1. Shatpanchashika VSSastri_text

षट्पञ्चाशिका

SHATPANCHASIKA

WITH AN English Translation and a free English rendering of Srı Bhattotpala's commentary thereon

BY Panditabhushana V SUBRAHMANYA SASTRI BA Asst. Secretary to the Govt of Mysore (Reid ) and Translator of Brihat Jataka, Jutakaparıjata, Sripatıpaddhau, Phaladeepika, Uttarakalamrıta, Jutaka Tatva etc

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PREFACE

Knowledge is power and as Alfred Lord Tenyson puts it, a wise man ought "To follow knowledge like a sınkıng star, Beyond the utmost bound of human thought" A paraphrase of the same may be found in the following अजरामरवत्प्राज्जो विद्यामर्थ च चिन्तयेत्। Astrology is rightly termed as one of the Shadangas-the six works aux liary to the Veda. And it will not be too much to say that this branch of knowledge is as necessary to civiliza- tion as any other branch as a lack of knowledge of Astrology means a duficiency in the advance- ment of man The present work -- Prasna Sastra-is one of the branches of Jyotisha Sastra and 1s condensed in-as the title of the book implies- 56 Slokas The author Prithuyasas (T) is really a chip of the old block' in as much as he is the son of that celebrated Astronomer, Varaha- mihira (वराहमिहिर) - one of the nine gems of 'Vikramaditya's Court'. All aspects pertaming to 'Query' have been very cleverly handled in this short work. The author presumes a prelimi- nary knowledge of Astrology and it is understood that the reader masters the first two chapters of Brihat Jataka(1)

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That Prithuyasas has kept up the line of thought after his father is plain from the fact that the number ot Slokas in this work is 56. With reference to the life स्वल्प वृत्तविचित्रमर्थबहुल (litte is said, but much is meant), one is prompted to study every line in a detailed manner For example, the first line of this work starts with a prostration to the Sun-the beginner of every thing cf. नम सवित्रे जगदेकचक्षुषे जगत्पवतिस्थितिनाशहेतचे। तयीमयाय त्रिगुणात्मधारिणे विर्शिवनारायणशङ्करात्मने। It is but right that the letter er which is the beginning of that alphabet stands for Vishnu, Siva and Brahma and the genesis of sora (Pranava) is now identified with the Sun There seems to be an analogy between the 56 countries which India is supposed to have been composed of and the 56 verses of this work. The first of the 56 countries is es (Anga) and the first line of this work represents the chief as (Anga) Any amount of research on this line is worth-while and will only add to strengthen the position of this science in the ocean of knowledge I take this opportunity to thank my friend Mr M. Ramakrıshna Bhat, M A, Lecturer in Sanskrit and Superintendent of Indian Languages St. Joseph's College, Bangalore, for the great help he rendered to me in bringing out this work

23rd December 1940 B4SAVANAGUDI, V SUBRAHMANYA SASTRI,

PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION

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CONTENTS

I होराध्याय Page No. On General principles - 1

1I गमगमाध्याय. Travelling and Returning . .. 14

III जयपराजयाध्यायः Success and Defeat ... .... 25

IV शुभाशुभलक्षणायाय Auspicious and Inauspicious Symptoms 29

V प्रवासचिन्ताध्यायः Querries about one who is abroad 34

VI मष्टप्राप्त्यध्यायः

The Recovery of the Lost .... 39

VIII मिश्रकाध्याय. Miscellaneous .. 54

English Index ... . 67

॥ श्री गणेगाय नम. ॥

।। अथ षट्पञ्चाशिका ॥

केशाजार्कनिशाकरान् क्षिति जविज्जावास्फुजित्सूर्यजान् वि्नेशं स्वगुरुं प्रणम्य शिवसा देवी व वाणीश्वराम्। प्रश्नज्ञानवतो वशहमिहिरापत्यस्य सद्स्तुनो लोकानां हितकाम्यया द्विजवरष्टीका करोत्युत्पलः ।

Having made obeisance to the thiee deities Brahma, Siva and Vishnu the seven planets, the Sun, the Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn, the God Ganesa and having also saluted his own pieceptor and also Goddess Saraswat, Utpala Bhatta, the foremost of Brahmins, proceeds to make foi the benefit of the world the following commentary to this good work of Varahamıhira's son who is himself proficient in Horary Astrology

ADHYAYA-1

। होराध्याय,।।

ON GENERAL PRINCIPLES

प्रणिपत्य रविं सूध्ना वगहमिहिरात्मजेन पृथुयकसा। प्रश्ने कृतार्थगहना परार्थमुद्दिश्य सद्यशसा ॥१॥

Sloka 1-Prithuyasas (पृथुयशस् far-famed),the renowned son of Varahamibira (वराहमिहिर), after

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saluting the Sun, (by bowing down his head) writes his work on Horary Astrology-full of intense meaning-with a view to belp others.

In this Sastra what the relationship subject-matter and ob ect ? The fiist is that this is an ancillary of the Veda fixed by the creator, ctc The second is a sound knowledge of one's own success, failure, acquisition, non-acquisition, loss by force or otherwise, etc, thiough determining the positions of the planets and the Lagna, their Hora, Diekkana, Navamsa Saptamsa, etc The third is success, falure, here and hereafter, by the mention of good and bad things No man is inclined to do any work unless induced by its prospects And only a 'twice-born' is entitled to study this Sastra since he has to study the Veda with its six Angas which are

शिक्षा कल्पो व्याकरणं निरुक्तं ज्योतिषां रवि:। छन्दसा लक्षणं चैव षडगो वेद उच्यते।।

Phonetics, woik dealing with rituals, grammai, etymology, Astronomy with Astrology and Prosody

Following the piactice of great men to make obeisance to the dety of their choice when commencing a new work, this teacher of Avanti bows to the Sun God at the outset, as he desnes to compose a brief treatise on Piasna (or Query) in the form of aphorisms This work contains recondite ideas and he writes it for the good of the world

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वाच्य ग्रहैः प्रश्नविलग्नकालाद्गृहं विष्टो हिबुके प्रवासी ॥२।।

Stoka 2-Transfer or disturbance from one's position has to be determined from the Lagna rising at the time, success or prosperity, from the 4th, absence from one's home from the 10th; and return (to his place) from the 7th house. The positions of the several planets at the time (of query) should be considered. The time of return will be synchronous with the entry of a planet into the 4th house

In this veise the author mentions the four corners or Kendra points, viz, lst, 4th, 7th and 10th of the Zodiac and their respective significance

Chvuti means fall from one's position By Vilagna or Lagna is meant the sign rising at the time of the query A fall from one's position has to be asceitained from the Lagna or the Ascendant

Hibuka means the 4th house One's house (dwelling), fiiends, happiness and their increase or otherwise have to be asceriained from this house 1t is through the Madhya or the 10th place that the person's absence oi going abioad (to other countries) has to be determined The peison's retuin to his native country has to be guessed by an exammnation oi the 7th house How ?

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By means of the n tuie of the particular sign under exammnation-whether it is moveable, fixed oi dual

Thus, if the Lagna at the tme be a moveable sign occupied or aspected by its loid oi by any of the benefic planets and is at the same time free from the con- junction or aspect of the malefics, then only, the 'fall' referred to above will happen and not otherwise Sımilarly the 'fall' does not take place when the fixed sign 1s free fiom the aspect or conjunction of malefic planets Hence he says elsewheie (II-1 infia) What about the case of a dual sign ? Will the fall happen or not ? Il the sign be aspected by its loid, or if there be a preponderance ot benefic aspect on it, and the malefic aspect less, the fall will come to pass, else, not Similarly, it the 4th house be conjomned with, o1 aspected by its loid o1 a benefic planet, there will be acquisition ot houses, etc, or else, decay

Next, regarding the 'absence' of a person, it will occui if the 10th house be a moveable sign and be subject to malefic aspect. Otherwise, 1. e, il the house be conjoined with or aspected by a benefic or its lord, there will be no 'absence'.

Similarly, if the 7th house be so subjected, theie will be no 'ietuin, from abioad' Otherwise, if the 7th house be conjomed with o1 aspected by a benefic or its lord, 'ieturn, from abroad', should be predicted , and the number of days that have elapsed since his retuin will coriespond to the numbei of degrees piogressed by the planet in the 4th house, oi the person will

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return within so many days as are required by the planet to come to the 4th house

यो यो माव: स्वामिदृष्टो युतो वा सौम्यैवा स्यात्तस्य तस्यास्ति वृद्धि: । पापैरेवं तस् मावस्य हानि- निर्देष्ण्गा पृच्छतां जन्मतो वा ।। ३ ।।

Sloka 3-Whichever Bhava is aspected or occupied by its lord or by any of the benefics, the prosperity of the Bhava is ensured. But if the malefics should occupy or aspect any Bhava, the destruction of the Bhava concerned would have to be predicted. This rule applies equally both at the time of a query or a birth.

विज्ञातव्या जायतां पृच्छता वा is another reading

In this sloka, the authoi gives a clue to find out the auspiciousness or otherwise of the 12 houses, viz, body, wealth after-borns, triends and relations, issues enemies, wile, death, prosperity, avocation, income and expenditure The lords of the 12 signs from Mesha onwards are [1] Mars [2] Venus [3] Meicury [4] the Moon [5] the Sun [6] Meicuiy [7] Venus [8] Mars [9] Jupite1 [10] Saturn [11] Saturn and [12] Jupiter 1espectively Mais, the Sun, Satuin and the waning Moon aie termed malefics, Meicury when conjomed with any of these is also mnauspicious The rest aie benefic.

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All planets cast a quarter glance at the 31d and 10th houses half a glance at the 5th and 9th, theie quaiters of a glance at the 4th and 8th, and a full aspect at the 7th They give the hiuits thus in each case by an increase of a fourth pait Hence that Bhava which at the time of a query is aspected by or conjoined with its loid will have aggiandisement The same will be the case if the said Bhava be conjomned with or aspected by a benelic planet-Juriter, Venus, Mercuiy or the Full Moon Similarly, when a Bhava is conjoined with or aspected by maletic planets-Sun, Mars, Satuin and Mercuiy when in conjunction with any of these or the waning Moon-, the Bhava will be impaired These results will prove tiue when planetary positions aie charted at the time of a query, impiegnation or a bnth

cf जातक

पुष्णन्ति शुभा भावास्तन्वाद न् ध्नंति संस्थिताः पापाः । सौम्याः षष्ठेडरिन्नाः सर्वे नेष्टा व्ययाष्टमगाः ॥

Benefics posited in the several Bhavas beginning with 'Body', 'Wealth', etc, promote their prosperity, while malefics in the same position cause their decay Benefics in the 6th destroy enemies All planets when occupying the 12th and 8th places do not prove auspicious

सौम्ये विलग्ने यदि वास्य वरगे शीर्पोदये रिद्ध्धिमुपैति कार्यम्। अतो विपर्येस्तमसिद्धिहेतु: कृच्छेण संसिद्धिकरं विमिश्रम् ।४।। Sloka 4-When a benefc planet is in the

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Lagna, or when the rising Navamsa is that of a 'benfic one and when the Lagna or its rising Navamsa happens to be a shafau-Seershodaya sign, success may be predicted in the business attempted If it be otherwise, 1. e., if the Lagna be occupied by a malefic or if the rising Navamsa be owned by a malefic and if the rising sign or Navamsa be a gerau-Prishtodaya one, failure will be the result. If it be mixed, we should say that success will result only after great difficulty

In this Sloka, the author enables the student to decide the success or failure of any attempt poposed to be made at the time of the query If any of the benefics -viz, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus or the Full Moon be rising or if a Varga of a benefic planet be rising at the time, or if a Seershodaya sign be risıng, the attempt is sure to succeed Varga here has been defined as Rasi, Hora, Drekkana, Navamsa, Dwadasamsa and Trımsamsa These constitute severally the Varga of a particular planet The Seershodaya and the Prishtodaya Rasis and the Night aud Day signs are thus explained

मेषाद्याञ्चत्वारः सधन्विमकशः क्षपाबला। ज्ञेयाः पृष्ठोदया विमिथुना शिरसाडय्युन्ये भयतो मीनः ॥

The four sions fiom Mesha along with Dhanus and Makara are known to possess strength at night These nocturnal signs excepting Mithuna 11se with their backs

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The rest appear with their heads The sign Meena appeais bothways If the sign rising at the time of query be a Seershodaya one the business attempted will succeed, otherwise, not That is, the business will fail if a malefic Planet be rising, if the Varga of a malefic be rising or if a Prishtodaya Rası be risıng O1, it may be accomplished only after a great deal of difficulty, when both benefics and malefics occupy the Lagna Rasi or the Lagna Varga, it sign Meena be risıng, if a Seershodaya sign conjoined with a maletics, or a malefic Vaiga in a Seershodaya sign be rising, or if a Prishtodaya Rası conjomed with a benefic, or a benefic Varga in a Prishtodaya sigr be using The achievement or otherwise of the business undertaken has to be decided in such cases after a caieful comparison ot the relative strengths of the Lagna concerned or its particular Varga as the case may be

होरास्थितः पूर्णतनुः शशांको जीवेन दृष्टो यदि वा सितेन। क्षिप्रं प्रनष्टस्य करोति लन्धि लाभोपय तो बलवाञ्छुमश्र ।५।।

Sloka 5-The Moon with her digits full, if posited in the Lagna and aspected by either Jupiter or Venus at the time of a query, will indicate the restoration or safe return of the missing article. The same will be the case when a benefic planet possessed of strength occupies the 11th house.

In this Sloka, the author gives a clue to find out

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the conditions under which any article that has been lost or missing will be got back The Moon is said to be full during the second period of ten days of the lunar month, 1 e, fiom the 10th Tithi of the Bright half till the 5th of the daik half cf Yavaneswara

मासे तु शुक्लप्रतिपत्प्रवृत्तेरादे शशी मध्यबलो दशाहे। श्रण्ठो द्वितीयेऽल्पबलस्तृतीये सौम्पैस्तु दृष्टो बलवान् सदैव ॥

In the first period of ten days of the lunar month beginning from the first Tithi of the Bright fortnight, the Moon is of moderate stiength Duuing the 2nd period of ten days, she is at her best She is of very poor strength in the last period of ten days But if she should receive the aspect of benefic planets, she is always strong If such a Full-Moon as aforesaid be posited in the Lagna and at the same time be aspected by Jupiter or by Venus, she helps the immediate recovery of the lost or missing object If a benefic planet possessed of strength occupy the 11th house, that too brings about the speedy recovery of the missing article The calculation of the Positional Directional, Motional, and Temporal strengths of planets have been treated in detail in the astrological treatıse Jataka

स्वांशे विलग्ने यदि वा त्रिकोणे स्वांशे स्थित पशयति धातुचिंताम् परांशकस्थथ्र करोति जीवं मूल पराँशोपगतः परांशम् ॥ ६॥

Sloka 6-If, at the time of a querv, a planet 2M

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occupying a Navamsa of his own should sspect his own Navamsa in the Lagna, the 5th or the 9th house, one ought to predict that the subjert- matter of the query relates to an article of the mineral kind. But if the aspecting planet in the above case occupy a Navamsa of another planet, the subject-matter relates to one of the animal kind. If the aspecting planet be in another's Navamsa and aspect also another's Navamsa in the Lagna, the 5th or the 9th, the query relates to some root or vegetable kind. In this Sloka, the author treats of a method by which it is possible to determine whether the article stolen, lost, held mn the fist or thought of, is of a mineral, vegetable or anımal kind If any planet posited in his own Navamsa should aspect a Navamsa of his own that has arisen in the Lagna at the time of a query, it should be guessed that the querist is thinking of a mineral By the word Dhatu or miniral here should be meant anything beginning from gold and ending with clay or mud The idea is, if a planet occupying its own Navamsa aspect the Lagna Navamsa which also happens to be his own, the above statement should be made The same prediction should be made if the planet aforesaid should, without aspecting his own Navamsa that is rising in the Lagra, cast his glance at his own Navamsa in the 5th or the 9th house It has to be noted here that the three Navamsas rising mn the Lagna, the 5th and the 9th houses will all beai the same name.

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The distinction of Dhamya and Adhamya should be made accoiding to the Navamsa occupied by a planet That which occupies the Amsa of a malefic planet will have Dhamya and that which occupies the Amsa a benefic will have Adhamya Dhamya is thus defined

-दैवज्ञसंपूर्ण चंद्रिका.

ie, a knowledge of the Drigbala, Chestabala, the several conditions o1 Avastthas of planets and thel effects is Dhamya

If a planet posited in the Navamsa owned by another planet aspects his own Amsa in the Lagna oi one of the Trikona houses, it should be stated that the questioner is thinking of a Jeeva or living being which term mncludes all creatuies from human beings to ieptiles Here the distinction between bipeds, reptiles etc, is based (signified by) on the Navamsa occupied by the original planet

The signs Mithuna, Kanya, Tula, the fiist half of Dhanus and Kumbha signify Devas oi Gods, human beings and buds, and aie a all bipids The signs Mesha, Vrishabha, Simha and the latter half of Dhanus aie quadrupeds The sıgns Kataka, Viıschıka, Makara and Meena are ieptiles Of these in the last class, Meena has no feet at all while the rest have many

If a planet posited in a Navamsa owned by another planet should aspect the Lagna, the 5th or the 9th when another planet's Navamsa is rising it should be guessed

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that the queuist is asking about Mula, 1 e, a tiee o1 a sımilai kind, the further particulars being determined by the nature of the planet aspecting Mula here includes all things Irom tiees to giass Even here, the terrestiial o1 aquatic nature of the things should be determined from the Navamsa occupied by the planet The signs Kataka, Makara and Meena are aquatic All the iest are terrestrial To guess correctly what is in the mind of the querist, also compare the tollowing

स्वांशे स्थितो विलसे यदा ग्रहः स्वांशकं निरीक्षेत। घातोस्तदानुचिन्तां करोति परसंस्थितो जीवम्।। परभागसन्निविष्टः परांशकं प्राग्विलसमायातम्। पश्यति मूळं प्रवदेदेवं नवपंचमे ज्ञेयम् ।

धातु मूल जीवमिंथ्योजराशौ युग्मे विन्द्यादेतदेव प्रतीपम्। लग्ने योंशस्तत्क्माद्गण्य एव संक्षेपोऽयं विस्तरातत्प्रभेद:।।७।।

षटूपञ्चाशिकायां होराध्यायः प्रथमः

Sloka 7-In the case of an odd sign, the nine Navamsas in their order are mineral, vegetable and animal, repeated thrice. This order is reversed in the case of the Navamsas in an even sign. Find whether the Lagna is odd or even What the rising Navamsa represents may be ascertained by counting in the manner

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described above. This is only a brief exposition. The clarification of this point may be obtained by a study of its details.

Thus ends the first Adhyaya entitled ' Horadhyaya" in the work "Shatpanchasıka' by Prithuyasas, the son of Varahamıhna

The idea given above is further explained in another manner in the Sloka The signs, Mesha, Mithuna, Sımha, Tula, Dhanus and Kumbha are odd, while the rest are even When an odd sign is rising, if the Lagna or (rising) Navamsa be the first, fourth o1 the seventh one, the query is about Dhatu or mmniral, if the rising Navamsa be the 2nd, 5th or the 8th, it is about Mula or vegetable, and if the Lagna Navamsa be the 3rd 6th o1 the 9th one, it is of the Jeeva oi animal kind But when an even sign is rising, if the Navamsa that is iising at the time be the fiist, fourth or the seventh one, the query will be about something of the animal kind, if it be the 2nd, 5th or the 8th one, the query will relate to the vegetable kind, and if it be the 31d, 6th or 9th, the query will be about the mineral kind The distinction of sex should be based upon the Navamsa 1ising in the Lagna

Some hold that the triads of decanates respectively determine Dhatu, Mula and Jeeva in the odd sign, while the reverse is said in the even sign This is not tenable, since the author himself says latei on अंशकाज्जयते द्रव्यं

14 षटपद्ाशिकाया Adh. II SI. 1

(VIII-14 infia) ie, the object is ascer ained fiom the Amsaka (Navamsa)

ADHYAYA-II

॥ गमागमा दाय॥

TRAVELLING AND RETURNING

वृषसिंह वृश्चिकवंटर्विद्ि खान गमागमौ नास्ति: । न सृतं न चापि नष्ट न शोगशातिर्न चाभिभषः

Sloka 1-When any one of the signs Vrishabha,Sımha, Vrischika or Kumbha happens to be the Lagna at the time of a query, acqui- sition of a position or place should be predicted. There will be neither travel nor return, neither death nor loss of property , neither cure of a disease, nor defeat.

In this Chapter, the author comments upon "Going and Coming" In the fiist Sloka, he gives clues about gaining a positon, going and coming, lfe, death, 1ecovery fiom disease, and defeat at the hands of one's enemy

If any one ol the fixed signs Vushabha, Simha, Vrischhika and Kumbha, be using at the time of query, the astiologer may declare that the querist will get himself fixed up in some position, that there will be no moving about, that is, neithei going away nor coming

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back, nor death, that anything belonging to him such as a mineral, vegetable or animal will not be lost O1, if the query relates to the movement of a man living abroad, it has to be declared that the person concerned will not then go to some othei place, the peison, if sick, will not be cured, and that if he is then having an encounter with his enemy, he will not suffer any defeat and so on

तद्वितरीतं तु चरे दिंशरीरैरमिश्रित फलं मवति । लग्नेन्द्रोर्वनव्यं शुभदष्ठा शोभनमतोड्यस्

Słoka 2-In case of any of the moveable signs happening to be the Lagra, the reverse should be predicted If the rising sign be a dual one, the effect will be a mixed one If benefics aspect the Lagna or the Moon, success may be expected, if otherwise, ie., if the rising sign or the Lagna be aspected by malefics failure will be the result

But should any one of the moveable Rasis, viz, Mesha, Kataka, Tula and Makara be risıng, quite the reverse of what have been stated in Sloka 1 above will happen The querist will not succed in getting a position or appointment, will have fiequent movement fiom place to place, may come by his death may lose some of his properties, his disease may be cured, he may suffer defeat at the hands of his enemies When any one of the dual signs viz, Mithuna, Kanya, Dhanus and Meena

16 षट्पज्जाशिकायां Adh. I SI. 3

is rising, mixed results will accrue, in the first half of the Lagna, the effect will be as stated foi the fixed Rasis, while, in the latter half, it will be as in the case of the moveable Rasis, because the first half is nearer the immoveable Rasi while the latter halt is close to moveable Rası cf the author's HT.

स्थिरराशौ लमनगते स्थानप्राप्ति बदेन्न चागमनम् । रोगोपशमो नाशो द्रव्याणां स्यात्पराभवो नात्र ।। चरराशौ विपरीत मिश्रं वाच्य द्विमूर्त्युदये। स्थिरवत्प्रथमेडद्धे हवादपरे चरराशिवत्सर्वम् ।।

When the Lagna and the Moon are aspected by benefic planets, they confer great benefits If on the other hand, the Lagna and the Moon should be aspected by malefics, evil effects will be the result It follows from this that when either of these two-the Lagna or the Moon -is aspected by both benefics and malefics, mixed effects will ensue

सुतशत्रुगतैः पापैः शत्रुमार्गान्निवर्तते। चतुर्थगैरपि प्राप्तः शत्रुर्भग्नो निवर्तते ॥ ३॥

Sloka 3-If at the time of query, malefics occupy the 5th and the 6th houses, the enemy of the querist will turn back to his place in the middle of his journey. Should the 4th house be so occupied, the enemy will suffer defeat and return to his place,

Adh. II SI. 4 द्विनीयोध्याय: 17

In this Sloka, the author gives a clue to ascertan the nature of the enemy's return to his place after he has once started for the fight If the malefics v17, the Sun, Mars and Saturn occupy the 5th and the 6th houses reckoned fiom the Piasna Lagna either singly or jointly, the enemy of the quenst will ieturn in the middle without proceeding fuither If the same maletics occupy the 4th place counted from the Prasna Lagna, the enemy though having come very close will be defeated and will retrace his steps

झषालिकुंभकर्कटा रसातले यदा स्थितः । रिपोः पराजयस्तदाचतुष्पदैः पलायनम्

Sloka 4-If at the time of query, any one of the signs Meena, Vrischika, Kumbha and Kataka happen to be the 4th house, the defeat of the enemy and his retreat with the quadru- peds (cavalry, etc ) is indicated.

Here author discusses another combination When any one of the signs Meena, Vrischika, Kumbha and Kataka is the 4th house reckoned from the Prasnalagna, the enemy will be vanquished

चतुष्पदै पलायनं is interpreted thus by Bhattotpala 'When any one of the quadruped signs, viz, Mesha, Vrishabha, Sımha and the latter half of Dhanus happens to be the 4th house, the enemy will take to his heels 3м

18 पटपञ्चाशिकायां Adh II SI. 5

चरोदये शुभः स्थित शुभ करोति यायिनाम्। अशो मनैरशोमनं स्थिरोदयेडपि वा शुभम्

Sloka 5-If a moveable sign be rising at the time and a benefic planet occupies the same, it brings on success to the persons starting (setting about). But if malefics should occupy the sign, the effect will be untoward. If the rising Lagna be an immoveable one and be occupied by malefics, the effect will still prove favourable.

Whethei the object or purpose of starting will be accomplished and biought to fruition oi not is discussed in this Sloka If any one of the benefics, v17 , Meicury Jupiter and Veuus is uising in a moveable Ras1, it will confer benefits on the goer But il any malefic planet occupy the said Lagna, there will be harm If a fixed sign be rising and also be occupied by a malefic planet, good results may or may not accrue If the sign in question happen to be the Swakshetia, exaltation, Moola- tukona o1 fiendly house of the said malefic, the result will be good otherwise not Some people read firgasf वा शुभम् The meanmg will then be "Il a fixed sign happens to be the 8th house and be tenanted by a malefic, the iesult will be good"

स्थिरे काशीचरोदये न चागमो रिपोर्यदा। तदागम रिपोर्वदेद्विपर्थमे विपर्ययम्

Adh. I1 SI. 6-7 द्वितीयोऽध्याय 19

Sloka 6-If the rising sign at the time of query be a moveable one and the Moon at the time be in an immoveable Rasi, the enemy will not arrive, if it be otherwise, he will: That is, if the Lagna at query be an immoveable Rasi and the Moon occupy a moveable one, then the enemy will come (to fight).

This Sloka gives a clue to guess whethei the enemy will arrive oi not It at the time of query a moveable sign be rising and the Moon be posited i a fixed sign, and the enemy's arrival be not known at the time, the astrologer should declare as a reply to the query that the enemy is coming If otherwise, he should declaie the contrary That is, if the Moon be in a moveable Rası when a fixed sign is using, and when there is a rumoui that the enemy has staited, the astiologer should say in ieply to the query that the enemy will not come

स्थिरे तु लग्नमागने द्विरात्मके तु चन्द्रमाः । निवर्तते रिपुस्तदा सुदूरमागतोऽपि सन् 11 9 11

Sloka 7-If the Lagna be an immoveable sign, and the Moon occupy a dual Rası, the enemy though having advanced a long distance will return to his place.

In this vese, the author deals with the retuin of the enemy.

20 षट्पञ्चाशिकायां Adh II SI. 8-9

चरे शशी लग्नगतो द्विदेहः पथोऽर्द्धमागत्य निवर्तते रिपुः । विपर्यये चागमनं द्विधा स्यात्पराजय स्यादशुभेक्षिते तु ॥ ८॥।

Sloka 8 - When the Moon is in a moveable Rası and the Lagna rising at the time be a dual one, the enemy after having come half the way will return to his place. But if the Lagna be a moveable sign and the Moon be posited in a dual Rasi, and both be subjected to malefic aspect, the approach of the enemy will be felt in two ways : viz., there will be an encounter or conflict and there will also be defeat.

अकीर्किज्ञ सितानामेकोऽपि चरोदये यदा भवति। प्रवदेत्तदाशुगमन वक्रगतैर्नैति वक्तव्यम्

Sloka 9-If the Lagna at the time of query be a moveable sign and be occupied by any one or more of the four planets, the Sun, Saturn, Mercury and Venus, the (King's) quick march (for fight) should be declared. But if the planet concerned (other than the Sun) be retrog- rade in motion, he will not move from his head- quarters

स्थिरोदये जीवशनैश्चरेक्षिते गमागमौ नैव वदेत्त पृच्छतः । विपश्चषष्ठा रिपुसङ्गमाय पापाश्चतुर्था विनिवर्तनाय । १०॥।

Adh. II SI 10-12 द्वितीयोध्याय: 21

Sloka 10-If the Lagna at the time of query be an immoveable sign and be aspected by Jupiter and Saturn, nothing should be predicted to the querist about the departure or arrival of his enemy If in the said yoga the malefics are posited in the 3rd, 5th and 6th houses, there will be a conflict with the enemy, if the malefic occupy the 4th house, the enemy will retreat to hıs place. नागच्छति परचक्र यदार्कचन्द्रौ चतुर्थभवनस्थौ। बुधगुरुशुक्रा हिबुके यदा तदा शीघ्रमायाति

Sloka 11-When the Sun and the Moon occupy the 4th house from the Lagna at the time of query, the enemy's army will not arrive.But if Mercury, Jupiter and Venus be posited in the said house, the enemy's army will arrive very soon.

मेषधनुःसिंहवृषा यद्युदयस्था भवंति हिबुके वा। शत्रुनिवर्तति तदा ग्रहसहिता वा वियुक्ता वा ॥ १२ ॥

Sloka 12-If Mesha, Dhanus, Simha or Vrishabha happen to rise at the time of query or be the 4th house from the Lagna, whether, such house be occupied by planets or not, the enemy will retreat to his place.

22 षटपज्ञाशिकाया Adh. 11 Sl. 13-14

स्थिरराशौ यद्युदये शनिगुरुवी स्पितस्तदा शत्रुः। उदये रविगुरुवा चरराश स्वात्तदागमनम् ॥ १३ ॥

Sloka 13-If Saturn or Jupiter should occupy the Lagna identical with an immoveable Rasi at the time of a query, the enemy though he has moved from his place will remain there alone without proceeding any further If on the other hand a moveable Rasi at the time of query and the Sun or Jupiter occupy the same, the enemy's arrival should be declared.

ग्रहः सर्वोत्तमबलो लग्नाद्यस्मिन् गृहे स्थितः । मासैस्ततुल्य संख्याकैर्निवृत्ति यातुरादिशेत् ।। १४ ॥।

Sloka 14-Find the planet that is found to possess the greatest strength and note also the house wherein he is posited and how far that house is removed from the Lagna within so many months as are signified by th's interval, the return of the person who has gone out for fight may be expected

In this as well as in the next Sloka, the author mentions the condiuons for the retuin oi a person who has gone abioad

Adh II Sl. 15-17 द्वितीयोन्याय 23

चर्गाशस्थे ग्रहे तस्मिन् कालमेवा विनिर्दिशेत्। द्विगुण रिथरभागस्थे त्रिगुण ह्यात्मकांशके Sloka 15-The time of return has to be thus computed when the planet referred to 1 e., the most powerful planet, is posited in a Navamsa owned by a moveable sign. But if the Navamsa Rasi be a fixed one, the time (arrived at) has to be doubled The period has to be trebled when the Navamsa in question is a dual one.

करोति वक्रमाधृत्तेः कालान्तं दुवते पचे ॥ १६ ।।

Sloka 16-Other teachers (such as Krishna etc.) opine that the return of the person (who has marched out for fight) may be expected when the lord of the 7th house reckoned from the Prasna Lagna begins to retrogade in his orbit.

उदयर्क्षाच्चन्द्रर्श्व भवति च यावह्िनानि तावद्भ्ि:। आगमन स्याच्छत्रोर्यदि मध्ये न ग्रह कश्ित । १७ ॥

इति वराहमिहिरात्म जपृथुयशोविरचितायां षट्पश्चाशिकार्या गमागमाध्यायो द्वितीय: ।

Sloka 17-The enemy's arrival may be

24 षट्पञ्चागिकायां Adh. II SI. 15-17

expected within as many days as are signified by the number of fhe Rasi occupied by the Moon when counted from the Lagna, provided there are no planets intervening between these two -- Lagna and the Moon.

The commentator says that, should however any planet intervene, the enemy will not airive

Thus ends the 2nd Adhyaya entitled 'Travelling and Returning' in the work Shatparchasıka by Prithuyasas, the son of Varahamıhıra

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Adh III SI. 1-2 तृनीयोध्याय 25

ADHYAYA-III

SUCCESS AND DEFEAT

दशमोदयसप्तमगाः सौम्या नगराधिपस्य विजयकराः । आरार्की झगुरुसिताः प्रभङ्गदौ विजयदा नवमे ॥ १॥ Sloka 1-If benefic planets be posited in the 10th, the 1st and the 7th house from the Lagna at query, the Governor of a town when attacked from outside will attain victory. Mars and Saturn in the 9th house from the Lagna will cause a complete defeat, while Mercury, Jupiter and Venus in the same position (viz., the 9th) will secure a splendid victory.

पौरास्मृतीयभवनाद्धमादा यायिनः शुभै शुभदाः । व्ययदशमाये पापाः पुरस्य नेष्टाः शुभा यातुः ॥ २ ॥

Sloka 2-The six houses commencing from the 3rd reckoned from the Prasna Lagna relate to the citizens or the town attacked, and when these houses are occupied by benefic planets, they indicate success to the Chief of the town ; while the other six houses, 1, e, beginning from 4M

26 षट्पञ्चाशिकाया Adh III SI 2

the 9th belong to the party that is besieging and when occupied by benefics signify success to that party If the malefics be all posited in the 12th, 10th and 11th houses, it forebodes evil to the town-people inedicates success to the besiegers. The six signs beginning from the thnd house from the Lagna at the time of query are called 1T7T These sıx signs determine good or harm to the townsmen The sıx Rasis beginning from the 9th house are called 'Goers' or alfd7. and these six determine good or harm to the goers The one who makes efforts at the commencement of a journey is called a यायिनू or a goer, whereas the one who does it afterwards is known as a 177 or citizen Here the al in tnal should be construed as and when these Rasis mentioned above are occupied by benefic planets, they confer benefits on that person for whom they are benefic , if by malefics, they will cause defeat to the person for whom they are malefic cf .

धर्मादयैश्चकदलैर्याया ना नागरस्तृतीयादौ। विजय: सौम्ययुते स्यातपुरभागे क्रूरसंयुते भङ्ग:।।

The idea of this verse is the same as that of the verse we have commented upon Compare also the commen- tator's प्रश्नज्ञानम्-

नवमादे चक्रदले विज्ञेयो यायिनस्तृतीयादौ। पौगः शुभसंदक्षा भागे विजयः पुरे भङ्गः ।।

Adh III S1 3 तृतीयोध्याय. 27

In the two cases mentioned above, if the houses conceined be occupied by both malefic and benefic planets, mixed results will follow, 1e, neithei victory nor defeat 4 is the 12th house and &T is the 11th Malefic planets occupying the 12th, 10th oi 11th house fiom the Lagna at query will be bad foi the townsmen and good to the beseigei s

नृराशिसंस्था हुदये शुभा: स्युव्ययायसंस्थाश्च यदा भवन्ति। तदाशु सन्धि प्रवदेन्नृपाणां पापैद्विदेहोपगतैर्विरोधम् ।। ३।।

Sloka 3-If benefic planets occupy at the time of query the 1st, 12th and 11th houses and if these also happen to be biped signs, a treaty of peace (between the two kings) will soon be the result. If malefic planets occupy dual Rasis, the two parties will continue to be at war (and not come to term:

Here the author gives a clue for determining peace o1 war The biped signs are Mithuna, Kumbha, Tula and Kanya cf the author's saying-तुलाथ कन्या मिथुनो घटश्च नृरा T gfa IV-2 infra By benefic planets are meant Mercury, Venus and Jupiter When these benefics occupy the Lagna at the time of query, o1 the 12th and 11th houses all these being also biped Rasıs, immediate peace will be the result By the term 'malefics' aie meant the Sun, Mars, Saturn and the waning Moon When malefics occupy द्विदेह (dual)signs war should be predicted

28 षटपञ्चाशिकायां Adh. III SI. 4-5

केन्द्रोपगताः सौम्याः सौम्यैदृष्ट नृलसगाः प्रीतिम्। कुर्वन्ति पापटृष्टाः पापाभ्तेप्वेव विपरीतम् ॥। ४।।

Sloka 4-If benefic planets occupy biped identical with Kendra houses with respect to the Prasna Lagna, and be aspected by benefics, there will be peace between the two contending kings. But if the planets be malefic and be aspected by malefics, the two parties will continue to be at war

Here the author discusses another condition The Kendias are the 1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th houses When the benefics are in the Kendias and in human or biped signs and are aspected by benefics (1e, when there is mutual asp ct among the benefics), they bring about peace If, on the other hand, the malefics are in the Kendras and have mutual aspect, wai will ensue

द्वितीये वा तृतीये वा गुरुशुकौ यदा तदा। अश्वेवागच्छते सेना प्रवासो च न संशयः ॥५॥

इति वराहमिहिरात्मजपृथुयशोविरचिताया षट्पश्चाश्तिकार्यां जयपराजयो नाम तृतीयोऽध्यायः ।।

Sloka 5-If Jupiter and Venus occupy the 2nd or 3rd house from the Prasna Lagna either singly or conjointly, the army will return very

Adb III SI 1 तृतीयोऽध्याय. 29

soon, and the traveller who has been about abroad will also without doubt return soon

Here the author's idea is that the planets need not occupy the position together At times both the planets may be together in the 2nd o1 both may be in the 3rd Or, either of them may occupy the 2nd or 3rd

Thus ends the 3rd Adhyaya entitled 'Success and defeat' in the work Shatpanchasika composed by Prithu- yasas, son of Varahamıhıra

ADHYAYA IV

॥ शुभाशुभलक्षणाध्याय ॥।

AUSPICIOUS AND INAUSPICIOUS SYMPTOMS

केन्द्रत्रिकोणेषु शुभस्थितेषु पापेषु वेन्द्राष्टमवर्जितेषु। सर्वार्थसिद्धिं प्रवदेन्नराणां विपर्यवस्थेपु विपर्ययः स्यात् ॥ १॥

Sloka 1-If the Kendra and Trikona houses be occupied by benefic planets, and malefics be posited in houses other then the Kendra and the 8th, peoble will have all there cherished objects fulfilled. If it be otherwise, the effect will be reverse.

30 षट्पञ्चाशिकाया Adh IV S1 2

In this chapter the author comments upon 'good and bad circumstances' At the outset he deals with the knowledge of advantages and disadvantages शुभस्थितेपु means those [houses] in which the benefics are posited शुभा स्थिता येपु शुभान्वितेपु is another 1eading-which of course is a clearer statement When the benefics are in the Kendra and Trikona houses, or when the malefics occupy positions othei than the Kendras and the 8th house, it should be predicted that the persons conceined will realize all their ambitions in tull When the benefics and malefics occupy othei positions than those mentioned above, contrary results will accrue The idea is that when the malefics occupy the Kendras and the 8th house, and benefics occupy the positions other than the Kendras, and Trikonas and 8th, none of the objects will be fulfilled

त्रिपश्चलाभास्तमयेषु सौम्या लाभप्रदा नेष्टफलाश्च पापाः । तुलाथ कन्या मिथुनं घटश्च नृराशयस्तेषु शुभ वदति ॥ २ ॥

Sloka 2-Benefics posited in the 3rd, 5th 11th and 7th houses (reckoned from the Lagna at query) will promote the advancement of the thing or object desired, while malefics in these places will not if the Prasna Lagna happens to be any one of the bipeds, viz , Tula, Kanya, Mithuna and Kumbha, and if benefiics be there, it indicates good.

Here, he treats of the knowledge of gamn and loss,

Adh IV SI 3 चतुर्थो याय. 31

When the benefics occupy the 3rd, 5th, 11th and 7th positions, they bestow great gain on the querist But when the malefics occupy the same positions, they cause loss of property to him When the human o1 biped sıgns, viz, Tula, Kanya, Mithuna and Kumbha are occu- pied by the benefics, the sages declare that good will come out of it

स्थानप्रदा दशमसप्तमगाश्च सौम्या मानार्थदा स्वसुतलग्नगता भवंति। पापा व्ययायसहिता न शुभप्रदा स्युलग्ने शशी न शुभदो दशमे शुभश्र ॥ ३॥

Sloka 3-Benefics in the 10th and 7th places reckoned from the Prasna Lagna will confer an appointment or positions on the querist If they be posited in the 2ad, 5th or Ist houses, they bring on honour and wealth. Malefics if placed in the 12th and 11th houses are not productive of good results. If the Moon occupy the Prasna Lagna, she will do no good, but if she be in the 10th, she will prove auspicious.

Here he gives another condition for the same If the benefics occupy the 10th and 7th places from the Lagna, they confer a position on the questioner The word ₹a in the 2nd w4 is to be construed as wealth When benefics occupy the 2nd, the 5th and the 1st, they bestow honor and wealth on him In the sentence लझे शशी न शुभदो

32 षटपञ्चाशिकायां Adh IV SI 4

etc, 419 should be supplied When a malefic Moon 1s in the Lagna, no good results will accrue But if she is in the 10th house, she will give good 1esults, although she be malefic

इन्दु द्विसप्तदशमायरिपुत्रिसंस्थ पत्रयेद्गुरुशुभफलं 5मादाकृत स्यात्। लग्नविधर्मतनैधनगाश्च पापा. कार्यार्थनाशभयदाः शुभदा शुभाश्र॥४।।

Sloka 4 -If the Moon occupy the 2nd, the 7th, the 10th, the 11th, the 6th or the 3rd house from the Lagna at query and be aspected by Jupiter, the person concernedwill enjoy happiness gain, etc., through a damsal. If malefic planets occupy the 1st, the 3rd, the 9th, the 5th or the 8th house, they will cause failure of business, loss of money, fear and anxiety* But should benefics be posited in the above said houses, they cause good.

He mentions another way of determining good and bad results If Jupiter should aspect the Moon occupying the 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 7th, 10th and 11th places, the questioner will have gain and other things through the help of women If the malefics should occupy the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 8th and 9th, they would engender fear, defeat in the undertaking and loss of wealth to the questioner If, on the other, hand, the

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benefics should occupy the very same places, they would confer benefits on him

शुभग्रहाः सौम्यनिरीक्षिताश्च विलससप्ताष्टमपञ्चमस्था: । त्रिषट्दशाये च निशाकर स्याच्छुभं भवेद्रोगनिर्पीडिनानाम् ॥५॥

Sloka 5-If benefics occupy the Lagna, the 7th, the 8th and the 5th house and be aspected by benefics and the Moon be posited in the 3rd, the 6th, the 10th or the 11th house, a sick person will recover from his illness.

In this Sloka the author tells us how we should determine good or bad results for a sick person If the benefics-Mercury, Jupiter and Venus-should occupy the Lagna (at query), the 7th, the 8th and the 5th, and if they be aspected by benefics, or if the Moon be in any of the a places, sick persons will recover From this it follows that, in the absence of the above conditions, bad results (1 e, non-recovery) should be predicted

Thus ends the 4th Adhyaya in the work Shatpancha- sıka composed by Prithuyasas, son of Varahamıhna

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34 षट्पज्चाशिकायां Adh. V SI 1

ADHYAYA-V

। प्रवासचिन्ताध्याय.॥

ENQUIRY ABOUT ONE WHO IS ABROAD

दूरगतस्यागमनं सुतधनसहजस्थितैग्रहैर्लआ्नात्। सौम्यैर्नष्टप्रापतिं लध्वागमन गुरुसिताभ्याम् =

Sloka 1-If all the planets occupy the 5th, the 2nd and the 3rd houses from the Prasna Lagna, the early return of the person who has gone to a very far-off place may be predicted If the three houses mentioned above be occupied by the benefics-Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and the waxing Moon-, the recovery of a missing article or the return of a person who was consi- dered as lost for ever will be the result If any of the three houses be occupied by Jupiter and Venus, the person who has gone abroad will return very soon.

The chapter deals with 'The enquiry into the life (of aperson) abioad' At the outset, the author mentions certain conditions foi the retuin Well all the planets from the Sun onwards occupy the 5th, the 2nd and the 3rd houses hom Lagna at query, the aruival of the person who was gone abroad should be piedicted Should the benefics-Mercury, Jupitei, Venus and the waxing

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Moon-occupy the same position, the iecovery of a lost or stolen article should be piedicted The person's going away from home was itself a loss andh is whereabouts were unknown, 1 e, he was missing, in that case, he will be found out If Jupiter and Venus occupy the same positions, peisons who have gone abioad will ieturn soon

जामित्रे त्वथवा पष्ठे ग्रहः वन्द्रेऽथ वाक्पतिः प्रोपितागमन विद्यात् त्रिकोणे ज्ञे सितेऽषि वा ॥ २।।

Sloka 2-If the 7th or the 6th house recko- ned from the Lagna at query be occupied by any planet and if Jupiter be posited in a Kendra, it indicates the return home soon of the person gone abroad If Mercury and Venus occupy Trikona houses, it also indicates the quick return home of the traveller who has gone on a journey.

Here he mentions anothei condition Jamitra is the 7th house If theie be any planet either in the 7th or the 6th house fiom the Lagna at query, and if Jupiter occupies any one of the four Kendras, the ariival of a person who has gone abroad should be predicted The same should be piedicted when Mercury or Venus occupies either or both of the Trikonas [9th and 5th] अष्टमस्थे निशानाथे कण्टकैः पापवर्जितैः । प्रवासी सुखमायाति सौम्यैलाभसमन्वितः

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Sloka 3-When the Moon is in the 8th house from the Prasna Lagna and the Kendra houses are not occupied by malefic planets, the absentee returns home safely, and he will return with some gain if benefics occupy Kendras. Here he discusses anothei conditions The Kantakas or Kendras are the 1st, 4th, 7th and 10th When the Moon occupies the 8th house and when the Kendras are ttee from the malefics, a tiaveller ieturns home without any difficulty If the Kendras are occupied by the benefics, he retuins happy with gamn

पृष्ठोदये पापनिरीक्षिते वा पापास्तृतीये रिपुकेन्द्रगे वा सौम्यैरदृष्टा वधबन्धदाः स्युर्नष्टा विनष्टा सुपिताश्च वाच्या: ।।४।। Sloka 4-If the rising sign at the time of query be a Prishtodaya one and be aspected by a malefic planet, the effect will be that the person concerned will be subjected to torture and impri- sonment If malefics be posited in the 3rd and be not aspected by benefics, the person concerned will have departed from his place to a foreign country, if such malefics be in the 6th, the person will be lost or dead, and if they occupy any of the Kendra houses he will have been decoyed by thieves. He mentions another condition The Prishtodaya

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signs are Mesha, Kataka, Dhanus, Makara and Vrishabha If any one of these be iising at the time of query and be aspected by a malefic, a tiaveller will undergo assault and confinement O1, when the malefics occupy the 3rd house and aie not aspected by benefics, the traveller must have gone to some othei country fiom the pievious one Or, when the malefics occupy the 6th house from the Lagna, and aie not aspected by the benefics, the tiavellei may have been abducted by thieves

Heie al is used to denote the vauety in he condtions is an epithet of 91 , that is, malefics give assault and confinement

ग्रहो विलग्नाद्यतमे गृहे तु तेनाहता द्वादश राशयः स्युः। तावहिनान्यागमनस्य विद्यानिवर्तन वक्रगतैर्ग्रहैस्तु ॥।५॥।

प्रवासचिन्ताध्यायः पञ्चमः ॥

Sloka 5-Note how far removed from the Prasna Lagna the first Rasi is, that is occupied by a planet which is not retrograde but moving in his direct course This number multiplied by 12 will indicate the number of days in which a traveller will return Should however such a planet be retrograde, the return will be in as many days as are signified by the number of

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signs from the Prasna Lagna to that occupied by the planet.

In this Sloka, the author gives a clue to guess the time or arrival of the tiaveller who has gone abioad

Note the number counting fiom the Lagna of the first sign that is occupied by a planet, if this planet's motion be duect, multiply the above said number by 12 The pioduct gives the number of days in which the traveller will return But if the planet mentioned above happens to be ietrograde in its motion, the astrologei should declare that the person will retuin fiom abioad in the same numbe of days

For example, suppose the Lagna at query is Vrishabha and Kanya is the first sign which is occupied by a planet Counting from Vushabha to Kanya we get the number 5 If the planet that is posited in Kanya be dniect in motion, we must say that the person gone abroad will return in 5 x 12 or 60 days But if the planet referred to be retrogiade in motion we have to say that the person will return in 5 days

Thus ends the 5th Adhyaya entitled "Enquny into Life abroad" in the work Shatpanchasika composed by Prithuyasas, the son of Vaiahamıhii a

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ADHYAYA VI

। अथ नष्टप्राप्त्यध्याय ।।

THE RECOVERY OF THE LOST

स्थिरोदये स्थिरांशे वा वर्गोत्तमगतेडपि वा। स्थित तत्रैव तद्द्व्यं स्वकीयेनैव चोरितम्

Sloka 1-If at the time of query, a fixed sign a Navasma represented by a fixed sign or a Vargotiama Navamsa be rising, the properity that is missing has been stolen by one that belongs to the querist's party and is still there alone

Now he comments upon the chapter on 'The recovery of the Lost' Here at the outset he treats of the knowledge of the thieves, The fixed signs are Vrishabha, Sımha, Vrichika and Kumbha If any one of these happen to rise at the time of query, or in the case of any Lagna, the Navamsa of a fixed Rasi be risıng, or when the rising Navamsa is a Vargottama one, whatever property is lost or missing, it must have been stolen by the owner's own men, and it remains in the same place Otherwise it must have been stolen by another from that place, and removed from that place The definition of वर्गोत्तमनवाशक 1S वर्गो त्तमनवांशाइ्चरादिषु प्रथममध्यपर्यन्तगा.

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आदिमध्यावसानेषु द्रेकाणेषु विलग्नतः । द्वारदेशे तथा मध्ये गृहान्ते च वदेदूनम्

Sloka 2-If at the time of query, the first decanate of a Rasi be rising, the missing article has been left (or dropped) near the gate of the house, if the middle decanate be rising, the stolen property is somewhere in the middle portion of the house, if the last decanate be rising, the property will be found in the back- yard of the house

Now he gives a clue to find the place The Drekkanas of any sign are owned by the lords of the sign itself, of the 5th house and of the 9th and these are respectively termed the first or beginning, the middle o1 the second and the last or the thud Anything stolen when these decanates are rising [at the time of query] must be said to be hidden respectively near the gate, in the, middle of the house, and at the end of the house The idea is that if the Lagna rises in the first Drekkana, the stolen wealth is near the gate, if in the middle Drekkana, it is near the sanctuary, and if in the third Drekkana, it is to the west of the house

पूर्णः शशी लग्नगतः शुभो वा शर्षोदये सौम्यनिरीक्षितश्व। नष्टस्य लाभ कुरुते तदाशु लाभोपयातो बलवाञ्छुभश्र॥ ३॥

Sloka 3-If the Moon with her digits full be

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posited in the sign rising at the time of query, or if the Prasna Lagna be a sfrefaa sign and be occupied and aspected by benefics, the stolen property will soon be recovered The same will be the case when the 11th house reckoned from the Prasna Lagna is occupied by a benefic planet endowed with strength

In this the author tells us how to deteimine the reco- very and non recovery of lost aiticles When the full Moon (with her digits full) occupies the Lagna at the time of query o1 when a Sirshodaya sign happens to be rising and when a benefic occupies the same and that benefic is further aspected only by benefics, the lost or stolen property can be 1ecovered very soon O1, even when a powertul benefic occupies the 11th house fiom the Lagna, the lost article can be recovered very soon From this it follows that in the absence of the above conditions, the lost article cannot be got back.

दिग्वाच्या केन्द्रगतैरसंभवे वा वदेद्विलग्नक्षात्। 11 8 11

Sloka 4-The direction to which the stolen property has been taken has to be determined by the planets posited in the Kendra house, and in case there are no planets there, through the Rasi indicated by the Prasna Lagna. The distance to 6M̧

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which the stolen property has been transmitted will be as many Yojanas as the rising Navamsa is removed from the first Navamsa or the middle Navamsa of the Prasna Lagna (A योजन= 4 Krosas or about 14 Kılometers.

In this Sloka, the author lays down some hints to guess the direction and the distance to which a stolen article has been taken The loids of the diffeient directions beginning fiom the East are the Sun, Venus, Mars, Rahu, Satuin, the Moon, Mercury and Jupiter respectively cf प्राच्यादीशा रविसितकुजराहुयमेन्दगौस्गवास्पतय.।। In the piesent case, the direction should be deteimined fiom the planets occupying the Kendias The stolen property must be said to have gone in the duection of that planet which occupies a Kendra position with respect to the Lagna at query Thus, should the Sun occupy the 1st, 4th, 7th or the 10th, the lost article must have gone to the East If there should be two or more planets posited in the Kendra houses, the direction should be determined from the stiongest planet The duections of the signs are given as "अजवृषमिथुनकुलारा पञ्चम- नवमै महेन्द्राद " The signs Mesha, Viishabha, Mithuna and Kataka with their Trikona Rasis respectively belong to the East, South, West and North When the Kendras are not occupied by any planet, the direction should be deteimined fiom the sign of the Lagna If Mesha, Simha or Dhanus happen to be the Lagna, the stolen property must have taken an easteily couise, if it be Vrıshabha, Kanya or Makaia, a southeily course, if it be

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Mithuna, Tula o1 Kumbha, a westeily course, and lastly, if it be Kataka, Vrischika o1 Meena, a northeily course The distance in Yojanas should be deteimined fiom the number of Navamsa passed in the Prsna Lagna from the middle or 5th Navamsa of the Lagna Rasi That is if the Lagna at query be within 5th Navamsa, the stolen aiticle is in the same piace o1 direction as determined by other circumstances and it has not moved any distance trom that place 1l on the other hand, the Lagna has tiaveised some Amsas hom the 5th, the stolen property must have moved exactly as many Yojanas as the number of Navamsas traversed in the same direction

अंशकाज्ज्ञायते द्रन्य द्रेप्काणैस्तस्करा: म्मृताः । राशिभ्यः कालदिग्देशा कयो जातिश्र लग्नपात्। ५।।

इति वराहमिदिरात्म जपृथुयशोविरचिताया षट्पञ्चा शिकायां नष्टप्राप्त्यव्यायः षष्ठः ।।

Sloka 5-The kind of substance stolen should be determined through the Navamsa rising at the time of query (a) the description of the thieves should be guessed through the decanate that is rising at the time of query (b) the time of theft (c) the direction (d) and the place (e) to which the property has been removed should be determined from the rising sign , the

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age (f) and caste (g) of the thief should be divined from the lord of the rising sign

In this verse, the authoi shows us the method of detei- mining the shape and nature of the piopeity stolen, the thief, the time, the direction, the place, the age, the caste of the thief and his appearance

[a] The stolen piopeity, whethei it is of a mineral, 1o0t o1 animal kind, is determined from the uising Navamsa The mineral, etc , coriesponding to the several signs have been already explained [I-6 supra] The coloui of the article should be ascertamed from that of the sign The colouis assigned to the several signs are thus described in लघुजातक

अरुणसितह रितपाटल पाण्डुविचित्ाः सितेतरपिशङ्गौ। पिङ्ग उकर्बुर बभ्रुक म लिना रुचयो बथा संख्यम्।।

The colours of the 12 signs in then ordei aie Red, white, green, pink, giey, vanegated, dark, biown, biown mixed, tawny and soiled Vide also a. sT. I-20

The size [whethe it is long, of medium length or short] of the article should also be deteimined fiom the rising Navamsa Kumbha, Meena, Mesha and Vrishabha are short, Mithuna, Kataka, Dhanus and Makaia are of medium length, while Sımha, Vrischika, Kanya and Tula are long of प्रश्ज्ञान-

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मेषवृषकुंभमीना ह्वस्वा युगकर्क़िचाषधरमकराः । मध्या इरियुवतितुलादय: स्मृता दीर्घाः ॥

Vide also जा पा I-13

हस्वा means short, add आयत-long It the lord of the Navamsa be strong, the article is hard inside, if he be weak, it is soft [and easy to the touch] If the planet in question be in his depiession sign or in the 7th house, the article is as good as lost

[b] The thieves are to be deteimined from the deca- nates The appearance of the thief will be similar to the decanate [11sing at the time] The 36 Diekkanas of the zodiac are thus descubed in Buhat Jataka

The fiist decanate of Mesha, is a man aimed with an axe, dark, fierce in appearance and of reddish eyes

The second decanate of Mesha is a woman, clad in 1ed, tond of jewels and eatables, like a water pot in form, with the face of a horse, suffering irom thust and standing with only one foot

The 3rd decanate of Mesha is a man, ciuel in dıspostion, skılled m arts, of a reddish colour, active, but foiled in his attempts, with a raised hand, holding a stick and diess d in brown-red clothes He is angry

The fist decanate of Vushabha is a woman with her hall curled and cut, with a body like that of a water pot, wearing a garment paitly buint, thusty, mntent on eating and fond of jewels

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The second decanate of Vrishabha is a man skilled in matters ielating to wet lands, giams, house, cows and fine aits, he is ve. sed in the use of the plough as well as in the keeping of conveyances, he possesses a neck similar to that of a bull, he suffers from hunger, he has got a tace like that of a ram and wears dirty gaiments

The last decanate of Vishabha is a man possessing a body like that ol an elephant, with white teeth, with ieet similai to those ot a camel and a toim brown in colou. He is iond ot sheep and deer and his mmnd is agitated

The fiist decanate of Mithuna is symboilsed by a woman with raised hands, beautiful, iond of a needle work and with a keen desle in adorning work She has attamned her pubeity but has no childien

The central decanate of Mithuna is a man standing mn a garden, clad in armoui and armed with a bow, he is valiant and is a piofessional wairior He has got a tace like that of a Garuda, he likes sporting, and is fond of his children, and his mind Is always towoids oinaments and wealth

The thud decanate of Mithuna is a man decked in ornaments, uch in jewels, tastened with a mail-coat and a quiver, and canying a bow he his skilled in arts of music and dancing and is a poet

The first Diekkana of Kataka is a man holding leaves, roots and fruits and having a body like that of

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an elephant, stationed amidst sandal-wood trees in a forest and having feet like that of a camel he was a face like that of a pig ard a neck similar to that of a horse

The middle decanate of Kataka is represented by a woman with hei head decorated with lotus-flowers and cairying a snake with hei , she is iough in her behavioui and is crying loudly alone in a torest , she is 1esting herself on a branch of the (qERT) Palasa tree

The last decanate of Kataka is a man who has started on a boat in the ocean to piocuie ornaments for his wite and has a seipent coiled round him , he is flatfaced and is wearing oinaments made of gold

The fiist Diekkana of Simha is of the form of a vulture and a ja kal sitting over the mramei-Salmalı (silk cotton] tree and iesembles a dog as well as a man with dirty garments, he is crying aloud owing to separation from his parents

The middle decanate of Simha is a man with the shape of a horse and wearing on his head some flowers slghtly whitish in coloui , he also covers himself with deer skin and a blanket, he is difficult to be found or met with like the lion , he carries a bow mn his hand and his nose is somewhat bent

The thnd decanate of Simha is rcpresented by a man, with a face like that of a bear, whose movements and

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gestures are similar to that of a monkey, he carries with him a stick, fruits and flesh in his hand, he has a long beard and curled hairs

The first decanate of Kany is symbolised by a young damsel holding a pot full of floweis, and with her lımbs fully covered up with dirty garments She desires to have clothes and wealth, and wishes to go to hei father's 1esidence

The middle decanate of Kanya is a man holding a pen n his hand, he is black in colour, and has his head tied with a cloth, he spends as well as earns, he carries with him a large bow, and his whole body is covered with hairs

The last decanate of Kanya is represented by a woman, yellowish in complezion, with hei body covered with fine garments which have been well-washed, she 1s tall and holds in her hand a water pot as well as a ladle , she is pious and is going to the temple

The fnst decanate of Tula is of the shape of a man who has entered a shop on the way with a balance in hand, he is skilled mn measuring and weighing and holds a weight in hand he thinks of the warcs and of their exact price

The middle decanate of Tula is of the shape of a man with a face like that of a vulture, he is hungiy and thirsty and wants to fly away taking the pot along with him, he is thinking of his wife and children,

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The concluding decanate o" Tula is of the form of a man decorated with jewels and who is carrying with him a quiver and a mail-coat made of gold He is monkey- like in appearance, caruies fit's and fesh and stand fightening the dear in the forest

The fiist dacanate of Viischika is ieprerented by a beautiful woman shoin o' 1er sarmerts and jewels and coming fiom the great ocean to the shoie She has been ejected fiom her position and her feet have been bound up togethei by a serpent

The middle decanate of Vrischika is iepresented by a woman desume ell kinds of comfort for her residence She has a serpent cuiled 1 und her person for the sake of her husband She has a body similar to that of a turtle or a water pot

The last decanate of Vrischika is of the shape of a lion with a face broad and flat like that of a turtle. He is scaring dogs, deer, pigs and foxes He guards the sandal-wood reglons

The first decanate of Dhanus is of the shape of a man with a body like that of a hoise and holding a long bow in his hand He stops in the hermitage and gaurds the several articles like the wooden ladles, etc, required for scarifice and also attends to the needs of the ascetics residing in the hermitage

The middle decanate of Dhanus 1, represented by a 7M

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woman, very beautiful in foim, bright as gold or the Champaka flower, and seated in a throne, she is middle in stature and is picking up the gems in the ocean

The third decanate of Dhanus is symbolised by a man with long hairs, golden and Champaka-like in colour, seated in a chief and prominent place with a stick in hand, He wears silk clothes and also a skın

The first decanate of Makara is represented by a man full of hairs, with teeth smil r to that of a crocodile and with a body like that of a hog He carries with him a rope [by which an animal is tied to a pole] and a net He is frightful to look at

The middle decanate of Makara is a woman skilled in all arts, with eyes as broad as the petal of a lotus, dark-blue in colour, aspiring for vanious things, decorated with ornaments rnd wearing ear-ornaments made of copper, gold or 11 on

The last decanate of Makara is a man with a body sımilar to that of a Kinnara [a mythical being with a human figure and the head of a horse] and wearing a woolen blanket over his person He has got with him an armour and a quiver, and carries on his shoulders a pot inlaid with precious stones

The first decanate of Kumbha is repiesented by a man anxious and troubled about procuring cil, liquor, water and food He carries with him a blanket He Is clad in silk and has also got with him the skin of

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a black antelope He has a face similar to that of a vulture

The second decanate of Kumbha is a female seated in a carriage partly buint and carrying nen [Salmali] wood in it She is collecting metals and she is seen in the forest diessed in dirty garments with pots on her head

The last decanate of Kumbha is represented by a man black in colour, with hans in his ears and wearing a crown or diadem, he is carrying [on his head] metalic pots [vesels] containing barks [of tiees], leaves, gem and fruits and which he is iemoving from one place to another

The first decanate of Meena is symbolised by a man handling with his hands several articles consisting for the most part of ladles, pots, pearls, gems and conch shells and carrying ornaments He crosses a lake [huge mass of watei] by means of a boat for the sake of getting oinaments foi his wife

The second decanate of Meena is a young females ailıng with her retinue to the other side of the ocean in a boat with a banner mounted on a very tall flag-staff and with a facial coloui resembling that of the Champaka flower

The last decanate of Meena is a man standıng naked in a forest near a hole with a serpant coiled round hıs body He is very much agitated in mind being tormented by thieves and fire, and is weeping

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Foi more details about Diekkanas' see 7 I Adlıayaya XXVII

[c] The time [oi thett] can be determined thiough the signs of खघुजातक-मेवाछ,इचन्दार र.पन्विमवर कपाबला जेया.। Thus if any one of the signs, Mesha, Vrshabha, Mithuna, Kataka, Dhanus and Makara be using, it should be declared that the article must have been stolen at night If any one of the signs, Sımha, Kanya, Tula, Viischica, Kumbha, and Meena be iising, the thelt must have been committed during day-time

[d] In the same mannei, the duection may be guessed that 15 Mesha, Simha or Dhanus be using, the article will have been taken away to the East, 1° Vrishabha, Kanya or Makara be the Lagna, to the South, it Mithuna, Tula or Kumbha, to the West, and if Kataka, Vrischika or Meena to the North.

[e] For a description of the places denoted by the several Rasis, see 1 q1 1-10-12 Thus, if Mesha be the Lagna, the aiticle stolen will be found in a place trequented by sheep If it be Vrishabha, the missng property will be in a cowshed and if it be Mithuna, the arucle is in the music or ballet room oi in the wrestling place, il it Kataka, the aiticle is in a place neai water, if it be simtha, in a forest, if Kanya, neai a ship, if Tula m a shop, 1. Vrischika, in a hole [or buirow], if Dhanus, mn a battle-field or near fortwalls, or a place frequented by horses, il Makara, near water, if kumbha in an art-gailary oi near a pot contaming pickles,

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etc,, and if Meena, near water The missing article will be found in a place of the description given above for the sign rising at the time

[f] The age of the thief should be deduced fiom the loid of the Lagna 1e, his age will be that of the lord of the nising sign The appioximate ages of the several planets aie thus described in aR F

वर्यासि तेषां स्तनपानबाल्यव्रतस्थिता यौवनमध्यवृद्धाः अतीववृद्धा रविचंद्रभौमज्ञशुक्रवाग्मीनश्ञनैश्वराणाम् ।।

The Sun, the Moon, Mars Mercury Venus, Jupiter and Saturn denote respectively a sucking child, a boy, a colibate, an adult, a middle-aged man, an old man, and a very old man For example, if the Moon be the lord of the Lagna, the 'thief' will be a boy of four or five years , if Mercury, the thief will be a celibate of 12 years, it Venus he will be an adolescent of 32 years. it Jupiter, a m ddle- aged man 50 years old, if the Sun, an old man of 70 winters, and if Saturn, a very old man, say of about 80.years

[g] For the parucular caste appiopriate to each of the several planets, see the following sloka fiom agaa-

जीवसितौ विप्रार्णां क्षत्रस्यारोष्णगू विशा चन्द्रः । शूद्ाघिप: श्शिसुतः शनश्ररः संकरभवानाम्॥।

Jupiter and Venus aie lords ol the Brahmıns , Mars and the Sun, of Kshatuyas, the Moon, of Vaisyas, Mercury,

54 षटपचाशिकायां Adh. VII S1. 1

of Sudras, and Saturn, of hybrids or Chandalas The thief will be of the case of the planet owning the Lagne

Thus ends the 6th Adyaya entitled 'Recovery of what is lost' in the woik Shatpanchasika composed by Prithu- yasas, the son of Varahamıhıra

ADHYAYA VII

॥। अथ मिश्रकाध्याय. ॥

MISCELLANEOUS

विषमस्थितेऽर्कपुत्रे सुतस्य जन्मान्यथाङ्गनायाश्च। लभ्या वरस्य नारी समस्थितेऽतीइन्यथा वामम् ॥ १॥।

Sloka 1 -- If Satura be posited in an odd house (3rd, 5th, 7th, or 9th or 11th) from the Lagna, the birth of a male should be predicted. Otherwise, the birth will be of a girl. In the query for a marriage, if Saturn occupy any one of the even houses, one should predict the acquisition of a bride , if otherwise, the contrary should be predicted.

This chapter deals with "Miscellaneous matters" At the outset the author gives a clue to determine whether a woman who is pregnant will be delivered of a male or a

Adh VII SI. 2 षष्टोडयाय 55

female child, and whether a person who is in search of a bride will get or one or not

When Saturn occupies an odd house from the Lagna at querry, 1e, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th and 1Ith, it should be predicted that the querist will have a son cf sT. IV-12, where it has been distinctly stated that Saturn, not being in the Lagna but occupying an odd house therefrom, buings about the birth of a male child If Saturn occupies other houses, the piediction of a female should be made

Further, if Satuin occupies any one of the even houses from the Lagna, 1e, the 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th, 10th and 12th, a person who is in quest of a bride will get one Or a sensualist will get a woman he is in need of. If on the other hand, Satuin should occupy an odd house from the Lagna, the person concerned will not succeed in getting a bride in the one case, nor a woman in the other.

गुरुग विमौम्यर्द्ष्टस्त्रिसुतमदायारिगः अशी लग्नात्। भवति च विवाहकता त्रिकोणवेन्द्रेषु वा सौम्याः ॥२॥

Sloka 2 -If, at the time of query, the Moon be posited in the 3rd, 5th 7th, 11th or the 6th house from the Prasna Lagna and aspected by Jupiter the Sun and Mercury, the marriage of the querist will come to pass The same should be predicted when benefic planets occupy the

56 षट्पज्ञानिकायां Adh VII SI. 3

Trikona and Kendra houces reckoned from the Prasna Lagna

Now he treats of the determination of marriage. fa [Tii] means the 3rd house, qa [Suta] is the 5th, # [Mada] is the 7th, 17 [Ava] is the 11th and arfr is the 6th If the Moon occupying the 3.d, 5th, 7th, 11th or 6th house nom the lagna be aspected by Jupiter, the Sun and Mercury the questicner's wedding would take place, or if the benefics occupy t' e Tuikona and the Kendra places, viz the 9th 5th, Ist, 4th 7th and 10th houses as the case may be, the questioner . ill be married Here the word a1 is used to distinguish othei conditions

चन्द्रार्कयो: सप्तमगौ सितार्की सुखेS मे वाडपि तथा विलग्ात्। द्वितीयदुश्चिंक्यगतौ तथा च वर्षासु वृष्टिं प्रवदेवगणाम्।३।।

Sloka 3 -If Venus and Saturn be posited in the 7th house reckoned respectively from the Moon and the Sun, or in the 4th and the 8th houses from the Lagna, or in the 2nd and 3rd houses from the Lagna, one should predict the advent of rain, if it be the rainy season

In this Sloka, the author gives a clue to determine the rain in the monsoon time

Adh. VII SI. 4-5 सप्तमोड्ध्यायः 57

सौम्या जलराशिस्थास्तृतीयधनकेन्द्रगाः सिते पक्षे। चन्द्रे वाप्युदयगते जलराशिस्थे वदेद्वर्षम्

Sloka 4 -If benefic plauets occupy the 3rd, 2nd, 1st, 4th, 7th and 10th houses reckoned from the Prasna Lagna and these houses happen to be also watery signs, and if it also be the bright half of the month, one should predict rain. The same will be the case if the Moon happens to be in the Lagna identical with a watery sign.

In this Sloka, he discusses the determination of rain at the time of query The watery sıgns are Kataka, Meena, Makara and Kumbha,

पुवर्गे लग्नगते पुंग्रहद्टष्टे बलान्विते पुरुषः । युग्मे स्त्रीग्रहद्टष्टे स्त्रीबुधयुक्ते तु गर्भयुता Sloka 5-If the (a) Varga that is rising at the time of query be a masculine one, (b) be strong (c) and be aspected by male planets, the issue to be born will be a male one (d) If the said Varga be a female one and be aspected by female planets, the issue will be a female. If the Prasna Lagna be occupied by Mercury, the woman (e) concerned should be declared as enceinte. 8M

58 षटपज्चाशिकाया Adh VII SI. 4-5

In this Sloka the author gives us a clue to determine the sex of the child which the pregnent woman is to be delivered of, and in the case of a query regarding pregnancy or otherwise, whether a particular women may be declared as pregnant

[v] The term Varga has already be defined in page 7, supra

[b] The male and female signs are resorted in the work a thus Mesha, Mithuna, Simha, Tula, Dhanus and Kumbha aie called male signs, while the remaining sıx-Vrıshbha, Kataka, Kanya, Vrıchıka, Makara and Meena are known as female signs .

[c] The Lagna will be strong when अधिष्युतो दृष्टो वा बुघजीवनिरीक्षितश्र यो राशिः । स भवति बलवान् न यबा युत्तो दृष्टोऽपि वा शेषैः ॥ इति-लघुजातके

The Lagna becomes strong only when it is occupied or aspected by its lord, Mercury or Jupiter Otherwise, it will not become powerful even when aspected or occupied by all the other planets

[d] The masculine, feminine and neutral charactere- stics of planets are given as क्लीबपती बुधसौरौ चन्द्रसितौ येोषिता नृणां शेषा इति Mercury and Saturn are eunchs, the Moon and Venus are females, and the rest, males Hence the males are the Sun, Mars and Jupiter When a Varga of a male Rasi is rising at the time, and is aspected by. a male planet and when the Lagna Is powerful, a boy will be born

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[e] That is, that the woman is pregnant and that delvery has not yet taken place

कुमारिकां बालशशी बुधश्च वृद्धां शनिःसूर्यगुरू प्रसूताम्। स्त्री कर्कशां भौमसितौ विधत्त एवं वयः स्यात्पुरुषेषु चैवम्।६।।

Sloka 6-If the rising sign at query be occu- pied or aspected by the young Moon or Mercury the subject of enquiry will be a girl; if by Saturn it will be an old woman, if by the Sun or Jupiter, it will be a woman who has recently delivered , and if by Mars or Venus, it will be a rough-bodied or a robust woman. This rule should be similarly applied in the case of men.

In this Sloka a clue is given for guessing the age of the female or rale the querist has got in his mind

The Moon is young from the first to the 10th Tith1 of Bright fortnight, she is adolescent between the 11th Tithi of the Bright fortn.ght and the 5th of the dark half, and old between the 6th Tith and the New Moon day

If the young Moon aspects or occupies the Lagna at query, it should be predicted that the querist has got a young girl in his mind. Similarly, if Mercury aspects or occupies the Lagna, the above prediction should be made In the same way, the astrologer should guess that the que- rist is thinking of an adolescent maiden, if the Moon is adolescent, and of an old woman, if the Moon is old

60 षट्पच्चागिकायां Adh VII SI 7-8

बाला कुमारी च इशी बुधशच is another reading Then it will mean The Moon deteimines a girl who has not come of age, and Mercury, a maiden who is not married' Sımilarly Saturn determines a senile woman, while the Sun and Jupiter, a woman who is delivered of a child Mars and Venus indicate a cruel and hard-hearted rough female The age also should be sımilaily determined

In the case of males, the same piocedure should be followed

आत्मसमंलग्रगतभ्राता सहजस्थितः सुतः सुतगः । माता वा भगिनी वा चतुर्थनैः शत्रुगेः शत्ु ॥७॥

मार्या सप्तमसंस्थैनवमे धर्माश्रितो गुरुदशमे। स्वांगपतिमित्रशत्रुषु तथव वाच्यं बलयुतेषु ॥८।।

Sloka 7-8-If a planet endowed with supe- rior strength occupy the rising sign at the time of query, the subject of the query will be about one who is intimately connected with the querist, if it occupy the 3rd house, it will be about one's brothers, If it occupy the 5th house, the question will relate to one's issue , if it occupy the 4th house, it will be about one's mother or his sister , if it occupy the 6th house, it will be about an enemy of the querist , if it occupy the 7th house, it will relate to one's wife , if it

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occupy the 9th house, it will be about one who is engaged in some virtuous action , and if it occupy the 10th house, it will relate to one's preceptor Further, if the planet occupying the Lagna happen to be the lord of the rising Navamsa and be powerful, the query will be about the querist himself, if he be friendly to the lord of the Lagna Navamsa and be power- ful, the query will be about his friend, if he be inimical to the lord of the Lagna Navamsa, and be also strong, it will relate to his enemy.

If the querist should ask 'Whom am I thinking of at present "', the author gives a clue to answer the same in these two verses

If the Lagna at query be occupied by planets like the Sun, Moon, etc., endowed with strength, the querist 1s thinking of something similar 10 his own body If such planets occupy the 3rd house, he thinks of his brother , the fifth house, of a son, the fourth house, of his mother or his sister, and the sixth house, of his enemies. If strong planets occupy the 7th, the 9th and the 10 from the Lagna, the person thought of will be his wife, a 1eligious personage, and h s pieceptor respectively

If the planet owning the rising Navamsa occupy the Lagna, 1e, when the loid of a Navamsa which has just risen occupies the Lagna, the querist must be thinking of hmself If a friend of the aforesaid Navamsa lord occupy

62 षट्पञ्जाशिकायां Adh. VII SI. 9

the Lagna, the querist is thinking of his friend If an enemy of the said Navamsa-lo d be posited in the Lagna, the questioner is thinking of an enemy

If, on the othei hand, there should be two or more planets in the several positions mentioned above, the reading of thought must be made 'rom the position of the strongest planet out of them The same principle should be adopted when many stiong planets occupy these positions In Brihat Jataka, the distinction of fuiends and enemies among p'anets has been stated thus, शत्रू मन्दसितौ समश्र शशिजो मित्राणि शेषा रवे: etc. Saturn and Venus are the enemies of the Sun, Mercury his neutral, and the rest are his filends etc, ₹. .7. 1I-16 & 17.

For the first line of Sloka 7 the following is another readıng

आत्मसमं लग्नगतैस्तृतीयगैभ्रातरः सुतः सुतगैः ।

चरलगने चरभागे मध्याद्भ्रष्षटे प्रवासचिन्ता स्याद्। भ्रट्ः सप्तमभवनात्पुनर्निवृत्तो यदि न वक्री ।। ९।।

Sloka 9-If at the time of query the Lagna belong to a moveable sign and the Navamsa that is rising be also a moveable one, past the middle Navamsa, i e., be the 6th, 7th, 8th or 9th Navamsa, the query will be about one who has

Adh. VII SI. 10 सप्तमोऽध्याय. 63

gone abroad. If the planet that has just fallen from the 7th house be direct in motion (and not retrograde), the astrologer may predict the return of the traveller to his place, and if the planet be retrograde, the traveller will not return.

In this Sloka, the authoi gives a clue to determine the aspiration of the querist for going abroad

If any one of the moveable signs-Mesha, Kataka, Tula and Makara-be the Lagna at query and if a moveable Navamsa be also rising and if that Navamsa be one that is subsequent to the central (5th) Navamsa of the Rasi, 1e, be the 5th, 7th, 8th or 9th, the querist will be thinking of going abroad

But if at this juncture any planet such as Mars and the like has just fallen from the 7th house (1e, gone to the 6th ?) the querist will give up the idea of a foreign travel and he will not undertake it Should the planet which has moved away from the 7th be not then retrograde, the person would certainly drop the idea of a foreign tour, if the planet be retrograde, he will go abroad,

अस्ने रविसितवक्रः परजायां स्वां गुरौ बुधे वेश्याम्। चन्द्रे च वयः शशिवत्प्रवदेत्सौरेऽत्यजातीनाम् ॥१०।।

Sloka 10-If at tbe time of query the 7th house, be occupied by the Sun, Venus or Mars,

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the woman enjoyed by the querist will be another man's wife. If Jupiter occupy the 7th house, the woman referred to will be his own wife. If Mercury or the Moon occupy the 7th house, the woman will be a prostitute If it be Saturn, the woman will be of a very low caste. The age of the woman will be similar to the nature of the Moon.

Here, the author gives us a method to find out an answer to the question, 'With what kind of woman had I union ? If the Sun, Venus or Mais occupies the 7th house from the Lagna at query, it should be declared that the querist had union with another man's wife, if Jupiter occupy such a position, the union was with his own wife, if it be the Moon or Mercury, the enjoyment was with a courtezan, if it be Saturn, the union was with a woman of the lowest caste, which is forbidden The age of the woman should be determined from the age of the Moon, 1e, if the Moon is young, she is a girl, if the Moon 1s adolescent, she is an adult, if old, she too is old, and so on

The distinction of the Moon's age has already been stated in P 56 supra

मन्दः पापसमेतो लग्नान्नवमे शुभैरयुतदृष्टः । रोगार्तः परदेशे चाष्टमगो मृत्युकर एव ।।११।।

Sloka 11-If Saturn in conjuction with a

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malefic planet be posited in the 9th house reck- oned from the Lagna at query and be not con- joined with or aspected by a benefic, the traveller will suffer from sickness in a fore'gn place. If Saturn should occupy the 8th house, under the same conditions, the yoga would cause the death of the traveller

In this veise a clue is given to detern ine the stay of a sick person in another place If Saturn be in Conjuction with any of the malefics, viz, the Sun Mars and the waning Moon and if he occupies the 9th house from the Lagna at query and be neither conjoined with nor aspected by any of the benefics, a man afflicted with a disease should be declared to be residing in another place If Saturn under the same circumstances should occupy the 8th house from Lagna, the sick man would die

सौम्ययुतोऽर्क: सौम्यैः सन्दष्टश्राष्टरमर्क्षसंस्थय। तस्माद्देशादन्यं गतः स वाच्यः पिता तस्य

Sloka 12-If the Sun in conjuction with a benefic be posited in the 8th house from the Prasna Lagna and be aspected by benefics, the astrologer should declare that the querist's father who has left his home and gone to a foreign country has left that country and gone to another. 9M

66 षट्पञ्चाशिकाया Adh. VII SI 12

Suppose there is a queiy "Is my lather who was in a foieign country, still staying there or has gone to some other place" This sloka enables the astrologer to answer the same. If the Sun be conjoined with or aspected by any benefic and if he occupies the 8th house from the Lagna, the questioner's father should be declared to have gone to some other place from the former, otherwise, he will be in the same place

मिश्रकाध्याय: सप्तमः ।।

Thus ends the 7th Adhyaya entitled "Miscellaneous" in the work Shatpanchasıka composed by Puithuyasas, son of Varahamıhra

।। षट्पञ्चाशिका समाप्ता ।

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INDEX

N B. The Roman and Arabic numerals opposite to each word refer respectsvely to the Adhyaya to which st belongs and to 'the number of the Sloka theresn.

Where a number against any word is enclosed in brackets, it represents the page in which the word occurs

A ANXIETY. Condition ABSENTEE Yoga under under which fear and- which the-returns home are caused to the querist safely V-3 IV-4 ACQUISITION. To predict APPOINTMENT Acquisi- the-of a position or tion of an-or position II-1 [15] place 11-1 To predict the-of a A Yoga which will confer an-or position brıde VII-1 on the querist IV-3. ADHAMYA-[10] ARMY The arr val or ADVANCEMENT -of the otherwise of the enemy's - II-11. thing or object desired The condition under IV-2 which the-will return AGE To piedict the-of very soon III-9

the woman enjoyed by ARRIVAL. -of the

the querist VII-10. querist's enemy II-10

ANIMAL. Condition un- The-or otherwise of the enemy's army der which a query relates II-11 to one of the-kind Condition when the I-6 enemy's - should be The particular Navam- declared. II-13

sas in each Rasi that Tte time when the enemy's-may be expe- represent the-kind I-7. cted. II-17.

68 INDEX

To piedict the-of a BROTHERS The condi- peison who has gone tion under which the abioad V-2 [33] [34] subject of a query will be ARTICLE Condition about one's- VII-7 under whi.h a missing BUSINESS Condition -will be iestored I-5 under which success in To predict whethei an one's-may be predicted -relates to the Mineial, I-4 Vegetable or the Anmal kınd I-6 A Yoga which causes failuie of one's- IV-4 ASSAULT A travellei to undergo-and confine- ment [35] CASTE To piedict the AUSPICIOUS Condition -of a thief VI-5 under wl1h the Moon proves -- to the querist [51]

IV-3 CHERISED OBJECT

AVANTI The teacher A Yoga under which

of -- [2] one's-s are iulfilled

B IV-1

BACK YARD Condition CHIEF A Yoga which

under which the missing indicates success to the

article will be found in -of a town III-2 the -- of one's house CITIZENS III-2 VI-2 CONFINENT A BESIEGERS A Yoga travellei to suffer -- which indicates success [35] to the- III-2 BIPEDS [11] IV-2 CONFLICT To have a -- with the BIPED SIGNS III- enemy

3,4 II-8, 10

BIRTH To piedict COUNTRY To declare

whether the-will be of a that the querist's father boy or girl VII-1 who has gone to a foreign BRIDE To predict the -- has quitted that -- acquisition of a -- and gone to another VII- -1. VII-12

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D To have -- in the DAMSEL To enjoy undertakıngs (31) happiness thiogh a -- DEPARTURE To piedict IV-4 the -- of one's enemy DEAD Condition under II-10 which a person 1efeired DHAMYA I-6 to in a query is lost or dead V-4 DIRECTION To predict

DEATH A clue to predict the -- to which the

Whethei there wil be stolen property has been

any-II-1 taken VI-4, 5

A Yoga which indicates DISEASE Re of a -- II-1 (15) the cure the -- of a tiavellei VII-11 DISTANCE To guess the DECANATE A clue to -- to which the stolen find the place of a property has been trans- missing artical through the mitted VI-4 -s VI-2 DUALRASIS II-7,8, The descuption of the III-3. thieves to be guessed though the -- that is E rising at the time of ENCEINTE. VII-5 query VI-5 ENCOUNTER To have DECOYED A Yoga ander an -- with one's enemy. which the peison con- II-8 cerned is -- by thieves ENEMY The -- to suffer V-4 de'eat, II-3,4 DEFEAT Condition under which there will be no Arrival or otherwise of one's -- to fight II-6 - at the hands of one's enemy II-1 10, 11,13

Condition under which Return of one's -- to

one's enemy suffeis- his place II-7, 12

1I-3,4 Time of -- s arrival One to suffer -- 11-8 II-17 Yoga under which a To suffer defeat at the hands of one's - -ies III-1 complete - - is caused (15)

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ENQUIRY To predict the FOREIGN PLACE TO subject of -- at any suffer from sickness in query. VII-6 a- VII-II EVEN SINGS (12) FRIEND The condition F when the subject of a

FAILURE -in one's query will be about one's

business. I-4 IV-4 - VII-8

-- to get an appoint -- s of planets (59)

ment or possition II-2 FULFILMENT -of one's cherished objects IV-1 FALL To determine a - from one's position I-2 G

FAR --- OF PLACE To 'GAIN Benefics in certain

predict the return of a position bestow great -on the querist (29) person who has gone to a very -- V-1 To acquire -- through a damsel IV-4 FATHER VII-12 To return home with FEAR Maleffcs in certain some - V-3 positions cause -- and A knowledge of-and anxiety loss (29) FEMALE SIGNS (55) GIRL The subject of

FEMALE VARGA If the enquiry will be a --

rising Amsa be a- the when VII-6

issue will be a female The condition under VII-5 (55) which the birth will be

FIGHT Time when the of a -- VII-1

return of th e person GOOD To cause -- to

who has gone out for the native IV-4 -- may be expected The Moon in the II-14. Prasna Lagna will do no

FIXED SIGNS (4) VI-1 -IV-3

FOREIGN COUNTRY Malefics in the 12th and

To declare that the 11th aie not pioductive of -- results IV-3 querist's father who has GOVERNOR The -- of gone to a-has quitted the country and gone to a town when attacked

another VII-12 from outside will gain a victory III-1

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H KRISHNA I1-16

HAPPINESS To enjoy L -- through IV-4 a damsel LOSS. A knowledge of

HARM Malefics rising in gain and -- [29]

the Lagna will cause -- [18] IV-4 To cause-of money.

HEAD QUARTERS The M king will not move from MADHYA I-2 hıs- II-9 MAIDEN. The querist to HIBUKA A teim given be thinking of an adole- to the 4th house 1-2. scent- [56] HONOUR To b ing on MALE-signs [55] -- and wealth IV-3 -planets [55] HORARY ASTROLOGY The condition under which the birth of a -- I-1 should be predicted VII-1

ILLNESS A sick person MARRIAGE Query for

will recover from his- a -- VII-1.

when the Moon is in the To predict the time of 3rd, 6th, 10th or 11th -of the querist

house IV-5 VII-2

IMMOVEABLE SIGNS MASCULINE -- Varga

[4] II-2 [15]5, 6, 13, VII-5 -- planets [55] IMPRISONMENT One MINERAL I-6 to be subjected to -- MISSING Restoration of V-4 the lost or -- article ISSUE To predict I-5 V-1 whether the-to be born MONEY To cause loss

will be a male or a of -- IV-4

female VII-1 5. MOTHER The subject of

K the query, will be about

KENDRA. III-4, IV-1 one's -- when VII-7

V-2, 3, [10] VII-2 MOVEABLE SIGNS [41,

KING II-9 [15], II-5, 6, 8, 9, 13, 15, VII-9

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N PROSPERITY To piedict NAGARAS III-2 Success or -- from the

O 4th house I-2

OBJECT Advancement of Condition unde1 which

the thing o -desiied the -- of a Bhava 1s

IV-2 ensured- I-3

ODD SIGNS [12] PSOSTITUTE En oyment with a- VII-10 P PEACE III-3,4 QUADRUPED SIGNS

PLACE Acquisition of a (11)

II-1 QUADRUPED SIGNS To determ ne the -- retreat with the --

to which the stolen pro- II-1

perty has been removed. QUERY (2), 1- 2, 3, VI-5 (7). 5, 6, II-1, (14), PLANETS -- male and 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, female VII-5 13, IV-2,4, V-2,

POSITION Acquisition VI-2, 3, 5, VII -1,

of a- II-1 [15] IV-3 2, 6, 7, 8,9, 10, 11,12

PRASNA I-1 QUICK MARCH To

PRECEPTOR The subject predict the k'ng's --

of the query will relate of for fight II-9

one's -- when VI-8 R RAIN To predeict- PRISHTODAYA SIGNS VII-3,4 I-4, V-4 RECOVER A sick person PRITHUYASAS I-1 to-from PROPERTY To suffer no IV-5 his illness

loss of -- 1I-1 RECOVERY To predict

To declare that the the -- of a missing

-- has been stolen by article V-1

one of the querist's party -- of lost articles (39) VI-1 REPTILES (11)

Recovery of the stolen RESTORATION -of

VI-3 an article that 1s missing I-5

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RETREAT - -of the l SENSUALIST A -- wil enemy -4, 10, 12, get a woman he is in RETURN -- tohis need of (52) home of a peison gone SICKNESS Recovery abioad 1-2, 11-1, fiom-IV-5 V -- 2 SIRSHODAYA I-4 (7) -- of the missing artic'e VI-3 I-5 SISTER Th subject of -- of the nemy to his the que y will be about place 11-7, 8 one's-VII-7 -of the peison who has STOLEN PROPERTY gone out for fight II-14 VI-1, 2,3, Time of --- how to be computed IT-15, 16, SUBJECT -- of enquny 17, V-5 VII-6,

To piedict the -- of SUBSTANCE Kind of

one's army III-5 -stolen VI-5

-- ofa peison who SUCCESS -to be

was consideied as lost predicted from the 4th

V- house I-2

To piedict the- of To piedict -- in one's

the traveller to his place business I-4

VII-9 when t o be expected. ROBUST WOMAN The II-2

subject of enquny will be A moveable L ag na a-V-6 buings on-to the pensons ROOT To predict that setting about II-5 the subject of a query The houses that indı- ielates to some -- or vegetable kınd 1-6 cate- to [1] the Chief

S of the town (2) the

SANCTUARY If the paity that is besieging III-2, Lagna 11ses in the middle decanate of a Rası, the T

stolen property is neai THIEF To determ ne the the-(38) -VI-5

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TIME --- of the letuin of VICTORY To predict- the pers n who has gone to the Governer of a out for fight II-14, 15, 16, 17 town III-1

-of return of a tiavellei VIRTUOUS ACTION

V-5 The subject of enquiry TORTURE One to the will be about one who

subjected to - and is engaged in some --

impiisonment V-4 VII-8

TOWN To predict W Victory to the Governor WAR To be at- of a-I -- ' III -- 3,4 TRANSFER To determine WATERY SIGN I-4 IV one's -- I-2 TRAVEL To predict one's WOMAN To have gamn and other things through -II-1 TRAVELLER Return the help of a -- [31] Subject of enquiiy of the- who has gone abroad III -- 5, V-2 to a -- [31]

VII -9 to a-who was rccently

To predict the death delivered VII-6

of the-VII -- 11 The kind of -enjoy- Time of return of a ed by the querist -V -- 5 VII-10

TREATY- of peace WIFE Subject of query between two kıngs to be queiist's III -- 3 VII 8

TRIKONA IV-1, [34] The kind of woman

U enjoyed to be one's own-VII -- 10 UNDERTAKINGS Defeat WEALTH A Yoga in the-[31] bringing honor and V to the qerist IV 3 VARAHAMIHIRA I -- 1 Loss of to the VARGA VTI- 5 quest onei -[31] VARGOTTAMAR VI-1 Y VEGETABLE I-,7 YOUNG MOON VII-6

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