Sanskrit verses with English translation from Maharishi Parasara. Read the full classical treatise on AstroFusion Learning.
षोडशवर्गेषु यो युक्तः सर्वांशगुणसंयुतः । स शुभांशी सदा ज्ञेयो राजपदमवाप्नुयात् ॥
ṣoḍaśavargeṣu yo yuktaḥ sarvāṃśa-guṇa-saṃyutaḥ | sa śubhāṃśī sadā jñeyo rājapadam avāpnuyāt ||
A planet that is situated in its own (exalted or own-sign) divisions among the sixteen Varga charts, endowed with all divisional strengths, is ever auspicious and confers a royal station.
वर्गान् षोडश यानाह ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः । तानहं सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि मैत्रेय श्रूयतामिति।
vargān ṣoḍaśa yān āha brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ | tān ahaṃ sampravakṣyāmi maitreya śrūyatām iti || 2||
The sixteen vargas proclaimed by Brahma, the grandsire of the worlds — I shall now explain them all; listen, O Maitreya.
क्षेत्रं होरा च द्रेष्काणस्तुर्यांशः सप्तमांशकः । नवांशो दशमांशश्च सूर्याम्शः षोडशांशकः ॥ ३॥
kṣetraṃ horā ca dreṣkāṇas turyāṃśaḥ saptamāṃśakaḥ | nabāṃśo daśamāṃśaśca sūryāṃśaḥ ṣoḍaśāṃśakaḥ || 3||
Kshetra (rashi), Hora, Drekkana, Chaturthamsha, Saptamsha, Navamsha, Dashamamsha and Shodashamsha — the divisions of the zodiac.
विंशांशो वेदवाह्वंशो भांशस्त्रिंशांशकस्ततः । खवेदांशोऽक्षवेदांशः षष्ठ्यंशश्च ततः परम् ॥ ४॥
viṃśāṃśo vedavāhvāṃśo bhāṃśas triṃśāṃśakastataḥ | khavedāṃśo 'kṣavedāṃśaḥ ṣaṣṭhyāṃśaśca tataḥ param || 4||
Then Vimshamsha, Vedavahvamsha (Chaturvimshamsha), Bhamsha (Saptavimshamsha), Trimshamsha, Khavedamsha, Akshavedamsha and finally Shashtiamsha.
तत्क्षेत्रं तस्य खेटस्य राशेर्यो यस्य नायकः । सूर्येन्द्वोर्विषमे राशौ समे तद्विपरीतकम् ॥ ५॥
tat kṣetraṃ tasya kheṭasya rāśeryo yasya nāyakaḥ | sūryendvor viṣame rāśau same tad viparītakam || 5||
The Kshetra of a planet is the rashi whose lord it is; in an odd rashi the Hora lords are Sun and Moon, in an even rashi the reverse.