Sanskrit verses with English translation from Vaidyanatha Dikshita. Read the full classical treatise on AstroFusion Learning.
लग्नात् सप्तमपादाच्च योगकारकभावकम्। तन्नाथं तद्वशाच्चैव योगं परिव्रजेद्बुधः॥
lagnāt saptamapādācca yogakārakabhāvakam | tannāthaṃ tadvaśāccaiva yogaṃ parivrajed budhaḥ ||
From the lagna or the 7th, the yoga-causing planet, its house, its lord, and the planet under its influence — when these form the renunciation combination, the native takes to asceticism.
अथ प्रव्रज्यायोगः । जातः पञ्चचतुर्वियच्चरवरैः केन्द्रत्रिकोणस्थितैरेकस्थैर्बलिभिः प्रधानबलवत्खेटास्रमस्थो भवेत् । आदित्यासितजीवशुक्रधरणीपुत्रेन्दुताराहुतैर्वानप्रस्थविवासभिक्षुचरकाः शाक्त्यो गुरुर्जीवकः ॥ १५॥
atha pravrajjāyogaḥ | jātaḥ pañcacaturviyaccaravaraiḥ kendratrikoṇasthitairekasthairbalibhiḥ pradhānabalavatkheṭāśramastho bhavet | ādityāsitajīvaśukradharaṇīputrendutārāhutairvānaprasthavivāsabhikṣucarakāḥ śāktyo gururjīvakaḥ ||
Now the combinations for renunciation. Born with five or four superior planets standing in kendras and trikonas, single and strong, one becomes an inmate of an ashram whose ruling planet is exceedingly powerful. Through the Sun, Saturn, Jupiter, Venus, Mars, Moon and Rahu arise respectively the vanaprastha, vivasa (outcast), bhikshu, charaka, Shakya, guru and jivaka orders.
कर्मस्था बलिनस्त्रयो गगनगाः खोच्चादिवर्गस्थिताः कर्मेशश्व बलाधिको यदि यतिस्तत्तल्यशीलोऽथवा । कर्मेशे बलवर्जिते गृहगृहप्राप्ते दुराचारवान् तद्योगप्रदमध्यगौ धनदस्थानाधिपौ कामधीः ॥ १७॥
karmasthā balinastrayo gaganagāḥ khoccādivargasthitāḥ karmeśaśva balādhiko yadi yatistattalyaśīlo'thavā | karmeśe balavarjjite gṛhagṛhaprāpte durācāravān | tadyogapradamadhyagau dhanadasthānādhipau kāmadhīḥ ||
If three strong sky-goers occupy the tenth house, posited in own, exaltation and suchlike vargas, and the lord of the tenth is also surpassingly strong, the native is a yati of flawless conduct; but if the tenth lord is bereft of strength, though reached by these, he is an ascetic of bad conduct. When the two lords of the yoga-giving planets stand in the wealth-houses (2nd and 11th), he remains covetous.
तद्योगप्रदखेचरैरिनशनिक्षिओनीकुमारान्वितैः सन्यास समुपैति वित्ततनयस्त्रीवर्जितो मानवः । सौम्यांशोपगतः सहस्रकिरणस्तुङ्गातभागस्थितं खेटं पश्यति यौवने वयसि वा बाल्ये यतीशो भवेत् ॥ १८॥
tadyogapradakhecarairinaśanikṣionīkumārānvitaiḥ | sanyāsa samupaiti vittatanayastrīvarjjito mānavaḥ | saumyāṃśopagataḥ sahasrakiraṇastuṅgātabhāgasthitaṃ | kheṭaṃ paśyati yauvane vayasi vā bālye yatīśo bhavet ||
By the yoga-giving planets joined with Saturn and the shadowy planets (Rahu-Ketu), a man attains sannyasa, relinquishing wealth, sons and wife. If the thousand-rayed Sun reaches a benefic portion and stands in exaltation aspecting that planet, he becomes a lord among yogins in youth or even in boyhood.
ग्रहैश्चतुर्भिः सहिते तदीशे केन्द्रत्रिकोणोपगतैस्तु मुक्तः । चतुर्ग्रहः कर्मगतैः प्रव्रज्यां प्राप्नोति जातः कथितो मुनीन्द्रैः ॥ २५॥
grahaiścaturbhiḥ sahite tadīśe kendratrikoṇopagataistu muktaḥ | caturgrahaḥ karmagataiḥ pravrajjāṃ prāpnoti jātaḥ kathito munīndraiḥ ||
When its lord is joined by four planets that have arrived at kendras and trikonas, one is liberated (mukta); when four planets are joined by those occupying the tenth, the native attains pravrajya (wandering renunciation) — thus have the lords of seers declared.