Sanskrit verses with English translation from Maharishi Parasara. Read the full classical treatise on AstroFusion Learning.
एवं सर्वेषु भावेषु पदं विद्याद्विचक्षणः । यथोक्तलक्षणोपेतं फलं तत्र वदाम्यहम् ॥
evaṃ sarveṣu bhāveṣu padaṃ vidyād vicakṣaṇaḥ | yathokta-lakṣaṇopetaṃ phalaṃ tatra vadāmy aham ||
Thus the discerning astrologer should know the Pada (Arudha) in every house; endowed with the stated characteristics, I shall now declare its results.
भावाधीशं विलोक्यैतद्यावद्भावाद्विवर्तते । तावति स्वगृहात्तस्य पदं तन्नाम विदुर्बुधाः ॥
bhāvādhīśaṃ vilokya etad yāvad bhāvād vivartate | tāvati svagṛhāt tasya padaṃ tan nāma vidur budhāḥ ||
Having observed the lord of a bhava, count as many signs as he is removed from that bhava; reckoning the same number onward from his own sign, the wise know that arrived-at sign as its Pada (Arudha).
पदं तद्भावसमं यस्य सप्तमे वा विशिष्यते । दशमं तत्र विज्ञेयं पदमाख्यातमुत्तमम् ॥
padaṃ tad bhāvasamaṃ yasya saptame vā viśiṣyate | daśamaṃ tatra vijñeyaṃ padam ākhyātam uttamam ||
If for any bhava the computed Pada falls in that same sign, or in its seventh, then the tenth sign counted from there should alone be known as the certain and excellent Pada.