Chapter 15 - Method of studying the effects of the Bhavas

ADHYAYA XV. Sloka 1-All Bhavas will produce completely their good results if they are occupied or aspected by benefics or their own lords, or planets owning bene. fic Bhavas and are free from association or aspect of malefics. The same will be the result in the case of malefics if they happen to be the owners of the Bhavas concerned. This good effect will be ensured in the case of all the planets when they are not occupying depression signs, when they are not eclipsed and when they are not posited in inimical signs. tattadbhavat trikone svasukhamadana me caspade saumyayukta papanam drstihine bhavanapasahite papakheterayukte |

} 51. 2-4 pancadaso'dhyayah bhavanam pustimahuh sakalasubhakarimanyatha cetpranasam 153 misra misra hendreh sakalamapi tatha murtibhavadikanam ||2|| Sloka 2. Astrologers pronounce the strength of a Bhava such as the Lagna to be ample and the Bhava thoroughly beneficent, when a Trikona, the 2 nd, the 4 th, the 7 th and the 10 th places therefrom are occupied by auspicious planets or the bhavapa (the lord of the Bhava) and are unoccupied and unaspected by malefic planets. A Bhava suffers decay when the positions referred to above are differently occupied and aspected. The effect of a Bhava will be mixed when positions noted above are occupied or aspected by benefic and malefic planets promiscuously. nasasthanagato divakarakare luptastu yadbhavapo nicaratigrham gato yadi bhavetsaumyairayukteksitah | tadbhavasya vinasanam vitanute tadagvidho'nyo'sti cet tadbhavo'pi phalamado na hi subhascannasamupragrahah || 3|| Slot: 3-Of the Lagna and other Bhavas examined in succession, whichever Bhava has its lord occupying the 8 th place or obscured by the solar rays or in depression or in an inimical house while no benefic planets aspect or are associated with it, the result is the total destruction of such a Bhava The bhava will be incap. able of producing any good effect even if a benefic other than its lord similarly circumstanced occupy the Bhava; if a malefic should be in that position, the total destruction of the Bhava would be the result. lagnadibhavadvi purandharih ke papagrahastadbhayanadinasam | saumyastu natyantaphalapradah syurbhavadikanam phalamevamahuh ||3|| Sloka 4.-Mal-fics posited in the 6 th, 8 th and 12 th places counted from the Lagna or other Bhava under pha-di - 20

154 phaladipikayam Adh. XV myma consideration cause the destruction of the said Bhava, Benefics in such a position are not capable of producing good effects for the Bhava. So say the astrologers with respect to the several Bhavas. yadbhavanatho ripurandhari ke duhsthanapo yadbhavanasthito va | tadbhavanasam kathayanti tajjnah subheksitastadbhavanasya saukhyam ||5|| Sloka 5. - When a Bhava has its lord in the 6 th, the 8 th or the 12 th, or is occupied by the lord of any of these three, it suffers annihilation, say those that know the properties of a Bhava. If such a Bhava be aspocted by a benefic planet, it will be in a flourishing condition. bhavadhise ca bhave sati balarahite ca grahe karakakhye papantahsthe ca papairaribhirapi sameteksite nanyakhetah | papaistadvandhumrtyuvyayabhavanagatastastrikona sthitairva vacya tavahanih sphutamiha bhavati dvitrisamvadabhavat || 6 || Sloka 6.-A Bhava suffer annihilation when the Bhava itself, its lord and its Karaka are devoid of strength and are hemmed in betwixt malefics, or are associated with or aspected by malefic or inimical planets and not by others; or if the 4 th, the 8 th and the 12 th houses or the 5 th and the 9 th houses from them be occupied by malefics. This will be all the more clear and evident when any two or are three of the conditions specified above synchronise. tattadvavaparabhavesvarakharadreskanapa durbala bha bhavarthamakama nijadasayam bhavanasapradah | papa bhavagrhat trisatrubhavagah kendra trikone subhah viryadhyah khalu bhavanathasuhrdo bhavasya siddhipradah ||7|| Sloka 7 -- In the case of any Bhava, the following planets cause the destruction of the Bhava during their

518-0 pancadaso'dhyayah 155 Dasa periods (1) the lord of the 8 th house reckoned from the Bhava (2) the lord of the 22 nd Drekkana. counted from the bhava, ( 3, 4 and 5 ) planets posited in the 6 th, the 8 th and the 7 th houses counted from the Bhava, if they are weak. Malefics occupying the 3 rd, the 6 th and the 11 th houses and benefics in houses which happen to be Kendra and Trikona ones all reckoned from the concerned Ehava, as also the planets which are friendly to the planet owning the Bhava, are declared to bring success to the bhava (during their respective Dasas) if they are possessed of strength. rajyorjanmavilagnayordhrtipati tyusthatadviksako mandah kruradaganapo gulikapastai ryuktarasyamsapah | rahuscaiva sudurbalah sa janane bhavanabhistasthitah papalokita samyuto nijadasayam bhavanasavahama da Sloka 8.- The lords of the 3 rd house from the Lagna as well as the Moon, the planet occupying, as well as the one aspecting the 8 th house, Saturn, the lord of the 22 nd decanate, the planet owning the sign occupied by Mandi, the planets owning the Rasis and Amsas occupied by the several aforesaid planets, Rahu when weak by being posited in untoward houses (the 6 th, the 8 th or the 12 th) or in conjunction with or aspected by malefics; each one of these is declared as causing the destruction of the Bhava in its respective Dasaperiod. bhavasyodayapasritasya kusalam yadavapenodaya 5 svami tisthati samyuto'pi kalayettavajatam phalam | duhsthane viparitametaduditam bhavesvare durbale bha doso'tiva bhavedralena sahite dopalpata jalpita ||9|| Sloka 9.-Whichever Bhava is occupied by the lord

156 phaladipikaya Adh XV It is of the Lagna, the prosperity or well-being of that Bhava is assured. Note the houses owned by the planet asso ciated with or aspecting the lord of the Lagna. only the effects of these Bhavas that will be pushed on by the lord of the Lagna. If the lord of a Bhava occupy a duhsthana (Dusstthana-6 th, 8 th or 12 th) the effect will be reverse; i. e, if the planet be weak, the effect will be immensely harmful; if strong, the injury will be slight. yavesvasubho'pi vodaya patistava vrddhi dise bha duhsthanadhipatih sa cedyadi tanoh prabalyamanyasya na | atrodaharanam kuje sutagate simhe jhape va sthite putrapti subhaviksite jhatiti tatprapti vadantyuttamah || 10|| Sloka 10.-The lord of the Lagna though malefic will only promote the growth of the Bhava it occupies. If he should also happen to own any of the duhsthana (Dusstthanas 6 th, 8 th, 12 th ), the effect of his ownership of the Lagna alone will predominate and not that of the other one. For example, if Mars owning the Lagna, occupy Simha or Meena identical with the 5 th house and be aspected by a benefic, astrologers declare that the person concerned will beget sons very soon dvisthanadhipatitvamasti yadi venmukhyam trikonarksajam tasyarddha svagrhe'tha purvamubhayoryattaddasadau vadena | pascadbhavamihapararddhasamaye yugme grhe yugmajam svojasthe sati caujabhavajaphalam samsanti ke cinjanah || 11|| Sloka ll - In the case of a planet owning two houses, that house which happens to be the Moolatrikona one will predominate and its effects alone will be felt in full while the effects of his own house will be half. The effects of both the Bhavas will come to pass in the Dasa of the planet, the first half of the Dasa-period being "

7 51. 12-14 pancadaso'dhyayah 157 monopolised by the effects of the Bhava that comes first in order. This is the opinion of some. There are others who hold that a planet posited in an odd house will have the effect of that house felt first while the one that occupies an even house will have its effect in the first half of the Dasa yavesasyadhisah graho va yo va seto vindusunya yuktah | 77 tattatpa murtibhavadikanam nasam vrddivacitpranikaya || 12 || Sloka 15 -The destruction of each of the Bhavas from the Lagna onwards should be predicted by the astrologer to a querist during the Dasa-periods of planets which are very inimical to the planet owning the particular Bhava, or which occupy houses where there are no benefic dots in their Ashtakavarjas. svoce suhrtksetragato grahendrah padikhyanvito'pi | 21 sandhi sthitah sannaphalapradah syadevam vicintyatra vade dvipake ||3|| Sloka 13-A planet may be in his exaltation or may occupy a friendly house and may be endowed with the 6 kinds of strength. Notwithstanding all this, if he should happen to be in a Bhavasandhi, he becomes ineffective. This should first be noted before predicting. the effects of the Dasas and Bhuktis of planets. bhatresu bhavamphutatulyabhagastadacajam purnaphalam vidhatte | 32 sandhi phalam nasti tadantarale cintyo'nupatah khalu khecaranam || In Sloka 14. In the several Bhavas, the planets that occupy the exact degrees, etc, signified by any particular Bhava produce the full effect of that Bhava. When a planet is in a Bhavasandhi, it produces no effect. the case of planets occupying intermediate positions, the effect must be ascertained by a rule-of-three process.

158 phaladipikayam suryadatmapitrprabhava nirujam saktim sriyam cintayet cetobuddhinupaprasadajanani sampatkarascandramah | satvam roga gunanujava niripujnatindharasu nuna vidyabandhuvivekamatula suhrdvakarma krdbodhanah || 15|| Adh. XV Sloka 15.--A person ought to divine about his own self, father, influence, health, vigour and fortune from the Sun. It is the Moon that determines the character of one's heart, understanding, royal favour, mother and affluence. It is through Mars that a person call ascertain his own courage, disease, characteristic qualities, younger brothers, lands, foes and blood- (paternal) relations. It is Mercury that influences one's learning, relatives in general, discrimination, maternal uncle, friends, speech and action. prajnavittasarira pustitanayajnanani vagisvarat patnivahanabhusanani madanavyapara saukhyam bhrgoh | ayurjivana mrtyu karana vipaddhatyamsca mandadeva sarpenaiva pitamaham tu sikhina matamaham cintayet || 16 || Sloka 16. - One ought to conjecture about one's own genius, wealth, physical development, sons and knowledge by referring to Jupiter. Information regarding one's wife, vehicles, ornaments, love affairs and pleasures is to be sought through Venus. It is Saturn that settles a person's period of life, livelihood, the cause of death, his adversity and his servants. One ought to guess about one's paternal grand-father through Rahu, and about the maternal grand-father through Ketu. ghumaniramaramantri bhusutah somasaumyau gururinatanayari bhargavo bhanuputrah | dinakaradivijejyau jivabhanusa madah suragururinasunuh karakah syurdhilagnat ||17 ||

t y What the ཨབས ༣ པར་དན ; Sl. 18-19 pancadaso'dhyayah 159 Sloka 17. The Karakas of the Bhavas beginning with the Lagna or the rising sign are (1) the Sun (2) Jupiter (3) Mars (4) the Moon and Mercury (5) Jupiter (6) Saturn and Mars (7) Venus (8) Saturn (9) the Sun and Jupiter (10) Jupiter, the Sun, Mercury and Saturn (11) Jupiter and (12) Saturn. suhrda riparakiyakha tungasthitanam phalamanu paricintyam lagnadehadibhavaih | samupacayavipatti saumyapapesu satyah kathayati viparitam riphasasthamesu ||18 || bloku 8.-The fullness or otherwise of the effects of planets occupying the 12 houses, viz., Lagna, 2 nd, 3 rd, etc., must be judged by a consideration of the exact nature of the sign occupied by the planet, ie., whether it is a friendly or an inimical sign or the house of a neutral planet, or whether the planet in question is occupying his own, or his exaltation Rasi. Satyacharya, however, says that benefics posited in any house generally promote the advancement or prosperity of that house while malefics in any house work only its decay. This is reversed in the case of the 6 th, the 8 th and the 12 th houses. papagrahah sasthamrtivyayasthastadavavrddhim kalayanti doseh | 77 subhastu tadavalayam hi tasmacchadhvadibhavotthaphalapranasah ||19|| Sloka 19.-Malefics posited in the 6 th, the 8 th and the 12 th houses promote the evil effects of the Bhavas, while benefics in the same houses cause the destruction of the said Bhavas. Hence the destruction of the evil effects arising out of these three houses. should be declared wwwww Notes: The author opinos that the general principal to be observed is that benefics in good houses promote their good effects

.160 phaladipikayam Adh. XV and in inauspicious housos spoil their evil effects, while hes in good houses spoil thum and in bal houses create untold hufferings. bhavasya yasyaiva phalam vicintyam bhavam ca tam lagnamiti prakalpya | tasmadvadedddvadasabhavajani phalani tadrupadhanadikani ||20 || Sloka 20-Whenever the effects of any Bhava are to be determined in the case of a nativity, that Bhava should be considered as the Lagna and the effects of the 12 houses reckoned therefrom such as lst (form), 2 nd (wealth), etc., should be examined and declared. evam hi tatkarakato vicintyam pitusca matusca sahodarasya | tannatulasyapi sutasya patyurbhutyasya suryadikhaga sthitaksat ||21 || Sloka 21.-In the same way should the effects of the father, the mother, the brother, the maternal uncle, the son, the husband and the servant be determined by treating the signs occupied by their respective Karakas, viz., the Sun, the Moon, and other planets, in the nativity as the Lagna (Ascendant). surya sthitaksajanaka svarupam vrddhim dvitiyena tu tatprakasam | tataram tasya gunam trtiyattammataram capi sukham caturthat ||22 || Sloka 22,-Find the house occupied by the Sun. It is from this that one ought to conjecture all about the appearance of the father of the person concerned. The father's prosperity and renown should be divined from the 2 nd house counted from that occupied by the Sun. His brothers, character, etc., must be ascertained from the 3 rd house reckoned from the Sun. All about his father's mother, father's happiness, etc., should be sought for from the 4 th house (from the Sun ), buddhiprasadam sunabhacca papadam piturdosamarim ca rogam | kamam madam tasya tu saptamena duhkham mrrti mrtyugrhattadayuh ||23 || Sloka 23. --- The father's intelligence and tranquillity

K S 1. 21-26 pancadaso'dhyayah 161 of mind should be deduced from the 5 th house (from the Sun ); his sufferings, injury, enemies and disease should be guessed from the 6 th house; his love and passion from the 7 th house, his misery, death and his longevity should be determined from the 8 th house (from the Sun ). punyam subham tatpitaram subhena vyaparamasyaiva hi karmabhavat | labham hyapantyat ksayamantyabhavancandradikanam phalamevamahuh ||24|| Sloka 31 - All about the father's religious ment, auspicious works and his father should be sought for from the 9 th house (from the Sun); hi; occupation from the 10 th house; his gains or income from the 11 th and his expenditure or loss from the 12 th house (from the Sun). The effects of the 12 Bhavas counatal hom the Moon, Mars, etc, (for the mother, brother otc ) should be similarly deduced. tattavatkaraka devamuhya tattanmadatu pitratmajadyam | gama tasmin bhave karake bhavanaye viyate tasya bhavasya sokhyam || Sloka 25-- All details about the mother, brother, father, son, etc,, of a Bhava should thus be divined by a reference to the particular Bhava and its Karaka When any Bhava, its lord and its Karaka are all strong, one ought to predict good effects ( happiness) for that Bhava. dharme suryah sitagurvandhubhave sorya bhaumah pancame devamantri | me sukrascastame bhanuputrah kuryattasya klesamityahuranye ||26 || Sloka 26.--But others say that the Sun in the 9 th, the Moon in the 4 th, Mars in the 3 rd, Jupiter in the 5 th. Venus in the 7 th and Saturn in the 8 th, will cause dis.ress to the Bhavas concerned. pha-di - 21

162 phaladipikayam Adh. XV lagnesvaro yadbhavanesayukto yadbhavagastasya phalam dadati | bhave tadise balabhaji tena bhavena saukhyam vyasanam balone ||27 || Sloka 27. -- The lord of the Lagna produces tha oflects pertaining to the Bhava with whose lord he is conjoined, or the one occupied by him. If the Bhava or its lord be strong, good will result from that Bhava; if weak, one has to expect only untoward things. **-- yadbhavaprabhuna yuto balavata mukhyangago lagnapa stadbhavanubhavam subham vitanute yadavagastasya ca | th samyukta balahinabhavapatina nindyangabhajam phalam kuryattadviparitametramuditam sarvesu bhavesvapi || 28|| bloka 28.-Whatever Bhavas contain a number of benefic dots in the Ashtakavarga of the lord of the Lagna, the effects derived from these houses will be happy if the respective owners thereof are strong and are associated with the lord of the Lagna. Wherever there are a less number of such dots, the lord of the Lagna causes adverse effects if he be associated with the owners of these houses and if they are also weak. In the same way should all the Bhavas be judged. duhsthanapastaditarakhagrahasthitascet sva ksetrabhavaphalameva karoti nanyata | mando mrge sutagrhe yadi putrasiddhihh pathadhipatyakrta dosaphalam ca natra || 29 || Sl>ka 29. - If the lord of a duhkyana (Dussthana ) should occupy another house of his own, he will produce (in his Dasa) the effects of only that house occupied by him as (Swakshetra) and not the effects due to the duhsthana (Dussthana ). For example, if Saturn should occupy Makara identical with the 5 th Bhava, there will

1. Sl.30-1 sodaso'dhyayah 183 be the acquisition of sons, and the untoward effects due as owner of the 6 th house will not happen rasau sthitirmiyo yogo drstih kendrasu samsthitih | trikone va sthitih pancaprakiro bandha iritah ||30 || iti mantresvaraviracitayam phaladipikayam jatakaphala sarabhutabhavacinta nama pancadaso'dhyayah || Sloka 30 - -When two planets mutually occupy each the other's sign; when two planets are together in one and the same house; when two planets are mutually aspecting each other; when two planets are occupying mutually Kendra positions, i e., when they are 90' apart; when two planets are so situated that one is in Trikona position to the other, 1. e., when they are trine or 120' apart; the above are the 5 kinds of connections recognised between the said two planets. Thus ends the 15 th Adhyaya on the "Method of studying the effects of the Bhavas" in the work Phaladeepika, composed by Mantreswara. || sodaso'dhyayah || || lagnadi dvadasabhavanam samudayaphalam || lagnanavamsapatulyatanuh syadviryayutagrahatulyatanursa | candrasametanavamsapavarnah kadivilagnavibhakta bhagatrah || 1 ||