method — piṇḍa × father-house rekhās

मरणं तस्य जानीयात् क्लेशाधिक्यमथापि वा । पितुर्गेहाष्टवर्गीयरेखाभिः पिण्डके हृते ॥ १० ॥

— one should know his death, or else an excess of affliction. When the piṇḍa has been taken (multiplied) by the rekhās belonging to the aṣṭakavarga of the father's house —

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 10

Śloka 11 — Alternate method: ÷ 12 → rāśi of the father's affliction

द्वादशापहृते शेषभं गते रविजेऽथवा । तत्कोणभवनं याते पितुः क्लेशं समादिशेत् ॥ ११ ॥

— and when it has been divided by twelve, then when Ravi's son (Saturn) has gone to the rāśi of the remainder, or when he has gone to the trine house of that one, one should declare affliction to the father.

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 11

Śloka 12 — Death in an ariṣṭa daśā; Rāhu/Saturn/Mars in the 4th from the Sun

अरिष्टददशाकाले मृत्युरेव न संशयः । अर्कात्तु तुर्यगे राहौ मन्दे वा भूमिनन्दने ॥ १२ ॥ गुरुशुक्रेक्षणमृते पितृहा जायते नरः ।

At the time of a daśā that gives ariṣṭa (misfortune), death itself (results) — there is no doubt. But when Rāhu, or Manda (Saturn), or the son of the earth (Mars) is in the fourth from the Sun, and it is without (ṛte) the aspect of Jupiter and Venus, the man is born pitṛhā — the printed word literally means "slayer of the father", but Jha glosses it as पितृहीन, i.e. he is deprived of his father (the father is lost).

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 12

Śloka 13 — Pitṛhā yoga; Saturn in the 9th from lagna or Moon

गुरुशुक्रेक्षणमृते पितृहा जायते नरः । लग्नाच्चन्द्राद् गुरुस्थानं याते सूर्यसुते तथा ॥ १३ ॥

— then, in the absence of the aspect of Jupiter and Venus, the man is born a slayer of his father. Likewise, when the Sun's son (Saturn) has gone to the guru-sthāna (the ninth) from the lagna or from the Moon —

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 13

Śloka 14 — Father's death by pāpa association/aspect and the 4th-lord's daśā

पापग्रहेक्षितयुते पितुर्मरणमादिशेत् । लग्नात् सुखाधिपारिष्टदाये पितृमृतिर्भवेत् ॥ १४ ॥

— and (that Saturn) is aspected by or conjoined with malefic grahas, one should declare the death of the father: (that death) occurs in the ariṣṭa-giving daśā of the lord of the sukha-bhāva (the fourth) reckoned from the lagna.

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 14

Śloka 15 — Pitṛnidhana yoga — the son who performs the father's rites

पितृजन्माष्टमे जातस्तदीशे लग्नगेऽपि वा । स एव कुरुते तातकृत्यानि द्विजसत्तम ! ॥ १५ ॥

He who is born (with his lagna) in the eighth from the father's birth-lagna, or (in whose lagna) the lord of that (eighth) is placed — he alone performs the rites due to the father, O best of the twice-born (Maitreya)!

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 15

Śloka 16 — Pitṛsukha yoga — the obedient son

सुखेशे लाभलग्नस्थे चन्द्रादपि विशेषतः । पितृसद्मगते वाऽपि जातः पितृवशानुगः ॥ १६ ॥

When the lord of the sukha-bhāva (fourth) is placed in the lābha (eleventh) or in the lagna — and especially so reckoned from the Moon — or else when it has gone to the father's house (the tenth), the native is obedient to the father's will.

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 16

Śloka 17 — Birth in the 3rd or 10th from the father's lagna

पितृजन्मतृतीयर्क्षे जातः पितृधनाश्रितः । पितृकर्मगृहे जातः पितृतुल्यगुणान्वितः ॥ १७ ॥

One born in the third rāśi from the father's birth (lagna) lives dependent on the father's wealth. One born in the father's karma-house (the tenth) is endowed with qualities equal to the father's.

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 17

Śloka 18 — Surpassing the father; the general-results caveat

तदीशे लग्नसंस्थेऽपि पितृश्रेष्ठो भवेज्जनः । साधारणफलं सर्वमत्रापि विमृशेद् बुधः ॥ १८ ॥

And when the lord of that (tenth) is situated in the lagna, the person becomes superior to his father. Here too the wise one should weigh up all the general results.

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 18

Śloka 19 — Śūnya rāśi in the Sun's aṣṭakavarga — inauspicious month/year

सूर्याष्टवर्गे यच्छून्यं तन्मासे वत्सरेऽथवा । विवाहव्रतबन्धादि सत्कार्यं गर्हितं बुधैः ॥ १९ ॥

Whichever (rāśi) is empty (of rekhās) in the Sun's aṣṭakavarga — in that month, or in that year, marriage, the binding of vows (upanayana and the like), and other auspicious undertakings are censured by the wise.

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 19

Śloka 20 — Rekhā-rich rāśi — the auspicious month/year even under bad Sun or Jupiter

तथा रेखाधिके मासे वत्सरे वा द्विजोत्तम ! । असत्फलप्रदे सूर्ये गुरौ वा विहितं हि तत् ॥ २० ॥

And likewise, O best of the twice-born (Maitreya), in the month or the year of a rāśi rich in rekhās, that (auspicious undertaking) is indeed enjoined — even should the Sun or Jupiter be a giver of bad results.

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 20

Śloka 21 — Śūnya rāśi in the Moon's aṣṭakavarga

इत्थमिन्दुष्टके यस्मिन् राशौ शून्यं विशेषतः । तद्राशिगे विधौ नैव शुभकार्यं समाचरेत् ॥ २१ ॥

In the same way, in the Moon's aṣṭaka (aṣṭakavarga), in whichever rāśi there is emptiness — most particularly (there) — when the Moon is going through that rāśi one should on no account perform an auspicious act.

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 21

Śloka 22 — Mother, mansion, village from the 4th from the Moon; the piṇḍa computation

चन्द्राच्चतुर्थतो मातृ-प्रासादग्रामचिन्तनम् । चन्द्रात् सुखफलात् पिण्डं वर्धयेद् विहरेच्च भैः ॥ २२ ॥

From the fourth from the Moon is the deliberation about the mother, the mansion, and the village. One should multiply the piṇḍa by the result (rekhās) of the sukha-bhāva reckoned from the Moon, and divide by the nakṣatras (twenty-seven).

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 22

Śloka 23 — Mother's death or distress from the remainder nakṣatra/rāśi

शेषर्क्षं तत् त्रिकोणर्क्षं वा गतेऽर्कसुते दिशेत् । भृतिं जनन्याः कष्टं वाऽर्कहृच्छेषर्क्षगेऽपि च ॥ २३ ॥

When the Sun's son (Saturn) has gone to that remainder-nakṣatra, or to its trine nakṣatra, one should declare the death of the mother, or her distress; and likewise also when he is in the rāśi of the remainder after division by arka (twelve) — or in its trine rāśi.

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 23

Śloka 24 — Mars's aṣṭakavarga — brothers; the brother's house

भौमाष्टवर्गे संचिन्त्यं भ्रातृविक्रमधैर्यकम् । भौमाश्रितस्थसहजो राशिर्भ्रातृगृहं स्मृतम् ॥ २४ ॥

In the aṣṭakavarga of Bhauma (Mars) are to be considered the brother, (his) valour, and (his) fortitude. The rāśi that is the third (sahaja) from the rāśi occupied by Mars is held to be the house of the brother.

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 24

Śloka 25 — Mars transiting the rāśi of high śodhita phala

त्रिकोणे शोधिते यत्र राशौ भूरिफलं भवेत् । तत्र याते कुजे भूमिस्त्रीभ्रातृसुखमद्भुतम् ॥ २५ ॥

In whichever rāśi, after the trikoṇa reduction has been performed, the result is abundant — when Kuja (Mars) goes there, there is wondrous happiness from land, from women, and from brothers.

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 25

Śloka 26 — Weak Mars gives a long-lived brother; Mars in the depleted rāśi

भौमो बलविहीनश्चेद्दीर्घायुः सहजो भवेत् । फलानि यत्र क्षीयन्ते तत्रारे कष्टमादिशेत् ॥ २६ ॥

If Bhauma (Mars) is devoid of strength, the brother becomes long-lived. Where the results are depleted (nil), when Āra (Mars) is there one should declare distress.

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 26

Śloka 27 — Brother's distress: piṇḍa × 3rd-from-Mars rekhās ÷ 27 or ÷ 12

पिण्डं कुजतृतीयर्क्षरेखाभिर्गुणयेद् भजेत् । भैस्तथार्कैस्तु शेषर्क्षमागते रविजेऽथवा ॥ २७ ॥

One should multiply the piṇḍa by the rekhās of the third rāśi from Kuja (Mars), and divide — by the nakṣatras (twenty-seven), and likewise by the arkas (twelve). When Ravi's son (Saturn) has come to the remainder-rāśi (or nakṣatra), or else —

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 27

Śloka 28 — Completion — the trine positions too

तत्त्रिकोणगते भ्रातुः कष्टं स्पष्टं वदेद् बुधः ॥ २८ ॥

— when he has gone to the trine of that, the wise one should plainly declare distress to the brother.

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 28

Śloka 29 — Mercury's aṣṭakavarga — family, friends, maternal uncle

बुधात् तुर्ये कुटुम्बे च चिन्तयेन्मित्रमातुलौ । गृहे रेखाधिके याते ज्ञे तेषामुत्तमं सुखम् ॥ २९ ॥

In the fourth from Mercury, and in the family (matters), one should consider the friend and the maternal uncle. When Jña (Mercury) has gone to a house rich in rekhās, there is excellent happiness for them.

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 29

Śloka 30 — Distress to uncle/friends/family via the reduced Mercury aṣṭakavarga

बुधाष्टवर्गं संशोध्य शेषमृक्षं गते शनौ । क्लेशं मातुलसन्मित्रकुटुम्बानां तदा वदेत् ॥ ३० ॥

Having performed the reduction of Mercury's aṣṭakavarga, when Śani has gone to the remainder-nakṣatra, then one should pronounce distress to the maternal uncle, to good friends, and to the family.

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 30

Śloka 31 — Jupiter's aṣṭakavarga — knowledge, sons, dharma

जीवात् पञ्चमतो ज्ञानपुत्रधर्मादिचिन्तनम् । फलाधिके मृगे तत्र ज्ञेयं पुत्रादिजं सुखम् ॥ ३१ ॥

From the fifth from Jīva (Jupiter) is the deliberation about knowledge, sons, dharma and the rest. Where the result is greater, there is to be known happiness arising from sons and so forth.

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 31

Śloka 32 — Number of children from the rekhās of the 5th from Jupiter

गुरोः पञ्चमगेहे तु रेखा भवति यन्मिता । सन्ततिस्तन्मिता शत्रुनीचगेहे गुरुर्न चेत् ॥ ३२ ॥

Whatever be the measure of the rekhās in the fifth house from Guru (Jupiter), of that same measure is the progeny — provided Jupiter is not in an enemy's house or in his nīca house.

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 32

Śloka 33 — Alternative count from the 5th-lord's navāṃśa; the piṇḍa computation

पञ्चमेशनवांशैश्च समाना वापि सा स्मृता । पञ्चमस्थानरेखाभिः पिण्डं संवर्ध्य भैस्तथा ॥ ३३ ॥

Or else that (progeny) is held to be equal to the navāṃśas of the lord of the fifth. Having multiplied the piṇḍa by the rekhās of the fifth place, and (divided) likewise by the nakṣatras (twenty-seven) —

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 33

Śloka 34 — Saturn's transit of the remainder rāśi harms children, learning, dharma

रविभिर्विभजेत् शेषभगः पुत्रार्तिदः शनिः । इत्थं तदृक्षगो विद्याधर्मयोरपि हानिकृत् ॥ ३४ ॥

— and one should (also) divide by the ravis (twelve). Śani, gone to the rāśi of the remainder, is a giver of pain to the children; in the same way, gone to that nakṣatra, he is also a causer of loss to learning and to dharma.

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 34

Śloka 35 — Venus's aṣṭakavarga cast into the rāśis

शुक्रस्याष्टकवर्गं च निक्षिप्याकाशचारिषु । यद्यद्राशौ फलानि स्युर्भूयांसि किल तत्र तु ॥ ३५ ॥

And having deposited Venus's aṣṭakavarga in the sky-coursing (rāśis) — in whichever rāśi the results are abundant, there indeed —

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 35

Śloka 36 — Land, wealth, wife; the wife from the 7th from Venus

भूमिं वित्तं कलत्रं च तत्तद्दिशि दिशेद् बुधः । शुक्राज्ज्ञामित्रतो जायालब्धिर्ज्ञेया विदांवरैः ॥ ३६ ॥

— the wise one should declare land, wealth, and a wife, in the direction belonging to each such (rāśi). From the jñāmitra (the seventh) from Venus, the obtaining of a wife is to be known by the best of the learned.

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 36

Śloka 37 — Direction/country of the wife; her distress by the piṇḍa method

दिशि देशे च जायायास्तत्त्रिकोणगृहस्य वा । पिण्डवर्धनतस्तस्याः कष्टं ज्ञेयं यथा पुरा ॥ ३७ ॥

And (the wife is obtained) in the direction and in the country of that (seventh) house, or of its trine houses. By the multiplication of the piṇḍa, her distress is to be known just as before.

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 37

Śloka 38 — Saturn's aṣṭakavarga — the death-rāśi and longevity

शनैश्चराश्रितस्थानादष्टमं मृतिभं मतम् । तदायुषो गृहमपि चिन्त्यमायुस्ततो बुधैः ॥ ३८ ॥

The eighth from the place occupied by Śanaiścara (Saturn) is held to be the rāśi of death. That is also the house of longevity; therefore longevity should be considered from it by the wise.

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 38

Śloka 39 — Summing the rekhās from lagna to Saturn → year of illness and enmity

लग्नात् प्रभृति मन्दान्तं फलान्येकत्र योजयेत् । फलयोगसमेऽब्दे तु व्याधिं वैरं समादिशेत् ॥ ३९ ॥

Beginning from the lagna and ending with Manda (Saturn), one should add the results together in one place. In the year equal to that sum of results, one should declare disease and enmity.

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 39

Śloka 40 — The reverse sum, from Saturn to lagna

इत्थं मन्दादिलग्नान्तफलान्येकत्र कारयेत् । एतद्योगसमे वर्षे जातस्य व्याधिमादिशेत् ॥ ४० ॥

In the same way one should bring together in one place the results beginning with Manda (Saturn) and ending with the lagna. In the year equal to this sum, one should declare illness for the native.

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 40

Śloka 41 — When both sums agree — distress equal to death

योगद्वयसमेऽब्दे तु क्लेशो मृतिसमो भवेत् । तत्रारिष्टदशायोगेऽसंशयं मृत्युमादिशेत् ॥ ४१ ॥

But in the year equal to both sums (alike), the affliction becomes equal to death. If in that (year) there is also the conjunction of an ariṣṭa daśā, one should declare death without doubt.

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 41

Śloka 42 — Piṇḍa multiplied by the rekhās of the 8th from Saturn, divided by 27 — the nakṣatra of death

मन्दादष्टमराशिस्थफलैः पिण्डं विवर्धयेत् । पूर्ववत् सप्तविंशत्या हरेच्छेषर्क्षमागते ॥ ४२ ॥

One should multiply the piṇḍa by the phalas (rekhās) standing in the eighth rāśi from Manda (Saturn). As before, one should divide by twenty-seven; when [Saturn] arrives at the nakṣatra [indicated by] the remainder —

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 42

Śloka 43 — Death also in the trine nakṣatras, and by the parallel division by twelve for the rāśi and its trines

किंवा तस्य त्रिकोणर्क्षं गते मन्दे मृतिर्भवेत् । सूर्यैस्तष्टितभे तद्वत् त्रिकोणेऽपि गते मृतिः ॥ ४३ ॥

— or else, when Manda (Saturn) has gone to a trine nakṣatra of that [remainder-nakṣatra], death occurs. In the same way, in the sign obtained when [the product] is cut down by the Suns (i.e. divided by twelve), and likewise in its trines, death occurs when [Saturn] has gone there.

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 43

Śloka 44 — General rule — Saturn transiting rekhā-poor versus rekhā-rich rāśis

फलहीनगृहं याते मन्दे नैव शुभं भवेत् । फलाधिकं गते तस्मिन् नियतं शुभमादिशेत् ॥ ४४ ॥

When Manda (Saturn) goes to a house devoid of phalas (rekhās), there is no auspiciousness whatsoever. When he goes to one having abundant phalas, one should assuredly declare an auspicious result.

BPHS Adhyāya 70, śloka 44