SECTION 5: Relating to Action, Function or Doing
Sloka 1 – ½ : The following are what the first Bhava represents : (1) Body (2) limbs (happiness and misery (4) old age (5) knowledge (6) birth place (7) fame (8 dream) (9) strength (10) dignity (11) politics (12) longevity (13) tranquility (14) age (15) hair (16) appearance (17) pride (18) livelihood (19) ganbling for others (20) stigma (21) honor (22) skin (23) sleep (24) proficiency (25) appropriating other’s money (26) tendency to insult other men (27) freedom from disease (28) discontent (29) nature (30) agency (31) perseverance in the breeding of cattle (32) loss of decorum and (33) blame from one’s castemen.
Sloka 1½ – 3 : The following are to be determined from the second Bhava : (1) speech (2) wealth (3) belief in sacred tradition (4) supporting others (5) nails (6) enjoyment (7) truth and falsehood (8) tongue (9) eyes (10) garment (11) diamond (12) copper (13) gem (14) pearl (15) determination (16) perfume (incense) (17) family relationship (18) trade (19) softness of speech (20) liberality (21) effort in the acquisition of wealth (22) friendship (23) friend (24) splendour (25) miserliness in spending (26) clear oratorical ability (27) scholarship (28) gold (29) good silver (30) corn (31) modesty (32) nose (33) firmness of mind (34) a close dependant (35) rules of going and coming and (360 living power.
Slokas 4 – 4 ½ : (1) courage (20 after-borns (3) battle (4) ears (5) legs (6) roadside place (7) confusion of the mind (8) fitness (9) heaven, paradise (10) causing sorrow (11) dream (12) soldier (13) heroic valour (14) one’s own relations (15) friend (16) wandering (17) throat (18) eating unspoiled or pure food (19) partition of property (20) ornaments (21) good quality (22) learning (23) pastime (24) bodily strength (25) gain (26) bodily growth (27) noble descent (28) servant (29) the part of the hand between the forefinger and the thumb (sacred to the Manes) (30) female servant (31) journey in a small good vehicle (32) a large undertaking and (33) one’s own religious duty these are to be divined from the third house.
Slokas 4 ½ – 7 : The following are to be investigated through the 4th house : (1) learning (2) kingdom (3) house (4) travel (5) vehicle similar to rickshaws, small boats and the like (6) oil bath (7) mother (8) relation (9) friend (10) caste (11) garment (12) a small well (13) water (14) milk (15) perfume (16) a happy being (17) good name (18) a medicine of great supernatural efficacy (19) trust (20) false allegation (21) a tent or pavilion (22) victory (23) wearisome work (24) land (25) a garden (26) digging of a pond or well (27) and their installation for the use of the public (28) mother’s side (29) a pure intellect (30) father (31) wife (32) hoarding of one’s savings (33) a mansion (34) art (35) entrance into a house (36) conclusion (37) disposition (38) loss of one’s dwelling (39) paternal property (40) celestial food (41) the art of giving clues to the places where stolen property is kept, etc. (42) an anthill (43) development of Vedic and sacred texts (44) buffaloes (45) cows (46) horses (47) elephant in rut and (48) abundance of corn, grain produced from wet-lands.
Sloka 8–9½ : (1) Progeny (2) virtuous act done by the father (3) a king (4)a minister (5) good morals (6) mechanical art (7) mind (8) learning (9) pregnancy (10) desertion (11) umbrella (12) moral stories (13) auspicious letters (14) garments (15) a great action desirable in various ways (16) paternal property (17) foresightedness (18) property derived through wife’s luck (19) liaisons with courtezans (20) profundity (21) firmness (22) secret (23) decorum (24) writing of news (25) well-being (26) friendship (27) a long literary production (28) engaging oneself in any business (29) belly (30) prayer by incantations (31) riches similar to that of Kubera (32) gift of cooked rice (33) discrimination between virtue and sin (34) chanting of Vedic hymns (35) wisdom (36) deep pondering (37) ways for earning money (38) a festive occasion when drum or tabor is player (39) intense satisfaction (40) profound learning and (41) hereditary post of minister – these are to be determined from the 5th house.
Sloka 9½-11½ : The following are to be investigated from the 6th house : (1) disease (2) obstacle (3) fighting in combat (4) maternal uncle (5) phlegm (6) swelling in the body (7) cruel actions (8) insanity (9) a boil (10) enmity (11) miserliness (12) sickness (13) venereal wound (14) cooked rice (15) weariness (16) debt (17) reproach (18) enemy’s satisfaction (19) consumption (20) heat (21) a wound (22) mental worry
(23) intense anguish (24) enmity with many people (25) incessant eye-trouble (26) receiving alms (27) untimely meals (28) a fall from a boat (29) trouble and fear from one’s Dayadins (30) gain (31) exertion (32) poison (33) a severe colic or gout (34) fetters (35) guarding of one’s own credit (36) urinal trouble (37) dysentery (38) the six flavours (39) severe reproach (40) service (41) theft (42) calamity (43) prison house and (44) misunderstandings with brothers and the like.
Sloka 11½-13½ : It is from the 7th house that the following should be predicted : (1) marriage (2) unchastity (3) winning of a love (4) enmity with a debauched female (5) deviation from the right path (6) good perfume (7) music (8) flower (9) eating of savoury food and good drinks (10) chewing betel leaves with area (11) break in a journey (12) curd (13) loss of memory (14) acquisition of clothes and the like (15) semen virile (16) purity of the husband (17) a pair of wives (18) the male of female organ (19) urine (20) the anus (21) trade (22) sweet drink (23) eating of nectar, soup, ghee, etc. (24) gift (250 destruction of power (26) overthrow of the enemy (27) money that is locked up in another place (28) controversy (29) sexual union (30) adopted son (31) tasting of things prepared in ghee (32) foreign place (33) wife (34) all secret pleasures arising from sexual union and (35) theft.
Slokas 13½-15½ : (1) Langevity (2) happiness (3) defeat (4) insurance bonus (5_ an afflicted face (6) urinary disease (10) calamity (11) brother’s enemy (12) teasing a wife (13) a tuft of braided hair (14) enemy’s fortress (15) misery (16) idleness (17) punishment from Government (18) fear (19) loss of money (20) giving a debt (21) other’s money received out of ignorance (22) long-standing property (23) the appearance of a wicked man (24) sin (25) killing of a living being (26) multilation of a limb (27) decapitation (28) formidable affliction (29) a story that causes anxiety to the mind (30) trains of misfortune (31) over diligence in doing cruel acts (32) battle (33) intense mental trouble – all these are to be judged from the 8th house.