ADHYAYA – III
Sloka 1 : Kshetra or an arc of 30°, Drekkana, Decanate or an arc of 10°, Navamsa or an arc of 31/3degrees, Dasamsa or an arc of 3° or 1/10 portion of a sign, Hora or ½ a sign, i.e., an arc of 15degrees, Trimsamsa or 1/30 portion of a sign, i.e., an arc of 1degrees, Saptamsa or 1/7th portion of a sign, i.e., an arc of 42/7degrees, Shashtyamsa or 1/60th portion of a sign, i.e., an arc of ½degrees and Kalamsa or 1/16 portion of a sign, i.e., an arc of 1-7/8 degrees – these along with the Dwadasamsa or 1/12 portion of a sign, i.e., or arc of 2½degrees are termed Dasa Vargas or ten-fold division of the Zodiac. Vargottama is the name given to that particular Navamsa in a Rasi which bears the same as that of the Rasi itself.
Sloka 2 : From the aforesaid ten Vargas if we omit the Dasamsa, Shashtyamsa and Kalamsathe remaining 7 kinds of divisions are known as the Saptavargas. If from this we exclude the Saptamsa, remaining 6 kinds of division are known as Shadvrgas. Some are of opinion that the effect emanating from a Navamsa is similar (or equal) to that of the Rasi and Bhava.
Sloka : The effect is full in the Rasis. In the other Vargas, it is half; and in the Shodasamsa, Dasamsa and Shashtyamsa Vargas, it is ¼th. In an odd Rasi, planets are said to be in infancy, in boyhood, in adolescence, in advanced age and in extremis according to the first, second, third, fourth and the last six-degree portions respectively advanced by them in the sign. But in an even sign, these several division have to be made regularly in the reverse order.
Sloka 4 : Hora means half of a Rasi in an odd sign, the halves belong respectively to the Sun and the Moon, and in an even one, to the Moon and the Sun. The Drekkana or the third portions of a sign, are owned by the lords of the sign itself, of the 5th house and of the 9th. The owners of the Dwadamsas or 1/12th portions of a sign are to be reckoned from that sign. In an odd sign, the Trimsamsas or degrees, i.e., 1/30th portions allotted to Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Mercury and Venus are respectively, 5, 5, 8, 7 and 5. In an even sign, it is reversed. That is, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn and Mars have 5, 7, 8, 5 and 5 degrees respectively. The first Navamsas in the several signs from Mesha onwards commence respectively with Mesha, Makara, Tula and Karkataka.
Sloka 5 : In the case of an odd sign, the Krura Shashtyamsas or unpropitious 1/60th portions are 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 15th, 16th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 39th, 40th, 42nd, 43rd, 44th, 48th, 51st, 52nd, and 59th. The rest are Saumya or propitious ones. In the case of even signs, it is reverse, that is-the Shashtyamsa portions stated as Krura in the odd signs are the propitious or Saumya ones in the even signs and vice versa.
Sloka 6 : The Sapthamsas or the 1/7th portions are in the case of an odd sign to be counted regularly from the sign itself, while in the case of an even sign they are to be reckoned from the 7th onwards. In the case of an odd sign, the Dasamamsas or 1/10th Portion are to be counted from the sign, itself; in the case of an even sign, from its 9th onwards. The lords of the Shodasamsas or the 1/10th sub-divisions in the case of an odd sign are those of the 12th signs reckoned from that sign onward and Brahma, Vishnu, Rara and Ravi. In the case of an even sign, this is reversed. The renowned or auspicious parts of great excellence arise from the several Vargas (Rasi, Hora, Drekkana, etc.) by the combination (of the special characteristics) of Trikona, Moolatrikonabhavana, Swakshetra, Swochcha, Kendra and Vargottama and number 7 in the case of the Saptha Vargas and 10 in the Dasa Vargas. Other reckon them as 13.Sloka 7 : Consider with reference to the 13 Vargas a planet’s position, whether it is in a friendly house, its own house or its exaltation house. You will have the following kinds of Vaiseshikamsas resulting. The combination of 2 Vargas is called Parijata the union of 3 Vargas is termed Uttama; that of 4; Gopura. When 5 Vargas combine, it is called Simhasana. The union of 6 Vargas called Paravata. The combination of 7 Vargas, is called Devaloka; that of 8 Vargas, Suraloka. Airvata is the name given for the of 9 Vargas.
Suppose Jupiter’s position is 8-1°-25′-1” or the 2nd degree of Dhanus. He occupies his (1) Moolatrikona, (2) prekkapa, (3) Saptamsa, (4) Dasamsa, (5) Dwadasamsa and (6) Kalamsa. Thus Jupiter must be declared to have attained a Paravatamsa.
Sloka 8 : A planet in a Parijatamsa will make the native respectable, endowed with many good qualities, wealth, happiness, power and dignity. A planet situated in an Uttamamsa will make him modest, clever and of good behaviour. A planet that has attained a Gopuramsa secures to the person concerned good intellect, wealth, lands, cows and house. A planet placed in a Simhasanamsa will enable the native to become the friend of a king or one on a par with him.
Sloka 9 : The planet that has attained a paravatamsa will make the native endowed with very good horses, elephants, vehicles and other princely appendages. The person in whose nativity a planet has reached a Devalokamsa will be a king widely renowned for his good qualities. The planet that has gained an Airavatamsa in a person’s nativity by kings. The planet in a Suralokamsa secures to the native good luck, wealth, corn, children and kingship.
Sloka 10 : If at a birth a planet be weak in all the 10 Vargas, it will cause the death of the native. If 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 or 1 out of the 10 Vargas be weak, the following are the effects in their order ‘as a result thereof: (1) destruction, (2) grief, (3) calamity, (4) unhappiness, (5) love of relations, (6) foremost among relations, (7) friend of a king, (8) a wealthy man and (9) a king. If a planet should be strong in all the Vargas, the native will be the best among kings. The effect of a planet’s being in the Bala and other Avasthas will be that the native will be (1) progressing, (2) happy, (3) a king, (4) suffering from disease and (5) dead respectively.
Sloka : 11 If there be a preponderance in strength of benefic planets in the Shadvargas, the native will be very wealthy and live for a long period. If the Lagna should happen to be of Krura Amsas in the several Shadvargas, the native will be poor, short lived and of a wicked disposition. But if the lords of those Amsas be strong, the person concerned will become a king. If the lord (1) of the rising Navamsa (2) of the rising decanate or (3) of the (rising) Lagna Rasi be strong, the native will respectively be a person (1) endowed with happiness and comfort, (2) equal to a king, or (3) a rular of the Earth possessing good fortune.
