Sloka 21 : The aggregate number of Pindayurdaya years assigned to the several planets from the Sun onwards (in their highest exaltation point) are respectively 19,25,15,12,15,21 and 0. All the reduction should be gone through as before. When a malefic planet is present in the Lagna, take only the minutes, seconds, etc., indicating the Lagna, leaving out the signs. Multiply the total Ayus by this and divide by 360. The whole Ayurdaya should be reduced by this result. If the Lagna be aspected by a benefic, the period to be subtracted will be only half of the above result. So say those well-versed in Ayurdaya system.
Sloka 22 : ln the Pindayurdaya system when the Amsa (Lagna Navamsa) is strong, the Lagna Ayus (or Lagna Dasa) corresponds to the Lagna Navamsa. When the Lagna (Rasi) is strong, the number of years, for Lagna- Ayus corresponds to the number signified by the Rasi, etc, counted from Mesha, and not the Lagna Navamsa.
Sloka 23- The years assigned to the several, planets in Sloka. 21 supra are to be adopted in full when they are in exaltation. When a planet is in its depression point the period assigned to it is reduced by half; when it occupies an intermediate position, the reduction is to be proportionate, say the wise.
Sloka 24 : The Pindayurdaya system is advocated as the best by Manittha; Chanakya, Maya and others. But Satyacharya has pronounced this method to be faulty and Varahamihira also bas made similar pronouncement.
Sloka 25 : Jeevasarman lays down in accordance with his own doctrine that the maximum period of life given by each planet from the Sun onwards is 1/7th of the maximum aggregate period (120 years and 5 days). In this Ayurdaya also all the reductions are enjoined. The Lagna Ayus also should be calculated in the same way as in the other systems.
Sloka 26 : The full period of life in the case of men has been declared as 120 years (12 x 10) by some. Others there are who have stated that the full life-period will be the time taken by Saturn to make 3 complete revolutions (in his orbit). There is a third school who say that the full life period of a man is the time taken by the Moon for making 1000 revolutions. But we are of opinion that the full period of man’s life in this Kaliyuga is only .100 years as stated in the Vedas.
Sloka 27 : Of the Lagna, the Sun and the Moon, whichever is strongest will have its Dasa first. Then will come the Dasa of the planets in Kendra and other positions. When several occupy together any one of these positions the precedence will be given to the planet which predominates in strength. When they happen to be of equal strength, that which gives longer period, in years of Ayurdaya will have its turn first. When there is equality even in regard to the number of years of Ayurdaya of the planets, that which rises first after being eclipsed by the Sun get its Dasa prior to its fellows.
If such planets should however chance to have equal, strength, equal Ayurdaya and equal rising after their conjunction with the Sun, then that planet which is anterior in the general order of precedence among the significators would rule the Dasa in question; and this general order of precedence is usually taken to be (1) the Lagna, (2) the Sun, (3) the Moon, (4) Mars, (5) Mercury, (6) Jupiter, (7) Venus and (8) Saturn.
And the strength of any planet for this purpose is obtained by multiplying it the position by the distance of the planet from its nearest Bhava-sandhi and dividing the product by the distance between the Bhavamsa and one of its Sandhis.
Sloka 28 : Amsayurdaya is to be calculated upon the predominance in strength of the Lagna; Pindayurdaya upon the Sun’s superiority in strength and Naisargikayurdaya when the Moon’s power is strpngest: We shall now state what should be done when the three (Lagna, the Sun and the Moon) are of equal strength.
Sloka 29 : Add the three Ayurdayas and divide the sum by 3. The quotient will be the Ayurdaya required. If only two of them are strong, add the two Ayurdayas and take half the result. When the three planets are all weak, adopt tke method advocated by Jeevasarman for finding out the Ayurdaya.
Sloka 30 : Kalachakra Dasa system has to be resorted to only when the lord of the Navamsa occupied by the Moon is strong. The Dasa calculation as per Nakshatra method is always considered as the best.
Sloka 31 : The full period of life in the case of men and elephants is given as 120 years and 5 days, while in that of horses it is 32 years. It is 25 in the case of asses and camels and 24 for bulls – and buffaloes. Twelve years are allotted for dogs and 16 for sheep and the like.
Sloka 32 : This Ayus span of life has been declared by wise men with respect to only those who are engaged in (the practise of virtuous actions, who keep their senses under control, who eat wholesome diet, who are devoted to the Vedic class and the Gods and who preserve the land-marks of character and conduct peculiar to their high families.
Thus ends the 22nd Adhyaya on “Kalachakra Dasa, etc.” in the work Phaladeepika composed by M’antreswara.
ADHYAYA – XXIII
Sloka 1 : In order to ascertain the good and bad effects caused by the several planets in their transits through the Rasis of the zodiac, the Ashtakavarga has been very highly spoken of by the great sages, and I now set forth the mode of accomplishing it.
Notes
The meaning of is literally the group of 8 things.. In other words, it is the combination of the good and bad positions of a planet with respect to the 7 planets and the Lagna (8 things). So it is the combination of the benefic and malefic dots in a planet’s chart with reference to the positions of the 8 planets.
