rājābhiṣekaḥ śubha uttarāyaṇe gurvinduśukraiditair balānvitaiḥ| bhaumārkalagneśadaśeśajanmapair no caitraṛktārniśāmalimluce||1||
ROYAL CORONATION (rājābhiṣeka) is auspicious when the Sun is in uttarāyaṇa and Jupiter, Moon, Venus (with Aditi) are strength-endowed, together with Mars-Sun, the lagna, its lord, the current daśā lord and the natal-lagna lord; it is NOT auspicious in the month of Chaitra, in ṛkta tithis, at night, or in an intercalary (malimluca/adhika) month. Tika: ṛkta tithis = 4/9/14; the chapter opens with Govinda's maṅgala 'rājābhiṣecanādhyāyaḥ samyag vyākhyāyate adhunā'. [Joshi ed., print p.440, OCR-corrected]
Verse 2 — Star & Lagna Purity Register (Weekday Bars)
मन्त्रशाक्रकरपुष्यरोहिणीवैष्णवेषु त्रिष्वुत्तरासु च। रेवतीमृगशिरोऽश्विनीषु च दमामृतं समभिषेक इष्यते॥
mantraśākrakarapuṣyarohiṇīvaiṣṇaveṣu triṣvuttarāsu ca| revatīmṛgaśiro'śvinīṣu ca damāmṛtaṃ samabhiṣeka iṣyate||
Coronation is sanctioned in Mantrā, Śākra (Jyeṣṭhā), Kara(?), Puṣya (Tiṣya), Rohiṇī, Vaiṣṇava (Śravaṇa) and the three Uttarā stars, plus Revatī, Mṛgaśīrṣa and Aśvinī (reading 'damāmṛtam' uncertain in scan). Tika adds Chandeśvara's register (Mantrā, Śākra, Śravaṇa, Puṣya, Tiṣya-Uttarās, Pauṣṇa/Aśleṣā, Prājāpatya/Rohiṇī, Mṛgaśiras) and bars: no abhiṣeka in rikta tithis or amāvāsyā, on Wednesday/Tuesday weekdays, on an evil day, in nirṛta star, or in naidhana (Vasiṣṭha); lagna should be śīrṣodaya (Mithuna-Siṃha-Kanyā-Tulā-Vṛścika-Kumbha) or janma-lagna/janma-rāśi upacaya (3,6,11) with benefic occupation/aspect for a firm throne (Vasiṣṭha: 'śīrṣodaye copacaye grahe vā svajanmalagnādatha lagnage'pi'). [Joshi ed., print pp.441-442, OCR-corrected]
"Therefore amid these faults one should never carelessly perform an auspicious act" — Vasiṣṭha's caution, cited by the tika (against dismissing vedhādi doṣas as region-dependent parihāras). Balance of the block: planets standing in koṇa/own/exaltation/friend signs ever grant vast Lakṣmī and fame, while malefics in debilitation/enemy signs give kings grief and fear (Vasiṣṭha); verse 3 maps malefics — lagna→disease, 8th→death, 5th→child-affliction, 2nd/12th→poverty, 10th→idleness, 4th→wounds — all turning auspicious when benefics occupy kendras. Chapter closes with the maṅgala 'vyākhyāne hy abhiṣecana-prakaraṇaṃ rājño 'gamadūrṇatām'. [Joshi ed., print pp.441-445, OCR-corrected]