Sanskrit verses with English translation from Vaidyanatha Dikshita. Read the full classical treatise on AstroFusion Learning.
उच्चस्थं स्वगृहस्थं च स्वमूलत्रिकोणगम्। बलवन्तं वदन्त्येतं फलदं च न संशयः॥
uccasthaṃ svagṛhasthaṃ ca svamūlatrikōṇagam | balavantaṃ vadantyetaṃ phaladaṃ ca na saṃśayaḥ ||
A planet in exaltation, in its own sign, or in its mūlatrikoṇa is declared strong and undoubtedly bestows its results.
स्वोच्चत्रिकोणस्वसुहृद्दृगाणराश्यंशवैशेषिकवर्गवन्तः । आरोहवीर्याधिकविन्दुकास्ते खेचारिणः स्थानबलाधिकाः स्युः ॥
svoccatrikoṇasvasuhṛddṛgāṇarāśyaṃśavaiśeṣikavargavantaḥ | ārohavīryādhikavindukāste khecariṇaḥ sthānabalādhikāḥ syuḥ ||
Planets possessing exaltation, trikona, own-house, friendly-sign and other distinctive vargas, rich in bindus and ascending strength, are declared foremost in sthāna bala — positional strength.
विलग्नपातालबधूनभोगा बुधामरेज्यौ भृगुसूनुचन्द्रौ । मन्दो धरासूनुदिवाकरौ चेत् क्रमेण ते दिग्बलशालिनः स्युः ॥
vilagnapātālabadhūnabhogā budhāmarejyau bhṛgusūnucandrau | mando dharāsūnudivākarau cet krameṇa te digbalaśālinaḥ syuḥ ||
Mercury and Jupiter in the lagna, Venus and the Moon in the fourth, Saturn in the seventh, and Mars together with the Sun in the tenth — thus each planet attains full directional strength (digbala).
निशीन्दुमन्दावनिजाः परेऽहनि स्वकीयहोरासममासवासराः । सितादिपक्षद्वयगाः शुभाशुभा बुधः सदा कालजवीर्यशालिनः ॥
niśīndumandāvanijāḥ pare'hani svakīyahorāsamamāsavāsarāḥ | sitādipakṣadvayagāḥ śubhāśubhā budhaḥ sadā kālajavīryaśālinaḥ ||
The Moon, Saturn and Mars grow powerful at night and the rest by day; planets gain strength in their own hora, month and weekday; benefics flourish in the bright fortnight and malefics in the dark, while Mercury is ever-endowed with temporal strength.
अर्धाधिकं षट्कमिनस्य सूरेः शुक्रस्य पञ्चाधिकमर्धरूपम् । सप्तेन्दुपुत्रस्य बलं षडिन्दोः सौरारयोः सायकरूपसंख्या ॥
ardhādhikaṃ ṣaṭkaminasya sureḥ śukrasya pañcādhikamardharūpam | saptenduputrasya balaṃ ṣadindoḥ saurārayoḥ sāyakarūpasaṃkhyā ||
The Sun's strength is counted as six and a half, Venus's as five and a half; Mercury's is seven and the Moon's six, while for Saturn and Mars it equals the measure called sāyaka.