Verse 1 — Definition of Yoga Kāraka planets
[Sanskrit source not available — IAST only] sve ghṛhe mūla-trikona uccā-kendre sthitaḥ paras-param | anyo'nyaṃ kāraka-bhūtaḥ syāt kendra-lagna-bhāvaḥ ||
sve ghṛhe mūla-trikona uccā-kendre sthitaḥ paras-param | anyo'nyaṃ kāraka-bhūtaḥ syāt kendra-lagna-bhāvaḥ ||
Planets posited in own House, Mūlatrikoṇa, or exaltation and simultaneously in Angles become mutual Kāraka, or significators. Such kind of Yoga Kāraka (co-workers) are counted only in regard to Lagna's Angles. This view is held by Acharya Hari.
Verse 2 — Example of Yoga Kāraka
[Sanskrit source not available — IAST only] karka-lagna-sthitaḥ saumyo guru-candra-bhauma-saṃyutaḥ | tulā-sthitaḥ śanaiḥ meṣe ca sūryaḥ paraspara-kārakaḥ ||
karka-lagna-sthitaḥ saumyo guru-candra-bhauma-saṃyutaḥ | tulā-sthitaḥ śanaiḥ meṣe ca sūryaḥ paraspara-kārakaḥ ||
For example Saturn in Libra, while Cancer Ascendant containing Jupiter and the Moon and Mars with the Sun in Aries become mutual Kāraka.
Verse 3 — Yoga Kāraka in exaltation, friendly, own rashi or aṃśa
[Sanskrit source not available — IAST only] uccā-bandhu-sva-rāśy-aṃśa-sthāḥ grahāḥ kāraka-bhāvataḥ | daśama-sthaḥ sūryo viśeṣaḥ kārakaḥ cāṇakya-mate ||
uccā-bandhu-sva-rāśy-aṃśa-sthāḥ grahāḥ kāraka-bhāvataḥ | daśama-sthaḥ sūryo viśeṣaḥ kārakaḥ cāṇakya-mate ||
Planets posited in exaltation, friendly Rāsi, own Rāsi, or Amsa also become Kāraka. The Sun in the 10th, as above, becomes greatly significant. This is Chanakya's opinion.
Verse 4 — Yoga Kāraka by lagna/4th/10th/11th alone (disputed)
[Sanskrit source not available — IAST only] sve ghṛhe mūla-trikona uccā-kendre sthitaḥ parasparam | lagna-caturtha-daśamaikādaśa-bhāva-sthitaḥ kārakaḥ || iti kecit vadanti na tu mahā-munayaḥ |
sve ghṛhe mūla-trikona uccā-kendre sthitaḥ parasparam | lagna-caturtha-daśamaikādaśa-bhāva-sthitaḥ kārakaḥ || iti kecit vadanti na tu mahā-munayaḥ |
Planets though not in Vargas, like own House, become Kāraka, if they are in Lagna, 4th, 10th, or even the 11th. But this view is not acceptable to great sages.
Verse 5 — Effects of Kāraka grahas (basal and royal)
[Sanskrit source not available — IAST only] kāraka-graha-yukto janaḥ pradhānaḥ syāt adharma-jāto 'pi | rāja-kulodbhavaḥ rājā syāt niścitaṃ ||
kāraka-graha-yukto janaḥ pradhānaḥ syāt adharma-jāto 'pi | rāja-kulodbhavaḥ rājā syāt niścitaṃ ||
Even though a person may be born in base strata, he will become chief, if he has Kāraka grahas. One born in royal family without doubt becomes a king in such a case.
Verse 6 — Karakatwa must inform yoga analysis
[Sanskrit source not available — IAST only] yoga-vyākhyāsu kārakāḥ pradhāna-bhāvena vadanti | yoga-phala-jñāne kārakāḥ eva pradhānaḥ ||
yoga-vyākhyāsu kārakāḥ pradhāna-bhāvena vadanti | yoga-phala-jñāne kārakāḥ eva pradhānaḥ ||
While analyzing the Yogas, such Kārakatwas are along important and effects should be declared only on that basis.