Sanskrit verses with English translation from Maharishi Parasara. Read the full classical treatise on AstroFusion Learning.
बहवो धनदा योगा श्रुतास्त्वत्तो मया मुने । दरिद्रजन्मदान् योगान् कृपया कथय प्रभो ॥ १॥
bahavo dhanadā yogā śrutāstvatto mayā mune | daridrajanmadān yogān kṛpayā kathaya prabho ||
O sage, many wealth-giving yogas have been heard by me from you; kindly now tell me the yogas that cause birth in poverty.
लग्नेशे च व्ययस्थाने व्ययेशे लग्नमागते । मारकेशयुते दृष्टे निर्धनो जायते नरः ॥ २॥
lagneśe ca vyayasthāne vyayeśe lagnamāgate | mārakeśayute dṛṣṭe nirdhano jāyate naraḥ ||
The native becomes penniless when the lagna lord occupies the twelfth house while the twelfth lord, placed in the lagna, is joined with or aspected by a maraka lord.
षष्ठाष्टमव्ययगते लग्नपे पापसंयुते । धनेशे रिपुभे नीचे राजवंश्योऽपि निर्धनः ॥ ५॥
ṣaṣṭhāṣṭamavyayagate lagname pāpasaṃyute | dhaneśe ripubhe nīce rājavaṃśyo'pi nirdhanaḥ ||
Even one born of royal lineage becomes penniless if the lagna lord sits with a malefic in the sixth, eighth or twelfth, and the second lord stands debilitated or in an enemy sign.
शुभस्थानगताः पापाः पापस्थानगताः शुभाः । निर्धनो जायते बालो भोजनेन प्रपीडितः ॥ १२॥
śubhasthānagatāḥ pāpāḥ pāpasthānagatāḥ śubhāḥ | nirdhano jāyate bālo bhojanena prapīḍitaḥ ||
When malefics occupy the auspicious bhavas and benefics the inauspicious ones, the child is born penniless and is distressed even for food.