Chapter 19 - Dasas and their effects

ADHYAYA XIX. Sloka 1.-The nine planets who were worshipped in many ways with devotion for a long time by sage Parasara, having been pleased, bestowed upon him the knowledge of accurately dotermining their effects (on births in this world). Being convinced after many tests that they are unfailing, I tal.e out only the essence from the astrological scriptures containing his famous say. ings and set forth the famous 'Maha Dasa.' agnyaditarapatayo ravicandrabhauma- sarpamarejyasanicandraja ketusukah | tene natah sanijaya catudhanyasaumya- sthane nakha nigaditah saradastu tesam ||2|| Sloka 2.-Count the stars from Krittika in groups of nine. The planets presiding over the Dasas belonging to the nine stars composing each group are respective ly the Sun, the Moon, Mars, Rahu, Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury, Ketu and Venus, and their respective years are 6, 10, 7, 18, 16, 19, 17, 7 and 20. rksasya gabhya ghatika dasabda nighna natapta vadasabdasamkhya | rupairnagaih samgunayenatena hrtastu masa divasah kramena || 3 || Sloka 3. -- At the time of birth, find out the number of Ghatikas, etc., still to be traversed (by the Moon) in the star he is in. Multiply this by the number of years allotted to the ruler of the star and divide the product

" 1 Sl. 4-6 ekodaso'dhyayah 193 by 60. The quotient will be the period in years still to elapse. Any remainder remaining may be converted into months by multiplying by 12 and dividing by 60 and the remainder again into days by multiplying by 30 and dividing by 60 and so on. ravisphutam tajjanane yadasit tathavisrascetprativarsa markah | avrttayah santi dasabdakanam bhagakramattadivasah prakalpyah ||4|| Sloka 4-Note the exact position of the Sun in the zodiac at the time of birth. When the Sun in his next round arrives at the camo position, it is considered as one solar year, which is also the year taken for the Ududasa system. By sub-dividing the same, days are also calculated. || dasaphalam || bhanuh karoti kalaham sitipalakopa makasmikam svajanarogaparibhramam ca | anyonya vairamatiduhsahacittako guptyartha dhanyasutadara krsanu pidam ||5|| Sloka 5.-If at a birth the Sun be badly placed, he will during his Dasa promote quarrel, sudden displeasure of the sovereign, sickness among relatives, wandering, with others, intolerable mental anguish, and danger from fire to concealed wealth, grain, sons and wife. krauryadhvabhupeh kala hairdhanati vanadrisamcaramatiprasiddhim | karoti sustho vijayam dinesastaiksnyam sadodyogarata sukham ca || 6 || Sloka 6.-If at a birth the Sun be posited in a good house, he will during his Dasa bring on acquisition of wealth through cruel deeds, journeys, kings and quarrels, roaming through forests and mountains, wide A-25

194 phaladipikayam Adh. XIX fame, success in business, severity, attachment (devotion) for ever to one's duty and happiness. manahprasadam prakaroti candrah sarvarthasiddhim sukhabhojanam ca | striputra bhusambararaksasiddhim goksetralabham dvijapujanam ca || 7|| Sloka 7. - During the Moon's Dasa, there will bo tranquillity of the mind, success in all business, good food, acquisition of wife, children, ornaments, clothes, gems, cows and lands. The person will honour Brahmins. balena sarva sasinastu vacyam purve dasahe phalamatra madhyam | madhye dasahe paripurnavirya trtiya bhage'lpaphalam kramena ||8|| Sloka 8. Everything ought to be declared after examination of the Moon's strength. In the first period of ten days of the lunar month, the Moon is of moderate strength. During the middle period of ten days, his strength is full, and he is therefore very auspicious. During the third period of ten days, his strength is on the wane and the effect also will be gradually de clining. bhaumasya svadasaphalani hutabhugbhugava dhairdhanam bhaisajyanrtavancanaisca vividhaih karyerdhanasyagamah | pittasrgjvarabadhitasca satatam nicanganasevanam vidvesah sutadaravandhu gurubhih kasto'nyabhagye ratah ||9|| Sloka 9. - During the Dasa of Mars, the person con. cerned gets wealth through fire, the king, fighting and the like. There will be influx of money by administering medicines, falsehood, cheating and various, cruel actions. He will be always bothered (afflicted) by. bilious complaints, impurity of blood and fever; he will have intrigues with low females; he will quarrel with his wife, children, relations and elders, and thereby suffer misory; and he will take delight in ( enjoying ) other's fortune.

SI. 10-12 ekodaso'dhyayah 4 195 somyah karoti suhrdagamamatmasaukhyam vidvatprasamsitayasasca guruprasadam | pragalbhyamuktivigye'pi paropakaram jayatmajadisuhrdam kusalam mahattvam ||10|| Sloka 10. - When Mercury's Dasa is operating, there will be meeting of friends, personal comforts, fame through the applause of the learned, favour from elders. cleverness in (one's) speech, doing good to others, happiness to one's wife, children, friends, etc, an exalted position. dharmakriyasinarendra gururvidhatte samtana siddhi navanipatipujanam ca | sladhyatvamutajanesu gajasvayanaprapti vadhusuta sudyutimistasiddhim || Sloka 1 - During Jupiter's Dasa, the person concerned will perform somo virtuous deed, acquire children, will be honoured by the sovereign and will receive praises from great men; there will be acquisition of elephants, horses and vehicles, meeting of wife, children and friends, and accomplishment (fulfilment) of one's desires. kidasukhopakaranani subahana gorata bhusananidhipramadapramodam | jnanakriyam salilayanamupaiti sam . kram kalyanakarma bahumana miladhinathat || 12|| Sloka 12. - During the Dasa of Venus, the person concerned will obtain materials and facilities for his sport and happiness, good vehicles, cows, gems, ornaments, treasure, enjoyment in the company of young damsels, intellectual pursuits, voyage, auspicious deeds and acceptance of presents from the sovereign,

196 phaladipikayam pake'rkajasya nijadara sutatiroga- svatottarankrsivinasamasatpralapam | kustrirati parijanairviyutim prayasa makasmikam svajanabhumisukharthanasam ||13 || Adh. XIX Sloka 13. - During the Dasa of Saturn, the person concerned may expect his wife and children to be troubled by gout, rheumatism or similar windy diseases, loss in agriculture, evil talk, intercourse with wicked women, desertion of servants, absence from his residence and destruction or loss all on a sudden of his relations, lands, happiness and wealth. kuryadahih ksitipacoravisagnisastra- bhitim sutartimativibhramabandhunasam | nicavamananamatikramato'pavadam sthanacyurti padahati krtakaryahanim ||14 || Sloka 14.---During Rahu's Dasa, the person may expect trouble from the sovereign, thieves, poison, fire and weapons, sickness to children, ruffled mind, loss of relations, insult from base people, scandal due to a breach of decorum, ejection or dismissal from an office, wounding of the leg (or kicks) and failure of the business undertaken. vidhumtude subhanvite prasasta bhavasamyute dasa subhaprada tada mahipatulyabhutida | abhistakaryasiddhayo grhe sukhasthitirbhave- dacancalartha samcayah ksitau prasiddha kirtayah || 15|| Sloka 15.-If Rahu be associated with a benefic and occupy good houses (i.e., houses other than the 6 th, the 8 th or the 12 th), his Dasa period will be benefic and fully auspicious, and will lift (raise) the native to affluence on a par with the king. The native will have all his desires fulfilled and will stay at home enjoying happiness. There will be steady accumulation of wealth and he will become widely renowned.

{ St. 16-19 ekodaso'dhyayah pathonaminaligatasya rahordasavipake mahitam ca saukhyam | desadhipatyam naravahanaptirdasavasane sakalasya nasah || 16 || 197 Sloka 16. - Astrologers say that Rahu in Kanya, Meena or Vrischika, gives to the person concerned, during his Dasa honor and happiness, lordship of lands, carriages and servants All these, however, are liable to be lost at the conclusion of the Dasa. ketordasayamaricorabhapaih pida ca sastraksatamusnarogah | mithyapavadah kuladusitatvam vahnarbhayam prosanamatmadesat || 17|| Sloka 17.-During Ketu's Dasa, the person concerned will have troubles from enemies, thieves, the sovereign, wounds from weapons, wounds, disease due to excessive heat, false calumny, a stigma to his family, danger from fire and absence from his own country. atha taranidasayam krauryabhupalayuddhe- rdhanamanalacatuspatpidanam netratapah | udaradasana rogah putradarartiruthe guru janavirahah syatyanaso'rthahanih ||18 || Sloka 18.-When the Dasa of the Sun is in progress, the general effects to be noted will be money-making by cruel acts, through kings and fighting, trouble from fire and beasts, inflammation of the eyes, illness affecting the stomach and teeth, severe trouble to wife and children, separation from revered seniors and parents, destruction of servants and loss of property. sisirakaradasayam mantradeva dvijorvi- patijanitavibhutih stridhana ksetra siddhih | kusumavasanabhusagandhananarasapti- rbhavati khalavirodhah svaksayo vatarogah ||19 || Sloka 19. - During the Moon's Dasa, the person con cerned will get money through sacred prayers, Gods,

198 phaladipikayam Adh. XIX Brahmins and royal favour. He will secure to himself women, wealth and lands. He will further have a profusion of flowers, clothes, ornaments, perfumes and various valuable juicy objects of enjoyment. There will be misunderstandings with the wicked and loss of money and he will suffer from wind disease. ksititanayadasayam ksetravera ksitisa- pratijanitavibhutih syatpasuksetralabhah | sahajatanayavaram durjanastrisu sakti- dahanarudhirapittavyadhiratha pahanih ||20 || Sloka 20. - During the ripening of Mars' Mahadasa, there may be attempts of money-making through lands, litigation and the sovereign. He will also acquire more cattle and lands. There will be quarrels with his brothers and sons. He will resort continuously to the society of wicked men and women and suffer diseases arising from bile, blood, as well as through fire. He will also have loss of wealth. asuravaradasayam duhsvabhavo'thava sya- dati gahana gadartih sununaryorvinasah | visabhayamaripidaviksanoddhangarogah va suhrdi krsivirodho bhupatedvepalabhah ||21 || Sloka 21. At the time when Rahu's Dasa is in pro. gress, the person concerned will become wicked in (his) disposition, or will suffer from a terrible disease; which cannot be diagnosed he will lose his wife and children. There will be danger from poison and trouble from enemies and and he will suffer from diseases relating to the eyes and the head. There will also arise misunderstandings with friends and cultivators, and displeasure from the sovereign. amaragurudasayamasvaradyarthasiddhih parijana parivarapradaratyarthamanah | 1 r

+2 " Sl. 22-24 ekadaso'dhyayah sutadhanasuhrdaptih sadhuvadaptapuja bhavati guruviyogah karnarogah kaphartih ||22|| 199 Mhar Sloka 22. --- During the Dasa of Jupiter, the person concerned will get new cloths and such other objects will have attendants, retinue and similar grandeur, and will command intense respect and dignity. There will be acquisition of children, wealth and friends. He will further receive adoration for sanity of his speech which has won general approbation. He will suffer separation from his elders, have ear disease and phlegmatic troubles. ravitanayadasayam rastrapidaprahara- pratijanita vibhutih presyavrddhanganaptih | pasumahisavrsaptih putradaraprapida pavana kapha gudartih padahastangatapah ||23 || Sloka 23. - At the time when Saturn's Dasa is in progress, the native will acquire wealth on account of some trouble in the country and fighting; he will get servants and old women; will have aquisition of cows buffaloes and bulls; and trouble to children and wife. He will suffer from windy and phlegmatic diseases, and piles, and a burning sensation in the legs, hands and other limbs. sasitanayadasayam sasvadacaryasiddhi . dvijajanidhanaptih ksetragovajilabhah | manuvarasurapuja vittasamghatasiddhih prabhavati marudusnaslesmarogaprapida ||24 || Sloka 24. -- During the Dasa of Mercury, the person concerned will get always the benefit of spiritual

1 300 phaladipikayam Adh. XIX preceptors. He will get money through Brahmins, and will acquire new lands, cows and horses. He will worship great men and Gods and acquire immense wealth. Diseases resulting from wind, heat, and phlegm will also torment him sikhijanitadasayam sokamoho'nganabhih prabhujanaparipida vittanaso'paradhah | prabhavati tanubhajam prosanam sviीyadesa- hasanacaranarogah slesmasantapanam ca || 25 || Sloka 25. - During Ketu's Dasa the person will have sorrow and confusion caused by females, trouble from the rich and loss of wealth; he will do improper acts to others. He will suffer banishment from his country. There will be suffering from tooth-ache, leg pain, and phlegmatic troubles. bhrgutanayadasayamanganaratnavatra- dhutinidhidhanabhusavajisayyasanaptih | kathakrsijalayana praptavittagamo va bhavati guruviyogo bandhavartirmanoru ||26 | iti mantresvaraviracitayam phaladipikayam dasaphalanirupanam nama ekonavimso'dhyayah Sloka 26-During the Dasa of Venus there will be acquisition of wife, jewels, clothes, brilliance treasure, wealth, ornaments, horses, comforts of the couch, and seats, There will also be augmentation of wealth by trade, agriculture and voyages. and anxiety, mental anguish separation (or demise} of parents and elders and misery to one's relatives. Thus ends the 19 th Adhyaya on "Dasas and thane Effoot" in the work Phaladeepika composed by Mantraswara