Sanskrit verses with English translation from Maharishi Parasara. Read the full classical treatise on AstroFusion Learning.
वर्गोत्तमं तदा प्रोक्तं नवमांशे समं ग्रहम् । यत्र राशौ च तद्भागे सौख्यं पुण्यं च विन्दति ॥
vargottamaṁ tadā proktaṁ navamāṁśe samaṁ graham | yatra rāśau ca tadbhāge saukhyaṁ puṇyaṁ ca vindati ||
A planet is called Vargottama when it occupies the same sign in the navamsha as in the rashi; it then bestows happiness and merit.
द्रेष्काणे भ्रातृजं सौख्यं तुर्यांशे भाग्यचिन्तनम् । पुत्रपौत्रादिकानां वै चिन्तनं सप्तमांशके ॥ २॥
dreṣkāṇe bhrātṛjaṁ saukhyaṁ turyāṁśe bhāgyacintanam | putrapautrādikānāṁ vai cintanaṁ saptamāṁśake ||
In the drekkana know the happiness pertaining to brothers; in the turyamsha ponder fortune; in the saptamamsha contemplate sons, grandsons and the like.
नवमांशे कलत्राणां दशमांशे महत्फलम् । द्वादशांशे तथा पित्रोश्चिन्तनं षोडशांशके ॥ ३॥
navamāṁśe kalatrāṇāṁ daśamāṁśe mahatphalam | dvādaśāṁśe tathā pitrościntanaṁ ṣoḍaśāṁśake ||
In the navamamsha judge matters of the spouse; in the dashamamsha great results; likewise contemplate the parents in the dwadashamsha and in the shodashamsha.
सुखाऽसुखस्य विज्ञानं वाहनानां तथैव च । उपासनाया विज्ञानं साध्यं विंशतिभागके ॥ ४॥
sukhā'sukhasya vijñānaṁ vāhanānāṁ tathaiva ca | upāsanāyā vijñānaṁ sādhyaṁ viṁśatibhāgake ||
Happiness and sorrow are to be known from it, and likewise conveyances; knowledge of worship is to be determined in the vimshamsha, the twentieth division.
विद्याया वेदबाह्वंशे भांशे चैव बलाऽबलम् । त्रिंशांशके रिष्टफलं खवेदांशे शुभाऽशुभम् ॥ ५॥
vidyāyā vedabāhvaṁśe bhāṁśe caiva balā'balam | triṁśāṁśake riṣṭaphalaṁ khavedāṁśe śubhā'śubham ||
Learning is judged in the chaturvimshamsha (vedabhamsha), strength and weakness in the bhamsha, misfortune in the trimshamsha, and auspicious and inauspicious results in the khavedamsha.
अक्षवेदांशके चैव षष्ट्यंशेऽखिलमीक्षयेत् । यत्र कुत्रापि सम्प्राप्तः क्रूरषष्ट्यंशकाधिपः ॥ ६॥
akṣavedāṁśake caiva ṣaṣṭyāṁśe'khilamīkṣayet | yatra kutrāpi samprāptaḥ krūraṣaṣṭyāṁśakādhipaḥ ||
Examine everything through the akshavedamsha and the shashtiamsha — wherever the cruel lord of the shashtiamsha may be found.