BPHSTwelve Weeks

Week 7 · Unit 4 · Yogas, Wealth, Longevity and Condition

Milestone 4 of 5: The state a planet is in

The State a Planet Is In

Avasthās — ten schemes, four that matter, and the clause Chapter 13 left you unable to use in Week 3.

Reading: BPHS 47.1–10, BPHS 47.11–164About 121 min

Assumes you have done: Week 3 unit 2 for Chapter 13's rule, and Week 1 for dignity

Why this matters

Four weeks ago you learned a judgment rule and could not run half of it, because it referred to states of a planet that had not been defined yet. This chapter defines them. It also completes a picture that began with dignity in Week 1 and continued with strength in Week 5: dignity says where a planet is, strength says how much force it has, and Avasthā says what state it is in.

Learn

Four weeks ago you learned a judgment rule and could only run half of it. This chapter gives you the other half.

The two schemes that matter most

Bālādi (verses 3–4). Each sign is divided into five states of six degrees: Bāla, Kumāra, Yuvā, Vṛddha, Mṛta — infant, youth, adult, aged, dead. In odd signs they run in that order from 0°; in even signs the order reverses.

And each carries a proportional result: a quarter in Bāla, half in Kumāra, full in Yuvā, very little in Vṛddha, nil in Mṛta.

So a planet’s degree within its sign carries a result independent of everything else you know about it. A planet at 14° of an odd sign is in Yuvā and gives full results; the same degree in an even sign is Kumāra and gives half.

Jāgradādi (verses 5–6). Awake in its own or exaltation sign. Dreaming in a friend’s or neutral’s sign. Sleeping in an enemy’s or debilitation sign. Full, medium and nil respectively.

This one is derived entirely from dignity, which makes it trivial to apply and also means it adds little you did not already know. Its value is that Chapter 13 refers to it by name.

Dīptādi (verses 7–10) gives nine further states: Dīpta in exaltation, Svastha in its own sign, Pramudita in an extreme friend’s, Śānta in a friend’s, Dīna in a neutral’s, Duḥkhita in an enemy’s, Vikala when conjunct a malefic, Khala in an inauspicious sign, Kopa otherwise. Mostly dignity again, with the useful addition of Vikala — the state of a planet joined to a malefic, which none of the other schemes captures.

Closing the loop

Now go back to Week 3.

Chapter 13’s judgment rule said a house prospers when its lord is in a good Avasthā, and the edition names yuvāvasthā, prabuddhāvasthā, kaumārāvasthā. It said a house suffers when the lord is in one of three states: old, dead or asleep.

Map those:

  • Yuvā and Kumāra — Bālādi. Favourable.
  • Prabuddha — awake — Jāgradādi. Favourable.
  • Vṛddha and Mṛta — old and dead — Bālādi. Unfavourable.
  • Asleep — Jāgradādi. Unfavourable.

Chapter 13’s rule draws on two schemes simultaneously, which is exactly why the clause was unusable without both. It is usable now.

The rest of the chapter

Chapter 47 runs to 164 verses and contains roughly ten schemes, including the Śayanādi set and a great deal of sub-state detail.

Read it once. Notice what is there. Then stop.

The test the course applies is usage: which schemes does the rest of BPHS refer back to? Chapter 13’s judgment rule needs Bālādi and Jāgradādi. The Dīptādi states follow directly from dignity and conjunction and are widely used in practice. The remainder are read, located, and not carried.

That is Reference treatment applied by evidence rather than by preference, and it is the same judgment that will make Weeks 9 and 10 possible on a much larger scale.

The condition picture, complete

Three weeks of the course have been building one thing, and it is now finished.

Dignity (Week 1, Chapter 3) — is this planet at home where it sits?

Strength (Week 5, Chapter 29) — how much force can it bring, on six independent measures?

Functional nature (Week 6, Chapter 36) — is it good or bad for this ascendant?

Avasthā (Week 7, Chapter 47) — what state is it in, by degree and by dignity?

Four independent readings on every planet, none of which implies any of the others. A planet can be exalted, functionally malefic, weak in Ṣaḍbala, and in Mṛta Avasthā — and each of those is a true and separate statement.

That is what “assess the condition of a planet” means, and it is Step 8 of the Master Process, now complete.

Where Module 4 leaves you

You can say what a chart is set up to give, withhold and complicate. You can name the combinations present and judge whether each can deliver. You can assess material promise, longevity as a band rather than a date, and the agents of endings. You can state the condition of any planet four ways.

That is the whole of natal judgment, and it is genuinely most of the work.

What you cannot do is say when. Every question anyone actually brings has a when in it, and Module 5 is the answer — three weeks of it, opening with the single most important structural rule in the course.

Before that, the Module 4 clinic. It is the first one that will require you to say, about something, the evidence here is weak.

Read BPHS

This is the source itself. The teaching above prepares you for it; it does not replace it.

Read BPHS — the source itselfBPHS 47.1–10 · Avasthas Of Planets:
While you read, watch for: The two schemes that do most of the work — Bālādi in verses 3–4 and Jāgradādi in verses 5–6 — plus the opening of the Dīptādi scheme. These ten verses are the practical core of a very long chapter.

अवस्थावशतः प्रोक्तं ग्रहाणां यत् फलं मुने ! ।
का साऽवस्था मुनिश्रेष्ठ! कतिधा चेति कथ्यताम् ! ॥ १ ॥

Verse 1
  1. O Muni, (Muni, a deep thinker) you have spoken of the planetary effects as depending upon the avasthas. O Muni Shrestha (excellent of the Munis) now kindly tell me what those avasthas are and of how many kinds they are.

अवस्था विविधाः सन्ति ग्रहाणां द्विजसत्तम! ।
सारभूताश्च यास्तासु बालाद्यास्ता वदाम्यहम् ॥ २ ॥

Verse 2
  1. O excellent of the Brahmins, there are many kinds of avasthas of the planets. I tell you of those out of them that are merely the summary and whose names are Baalavastha etc.

क्रमाद् बाल: कुमारोऽथ युवा वृद्धास्तथा मृतः ।
षडंशैरसमे खेटः समे ज्ञेयो विपर्ययात् ॥ ३ ॥

Verse 3
  1. Baala, Kumara, Yuva, Vridha and Mrita (infant, youthful, adolescent, advanced and deceased) are the states of planets in Ascending order in odd signs. Each of them is of 6 degrees. This placement should be known in reverse order in the case of even signs.

फलं पादमितं बाले, फलार्धं च कुमारके ।
यूनि पूर्णं फलं ज्ञेयं वृद्धे किञ्चित् मृते च खम् ॥ ४ ॥

Verse 4
  1. *RESULTS:*The results of these should be known in this way: one fourth in Baalavastha, half in Kumaravastha, full in Yuvavastha, very little in Vridhavastha and nil in Mritavastha.

स्वभोच्चयोः समसुहृद्धयोः शत्रुभनीचयोः ।
जाग्रत्स्वप्नसुषुप्त्याख्या अवस्था नामदृक्फलाः ॥ ५ ॥

Verse 5
  1. AWAKENING, DREAMING AND SLEEPING STATES : When a planet is in his own or exaltation sign, he is said to be in awakening state; in the friend's or neutral's sign, in dreaming state and, in the enemy's or debilitation sign, in sleeping state. The results of these are according to their names.

जागरे च फलं पूर्णं स्वप्ने मध्यफलं तथा ।
सुषुप्तौ तु फलं शून्यं विज्ञेयं द्विजसत्तम! ॥ ६ ॥

Verse 6
  1. O excellent of the Brahmins, the results of these states are to be known as full, medium and nil respectively in the awakening, dreaming and sleeping states.

दीप्तः स्वस्थः प्रमुदितः शान्तो दीनोऽथ दुःखितः ।
विकलश्च खलः कोऽपीत्यवस्था नवधाऽपराः ॥ ७ ॥

Verse 7
  1. OTHER KINDS OF STATES: Deepta, swastha, pramudita, shanta, Deena, Dukhita, Vikala, Khala and Kopa, these are other nine kinds of states of the planets.

स्वोच्चस्थः खेचरो दीप्तः स्वर्क्षे स्वस्थोऽधिमित्रभे ।
मुदितो मित्रभे शान्तः समभे दीन उच्यते ॥ ८ ॥

शुत्रभे दुःखितः प्रोक्तो विकलः पापसंयुतः ।
खलः खलगृहे ज्ञेयः कोपी स्यादर्कसंयुतः ॥ ९ ॥

यादृशो जन्मकाले यः खेटो यद्भावगो भवेत् ।
तादृशं तस्य भावस्य फलमुह्यं द्विजोत्तम ! ॥ १० ॥

Verse 8–10

8-10. When a planet is in his exaltation sign he is in the Deeptavastha, in his own sign swasthavastha, in extreme friend's sign Pramuditavastha, in friend's sign shantavastha, in neutral's sign Deenavastha, in enemy's sign Dukhitavastha; in conjunction with a malefic planet vikalavastha; in inauspicious sign khalavastha and; in conjunction with the Sun kopavastha. O excellent of the Brahmins, the results of the planet should be known according to -in what state he is at the time of birth and in which sign he is placed.

Read BPHS — the source itselfBPHS 47.11–164 · Avasthas Of Planets:
While you read, watch for: The remaining schemes, including Śayanādi and the detailed sub-states. Survey. You are reading for what exists and how the chapter is organised, not to learn ten systems.
Show the full passage — 24 verses

लज्जितो गर्वितश्चैव क्षुधितस्तृषितस्तथा ।
मुदितः क्षोभितश्चैव ग्रहभावा: प्रकीर्तिताः ॥ ११ ॥

पुत्रगेहगतः खेटो राहुकेतुयुतोऽथवा ।
रविमन्दकुजैर्युक्तो लज्जितो ग्रह उच्यते ॥ १२ ॥

तुङ्गस्थानगतो वाऽपि त्रिकोणेऽपि भवेत्पुनः ।
गर्वितः सोऽपि गदितो निर्विशंकं द्विजोत्तम ! ॥ १३ ॥

शत्रुगेही शत्रुयुक्तो रिपुदृष्टो भवेद्यदि ।
क्षुधितः स च विज्ञेयः शनियुक्तो यथा तथा ॥ १४ ॥

जलराशौ स्थितः खेट: शत्रुणा चाऽवलोकितः ।
शुभग्रहा न पश्यन्ति तृषितः स उदाहृतः ॥ १५ ॥

मित्रगेही मित्रयुक्तो मित्रेण च विलोकितः ।
गुरुणा सहितो यश्च मुदितः स प्रकीर्तितः ॥ १६ ॥

रविणा स1 हितो यश्च पापा पश्यन्ति सर्वथा ।
क्षोभितं तं विजानीयाच्छत्रुणा यदि वीक्षितः ॥ १७ ॥

येषु येषु च भावेषु ग्रहास्तिष्ठन्ति सर्वथा ।
क्षुधितः क्षोभितो वापि तद्भावफलनाशनः ॥ १८ ॥

Verse 11–18

11-18. *YET OTHER AVASTHAS:*Lajjita, Garvita, Kshudhita, Trashita, Mudita and Kshobhita, these 6 are said to be the other states of the planets. If the planet is situated in the 5th House and in conjunction with Rahu and Ketu or he is in conjunction with either Saturn or Mars it is called his Lajjitavastha.

O excellent of the Brahmins, if a planet is in his exaltation sign or MooltriKona Sign then his state should be understood without any doubt to be the Garvitastha. If he is in an enemy's sign, is in conjunction with an enemy has the aspect of an enemy then he is in the Kshudhitavastha. This state also exists when he is in conjunction with Saturn. The planet in a watery sign, aspected by an enemy planet and devoid of the aspect of a benefic, he is said to be trashita or in Trashitavastha. If he is in his friend's sign or in conjunction with or aspected by a friendly planet and also in conjunction with Jupiter he is said to be in Muditavastha. The planet who is in conjunction with the Sun and is aspected by malefics and also by his enemy is called in his Kshobhitavastha. The effects of those houses in which the Kshudhita and Kshobhita planets are gone are destroyed.

एवं क्रमेण बोद्धव्यं सर्वभावेषु पण्डितैः ।
बालऽबलविचारेण वक्तव्यः फलनिर्णयः ॥ १९ ॥

अन्योन्यं च मुदा युक्तं फलं मिश्रं वदेत्पुनः ।
बलहीने तदा हानिः सबले महाफलम् ॥ २० ॥

कर्मस्थाने स्थितो यस्य लज्जितस्तृषितस्तथा ।
क्षुघितः क्षोभितो वापि स नरो दुःखभाजनम् ॥ २१ ॥

सुतस्थाने भवेद्यस्य लज्जितो ग्रह एव च ।
सुतनाशो भवेत्तस्य एकस्तिष्ठति सर्वदा ॥ २२ ॥

क्षोभितस्तृषितश्चैव सप्तमे यस्य वा भवेत् ।
प्रियते तस्य नारी च सत्यमाहुर्द्विजोत्तम ! ॥ २३ ॥

Verse 19–23

19-23. In this way the learned should know the avasthas of the planets in all the Houses. It is then that, after considering the strength and weakness of the planets, they should estimate and state the effects. Then they should tell mixed results of the House in which there are planets that are in mutually Muditavastha. The planets being bereft of strength there will be reduction of effects, they being strong there will be greater effects. The native in the 10th House of whose are situated planets that are Lajjita and Trashita or that are Kshudhita or Kshobhita, will be subjected to much misery. The native in the 5th House of whose horoscope thereis only a Lajjita planet will lose his son but he always has one son. And the native the 7th House of whose horoscope is occupied by Kshobhita and Trashita planets, O excellent of the Brahmins, I tell you truly, will lose his wife (at an early age).

नवालयारामसुखं नृपत्वं कलापटुत्वं विदधाति पुंसाम् ।
सदार्थलाभं व्यवहारवृद्धिं फलं विशेषादिह गर्वितस्य ॥ २४ ॥

भवति मुदितयोगे वासशालाविशाला विमलवसनभूषाभूमियोषासु सौख्यम् ।
स्वजनजनविलासो भूमिपागारवासो रिपुनिवहविनाशो बुद्धिविद्याविकाशः ॥ २५ ॥

दिशाति लज्जितभाववशाद्रतिं विगतराममर्ति विमतिक्षयम् ।
सतुगदागमनं गमनं वृथा कलिकथाभिरुचिं च रुचिं शुभे ॥ २६ ॥

संक्षोभितस्यापि फलं विशेषाद्दरिद्रजातं कुमतिं च कष्टम ।
करोति वित्तक्षयमंधिबाधां धनाप्तिबाधामवनीशकोपात् ॥ २७ ॥

क्षुधितखगवशाद्वै शोकमोहादिपातः परिजनपरिता पादाधिभीत्या कृशत्वम् ।
कलिरपि रिपुलोकैरर्थबाधा नराणामखिलबलनिरोधो बुद्धिरोधो विषादात् ॥ २८ ॥

तृषितखगभवे स्वादंगनासंगमध्ये भवति गदविकारो दुष्टकार्याधिकारः ।
निजजनपरिवादादर्थहानि: कृशत्वं खलकृतपरितापो मानहानि: सदैव ॥ २९ ॥

Verse 24–29

24-29. This is the special effect of the planet in the Garvitavstha that the native will have happiness through new houses and gardens, regalhood, skill in arts, financial gains at all times and improvement in business. A planet being in the Mudiavastha the native will get residences, clothes, ornaments, happiness from land and wife, from relatives, living in royal palaces, destruction of enemies and acquisition of wisdom and learning. A planet in Lajjitavastha will give the native aversion to God, loss of intelligence, disease to his son, loitering, interest in evil speeches and listlessness in good things. Due to a planet who is in Kshobhitavastha the native will get acute penury, evil disposition, miseries, financial debacles, distress to feet and obstruction in income due to royal wrath. Due to the planet who is Kshudhita the native will have down fall due to grief and passion, grief on account of relatives, physical decline, troubles from enemies, financial distress, loss of physical strength and an eclipsed mind due to distress. The planet being Trashita, it will cause the native diseases through association with females, leaning over wicked deeds, loss of wealth due to disputes with his own men, physical weakness, miseries caused by the wicked and decline of honour.

शयनं चोपवेशं च नेत्रपाणिप्रकाशनम् ।
गमनागमनं चाऽथ सभायां वसतिं तथा ॥ ३० ॥

आगमं भोजनं चैव नृत्यं लिप्सां च कौतुकम् ।
निद्रां ग्रहाणां चेष्टां च कथयामि तवाग्रतः ॥ ३१ ॥

यस्मिन्नक्षे भवेत्खेटस्तेन तं परिपूरयेत् ।
पुनरंशेन सम्पूर्य स्वनक्षत्रं नियोजयेत् ॥ ३२ ॥

यातदण्डं तथा लग्नमेकीकृत्य सदा बुधः ।
रविभिस्तु हरेद् भागं शेषं कार्ये नियोजयेत् ॥ ३३ ॥

नाक्षत्रिकदशारीत्या पुनः पूरणमाचरेत् ।
नामाद्यस्वरसंख्याढ्यं हर्तव्यं रविभिस्ततः ॥ ३४ ॥

रवौ पञ्च तथा देयाश्चन्द्रे दद्याद्वयं तथा ।
कुजे द्वयं च संयुक्तं बुधे त्रीत्रि नियोजयेत् ॥ ३५ ॥

गुरौ बाणा: प्रदेयश्च त्रयं दंद्याच्च भार्गवे ।
शनौ त्रयमथो देयं राहौ दद्याच्चतुष्टयम् ॥ ३६ ॥

त्रिभिर्भक्तं च शेषांकैः सा पुनस्त्रिविधा स्मृता ।
दृष्टिश्चेष्टा विचेष्टा च तत्फलं कथयाम्यहम् ॥ ३७ ॥

Verse 30–37

30-37. Now I tell before you the planets' Nidra and Cheshta avasthas (sleeping and waking states) which are: Shayana, Upaveshana, Netrapani, Prakashana, Gamana, Agamana, Sabhavastha Agama, Bhojana, Nrityalipsa, Kautuka and Nidra. The serial number of the Nakshtra (star) in which the planet is situated is to be muliplied by the serial number of the planet; the product is to be multiplied by the number of the Navamsha and in the product are to be added the number of the Nakshtra(star) at the time of birth, of the Ishtaghati, and of the sign in the Ascendant. The resultant so arrived at is to be divided by 12 and the remainder should be understood as the number of the avastha of the planet in order. In order to know the cheshta in that avastha, the above remainder (or the serial number of the Avastha) is to be multiplied by the remainder itself. In the product is to be added the number of the first letter of the name and then it is to be divided by 12. The remainder thereof is to be added with the constant planetary additaments such as 5 of the Sun,2,2,3,5,3,3,4,4 of the Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu respectively and then the figure so arrived at is to be divided by 3. If the remainder is 1,2 and 0 it is Drishti, cheshta and vicheshta respectively.

दृष्टौ मध्यफलं ज्ञेयं चेष्टायां विपुल फलम् ।
विचेष्टायां फलं स्वल्पमेवं दृष्टिफलं बिदुः ॥ ३८ ॥

शुभाशुभं ग्रहाणां च समीक्ष्याऽथ बलाऽबलम् ।
तुङ्गस्थाने विशेषेण बलं ज्ञेयं तथा बुधैः ॥ ३९ ॥

Verse 38–39

38-39. *EFFECTS OF THE CHESHTA ETC। :*The results of the Drishti cheshta will be medium, of cheshta full and of vicheshta negligible. The learned, having known the auspiciousness or inauspiciousness and the strength and weakness of the planets, should predict about the effect of the planet and the effect of the planet in his sign of exaltation should be told as pronounced.

मन्दाग्निरोगो बहुधा नराणां स्थूलत्वमन्ङध्रेरपि पित्तकोपः ।
व्रणं गुदे शूलमुर:प्रदेशे यदोष्णभानुः शयनं प्रयातः ॥ ४० ॥

दरिद्रताभारविहारशाली विवादविद्याभिरतो नरः स्यात् ।
कठोरचित्तः खलु नष्टवित्तः सूर्यो यदा चेदुपवेशनस्थः ॥ ४१ ॥

नरः सदानन्दधरो विवेकी परोपकारी बलवित्तयुक्तः ।
महासुखी राजकृपाभिमानी दिवाधिनाथो यदि नेत्रपाणौ ॥ ४२ ॥

उदारचित्तः परिपूर्णवित्तः सभासु वक्ता बहुपुण्यकर्त्ता ।
महाबली सुन्दरररूपशाली प्रकाशने जन्मनि पद्मिमनीशे ॥ ४३ ॥

प्रवाशाली किल दुःखमाली सदालसी धीधनवर्जितश्च ।
भयातुरः कोपपरो विशेषाद्दिवाधिनाथे गमने मनुष्यः ॥ ४४ ॥

परादाररतो जनतारहितो बहुधागमने गमनाभिरुचिः ।
खलताकुशलोमलिनो दिवसाधिपतौ मनुजः कुमतिः कृपणः ॥ ४५ ॥

सभागते हिते नरः परोपकारतत्परः सदार्थरत्नपूरितो दिवाकरे गुणाकरः ।
वसुन्धरानवांबरालयान्वितो महाबली चित्रमित्रवत्सलः कृपाकलाधरः परः ॥ ४६ ॥

क्षोभितो रिपुगणैः सदा नरश्चञ्चलः खलमतिः कृशस्तथा ।
धर्मकर्मरहितो मदोद्धतश्चागमे दिनपतौ तदा तदा ॥ ४७ ॥

सदाङ्गसन्धिवेदनापराङ्गना- धनक्षयो ।
बलक्षयः पदे पदे यदा यदा हि भोजने ।
असत्यता शिरोव्यथा तथा वृथान्नभोजनं रवावसत्कथारितः कुमार्गगामिनि मति ॥ ४८ ॥

विज्ञलोकैः सदा मण्डितः पण्डितः काव्यविद्यानवद्यप्रलापान्वितः ।
राजपूज्यो धरामण्डले सर्वदा नृत्यलिप्सागते पद्मिनीनायके ॥ ४९ ॥

सर्वदानन्दधर्ता जनो ज्ञानवान् यज्ञकर्ता धराधीशसद्यस्थितः ।
पद्मबन्धावरातेर्भयं स्वाननः काव्यविद्याप्रलापी मुदा कौतुके ॥ ५० ॥

निद्राभरारक्तनिभे भवेतां निद्रागते लोचनपद्मयुग्मे ।
रवौ विदेशे वसतिर्जनस्य कलत्रहानिः कातिधार्थनाशः ॥ ५१ ॥

Verse 40–51

40-51. *EFFECTS OF THE SUN'S AVASTHAS AT BIRTH:*If the Sun is in Shayanavastha, the native will contract digestive deficiency, many diseases, stoutness of legs, bilious disorders, ulcer in the anus, and, heart strokes etc.

If he is in Upaveshanavastha, the native will suffer from poverty, be carrier of loads, be engaged in disputes and litigations, be hard hearted and will waste away his money.

In the Netrapani Avastha of the Sun, the native will always be happy, wise, helpful to others, be endowed with powers and wealth, be extremely happy and will gain royal favours.

If the Sun is in his Prakashavastha, the native will be liberal in disposition, will have abundance of wealth, be a significant speaker in the assembly, will perform many meritorious acts, be very strong and be endowed with charming personality.

The Sun being in the Gamanavastha, the native will be disposed to live in foreign lands, be unhappy, be always indolent, bereft of intelligence and wealth, be distressed due to fear and be short tempered.

In the Agamanavastha of the Sun, the native will be interested in other people's wives, be devoid of his own men, be interested in journeys, skilful in doing wicked deeds, be dirty, ill disposed and be a talebearer.

In the Sabhavastha of the Sun, the native will be disposed to help others, be always endowed with wealth and gems, be virtuous, be endowed with lands, new house and robes, be very strong, very affectionate to his friends and will have kind disposition.

The Sun being in Agamavastha, the native will be distressed due to enemies, be fickleminded, evilminded, emaciated, devoid of virtuous acts and intoxicated with pride.

If the Sun is in Bhojanavastha, the native experiences pain in joints, will destroy his wealth and money due to other's wife, will have gradual decline of strength at every step, will be untruthful, will incur headaches, will eat remnant, will tend to tell false stories and will take to bad ways.

The Padamininayaka (the Sun) being in the Nrityalipsavastha, the native will be honoured by the learned, be himself learned, will be well versed in talking about poetry and will be adored by the Kings on the earth.

The Sun being in the Kautakavastha, the native, will always be happy, be endowed with spiritual knowledge, will be performer of sacrificial rites, will move among kings, will remain fearful of enemies, be charming-faced and be endowed with knowledge of poetry.

The Sun having fallen in the Nidravastha, the native will always have eyes red due to sleepiness, will live mostly in foreign. lands will lose his wife and will have loss of wealth in many ways.

जनुःकाले क्षपानाथे शयनं चेदुपागते ।
मानी शीतप्रधानश्च कामी वित्तविनाशकः ॥ ५२ ॥

रोगार्दितो मन्दमतिर्विशेषाद्वित्तेन हीनो मनुजः कठोर: ।
अकार्यकारी परवित्तहारी क्षपाकरे चेदुपवेशनस्थे ॥५३ ॥

नेत्रपाणौ क्षपानाथे महारोगी नरो भवेत् ।
अनल्पजल्पको धूर्तः कुकर्मनिरतः सदा ॥५४ ॥

यदा राकानाथे गतवति विकाशं च जनने विकाश: संसारे विमलगुणराशेरवनिपात् ।
नवाशामाला स्यात्करितुरगलक्ष्भ्या परिवृता विभूषा योषाभिः सुखमनुदिनं तीर्थगमनम् ॥ ५५ ॥

सितेतरे पापरतो निशाकरे विशेषतः क्रूरतरो नरो भवेत् ।
सदाक्षिरोगैः परिपीड्यमानो बलक्षपक्षे गमने भयातुरः ॥ ५६ ॥

विधावागमने मानी पादरोगी नरो भवेत् ।
गुप्तपापरतो दीनो मतितोषविवर्जितः ॥ ५७ ॥

सकलजनवदान्यो राजराजेन्द्रमान्यो रतिपतिसमकान्तिः शान्तिकृत्कामिनीनाम् ।
सपदि सदसि याते चारुबिम्बे शशांके भवति परमरीतिप्रीतिविज्ञो गुणज्ञः ॥ ५८ ॥

विधावागमके मर्त्त्यो वाचलो धर्मपूरितः ।
कृष्णपक्षे द्विभार्य: स्याद्रोगी दुष्टतरो हठी ॥ ५९ ॥

भोजने जनुषि पूर्णचन्द्रमा मानयानजनतासुखं नृणाम् ।
आतनोति वनितासुतासुखं सर्वमेव न सितेतरे शुभम् ॥ ६० ॥

नृत्यलिप्सागते चन्द्रे सबले बलवान्नरः ।
गीतज्ञो हि रसज्ञश्च कृष्णे पापकरो भवेत् ॥ ६१ ॥

कौतुकभवनं गतवति चन्द्रे भवति नृपत्वं वा धनपत्वम् ।
कामकलासु सदा कुशलत्वं वारवधूरतिरमणपटुत्वम् ॥ ६२ ॥

निद्रागते जन्मनि मानवानां कलाधरे जीवयुते महत्त्वम् ।
हीनेऽङ्गनासञ्चितवित्तनाशः शिवालये रौति विचित्रमुच्चैः ॥ ६३ ॥

Verse 52–63

52-63. EFFECTS OF THE MOON'S AVASTHAS AT BIRTH : If at the time of birth the Moon has gone in the Shayanavastha, the native will be honourable, sluggish, given to sexual lust and will face financial destruction.

If she is in the Upaveshnavastha, the native will be troubled by diseases, be dull witted, bereft of wealth, hard hearted, will do undesireable acts and will be a stealer of other's wealth.

If she be in the Netrapaniavastha, the native will be troubled by great or chronic diseases, be very garrulous, wicked and will indulge in bad deeds.

If she be in Prakashavastha, the native will have the development of his virtues due to royal patronage, will be illustrious in the world due to his excellent pure virtues, will be surrounded with horses, elephants, females and ornaments, will be always happy and will visit places of pilgrimage.

If the Moon is in the Gamanavastha and if it is the dark half of the month, the native will be sinful, cruel and always troubled by afflictions of sight, and if it is the bright half of the month, he will be distressed due to fear.

If the Moon be in Agamanavastha, the native will be honourable, will suffer from diseases of feet, will secretly indulge in sinful acts, be poor and devoid of intelligence and happiness.

The quick moving beautiful image of the Moon having gone in the Sabhavastha, the native will be adorable among men, will be recognised and honoured by the emperor or King of Kings, be beautiful like cupid, Rati's husband, will have the ability to subdue the passion of women, will be skilful in sexual acts or lovemaking and will recognise virtues in others.

If the Moon be in the Agamavastha, the native will be garrulous and virtuous: and if it is dark half of the month, he will have two wives, be sick, highly wicked and stubborn.

The Moon having gone in the Bhojanavastha and if it is the bright half of the month the native will be endowed with honour in the world, conveyances, attendants, wife and daughters, but if it is the dark half of the month, he will not get these pleasures.

The Moon having fallen in the Nrityalipsavastha and being, endowed with strength, the native will be strong, will have knowledge of songs and will have knowledge of the beauty of things (will have aesthetic sense).

When the Moon has gone in the Kautukavastha, the native will attain Kingship, lordship over wealth and skill in sexual acts and in playing with prostitutes.

If the Moon has fallen in the Nidravastha and is in conjunction with Jupiter, the native will be quite eminent in the world but if she is devoid of the conjunction of Jupiter and if she is emaciated he will lose his accumulated wealth and female jackals will be crying loudly around his abode.

शयने वसुधापुत्रे व्रणयुक्तो जनो भवेत् ।
बहुना कण्डुना युक्तो दद्रुणा च विशेषतः ॥ ६४ ॥

बली सदा पापरतो नरः स्यादसत्यवादी नितरां प्रगल्भः ।
धनेन पूर्णो निजधर्महीनो घरासुतश्चेदुपवेशनस्थः ॥ ६५ ॥

यदा भूमिसुतो लग्ने नेत्रपाणिमुपागतः ।
दरिद्रता तदा पुंसामन्यभे नगरेशता ॥ ६६ ॥

प्रकाशो गुणस्यापि वासः प्रकाशे धराधीशभर्तु सदा मानवृद्धि ।
सुते भूसुते पुत्रकान्तावियोगो भवेद्राहुणा दारुणो वा निपातः ॥ ६७ ॥

गमने गमनं कुरुतेऽनुदिनं वणजालभयं वनिताकलहः ।
बहुदद्रुककण्डुभयं बहुधा वसुधातनयो वसुहानिकरः ॥ ६८ ॥

आगमने गुणशाली मणिमालीवा करालकरवाली ।
गजहन्ता रिपुहन्ता परिजनसन्तापहारको भौमे ॥ ६९ ॥

तुङ्गे युद्धकलाकलापकुशलो धर्मध्वजो वित्तपः कोणे भूमिसुते सभामुपगते विद्याविहीनः पुमान् ।
अन्तेऽपत्यकलत्रमित्ररहितः प्रोक्तेतरस्थानगेऽवश्यं राजसभाबुधो बहुधनी मानी च दानी जनः ॥ ७० ॥

आगमे भवति भूमिजे जनो धर्मकर्मरहितो गदातुरः ।
कर्णमूलगुरुशूलरोगवानेव कातरमतिः कुसङ्गमी ॥ ७१ ॥

भोजने मिष्टभोजी च जनने सबले कुजे ।
नीचकर्मकरो नित्यं मनुजो मानवर्जितः ॥ ७२ ॥

नृव्यलिप्सागते भूसुते जन्मिनामिन्दिराराशिरायांति भूमीपतेः ।
स्वर्णरत्नप्रवालैः सदामण्डिता वासशाला नराणां भवेत्सर्वदा ॥ ७३ ॥

कौतुकी भवति कौतुके कुजे मित्रपुत्रपरिपूरितो जनः ।
उच्चगे नृपतिगेहमण्डितः पूजितो गुणवरैर्गुणाकरैः ॥ ७४ ॥

निद्रावस्थां गते भौमे क्रोधी धीधनवर्जितः ।
धूर्तो धर्मपरिभ्रष्टो मनुष्यो गदपीडितः ॥ ७५ ॥

Verse 64–75

64-75. EFFECTS OF AVASTHAS OF MARS AT BIRTH: If the Bhoomiputra (Mars) is in the Shayanavastha, the native will be troubled with wounds, itch and ulcer.

If Mars be in Upaveshanavastha, the native will be strong, will always indulge in sinful acts, will be untruthful, be quite witty, affluent and devoid of virtues.

When the Bhoomiputra Mars be in the Ascendant and has gone in the Netrapaani avastha, the native will be penurious and his having been placed in any other Houses than the Ascendant, he will be conferred on him the rulership of a city.

If Mars is in his Prakashavastha, the native will have his virtues developed and will always be honoured by the King. If in the said state or avastha Mars is in the 5th House, the native will have loss of children and of wife. If Mars is in conjunction with Rahu, in the above said state the native will have a great fall in his position.

If Mars is in the Gamanavastha, the native will always be wandering, will have fear of multiple ulcers, quarrel with his wife, will generally suffer from the affliction of boils, itches etc and there will be loss of wealth.

If Mars is in Agamanavastha, the native will be virtuous, endowed with a rosary of precious gems, will be a bearer of sharp edged sword, be a killer of elephants and enemies and a remover of the troubles and miseries of his people.

If Mars be in Sabhavastha and in his exaltation sign, the native will be skilful in conducting wars, be hypocritical in religion and wealthy. If Mars is in a trine (5 or 9), the native will be devoid of learning, if he be in the 12th House, the native will have no child, wife and friends and, if Mars be in the said state be in other houses than the above ones, the native will be a scholar in the King's court, very wealthy, honourable and charitable.

If Mars be in Agamavastha, the native will be devoid of virtues and good deeds, will be distressed by diseases, will aquire diseases of the interior parts of the ears or of the roof of the ears, will be afflicted by severe pains of gout, be fearful and will live in the society of the wicked.

Mars being strong and having been placed in the Bhojanavastha, the native will eat sweet food and if he be devoid of strength in the said state, the native will always be engaged in doing base deeds and be dishonourable.

Mars having gone in the Nrityalipsavastha, the native will get wealth from an owner of lands and will be endowed with fullness of gold, diamonds and corals in his house.

If Mars is in Kautukaavastha, the native will be a doer of surprising deeds, will, be endowed with friends and sons: if in the said state Mars is exalted also, the native will be honoured by the King and the learned.

Mars having fallen in the Nidravastha, the native will be short tempered, devoid of intelligence and wealth, be mischievous, be fallen from the path of virtue and be troubled by diseases.

क्षुधातुरो भवेदंगे खञ्जो गुञ्जानिभेक्षणः ।
अन्यभे लम्पटो धूर्तो मनुजः शयने बुधे ॥ ७६ ॥

शशांकपुत्रे जनुरङ्गगेहे यदोपवेशे गुणराशिपूर्णः ।
पापेक्षिते पापयुते दरिद्रो हिते शुभे वित्तसुखी मनुष्यः ॥ ७७ ॥

विद्याविवेकरहितो हिततोषहीनोमानी जनोभवतिचन्द्रसुतेऽक्षि पाणौ
पुत्रालेय सुतकलत्रसुखेन हीनः कन्या प्रजा नृपतिगेहबुधो वरार्थः ॥ ७८ ॥

दाता दयालुः खलु पुण्यकर्ता विकाशने चन्द्रसुते मनुष्यः ।
अनेकविद्यार्णवपारङ्गता विवेकपूर्ण: खलवर्गहन्ता ॥ ७९ ॥

गमनागमने भवतो गमने बहुधा वसुधाधिपतेर्भवने
भवनं च विचित्रमलं रमया विदि नुश्च जनुःसमये नितराम् ॥ ८० ॥

सपदि विदि जनानामुच्चगे जन्मकाले
सदसि धनसमृद्धिः सर्वदा पुण्यवृद्धिः ।
धनपतिसमता वा भूपता मंत्रिता वा
हरिहरपदभवितः सात्त्विकी मुक्तिलब्धिः ॥ ८१ ॥

आगमे जनुषि जन्मिनां यदा चन्द्रजे भवति हीनसेवया ।
अर्थसिद्धिरपि पुत्रयुग्मता बालिका भवति मानदायिका ॥८२ ॥

भोजने चन्द्रजे जन्मकाले यदा जन्मिनामर्थहानिः यदा वादतः ।
राजभीत्या कृशत्वं चलत्वं मतेरङ्गसङ्गो न जाया न माया सुखम् ॥ ८३ ॥

नृत्यलिप्सागते चन्द्रजे मानवो मानयानप्रवालव्रजैः संयुतः ।
मित्रपुत्रप्रतापैंः सभापण्डितः पापभे वारवामारतो लम्पटः ॥ ८४ ॥

कौतुके चन्द्रजे जन्मकाले नृणामंगभे गीतविद्याऽनवद्या भवेत् ।
सप्तमे नैधने वारवध्वा रतिः पुण्यभे पुण्ययुक्ता मतिः सद्गतिः ॥ ८५ ॥

निद्राश्रिते चन्द्रसुते न निद्रासुखं सदा व्याधिसमाधियोगः ।
सहोत्थवैकल्यमनल्पतापो निजेन वादो धनमाननाशः ॥ ८६ ॥

Verse 76–86

76-86. EFFECTS OF MERCURY'S AVASTHAS AT BIRTH: If Mercury is in the Ascendant and in the Shayanavastha, the native will have reddish eyes like Gunja (perhaps black bee, it is red in colour and there is a black spot in its middle), but if Mars is in other houses than the Ascendant, the native will be addicted to licentious pleasures and be wicked.

If the Shashanka putra (the son of the Moon, Mercury) is in the Ascendant and in his Upaveshanavastha, the native will be endowed with virtues; if he is in conjunction with or aspected by malefics, the native will be very penurious; if he is in conjunction with or is aspected by benefics he will enjoy the happiness of having wealth.

If Mercury is in the Netrapaniavastha the native will be devoid of learning, wisdom, friends and contentment but be honoured. If in the said state Mercury be in the 5th House, the native will be devoid of happiness from wife and sons, will have female children only and will be supreme among the learned in the King's palace (will be Raj-Pandit or the main priest of the King) and very wealthy.

If Mercury is in Prakashavastha, the native will be charitable, merciful, meritorious, well versed in many branches of learning, be gifted with great faculty of discrimination and will be subdued by the wicked.

If Mercury is in the Gamanavastha, the native will be visitor of the King's court and his house will be very magnificent and the abode of the goddess Laksmi.

If Mercury is in the Agamanavastha the effects will be the same as they will be in Mercury's being in the Gamanavastha.

If Mercury is in the Sabhavastha and is exalted, the native will be very affluent, be always meritorious, be equal to kuberas (the gods of wealth in Hindu mythology), be a king or a king's minister, be devoted to Lord Vishnu and Shiva, be sattwiki and will attain final emancipation.

If Mercury is in Agamavastha, the native will serve basemen and will gain wealth there by and will have two sons and one fame bringing daughter.

If Mercury is in the Bhojanavastha, the native will incur financial losses through disputes and litigation, will have decline in physical health due to the fear of the King, be fickleminded and be bereft of happiness from wife or from material things.

If Mercury be in Nritya lipsavastha, the native will be endowed with honour, conveyances, gems, sons, friends prowess and be a sabhapandit or the speaker and learned man in an assembly; but if in the said state, Mercury is in a malefic's sign, the native will be addicted to prostitutes and will have longing for prostitution and will be licentious.

If Mercury be in the Ascendant and is in Kautukavastha, the native will be skilful in music; if he is in 7th or 8th House in the said state, the native will be addicted to courtezans and if Mercury be in the 9th House, the native will be meritorious and will attain heaven after death.

If Mercury is in Nidravastha the native will be deprived of the comfort of sleep will always be afflicted by neck or neck joint disease, be devoid of coborn, will suffer from much misery, will have disputes and litigation with his own men and will lose wealth and honour.

वचसामधिपे तु जनुःसमये शयने बलवानपि हीनरवः ।
अतिगौरतनुः खलुदीर्घहनुः सुतरामरिभीतियुतो मनुजः ॥ ८७ ॥

उपवेशं गतवति यदि जीवे वाचालो बहुगर्वपरीतः वाचालो
क्षोणीपतिरिपुजनपरितप्तः पदजंघास्यकरव्रणयुक्तः ॥ ८८ ॥

नेत्रपाणि गते देवराजार्चिते रोगयुक्तो वियुक्तो वरार्थश्रिया ।
गीतनृत्यप्रियः कामुकः सर्वदा गौरवर्णो विवर्णोद्भवप्रीतियुक् ॥ ८९ ॥

गुणानामानन्दं विमलसुखकन्दं वितनुते
सदा तेज: पुञ्जं व्रजपतिनिकुञ्ज प्रतिगमम् ।
प्रकाशं चेदुच्चे द्रुतमुपगतो वासवगुरु
गुरुत्वं लोकानां धनपतिसमत्वं तनुभृताम् ॥ ९० ॥

साहसी भवति मानवः सदा मित्रवर्गसुखपूरितो मुदा ।
पण्डितो विविधक्त्तिमण्डितो वेदविद्यादि गुरौ गमं गते ॥ ९१ ॥

आगमने जनता वरजाया यस्य जनुःसमये हरिमाया ।
मुञ्चति नालमिहालयमद्धा देवगुरौ परितः परिबद्धा ॥ ९२ ॥

सुरगुरुसमवक्ता शुभ्रमुक्ताफलाढयः
सदसि सपदि पूर्णो वित्तमाणिक्यमानैः ।
गजतुरगरथाढ्यो देवताधीशपूज्यो
जनुषि विविधविधागर्वितो मानवः स्यात् ॥ ९३ ॥

नानावाहनमानयानपटलीसौख्यं गुरावागमे ।
भृत्यापत्यकलत्रमित्रजसुखं विद्याऽनवद्या भवेत् ।
क्षोणीपालसमानतानवरतं चाऽतीव हृद्या मतिः
काव्यानन्दरतिः सदा हितगतिः सर्वत्र मानोन्नतिः ॥ ९४ ॥

भोजने भवति देवतागुरौ यस्य तस्य सततं सुभोजनम् ।
नैव मुञ्चति रमालयं तदा वाजिवारणरथैश्च मण्डितम् ॥ ९५ ॥

नृत्यलिप्सागते राजमानी धनी देवताधीशवन्द्यः सदा धर्मवित् ।
तन्त्रविज्ञो बुधैर्मण्डितः पंडितः शब्दविद्यानवद्यो हि सद्यो जनः ॥ ९६ ॥

कुतूहली सकौतुके महाधनी जनः सदा
निजान्वये च भास्कर: कृपाकलाधरः सुखी ।
निलिम्पराजपूजिते सुतेन भूनयेन वा
युतो महाबली धराधिपेन्द्रसमपण्डितः ॥ ९७ ॥

गुरौ निद्रागते यस्य मूर्खता सर्वकर्मणि ।
दरिद्रतापरिक्रान्त भवनं पुण्यवर्जितम् ॥ ९८ ॥

Verse 87–98

87-98. EFFECTS OF JUPITER'S AVASTHAS AT BIRTH: If Jupiter who is the Lord of speech is at the time of birth in his Shayanavastha, the native though he will be strong, will speak in low pitch, will be very tawny in complexion, will certainly have a long chin and will be fearful of enemies.

If Jupiter be in his Upaveshanavastha the native will be garrulous, very proud, be troubled by the King and enemies and will have ulcers on feet, thighs, face and hands.

If Jupiter is in Netrapani avastha, the native will be afflicted by diseases, be devoid of wealth, be fond of music and dances, be always lustful, be tawny in complexion and will have affection for other varnas (races which are four-Brahmins, or priestly class, the Kshtriyas or the warrior class, Vaishyas or the traders and Agriculturists, and, the shudras or the serving class).

If Jupiter is in Prakashavastha, the native will enjoy virtues, be happy, splendorous and will visit place dear to Lord Krishna (that is Vrindavana near Mathura). If in the said state, Jupiter is exalted, the native will attain recognition among men and be equal to Kubera in wealth.

If Jupiter be in Gamanavastha, the native's will be courageous, be happy due to friends, be scholarly, and endowed with various kinds of wealth, and with knowledge of the four Vedas.

If Jupiter be in his Agamanavastha, the natives abode will never be abandoned by his men, excellent women and Hari's maya or Lakshmi(Wealth).

If Jupiter be in his Sabhavastha, the native will be a speaker equal to Jupiter himself, be endowed with white pearls, wealth and rubies, will be rich in elephants, horses, palanquins etc. conveyances and has the pride of knowing the various branches of knowledge.

If Jupiter is in Agamavastha, the native will be endowed with various conveyances, honours, retinue, children, wife, friends and learning of strange matters, be equal to a King, will have clear intellect, be fond of poetry, will always take the path of virtue and be everywhere honoured.

If Jupiter is in Bhojanavastha, the native will always get excellent food and Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth will never leave his abode and his house always remain adorned with or full of horses, elephants and chariots.

Jupiter having gone in the Nrityalipsavastha, the native will be honoured by the King, be wealthy, be honoured and adored like Indra, the god of gods, will have knowledge of moral law, well versed in Tantra vidya (occult knowledge), be specially honoured by the wise and the learned, and be a great grammarian.

If Jupiter is in Kautukavastha, the native will be curious in disposition, be very rich, will shine like the Sun in his circle, be exceedingly kind, happy, be honoured by the king, be endowed with sons, lands, knowledge of moral laws, be very strong and be the Pandit of the King's court (the supreme scholar of the King's court.)

If Jupiter is in his Nidravastha, the native will be foolish in all his actions, will be surrounded by poverty and be devoid of righteous actions.

जनो बलीयानपि दन्तरोगी भृगौ महारोषसमन्वितः स्यात् ।
धनेन हीनः शयनं प्रयाते वारांगनासंगमलम्पटश्च ॥ ९९ ॥

यदि भवेदुशना उपवेशने नवमणिव्रजकाञ्जभूषणः ।
सुखमजस्त्रमरिक्षय आदरादवनिपादपि मानसुमन्त्रितः ॥ १०० ॥

नेत्रपाणिं गते लग्नगेहे कवौ सप्तमे मानभे यस्य तस्य ध्रुवम् ।
नेत्रपातेनिपातोधनानामलं चान्यभे वासशाला विशाला भवेत् ॥ १०१ ॥

स्वालये तुंगभे मित्रभे भार्गवे तुंगमातंगलीलाकलापी जनः ।
भूपतेस्तुल्यएवप्रकाशंगतेकाव्यविद्याकलाकौतुकीगीतवित् ॥ १०२ ॥

गमने जनने शुक्रे तस्य माता न जीवति ।
आधियोगो वियोगश्च जनानामरिभीतितः ॥ १०३ ॥

आगमनं भृगुपुत्रे गतवति वित्तेश्वरो मनुजः ।
सत्तीर्थभ्रमशाली नित्योत्साही करांघ्रिरोगी च ॥ १०४ ॥

अनायासेनालं सपदि महसा याति सहसा
प्रगल्भत्वं राज्ञः सदसि गुणविज्ञः किल कवौ ।

सभायामायाते रिपुनिवहहन्ता धनपतेः
समत्वं वा दाता बलतुरगगन्ता नरवरः ॥ १०५ ॥

आगमे भार्गवे नागमो जन्मिनामर्थराशेररतिरतीव क्षतिः ।
पुत्रपातोनिपातोजनानामपिव्याधिभीतिः प्रियाभोगहानिर्भवेत् ॥ १०६ ॥

क्षुधातुरो व्याधिनिपीडितः स्यादनेकधारातिभयार्हितश्च ।
कवौ यदा भोजनगे युवत्या महाधनी पण्डितमण्डितश्च ॥ १०७ ॥

काव्यविद्यानवद्या च हृद्या मतिः सर्वदा नृत्यलिप्सागते भार्गवे ।
शंखवीणामृदंगादिगानध्वनिव्रातनैपुण्यमेतस्य वित्तोन्नतिः ॥ १०८ ॥

कौतुकभवनं गतवति शुक्रे शक्रोशत्वं सदसि महत्त्वम् ।
हद्या विद्या भविति च पुंसः पद्मा निवसति सदमारतः ॥ १०९ ॥

परसेवारतो नित्यं निद्रामुपगते कवौ ।
परनिन्दापरो वीरो वाचालो भ्रमते महीम् ॥ ११० ॥

Verse 99–110

99-110. EFFECTS OF AVASTHAS OF VENUS AT BIRTH: If at the time of birth Venus is in her Shayanavastha, the native, though strong, will incur dental diseases, be very short tempered, bereft of wealth, will seek union with prostitutes and be licentious.

If Venus is in her Upaveshanavastha, the native will be endowed with many nine gems and golden ornaments, be ever happy, will destroy enemies, be honoured by the King and his honours will increase.

If Venus is in her Netrapani avastha in the Ascendant, the 7th or the 10th House, there will certainly be the native's loss of wealth on account of sight afflictions or loss of sight; and if Venus in the said state is in other houses than the above ones, the native will have spacious houses.

If Venus is in her Prakashavastha and in her own and exaltation sign or in her friend's sign, the native will sport like a lofty elephant, be equal to a King in glory or brightness, be well versed and skilful in poetry and music.

If Venus is in Gamanavastha, the native's mother will not live long, he will be separated from his own people and will have fear from enemies.

If Venus is in Agamanavastha, the native will be a lord over much wealth, will visit supreme places of pilgrimage, be ever enthusiastic and will contract diseases of the hand and foot.

If Venus is in Sabhavastha, the native will earn eminence in the King's court without any efforts and quickly, be virtuous, will destroy enemies, be equal to Kubera in wealth, charitable, will ride on horses and will be excellent among men.

If Venus is in Agamavastha, the native will not have any advent of wealth, but will have only troubles from enemies, separation from children and relatives, fear of diseases and lack of pleasures from his wife.

If Venus is in Bhojanavastha, the native will be distressed because of hunger, diseases and many kinds of fear from his enemies. If Venus in the said state is in Virgo, the native will be extremely rich and will be honoured by scholars.

If Venus is in Nrityalipsavastha, the native will be well versed and skilful in poetry, be kind hearted, will play on musical instruments like conch, lute, tabor etc. and be very skilful in them, be meritorious and very affluent.

If Venus is in Kautukavastha, the native will be equal to Lord Indra, will get recognition in the assembly, be endowed with excellent learning and the Goddess Lakshmi will always live in his house or he will always remain endowed with wealth.

If Venus is in Nidravastha, the native will be interested in serving others, will speak ill of others, be heroic garrulous and wandering all over the earth.

क्षुत्पिपासापरिक्रान्तो विश्रान्तः शयने शनौ ।
वयसि प्रथमे रोगी ततो भाग्यवतां वरः ॥ १११ ॥

भानोः सुते चेदुपवेशनस्थे करालकारातिजनानुतप्ताः ।
अपायशाली खलु दद्रुमाली नरोऽभिमानी नृपदण्डयुक्तः ॥ ११२ ॥

नयनपाणिगते रविनन्दने परमया रमया रमयायुतः ।
नृपतितो हिततोमतितोषकृद्वहुकलाकलितो विमलोक्तिकृत् ॥ ११३ ॥

नानागुणप्रामधनाधिशाली सदा नरो बुद्धिविनोदमाली ।
प्रकाशने भानुसुते सुभानुः कृपानुरक्तो हरपादभक्तः ॥ ११४ ॥

महाधनी नन्दननन्दितः स्यादपायकारी रिपुभूमिहारी ।
गमे शनौ पण्डितराजभावं धरापतेरायतने प्रयाति ॥ ११५ ॥

आगमने गर्दभपदयुक्तः पुत्रकलत्रसुखेन विमुक्तः ।
भानुसुते भ्रमते भुवि नित्यं दीनमना विजनाश्रयभावम् ॥ ११६ ॥

रत्नावलीकाञ्चनमौक्तिकानां व्रातेन नित्यं व्रजति प्रमोदम् ।
सभागते भानुसुते नितान्तं नयेन पूर्णो मनुजो महौजाः ॥ ११७ ॥

आगमे गदसमागमो नृणामब्जबन्धुतनये यदा तदा ।
मन्दमेव गमनं धरापतेर्याचनाविरहिता मतिः सदा ॥ ११८ ॥

संगते जनुषि भानुनन्दने भोजनं भवति भोजनं रसैः ।
संयुतं नयनमन्दता तता मोहतापपरितापिता मतिः ॥ ११९ ॥

नृत्यलिप्सागते मन्दे धर्मात्मा वित्तपूरितः ।
राजपूज्यो नरो धीरो महावीरो रणाङ्गणे ॥ १२० ॥

भवति कौतुकभावमुपागते रविसुते वसुधावसुपूरितः ।
अतिसुखी सुमुखीसुखपूरितः कवितयामलय कलया नरः ॥ १२१ ॥

निद्रागते वासरनाथपुत्रे धनी सदा चारुगुणैरुपेतः ।
पराक्रमी चण्डविपक्षहन्ता सुवारकान्तारतिरीतिविज्ञः ॥ १२२ ॥

Verse 111–122

111-122. *EFFECTS OF SATURN'S AVASTHAS AT BIRTH:*If Saturn is in Shayanavastha, the native will be troubled by hunger and thirst, will incur diseases in the early part of his life and later on will be endowed with fortune.

If Saturn is in Upaveshanavastha, the native will be greatly troubled by strong enemies, will encounter calamities, will have ulcers all over his body, be self respecting and be punished by the king.

If Saturn, the son of the Sun, is in Netrapani avastha, the native will be endowed with an extremely beautiful wife, wealth, royal favour and friends, will be learned in many arts and be an eloquent speaker.

Saturn being in Prakashavastha, the native will be very virtuous, very wealthy, very intelligent, be sportive, splendorous, merciful and devoted to the feet of Lord Shiva.

Saturn having gone in the Gamanavastha, the native will be extremely wealthy, be endowed with sons, will grab enemy's lands, and be a Rajpandit or the chief scholar in the royal court.

If Saturn is in Agamanavastha, the native will be akin to a donkey, bereft of happiness from his wife and sons, extremely, humble, and will wander on the earth without receiving any help from any one.

Saturn having gone in Sabhavastha, the native will have happiness due to his getting abundant precious stones, and gold, be endowed with great judicial or political knowledge and be extremely brilliant.

If Saturn is gone in Agamavastha, the native will contract diseases and is not skilful in begging royal patronage.

If Saturn is in Bhojanavastha, the native will get tasty foods, be weak sighted and be fickle minded due to mental delusion.

If Saturn is in Nrityalipsavastha, the native will be righteous, wealthy, honoured by the King, will have fortitude, and be a great warrior in war.

Saturn being in the Kautukavastha, the native will have the prosperity of wealth and lands, be extremely happy, will be endowed with happiness through an extremely charming wife and be learned in pure poetry, arts etc.

Saturn falling in Nidravastha, the native will be ever wealthy, be endowed with charming virtues and valour, be destroyer of strong enemies and be skilful in the art of getting pleasure through prostitutes.

यदागमो जन्मनि यस्य राहौ क्लेशाधिकत्वं शयनं प्रायते ।
वृषेऽथ युग्मेऽपि च कान्यकायामजेसमाजो धनधान्यराशेः ॥ १२३ ॥

उपवेशनमिह गतवति राहौ दद्रुगदेन जन: परितप्तः ।
राजसमाजयुतो बहुमानी वित्तसुखेन सदा रहितः स्यात् ॥ १२४ ॥

नेत्रपाणावगौ नेत्रे भवतो रोगपीडिते ।
दुष्टव्यालारिचौराणां भयं तस्य धनक्षयः ॥ १२५ ॥

प्रकाशने शुभासने स्थिति: कृति: शुभा नृणां ।
धनोन्नतिर्गुणोन्नतिः सदा विदामगाविह ।
धराधिपाधिकारिता यशोलता तता भवे
नवीननीरदाकृतिर्विदेशतो महोन्नतिः ॥ १२६ ॥

गमने च यदा राहौ बहुसन्तानवान्नरः ।
पण्डितो धनवान् दाता राजपूज्यो नरो भवेत ॥ १२७ ॥

राहावागमने क्रोधी सदा धीधनवर्जितः ।
कुटिलः कृपणः कानी नरो भवति सर्वथाः ॥ १२८ ॥

सभागतो यदा राहुः पाण्डतः कृपणो नरः ।
नानागुणपरिक्रान्तो वित्तसौख्यसमन्वितः ॥ १२९ ॥

चेदगावागमं यस्य याते तदा व्याकुलत्वं सदारातिभीत्या भयम् ।
महबन्धुवादो जनानांनिपातो भवेद्वित्तहानिःशठत्वं कृशत्वम् ॥ १३० ॥

भोजने भोजनेनालं विकलो मनुजो भवेत् ।
मन्दबुद्धि क्रियाभीरुः स्त्रीपुत्रसुखवर्जितः ॥ १३१ ॥

नृत्यलिप्सागते राहौ महाव्याधिविवर्द्धनम् ।
नेत्ररोगी रिपोर्भीतिर्धनधर्मक्षयो नृणाम् ॥ १३२ ॥

कौतुके च यदा राहौ स्थानहीनो नरो भवेत् ।
परदाररतो नित्यं परवित्तापहारकः ॥ १३३ ॥

निद्रावस्थां गते राहौ गुणग्रामयुतो नरः ।
कान्तासन्तानवान् धीरो गर्वितो बहुवित्तवान् ॥ १३४ ॥

Verse 123–134

123-134. EFFECTS OF RAHU'S AVASTHAS AT BIRTH: If at the time of birth Rahu is in Shayanavastha, the native will be extremely miserable; but if Rahu, in the said state, be in Taurus, Gemini, Virgo or Aries he will be endowed with wealth and grains.

Rahu having gone in the Upaveshanavastha the native will be afflicted with the disease of Ringworm and inspite of being honoured by the King he remains penniless.

Rahu being in the Netrapani Avastha, both the eyes of the native get afflicted with disease, he always in fear from the wicked, serpents, enemies and thieves and incurs loss of wealth.

If Rahu is in Prakashavastha, the native will acquire a high position, will perform auspicious acts, will obtain elevation of financial state, be highly virtuous, will get titles and fame from the King, be charming like newly formed clouds and be very prosperous in foreign countries.

If Rahu is in Gamanavastha, the native will be endowed with many children, be scholarly, wealthy, charitable and honoured by the King.

Rahu having fallen in Agamanavastha the native will be short tempered, bereft of intelligence and wealth, crooked, miserly and lustful.

If Rahu is in Sabhavastha, the native will be scholarly miserly and endowed with many virtues wealth and happiness.

If Rahu is in Agamavastha, the native will always be mentally distressed, will always remain in fear from enemies, will have disputes with his own men, be bereft of them, will have loss of wealth and be crafty and emaciated.

If Rahu is in Bhojanavastha, the native will remain distressed because of not getting food, be dull witted, be fearful in doing things and be bereft of conjugal and progenic happiness.

If Rahu is in Nrityalipsavastha, the native will have fear of getting a great and incurable disease, will have afflictions of eyes, fear from enemies and will suffer decline of finance and righteousness.

If Rahu is in Kautukavashtha, the native will be devoid of a place, will have amours with another's wife and will be a stealer of other's wealth.

If Rahu is fallen in Nidravastha, the native will be a store house of virtues, be endowed with wife and children, be a man of fortitude, self respect and be very wealthy.

मेषे वृषेऽथ वा युग्मे कन्यायां शयनं गते ।
केतौ धनसमृद्धिः स्यादन्यभे रोगवर्धनम् ॥ १३५ ॥

उपवेशं गते केतौ दद्रुरोगविवर्द्धनम् ।
अरिवातनृपव्यालचौरशंका समन्ततः ॥ १३६ ॥

नेत्रपाणिं गते केतौ नेत्ररोग: प्रजायते ।
दुष्टसर्पादिभीतिश्च रिपुराजकुलादपि ॥ १३७ ॥

केतौ प्रकाशने संजे धनवान् धार्मिकः सदा ।
नित्यं प्रवासी चोत्साही सात्त्विको राजसेवकः ॥ १३८ ॥

गमेच्छायां भवेत्केतुर्बहुपुत्रो महाधनः ।
पण्डितो गुणवान् दाता जायते च नरोत्तमः ॥ १३९ ॥

आगमने च यदा केतुर्नानारोगी धनक्षयः ।
दन्तघाती महारोगी पिशुन: परनिन्दकः ॥ १४० ॥

सभावस्थां गते केतौ वाचालो बहुगर्वितः ।
कृपणो लम्पटश्चैव धूर्तविद्याविशारदः ॥ १४१ ॥

यदागमे भवेत्केतुः केतुः स्यात्पापकर्मणाम् ।
बन्धुवादरतो दुष्टो रिपुरोगनिपीडितः ॥ १४२ ॥

भोजने तु जनो नित्यं क्षुधया परिपीडितः ।
दरिद्रो रोगसंतप्तः केतौ भ्रमति मेदिनीम् ॥ १४३ ॥

नृत्यलिप्साङ्गते केतौ व्याधिना विकलो भवेत् ।
बुद्बुदाक्षो दुराधर्षो धूर्तोऽनर्थकरो नरः ॥ १४४ ॥

कौतुकी कौतुके केतौ नटवामारतिप्रियः ।
स्थानभ्रष्टो दुराचारी दरिद्रो भ्रमते महीम् ॥ १४५ ॥

निद्रावस्थां गते केतौ धनधान्यसुखं महत् ।
नानागुणविनोदेन कालो गच्छति जन्मिनाम् ॥ १४६ ॥

Verse 135–146

135-146. EFFECTS OF KETU'S AVASTHAS AT BIRTH : If Ketu is in Shayanavastha and is in the sign of Aries, Taurus, Virgo or Gemini, the native will have abundance of wealth, while in other signs there will be increase in diseases.

If Ketu is in Upaveshanavastha, the native will have ulcers of Ringworm, and there will be fear from enemies, windy diseases, snakes and thieves.

Ketu being in the Netrapani Avastha, the native will contract eye diseases, and will have fear from wicked people, snakes, enemies and people of Royal family.

If Ketu is in Prakashavastha, the native will be wealthy, righteous, will live in foreign lands, be enthusiastic and endowed with satwika qualities and will serve the King.

If Ketu is in Gamanavastha, the native will be endowed with many sons, abundant, wealth, be scholarly, virtuous, charitable and be excellent among men.

If Ketu is in Agamanavastha, the native will suffer from many diseases, will have loss of wealth, will hurt others with his teeth, will contract a great disease, will be a tale bearer and will speak ill of others.

Ketu having gone in Sabhavastha, the native will be garrulous, very proud, miserly, licentious and skilful in evil branches of learning.

Ketu being in Agamavastha, the native will be a notorious sinner, will have disputes and litigation with his own men, be wicked and troubled by diseases and enemies.

If Ketu is in Bhojanavastha, the native will always be distressed with hunger, penury and diseases and will roam all over the earth.

Ketu having gone in the Nrityalipsavastha, the native will be distressed due to diseases, will have a floral mark on his eye, be impudent and uncontrollable, wicked and will have evil plans against others.

Ketu having gone in the Kautukavastha, the native will seek union with dancing prostitutes, will lose his place, will take to evil paths, be penurious and will roam all over the earth.

Ketu having fallen in the Nidravastha, the native will be endowed with much wealth and grains, be virtuous and will spend his time in sports and entertainments.

शयने द्विज! भावेषु यत्र तिष्ठन्ति सद्ग्रहाः ।
नित्यं तस्य शुभज्ञानं निर्विशंकं वदेत् बुधः ॥ १४७ ॥

Verse 147
  1. GENERAL EFFECTS : O Brahmin, if benefic planets are in Shayanavastha the learned astrologers should tell without doubt that their effects will always be auspicious.

भोजने येषु भावेषु पापास्तिष्ठन्ति सर्वथा ।
तदा सर्वविनाशेऽपि नाऽत्र काया विचारणा ॥ १४८ ॥

Verse 148
  1. If malefics are there in Bhojanavastha, there is no need of any second thought that all the effects (related to the houses in which these malefics are) will be certainly destroyed.

निद्रायां च यदा पापो जायास्थाने शुभं वदेत् ।
यदि पापग्रहैर्दृष्टो न शुभं च कदाचन ॥ १४९ ॥

Verse 149
  1. If in the 7th House a malefic is in the Nidravastha, the effects should be predicted as auspicious provided that he does not receive aspect from another malefic.

सुतस्थाने स्थितः पापो निद्रायां शयनेऽपि वा ।
तदा शुभं भवेत्तस्य नाऽत्र कार्या विचारणा ॥ १५० ॥

Verse 150
  1. If in the 5th House there is the Nidra or Shayanavastha of a malefic planet, there need not be a second thought that auspicious effects will follow.

मृत्युस्थानस्थितः पापो निद्रायां शयनेऽपि वा ।
तदा तस्याऽपमृत्युः स्याद्राजतः परतस्तथा ॥ १५१ ॥

Verse 151
  1. If there is a malefic in the 8th House in the Nidra or Shayanavastha, untimely death due to royal wrath will come to pass.

शुभग्रहैर्यदा युक्तः शुभैर्वा यदि वीक्षितः ।
तदा तु मरणं तस्य गङ्गादौ च विशेषत: ॥ १५२ ॥

Verse 152
  1. But if there be a benefic in the same house (the 8th) in conjunction with a malefic or he is aspected by a benefic, the death of the native will be at a place of pilgrimage as on the bank of the river Ganga etc.

कर्मस्थाने यदा पापः शयने भोजनेऽपि वा ।
तदा कर्मविपाकः स्यान्नानादुःखप्रदायकः ॥ १५३ ॥

Verse 153
  1. If in the 10th House there is a malefic planet in the Shayanavastha or in the Bhojanavastha, the native will face many miseries on account of his own deeds.

दशमस्थो निशानाथ: कौतुके च प्रकाशने ।
तदैव राजयोगः स्यान्निर्विशकं द्विजोत्तम ॥ १५४ ॥

Verse 154
  1. O exellent of the Brahmins, if in the 10th House there is Nishanatha or the Moon, the lord of the night in the Kautukavastha or the Prakashavastha, then it should be predicted without doubt that there will be Raja yoga.

बालऽबलविचारेण ज्ञातव्यञ्च शुभाऽशुभम् ।
एवं क्रमेण बोद्धव्यं सर्वाभावेषु बुद्धिमन् ! ॥ १५५ ॥

Verse 155
  1. O Wise Brahmin, in this way the auspicious and inauspicious effects should be known after duly considering the strength and the weakness of the planets in all the houses.

दीप्ताद्यवस्थापन्न ग्रहों का दशाफल —

पाके प्रदीप्तस्य धराधिपत्यमुत्साहशौर्य धनवाहने च ।
स्त्रीपुत्रलाभं शुभबन्धुपूजां क्षितीश्वरान्मानमुपैति विद्याम् ॥ १५६ ॥

स्वस्थस्य खेटस्य दशाविपाके स्वास्थ्यं नृपाल्लब्धधनादिसौख्यम् ।
विद्यां यशः प्रीतिमहत्त्वमाराद्दारार्थ भूम्यादिजधर्ममेति ॥ १५७ ॥

मुदान्वितस्यापि दशाविपाके वस्त्रादिकं गन्धसुतार्थधैर्यम् ।
पुराणधर्मश्रवणादिलाभं द्विपादियानाम्बरभूषणप्तिम् ॥ १५८ ॥

दशाविपाके सुखधर्ममेति शान्तस्य भूपुत्रकलत्रयानम् ।
विद्याविनोदान्वितधर्मशास्त्रं बह्वर्थदेशाधिपपूज्यतां च ॥ १५९ ॥

स्थानच्युतिर्बन्धुविरोधिंता च दीनस्य खेटस्य दशाविपाके ।
जीवत्यसौ कुत्सितहीनवृत्त्या त्यक्तो जनै रोगनिपीडितः स्यात् ॥ १६० ॥

दुःखार्दितस्यापि दशाविपाके नानाविधं दुःखमुपैति नित्यम् ।
विदेशगो बन्धुजनैविहीन श्रचौराग्रि भूपैर्भयमातनोति ॥ १६१ ॥

वैकल्ययुकखेटदशाविपाके वैकल्यमायाति मनोविकारम् ।
मित्रादिकानां मरणं विशेषात् स्त्रीपुत्रयानाम्बचौरपीडाम् ॥ १६२ ॥

दशाविपाके कलहं वियोगं खलस्यं खेटस्य पितुर्वियोगम् ।
शत्रोर्जनानां धनभूमिनाशमुपैति नित्यं स्वजनैश्रच निनन्दाम् ॥ १६३ ॥

कोपान्वितस्यापि दशाविपाके पापा: समायान्ति बहुप्रकारैः ।
विद्याधनस्त्रीसुतबन्धुनाशः पुत्रादिकृच्छ्रं त्वथ नेत्ररोगः ॥ १६४ ॥

Verse 156–164

156-164. EFFECTS OF THE DASA PERIODS OF DEEPTA ETC AVASTHAS: In the dasa periods of planet that is gone in the Deeptavastha, the native gets kingship, will be full of enthusiasm, valour and courage, will gain wealth, conveyances, wife and sons, will be adored by his excellent relatives, honoured by the King and will get learning.

In the dasa periods of a planet who is in the swasthavastha, the native will gain health, will enjoy the wealth etc received from the King, be endowed with learning, fame, wife, wealth and lands and will do virtuous deeds.

In the Dasa periods of planet who is in his Pramuditavastha, the native will have gains of robes, perfumes, sons, wealth, fortitude, etc, will be benefitted by hearing the Puranas and religious talks and will get elephants, robes, ornaments etc.

In the Dasa periods of a planet who is in the Shantavastha, the native will be endowed with happiness, lands, sons, wife, honour, will do virtuous deeds, will have learning and entertainment, will ponder over the scriptures and will get much wealth and honours from the King.

In the Dasa periods of a planet in Deenavastha, the native will have fall in his position, will face opposition from his own men, will earn his living through base means, will be dishonoured by the people and be distressed by diseases.

In the Dasa periods of a planet who is in Dukhitavastha, the native will face miseries of various kinds, will go in to foreign lands, be bereft of relatives, will have fear from thieves, fire, and the King.

In the Dasa periods of a planet who is in the Vikalavastha, the native will have mental restlessness, deaths of friends and will have to be troubled by wife, sons, thieves and due to vehicles.

In the Dasa periods of a planet who is in the Khalavastha, the native will have quarrels, separation from his father destruction of wealth and usurpation of lands by his enemies and will be disgraced by his own men.

In the Dasa periods of a planet who is in the Kopavastha, the native will tend towards sinful deeds and there will be loss of learning, wealth, sons and his own and will get eye disease.

Practice

Application · 1

A planet is at 14° of an odd sign. What is its Bālādi Avasthā, and what proportion of its result does it give?

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Answer: Yuvā — youthful — and it gives full results.

Five states of six degrees each. In an odd sign: 0–6° Bāla, 6–12° Kumāra, 12–18° Yuvā, 18–24° Vṛddha, 24–30° Mṛta. Fourteen degrees falls in Yuvā. In an even sign the order reverses, so 14° would be Kumāra there. That reversal is the part people get wrong, and it matters because it can move a planet from full results to half.

Source: BPHS 47.3–4

Recall · 2

State the Jāgradādi scheme and how it is determined.

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Answer: Awake (Jāgrat) in its own or exaltation sign; dreaming (Svapna) in a friend's or neutral's sign; sleeping (Suṣupti) in an enemy's or debilitation sign. Results are full, medium and nil respectively.

This one is derived entirely from dignity, which makes it the easiest of the schemes to apply and also the one that adds least — you already knew the dignity. Its value is that it puts a name and a proportional result on something you had as a category, and that Chapter 13's rule refers to it by name.

Source: BPHS 47.5–6

Understanding · 3

Chapter 13's rule said a house prospers when its lord is in a good Avasthā, naming yuvāvasthā, prabuddhāvasthā and kaumārāvasthā, and suffers when the lord is old, dead or asleep. Which schemes are those?

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Answer: Yuvā, Kumāra, Vṛddha and Mṛta are the Bālādi scheme. Prabuddha — awake — and asleep are the Jāgradādi scheme.

So Chapter 13's rule draws on two schemes at once, which is why the clause was unusable without both. Now you can run it: a house's lord in Yuvā or Kumāra Bālādi, and awake in Jāgradādi, supports the house. In Vṛddha or Mṛta, or asleep, it undermines it. That is the forward reference closed — the last of the three the course has been tracking since Week 1.

Source: BPHS 13.14–16, 47.3–6

Comparison · 4

Chapter 47 contains roughly ten Avasthā schemes across 164 verses. Why does this course teach four states and survey the rest?

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Answer: Because practical Jyotish uses a small number constantly and the rest rarely, and because the four taught are the ones Chapter 13's rule actually requires.

There is a specific test being applied. Which schemes does the rest of BPHS itself refer back to? Chapter 13's judgment rule needs Bālādi and Jāgradādi. The Dīptādi scheme's states — Dīpta, Svastha, Pramudita and the difficult ones — are widely used in practice and follow directly from dignity and conjunction. The remaining schemes, including the Śayanādi set, are read, located, and not carried. That is Reference treatment applied by usage rather than by preference.

Source: BPHS 47.7–10

Interpretation · 5

You re-run a judgment with the Avasthā clauses included and nothing changes. What does that mean?

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Answer: That on this chart the Avasthās agreed with the rest of the evidence — which is a result, not a failure.

Instruments that mostly agree with each other are useful precisely because the cases where they disagree then stand out. If adding Avasthās changed every verdict, they would be a competing system rather than a refinement. What you should record is the case where a house looked supported and its lord turns out to be in Mṛta Avasthā giving nil results — that is where the chapter earns its place.

Apply it to a chart

Chart B — Albert Einstein, the synthesis chart — A whole documented life, where the evidence pulls in more than one direction. · about 24 min

Albert Einstein — Rashi chart (D1)Computed from birth-certificate data.
345678910111212KeMoMaRaJuSuMeVeSa
GrahaSignHouseDegreeNakshatraCondition
SunPisces101°20'30"Purva Bhadrapada 4neutral
MoonScorpio621°47'54"Jyeshtha 2debilitated
MarsCapricorn84°44'52"Uttara Ashadha 3exalted
MercuryPisces1010°58'43"Uttara Bhadrapada 3debilitated
JupiterAquarius95°19'05"Dhanishtha 4neutral
VenusPisces1024°49'11"Revati 3exalted
SaturnPisces1012°01'26"Uttara Bhadrapada 3neutral
RahuCapricorn89°18'36"Uttara Ashadha 4not assigned in BPHS
KetuCancer29°18'36"Pushya 2not assigned in BPHS
LagnaGemini119°38'02"Ardralord Mercury

This is the exercise the course has been holding open since Week 3. You are going to re-run Chapter 13's judgment rule on a chart you have already judged, this time with the whole rule available.

  1. For Chart B, compute the Bālādi Avasthā of each of the seven grahas. The rule: five states of six degrees each, running Bāla, Kumāra, Yuvā, Vṛddha, Mṛta in odd signs and in reverse order in even signs. The degree column in the table below has what you need.
  2. Note each planet's proportional result: a quarter in Bāla, half in Kumāra, full in Yuvā, very little in Vṛddha, nil in Mṛta.
  3. Now the Jāgradādi state, which follows from dignity: awake in own or exaltation sign, dreaming in a friend's or neutral's, sleeping in an enemy's or debilitation sign.
  4. Take three houses you judged in the Module 2 clinic. Re-run Chapter 13's rule on each, this time including the Avasthā clauses on both sides. Does any verdict change?
  5. Write two sentences on what the completed rule added — and one sentence on any case where it added nothing. A tool that changes nothing on a given chart has still been used correctly.

Check your understanding

Answer from memory first. Looking back at the reading before you try turns a memory test into a copying exercise.

Recall · 1

Give the Bālādi states in order and their proportional results.

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Answer: Bāla one quarter, Kumāra one half, Yuvā full, Vṛddha very little, Mṛta nil. Six degrees each, reversed in even signs.

Compare this with the Ratio of Effects from Week 1, Chapter 3 verses 59–60. Both give proportional results; one is keyed to dignity and the other to degree within the sign. They are independent measures and both apply, which is a further reason not to read either as a calculator.

Source: BPHS 47.3–4

Understanding · 2

A planet is exalted but at 27° of an even sign. What do the two schemes say, and how do you hold that?

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Answer: Jāgradādi says awake, full results, because it is exalted. Bālādi in an even sign says 27° is Bāla, a quarter results. The two disagree and both are true statements about different things.

Dignity and position-within-sign are genuinely independent, so a planet can be excellently placed and at an unhelpful degree. This is the same shape as "exalted but weak in Ṣaḍbala" from Week 5, and it is handled the same way: name both, do not average them, and let the disagreement lower your confidence rather than resolving it artificially.

Find it in BPHS · 3

Where would you look for the Śayanādi Avasthās, and should you use them?

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Answer: Chapter 47, in the later portion. Read once; this course does not teach their use.

The reason, as always, is usage: nothing else in BPHS depends on them, and practical Jyotish rarely reaches for them. Knowing they exist, knowing they are in Chapter 47, and knowing they describe further states of a planet is the complete Reference outcome.

Understanding · 4

All three of the course's tracked forward references are now closed. What were they, and how did each resolve?

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Answer: Chapter 3's Upagraha calculation, closed at Chapter 27 in Week 4 — meaning supplied. Chapter 9's two aspect systems, addressed at Chapter 28 in Week 5 — not resolved, and the course says so. Chapter 13's Avasthā clause, closed here at Chapter 47 — fully resolved.

Two closed, one honestly reported as open. That ratio is worth registering. A source of this size will not answer every question it raises, and being able to say which questions it answered and which it did not is a more accurate picture of the book than either "it explains everything" or "it is inconsistent".

What you carry forward

Two things grow across the whole course. This unit adds to both.

To your chart-analysis process

  • **Step 8 (completed) — assess dignity, strength, support and affliction.** Dignity, Ṣaḍbala, functional nature, Avasthā and Aṣṭakavarga support, weighed rather than listed. Chapter 13's judgment rule is now runnable in full.

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To your field manual

  • Bālādi Avasthā (47.3–4): five states of 6° each — Bāla, Kumāra, Yuvā, Vṛddha, Mṛta — ascending in odd signs, reversed in even signs. Results: quarter, half, full, very little, nil.
  • Jāgradādi (47.5–6): awake in own or exaltation sign (full), dreaming in friend's or neutral's (medium), sleeping in enemy's or debilitation sign (nil).
  • Dīptādi (47.7–10): Dīpta in exaltation, Svastha in own sign, Pramudita in an extreme friend's, Śānta in a friend's, Dīna in a neutral's, Duḥkhita in an enemy's, Vikala conjunct a malefic, Khala in an inauspicious sign, Kopa otherwise.
  • Ch. 13's judgment rule draws on BOTH Bālādi and Jāgradādi. It is now runnable in full.
  • Dignity and degree-within-sign are independent. A planet can be exalted and in Bāla Avasthā. Name both; do not average.

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By now you should be able to

  • Compute the Bālādi Avasthā of any planet and state its proportional result
  • Determine a planet's Jāgradādi state from its dignity
  • Use the Dīptādi scheme's four practical states
  • Complete Chapter 13's judgment rule, and say what it now adds