Sanskrit verses with English translation from Maharishi Parasara. Read the full classical treatise on AstroFusion Learning.
ग्रहात्स्वक्षेत्रं ग्रहस्वामिगतं तत्सममप्यथ । पदं विदुर्बुधा लोके पदार्थप्रतिपादकम् ॥
grahāt sva-kṣetraṃ grahasvāmi-gataṃ tat samam apy atha | padaṃ vidur budhā loke padārtha-pratipādkam ||
The wise know the Arudha (Pada) to be that sign which lies, from the lord of a sign, at a distance equal to the lord's own distance from that sign; it indicates the manifested substance of that house.
लग्नाद् यावतिथे राशौ तिष्ठेल्लग्नेश्वरः क्रमात् । ततस्तावतिथे राशौ लग्नस्य पदमुच्यते ॥ २॥
lagnād yāvatithe rāśau tiṣṭhel lagneśvaraḥ kramāt | tatas tāvatithe rāśau lagnasya padam ucyate || 2||
Count from the Lagna to the sign occupied by its lord; the same number counted forward from the lord's sign gives the Pada (Arudha) of the Lagna.
सर्वेषामाप भावानां ज्ञेयमेवं पदं द्विज । तनुभावपदं तत्र बुधा मुख्यपदं विदुः ॥ ३॥
sarveṣām āpa bhāvānāṃ jñeyam evaṃ padaṃ dvija | tanubhāvapadaṃ tatra budhā mukhyapadaṃ viduḥ || 3||
Thus the Pada of all bhavas is to be known, O Brahmin; among them the wise hold the pada of the Tanu bhava (Arudha Lagna) as the chief.
स्वस्थानं सप्तमं नैवं पदं भवितुमर्हति । तस्मिन् पदत्वे विज्ञेयं मध्यं तुर्यं क्रमात् पदम् ॥ ४॥
svasthānaṃ saptamaṃ naivaṃ padaṃ bhavitumarhati | tasmin padatve vijñeyaṃ madhyaṃ turyaṃ kramāt padam || 4||
The pada cannot fall in the same sign or the seventh from it; if it does so, know the tenth therefrom as the pada, or the fourth in sequence.
यस्माद् यावतिथे राशौ खेटात् तद्भवनं द्विज । ततस्तावतिथं राशिं खेटारूढं प्रचक्षते ॥ ६॥
yasmād yāvatithe rāśau kheṭāt tad bhavanaṃ dvija | tatas tāvatithaṃ rāśiṃ kheṭārūḍhaṃ pracakṣate || 6||
From the sign a planet occupies, count to that planet's own sign-lordship position; the resulting equally-distant sign is called the planet's Arudha.