Sanskrit verses with English translation from Sage Satyacharya. Read the full classical treatise on AstroFusion Learning.
राशौ यत्फलमादिष्टं नवांशे तत्परीक्षयेत् । नवांशे बलवान् खेटो राशौ हीनोऽपि सिद्धिदः ॥
rāśau yat phalam ādiṣṭaṃ navāṃśe tat parīkṣayet | navāṃśe balavān kheṭo rāśau hīno 'pi siddhidaḥ ||
Whatever effect is declared in the Rasi chart must be verified in the Navamsha (D9); a planet strong in Navamsha, even if weak in Rasi, yields full fulfillment of its indications.
स्वराशिनवमांशस्थो वर्गोत्तम उच्यते । स एव बलवान् ग्रहः स्वभावफलं व्रजेत् ॥
svarāśinavamāṁsthō vargottama ucyate | sa eva balavān grahaḥ svabhāvaphalaṁ vrajet ||
A planet occupying the same sign in both the rasi chart and the navamsa is called vargottama; he alone is counted supremely strong and delivers his natural fruit undiluted. Whatever house he owns or occupies flourishes under his doubled dignity.
राशौ नीचस्थितः कश्चिन्नवांशे त्वुच्चगो भवेत् । आरम्भे क्लेशमाप्नोति परं शुभमवाप्नुयात् ॥
rāśau nīcasthitaḥ kaścin navāṁśe tvuccago bhavet | ārambhe kleśam āpnoti paraṁ śubham avāpnuyāt ||
Should a planet stand debilitated in the sign yet exalted in his navamsa, he meets struggle at the outset of matters but ultimately secures the highest good. Early effort appears wasted, yet the navamsa seed ripens into success as life matures.
उच्चे राशौ स्थितः शोभे नवांशे नीचगो भवेत् । प्रथमं शोभया याति पश्चाच्छैथिल्यमश्नुते ॥
ucce rāśau sthitaḥ śobhe navāṁśe nīcago bhavet | prathamaṁ śobhayā yāti paścāc chaithilyam aśnute ||
A planet resplendent in exaltation in the sign yet fallen in his navamsa shines first and slackens afterwards: early glory, early gains, then a gradual thinning of the same fortune. The outward promise is real but its foundation is shallow.
राशिभावान्नवांशभावं फलं ग्रहो ददाति द्विधा । द्वयं विचार्य वक्तव्यं फलं नात्र विरुध्यति ॥
rāśibhāvān navāṁśabhāvaṁ phalaṁ graho dadāti dvidhā | dvayaṁ vicārya vaktavyaṁ phalaṁ nātra virudhyati ||
A planet dispenses fruit in two streams — from the house he occupies in the rasi chart and from the house corresponding to his navamsa sign counted from the ascendant. Both currents are to be weighed together, for they do not contradict but complete one another.
स्वनवांशगतो भावं यो रक्षति स ईश्वरः । न क्षयो नास्ति हानिश्च यावज्जीवममुं विभोः ॥
svanavāṁśagato bhāvaṁ yo rakṣati sa īśvaraḥ | na kṣayo nāsti hāniś ca yāvajjīvam amuṁ vibhoḥ ||
A house-lord seated in his own navamsa is a guardian deity to that house: so long as he lives in the chart, that domain suffers neither ruin nor lasting loss. Transits may shake it, but the lord restores what is his own.
भावस्थो फलमादद्यात्प्रारम्भे भावपो दीर्घम् । स्थितिः शुभ्रा भवेत्तत्र यदा ईशो बलान्वितः ॥
bhāvastho phalam ādyāt prārambhe bhāvapo dīrgham | sthitiḥ śubhrā bhavettatra yadā īśo balānvitaḥ ||
The planet occupying a house yields its first results at the beginning of matters, while the house-lord sustains them for long. When the occupant is weak but the lord strong, early promise seems dim yet the house endures and matures; the reverse pairing burns bright and brief.
नवांशलग्नत्रिकोणं दैवबलमुदीरितम् । तत्र स्था ग्रहशक्तिर्या जीवने शुभं वहेत् ॥
navāṁśalagnatrikoṇaṁ daivabalam udīritam | tatra sthā grahaśaktir yā jīvane śubhaṁ vahet ||
The trines counted from the navamsa lagna are declared the reservoir of fortune; the strength of planets standing in those three signs carries auspiciousness through the whole life. Whatever the rasi chart promises, its delivery is metered out through these navamsa trines.
परिवर्तनयोगेन भावद्वयं सुसमृद्धिमत् । एकोऽन्यस्य गृहं गत्वा स्वफलं परिपूरयेत् ॥
parivartanayogena bhāvadvayaṁ susamṛddhimat | eko 'nyasya gṛhaṁ gatvā svaphalaṁ paripūrayet ||
By the yoga of exchange, when each of two lords sits in the other's house, both houses become richly prosperous: each lord, dwelling in his counterpart's home, fills it with his own fruit. The bond makes the two domains inseparable — they rise or fall together.
द्वयोरपि निचस्थत्वे भावहानिर्न संशयः । शुभदृष्टिसमायाते क्रमेणैव फलं शुभम् ॥
dvayor api nicasthatve bhāvahānir na saṁśayaḥ | śubhadṛṣṭisamāyāte krameṇaiva phalaṁ śubham ||
When the house-lord is debilitated in both the rasi and the navamsa, loss to that house admits no doubt; yet should a benefic aspect reach him, the fruit returns step by step. The double fall marks the wound, the benefic glance marks the cure.