Sanskrit verses with English translation from Maharishi Parasara. Read the full classical treatise on AstroFusion Learning.
राशौ होरायां द्रेष्काणे सप्तमे नवमे तथा । द्वादशांशे च यो युक्तः षड्वर्गबलभाग्भवेत् ॥
rāśau horāyāṃ dreṣkāṇe saptame navame tathā | dvādaśāṃśe ca yo yuktaḥ ṣaḍvargabala-bhāg bhavet ||
When a planet occupies its own, exalted or friendly sign in the Rashi, Hora, Dreshkana, Saptamsha, Navamsha and Dwadashamsha, it gains a share of Shadvarga Bala (strength from the six divisions).
अथ षोडशवर्गेषु विवेकं च वदाम्यहम् । लग्ने देहस्य विज्ञानं होरायां सम्पदादिकम् ॥ १॥
atha ṣoḍaśavargeṣu vivekaṃ ca vadāmy aham | lagne dehasya vijñānaṃ horāyāṃ sampadādikam || 1||
Now I speak of the discernment through the sixteen vargas: from the Lagna know the body; from the Hora, wealth and the like.
द्रेष्काणे भ्रातृजं सौख्यं तुर्यांशे भाग्यचिन्तनम् । पुत्रपौत्रादिकानां बै चिन्तनं सप्तमांशके ॥ २॥
dreṣkāṇe bhrātṛjaṃ saukhyaṃ turyāṃśe bhāgyacintanam | putrapautrādikānāṃ vai cintanaṃ saptamāṃśake || 2||
In the Drekkana, happiness from brothers; in the Chaturthamsha, reflection on fortune; in the Saptamamsha, consideration of sons and grandsons.
नवमांशे कलत्राणां दशमांशे महत्फलम् । द्वादशांशे तथा पित्रोश्चिन्तनं षोडशांशके ॥ ३॥
navamāṃśe kalatrāṇāṃ daśamāṃśe mahatphalam | dvādaśāṃśe tathā pitroś cintanaṃ ṣoḍaśāṃśake || 3||
In the Navamsha, spouse; in the Dashamamsha, great results (power and career); in the Dwadashamsha, parents; and in the Shodashamsha, comforts and conveyances.
सुखाऽसुखस्य विज्ञानं वाहनानां तथैव च । उपासनाया विज्ञानं साध्यं विंशतिभागके ॥ ४॥
sukhā'sukhasya vijñānaṃ vāhanānāṃ tathaiva ca | upāsanāyā vijñānaṃ sādhyaṃ viṃśatibhāgake || 4||
Knowledge of happiness and sorrow, of vehicles, and of worship (spiritual practice) is to be determined from the Vimshamsha.
विद्याया वेदबाह्वंशे भांशे चैव बलाऽबलम् । त्रिंशांशके रिष्टफलं खवेदांशे शुभाऽशुभम् ॥ ५॥
vidyāyā vedabāhvāṃśe bhāṃśe caiva balā'balam | triṃśāṃśake riṣṭaphalaṃ khavedāṃśe śubhā'śubham || 5||
Learning is judged in the Chaturvimshamsha, strength and weakness in the Saptavimshamsha, misfortune in the Trimshamsha, and auspicious and inauspicious results in the Khavedamsha.