Now the effects for the Avastas of Mars.
238 – 242. Mars in Sayana Avasta: (a) One with Mars in Sayana Avastha will be covetous, miserly, highly intelligent, very irascible, very skilful and scholarly.
(b) One’s first child and first wife will face untimely end if. Mars is in the 5th or 7th in this Avasta.
(c) Mars in the 5th in this Avasta with the aspect of an enemy will cause severance of arms and especially ears.
(d) Mars in association with Saturn and Rahu and in the 5th house and in this A vasta will cause severance of head.
(e) One will incur many diseases, physical troubles, itch and leprosy with Mars in the ascendant in the said Avasta.
243 – 246. Mars in Upavesa Avasta: (a) One with Mars in Upavesa Avasta will be mean among men, be wealthy, will indulge in cruel deeds, be hard-hearted and devoid of wisdom.
(b) One with Mars in Upavesa Avasta will suffer great diseases, be in utter poverty and greatly distressed. These should be decisively expected when Mars is in the ascendant.
(c) This Avasta occurring to Mars in the 9th or the 10th house will cause destruction of one’s entire wealth, spouse and progeny.
(d) In all these cases, Mars in relation to benefic planets by aspect or conjunction will cause contrary effects. These should be understood according to the strength and weakness of the planets involved.
Notes: (d) Contrary effects exclude wealth vide “a”, which will only increase with benefic association. The adverse effects stated from “a” to “e” will become positive with benefice’s interference.
247 – 250. Mars in Netrapani Avasta: (a) One with Mars in Netrapani Avasta will be blind. He will have no progeny, no spouse and no wealth. His penury will burn him. These will come to pass when Mars is in the ascendant.
(b) Mars in this Avasta in a house other than the ascendant will cause acquisition of wealth and progeny apart from all kinds of pleasures. The native will be weak-bodied, will have some pains in joints and incur danger from a tiger, a snake, fire or water.
(c) If Mars is in the 2nd or the 7th house in this Avasta, one will be devoid of wealth and will lose his spouse. His livelihood will be through lands.251-253. Mars in Prakasa Avasta: (a) Mars in Prakasa Avasta will cause short-lived wealth. The person will be endowed with sharp intelligence, will incur injuries to the left eye and will be in danger of fall from heights.
(b) Mars in this Avasta in the 5th or 7th house will undoubtedly destroy all the children and spouse of the native.
(c) In some houses, Mars in this Avasta in association with a malefic will denote Ii morally degraded person.
(d) Mars in Prakasa Avasta and joining Saturn will produce a cow-slaughterer.
254.258. Mars in Gamana Avasta: (a) One with Mars in Gamana Avasta will live in distant lands, be perpetually in grief and will incur bodily disorders, itches, leprosy, bilious diseases and joint pains. He will be quite majestic, fast in actions, quite heroic in disposition, trans-sexual in attire, loquacious, and will suffer burning sensation of eyes, disorders of head, teeth and skin. He will have somewhat large teeth and be greatly in fear. These effects should be related to Mars in the said Avasta, in the ascendant only, and not to other houses.
(b)In other houses, Mars in Gamana Avasta will cause various kinds of wealth, great skills, royal favours and somewhat a weak physique. In addition, the subject will be munificent, given to enjoy pleasures and be the lord of men.
259. Mars in Gamanechcha Avasta: One with Mars in Gamanechcha Avasta will live in distant lands, suffer rectal diseases, be poor and will willfully indulge in bad deeds.
These apply to Mars in this Avasta in the houses other than the ascendant.
260 – 261. Mars in Sabha Avasta: (a) One with Mars in Sabha Avasta will be righteous, quite affiuent, virtuous, very liberal and will suffer from diseases of the head.
(b) If Mars be in the 5th or the 9th house in this Avasta, the person will be devoid of learning and work. Every now and then, his righteousness will be interrupted.
262. Mars in Bhojana or Sayana Avasta: If Mars is found in the 5th house either in Bhojana or Sayana Avasta, declare untimely death and fear from quadrupeds to the person concerned.
Notes: See verse 267 infra, where the 8th house is also included.
263. Mars in Nrityalipsa Avasta: Sages prescribe that the person with Mars in the 12th house in Nrityalipsa Avasta will be a killer of all his sons (i.e. will lose all his children).
264 – 265. Mars in Gamana Avasta: (a) One with Mars in Gamana Avasta in the 12th house will be lame. This will not be reflected by other houses.
(b) Mars .in this Avasta will cause disorders of ears and bilious: diseases. Further, one will be mean among men, be wealthy in various ways, justly disposed, and very honourable. He will have two wives and many sons.
Notes: (a) Lameness is restricted to the said position of Mars in the 12th house in continuation of sloka 263.
(b) The other effects mentioned in general should include the 12th house as well.
266. Mars in Bhojana Avasta: One with Mars in Bhojana Avasta will be after eating flesh but will consume limited food. He will be greatly irascible, ever enthusiastic and rich.
267. Mars in Bhojana or Sayana Avasta: One with Mars in Bhojana or Sayana Avasta, in the 8th house, will incur untimely death and fear from quadrupeds.
Notes: See verse No. 262 supra where the 5th house is also included.
268 – 270. Mars in Nrityalipsa Avasta: (a) One with Mars In Nrityalipsa Avasta will be charitable, given to enjoy pleasures, be happy and be a lord of wealth.
(b) This Avasta occurring to Mars posited in the ascendant the 2nd, the 10th or the 7th house will bestow all kinds of happiness.
(c) If in the 8th or the 9th house, this Avasta of Mars will be a source of various kinds of grief, will cause untimely death and will often produce obstacles in one’s righteous path.
271- 273. Mars in Kautuka Avasta: (a) Mars in Kautuka Avasta will make one a scholar and wealthy in various ways. It will in addition give him two wives and many daughters.
(b) Not in the 5th house, but in the 7th or the 9th house, this Avasta of Mars will surely produce opposite results, including physical defects, many diseases and loss of spouse and first child.
Notes: (b) The 5th house, like the other nine houses will automatically stand excluded, when the reference is to the 7th and the 9th houses. It is not known why 5th house finds excluded.
Mars in the 7th or the 9th in Kautuka Avasta will not make one a scholar and wealthy apart from restricting the chances of a remarriage and acquisition of numerous female issues. Further it will give physical defects & C.
274 – 278. Mars in Nidra Avasta: (a) One with Mars in Nidra Avasta will be foolish but scholarly, be poor, highly irascible, and mean among men. Learned declare these effects concerning the position of Mars in the ascendant, 2nd, 3rd, 9th, 10th and 11th houses.
(b) Mars in the 5th or the 7th house in Nidra Avasta will give numerous children and much grief (in general).
(c) Mars in the company of Rahu and in Nidra Avasta (in the 5th or 7th) will destroy the fIrst issue and cause various kinds of grief. But the subject will be rich, will have many wives, be liberal, endowed with various kinds of virtues and be somewhat sickly. He will also suffer from diseases in the sole.
These effects for the Avastas of Mars.