Sloka 19 : While Gulika is very powerful in causing evil, Yamakantaka is powerful in causing good, All the other Upagrahas possess only half the power that Mandi has in causing evil.
Sloka 20 : In producing effects, Gulika is similar to Saturn; Yamakantaka is like Jupiter; Ardhaprahara is like Mercury and Kala is like Rahu.
Sloka 21 : Kala’s effects will be similar to those of Rahu, while Gulika’s will bring on death. The effects of Yamakantaka will be of an enlivening nature that is will produce good results. Ardhaprahara will cause good effects if posited in a house with many benefic dots and bad, if in an untoward Bhava.
Sloka 22 : If the Lagna and other houses along with their lords be associated with Dhuma and other Upagrahas these houses attain their destruction; so says Parasara.
Sloka 23 : When there is Dhuma, there will always be trouble from heat and danger from fire and mental anguish. When Vyatipata is thus situated, there is danger from horned animals or death through quadrupeds.
Sloka 24 : When there is Parvesha or Paridhi, the native will feel afraid of water, will suffer from watery diseases and also have to endore imprisonment. When there is lndra Chapa or Kodanda, the native will be hit by a stone, will be wounded by weapons or will suffer degradation.
Sloka 25 : When there is Ketu (or Upaketu), the native will have a hit, a fall, etc., suffer loss in his business, and there will be peril from thunder. The above effects win occur during the Dasa period of the planet owning the house wherein the Upagraha is posited.
Sloka 26 : If Upaketu should occupy any of the 12 houses from Lagna onwards, the effects will respectively be (1) short life, (2) ugly face, (3) courage, (4) misery, (5) loss of children, (6) perturbation of the mind through enemies, (7) decay of vital power, (8) ending one’s life by following bad ways, (9) holding views quite antagonistic to virtuous conduct, (10) inclination towards wandering, (11) gain and (12) committing faults.
Sloka 27 : The five Upagrahas, Dhuma, etc., traverse the sky without being seen. If at any time they are visible any where, they foreshadow something evil to the world.
Sloka 28 : Some say that Dhuma is of the shape of fume clouds, while others opine that it is a star with a tail (comet). Vyatipata is like the fall of a met or; and Parvesha is a halo or disk round the Sun or the Moon.
Sloka 29 : Indra Ch pa or lndra Dhanus or Kodanda is the famous rainbow that is generally seen in the sky during the ad vent of rain. Ketu is Dhumaketu and causes calamity to the world.
Sloka 30 : If the lord of the house occupied by Gulika be possessed of strength and be posited in a Kendra, a Trikona, his own, his exaltation or a friendly house, the person born will own chariots, elephants and horses, will be as beautiful as Cupid; will be highly respected and widely renowned; and he will rule the entire world.
Thus ends the 25th Adhyaya on “Upagrahas” in the work Phaladeepika, composed by Mantreswara.
ADHYAYA – XXVI
Sloka 1 : Of all the Lagnas it is only the Moon’s Lagna that is most important for ascertaining the Gocharapala-effect of transits. One ought therefore to calculate and predict from the Moon’s place to predict the effects due to the transits of planets through the several signs counted from that of the Moon.
Sloka 2 : During transit, the Sun gives good results when he is in the 6th 3rd and 10th houses (counted from the Moon), the Moon in the 3rd,10th, 6th, 7th and 1st ; Jupiter in the 7th, 9th, 2nd and 5th; Mars and Saturn in the 6th and 3rd; Mercury in the 6th, 2nd, 4th, 10th and 8th; all planets in the 11th; Venus in all places other than the 10th, 7th and 6th, Rahu and Ketu are similar to the Sun.
Sloka 3 : The Sun is declared auspicious when he transits the 11th, 3rd, 10th and 6th, if, at the time, the corresponding Vedha places, viz., the 5th, 9th, 4th and 12th respectively are not marred by the transit of any of the planets other than Saturn. For Vedhas, see p. 834 of Jataka Parijata. Should Saturn occupy (in transit) these places, Viz., 5th,9th, 4th and 12th, the effect will not be bad, as there is no Vedha between the father and son and as Saturn is the son of the Sun. But if other planets transit them, they nullify the good effect that would otherwise be caused by the Sun’s transit.
Sloka 4 : The Moon will produce good effect when she transits the 7th, 1st, 6th, 11th, 10th and 3rd if planets other than Mercury do not transit the corresponding Vedha places, i.e., 2nd, 5th, 12th, 8th, 4th and the 9th.
Sloka 5 : Mars in the 3rd, 11th and 6th will give good effect if the 12th, 5th and 9th places are respectively are free from the transit of other planets at the time. The same remark applies to Saturn, but in this case the effect will not be marred if the Sun should transit at the time the corresponding Vedha places.
Sloka 6 : Mercury will be auspicious when he transits the 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th, 10th and 11th houses provided their corresponding Vedha places viz., 5th, 3rd, 9th, 1st, 8th and 12th are not occupied by any of the planets other than the Moon.
Sloka 7 : During his transit in the 2nd, 11th, 9th, 5th and 7th, Jupiter is good if the corresponding Vedha places, viz., 12th, 8th, 10th, 4th and 3rd are void of planets.
Sloka 8 : Venus will give bad effects during his transits through 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th, 12th and 11th, if he is marred by planets in the corresponding Vedha places, viz., 8th, 7th, 1st, 10th, 9th, 5th, 11th, 6th and 3rd respectively.
