In the period of a debilitated planet the native meets affliction; the fruit of a strength-less graha is remembered to be equally feeble and bitter. The measure of suffering follows the measure of the fall — navamsa dignity or benefic company softens the same dasa.
Verse 2 — Sixth Lord Striking Lagna and Its Lord — Disease and Enemies
The sixth lord striking the ascendant or afflicting its lord is a perpetual giver of disease: fear of enemies and recurring vexation arrive with him. A single benefic aspect upon the afflicted point releases the native from this siege.
Verse 3 — Eighth Lord in the Lagna — Chronic Anxiety Relieved by Jupiter's Glance
With the eighth lord occupying the ascendant there arises long-drawn illness and ceaseless worry; when Jupiter's aspect arrives upon that lord, the malady certainly abates. The great benefic's glance converts a life of apprehension into one of managed trials.
Verse 4 — Twelfth Lord Connections — Expenditure, Loss and Foreign Residence
vyayeśasambandhayogena kṣayam eva prakīrtitam | śubhasaṁyogavidyamāne videśavāsasukhaṁ bhavet ||
Through connections of the twelfth lord depletion alone is proclaimed; yet when he stands joined with benefics, the same placement yields the happiness of dwelling in foreign lands. Loss and distant migration are one energy read two ways.
Verse 5 — Neechabhanga I — Dispositor in a Kendra from Lagna or Moon
If the dispositor of a debilitated planet occupies a kendra from the ascendant or the Moon, that debility is cancelled and former sorrow departs. The fallen graha rises through his lord: early hardship becomes the very ground of later achievement.
Verse 6 — Neechabhanga II — The Exaltation-Lord's Aspect Purifies the Fall
नीचस्थराशेरुच्चेशो दृष्ट्या संयोगतस्तथा । ग्रहं शोधयति प्राप्तं नीचभङ्गमुदाहृतम् ॥
The lord of the sign where the fallen planet would be exalted — reaching him by aspect or conjunction — purifies that planet, and this is declared cancellation of debility. As gold touched by the refining fire, the graha emerges brighter than before his fall.
Verse 7 — Benefic Aspects on Afflicted Dusthana Lords Dissolve Their Harm
When the lords of the sixth, eighth or twelfth stand afflicted but receive the aspect of benefics, their harmful fruit shrinks and their auspicious capacity certainly grows. Jupiter's glance especially converts these lords into protectors who first wound and then heal.
Verse 8 — Fallen but in Own Navamsa or Retrograde — The Self-Rescue
Though fallen in the sign, a planet standing in his own navamsa or moving retrograde becomes strong: then his defect wastes away and he dispenses good fruit. The graha carries his own remedy within — dignity of varga and peculiar motion both rescue him.
Verse 9 — Exchange Among Dusthana Lords — Vipareeta Rise After Struggle
When the lords of the sixth, eighth and twelfth stand in one another's houses they become beneficent — the vipareeta-raja-yoga that yields the highest success after affliction. The enemies of the chart consume one another, and the native rises upon their mutual ruin.
Verse 10 — Moon Struck by Saturn or Rahu — Mental Distress Calmed by the Dispositor
The Moon struck by Saturn or Rahu, without shelter of benefics, brings distress to the mind — gloom, obsession and unexplained sorrow. Yet when her dispositor stands strong, the turbulence settles: strength of the sign-lord is the classical balm for a wounded Moon.