Sanskrit verses with English translation from Maharishi Parasara. Read the full classical treatise on AstroFusion Learning.
सप्तमेशो नीचगो राशौ लग्नेशो मोक्षभावगः। स्वोच्चे केन्द्रगतो वापि संन्यासयोग उच्यते॥
saptameśo nīcago rāśau lagneśo mokṣabhāvagaḥ | svocce kendragato vāpi saṃnyāsayoga ucyate ||
When the 7th lord is debilitated and the lagna lord occupies a moksha house (4th, 8th or 12th), or is exalted in a kendra, it is declared a Sanyasa yoga.
अथ विप्र प्रवक्ष्यामि योगं प्रव्रज्यकाभिधम् । प्रव्रजन्ति जना येन सम्प्रदायान्तरं गृहात ॥ १॥
atha vipra pravakṣyāmi yogaṃ pravrajyakābhidham | pravrajanti janā yena sampradāyāntaraṃ gṛhāt || 1||
Now, O Brahmin, I shall explain to you the yoga known as Pravrajya (renunciation), by which people abandon their homes for different religious orders.
चतुरादिभिरेकस्थैः प्रव्रज्या बलिभिः समाः । रव्यादिभिस्तपस्वी च कपाली रक्तवस्त्रभृत् ॥ २॥
caturādibhirekasthaiḥ pravrajyā balibhiḥ samāḥ | ravyādibhistapasvī ca kapālī raktavastrabhṛt || 2||
When four planets beginning with the Sun occupy a single sign with equal strength, they produce renunciation; according to their sequence beginning from the Sun, the native becomes a Tapasvi (ascetic), or a Kapalin bearing a skull and clad in red garments.
एकदण्डी यतिश्चक्रधरो निर्ग्रन्थिकः क्रमात । ज्ञेया वीर्य्याधिकस्यैब सबलेषु बहुष्बपि ॥ ३॥
ekadaṇḍī yatiścakradharo nirgranthikaḥ kramāt | jñeyā vīryādhikasyaiva sabaleṣu bahuṣvapi || 3||
In due sequence one should know the native as an Ekadandi (single-staff bearer), a Yati, a Chakradhara (disc-holder), or a Nirgranthika, according to whichever planet possesses the greatest vigour among the many strong ones.
सूर्येणाऽस्तं गतास्ते चेदपि वीर्य्यसमन्बिताः । अदीक्षितास्तदा ज्ञेया जनास्तद्गतभक्तयः ॥ ४॥
sūryeṇā'staṃ gatāste cedapi vīryasamanvitāḥ | adīkṣitāstadā jñeyā janāstadgatabhaktayaḥ || 4||
If those planets have become combust by the Sun yet remain endowed with vigour, such persons should then be known as uninitiated (without formal consecration) though devoted to that order.
अस्तंगता निर्बलाश्चेत् सबलश्च रविर्यदा । तदा रविभवा ज्ञेया प्रव्रज्या द्विजसत्तम ॥ ५॥
astaṃgatā nirbalāścet sabalaśca raviryadā | tadā ravibhavā jñeyā pravrajyā dvijasattama || 5||
But when the combust planets are devoid of strength while the Sun alone is powerful, O best of twice-born, the renunciation should then be understood as arising from the Sun (a solar order).
जन्मभेशोऽन्यखेटैश्चेददृष्टः शनिमीक्षते । तयोर्बलबशाततत्र प्रव्रज्यामाप्नुयान्नरः ॥ ६॥
janmabheśo'nyakheṭaiścedadṛṣṭaḥ śanimīkṣate | tayorbalavaśāttatra pravrajyāmāpnuyānnaraḥ || 6||
If the lord of the birth-sign, unseen by other planets, casts its glance upon Saturn, then through the combined strength of those two, the person attains renunciation.