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·षट्पञ्चाशिका
श्रीवराहमिहिरात्मजष्ट्रयसमा विरचिता
SHATPANCHASIKA
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·PREFACE Knowledge is power and as Alfred Lord Tenyson puts it, a wise man ought "To follow knowledge like a sinking star, Beyond the utmost bound of human thought". A paraphrase of the same may be found in the following अजरामरवत्प्राज्ञो विद्यामर्थ च चिन्तयेत् ॥ Astrology is rightly termed as one of the Shadangas-the six works auxiliary to the Veda. And it will not be too much to say that this branch of knowledge is as necessary to civilization as any other branch as a lack of knowledge of Astrology means a deficiency in the advancement of man The present work--Prasna Sastra-is one of the branches of Jyotisha Sastra and is condensed in-as the title of the book implies- 56 Slokas The author Prithuyasas (TYAT) is really a chip of the old block'in as much as he is the son of that celebrated Astronomer, Varahamihira (वराहमिहिर) one of the nine gems of "Vikramaditya's Court'. All aspects pertaining to Query' have been very cleverly handled in this short work. The author presumes a preliminary knowledge of Astrology and it is understood that the reader masters the first two chapters of Brihat Jataka (TEFH12) ·iv That Prithuyasas has kept up the line of thought after his father is plano from the fact that the number of Slokas in this work is 56. With reference to the life स्वल्प वृत्तविचित्रमर्थबहुल (litte is said, but much is meant), one is prompted to study every line in a detailed manner For example, the first line of this work starts with a prostration to the Sun-the beginner of every thing cf. नम सवित्रे जगदेकचक्षुषे जगत्पतिस्थितिनाशहेतवे । त्रयीमयाय त्रिगुणात्मधारिणे विरिजिनारायणशङ्करात्मने । It is but right that the letter 3 wbich is the begioning of that alphabet stands for Vishnu, Siva and Brahma and the genesis of stora (Pranava) is now identified with the Sun There seems to be an analogy between the 56 countries which India is supposed to have been composed of and the 56 verses of this work. The first of the 56 countries is 45 (Anga) and the first line of this work represents the chief 25 (Anga) Any amount of research on this line is worth-while and will only add to strengthen the position of this science in the ocean of knowledge I take this opportunity to thank my friend Mr M, Ramakrishna Bhat, MA, Lecturer in Sanskrit and Superintendent of Indian Languages St. Joseph's College, Bangalore, for the great help he rendered to me in bringing out this work 23rd December 1940 V SUBRAHMANYA SASTRI, BASAVANAGUDI,

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·CONTENTS Page No. I होराध्याय On General principles 1 4 II गमगमाध्याय. Travelling and Returning 14 ... III जयपराजयाध्यायः Success and Defeat 25 IV शुभाशुभलक्षणा याय Auspicious and loauspicious Symptoms 29 . . V प्रवासचिन्ताध्यायः Querries about one who is abroad 34 VI मष्टप्राप्त्यध्यायः The Recovery of the Lost 39 VIII मिश्रकाम्याय. Miscellaneous .. 54 English Index 67

·।। श्री गणेशाय नमः ।।
॥ अथ षट्पञ्चाशिका ॥
केशाजा निशाकरान् क्षितिजबिज्जावास्फुजित्सूर्यकान्
विग्नेशं स्वगुरुं प्रणम्य शिरसा देवी च वाणीश्वराम् ।
प्रश्नज्ञानवतो शहमिहिरापत्यस्य सद्वस्तुनो
लोकानां हितकाम्यया द्विजवरष्टीका करोत्युत्पलः ।।
Having made obeisance to the thiee deities Brahma,
Siva and Vishnu the seven planets, the Sun, the Moon,
Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn, the God
Ganesa and having also saluted his own pieceptor and
also Goddess Saraswati, Utpala Bhatta, the foremost of
Brahmins, proceeds to make for the benefit of the world the
following commentary to this good work of Varahamıhıra's
son who is himself proficient in Horary Astrology
manama
ADHYAYA-1
॥ होराध्याय, ॥
ON GENERAL PRINCIPLES
प्रणिपत्य रविं सूजी वाहमिहिरात्मजेन पृथुयशसा ।
प्रश्न कृतार्थगहना परार्थमुद्दिश्य सद्यशसा ।।१।।
Sloka 1--Prithuyasas (पृथुयशस् far-famed),the
renowned son of Varahamihira (वराहमिहिर), after

·2 षट्पञ्चाशिकायां Adh. I SI. 1 saluting the Sun, (by bowing down his head) writes his work on Horary Astrology-full of intense meaning-with a view to help others. aie In this Sastra what the relationship subject-matter and ob,ect? The first is that this is an ancillary of the Veda fixed by the creator, ctc The second is a sound knowledge of one's own success, failure, acquisition, non-acquisition, loss by force or otherwise, etc, thiough determining the positions of the planets and the Lagna, their Hora, Diekkana, Navamsa Saptamsa, etc The third is success, failure, here and hereafter, by the mention of good and bad things No man is inclined to do any work unless induced by its prospects And only a 'twice-born' is entitled to study this Sastra since he has to study the Veda with its six Angas which are शिक्षा कल्पो व्याकरणं निरुक्तं ज्योतिषां गतिः । छन्दसा लक्षणं चैव षडगो वेद उच्यते ॥ Phonetics, woik dealing with rituals, grammai, etymology, Astronomy with Astrology and Prosody Following the piactice of great men to make obeisance to the deity of their choice when commencing a new work, this teacher of Avantı bows to the Sun God at the outset, as he desires to compose a brief treatise on Piasna (or Query) in the form of aphorisms This work contains recondite ideas and he writes it for the good of the world ·Adh. I Si. 2 प्रथमोऽध्यायः 3 च्युतिविलग्नाद्धिबुकाच्च बृद्धिर्मध्यात्प्रवासोऽस्तमयानिवृत्तिः । वाच्य ग्रहैः प्रश्नविलग्नकालाद्गृहं विष्टो हिबुके प्रवासी ॥२॥ Sloka 2-Transfer or disturbance from one's position has to be determined from the Lagna rising at the time, success or prosperity, from the 4th, absence from one's home from the 10th ; and return (to his place) from the 7th house. The positions of the several planets at the time (of query) should be considered. The time of return will be synchronous with the entry of a planet into the 4th house In this veise the author mentions the four corners or Kendra points, viz , 1st, 4th, 7th and 10th of the Zodiac and their respective significance Chvuti means fall from one's position By Vilagna or Lagna is meant the sign rising at the time of the query A fall from one's position has to be ascei tained from the Lagna or the Ascendant Hibuka means the 4th house One's house (dwelling), friends, happiness and their increase or otherwise have to be ascertained from this house It is through the Madhya or the 10th place that the person's absence oi going abıoad (to other countries) has to be determined The person's retuin to his native country has to be guessed by an examination of the 7th house How ?

·4 षटपञ्चाशिकागां Adb. I Si, 2 By means of the n tuie of the particulai sign under examination-whether it is moveable, fixed oi dual Thus, if the Lagna at the time be a moveable sign occupied or aspected by its loid or by any of the benefic planets and is at the same time free from the conjunction or aspect of the malefics, then only, the 'fall? referred to above will happen and not otherwise Similarly the 'fall does not take place when the fixed sign is free liom thº aspect or conjunction of malefic planets Hence he says elsewhere (II-1 infia) What about the case of a dual sign? Will the fall happen or not? If the sign be aspected by its loid, or if there be a preponderance of benefic aspect on it, and the malefic aspect less, the fall will come to pass, else, not Similarly, it the 4th house be conjoined with, oi aspected by its loid oi a benefic planet, there will be acquisition of houses, etc, or else, decay Next, regarding the 'absence of a person, it will occur if the 10th house be a moveable sign and be subject to malefic aspect. Otherwise, 1. e, if the house be conjoined with or aspected by a benefic or its lord, there will be no 'absence'. Similarly, of the 7th house be so subjected, there will be no 'ietuin, from abioad' Otherwise, if the 7th house be conjoined with oi aspected by a benefic or its lord, return, from abroad', should be predicted, and the number of days that have elapsed since his retuin will coriespond to the numbei of degrees piogressed by the planet in the 4th house, oi the person will

·Adh. I si 3
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un
return within so many days as
planet to come to the 4th house
are required by the
यो यो भावः स्वामिदृष्टो युतो वा
सौम्यवा स्यात्तस्य तस्यास्ति वृद्धिः ।
पापैरेवं तस्य मावस्य हानि-
निर्देच्या पृच्छता जन्मतो या
Sloka 3-Whichever Bhava is aspected or
occupied by its lord or by any of the benefics,
the prosperity of the Bhava is ensured. But if
the malefics should occupy or aspect any Bhava,
the destruction of the Bhava concerned would
have to be predicted. This rule applies equally
both at the time of a query or a birth.
Pasridevi serai rezar ay is another reading
In this sloka, the authoi gives a clue to find out
the auspiciousness or otherwise of the 12 houses, viz,
body, wealth after-borns, friends and relations, issues
enemies, wile, death, prosperity, avocation, income and
cxpenditure The lords of the 12 signs from Mesha
onwards are [1] Mars [2] Venus [3] Mercury [4] the
Moon [5] the Sun [6] Mercury [7] Venus [8] Mars
[9] Jupitei [10] Saturn [11] Saturn and [12] Jupiter
respectively Mais, the Sun, Satuin and the waning
Moon aie termed malefics, Mercury when conjoined with
any of these is also mauspicious The rest are benefic.

·6 पंटपञ्चाशिकायां Adh I SI 4 All planets cast a quarter glance at the 31d and 10th houses hall a glance at the 5th and 9th, there quai ters of a glance at the 4th and 8th, and a full aspect at the 7th They give the liuits thus in each case by an increase of a fourth pait Hence that Bhava which at the time of a query is aspected by or conjoined with its lord will have aggiandisement The same will be the case if the said Bhava be conjoined with or aspected by a benefic planet-Juriter, Venus, Meicuiy or the Full Moon Similarly, when a Bhava is conjoined with or aspected by malefic planets-Sun, Mars, Satuin and Mercury when in conjunction with any of these or the waning Moon-, the Bhava will be impaired These results will prove tiue when planetary positions are charted at the time of a query, impiegnation or a buth cf जातक goofa J4T Haleparda såfa sferal: 9191: 1 सौम्याः षष्ठेऽरिम्नाः सर्वे नेष्टा व्ययाष्टमगाः ॥ Benefics posited in the several Bhavas beginning with ‘Body', 'Wealth', etc, promote their prosperity, while malefics in the same position cause their decay Benefics in the 6th destroy enemies All planets when occupying the 12th and 8th places do not prove auspicious सौम्ये विलग्ने यदि वास्य वर्गे शीपोंदये सिद्धिमुपैति कार्यम् । अतो विपर्यस्तमसिद्धिहेतुः कृच्छ्रेण संसिद्धिकरं चिमिश्रम् । ४॥ Sloka 4-When a benefic planet is 10 tbp ·Adh I SI. 4 ST22112017: 7 Lagna, or when the rising Navamsa is that of a 'benfic one and when the Lagna or its rising Navamsa happens to be a sfi9fz-Seershodaya sign, success may be predicted in the business attempted If it be otherwise, 1. e., if the Lagoa be occupied by a malefic or if the rising Navamsa be owned by a malefic and if the rising sign or Navamsa be a terza --Prishtodaya one, failure will be the result. If it be mixed, we should say that success will result only after great difficulty In this Sloka, the author enables the student to decide the success or failure of any attempt proposed to be made at the time of the query If any of the benefics --VIZ, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus or the Full Moon be rising or if a Varga of a benefic planet be rising at the time, or if a Seershodaya sign be rising, the attempt is sure to succeed Varga here has been defined as Rası, Hora, Drekkana, Navamsa, Dwadasamsa and Trimsamsa These constitute severally the Varga of a particular planet The Seershodaya and the Prishtodaya Rasis and the Night aud Day signs are thus explained ज्ञेयाः मेषाद्याञ्चत्वारः सन्विमकराः क्षपाबला । gelzar fafhear fataisaze naat wha: 11 The four signs fiom Mesha along with Dhanus and Makara are known to possess strength at night These nocturnal signs excepting Mithuna lise with their backs ·8 षट्पञ्चाशिकायां Adh ISIS The rest appear with their heads The sign Meena appeais bothways If the sign rising at the time of query be a Seershodaya one the business attempted will succeed, otherwise, not That is, the business will fail if a malefic Planet be rising, if the Varga of a malefic be rising or if a Prishtodaya Rası bc rising 01, it may be accomplished only after a great deal of difficulty, when both benefics and malefics occupy the Lagna Rası or the Lagna Varga, it sign Meena be rising, if a Seershodaya sign conjoined with a maletics, or malefic Vaiga in a Seershody a sign be rising, or if a Prishtodaya Rasi conjoined with a benefic, or a benefic Varga in a Prishtodaya sigr be nising The achievement or otherwise of the business undertaken has to be decided in such cases after a careful comparison of the relative strengths of the Lagna concerned or its particular Varga as the case may be a होरास्थितः पूर्णतनुः शशांको जीवेन दृष्टो यदि वा सितेन । क्षिप्रं प्रनष्टस्य करोति लब्धि लाभोपय तो बलवाञ्छुभश्च ।।५।। Sloka 5-The Moon with her digits full, if posited in the Lagna and aspected by either Jupiter or Venus at the time of a query, will indicate the restoration or safe return of the missing article. The same will be the case when a benefic planet possessed of strength occupies the 11th house. In this Sloka, the author gives a clue to find out ·Adh. I SI. 6 प्रथमोऽध्यायः 9 the conditions under which any aiticle that has been lost or missing will be got back The Moon is said to be full during the second period of ten days of the lunar month, 1 e, fiom the 10th Tithi of the Bright halt till the 5th of the dark half cf Yavaneswara मासे तु शुक्लप्रतिपत्प्रवृत्तराये शशी मध्यवलो दशाहे । श्रष्ठो द्वितीयेऽल्पबलस्तृतीये सौम्यैस्तु दृष्टो बलवान् सदैव ।। In the first period of ten days of the lunar month beginning from the first Tithi of the Bright fortnight, the Moon is of moderate stiength During the 2nd period of ten days, she is at her best She is of very poor strength in the last period of ten days But if she should receive the aspect of benefic planets, she is always strong If such a Full Moon as aforesaid be posited in the Lagna and at the same time be aspected by Jupiter or by Venus, she helps the immediate recovery of the lost or missing object If a benefic planet possessed of strength occupy the 11th house, that too brings about the speedy recovery of the missing article The calculation of the Positional Directional, Motional, and Temporal strengths of planets have been treated in detail in the astrological treatise Jataka स्वांशे विलग्ने यदि वा त्रिकोणे स्वांशे स्थित पश्यति धातुचिंताम् परांशकस्थश्च करोति जीवं मूल परांशोपगतः परांशम् ।। ६ ।। Sloka 6-If, at the time of a query, a planet 2M ·10 षटपञ्चाशिकाय Adh I sl 6 occupying a Navamsa of his own should aspect his own Navamsa in the Lagna, the 5th or the 9th house, one ought to predict that the subjertmatter of the query relates to an article of the mineral kind. But if the aspecting planet in the above case occupy a Navamsa of another planet, the subject-matter relates to one of the animal kind. If the aspecting planet be in another's Navamsa and aspect also another's Navamsa in the Lagna, the 5th or the 9th, the query relates to some root or vegetable kind. In this Sloka, the author treats of method by which it is possible to determine whether the article stolen, lost, held in the fist or thought or, is of a mineral, vegetable or animal kind If any planet posited in his own Navamsa should aspect a Navainsa of his own that has arisen in the Lagna at the time of a query, it should be guessed that the querist is thinking of a mineral By the word Dhatu or miniral here should be meant anything beginning from gold and ending with clay or mud The idea is, if a planet occupying its own Navamsa aspect the Lagna Navamsa which also happens to be his own, the above statement should be made The same prediction should be made iſ the planet aforesaid should, without aspecting his own Navamsa that is rising in the Lagra, cast his glance at his own Navamsa in the 5th Or the 9th house It has to be noted here that the three Navamsas rising in the Lagna, the 5th and the 9th houses will all bear the same name.

·Adh. I Sl. 6 SUHTETT 11 The distinction of Dhamya and Adhamya should be made according to the Navamsa occupied by a planet That which occupies the Amsa of a malefic planet will have Dhamya and that which occupies the Amsa a benefic will have Adhamya Dhamya is thus defined "दृग्बलचेष्टाबलग्रहसमयादिफलविचारग्रहणं धाम्यं" -दैवज्ञसंपूर्णचंद्रिका. BARA ie, a knowledge of the Drigbala, Chestabala, the several conditions 01 Avastthas of planets and then effects is Dhamya ne If a planet posited in the Navamsa owned by another planet aspects his own Amsa in the Lagna 01 of the Trikona houses, it should be stated that the questioner is thinking of a Jeeva or living being which term includes all creatuies from human beings to ieptiles Here the distinction between bipeds, reptiles etc, is based (signified by) on the Navamsa occupied by the original planet The signs Mithuna, Kanya, Tula, the first half of Dhanus and Kumbha signify Devas 01 Gods, human beings and buds, and are a all bipids The signs Mesha, Vrishabha, Simha and the latter half of Dhanus aie quadrupeds The signs Kataka, Viischika, Makara and Meena are ieptiles Of these in the last class, Meena has no feet at all while the rest have many If a planet posited in a Navamsa owned by another planet should aspect the Lagna, the 5th or the 9th when another planet's Navamsa is rising it should be guessed ·12 षट्पञ्चाशिकायां Adh, ISI.7 that the queiist is asking about Mula, i e, a tiee on a similai kind, the further particulais being determined by the nature of the planet aspecting Mula here includes all things from tiees to giass Even here, the terrestiial oi aquatic nature of the things should be determined from the Navamsa occupied by the planet The signs Kataka, Makara and Meena aie aquatic All the nest are terrestrial To guess correctly what is in the mind of the querist, also compare the following स्वांशे स्थितो विलग्ने यदा ग्रहः स्वांशकं निरीक्षेत । धातोस्तदानुचिन्तां करोति परसंस्थितो जीवम् ।। परभागसन्निविष्टः परांशकं प्राग्विलनमायातम् । पश्यति मूळ प्रवदेदेवं नवपंचमे ज्ञेयम् ।। धातु मूल जीवमिथ्योजराशौ युग्मे विन्द्यादेतदेव प्रतीपम् । लग्ने योंशस्तत्क्रमाद्गण्य एव संक्षेपोऽयं विस्तरातत्प्रभेदः ॥७॥ इति श्रीवराहमिहिरात्मजपृथुयशोविरचितायां षट्पञ्चा शिकायां होराध्यायः प्रथमः Sloka 7-In the case of an odd sign, the nine Navamsas in their order are mineral, vegetable and animal, repeated thrice. This order is reversed in the case of the Navamsas in an even sign. Find whether the Lagna is odd What the rising Navamsa represents may be ascertained by counting in the manner or even ·Adb. I SI STATE:715: 13 described above. This is only a brief exposition. The clarification of this point may be obtained by a study of its details. Thus ends the first Adhyaya entitled 'Horadhyaya” in the work "Shatpanchasika' by Prithuyasas, the son of Vaiahamihua even the query The idea given above is further explained in another manner in the Sloka The signs, Mesha, Mithuna, Simha, Tula, Dhanus and Kumbha are odd, while the rest are When an odd sign is rising, if the Lagna or (rising) Navamsa be the first, fourth oi the seventh one, is about Dhatu or miniral, if the rising Navamsa be the 2nd, 5th or the 8th, it is about Mula or vegetable, and if the Lagna Navamsa be the 3rd 6th 01 the 9th one, it is of the Jeeva oi animal kind But when an even sign is rising, if the Navamasa that Is iising at the time be the fist, fourth or the seventh one, the query will be about something of the animal kind, if it be the 2nd, 5th or the 8th one, the query will relate to the vegetable kind, and if it be the 310, 6th or 9th, the query will be about the mineral kind The distinction of sex should be based upon the Navamsa 11sing in the Lagna Some hold that the triads of decanates respectively determine Dhatu, Mula and Jeeva in the odd sign, while the reverse is said in the even sign This is not tenable, since the author himself says later on 317latà sai ·14 829alast Adh. 11 Sl. 1 (VIII-14 inſia) ie, the object is ascei ained 110in the Amsaka (Navamsa) ADHYAYA II 1 TATATER ! TRAVELLING AND RETURNING वृषसिंहवृश्चिकवटैविधि स्थान गमागमौ नास्तिः । न मृतं न चापि नष्ट न शेगशांतिन चाभिभवः .18 11 Sloka 1-Whea any one of the signs Vrishabha,Simha, Vrischika or Kumbha happens to be the Lagna at the time of a query, acquisition of a position or place should be predicted. There will be neither travel nor return, neither death nor loss of property, neither cure of a disease, nor defeat. In this Chapter, the author comments upon "Going and Coming" In the finst Sloka, he gives clues about gaining a position, going and coming, life, death, iecovery fiom disease, and defeat at the hands of one's enemy If any one of the fixed signs Viishabha, Simha, Vrischhika and Kumbha, be iising at the time ol query, the astiologer may declare that the querist will get himself fixed up in some position, that there will be no moving about, that is, neither going away nor coming ·Adh II Si. 2 fT+37737 15 back, nor death, that anything belonging to him such as a mineral, vegetable or animal will not be lost 01, if the query relates to the movement of a man living abroad, it has to be declared that the person concerned will not then go to some other place, the peison, if sick, will not be cured, and that if he is then having an encounter with his enemy, he will not suffer any defeat and so on तद्विपरीतं तु चविंशरीमिश्रित फलं भवति । लग्नेन्द्रोर्वन्तव्यं शुभदृष्टया शोभनमतोऽन्यम् 1'e 11 Sloka 2-In case of any of the moveable signs happeoing to be the Lagoa, the reverse should be predicted If the rising sign be a dual one, the effect will be a mixed one If benefics aspect the Lagna or the Moon, success may be expected, if otherwise, ie., if the rising sign or the Lagoa be aspected by malefics failure will be the result VIZ, But should any one or the moveable Rasis, Mesha, Kataka, Tula and Makara he rising, quite the reverse of what have been stated in Sloka 1 above will happen The quei ist will not succed in getting a position or appointment, will have fiequent movement fiom place to place, may come by his death may lose some of his properties, his disease may be cured, he may suffer defeat at the hands of his enemies When any one of the dual signs vız, Mithuna, Kanya, Dhanus and Meena

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षट्पज्ञाशिकायां
Adh. ISI.3
,
is rising, mixed results will accrue, in the first half of
the Lagna, the effect will be as stated for the fixed
Rasis, while, in the latter hall, it will be as in the
case of the moveable Rasis, because the first lialf is
nearer the immoveable Rasi while the latter halt is close
to moveable Rasicf the author's प्रसज्ञान,
स्थिरराशौ लग्नगते स्थानप्राप्तिं बदेन्न चागमनम् ।
रोगोपशमो नाशो द्रव्याणां स्यात्पराभवो नात्र ।
चरराशौ विपरीत मिश्रं वाच्यं द्विमूर्युदये ।
स्थिरवत्प्रथमेऽद्ध स्मादपरे चरराशिवत्सर्वम् ।।
When the Lagna and the Moon are aspected by
benefic planets, they confer great benefits If on the
other hand, the Lagna and the Moon should be aspected
by malefics, evil effects will be the result It follows
from this that when either of these two-the Lagna or
the Moon-1s aspected by both benefics and malefics,
mixed effects will ensue
सुतशत्रुगतेः पापैः शत्रुमागानिवर्तते ।
चतुर्थगैरपि प्राप्तः शत्रुर्भग्नो निवर्तते
Sloka 3--If at the time of query, malefics
occupy the 5th and the 6th houses, the enemy of
the querist will turn back to his place in the
middle of his journey. Should the 4th house
be so occupied, the enemy will suffer defeat and
return to his place,

·Adh. II Si. 4 द्विनीयोध्यायः 17 In this Sloka, the author gives a clue to ascertain the nature of the enemy's return to his place after he has once started for the fight If the malefics V17, the Sun, Mars and Saturn occupy the 5th and the 6th houses reckoned from the Piasna Lagna either singly or jointly, the enemy of the queiist will ieturn in the middle without proceeding further If the same maletics occupy the 4th place counted from the Prasna Lagna, the enemy though having come very close will be defeated and will retrace his steps झपालिकुंभकर्कटा रसातले यदा स्थितः । रिपोः पराजयस्तदाचतुष्पदैः पलायनम् Sloka 4-If at the time of query, any one of the signs Meena, Vrischika, Kumbha and Kataka happen to be the 4th house, the defeat of the enemy and his retreat with the quadrupeds (cavalry, etc ) is indicated. Here author discusses another combination When any one of the signs Meena, Vrischika, Kumbha and Kataka is the 4th house reckoned from the Prasnalagna, the enemy will be vanquished a7598 quit is interpreted thus by Bhattotpala 'When any one of the quadruped signs, viz , Mesha, Vrishabha, Simha and the latter half of Dhanus happens to be the 4th house, the enemy will take to his heels 3M ·18 पटपञ्चाशिकाय Adh II SI.5 चरोदये शुभः स्थित शुभं करोति यायिनाम् । अशोमनैरशोभन स्थिरोदयेऽपि वा शुभम् Sloka 5-If a moveable sign be rising at the time and a benefic planet occupies the same, it brings on success to the persons starting (setting about). But if malefics should occupy the sign, the effect will be untoward. If the rising Lagna be an immoveable one and be occupied by malefics, the effect will still prove favourable. Whether the object or purpose of starting will be accomplished and hiought to fiuition 01 not is discussed in this Sloka If any one of the benefics, V17 , Mercury Jupiter and Veuus is nising in a moveable Rası, it will confer benefits on the goer But il any malefic planet occupy the said Lagna, there will be harm Il a fixed sign be rising and also be occupied by a malefic planet, good results may or may not acciue If the sign in question happen to be the Swakshetia, exaltation, Moolatukona oi fiiendly house of the said malefic, the result will be good othei wise not Some people read स्थिरेष्टमेऽपि वा शुभम् The meaning will then be "Il a fixed sign happens to be the 8th house and be tenanted by a malefic, the iesult will be good" स्थिरे राशीचरोदये न चागमो रिपोर्यदा । तदागम रिपोर्षदेद्विपर्यमे विपर्ययम्

·Adh, II SI. 6-7
द्वितीयोऽध्याय
19
Sloka 6-If the rising sign at the time of
query be a moveable one and the Moon at the
time be in an immoveable Rası, the enemy will
not arrive, if it be otherwise, he will. That
is, if the Lagoa at query be an immoveable
Rasi and the Moon occupy a moveable one, then
the enemy will come to fight).
This Sloka gives a clue to guess whether the eneniy
will arrive 01 not It at the time or query a moveable
sign be rising and the Moon be posted in a fixed sign,
and the enemy's arrival be not known at the time,
the astrologer should declare as a reply to the query
that the enemy is coming If otherwise, he should declaie
the contrary That is, if the Moon be in a moveable
Rası when a fixed sign is iising, and when there is a
rumour that the enemy has stated, the astiologei should
say in reply to the query that the enemy will not come
स्थिरे तु लग्नमागते द्विरात्मके तु चन्द्रमाः ।
निवर्तते रिपुस्तदा सुदूरमागतोऽपि सन्
Illll
Sloka 7-If the Lagna be an immoveable
sign, and the Moon occupy a dual Rası, the
enemy though having advanced a long distance
will return to his place.
In this veise, the author deals with the return of the
enemy.
1

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षट्पञ्चाशिकायां
Adh II Sl.8-9
चरे शशी लग्नगतो हिदेहः पथोऽर्द्धमागत्य निवर्तते रिपुः ।
विपर्यये चागमनं द्विधा स्यात्पराजय स्यादशुभेक्षिते तु ।। ८ ।।
Sloka 8-Whep the Moon is in a moveable
Rasi and the Lagna rising at the time be a dual
one, the enemy after having come half the way
will return to his place. But if the Lagna be a
moveable sign and the Moon be posited in a
dual Rasi, and both be subjected to malefic
aspect, the approach of the enemy will be felt
in two ways: viz., there will be an encounter
or conflict and there will also be defeat.
अार्किज्ञसितानामेकोऽपि चरोदये यदा भवति ।
प्रवदेत्तदाशुगमन
वक्रगतेनैति
वक्तव्यम्
॥ ९॥
Sloka 9-If the Lagna at the time of query
be a moveable sign and be occupied by any
one or more of the four planets, the Sun,
Saturn, Mercury and Venus, the (King's) quick
march (for fight) should be declared. But if the
planet concerned (other than the Sun) be retrog-
rade in motion, he will not move from his head-
quarters
स्थिरोदये जीवशनैश्चरेक्षिते गमागमौ नैव वदेत्त पृच्छतः ।
विपञ्चषष्ठा रिपुसङ्गमाय पापाश्चतुर्था विनिवर्तनाय ॥ १० ॥

·Adh. II SI 10-12
द्वितीयोध्यायः
21
his enemy
Sloka 10-If the Lagna at the time of query
be an immoveable sign and be aspected by
Jupiter and Saturn, nothing should be predicted
to the querist about the departure or arrival of
If in the said yoga the malefics are
posited in the 3rd, 5th and 6th houses, there
will be a conflict with the enemy, if the malefic
occupy the 4th house, the enemy will retreat to
his place.
नागच्छति परचक्र यदार्कचन्द्रौ चतुर्थभवनस्थौ ।
बुधगुरुशुक्रा हिबुके यदा तदा शीघ्रमायाति 1 s11
Sloka 11-When the Sun and the Moon
occupy the 4th house from the Lagna at the time
of
query, the
enemy's army will not arrive.But if
Mercury, Jupiter and Venus be posited in the
said house, the enemy's army will arrive very
SOON.
#99FAETTI TYCqui hafa fece ari
शत्रुनिवर्तति तदा ग्रहसहिता वा वियुक्ता वा 11871
Sloka 12--If Mesba, Dhanus, Simba or
Vrishabha happen to rise at the time of query
or be the 4th house from the Lagna, whether,
such house be occupied by planets or not, the
enemy will retreat to his place.

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9292 Adb. 11 Si, 13-14
स्थिरराशौ यादये शनिगुरुवा स्थितस्तदा शत्रुः ।
उदये रविगुरुवा चरराशौ स्वात्तदागमनम्
Sloka 13-If Saturo or Jupiter should occupy
the Lagna identical with an immoveable Rasi
at the time of a query, the enemy though he has
moved from his place will remain there alone
without proceeding any further If on the otber
hand a moveable Rası at the time of query and
the Sun or Jupiter occupy the same, the enemy's
arrival should be declared.
ग्रहः सर्वोत्तमबलो लग्नायस्मिन् गृहे स्थितः ।
मासैस्ततुल्यसंख्याकैनिवृत्ति यातुरादि शेत
Sloka 14-Find the planet that is found to
possess the greatest strength and note also the
house wherein he is posited and how far that
house is removed from the Lagna within so many
months as are signified by th's interval, the
return of the person who has gone out for fight
may be expected
In this as well as in the next Sloka, the author
mentions the conditions for the retuin oi a person who
has gone abioad

·Adh IISI. 15-17
द्वितीयोन्याय
23
चगंशस्थ ग्रहे नस्मिन् काल मेवा विनिर्दिशेत् ।
द्विगुण रिधरभागस्थे त्रिगुण ह्यात्मकांशके
Sloka 15 ---The time of return has to be thus
computed when the planet referred to ie., the
most powerful planet, is posited in a Navamsa
owned by a moveable sign. But if the Navamsa
Rasi be a fixed one, the time (arrived at) has to
be doubled The period has to be trebled when
the Navamsa in question is a dual one.
यातुर्विलग्नाज्जामित्रभवनाधिपतियंदा ।
करोति वक्रमावृत्तेः कालान्तं यते परे
।। १६ ॥
Sloka 16-Other teachers (such as Krishna
etc.) opine that the return of the person (who
has marched out for fight) may be expected when
the lord of the 7th house reckoned from the
Prasna Lagoa begins to retrogade in his orbit.
उदयच्चिन्द्रः भवति च यावदिनानि तावद्भिः।
आगमन स्याछत्रोयदि मध्ये न ग्रह कश्चित । १७॥
इति वराहमिहिरात्मजपृथुयशोविरचितायां षट्पश्चा शिकायां
गमागमाध्यायो द्वितीयः ॥
Sloka 17-The enemy's arrival may be

·24 qz1f135796 Adh. II SI. 15-17 expected within as many days as are signified by the number of fhe Rasi occupied by the Moon when counted from the Lagna, provided there are no planets intervening between these two- Lagoa and the Moon. WA The commentator says that, should however any planet intervene, the enemy will not arrive Thus ends the 2nd Adhyaya entitled 'Travelling and Returning in the work Shatparchasika by Prithuyasas, the son of Varahamihira -O- ·Adb III SI. 1-2 तृतीयोध्याय 25 ADHYAYA-III SUCCESS AND DEFEAT दशमोदयसप्तमगाः सौम्या नगराधिपस्य विजयकराः । आरार्की झगुरुसिताः प्रभङ्गदी विजयदा नवमे ॥ १ ॥ Sloka 1-If benefic planets be posited in the 10th, the 1st and the 7th house from the Lagna at query, the Governor of a town when attacked from outside will attain victory. Mars and Saturn in the 9th house from the Lagna will cause a complete defeat, while Mercury, Jupiter and Venus in the same position (viz., the 9th) will secure a splendid victory, पौरास्मृतीयभवनाद्धर्माद्वा यायिनः शुभै शुभदाः । व्ययदशमाये पापाः पुरस्य नेष्टाः शुभा यातुः ।। २ ।। Sloka 2-The six houses commencing from the 3rd reckoned from the Prasna Lagna relate to the citizens or the town attacked, and when these houses are occupied by benefic planets, they indicate success to the Chief of the town ; while the other six houses, 1, e., begioning from 4M ·26 षट्पञ्चाशिकाया Adh III SI 2 the 9th belong to the party that is besieging and when occupied by benefics signify success to that party If the malefics be all posited in the 12th, 10th and 11th houses, it forebodes evil to the town-people inedicates success to the besiegers. The six signs beginning from the thud house from the Lagna at the time of query are called FITTI These six signs determine good or harm to the townsmen The six Rasis beginning from the 9th house are called 'Goers' or TRA. and these six determine good or harm to the goers The one who makes efforts at the commencement of a journey is called a gifta or a goer, whereas the one who does it afterwards is known as a 1977 or citizen Here the al in TZI should be construed as and when these Rasis mentioned above are occupied by benefic planets, they confer benefits on that person for whom they are benefic , if by malefics, they will cause defeat to the person for whom they are malefic cf 98. धर्माद्यैश्चक्रदलाया ना नागरस्तृतीयादौ । विजयः सौम्ययुते स्यात्पुरभागे क्रूर संयुते भङ्गः ॥ The idea of this verse is the same as that of the verse we have commented upon Compare also the commentator's TH1175 नवमाये चक्रदले विज्ञेयो यायिनस्तृतीयादौ । पौराः शुभसंदक्षा भागे विजयः पुरे भङ्गः ।।

·Adh III SI 3
तृतीयोध्याय.
27
in the two cases mentioned above, if the houses
conceined be occupied by both malefic and benefic planets,
mixed results will follow, ie, neithei victory nor defeat
573 is the 12th house and 3777 is the 11th Malefic planets
occupying the 12th, 10th on 11th house from the Lagna at
query will be bad foi the townsmen and good to the
beseigeis
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तदाशु सन्धि प्रवदेन्नृपाणां पापैदिहोपगतेविरोधम् ।। ३ ॥
Sloka 3-If benefic planets occupy at the
time of query the 1st, 12th and 11th houses and
if these also happen to be biped sigos, a treaty of
peace (between the two kings) will soon be the
result. If malefic planets occupy dual Rasis,
the two parties will continue to be at war (and
not come to term:
01 war
Here the author gives a clue for determining peace
The biped signs are Mithuna, Kumbha, Tula and
Kanya cf the author's saying-तुलाथ कन्या मिथुनो घटश्च नृरा
T7 a IV-2 infra By benefic planets are meant Mercury,
Venus and Jupiter When these benefics occupy the Lagna
at the time of query, oi the 12th and 11th houses all these
being also biped Rasis, immediate peace will be the result
By the term “malefics' are meant the Sun, Mars, Saturn and
the waning Moon When malefics occupy face (dual)signs
war should be predicted

·28 षटपञ्चाशिकायां Adh, III Sl. 4-5 केन्द्रोपगताः सौम्याः सौम्य दृष्टा नृलग्नगाः प्रीतिम् । कुर्वन्ति पापदृष्टाः पापाम्तेष्वेव विपरीतम् ।। ४ ।। Sloka 4-If benefic planets occupy biped identical with Kendra houses with respect to the Prasna Lagoa, and be aspected by benefics, there will be peace between the two contending kings. But if the planets be malefic and be aspected by malefics, the two parties will continue to be at war Here the author discusses another condition The Kendias are the 1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th houses When the benefics are in the Kendias and in human or biped signs and are aspected by benefics (1e, when there is mutual asp ct among the benefics), they bring about peace If, on the other hand, the malefics are in the Kendras and have mutual aspect, wai will ensue द्वितीये वा तृतीये वा गुरुशुक्रौ यदा तदा । अश्वेवागच्छते सेना प्रवासो च न संशयः ॥५॥ इति वराहमिहिरात्मजपृथुयशोविरचिताया षट्पञ्चाचिकायां जयपराजयो नाम तृतीयोऽध्यायः ॥ Sloka 5-If Jupiter and Venus occupy the 2nd or 3rd house from the Prasna Lagna either singly or conjointly, the army will return very ·Adb III SI 1 तृतीयोऽध्याय. 29 soon, and the traveller who has been about abroad will also without doubt return soon Here the author's idea is that the planets need not occupy the position together At times both the planets may be together in the 2nd on both may be in the 3rd Or, either of them may occupy the 2nd or 3rd Thus ends the 3rd Adhyaya entitled 'Success and defeat' in the work Shatpanchasika composed by Prithuyasas, son of Varahamihira O ADHYAYA IV ॥ शुभाशुभलक्षणाध्याय ॥ AUSPICIOUS AND INAUSPICIOUS SYMPTOMS केन्द्रत्रिकोणेषु शुभस्थितेषु पापेषु केन्द्राष्टमवर्जितेषु । Falsiffa gatarini faqaateig fagau: ella 11 ? 11 Sloka 1-If the Kendra and Trikopa houses be occupied by benefic planets, and malefics be posited in houses other then the Kendra and the 8th, peoble will have all there cherished objects fulfilled. If it be otherwise, the effect will be reverse,

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षट्पञ्चाशिकाया
Adh IV SI 2
In this chapter the authoi comments upon 'good and
bad circumstances' At the outset he deals with the
knowledge of advantages and disadvantages Thiyag
means those [houses) in which the benefics are posited
TH1 fyn Ag Taifaag is another ieading-which of
course is a cleaner statement When the benefics are in
the Kendra and Trikona houses, or when the malefics
occupy positions other than the Kendras and the 8th
house, it should be predicted that the persons concerned
will realize all their ambitions in full When the benelics
and malefics occupy other positions than those mentioned
above, contrary results will accrue The idea is that when
the malefics occupy the Kendras and the 8th house, and
benefics occupy the positions other than the Kendras, and
Trikonas and 8th, none of the objects will be fulfilled
त्रिपञ्चलाभास्तमयेषु सौम्या लाभ प्रदा नेष्टफलाश्च पापाः ।
तुलाथ कन्या मिथुन घटश्च नृराशयस्तेषु शुभं वदति 112 11
Sloka 2- Benefics posted in the 3rd, 5th
11th and 7th houses (reckoned from the Lagna
at query) will promote the advancement of the
thing or object desired, while malefics in these
places will not if the Prasna Lagoa happens to
be any one of the bipeds, viz , Tula, Kanya,
Mithuna and Kumbha, and if benefiics be there,
it indicates good.
Here, he ti eats of the knowledge of gain and loss,

·Adh IV SI 3 चतुर्थो याय. 31 When the benefics occupy the 3rd, 5th, 11th and 7th positions, they bestow great gain on the querist But when the malefics occupy the same positions, they cause loss of property to him When the human 01 biped signs, Viz, Tula, Kanya, Mithuna and Kumbha are occupied by the benefics, the sages declare that good will come out of it स्थानप्रदा दशमसप्तमगाश्च सौम्या मानार्थदा स्वसुतलग्नगता भवति । पापा व्ययायसहिता न शुभप्रदा स्युर्लग्ने शशी न शुभदो दशमे शुभश्च ॥ ३ ॥ Sloka 3-Benefics in the 10th and 7tb places reckoned from the Prasna Lagna will confer an appointment or positions on the querist If they be posited in the 2nd, 5th or Ist houses, they bring on honour and wealth. Malefics if placed in the 12th and 11th houses are not productive of good results. If the Moon occupy the Praspa Lagna, she will do no good, but if she be in the 10th, she will prove auspicious. Here he gives another condition for the same If the benefics occupy the 10th and 7th places from the Lagna, they confer a position on the questioner The word स्व in the 2nd पाद Is to be construed as wealth When benefics occupy the 2nd, the 5th and the 1st, they bestow honor and wealth on him In the sentence लग्ने शशी न शुभदो ·32 षटपञ्चाशिकायां Adh IV SI 4 etc, 9797 should be supplied When a malefic Moon is in the Lagna, no good results will accrue But if she is in the 10th house, she will give good iesults, although she be malefic इन्दु द्विसप्तदशमायरिपुत्रिसंस्थ पश्येद्गुरुःशुभफलं मादाकृत स्यात् । लग्नविधर्मतनैधनगाश्च पापा. कार्यार्थनाशभयदाः शुभदा शुभाश्च ।। ४ ।। Sloka 4 -If the Moon occupy the 2nd, the 7th, the 10th, the 11th, the 6th or the 3rd house from the Lagna at query and be aspected by Jupiter, the person concernedwill enjoy happiness gain, etc., through a damsal. If malefic planets occupy the 1st, the 3rd, the 9th, the 5th or the 8th house, they will cause failure of business, loss of money, fear and anxiety* But should benefics be posited in the above said houses, they cause good. He mentions another way of determining good and bad results If Jupiter should aspect the Moon occupying the 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 7th, 10th and 11th places, the questioner will have gain and other things through the help of women If the malefics should occupy the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 8th and 9th, they would engender fear, defeat in the undertaking and loss of wealth to the questioner If, on the other, hand, the ·Adh. IV Sl.5 चतुर्थो याय 33 benefics should occupy the very same places, they would confer benefits on him शुभग्रहाः सौम्यनिरीक्षिताश्च विलग्नसप्ताष्टमपञ्चमस्थाः । त्रिपदशाये च निशाकर स्याच्छुभं भवेद्रोगनिपीडितानाम् ॥५॥ इति वराहमिहिरात्मजपृथुयशोविरचितायां षट्पञ्चाशिकाय चतुर्थोऽध्यायः Sloka 5-If benefics occupy the Lagna, the 7th, the 8th and the 5th house and be aspected by benefics and the Moon be posited in the 3rd, the 6th, the 10th or the 11th house, a sick person will recover from his illness. In this Sloka the author tells us how we should determine good or bad results for a sick person If the benefics-Mercury, Jupiter and Venus-should occupy the Lagna (at query), the 7th, the 8th and the 5th, and if they be aspected by benefics, or if the Moon be in any of the 397 places, sick persons will recover From this it follows that, in the absence of the above conditions, bad results (1 e, non-recovery) should be predicted , Thus ends the 4th Adhyaya in the work Shatpanchasika composed by Prithuyasas, son of Varahamihna 5M ·34 षट्पञ्चाशिकायां Adh. V SI 1 ADHYAYA-V । प्रवासचिन्ताध्याय, ।। ENQUIRY ABOUT ONE WHO IS ABROAD दुरगतस्यागमनं सुतधनसहजस्थितैग्रहैर्लग्नात् । सौम्यैनष्टप्राप्ति लघ्वागमन गुरुसिताभ्याम् Sloka 1-If all the planets occupy the 5th, the 2nd and the 3rd houses from the Prasna Lagna, the early return of the person who has gone to a very far-off place may be predicted If the three houses mentioned above be occupied by the benefics-Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and the waxing Moon-, the recovery of a missiog article or the return"of a person who was considered as lost for ever will be the result If any of the three houses be occupied by Jupiter and Venus, the person who has gone abroad will return very soon. The chapter deals with 'The enquiry into the life (of aperson) abioad' At the outset, the author mentions certain conditions for the retuin Well all the planets from the Sun onwards occupy the 5th, the 2nd and the 3rd houses from Lagna at query, the arrival of the person who was gone abroad should be piedicted Should the benefics-Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and the waxing ·Adh V Sl. 2 पञ्चमोध्यायः 35 Moon--occupy the same position, the secovery of a lost or stolen article should be piedicted The person's going away from home was itself a loss andh is whereabouts were unknown, 1 e, he was missing , that case, he will be found out If Jupiter and Venus occupy the same positions, persons who have gone abioad will ieturn soon 112 जामित्रे त्वथवा पष्टे ग्रहः केन्द्रेऽथ वाक्पतिः प्रोपिनागमन विद्यात् त्रिकोणे जे सितेऽपि वा IR 11 Sloka 2-1f the 7th or the 6th house reckoned from the Lagna at query be occupied by any planet and if Jupiter be posited in a Kendra, it indicates the return home soon of the person gone abroad If Mercury and Venus occupy Trikona houses, it also indicates the quick return home of the traveller who has gone on a journey Here he mentions anothei condition Jamitra जामित्र is the 7th house If there be any planet either in the 7th or the 6th house fiom the Lagna at query, and if Jupiter occupies any one of the four Kendras, the arıival of a person who has gone abroad should be predicted The same should be predicted when Mercury or Venus occupies either or both of the Trikonas (9th and 5th] MA FATTA Fize: 919afta: 1 प्रवासी सुखमायाति सौम्यैलामसमन्वितः ·36 पटपञ्चाशिकाया Adh V SI 3-4 Sloka 3-When the Moon is in the 8th house from the Prasna Lagna and the Kendra houses are not occupied by malefic planets, the absentee returns home safely, and he will return with some gain if benefics occupy Kendras. Here he discusses another conditions The Kantakas or Kendras are the 1st, 4th, 7th and 10th When the Moon occupies the 8th house and when the Kendras are free from the malefics, a traveller ieturns home without any difficulty If the Kendras are occupied by the benefics, he retuins happy with gain पृष्ठोदये पापनिरीक्षिते वा पापास्तृतीये रिपुकेन्द्रगे वा सौम्यैरदृष्टा वधबन्धदाः स्युनष्टा विनष्टा मुषिताश्च वाच्याः ॥४॥ Sloka 4-If the rising sigo at the time of query be a Prishtodaya one and be aspected by a malefic planet, the effect will be that the person concerned will be subjected to torture and imprisonment If malefics be posited in the 3rd and be not aspected by benefics, the person concerned will have departed from his place to a foreign country, if such malefics be in the 6th, the person will be lost or dead, and if they occupy any of the Kendra houses he will have been decoyed by thieves. He mentions another condition The Prishtodaya ·Adh v Sl 5 पञ्चमोध्याय. 37 signs are Mesha, Kataka, Dhanus, Makara and Vrishabha If any one of these be iising at the time of query and be aspected by a malefic, a traveller will undergo assault and confinement 01, when the malefics occupy the 3rd house and are not aspected by benefics, the traveller must have gone to some othei country fiom the pievious one Or, when the malefics occupy the 6th house from the Lagna, and are not aspected by the benefics, the llavellei may have been abducted by thieves Here at is used to denote the variety in he conditions 9979T is an epithet of 9197 , that is, malefics give assault and confinement ग्रहो विलग्नाद्यतमे गृहे तु तेनाहता द्वादश राशयः स्युः । तावद्दिनान्यागमनस्य विद्यान्निवर्तन वक्रगतैहैस्तु ॥ ५ ॥ इति वराहमिहिरात्मज पृथुयशोविरचितायां षट्पञ्चा शिकायां प्रवासचिन्ताध्यायः पञ्चमः ॥ Sloka 5-Note how far removed from the Prasna Lagoa the first Rası is, that is occupied by a planet which is not retrograde but moving in bis direct course This number multiplied by 12 will indicate the number of days in which a traveller will return Should however such a planet be retrograde, the return will be in as many days as are sigoified by the number of

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षटपञ्चाशिकाया
Adh V SI. 5
signs from the Prasna Lagna to that occupied
by the planet.
In this Sloka, the authoi gives a clue to guess the
time or arrival of the tiaveller who has gone abioad
Note the numbei counting from the Lagna of the
first sign that is occupied by a planet, if this planet's
motion be diect, multiply the above said number by
12 The pioduct gives the number of days in which the
traveller will return But if the planet mentioned above
happens to be ietrograde in its motion, the astrologei
should declare that the person will return from abroad
in the same numbei of days
For example, suppose the Lagna at query is Vrishabha
and Kanya is the first sign which is occupied by a
planet Counting from Vuishabha to Kanya we get the
number 5 If the planet that is posited in Kanya be
direct in motion, we must say that the person gone
abroad will return in 5 x 12 or 60 days But if the
planet referred to be retrogiade in motion we have to
say that the person will return in 5 days
Thus ends the 5th Adhyaya entitled “Enquiry into
Life abroad” in the work Shatpanchasika composed by
Prıthuyasas, the son of Vai ahamihi a
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·Adh VI SI 1
षष्ठोऽध्यायः
39
ADHYAYA VI
॥ अथ नष्टप्राप्त्यध्याय ।।
THE RECOVERY OF THE LOST
स्थिरोदये स्थिरांशे वा वर्गोत्तमगतेऽपि वा ।
स्थित तत्रैव तद्रव्यं स्वकीयेनैव चोरितम्
11? 11
Sloka 1-If at the time of query, a fixed sign
a Navasma represented by a fixed sign or a
Vargotiama Navamsa be rising, the properity
that is missing has been stolen by one that
belongs to the querist's party and is still there
alone
Now he comments upon the chapter on “The recovery
of the Lost Here at the outset he treats of the knowledge
of the thieves, The fixed signs are Vrishabha, Simha,
Vrichika and Kumbha If any one of these happen to
rise at the time of query, or in the case of any Lagna,
the Navamsa of a fixed Rasi be rising, or when the rising
Navamsa is a Vargottama one, whatever property is lost
or missing, it must have been stolen by the ownei's own
men, and it remains in the same place Otherwise it must
have been stolen by another from that place, and removed
from that place The definition of वर्गोत्तमनवाशक 15 वर्गों
त्तमनवांशाश्चरादिषु प्रथममध्यपर्यन्तगा.

·40 षट्पञ्चाशिकाया Adh VI SI. 2-3 आदिमध्यावसानेषु रोक्काणेषु विलग्नतः । द्वारदेशे तथा मध्ये गृहान्ते च वदेद्धनम् ॥ २॥ Sloka 2-If at the time of query, the first decanate of a Rasi be rising, the missing article has been left (or dropped) near the gate of the house, if the middle decanate be rising, the stolen property is somewhere in the middle portion of the house, if the last decanate be rising, the property will be found in the backyard of the house Now he gives a clue to find the place The Drekkanas of any sign are owned by the lords of the sign itself, of the 5th house and of the 9th and these are respectively termed the first or beginning, the middle on the second and the last or the thud Anything stolen when these decanates are rising [at the time of query] must be said to be hidden respectively near the gate, in the, middle of the house, and at the end of the house The idea is that if the Lagna rises in the first Drekkana, the stolen wealth is near the gate, if in the middle Drekkana, it is near the sanctuary, and if in the third Drekkana, it is to the west of the house पूर्णः शशी लग्नगतः शुभो वा शर्णोदये सौम्यनिरीक्षितश्च । नष्टस्य लाभ कुरुते तदाशु लाभोपयातो बलवाञ्छुभश्च ।। ३ ।। Sloka 3-If the Moon with her digits full be ·Adh. VI SI. 4 KUTSETTE 41 WE Vet posited in the sign rising at the time of query, or if the Prasna Lagna be a faiga sigo and be occupied and aspected by benefics, the stolen property will soon be recovered The same will be the case when the 11th house reckoned from the Prasna Lagna is occupied by a benefic planet endowed with strength In this the author tells us how to detei mine the recovery and non recovery of lost articles When the full Moon (with her digits full) occupies the Lagna at the time of query 01 when a Sırshodaya sign happens to be rising and when a benefic occupies the same and that benefic is further aspected only by benefics, the lost or stolen property can be recovered very soon 01, even when a powerful benefic occupies the 11th house from the Lagna, the lost article can be recovered very soon From this it follows that in the absence of the above conditions, the lost article cannot be got back, दिग्याच्या केन्द्रगतैरसंभवे वा बदे द्विलग्नात् । ET[szgarisalaattaisar atrai Sloka 4-The direction to which the stolen property has been taken has to be determined by the planets posited in the Kendra house, and in case there are no planets there, through the Rasi indicated by the Prasna Lagoa. The distance to 6M ·42 षट्पञ्चाशिकाया Adh. VI Si, 4 which the stolen property has been transmitted will be as many Yojapas as the rising Navamsa is removed from the first Navamsa or the middle Navamsa of the Prasna Lagna (A योजन= 4 Krosas or about 14 Kilometers, In this Sloka, the author lays down some hints to guess the direction and the distance to which a stolen article has been taken The lords of the different directions beginning from the East are the Sun, Venus, Mars, Rahu, Satuin, the Moon, Mercury and Jupiter respectively cf fishiQit1 TƏFS717-7af9a4. 11 In the piesent case, the direction should be detei mined fiom the planets occupying the Kendias The stolen property must be said to have gone in the direction of that planet which occupies a Kendra position with respect to the Lagna at query Thus, should the Sun occupy the 1st, 4th, 7th or the 10th, the lost article must have gone to the East If there should be two or more planets posited in the Kendra houses, the direction should be determined from the stiongest planet The duections of the signs are given as “अजवृषमिथुनकुलीरा पञ्चम- नवमै महेन्द्राध The signs Mesha, Viishabha, Mithuna and Kataka with their Trikona Trikona Rasis respectively belong to the East, South, West and North When the Kendras are not occupied by any planet, the direction should be determined fiom the sign of the Lagna Ii Mesha, Simha or Dhanus happen to be the Lagna, the stolen property must have taken an easteily course, if it be Vrishabha, Kanya or Makaia, a southei ly course, if it be ·Adb. VI SI 5 षष्ठोऽध्याय. 43 Mithuna, Tula oi Kumbha, a westeily course, and lastly, if it be Kataka, Vrischika 01 Meena, a northerly course The distance in Yojanas should be detei mined fiom the number of Navamsa passed in the Prsna Lagna from the middle or 5th Navamsa of the Lagna Rası That is if the Lagna at query be within 5th Navamsa, the stolen ai ticle in the same piace 01 direction as determined by other circumstances and it has not moved any distance from that place Il on the other hand, the Lagna has tiaseised some Amsas from the 5th, the stolen property must have moved exactly as many Yojanas as the numbei ol Navamsas tiaver sed in the same direction IS अंशकाज्ज्ञायते द्रन्य द्रेष्काणैस्तस्कराः स्मृताः । राशिभ्यः कालदिग्देशा वयो जातिश्च लग्नपात् । ५।। इति वराहमिहिरात्म जपृथुयशोविरचिताया षट्पञ्च। शिकायां नष्टप्राप्त्यव्यायः षष्ठः ।। Sloka 5-The kind of substance stolen should be determined through the Navamsa rising at the time of query (a) the description of the thieves should be guessed through the decanate that is rising at the time of query (b) the time of theft (c) the direction (d) and the place (e) to which the property has been removed should be determined from the rising sign the ·44 षट्पञ्चाठिीकाय Adh VI SI.S age (f) and caste () of the thief should be divined from the lord of the rising siga In this verse, the authoi shows us the method of deteimining the shape and nature of the property stolen, the thief, the time, the direction, the place, the age, the caste of the thief and his appeaiance [a] The stolen pioperty, whether it is of a mineral, 100t oi animal kind, is determined from the insing Navamsa The mineral, etc, coriesponding to the several signs have been alieady explained [1-6 supra) The coloui of the article should be ascertained from that of the sign The colouis assigned to the several signs are thus described in लघुजातक Olhaafaqzaqsafaat: haatraat पिङ्गलकर्बुरबभ्रुकमलिना रुचयो यथासंख्यम् ।। The colours of the 12 signs in their ordei aie Red, white, green, pink, grey, variegated, dark, blown, biown mixed, tawny and soiled Vide also . Tr. 1-20 The size (whethei it is long, of medium length or short] of the article should also be detei mined ſiom the rising Navamsa Kumbha, Meena, Mesha and Vrishabha are short, Mithuna, Kataka, Dhanus and Makara are of medium length, while Simha, Vrischika, Kanya and Tula are long cf 95717- ·Adh VI SI, 5 gastse 14 45 मेषवृषकुंभमीना हवा युगकर्किचापधरमकराः । मध्या हरियुवतितुलादयः स्मृता दीर्घाः ॥ Vide also GTT I.-13 means short, add 17-long It the lord of the Navamsa be strong, the article is hard inside, if he he weak, it is soft and easy to the touch] If the planet in question be in his depiession sign or in the 7th house, the article is as good as lost [b] The thieves are to be detei mined from the decanales The appeaiance of the thief will be similar to the decanate [11sing at the time] The 36 Diekkanas of the zodiac are thus descuibed in Biihat Jataka The fist decanate of Mesha, is a man aimed with an axe, dark, fierce in appearance and of reddish eyes The second decanate of Mesha is a woman, clad in ied, fond of jewels and eatables, like a watei pot in form, with the face of a horse, suffering from thuist and standing with only one foot The 3rd decanate of Mesha is a man, ciuel in disposition, skilled in arts, of a reddish colour, active, but foiled in his attempts, with a raised hand, holding a stick and diess din brown-red clothes He is angry The first decanate of Viishabha is a woman with her hall curled and cut, with a body like that of a water pot, wearing a garment paitly burnt, thusty, intent on eating and fond of jewels ·46 पटपञ्चाशिकाया Adh VI SI 5 The second decanate of Vrishabha is a man skilled in matters ielating to wet lands, giains, house, cows and fine aits, he is ve. sed in the use of the plough as well as in the keeping of conveyances, he possesses a neck similar to that of a bull, he sulleis from hunger , he has got a face like that of a ram and weais dirty garments The last decanate of Viishabhi is a nian possessing a body like that of an elephant, with white teeth, with ieet similai to those of a camel and a toim brown in coloui He is fond of sheep and deer and his mind is agitated The first decanate of Mithuna is symboilsed by a woman with raised hands, beautiful, iond of a needle work and with a keen deslie in adorning work She has attained her pubei ty but has no childien The central decanate of Mithuna is a man standing in a garden, clad in armour and armed with a bow , be is valiant and is a piofessional wairior He has got a face like that of a Garuda , he likes sporting, and is fond of his children, and his mind is always towords oinaments and wealth The thuid decanate of Mithuna is a man decked in ornaments, rich in jewels, fastened with a mail-coat and a quiver, and carlying a bow he his skilled in arts of music and dancing and is a puet The first Dickkana oi Kataha is a man holding leaves, roots and fruits and having a body like that of ·Adh VI SI 5 पाठोध्याय 47 an elephant, stationed andst sandal-wood trees in a forest and having teet like that of a camel he was a face like that of a pig ard a neck similar to that of a horse The middle decanate of Kataka is represented by a woman with her head decorated with lotus-flowers and cairying a snake with her, she is rough in her behaviour and is crying loudly alone in a forest , she is resting herself on a branch of the (70137) Pala sa tiee The last decanate of Kataka is a man who has started on a boat in the ocean to pi ocure ornaments for his wite and has a seipent coiled round him, he is flatfaced and is wearing ornaments made of gold of a The first Dickkana of Simha is of the form vulture and a ja kal sitting over the 77701-Salmalı (sılk cotton] tree and iesembles a dog as well as a man with dirty garments, he is crying aloud owing to separation from his parents The middle decanate or Simha is a man with the shape of a horse and wearing on his head some flowers slightly whitish in colour, he also covers himself with deer skin and a blanket, he is difficult to be found or met with like the lion, he carries a bow in his hand and his nose is somewhat bent The thuid decanate of Simha is rcpiesented by a man, with a face like that of a bear, whose movements and ·48 पटपञ्चाशिकायां Adh VI SI S gestures are similar to that of a monkey, he carries with him a stick, fruits and flesh in his hand , he has a long beard and curled hairs The first decanate of Kany is symbolised by a young damsel holding a pot full of flowers, and with her limbs fully covered up with dirty garments She desires to have clothes and wealth, and wishes to go to her father's 1esidence The middle decanate of Kanya is a man holding a pen n his hand , he is black in colour, and has his head tied with a cloth, he spends as well as earns , he carries with him a large bow, and his whole body is covered with hairs The last decanate of Kanya is represented by a woman, yellowish in complezion, with her body covered with fine garments which have been well-washed, she is tall and holds in her hand a water pot as well as a ladle , she is pious and is going to the temple The fast decanate of Tula is of the shape of a man who has entered a shop on the way with a balance in hand, he is skilled in measuring and weighing and holds a weight in hand he thinks of the warcs and of their exact price The middle decanate of Tula is of the shape of a man with a face like that of a vulture , he is hungıy and thirsty and wants to fly away taking the pot along with him , he is thinking of his wife and children, ·Adh VI SI. 5 TESETT 49 The concluding decanate o Tula is of the form of a man decorated with jewels and who is carıying with him a quiver and a mail-coat made of gold He is monkeylike in appearance, cariles fiu's and resh and stand fightening the dear in the forest The first dacanate of Vuischila is iepre-ented by a beautiful woman shoir O icr airerts and jewels and coming from the great ocean to the shoie She has been ejected from her position and her cet have been bound up together by a serpent The middle decanate of Vrischika is iepresented by a woman desi ir sll kinds of confort for her residence She has a sei pent ciiled 1 und her person for the sake of her husband She has a body sırrılar to that of a turtle or a water pot The last decanate of Vriscluka is of the shape of a lion with a face broad and flat like that of a turtle. He is scaring dogs, deer, pigs and foxes He guards the sandal-wood regions The first decanate of Dhanus is of the shape of a man with a body like that of a hoise and holding a long bow in his hand He stops in the hermitage and gaurds the several articles like the wooden ladles, etc , required for scarifice and also attends to the needs of the ascetics residing in the hermitage The middle decanate of Dhanus 1; represented by a 7M ·50 षट्पञ्चाशिकाया Adh VI SI 5 woman, very beautiful in form, bright as gold or the Champala flower, and seated in a throne, she is middle in stature and is picking up the gems in the ocean The third decanate of Dhanus is symbolised by a man with long hairs, golden and Champaka-like in colour, seated in a chief and prominent place with a stick in hand, Hé wears silk clothes and also a skin The first decanate of Makara is represented by a man full of hairs, with teeth simil r to that of a crocodile and with a body like that of a hog He carries with him a rope [by which an animal is tied to a pole) and a net He is frightful to look at The middle decanate of Makara is a woman skilled in all arts, with eyes as broad as the petal of a lotus, dark-blue in colour, aspiring for various things, decorated with ornaments rnd wearing ear-ornaments made of copper, gold or 11 on The last decanate of Makara is a man with a body similar to that of a Kinnara [a mythical being with a human figure and the head of a horse) and wearing a woolen blanket over his person He has got with him an armour and a quiver, and carries on his shoulders a pot inlaid with precious stones The first decanate of Kumbha is repiesented by a man anxious and troubled about procuring oil, liquor, water and food He carries with him a blanket He is clad in silk and has also got with him the skin of ·Adh. VI SI. 5 षष्ठोऽध्याय. 51 He has a face similar to that of a black antelope a vulture The second decanate or Kumbha is a female seated in a carriage partly buint and carrying Fieza [Salmalı] wood in it She is collecting metals and she is seen in the forest diessed in dirty garments with pots on her head а crown The last decanate of Kumbha is represented by a man black in colour, with halis in his ears and wearing or diadem, he is carrying (on his head] metalic pots [vesels] containing barks (of ti ees], leaves, gem and fruits and whicb he is iemoving from one place to another 8 The first decanate of Meena is symbolised by a man handling with his hands several articles consisting for the most part of ladles, pots, pearls, gems and conch shells and carrying ornaments He crosses a lake huge mass of water] by means of a boat for the sake of getting oinaments for his wiſe The second decanate of Meena is a young females ailing with her retinue to the other side of the ocean in a boat with a banner mounted on a very tall flag-staff and with a facial colour resembling that of the Champaka flower The last decanate of Meena is a man standing naked in a forest near a hole with a serpant coiled round his body He is very much agitated in mind being tormented by thieves and fire, and is weeping ·52 षट्पञ्चाशिकाया Adh VI SI 5 For more details about Diethanas' see I wil Adhayaya XXVII [c] The ume foi theit) can be determined through the signs of लघुजातक-मेवाचा३चत्कार र विकास क्षपाला ज्ञेया.। Thus if any one of the signs, Mesha, Vrishabha, Mithuna, Kataka, Dhanus and Makara be rising, it should be declared that the article must have been stolen at night If any one of the signs, Simha, Kanya, Tula, Viischica, Kumbha, and Meena be 11sing, the thelt must have been committed during day-time [d] In the same manner, the duection may be guessed that is Mesha, Simha or Dhanus be iising, the article will have been taken away to the East , 1 Vrishabha, Kanya or Mahara be the Lagna, to the South, it Mithuna, Tula or Kumbhi, to the West, and if Katala, Vrischika or Meena to the North. ษ 01 [e] For a description of the places denoted by the several Rasis, see FI FT 1-10-12 Thus, if Mesha be the Lagna, the article stolen will be found in a place frequented by sheep If it be Vrishabha, the missing property will be in a cowshed and it it be Mithuna, the article is in the music or ballet room in the wrestling place, ilit Katala, the aiticle is in a place neai water, it it be Slutha, in a forest, if Kanya, neai a ship, if Tula in a shop, 1 Vrischika, in a hole (or buirow], [ Dhanus, in a battle-field or near fortwalls, or a place frequented by horses, il Mahara, near water, if kumbha in an art-gailary or near a pot containing pickles, ·Adb VI S: 5 पळोव्यायः 53 etc,, and iſ Meena, near Water The missing article will be found in a place of the description given above for the sign rising at the time [f] The age of the thief should be deduced from the loid of the Lagna ie, his age will be that of the lord of the lising sign The appioximate ages of the several planets are thus described in FIFE FIT वासि तेषां स्तनपानबाल्यव्रतस्थिता यौवनमध्यवृद्धाः मतीववृद्धा रविचंद्रभौमज्ञशुक्रवाग्मीनशनैश्चराणाम् ।। The Sun, the Moon, Mars Mercury Venus, Jupiter and Saturn denote respectively a suching child, a boy, a colibate, an adult, a middle-aged man, an old man, and a very old man For example, if the Moon be the lord of the Lagna, the 'thief' will be a boy of four or five years, if Mercury, the thief will be a celibate of 12 years, it Venus he will be an adolescent of 32 yeais: it Jupiter, a i ddleaged man 50 years old, if the Sun, an old man of 70 winters, and if Saturn, a very old man, say of about 80.years n [g] For the particular caste appi opriate to each of the several planets, see the following sloka liom mesia जीवसितौ विप्राणां क्षत्रस्यारोष्णगू विशां चन्द्रः । शूद्राधिपः शशिसुतः शनैश्चरः संकरभवानाम् ।। Jupiter and Venus aie lords ol the Brahmins, Mars and the Sun, of Kshatriyas, the Moon, of Vaisyas, Mercury, ·$4 षटपज्ञाशिकायां Adh. VII SI. 1 of Sudras, and Saturn, of hybrids or Chandalas The thief will be of the case of the planet owning the Lagna Thus ends the 6th Adyaya entitled 'Recovery of what is lost in the work Shatpanchasika composed by Prithuyasas, the son of Varahamihira ADHYAYA VII 11 $727 ST12519.11 MISCELL 4 NEOUS विषम स्थितेऽकपुत्रे सुतस्य ज-मान्यथाङ्गनायाश्च । लभ्या वरस्य नारी समस्थितेऽतोऽन्यथा वामम् ॥ १ ॥ Sloka 1. If Satura be posited in an odd house (3rd, 5th, 7th, or 9th or 11th) from the Lagna, the birth of a male should be predicted. Otherwise, the birth will be of a girl, In the query for a marriage, if Saturo occupy any one of the even houses, one should predict the acquisition of a bride , if otherwise, the contrary should be predicted. This chapter deals with "Miscellaneous matters" At the outset the author gives a clue to determine whether a woman who is pregnant will be delivered of a male or a ·Adh VII SI. 2 TEISETIT 55 female child, and whether a person who is in search of a bride will get or one or not When Saturn occupies an odd house from the Lagna at querry, ie, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th and 11th, it should be predicted that the querist will have a son cf बृजा. IV-12, where it has been distinctly stated that Saturn, not being in the Lagna but occupying an odd house therefrom, bungs about the birth of a male child If Saturn occupies other houses, the piediction of a female should be made Further, if Satuin occupies any one of the even houses from the Layna, ie, the 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th, 10th and 12th, a person who is in quest of a bride will get one Or a sensualist will get a woman he is in need of. If on the other hand, Saturn should occupy an odd house from the Lagna, the person concerned will not succeed in getting a bride in the one case, nor a woman in the other. gerfantazifagahataifa: 55 mila भवति च विवाहकता त्रिकोण केन्द्रेषु वा सौम्याः ॥ २ ॥ Sloka 2-If, at the time of query, the Moon be posited in the 3rd, 5th 7th, 11th or the 6th house from the Prasna Lagna and aspected by Jupiter the Sun and Mercury, the marriage of the querist will come to pass The same should be predicted when benefic planets occupy the

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षट्पञ्चानिमायां
Adh VII SI. 3
Trikona and Kendia huuses reckoned from the
Prasna Lagna
Now he treats of the detei mination of Iarriage.
{ [T1] means the 3rd house, a [Suta) is the 5th,
[Mada) is the 7th, 177 [Ava) is the Ilth and safe
is the 6th If the Moon occupying the 3.d, 5th, 71h,
11th or 6th house iiom the lagna be aspected by Jupiter, the
Sun and Mercury the questicnei's wedding would take
place, or iſ the benefics occupy 1'. Tiikona and the Kendra
places, viz the 9th 5th, Ist, 4th 7th and 10th houses as the
case may be, the questioner ill be married Here the
word 71 is used to distinguish othei conditions
चन्द्रार्कयोः सप्तमगौ सितार्की सुखेऽष्ट मे वाऽपि तथा
विलग्नात् ।
featerferat aer 7 7919 gfi daca 1071 1311
Sloka 3 - If Venus and Saturn be posited in
the 7th house reckoned respectively from the
Moon and the Sun, or in the 4th and the 8th
houses from the Lagna, or in the 2nd and 3rd
houses from the Lagna, one should predict the
advent of rain, if it be the rainy season
In this Siola, the author cives a clue to determine the
rain in the monsoon time

·Adh. VII Sl. 4-5 सप्तमोऽध्यायः 57 Trtaram सौम्या जलराशिस्थास्तूलीयधन केन्द्रगाः सिते पक्षे । चन्द्रे वाप्युदयगते जलराशिस्थे वदेवर्षम् 1॥४॥ Sloka 4 -If benefic plauets occupy the 3rd, 2nd, Ist, 4th, 7th and 10th houses reckoned from the Prasna Lagna and these houses bappen to be also watery signs, and if it also be the bright half of the month, one should predict rain. The same will be the case of the Moon happens to be in the Lagna identical with a watery sigo. In this Sloka, he discusses the determination of rain at the time of query The watery signs are Kataka, Meena, Makara and Kumbha, पुवर्ग लग्नगते पुंग्रहदृष्टे बलान्विते पुरुषः । युग्मे स्त्रीग्रहदृष्टे स्त्रीबुधयुक्ते तु गर्भयुता Sloka 5-If the (a) Varga that is rising at the time of query be a masculine one, (b) be strong (c) and be aspected by male planets, the issue to be born will be a male one (d) If the said Varga be a female one and be aspected by female planets, the issue will be a female. If the Prasna Lagoa be occupied by Mercury, the woman (e) concerned should be declared as enceinte. 8M ·58 षटपञ्चाशिकाया Adh VII SI, 4-5 In this Sloka the author gives us a clue to determine the sex of the child which the pregnent woman is to be delivered of, and in the case of a query regarding pregnancy or otherwise, whether a particular women may be declared as pregnant [v] The term Varga has already be defined in page 7, supra [b] The male and female signs are resorted in the work seal thus Mesha, Mithuna, Simħa, Tula, Dhanus and Kumbha aie called male signs, while the remaining six--Vrishbha, Kataka, Kanya, Vrichika, Makara and Meena are known as female signs [c] The Lagna will be strong when अधिष्युतो दृष्टो वा बुधजीवनिरीक्षितश्च यो राशिः । स भवति बलवान् न यडा युक्तो दृष्टोऽपि वा शेषैः ।। इति-लघुजातके The Lagna becomes strong only when it is occupied or aspected by its lord, Mercury or Jupiter Otherwise, it will not become powerful even when aspected or occupied by all the other planets [d] The masculine, feminine and neutral characterestics of planets are given as Faqat garantit amat #fqai नृणां शेषा इति Mercury and Saturn are eunchs, the Moon and Venus are females, and the rest, males Hence the males are the Sun, Mars and Jupiter When a Varga of a male Rası is rising at the time, and is aspected by a male planet and when the Lagna is powerful, a boy will be born ·Adh. VII SI. 6 सप्तमोध्यायः 59 [e] That is, that the woman is pregnant and that delivery has not yet taken place कुमारिका बालशशी बुधश्च वृद्धां शनिःसूर्यगुरू प्रसूताम् । स्त्री कर्कशां भौमसितौ विवत्त एवं वयः स्यात्पुरुषेषु चैवम् ।।६।। Sloka 6-If the rising sign at query be occupied or aspected by the young Moon or Mercury the subject of enquiry will be a girl; if by Saturn it will be an old woman , if by the Sun or Jupiter, it will be a woman who has recently delivered, and if by Mars or Venus, it will be a rough-bodied or a robust woman. This rule should be similarly applied in the case of men, In this Sloka a clue is given for guessing the age of the female or rrale the querist has got in his mind The Moon is young from the first to the 10th Tithi of Bright fortnight, she is adolescent between the 11th Tithi of the Bright fortnight and the 5th of the dark half, and old between the 6th Tithi and the New Moon day If the young Moon aspects or occupies the Lagna at query, it should be predicted that the querist has got a young girl in his mind. Similarly, if Mercury aspects or occupies the Lagna, the above prediction should be made In the same way, the astrologer should guess that the querist is thinking of an adolescent maiden, if the Moon is adolescent, and of an old woman, if the Moon is old ·60 Talimat Adh VII SI 7-8 mean बाला कुमारी च ३शी बुधश्च 1s another reading Then it will •The Moon determines a girl who has not come of age, and Mercury, a maiden who is not married' Similarly Saturn detei mines a senile woman, while the Sun and Jupiter, a woman who is delivered of a child Mars and Venus indicate a cruel and hard-hearted rough female The age also should be similaıly determined In the case of males, the same piocedure should be followed आत्मसमंलग्नगतैभ्राता सहजस्थितैः सुतः सुतगैः । माता वा भगिनी वा चतुर्थगैः शत्रुगैः शत्रु ।। ७ ।। भायां सप्तमसंस्थैनवमे धर्माश्रितो गुरुदशमे। स्वांगपतिमित्रशत्रुषु तथैव वाच्यं बलयुतेषु ।।८ Sloka 7-8-If a planet endowed with superior strength occupy the rising sign at the time of query, the subject of the query will be about one who is intimately connected with the querist, if it occupy the 3rd house, it will be about one's brothers, if it occupy the 5th house, the question will relate to one's issue, if it occupy the 4th house, it will be about one's mother or his sister, if it occupy the 6th house, it will be about an enemy of the querist, if it occupy the 7th house, it will relate to one's wife, if it ·Adh VII SI. 7-8 सप्तमोऽन्याय 61 occupy the 9th house, it will be about one who is engaged in some virtuous action , and if it occupy the 10th house, it will relate to one's preceptor Further, if the planet occupying the Lagna happen to be the lord of the rising Navamsa and be powerful, the query will be about the querist himself, if he be friendly to the lord of the Lagna Navamsa and be powerful, tbe query will be about his friend, if he be inimical to the lord of the Lagna Navamsa, and be also strong, it will relate to bis enemy: If the querist should ask "Whom am I thinking of at present ?, the author gives a clue to answer the same in these two verses If the Lagna at query be occupied by planets like the Sun, Moon, etc., endowed with strength, the querist is thinking of something similar to his own body If such planets occupy the 3rd house, he thinks of his brother, the fifth house, of a son, the fourth house, of his mother or his sister, and the sixth house, of his enemies. If strong planets occupy the 7th, the 9th and the 10 from the Lagna, the person thought of will be his wife, a ieligious personage, and h s pieceptor respectively If the planet owning the rising Navamsa occupy the Lagna, ie, when the lord of a Navamsa which has just risen occupies the Lagna, the querist must be thinking of himself If a friend of the aforesaid Navamsa lord occupy

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षट्पञ्चाशिकायो
Adh. VII SI. 9
the Lagna, the querist is thinking of his friend If an
enemy of the said Navamsa-lo d be posited in the Lagna,
the questioner is thinking of an enemy
If, on the other hand, there should be two or more
planets in the several positions mentioned above, the
reading of thought must be made 'rom the position of the
strongest planet out of them The same principle should
be adopted when many stiong planets occupy these positions
In Brihat Jataka, the distinction of friends and enemies
among planets has been stated thus,
शत्रू मन्दसितौ समश्च शशिजो मित्राणि शेषा रवेः etc.
Saturn and Venus are the enemies of the Sun, Mercury
his neutral, and the rest are
his fiiends etc,
बृ. जा. II-16& 17.
For the first line of Sloka 7 the following is another
reading
आत्मसमं लग्नगतेस्तृतीयगैभ्रातरः सुतः सुतगैः ।
चरलग्ने चर भागे मध्याद्भ्रष्ष्टे प्रवास चिन्ता
भ्रटः सप्तमभवनात्पुनर्निवृत्तो यदि न वक्री
।। ९ ।।
Sloka 9-If at the time of query the Lagna
belong to a moveable sign and the Navamsa
that is rising be also a moveable ope, past the
middle Navamsa, i e., be the 6th, 7th, 8th or 9th
Navamsa, the query will be about one who has

·Adh. VII Si. 10
सप्तमोऽध्याय.
63
gone abroad. If the planet that has just fallen
from the 7th house be direct in motion (and not
retrograde), the astrologer may predict the
return of the traveller to his place, and if the
planet be retrograde, the traveller will not
return
In this Sloka, the authoi gives a clue to determine the
aspiration of the querist for going abroad
If any one of the moveable signs-Mesha, Kataka, Tula
and Makara-be the Lagna at query and if a moveable
Navamsa be also rising and if that Navamsa be one that is
subsequent to the central (5th) Navamsa of the Rası, ie,
be the 5th, 7th, 8th or 9th, the querist will be thinking of
going abroad
But if at this juncture any planet such as Mars and
the like has just fallen from the 7th house (ie, gone to the
6th '') the querist will give up the idea of a foreign travel
and he will not undertake it Should the planet which has
moved away from the 7th be not then retrograde, the
person would certainly drop the idea of a foreign tour , if
the planet be retrograde, he will go abroad,
अस्ते रविसितवः परजायां स्वां गुरौ बुधे वेश्याम् ।
चन्द्रे च वयः शशिवत्प्रवदेत्सौरेऽन्त्यजातीनाम् ।।१०।।
Sloka 10-If at the time of query the 7th
house, be occupied by the Sun, Venus or Mars,

·64 षट्पञ्चाशिकायां Adh VII SI. 11 the woman enjoyed by the querist will be another man's wife. If Jupiter occupy the 7th house, the woman referred to will be his own wife. If Mercury or the Moon occupy the 7th house, the woman will be a prostitute If it be Saturn, the woman will be of a very low caste. The age of the woman will be similar to the nature of the Moon. Here, the author gives us a method to find out an answer to the question, 'With what kind of woman had I union ? If the Sun, Venus or Mais occupies the 7th house from the Lagna at query, it should be declared that the querist had union with another man's wife, if Jupiter occupy such a position, the union was with his own wife, if it be the Moon or Mercury, the enjoyment was with a courtezan, if it be Saturn, the union was with a woman of the lowest caste, which is forbidden The age of the woman should be determined from the age of the Moon, 1e, if the Moon is young, she is a girl, if the Moon is adolescent, she is an adult, if old, she too is old, and SO on n The distinction of the Moon's age has already been stated in P 56 supra मन्दः पापसमेतो लग्नान्नवमे शुभैरयुतदृष्टः । float: 9773) IHTT) HTET TE 119211 Sloka 11-If Saturn in conjuction with a ·Adb. VII SI. 12 सप्तमोऽध्यायः 65 malefic planet be posited in the 9th house reckoned from the Lagna at query and be not conjoined with or aspected by a benefic, the traveller will suffer from sickness in a fore'go place. If Saturn should occupy the 8th house, under the same conditions, the yoga would cause the death of the traveller In this veise a clue is given to detera ine the stay of a sick person in another place If Saturn be in Conjuction with any of the malefics, Viz, the Sun Mars and the waning Moon and if he occupies the 9th house from the Lagna at query and be neither conjoined with nor aspected by any of the benefics, a man afflicted with disease should be declared to be residing in another place IT Saturn under the same circumstances should occupy the 8th house from Lagna, the sick man would die सौम्ययुतोऽकी सौम्यैः सन्दृष्टश्चाष्टमक्षसंस्थश्च । तस्माद्देशादन्यं गतः स वाच्यः पिता तस्य ॥ १२ ॥ Sloka 12-If the Sun in conjuction with a benefic be posited in the 8th house from the Praspa Lagoa and be aspected by benefics, the astrologer should declare that the querist's father who has left his home and gone to a foreign country has left that country and gone to another. 9M ·66 षट्पञ्चाशिकाया Adh. VII SI 12 Suppose there is a queiy "Is my lather who was in a foreign country, still staying there or has gone to some other places This sloka enables the astrologer to answer the same. If the Sun be conjoined with or aspected by any benefic and if he occupies the 8th house from the Lagna, the questioner's father should be declared to have gone to some other place from the former, otherwise, he will be in the same place इति वराहमिहिरात्मनपृथुयशोविरचितायां षट्पञ्चाशिकाया मिश्रकाध्यायः सप्तमः ॥ Thus ends the 7th Adhyaya entitled "Miscellaneous" in the work Shatpanchasika composed by Puthuyasas, son of Varahamihra ॥ षट्पञ्चाशिका समाप्ता॥

·INDEX NB. The Roman and Arabic numerals opposite to each word refer respectively to the Adhyaya to which st belongs and to 'the number of the Sloka therein. Where a number against any word is enclosed in brackets, it represents the page in which the word occurs A ABSENTEE Yoga under which the-returns home safely ACQUISITION. To predict the-of a position or place 11-1 To predict the-of a bride VII-1 ADHAMYA-[10] ADVANCEMENT -of the thing or object desired IV-2 AGE To piedict the-of the woman enjoyed by the querist VII-10. ANIMAL. Condition under which a query relates to one of the kind I-6 The particular Navamin each Rası that represent the-kind ANXIETY. Condition under which fear and are caused to the querist IV-4 APPOINTMENT Acquisition of an-or position II-1 [15] A Yoga which will confer an--or position on the querist IV_3. ARMY The arr val or otherwise of the enemy's II-11. The condition under which the will return very soon III-9 ARRIVAL. the querist's enemy II-10 The-or otherwise of the enemy's army II-11 Condition when the enemy's -- should be declared. II-13 Tie time when the enemy's may be expected. IL-17. sas ·68 INDEX BROTHERS The condi. tion under which the subject of a query will be about one's ---- VII--7 BUSINESS Condition under which success in one's--may be predicted I-4 A Yoga which causes failure of one's IV-4 To piedict the-ot a peison who has gone abioad V-2 [33] [34] ARTICLE Condition under which a missing will be iestoied I-5 To predict whethei an -relates to the Mineial, Vegetable or the Animal kind 1-6 ASSAULT A travellei to undergo-and confinement [35] AUSPICIOUS Condition under wlinh the Moon proves to the quei ist IV-3 AVANTI The teacher of [2] B BACK YARD Condition under which the missing article will be found in the-of one's house VI-2 BESIEGERS A Yoga which indicates success to the III-2 BIPEDS [11] IV-2 BIPED SIGNS III - 3,4 BIRTH To piedict whether the-will be of a boy or gırl VII-1 BRIDE To predict the acquisition ot a VII-.1. CASTE To piedict the of a thief VI-5 [51] CHERISED OBJECT A Yoga under which one's are fulfilled IV--1 CHIEF A Yoga which indicates success to the -of a town III-2 CITIZENS III-2 CONFINENT A traveller to suffer--- [35] CONFLICT To have a -With the enemy II-8, 10 COUNTRY To declaie that the querist's father who has gone to a foreign --has quitted thatand 'gone to another VII-12 ·INDEX 69 DAMSEL Το еп оу happiness thiogh a IV-4 DEAD Condition under which a person iefeired to in a query is lost or dead V- DEATH A clue to predict Whethei there wil be any-II-1 A Yoga which indicates the---of tiavellei VII-11 DECANATE A clue to find the place of a missing artical through the --S VI-2 The desciiption of the thieves to be guessed though the that is rising at the time ol To have in the undei takings (31) DEPARTURE TO piedict the---of one's enemy II-10 DHAMYA 1-6 DIRECTION To predict the to which the stolen property has been taken VI-4,5 DISEASE Re the cure of a----II-1 (15) DISTANCE TO guess the --to which the stolen property has been transmitted VI-4 DUALRASIS II--7, 8, III-3. а. query VI-5 DECOYED A Yoga under which the person concerned is----by thieves V-4 DEFEAT Condition under which there will be no at the hands of one's enemy II- Condition under which one's enemy suffers 11-3,7 One to suffer--11-8 Yoga under which a complete ---- - is caused III-1 ENCEINTE. VII-5 ENCOUNTER Το have an----With one's enemy. II-8 ENEMY The-to suffer de 'eat, 11-3,4 Arrival or otherwise of one's--to fight II-6 10, 11, 13 Return of one's to his place II-7, 12 Time of--S arrival II-17 To suffer defeat at the hands of one's -les (15) M ·70 INDEX query. VII-6 a- Το ENQUIRY To predict the FOREIGN PLACE TO subject of -at any suffer from sickness in VII-II EVEN SINGS (12) FRIEND The condition F when the subject of a query will be about one's FAILURE in one's VII-8 business. I_4 IV_4 --s of planets (59) -to get an appoint FULFILMENT -of one's ment or possition II-2 cherished objects IV-1 FALL To determine a from one's position 1-2 GAIN Benefics in certain FAR---OF PLACE position bestow great predict the return of a on he querist (29) person who has gone To acquire-through a to a very -V-1 damsel IV-4 FATHER VII-12 To return home with FEAR Maleffcs in certain some - V-3 positions cause and A knowledge of--and anxiety loss (29) GIRL FEMALE SIGNS (55) The subject of enquiry will be a- FEMALE VARGA If the when VII-6 rising Amsa be a the The condition under issue will be a female VII-5 (55) which the birth will be of a VII-1 FIGHT Time when the 1 GOOD TO cause to return of the person who has gone out for the native IV-4 The Moon in expected II-14. Prasna Lagna will do no IV-3 FIXED SIGNS (4) VI-1 Malefics in the 12th and FOREIGN COUNTRY 11th are not productive To declare that the of-results IV-3 querist's father who has GOVERNOR The of gone to a -has quitted a town when attacked the country and gone to from outside will gain a another VII-12 victory III-1 the -may be ·INDEX 71 H 1 KRISHNA II-16 HAPPINESS To enjoy L --through a damsel LOSS. A knowledge of IV-4 gain and—- [29] HARM Malefics rising in To cause of money. the Lagna will cause IV-4 [18] HEAD QUARTERS M The king will not move from MADHYA 1-2 his II-9 MAIDEN. The querist to HIBUKA A teim given be thinking of an adoleto the 4th house I-2. scent [56] HONOUR To b ing on MALE-signs [55] and wealth IV-3 -planets (55] The condition under HORARY ASTROLOGY which the birth of ashould be predicted VII-1 MARRIAGE ILLNESS A sick person Query for VII-1. will recover from biswhen the Moon is in the To predict the time of of the querist 3rd, 6th, 10th or llth VII-2 house IV-5 MASCULINE Varga IMMOVEABLE SIGNS VII-5 [4] II-2 [15] 5, 6, 13, ---planets [55] IMPRISONMENT One MINERAL I-6 to be subjected to- MISSING Restoration of V-4 the lost or-article ISSUE I-5 V1 Το predict MONEY To cause loss whether them to be born of IV-4 will be male or a female VII-15. MOTHER The subject of the query, will be about K one's-- When VII-7 KENDRA. III-4, IV-1 MOVEABLE SIGNS V-2, 3, [10] VII-2 [15], II-5, 6, 8, 9, 13, KING II-9 15, VII-9 а. а. 541, ·72 Index N NAGARAS III-2 OBJECT Advancement of the thing o---desired IV-2 ODD SIGNS [12] PROSPERITY To piedict Success or -from the 4th house I-2 Condition undei which the of a Bhava is ensured - I3 PSOSTITUTE En oyment with a VII-10 Q QUADRUPED SIGNS (11) QUADRUPED SIGNS retreat with the . 3 PEACE III-3,4 PLACE Acquisition of a II-1 To determ ne the to which the stolen property has been removed. VI-5 PLANETS -male and female VII-5 POSITION Acquisition of a II-1 [15] IV-3 PRASNA PRECEPTOR The subject of the query will relate of one's ---When VI-8 PRISHTODAYA SIGNS I-4, V-4 PRITHUYASAS PROPERTY To suffer no loss of 11-1 To declare that the -has been stolen by one of the querist's party VI-1 Recovery of the stolen VI-3 QUERY (2), 1-2, 3, (7), 5, 6, III, (14), 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, IV-2,4, V-2, VI-2, 3, 5, VII - 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 QUICK MARCH TO predict the king's--- for fight II-9 R RAIN To predect-- VII-3,4 RECOVER A sick person to-from his illness IV-5 RECOVERY To predict the--of missing article --of lost articles (39) REPTILES (11) RESTORATION -of article that missing 1-5 a an 1S ·INDEX 73 17, het RETREAT --of the 1 SENSUALIST A---Wil eneniy II-4, 10, 12, get a woman he is in RETURN to his need of (52) home of a person gone SICKNESS Recovery abioad 1-2, 11-1, fiom-IV-5 V-2 SIRSHODAYA 1-4 (7) -of the missing article VI-3 1-5 SISTER ih subject of of the nemy to his the que y will be about place II-7,8 one's-VII-7 of the peison who has STOLEN PROPERTY gone out for fight II-14 VI-1, 2, 3, Time of -how to be SUBJECT --of enquiry computed II-15, 16, VII-6, V-5 SUBSTANCE Kind of To piedict the--Of stolen VI_5 one's army III-5 SUCCESS ---to be ---of a person who predicted from the 4th was considered as lost house I To piedict -in one's To piedict the of business the traveller to his place VII-9 when to be expected, I-2 ROBUST WOMAN Tlle A novcable Lag na subject of enquiry will be a-V-6 biings on-to the pensons ROOT To predict that setting about II-5 the subject of a query The houses that indilelates to somecate to [1] the Chief vegetable kind 1-6 of the town (?) the paity that is besieging SANCTUARY If the ĪTI --?, Lagna 11ses in the middle decanate of a Rası, the stolen property is neai THIEF To detcım ne the the-(38) -VI-5 or ·74 INDEX 1 VICTORY To predictto the Governer of a town III-1 VIRTUOUS ACTION The subject of enquiry will be about one who is engaged in some- VII-8 > TIME--of the ietuin of the pers n who has gone out for fight II—14, 15, 16, 17 -of return of a tiavellei V-5 TORTURE One to the subjected 0 - and impiisonment V-4 TOWN To predict victory to the Governor of d-I- TRANSFER To determine one's--I-2 TRAVEL To piedict one's -II-1 TRAVELLER Return of the- who has gone abroad III--5, 1-2 VII -9 To jredict the death of the-VII--11 Time of return of a -V--5 TREATY - of of peace between two kings III-3 TRIKONA IV-1, [34] WAR To be at III--3,4 WATERY SIGN 1-4 IV WOMAN To have gain and other things through the help of a--[31] Subject of enquiry to a-- [31] to amwho was recently delivered VII—6 The kind of-enjoyed by the quei ist VII-10 WIFE Subject of query to be querist's VII 8 The kind of woman enjoyed to be one's own-VII--10 WEALTH A Yoga bringing honor and to the qerist IV 3 Loss of to the quest onei - [31] UNDERTAKINGS Defeat in the-[31] VARAHAMIHIRA I--1 VARGA VII - 5 VARGOTTAMAR VI-1 VEGETABLE I--0,7 YOUNG MOON VII-6 SIP Mallikarjuna Press, Bangalore-53.

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