Sanskrit verses with English translation from Maharishi Parasara. Read the full classical treatise on AstroFusion Learning.
लग्नेशे लग्नगे देहसौख्यं शौर्यं समन्वितः । मनस्वी चञ्चलश्चैव द्विभार्यो व्यभिचारवान् ॥
lagneshe lagnage dehasaukhyam shauryam samanvitah | manasvi chanchalashchaiva dvibharyo vyabhicharavan ||
When the Ascendant lord occupies the Ascendant, the native is blessed with robust vitality, self-reliance, leadership prowess, sharp intelligence, and independent enterprise.
अरिष्टं तत्प्रभङ्गं च श्रुतं त्वत्तो मया मुने । कस्माद् भावात् फलं किं किं विचार्यमिति मे वद ॥ १॥
ariṣṭaṃ tat prabhaṅgaṃ ca śrutaṃ tvatto mayā mune | kasmād bhāvāt phalaṃ kiṃ kiṃ vicāryam iti me vada || 1||
Affliction and its cancellation have been heard by me from you, O Sage; now tell me — from which house is which fruit to be judged?
देहं रूपं च ज्ञानं च वर्णं चैव बलाबलम् । सुखं दुःखं स्वभावञ्च लग्नभावान्निरीक्षयेत् ॥ २॥
dehaṃ rūpaṃ ca jñānaṃ ca varṇaṃ caiva balābalam | sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ svabhāvañca lagnabhāvān nirīkṣayet || 2||
Body, form, knowledge, caste (social standing), strength and weakness, happiness, sorrow and nature — all are examined from the Lagna bhava.
धनधान्यं कुटुम्बांश्च मृत्युजालममित्रकम् । धातुरत्नादिकं सर्वं धनस्थानान्निरीक्षयेत् ॥ ३॥
dhanadhānyaṃ kuṭumbāṃśca mṛtyujālam amitram | dhāturatnādikaṃ sarvaṃ dhanasthānān nirīkṣayet || 3||
Wealth, grains, family, death's snare, enemies and the like, metals, gems and everything valuable — examine from the Dhana-sthana (2nd house).
विक्रमं भृत्यभ्रात्रादि चोपदेशप्रयाणकम् । वाहनान्यथ बन्धूंश्च मातृसौख्यादिकान्यपि । निधि क्षेत्रं गृहं चापि चतुर्थात् परिचिन्तयेत् ॥ ५॥
vikramaṃ bhṛtyabhrātrādi copadeśaprayāṇakam | vāhanānyatha bandhūṃśca mātṛsaukhyādikānyapi | nidhi kṣetraṃ gṛhaṃ cāpi caturthāt paricintayet ||
Valour, servants, brothers and counsel-journeys from the third; vehicles, relatives, maternal happiness, treasures, land and home are reflected upon from the fourth.
लग्नेशे लग्नगे देहसुखभाग् भुजविक्रमी । मनस्वी चञ्चलश्चैव द्विभार्यो परगोऽपि वा ॥ १॥
lagneśe lagnage dehasukhabhāg bhujavikramī | manasvī cañcalaścaiva dvibhāryo parago'pi vā || 1||
When the Lagna lord is in the Lagna, the native enjoys bodily happiness and strength of arms; is intelligent but restless, may have two spouses or live in another's place.
लग्नेशे धनगे बालो लाभवान् पण्डितः सुखी । सुशीलो धर्मविन्मानी बहुदारगुणैर्युतः ॥ २॥
lagneśe dhanage bālo lābhavān paṇḍitaḥ sukhī | suśīlo dharmavinmānī bahudāraguṇairyutaḥ || 2||
Lagna lord in the Dhana bhava makes one a happy child-blessed earner, learned, virtuous, honoured by the religious, endowed with many qualities.
लग्नेशे सहजे जातः सिंहतुल्यपराक्रमी । सर्वसम्पद्युतो मानी द्विभार्यो मतिमान् सुखी ॥ ३॥
lagneśe sahaje jātaḥ siṃhatulyaparākramī | sarvasampadyuto mānī dvibhāryo matimān sukhī || 3||
Born with the Lagna lord in the Sahaja bhava, one is lion-like in courage, endowed with all wealth, honourable, wise and happy.
लग्नेशे सुतगे जन्तोः सुतसौख्यं च मध्यमम् । प्रथमापत्यनाशः स्यान्मानी क्रोधी नृपप्रियः ॥ ५॥
lagneśe sutage jantoḥ sutasaukhyaṃ ca madhyamam | prathamāpatyanāśaḥ syān mānī krodhī nṛpapriyaḥ || 5||
With the Lagna lord in the Putra bhava, progeny-happiness is middling; loss of the first child is indicated; the native is honorable, quick to anger, dear to kings.
लग्नेशेऽष्टमगे जातः सिद्धविद्याविशारदः । रोगी चौरो महाक्रोधी द्यूती च परदारगः ॥ ८॥
lagneśe 'ṣṭamage jātaḥ siddhavidyāviśāradaḥ | rogī cauro mahākrodhī dyūtī ca paradāragaḥ || 8||
Born with the Lagna lord in the eighth, one is skilled in occult sciences (siddha-vidya) yet diseased, thievish, greatly wrathful, gambling-prone and covetous of others' spouses.