374-376. Eye Defects etc. from Birth : (a) If at the time of Adhana, Leo rising with the luminaries therein with the aspect of Mars and Saturn will cause the birth of a blind child.
(b) The luminaries in aspect to Mercury and Mars will cause the birth of a child with flickering eyes.
(c) I (i.e. Kalyana Varma) now state such combinations which destroy one’s eyes. Weak Moon in the 12th from the Adhana ascendant will destroy the right eye of the child. The Sun bereft of strength in the 12th will be the cause of loss of right eye of the child. Should there be a benefic’s aspect on the said Moon or the Sun, as the case may be the combination will not be fully effective.
The author adds that the luminaries in the said position will destroy the eyes of the child. Alternatively in these dasas, the subject will have diseases or injuries thereof.
377 – 378. (a) Dumbness: Malefics in the end of the signs they are in, while the Moon in Taurus is aspected by Mars and Saturn (or the Sun) at the time of Adhana, will cause birth of a dumb child. Should there be a benefic aspect dumbness will vanish after some time following the birth.
(b) Special Combinations: Gatga Jataka states that with malefics in the end of Cancer, Scorpio or Pisces while the Moon in Taurus is aspected by malefics, the child born will be dumb. If the Moon is endowed with the benefic aspects, speech will revive after a Jong interval. If the aspect on the Moon is both from benefics and malefics, the stronger one will prevail and the issue of recovering speech or remaining dumb should be accordingly decided.
Notes: (a) “Griha Sandhi” means end of any sign joining the initial point of the next sign.
(b) In this combination, end of three signs (called “Riksha Sandhi”) is referred to.
374 – 376. Eye Defects etc. from Birth: (a) If at the time of Adhana, Leo rising with the luminaries therein with the aspect of Mars and Saturn will cause the birth of a blind child.
(b) The luminaries in aspect to Mercury and Mars will cause the birth of a child with flickering eyes.
(c) I (i.e. Kalyana Varma) now state such combinations which destroy one’s eyes. Weak Moon in the 12th from the Adhana ascendant will destroy the right of the child.
The sun bereft of strength in the 12th will be the cause of loss of right eye of the child. Should there be a benefic’s aspect on the said moon or the Sun, as the case may be, the combination will not be fully effective.
The author adds that the luminaries in the said position will destroy the eyes of the child. Alternatively in these dasas, the subject will have diseases or injuries thereof.
377-378 (a) Dumbness : Malefics in the end of the signs they are in, while the moon in Taurus is aspected by Mars and Saturn (or the Sun) at the time of Adhana, will cause birth of a dumb child. Should there be a benefic aspect, dumbness will vanish after some time following the birth.
(b) Special Combinations : Garga Jataka states that with malefic in the end of Cancer, Scorpio or Pisces while the Moon in Taurus is aspected by malefic, the child born will be dumb. If the Moon is endowed with the benefic aspects, speech will revive after a long interval. If the aspect on the Moon is both from benefics and malefics, the stronger one will prevail and the issue of recovering speech or remaining dumb should be according decided.
Notes : (a) “Griha Sandhi” means end of any sign joining the initial point of the next sign.
(b) In this combination, end of three signs (called “Raksha Sandhi”) is referred to.
379. Ma1efics in the junctions of the signs they are in while the Moon is unaspected by a benefic will cause foolishness. Saturn and Mars in the Navamsa of Mercury will give teeth at birth.
380. If at the time of Adhana, Mercury in the 9th or 5th from the ascendant, while all others are bereft of strength, declare that the child to be born will have two heads four arms and four legs.
“Trikona” means the 9th and 5th, reiterates Bala Bhadra.
381. According to sage Garga, fall planets are devoid of strength while the Moon (instead of Mercury as above) if in the 5th or 9th from Adhana ascendant, the child born will have two heads, four legs and four arms.
382. Birth of a Dwarf: (a) The Adhana aScendant should be in the last portion of Capricorn with aspects of the luminaries and Saturn. As a result the child will be short-statured.
(b) The child will be a dwarf if Cancer rises with the Moon therein, in aspect to Saturn and Mars.
Notes: (a) Last portion of Capricorn means, “last Navamsa of Capricorn i.e. Virgo Navamsa.
383 – 385. (a) If the Adhana ascendant is Pisces with the aspect of the trio- Mars, Saturn and the Moon – the child will be lame. The combinations stated so far for various defects, will be ‘ineffective if they are blessed by benefic’s aspects.
(b) Venerable Garga states the following. Mars in the rising decanate, unaspected by a benefic and aspected by Saturn and the luminaries will cause birth of a child without head. The decanate of the 5th house thus featuring will cause the child’s birth without hands. Similarly the decanate of the 9th house will cause absence of legs.
(c) The author adds that the (relevant) combinations stated for Adhana should be applied to natal horoscopes and vice versa. For Saravali stipulates that the combinations related to Adhana ascendant should be used in studying nativities also. Whatever are not mentioned in the Adhana chapter but in respect of nativities should be applied to Adhana as well. That is, combinations for nativities could well be used hi 4ealing with Adhana.
