Sanskrit verses with English translation from Vaidyanatha Dikshita. Read the full classical treatise on AstroFusion Learning.
द्वादशेशो यदा बली लग्नादष्टमगोऽपि वा। देशान्तरवासं च यात्रां च विनिर्दिशेत्॥
dvādaśeśo yadā balī lagnādaṣṭamago'pi vā | deśāntaravāsaṃ ca yātrāṃ ca vinirdiśet ||
When the lord of the 12th is strong, or occupies the 8th from the lagna, it indicates residence in a foreign land and travels.
वानप्रस्थस्तपस्वी वनगिरिनिलयो नग्नशिलो विवासा भिक्षुः स्यादेकदण्डी सततमुपनिषत्तत्त्वनिष्टो महात्मा । नानादेशप्रवासी च्रकपतिवरः शाक्ययोगी कुशीलो राजश्रीमान् यशस्वी गुरुरशनपरो जल्पको जीवकः स्यात् ॥ १६॥
vānaprasthastapasvī vanagirinilayo nagnaśilo vivāsā bhikṣuḥ syādekadaṇḍī satatamupaniṣattattvaniṣṭo mahātmā | nānādeśapravāsī cakra-pativaraḥ śākyayogī kuśīlo rājaśrīmān yaśasvī gururaśanaparo jalpako jīvakaḥ syāt || 16||
By these renunciate yogas the native becomes a forest-dwelling vānaprastha ascetic, a hill recluse, a naked wanderer, an exile, a monk or ekadandi ever devoted to the truth of the Upanishads, a great soul; or else a dweller and traveller in many lands, a supreme emperor, a Shakya yogi, a learned preceptor, a royal luminary, a renowned teacher given to instructing, or an eloquent disputant.
जीवारमन्दलग्नेषु मन्ददृष्तियुतेषु च। लग्नाद्धर्मगते जीवे नृपयोगेऽपि तीर्थकृत् ॥ २१॥
jīvāramanda-lagneṣu mandadṛṣti-yuteṣu ca| lagnād dharmagate jīve nṛpa-yoge'pi tīrthakṛt || 21||
Even in the midst of royal yogas, when Jupiter occupying the 9th from the lagna stands conjunct or aspected by Saturn, the native becomes a tirthakrit — a ceaseless traveller to holy places.
नवमस्थानगे चन्द्रे नभोगैर्नावलोकिते । नृपयोगेऽपि सञ्जातो दीक्षितो नृपतिर्भवेत् ॥ २२॥
navama-sthānage candre nabho-gair nāvalokite | nṛpa-yoge'pi sañjāto dīkṣito nṛpatir bhavet || 22||
When the Moon in the ninth house is not beheld by malefic planets, one born even in a kingly yoga becomes a diksita — an initiated pilgrim, a monarch given to roaming.
चन्द्रात्कर्मणि भूसुते बुधयुते शाश्त्रोपजीवी भवेत् सेज्ये नीचजनाधिपः सभृगुजे वैदेशिकः स्याद्वणिक् । सार्कौ साहसिकोऽसुतश्च शशिनः कर्मस्थिते बोधने सेज्ये षण्डतनुश्च दीनवष्टनः ख्यातो नृपाल्प्रियः ॥ ५६॥
candrāt karmaṇi bhūsute budha-yute śāstra-upajīvī bhavet sejye nīca-janādhipaḥ sa-bhṛguje vaiśeṣikaḥ syād vaṇik | sārkau sāhasiko'sutaś ca śaśinaḥ karma-sthite bodhane sejye ṣaṇḍa-tanuś ca dīna-vaṣṭanaḥ khyāto nṛpālpriyaḥ || 56||
Judged from the Moon in the house of karma: joined to Mars the native lives by weapons, joined to Mercury by the scriptures; with Jupiter he is a lord over lowly people, while with Venus he becomes a vaideshika — a merchant whose trade runs to foreign lands.