KANDA – II
Sloka 77: Inscribing the’ figure of the Goddess Saraswati under the sacred syllabus (Aun), draw ten vertical lines crossed by ten horizontal lines. The squares formed by the even (2nd, 4th, 6th and 8th) columns and similar sets of rows (deleting the four such squares round the central one) are 12 in number. They represent the 12 Rasis from Mesha onwards. I shall how proceed to describe the functions of the twelve Bhavas from the Lagna onwards for the ascertainment by the wise of the several effects.
The Chakra referred to is similar to the one given in the margin. See also the tj (Sar¬vatobhadra Chakra) de¬scribed in Pha’ladeepika p. 308.
The 3rd (Pada) of the sloka is missing.
Sloka 78 : All planets saspect the 7th with a full glance, while the aspects of Saturn, Jupiter and Mars are peculiar. Saturn aspects the 3rd and 10th with a full eye. Jupiter casts a similar glance over the 5th and 9th houses j while Mars, over the- 4th and 8th.
Only a portion of this sloka is available. For further details, please see II-17 ½ – 18 ½, Supra.
Sloka 79: All benefics, if they own the Trikona houses, prove auspicious when they occupy be 3rd, 2nd, 11th and Kendra flouses. A benefic owning a Kendra will not give good results, while on the other hand, a malefic -owning a Kendra will not prove inauspicious. The lords -of the 8th and 12th houses reckoned from the Lagna, if in conjunction or mutually occupying each other’s houses, produce effects as described below: The loard of the 8th gives auspicious results, while the lord of the 12th brings wealth, luck, etc.
Sloka 80: If one of ‘the two- planets referred to above (i,e. owning the 8th or the 12th) happens to own the Lagna as well, he wm prove auspicious. Jupiter and Venus happening to own the Kendras are inauspicious, and should they be also posited in the (Maraka-2nd and 7th) places, they become Marakas. Mercury, similarly situated, will prove likewise. The Maan and the Sun, they happen awn the 8th, will not prove Marakas Mars. What is otherwise called (Ara) happening to own the 4th as well as the 9th (Simha Lagna, far example) will prove auspicious, and not so if he awns only one of the said two houses.
Saturn, Venus and Mars prove auspicious for people born under Kumbha, Tula and Mesha Lagna respectively, though these planets are owners of Dusstthanas (8th and 12th).
We shall discuss here the position of Mars in the 10th for Mesha Lagna and that of Venus in the 7th for Tula Lagna. In both the cases, the lords of the respective Lagna arc posited in Kendra positions and give their full aspect to the Ascendant. Mars in Makara for Mesha Lagna is a draw- so far as the longevity of the person is concerned. Though Mars in this position occupies one of the best Kendras and is therefore with full Digbala, his\lordship over the 8th will also have to be considered. Mars in Makara will naturally mean his full aspect over the Lagna and cases where Mars and Saturn are devoid of benefic aspect, this aspect will mean a very strong (Alpayuryoga)-vide III-8, Rule,1, Supra.
For people born under Tula, Venu in Mesha is likewise injurious for longevity. When Venus and Mars are devoid of benefic aspect, two cases of very strong Alpayuryogas arise: viz., (0 by virtue of Venus’s position in the 7th singly. (This rule applies only when Venus is alone) and (2) Venus’s aspect over the Lagna as the owner of the 8th-vide III-8, Rule 1, supra.
For the two luminaries owning the 8th and not proving Marakas, Ct. IV-25, supra.
Sloka 81: The two nodes – Rahu and Ketu – if endowed with strength, produce effects similar to the planet in whose house they are posited or with whom they are conjoined!. The lords of the Kendra and Kona houses, if not conjoined with the two Rodes, produce beneficial results. Tae effects will be contrary, if they be otherwise. These two nodes in spite of their malefic nature’ become benefics by virtue of their position in certain houses or association with certain planets.
Sloka 82. If on of the two nodes and the lord of a Trikona be posited in the 9th or 10th, or if one of them be in the 9th and the other in the 10th or vice versa, the Yoga, will cause prosperity to the native. Even a con¬junction of either of these with the lord of a Kana will prove beneficial. In the Cbbove circumstances, the Dasas of these two nodes as we as those of the planets conjoined? With them will prove happy. If there were to be a planet who is inauspicious associated by a sort of (Sambandha) will either of the nodes, then the Bhukti of the Yoga-producing planet win prove adverse.
Sloka 83 : The two planets – Rahu and Ketu become auspicious when they occupy a Trikona or a Kendra position (vide Chart 44, pp. 69-70), or, when they are associated with the lord of that particular Kendra or Kona house in which they are posited they prove also beneficial when they conjoin with the lords of any Kendra or Kona house. If, in the above circumstance, the lord of the 9th were to own’ the 8th or the 12th as well) or if the lords of the 9th and 10th were to conjoin with the lords of the 8th or the 12th) then the auspiciousness of the Yoga is lost. The 8th house is termed the house of longevity.
Sloka 84. The 8th house counted from the 8th also repsents longevity. The 12th place reckoned each of these, that is, the 2nd the 7th from the Lagna are known as (VIaraka) home. The in the 2rd house from the Lagna or from its lord is a (Papin-inauspicious). An during the of such an inauspicious planet or in the Dasa of the planet owning the 12th house itself will the native endure discomfiture.
Sloka 85. Saturn, in spite of his being by himself auspicious) if endowed with the power of a Maraka, brings about the death of the native during his own Bhukti, overlooking the claims of the other planets (that may have the right to do in the Dasas of inauspicious planets, as a consequence of his (Sambandha) with the lord of the 12th or of the 8th. All planets, if invested with Maraka powers, do so in their own Bhuktis in the Dasas of (a) the lords of the 8th and the 12th (b) the planets associated with them or (c) planets similarly situated.
Sloka 86 : In the Dasa of a planet owning a Trikona house, the nature of the sub-periods of the several planets is to be guessed after studying the relative positions of these planets with reference to the (Dasanatha). In this Dasa, the Bhukti of a planet owning a Kendra will be auspicious. Mere (Sambandh ) with a Kendra¬ lord will not make a planet’s Bhukti auspicious. If a planet endowed with Maraka power prove also auspicious, ‘the auspicious Yoga will occur first.
