Ch. 50. Effects of the Char etc. Dashas
1-3. Mahārśi Parashara said. O Brahmin! I have already described the Char etc. Dashas. Now I am going to tell you the effects of these Dashas. The effects of the Dashas of the Rāśis should be judged from the strength of the Lords of Rāśis and whether they are benefics, or malefics. If the Lord of a Rāśi possesses full strength, the effects of the Dasha of the Rāśi will be realized in full. The effects of the Dasha will be of medium nature, if the strength is medium. If the Lord of Rāśi possesses little strength, the effects will be experienced accordingly.
4-10. If there are malefics in the 8th, the 5th and the 9th from a Dasha Rāśi, the effects of the Dasha of that Rāśi will be distressful. If there are malefics in the 3rd and the 6th from a Dasha Rāśi, the effects of the Dasha will be victory over enemies and happiness. If there are benefics in the 3rd and the 6th from the Dasha Rāśi, there will be defeat in its Dasha. If there are benefics, or malefics in the 11th from the Dasha Rāśi, there will be conquests and happiness in the Dasha. If the Dasha Rāśi is occupied by, or is owned by a benefic, the effects of its Dasha will be beneficial. If a Dasha Rāśi, owned by a benefic, is occupied by a malefic, favourable effects will be experienced in the first part of the Dasha and they will be adverse in the latter part. If a Dasha Rāśi, owned by a malefic is occupied by a benefic, the effects of the Dasha will be the same. A Dasha Rāśi, owned and occupied by a malefic will always yield unfavorable results. The reverse will be the case in the case of the Dasha Rāśi, owned and occupied by a benefic. If a Dasha Rāśi, owned by a benefic, is occupied by both benefic and malefic Planets, the effects of Dasha will be adverse in its first part and favourable in the latter part.
11-17. The assessment of the effects of the Dasha of the Dasha Rāśi should be made after taking into account the disposition of the Planets in the Rāśi at birth and the disposition of Planets during the Dasha. If the Dasha Rāśi is well disposed both at the time of birth and during its Dasha, the beneficial results will be realized in full. If it is ill-disposed during the Dasha, the effects will be of mixed nature. If the Dasha Rāśi is ill-disposed both at the time of birth and during its Dasha, only evil effects will be experienced.
18-19. The effects of the Dasha will be favourable, if it is occupied by a benefic and there is also a benefic in the Rāśi previous to it. If the Rāśi is occupied by a malefic, the effects will be of adverse nature. If there are benefics in 5th and 9th, the effects of its Dasha will be favourable. The reverse will be the case, if 5th and 9th are occupied by malefics.
20-21. Aquarius, Taurus, Leo and Scorpio are Badhaka Houses for the four Movable Rāśis: Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn. In other words the 11th Rāśi to a Movable Rāśi is its Badhaka House. If there is a malefic in the House, occupied by its Lord, or in Badhaka House of that Rāśi, there will be occasions of great sorrow, imprisonment and diseases during the Dasha.
22. The Dasha of a Rāśi will be favourable, if it is occupied by its own Lord, or an exalted Planet. The Dasha of a Rāśi, not occupied by any Planet, will be adverse.
23-25. There will be great danger, imprisonment during a journey, displeasure of Government and danger from enemies in the Dasha and Antar Dasha of the Rāśi, from which its Badhaka House, 12th, 6th and 8th are occupied by Rahu. There will be loss, due to the displeasure of the king and danger there from in the Antar Dasha of the Rāśi, that is occupied by Sun, Mars, Rahu and Saturn. There will be the possibility of death, if the 5th and the 9th from the Antar Dasha Rāśi are occupied by a debilitated, or malefic Planet.
26-28. There will be enjoyment, acquisition of chiefship of a town, or village, birth of a son, financial gains, well-being, dawn of fortune, attainment of the position of a Commander of an Army and progress all-round, if there is an exalted Planet in the Trikona from the Antar Dasha Rāśi. There will be in his Dasha financial gains, well-being and birth of a son, if the Planet, who is the Lord of the Dasha, happens to be in a benefic Rāśi and receives a Aspect from Jupiter.
29-32. Taurus, Libra, Capricorn, Aquarius and Gemini are the inimical Rāśis of Sun. The inimical Rāśis of Moon and other Planets may be reckoned similarly. If a Planet is in an inimical Rāśi, his Dasha will be full of adversities. The effects of the Dasha of Rāśis and Planets should be judged after taking into account the above rules.
33-34. The Dashas of that Planet will be favourable, who is Raja Yoga Karak, who is disposed between two benefics (that is there are benefics in the 2nd and the 12th Houses to that Planet) and who has benefics in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Houses from him. A malefic Planet becomes favourable, if he is disposed between benefics.
35-36. The whole of the Dasha of a Planet, who is related to a friendly and benefic Planet at the commencement and the end of the Dasha, will be favourable. In an unfavorable Dasha the Antar Dasha of a benefic (Planet, or Rāśi) becomes favourable. The Dasha of a Planet, or Rāśi, who has benefics in the 5th, or the 9th from it, is also favourable. In this manner the effects of the Dasha should be judged, after taking into account the dispositions of the Planet, or Rāśi at the commencement and at the end of the Dasha.
37-39. The Dasha of the Planets and Rāśis, who have benefics in the Trikona from them is favourable. If the Dasha of a benefic Rāśi commences in a benefic Rāśi, it will be very favourable. If an evil Dasha commences in a benefic Rāśi, it is also favourable. Therefore the commencement of a Dasha should always be kept in view in assessing the results of the Dasha. There will be loss of fortune, if at the commencement of the Dasha there is a malefic Rāśi, or, if the Lord of the Dasha Rāśi is in debilitation.
40-41. There will be loss of fortune, wealth and agricultural products and infliction with disease during the Dasha of the Rāśi, occupied by a debilitated Planet, or, if there is a debilitated Planet in the 5th from it, or in the 9th from it, or whose Lord is debilitated, or related to a debilitated Planet.
42. Four Rāśis from Aquarius and four Rāśis from Scorpio belong to Rahu and Ketu, respectively. If Rahu and Ketu are in any one of the aforesaid Rāśis, the Dasha will be productive of beneficial results.
43-45. If a Planet, whose Dasha is otherwise considered favourable, is placed in a Marak House, or, if the Rāśi, in which his Dasha comes to an end, receives a Aspect from Venus, or Moon, there will be in his Dasha displeasure of government and loss of wealth.
46-47. There will be loss of everything, imprisonment, death, exile from the country and great distress at the end of the Dasha of Rahu. The above effects will definitely be realized, if there are malefics in the 5th and the 9th from Rahu. Beneficial and adverse effects should be predicted in this manner.
48-50. The same would be the effects in the Dasha of the Rāśi, occupied by malefics, like Rahu etc. The association of a Marak Planet with the Rāśi at the time of commencement of its Dasha is not productive of good effects. If such a Planet is Rahu, there will be imprisonment, or loss of wealth.
