Ch. 45. Avasthas of Planets
1. O Mahārśi Parashara, you have earlier stated, that the Avasthas, or states of the Planets are to be considered in the context of the effects of the Planets. Be so kind to tell me about this.
2. O excellent of Brahmins, various kinds of Avasthas of the Planets have been expounded. Out of these, I will give you the summary of Baal (infant) and other states of the Planets.
3. Baal, Kumar, Yuv, Vriddh and Mrit Avastha (Baal Adi Avasthas). Infant, youthful, adolescent, old and dead are the states of the Planets, placed in the ascending order at the rate of six degrees in odd Rāśis. In the case of even Rāśis this arrangement is in reverse order. (Vriddh – Advanced, Mrit – In extremis)
4. Results. One fourth, half, full, negligible and nil are the grades of the results, due to a Planet in infant, youthful, adolescent, old and dead Avasthas.
5. Awakening, Dreaming and Sleeping States. If a Planet is in its own Rāśi, or in exaltation, it is said to be in a state of awakening (alertness). In the Rāśi of a friend, or of a neutral it is in dreaming state, while in an enemy Rāśi, or in debilitation it is in a state of sleeping.
6. According to a Planet, being in Awakening, Dreaming, or Sleeping states, the results, due to it will be full, medium, or nil.
7. Other Kinds of States. There are nine kinds of other Avasthas, viz. Deepta, Swastha, Pramudit, Shanta, Din, Vikala, Dukhita, Khal and Kop.
8-10. If a Planet is in its exaltation Rāśi, it is in Deepta Avastha, if in its own Rāśi, it is in Swastha, if in a great friends Rāśi, it is in Pramudit, if in a friendly Rāśi, it is in Shanta, if in a neutral Rāśi, it is in Din, if a Planet is conjunct with a malefic, it is in Vikala, if is in an enemy Rāśi, it is in Dukhita, if in a great enemy Rāśi, it is in Khal and, if a Planet is being eclipsed by Sun, it is in Kop. Depending on such a state of the Planet, the House, occupied by it will obtain corresponding effects.
11-18. Yet other Avasthas. Lajjita, Garvita, Kshudhita, Trushita, Mudita and Kshobhita are the other kinds of Avasthas, due to the Planets. Placed in 5th House, if a Planet is associated with Rahu, or Ketu, or with Sun, Saturn, or Mars , it is in Lajjita Avastha. If a Planet is in exaltation, or in MoolatriKonaa, it is Garvita. If a Planet is in an enemy Rāśi, or conjunct with an enemy, or receives a Aspect from an enemy, or even, if a Planet is conjunct with Saturn, the Avastha is Kshudhita. If a Planet is in a watery Rāśi and receives a Aspect from a malefic, but does not receive a Aspect from a benefic, the Avastha is called Trushita. If a Planet is in a friendly Rāśi, or is conjunct with, or receives a Aspect from a benefic, or is conjunct with Jupiter, it is said to be in Mudita Avastha. If a Planet is conjunct with Sun and receives a Aspect from, or is conjunct with a malefic, or receives a Aspect from an enemy, it is said to be in Kshobhita. The Houses, occupied by a Planet in Kshudhita, or in Kshobhita, are destroyed.
19-23. The learned should estimate the effects, due to a House, in the manner, cited above, after ascertaining the strength and weakness. Weak Planets cause reduction in good effects, while stronger ones give greater effects. If a Planet, posited in 10th House, is in Lajjita, Kshudhita Avastha, or Kshobhita Avastha, the person will always be subjected to miseries. If a Planet in 5th is in Lajjita, there will be destruction of progeny, or there will be only one surviving child. Surely the wife of the native will die, if there is a Planet in 7th in Kshobhita, or in Trushita Avastha.
24-29. Effects of Garvita, Mudita, Lajjita, Kshobhita, Kshudhita and Trushita Avastha. A Planet in Garvita Avastha will cause happiness through new houses and gardens, regalhood, skill in arts, financial gains at all times and improvement in business. A Planet in Mudita Avastha will give residences, clothes, ornaments, happiness from lands and wife, happiness from relatives, living in royal places, destruction of enemies and acquisition of wisdom and learning. A Planet in Lajjita will give aversion to God, loss of intelligence, loss of child, interest in evil speeches and listlessness in good things. A Planet in Kshobhita will give acute penury, evil disposition, miseries, financial debacles, distress to feet and obstruction to income, due to royal wrath. A Planet in Kshudhita will cause downfall, due to grief and passion, grief on account of relatives, physical decline, troubles from enemies, financial distress, loss of physical strength and an eclipsed mind, due to miseries. A Planet in Trushita Avastha will cause diseases through association with females, leading over wicked deeds, loss of wealth, due to ones own men, physical weakness, miseries, caused by evil people and decline of honour.
30-37. Calculation of Shayan Adi Avasthas. Now I will tell you of the Avasthas, viz. Shayan, Upavesana, Netrapani, Prakasha, Gamana, Agaman, Shubh, Agama, Bhojana, Nritya Lips, Kautuka and Nidra and the Chesthas of such Avasthas. Note the number of the star, occupied by the Planet, for which an Avastha is to be calculated. Multiply that number by the number, denoted by the Planet (Sun 1 to Saturn 7). The figure so arrived at should again be multiplied by the number of the Navāmśa, where the Planet is in. Add to this the number of the birth asterism (ruling star, the one, occupied by Moon), the number of Ghatis of birth and the number of Rāśis, Lagna gained from Aries (Aries 1, Taurus 2 and so forth). This figure should be divided by 12 and the remainder will indicate the corresponding Avastha of the Planet. The sub-state in the said Avastha can be found out in the following way. Multiply the figure (Sayana 1 to Nidra 12), denoted by the Avastha concerned, by the same figure and increase it by the figure, denoted by the Anka value for the first syllable of the natives personal name. Divide the product so obtained by 12. The remainder thereof should be further increased by constant additives of the Planets in the following way: Sun 5, Moon 2, Mars 2, Mercury 3, Jupiter 5, Venus 3, Saturn 3, Rahu (Ketu) 4. The product so arrived at should be divided by 3. In the process of calculation, if it happens, that the remainder is 1, it is Aspect, if 2, it is Cheshta and, if 0, it is Vicheshta.
Notes. Shayan Adi are of supreme importance, as compared to the other kinds of Avasthas.
In place of Navāmśa, given above, some translators interpret the word Ańśa, as degree, occupied by the Planet, which is obviously not correct. In this connection the readers attention is drawn to Balaabhadrs Hora Ratna, Ch. 3, wherein the author, Balaabhadra himself, gives an example for Sun, being in the 7th Navāmśa of Leo and thus he considered only 7, as multiplier. He quotes Adhibhut Sagara, as his authority for calculation of Sayana Adi.
Agaman Avastha is known, as Gamanechch by some exponents.
Anka value is 1 for a, ka, cha, da, dha, bha and va, 2 for i, kha, ja, dha, na, ma and da, 3 for u, ga, jha, ta, pa, ya and śa, 4 for e, gha, ga, tha, pha, ra and sa, 5 for o, ca, dha, da, ba, la and ha.
38-39. Effects of Chesht etc. If the sub-state is Aspect in an Avastha, the results, being stated for the Avastha, will be medium, the effects will be full in Chesht and negligible in Vichesht. The good and bad effects of Planets should be deciphered, based on the strength and weakness of the Planets. In exaltation the Planets reveal effects in a pronounced manner, due to Avasthas.
40-51. Effects of Sun’s Avasthas. If Sun is in Sayana Avastha, the native will incur digestive deficiency, many diseases, stoutness of legs, bilious vitiation, ulcer in the anus and heart strokes; if in Upavesana, will suffer poverty, will carry loads, will indulge in litigations, be hard-hearted, wicked and will lose in his undertakings; if is in Netrapani, will always be happy, wise, helpful to others, endowed with prowess and wealth, very happy and will gain royal favours; if in Prakasha, will be liberal in disposition, have plenty of wealth, be a significant speaker in the assembly, will perform many meritorious acts, be greatly strong and endowed with charming beauty; if in Gamana, will be disposed to live in foreign places, be miserable, indolent, bereft of intelligence and wealth, be distressed, due to fear and will be short-tempered; if in Agaman, will be interested in others wives, be devoid of his own men, be interested in movements and skilful in doing evil deeds, be dirty, ill-disposed and will be a talebearer; if in Shubh, will be disposed to help others, be always endowed with wealth and gems, be virtuous, endowed with lands, new houses and robes, be very strong, very affectionate to his friends and very kindly disposed; if in Agama, will be distressed, due to enemies, fickle-minded, evil-minded, emaciated, devoid of virtuous acts and intoxicated with pride; if in Bhojana, will experience pains in joints, will lose money on account of others females, will have strength, declining off and on, be untruthful, will incur head-aches, eat remnant food and will take to bad ways; if in Nritya Lips, will be honoured by the learned, be a scholar, will have knowledge of poetry etc. and will be adored by kings on the earth; if is Kautuka, will always be happy, will be endowed with Vedic Knowledge and will perform Yagyas, will move amidst kings, have fear from enemies, will be charming-faced and be endowed with knowledge of poetry; if in Nidra, will have a strong tendency towards being drowsy, will live in foreign (distant) places, will incur harm to his wife and will face financial destruction. Sun in Upavesana will make one an artisan, black in complexion, devoid of learning and miserable. One will serve others. In Netrapani there will be all kinds of happiness, if Sun is in 5th, 9th, 10th, or 7th. In other Houses Netrapani of Sun will give eye diseases and enmity with all. If Sun is in Prakasha, the native will be meritorious, religious and liberal, will enjoy pleasures, be equal to a prince and will enjoy the status of Kubera, the God of wealth. However, the Prakasha of Sun, placed in 7th, or 5th will cause loss of the first child and will produce many litigations. If Sun is in Gamana, the native will incur disease of the feet and will be very mean. If in Agaman, Sun in 12th, or in 7th will destroy progeny and will give very limited wealth. If in Agama, Sun will give many miseries, an ugly appearance and foolishness. However, he will give wealth. Sun in Bhojana in 9th will cause many hindrances to spiritual and religious undertakings. In other Houses Sun in Bhojana will cause head and ear diseases, apart from joint pains. Though Mahārśi Parashara states, that the native with Sun in Kautuka Avastha will have fear from enemies, Bala Bhadr exempts such evil effect for the 6th House position. Sun in Kautuka in other Houses will give a number of daughters, two wives, itch, excellence, liberality etc. If Sun is in Nidra, the native will be predisposed to incur piles and elephantiasis, will experience a lack of peace and he will be liable to lose his first child.
52-63. Effects of Moon’s Avasthas. If Moon is in Sayana, the native will be honourable, sluggish, given to sexual lust and he will face financial destruction; if in Upavesana, will be troubled by diseases, be dull-witted, not endowed with mentionable wealth, will be hard-hearted, will do unworthy acts and will steal others wealth; if in Netrapani, will be troubled by great diseases (long lasting in nature), be very garrulous, wicked and will indulge in bad deeds. Should Moon be in Prakasha, the native will be famous in the world, will have his virtues exposed through royal patronage, will be surrounded by horses, elephants, females and ornaments, will visit shrines. If Moon is in Gamana with decreasing rays, the native will be sinful, cruel and always troubled by afflictions of sight. If Moon is in Gamana with increasing rays, the native will be distressed, due to fear. If Moon is in Agaman, the native will be honourable, will suffer diseases of the feet, will secretly indulge in sinful acts, will be poor and devoid of intelligence and happiness; if in Shubh, will be eminent among men, honoured by kings and kings of kings, will be very beautiful, will subdue the passion of women and will be skilful in sexual acts, will be virtuous; if in Agama, will be garrulous and virtuous and, if the said Moon is of dark fortnight, the native will have two wives, he will be sick, highly wicked and violent; if in Bhojana, will be endowed with honour, conveyances, attendants, social status, wife and daughters, provided Moon is Full Purna; if in Bhojana and is of dark fortnight, auspicious effects will fail to come; if in Nritya Lips and is endowed with (fortnightly) strength, will be strong, will have knowledge of songs and will be a critic of beauty of things; if in Nritya Lips and of dark fortnight, i.e. not endowed with strength, the person will be sinful; if in Kautuka, the native will attain kingship, lordship over wealth and skill in sexual acts and in sporting with harlots. Should waxing Moon, being conjunct with Jupiter, be in Nidra, the native will be quite eminent. If waxing Moon is in Nidra, but devoid of Jupiter’s Conjunct, the native will lose his wealth on account of females and female jackals will be crying around his abode (as though it were a cemetery).
64 75. Effects of the Avasthas of Mars . If Mars is in Sayana, the native will be troubled by wounds, itch and ulcer. If Mars is placed in Upavesana, the native will be strong, sinful, untruthful, eminent, wealthy and bereft of virtues. If Mars is placed in Lagna and happens to be in Netrapani, there will be penury; if placed in other Houses, Netrapani will confer rulership of a city. Should Mars be in Prakasha, the native will shine with virtues and will be honoured by the king. Mars in Prakasha in 5th will cause loss of children and of wife. If Mars is in Prakasha in 5th and happens to be there with Rahu, a severe (positional) fall will descend on the native. Should Mars be in Gamana, the native will be always roaming, will have fear of multiple ulcers, will incur misunderstandings with females, will be afflicted by boils, itches etc. and will incur financial decline. If Mars happens to be in Agaman Avastha, the native will be virtuous, endowed with precious gems, will adore a sharp sword, will walk with the gait of an elephant, will destroy his enemies and will remove the miseries of his people. If Mars is placed in Shubh and happens to be in exaltation, the native will be skilful in conducting wars, will hold the flag of righteousness aloft and will be wealthy; if Mars happens to be in Shubh in 5th, or 9th, the native will be bereft of learning; if Mars is in Shubh in 12th, childlessness and no wife and no friends will result; if Mars is in other Houses in Shubh, the native will be a scholar in a kings court (poet laureate), be very wealthy, honourable and ch6thtable. If Mars is in Agama, the native will be devoid of virtues and good deeds, will be distressed by diseases, will acquire diseases of the root of the ears (Karan Mularogam & Padamulam Urumulam etc.) and severe gout pains, will be timid and will befriend evil lot. If Mars is with strength, while in Bhojana Avastha, the native will eat sweet-food; if devoid of strength, will indulge in base acts and be dishonourable. If Mars is in Nritya Lips, the native will earn wealth through the king and will be endowed with fullness of gold, diamonds and corals in his house; if in Kautuka, will be curious in disposition and will be endowed with friends and sons; if in Kautuka and simultaneously exalted, will be honoured by the king and the virtuous and will be virtuous himself; if in Nidra, will be short-tempered, devoid of intelligence and wealth, will be wicked, fallen from virtuous path and troubled by diseases. Should Mars be in Upavesana in Lagna, the native will be extremely sinful and he will incur several diseases, will be indigent and not peaceful. If Upavesana occurs for Mars in 9th, the native will lose his whole wealth apart from his wife and progeny. Mars in Netrapani in Lagna will give poverty and will destroy the natives wife and progeny; if Mars is in Netrapani in other Houses, this confers on the native all kinds of wealth and happiness from wife and children. The 2nd, or 7th position of Mars in Netrapani will cause fear from lions and snakes apart from giving earnings from lands. Furthermore the natives wife will predecease him. Should Mars be in Prakasha in 5th, or in 7th, the native will lose his wife and all children. If Mars is placed in 5th in Prakasha and is conjunct with Saturn, the native will kill cows. Should Mars be in Gamana in Lagna, the native will be active in his assignments, will incur diseases of the joints, burning pains in the eyes and will obtain dental afflictions and the like, he will have fear from dogs and will adore the guise of a female. In other Houses Mars in Gamana will bring royal favours, leadership and luxuries of life. Mars in Agaman will cause piles and diseases of the rectum. If Mars is in Bhojana, or in Sayana in 5th, or in 8th, there will be untimely death for the native. In other Houses Bhojana of Mars will confer wealth. Should Mars be in Nritya Lips and happens to be in Lagna, 2nd, 7th, or 10th, the native will receive all kinds of happiness; there will be miseries in abundance, if Mars is in Nritya Lips and placed in 8th, or 9th, apart from incurring untimely death. In other Houses Nritya Lips of Mars will make the native akin to Kubera. Mars in 7th, or in 9th in Kautuka will give several diseases and death of the first child and wife. In other Houses Kautuka will confer scholarship, various kinds of wealth, two wives and more female children. In Nidra Mars in Lagna, 2nd, 3rd, 9th, 10th, or 11th will give scholarship, foolishness and poverty. 5th, or 7th placement of Mars in Nidra will give many miseries and many male children. Should Rahu join Mars in Nidra in any House, the native will have many wives, be miserable and will suffer from some diseases on the surface of the feet.
