Phala Deepika Ch. 19: Dasas and their Effects

Verse 1 — Invoking the Parashari Vimshottari Dasha

भक्त्या येन नवग्रहा बहुविधैराराधितास्ते चिरं सन्तुष्ताः फलबोधहेतुमदिशन्सानुग्रहं निर्णयम् । ख्यातां तेन पराशरेण कथितां संगृह्य होरागमात् सारं भूरिपरीक्षयातिफलितां वक्ष्ये महाख्यां दशाम् ॥ १॥

bhaktyā yena navagrahā bahuvidhairārādhitāste ciraṃ santuṣtāḥ phalabodhahetumadiśansānugrahaṃ nirṇayam | khyātāṃ tena parāśareṇa kathitāṃ saṃgṛhya horāgamāt sāraṃ bhūriparīkṣayātiphalitāṃ vakṣye mahākhyāṃ daśām || 1||

By devotion the nine grahas were worshipped in manifold ways; being long propitiated, they mercifully disclosed the verdict that reveals results. That famed system taught by Parashara, gathered from the Hora Agama and made supremely fruitful by long examination, its essence I shall now expound - the great Mahadasha.

Verse 2 — The Year-Counts of the Nine Grahas (Cipher Verse)

अग्न्यादितारपत्यो रविचन्द्रभौमसर्पमरेण्यशनिचन्द्रजकेतुशुक्राः । तेने नटः सनिजया चटुधान्यसौम्यस्थने नखा निगदिताः शरदस्तु तेषाम् ॥ २॥

agnyāditārapatyo ravicandrabhaumasarpamareṇyaśanicandrajaketuśukrāḥ | tene naṭaḥ sanijayā caṭudhānyasaumyasthane nakhā nigaditāḥ śaradastu teṣām || 2||

The rulers beginning with Agni - Adita, Tara, and their kin - Ravi, Chandra, Bhauma, Sarpa, Marenya, Shani, Chandraja, Ketu and Shukra - the autumns (years) of all these are declared through the finger-count cipher (nakha), in the seats of Dhanus and the gentle sign, in order.

Verse 3 — Finding the Elapsed Dasha from Ghatika Measures

तृक्षस्य गम्या घटिका दशाब्दनिघ्ना नताप्ता स्वदशाब्दसंख्या । रूपैर्नगैः संगुणयेन्नतेन हृतास्तु मासा दिवसाः क्रमेण ॥ ३॥

tṛkṣasya gamyā ghaṭikā daśābdanighnā natāptā svadaśābdasaṃkhyā | rūpairnagaiḥ saṃguṇayennatena hṛtāstu māsā divasāḥ krameṇa || 3||

The ghatikas traversed in a sign, multiplied by the dasha-year figure and divided by the tally of that same dasha - years elapsed are known. Multiplying by units and further dividing in order give the months, and the days likewise in sequence.

Verse 4 — Refining the Elapsed Dasha by the Yearly Sun

रविस्फुटं तज्जनने यदासीत् तथा विधश्चेत्प्रतिवर्षमर्कः । आवृत्तयुः सन्ति दशाब्दकानां भागक्रमात्तदृवसाः प्रकल्प्याः ॥ ४॥

ravisphuṭaṃ tajjanane yadāsīt tathā vidhaścetprativarṣamarkaḥ | āvṛttayuḥ santi daśābdakānāṃ bhāgakramāttadṛvasāḥ prakalpyāḥ || 4||

Whatever precise solar longitude was fixed at birth, if the same measurement of Arka (the Sun) is taken year upon year in turn, the recurring fractional returns of the dasha-years are then accounted as their aliquot days, in order.

Verse 5 — Sun's Mahadasha - Quarrels and Heat

भानुः करोति कलहं क्षितिपालकोपमाकस्मिकं स्वजनरोगपरिभ्रमं च । अन्योन्यवैरमतिदुःसहचित्तकोपं गुप्त्यर्थधान्यसुतदारकृशानुपीडाम् ॥ ५॥

bhānuḥ karoti kalahaṃ kṣitipālakopamākasmikaṃ svajanarogaparibhramaṃ ca | anyonyavairamatiduḥsahacittakopaṃ guptyarthadhānyasutadārakṛśānupīḍām || 5||

Bhanu (the Sun) produces quarrels born of the ruler's anger, sudden sickness and delusive worry among one's own people; mutual enmity, unbearable anger of heart; and the torment of Krsanu (the Sun) upon hidden wealth, grain, sons and wife.

Verse 6 — The Sun Dasha of a Strong Sun

क्रौर्यध्विभूपैः कलहैर्धनाप्तिं वनाद्रिसंचारमतिप्रसिद्धिम् । करोति सुस्थो विजयं दिनेशस्तैक्ष्ण्यं सदोद्योगरतिं सुखं च ॥ ६॥

krauryadhvibhūpaiḥ kalahairdhanāptiṃ vanādrisaṃcāramatiprasiddhim | karoti sustho vijayaṃ dineśastaikṣṇyaṃ sadodyogaratiṃ sukhaṃ ca || 6||

When strong, Dinesha (the Sun) gives wealth even through quarrels with the fierce and with kings, movement through forests and mountains, wide fame; victory, sharpness of intellect, constant industrious zeal and happiness.

Verse 7 — Moon's Mahadasha - Mind's Delight

मनःप्रसादं प्रकरोति चन्द्रः सर्वार्थसिद्धिं सुखभोजनं च । स्त्रीपुत्रभूषाम्बररत्नसिद्धीं गोक्षेत्रेलाभं द्विजपूजनं च ॥ ७॥

manaḥprasādaṃ prakaroti candraḥ sarvārthasiddhiṃ sukhabhojanaṃ ca | strīputrabhūṣāmbararatnasiddhīṃ gokṣetrelābhaṃ dvijapūjanaṃ ca || 7||

Chandra confers tranquility of mind, success in every aim, enjoyable food; wife, sons, ornaments, garments, gems fulfilled; gain of cattle and land, and worship of the twice-born.

Verse 8 — Splitting the Moon Dasha by Thirds

बलेन सर्वं शशिनस्तु वाच्यं पूर्वे दशाहे फलमत्र मध्यम् । मध्ये दशहे परिपूर्णवीर्यं तृतीयेभागेऽल्पफलं क्रमेण ॥ ८॥

balena sarvaṃ śaśinastu vācyaṃ pūrve daśāhe phalamatra madhyam | madhye daśahe paripūrṇavīryaṃ tṛtīyebhāge'lpaphalaṃ krameṇa || 8||

All this of the Moon is told by strength: in the first third of the dasha the fruit is middling; in the middle third full of potency; in the final third meagre - successively.

Verse 9 — Mars' Mahadasha - Fire and Friction

भौमस्य स्वदशाफलानि हुतभुग्भूपाहवाद्यैर्धनं भैषज्यानृतवञ्चनैश्च विविधैः क्रौर्यैर्धनस्यागमः । पित्तासृग्ज्वरबाधितश्च सततं नीचाङ्गनासेवनं विद्वेषः सुतदारबन्धुगुरुभिः कष्टोऽन्यभाग्ये रतः ॥ ९॥

bhaumasya svadaśāphalāni hutabhugbhūpāhavādyairdhanaṃ bhaiṣajyānṛtavañcanaiśca vividhaiḥ krauryairdhanasyāgamaḥ | pittāsṛgjvarabādhitaśca satataṃ nīcāṅganāsevanaṃ vidveṣaḥ sutadārabandhugurubhiḥ kaṣṭo'nyabhāgye rataḥ || 9||

Mars gives wealth by the sacrificial flame and by royal contests; and through medicine, false bargains and manifold cruelties the coming of money; afflicted ever by pitta, blood and fever; resort to base women; hatred; harassment by sons, wife, kinsmen and preceptors; and trouble drawn to another's fortune.

Verse 10 — Mercury's Mahadasha - Amiability and Learning

सौम्यः करोति सुहृदागममात्मसौख्यं विद्वत्प्रशंसितयशश्च गुरुप्रसादम् । प्रागल्भ्यमुक्तिविषयेऽपि परोपकारं जायात्मजादिसुहृदां कुशलं महत्त्वम् ॥ १०॥

saumyaḥ karoti suhṛdāgamamātmasaukhyaṃ vidvatpraśaṃsitayaśaśca guruprasādam | prāgalbhyamuktiviṣaye'pi paropakāraṃ jāyātmajādisuhṛdāṃ kuśalaṃ mahattvam || 10||

The gentle Saumya (Mercury) confers the coming of friends, happiness of self, a fame praised by the learned and the grace of the guru; bold speech, aid to others; wellbeing of wife, sons and friends, and greatness.

Verse 11 — Jupiter's Mahadasha - Dharma and Esteem

धर्मक्रियाप्तिममरेन्द्रगुरुर्विधत्ते संतानसिद्धिमवनीपतिपूजनं च । श्लाघ्यत्वमुन्नतजनेषु गजाश्वयानप्राप्तिं वधूसुतसुहृद्युतिमिष्टसिद्धिम् ॥ ११॥

dharmakriyāptimamarendragururvidhatte saṃtānasiddhimavanīpatipūjanaṃ ca | ślāghyatvamunnatajaneṣu gajāśvayānaprāptiṃ vadhūsutasuhṛdyutimiṣṭasiddhim || 11||

Amarindra's guru (Jupiter) bestows accomplishment of righteous works, success of progeny and worship by the lords of the land; being celebrated among elevated folk; the coming of elephants, horses and carriages; radiance of bride, sons and friends, and fulfilment of desires.

Verse 12 — Venus' Mahadasha - Grace and Comfort

क्रीडासुखोपकरणानि सुवाहनाप्तिं गोरत्मभूषणनिधिप्रमदाप्रमोदम् । ज्ञनक्रियां सलिलयानमुपैति शौक्रयां कल्याणकर्मबहुमानमिलाधिनाथात् ॥ १२॥

krīḍāsukhopakaraṇāni suvāhanāptiṃ goratmabhūṣaṇanidhipramadāpramodam | jñanakriyāṃ salilayānamupaiti śaukrayāṃ kalyāṇakarmabahumānamilādhināthāt || 12||

In the dasha of the deity of love (Venus) come play-delights and their tools, the acquisition of fine vehicles; cattle, gems, treasure and the delight of women; the undertaking of sacred rites and water-journeys; and the honoring of auspicious rites by the lord of the earth.

Verse 13 — Saturn's Mahadasha - Cold Harvest

पाकेऽर्कजस्यनिजदारसुतातिरोगान्वातोत्तरान्कृषिविनाशमसत्प्रलापम् । कुस्त्रीरतिं परिजनैर्वियुतिं प्रवास माकस्मिकं स्वजनभूमिसुखार्थनाशम् ॥ १३॥

pāke'rkajasyanijadārasutātirogānvātottarānkṛṣivināśamasatpralāpam | kustrīratiṃ parijanairviyutiṃ pravāsa mākasmikaṃ svajanabhūmisukhārthanāśam || 13||

In the period of Arka's son (Saturn): diseases of own wife and son, sufferings of the northern wind, ruin of crops, senseless talk; the regard of a wicked woman, abandonment by attendants, exile; and sudden loss of the happiness of home and land.

Verse 14 — Saturn's Dasha - Debility and Disgrace

कुर्यार्दहिः क्षितिपचोरविषाग्नोशस्त्रभीर्तिं सुतार्तिसतिविभ्रमबन्धुनाशम् । नीचावमाननमतिक्रमतोऽपवादं स्थानच्युतिं पदहातिं कृतकार्यहानिम् ॥ १४॥

kuryārdahiḥ kṣitipacoraviṣāgnośastrabhīrtiṃ sutārtisativibhramabandhunāśam | nīcāvamānanamatikramato'pavādaṃ sthānacyutiṃ padahātiṃ kṛtakāryahānim || 14||

During that same hazardous span: terror of arms, torment of son, extreme delusion, ruin of friends; the humiliation devised by the lowly, dishonour; loss of the seat held and of office; and the wreck of undertakings.

Verse 15 — Rahu in Benefic Company Gives Fortune

विधुंतुदे शुभान्विते प्रशस्तभावसंयुते दशा शुभप्रदा तदा महीपतुल्यभूतिदा । अभीष्टकार्यसिद्धयो गृहे सुखस्थितिर्भवेदचञ्चलार्थसंचयाः क्षितौ प्रसिद्धकीर्तयः ॥ १५॥

vidhuṃtude śubhānvite praśastabhāvasaṃyute daśā śubhapradā tadā mahīpatulyabhūtidā | abhīṣṭakāryasiddhayo gṛhe sukhasthitirbhavedacañcalārthasaṃcayāḥ kṣitau prasiddhakīrtayaḥ || 15||

When Vidhuntuda (Rahu) is joined to benefics or united with praśasta bhāvas, in that dasha the native receives a prosperity like a king's; unshakable accumulations of wealth and wide renown.

Verse 16 — Rahu's Dasha Ends in Ruin

पथोनमीनालिगतस्य राहोर्दशाविपाके महितं च सौख्यम् । देशाधिप्त्यं नरवाहनाप्तिर्दशावसाने सकलस्य नाशः ॥ १६॥

pathonamīnāligatasya rāhordaśāvipāke mahitaṃ ca saukhyam | deśādhiptyaṃ naravāhanāptirdaśāvasāne sakalasya nāśaḥ || 16||

In the ripening of the dasha of Rahu posited in Virgo (Pāthona), Pisces (Mīna), or Scorpio (Ali), great happiness, rulership over a region, and acquisition of men and vehicles ensue; yet at the end of the dasha, all is destroyed.

Verse 17 — Ketu's Dasha - Wounds and Exile

केतोर्दशायामरिचोरभूपैः पीडा च शस्त्रक्षतमुष्णरोगः । मिथ्यापवादः कुलदूषितत्वं वह्नेर्भयं प्रोषणमात्मदेशात् ॥ १७॥

ketordaśāyāmaricorabhūpaiḥ pīḍā ca śastrakṣatamuṣṇarogaḥ | mithyāpavādaḥ kuladūṣitatvaṃ vahnerbhayaṃ proṣaṇamātmadeśāt || 17||

In Ketu's dasha, from the Sun and from the kings: affliction, wounds of weapons, burning fevers; false calumny, taint of the lineage; fear of fire; and banishment from one's own land.

Verse 18 — The Sun's Dashā Once More - Scourge

अथ तरणिदशायां क्रौर्यभूपालयुद्धैर्धनमनलचतुष्पात्पीडनं नेत्रतापः । उदरदशनरोगः पुत्रदारार्तिरुच्चैर्गुरुजनविरहः स्याद्भृत्यनाशोऽर्थहानिः ॥ १८॥

atha taraṇidaśāyāṃ krauryabhūpālayuddhairdhanamanalacatuṣpātpīḍanaṃ netratāpaḥ | udaradaśanarogaḥ putradārārtiruccairgurujanavirahaḥ syādbhṛtyanāśo'rthahāniḥ || 18||

Now, in Tāraṇi's (the Sun's) dasha: battles with cruel kings, losses through fire and cattle, the torment of the eyes; belly-diseases, torment of sons and wife; the loss of elders, the destruction of servants, and the ruin of wealth.

Verse 19 — The Moon's Dashā - Clarity and Discord

शिशिरकरदशायां मन्त्रदेवद्विजोर्वीपतिजनितविभूतिः स्त्रीधनक्षेत्रसिद्धिः । कुसुमवसनभूषागन्धनानारसाप्तिभर्वति खलविरोधः स्वक्षयो वातरोगः ॥ १९॥

śiśirakaradaśāyāṃ mantradevadvijorvīpatijanitavibhūtiḥ strīdhanakṣetrasiddhiḥ | kusumavasanabhūṣāgandhanānārasāptibharvati khalavirodhaḥ svakṣayo vātarogaḥ || 19||

In Shīshirakara's (the Moon's) dasha: grace of mantra-deity, brāhmaṇas and the king, the radiance born of them; gains of women, wealth, lands; garlands, garments, ornaments, perfumes and wines; quarrel with the wicked, loss of one's own self, and vāta-disease.

Verse 20 — Mars' Dashā - Land and Blood

क्षितितनयदशायां क्षेत्रवैरक्षितिशप्रतिजनितविभूतिः स्यात्पशुक्षेत्रलाभः । सहजतनयवैरं दुर्जनस्त्रीषुसक्तिदर्हनरुधिरपित्तव्याधिरर्थोपहानिः ॥ २०॥

kṣititanayadaśāyāṃ kṣetravairakṣitiśapratijanitavibhūtiḥ syātpaśukṣetralābhaḥ | sahajatanayavairaṃ durjanastrīṣusaktidarhanarudhirapittavyādhirarthopahāniḥ || 20||

In Kṣititanaya's (Mars') dasha come glory from land-quarrels, from invocations; gain of cattle and land; quarrel with brothers; clinging to unrighteous women; blood-and-pitta illness; and loss of property.

Verse 21 — Rahu's Dashā - The Asura-lord's Weight

असुरवरदशायां दुःस्वभावोऽथवा स्यादतिगहनगदार्तिः सूनुनार्योर्विनाशः । विषभयमरिपीडावीक्षणोद्धर्वाङ्गीरोगः सुहृदि कृषविरोधो भूपतेर्द्वेषलाभः ॥ २१॥

asuravaradaśāyāṃ duḥsvabhāvo'thavā syādatigahanagadārtiḥ sūnunāryorvināśaḥ | viṣabhayamaripīḍāvīkṣaṇoddharvāṅgīrogaḥ suhṛdi kṛṣavirodho bhūpaterdveṣalābhaḥ || 21||

In the dasha of the best of Asuras (Rahu): a wicked temperament, dense deep-seated disease, destruction of sons and elders; fear of poison, torment of enemies, upward eye-ailment; enmity with close ones and loss of kings' regard.

Verse 22 — Jupiter's Dashā Second Look - Honor Cut by Separation

अमरगुरुदशायामम्बराद्यर्थसिद्धिः परिजनपरिवारप्रौढिरत्यर्थमानः । सुतधनसुहृदाप्तिः साधुवादाप्तपूजा भवति गुरुवियोगः कर्णरोगः कफार्तिः ॥ २२॥

amaragurudaśāyāmambarādyarthasiddhiḥ parijanaparivāraprauḍhiratyarthamānaḥ | sutadhanasuhṛdāptiḥ sādhuvādāptapūjā bhavati guruviyogaḥ karṇarogaḥ kaphārtiḥ || 22||

In the dasha of the guru of the gods (Jupiter): garments and other goods come; pride in retinue and retainers; sons, wealth and friends; good speech, and honours of worship; yet separation from the preceptor, ear-disease and kapha-trouble follow.

Verse 23 — Saturn's Dashā - Machine of Toil

रवितनयदशायां राष्टपीडाप्रहारप्रतिजनितविभूतिः प्रेष्यवृद्धाङ्गनाप्तिः । पशुमहिषवृषाप्तिः पुत्रदारप्रपीडा पवनकफगुदार्तिः पादहस्ताङ्गतापः ॥ २३॥

ravitanayadaśāyāṃ rāṣṭapīḍāprahārapratijanitavibhūtiḥ preṣyavṛddhāṅganāptiḥ | paśumahiṣavṛṣāptiḥ putradāraprapīḍā pavanakaphagudārtiḥ pādahastāṅgatāpaḥ || 23||

In Ravitanaya's (Saturn's) dasha are born: glory from harrying the country, acquisition of aged servant-women, buffalo, bull and cattle; torment of sons and wife; vāta, kapha and pudendal disease; and heats of foot, hand and limb.

Verse 24 — Mercury's Dashā Second Look - Teachers and Treasuries

शशितनयदशायां शश्वदाचार्यसिद्धिर्द्विजजनितधनाप्तिः क्षेत्रेगोवाजिलाभः । मनवरसुरपूजा वित्तसंधातसिद्धिः प्रभवति मरुदुष्णश्लेष्मरोगप्रपीडा ॥ २४॥

śaśitanayadaśāyāṃ śaśvadācāryasiddhirdvijajanitadhanāptiḥ kṣetregovājilābhaḥ | manavarasurapūjā vittasaṃdhātasiddhiḥ prabhavati maruduṣṇaśleṣmarogaprapīḍā || 24||

In Shāśitanaya's (Mercury's) dasha: ever the success of teachers; wealth arising from the twice-born; gains of land, conveniences, horses; worship of gods, the learned and cattle; mastery of wealth-accounting and of contracts; and grievous vāṇṛṇia-hṛd-kapha diseases.

Verse 25 — Ketu's Dashā Second Look - Grief and Undoing

शिखिजनितदशायां शोकमोहोऽङ्गनाभिः प्रभुजनपरिपीडा वित्तनाशोऽपराधः । प्रभवति तनुभाजां स्वीयदेशादृशनचरणरोगः श्लेष्मन्तापनं च ॥ २५॥

śikhijanitadaśāyāṃ śokamoho'ṅganābhiḥ prabhujanaparipīḍā vittanāśo'parādhaḥ | prabhavati tanubhājāṃ svīyadeśādṛśanacaraṇarogaḥ śleṣmantāpanaṃ ca || 25||

Under Śikhijanita's (Ketu's) dasha: grief and delusion caused by women; harassment by the king's men; loss of wealth, offences; wandering diseases of the body, of eyes and feet, and oppressive kapha-fever.

Verse 26 — Venus' Dashā Second Look - Splendour and Slacks

भृगुतनयदशायामङ्गनारत्नवस्त्रद्यतिमिधिधनभूषावाजिशय्यासनाप्तिः । क्रयकृषिजलयानप्राप्तवित्तागमो वा भवति गुरुवियोगो बान्धवातिर्मनोरुक् ॥ २६॥

bhṛgutanayadaśāyāmaṅganāratnavastradyatimidhidhanabhūṣāvājiśayyāsanāptiḥ | krayakṛṣijalayānaprāptavittāgamo vā bhavati guruviyogo bāndhavātirmanoruk || 26||

In Bhṛgutanaya's (Venus') dasha come the attainment of women, gems, fine garments, radiant treasures, wealth, ornaments, horses, beds, and seats, and inflow of wealth through trade, agriculture, and sea-voyages; yet separation from preceptors, distress of kinsmen, and mental anguish also occur.

Phala Deepika — Chapter 19: Dasas and their Effects (दशाफलनिरूपणम्)

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