Sanskrit verses with English translation from Kalidasa. Read the full classical treatise on AstroFusion Learning.
दशानाथो यदा स्वस्थः स्वोच्चे मित्रगृहे स्थितः। शुभयुक्तोऽथवा शुभदृक् शुभफलप्रदः॥
daśānātho yadā svasthaḥ svocce mitragṛhe sthitaḥ | śubhayukto'thavā śubhadṛk śubhaphalapradaḥ ||
When the dasha lord is in own sign, exaltation, or a friend's house, conjoined or aspected by benefics, it bestows auspicious results.
क्रमेण भानुशशिभूमिजसौम्यजीवशुक्रशनिराहुकेतवः। षड् दश वर्षसप्तकमष्टदशाब्दाः षोडशैकविंशतिः॥
krameṇa bhānuśaśibhūmijasaumyajīvaśukraśanirāhuketavaḥ | ṣaḍ daśa varṣasaptakam aṣṭadaśābdāḥ ṣoḍaśaikaviṃśatiḥ ||
In order Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu, Ketu hold periods of 6, 10, 7, 17, 16, 19, 18, 20(18), 7 years respectively.
जन्मनक्षत्रनाथस्य दशा प्रथममुच्यते। शेषं गतं यदा ज्ञेयं ततो दशाक्रमो भवेत्॥
janmanakṣatranāthasya daśā prathamam ucyate | śeṣaṃ gataṃ yadā jñeyaṃ tato daśākramo bhavet ||
The dasha of the lord of the birth nakshatra comes first; the balance elapsed must be computed, after which the sequence proceeds.
महादशाफलं विद्यादन्तर्दशाफलं तथा। अन्तर्दशा तु तद्भागैः प्रमाणेन प्रकल्पयेत्॥
mahādaśāphalaṃ vidyād antardaśāphalaṃ tathā | antardaśā tu tadbhāgaiḥ pramāṇena prakalpayet ||
Know the mahadasha fruit, then the antardasha fruit; compute sub-periods proportionally by their years within the major period.
षडष्टद्वादशस्थानगतौ दशान्तर्नाथवौ यदि। क्लेशं दुःखं प्रदास्तेऽमी फलं निष्फलमुच्यते॥
ṣaḍ-aṣṭa-dvādaśasthānagatau daśāntarnāthavau yadi | kleśaṃ duḥkhaṃ pradāste'mī phalaṃ niṣphalam ucyate ||
If the mahadasha and antardasha lords stand in each other's sixth, eighth or twelfth, they give affliction and sorrow; the period is called fruitless.
योगकारकदशायां तु राज्यं यशः सुखं भवेत्। वृद्धिः सर्वविधा ज्ञेया तस्य काले विशेषतः॥
yogakārakadaśāyāṃ tu rājyaṃ yaśaḥ sukhaṃ bhavet | vṛddhiḥ sarvavidhā jñeyā tasya kāle viśeṣataḥ ||
In the yogakaraka's dasha there is kingdom, fame and happiness; every kind of growth is known especially in his time.
दुस्थगे स्थितदैवत्ये दशाकाले भवेद् भवेत्। व्ययं रोगः शत्रुक्लेशः फलं तस्य नृणां भवेत्॥
dusthage sthitadaivatye daśākāle bhaved bhavet | vyayaṃ rogaḥ śatrukleśaḥ phalaṃ tasya nṛṇāṃ bhavet ||
When the dasha deity sits in a dusthana, the native faces expense, disease and enemy-affliction during that time.
बलवान् लग्ननाथश्चेत् सर्वदशासु सौख्यदः। मिश्रफलमपि शुभं स्याद् विपरीतं निर्बले भवेत्॥
balavān lagnanāthaś cet sarvadaśāsu saukhyadaḥ | miśraphalam api śubhaṃ syād viparītaṃ nirbale bhavet ||
A strong lagna lord makes even mixed dashas grant comfort; the reverse holds when he is weak.