12. Anti-dotes to Evils

इत्यारिष्टं मया प्रोक्तं तद्भङ्गश्चापि कथ्यते ।
यत् समालोक्यं जातानां रिष्टाऽरिष्टं वदेद् बुधः ॥ १ ॥

1. (Parasara said to Maitreya) I have described to you the evils at birth, now I narrate the antidotes to such evils as well by considering which the learned astrologer should speak of the native's auspicious and inauspicious effects.

एकोऽपि ज्ञार्यशुक्राणां लग्नात् केन्द्रगतो यदि ।
अरिष्टं निखिलं हन्ति तिमिरं भास्करो यथा ॥ २ ॥

2. If even one among Mercury, Jupiter and Venus happens to be placed in a Kendra House (1, 4, 7, 10 are Kendra houses) the combination destroys all the evils as darkness is eliminated only by the rising of the Sun.

एक एव बली जीवो लग्नस्थो रिष्टसंचयम् ।
हन्ति पापक्षयं भक्त्या प्रणाम इव शूलिनः ॥ ३ ॥

3. A single but strong Jupiter in the Lagna or Ascendant has the ability to destroy all evils just as a single reverential obeisance to Lord Shiva can destroy all sins.

एक एव विलग्नेश: केन्द्रसंस्थ बलान्वितः ।
अरिष्टं निखिलं हन्ति पिनाकी त्रिपुरं यथा ॥ ४ ॥

4. Just as Lord Shiva, the holder of bow destroyed the demon Tripur, the Lord of the Lagna or Ascendant has the capability of destroying all evils provided that he is strongly placed in Kendra (1/4/7/10).

Notes: From the Lagna or Ascendant is known the native's physical strength and capacity, his stamina etc. the excess or lack of these. Therefore if the Ascendant Lord himself is strongly placed in a Kendra House, the longevity of the native is a certainty.

शुक्लपक्षे क्षपाजन्म लग्ने सौम्यनिरीक्षिते ।
विपरीतं कृष्णपक्षे तथारिष्टविनाशनं ॥ ५ ॥

5. If the birth time falls in the Shukla Paksha (the bright half of the month) during night and the Ascendant is aspected by benefics, it causes the destruction of all evils and similar effect is produced if the birth time falls in the Krishna Paksha (the dark half of the month) during day time and the Lagna or Ascendant is aspected by benefics.

Notes : The meaning of the 2nd half of this sloka श्लोक (verse) has not been rightly understood by some learned writers. In the first line of the (verse) there is the word 'शुक्लपक्षेक्षपाजनम्' which means 'if the birth occurs in shuklapaksha (the bright half of the month). Exactly in the same context there is in the second line the opposite word कृष्णपक्षे (Krishnapaksha or the dark half of the month). Here the whole of the first line cannot be reversely interpreted. Therefore its meaning should be in this way: "If the birth takes place in the Krishnapaksha during the day time and the Ascendant is aspected by a benefic planet, it destroys all evils"; but some learned writers have interpreted it thus: "If the birth takes place in the Krishnapaksha during day time and the Lagna or Ascendant has the aspect of a malefic planet it destroys all evils".

व्ययस्थाने यदा सूर्यस्तुलालग्ने तु जायते ।
जीवेत् स शतवर्षाणि दीर्घायुर्बालको भवेत् ॥ ६ ॥

6. If the Child is born in the Libra Ascendant and the Sun is placed in the Vyaya Sthan (i.e. the 12th House) it will have long life and will live for 100 years.

गुरु-भौमौ यदा युक्तौ गुरुदृष्टोऽथवा कुजः ।
हत्वाऽरिष्टमशेषं च जनन्या: शुभकृद्भवेत् ॥ ७ ॥

7. When Mars and Jupiter are placed together or Mars has the aspect of Jupiter, the combination proves auspicious for the native's mother after destroying all the evils.

चतुर्थदशमे पाप: सौम्यमध्ये यदा भवेत् ।
पितुः सौख्यकरो योगः शुभैः केन्द्रत्रिकोणगैः ॥ ८ ॥

8. When malefics situated in the 4th and the 10th Houses happen to be hemmed by benefics and benefics fall in the Kendra or angles (4-7-10) or in Trikona or trines, the combination is auspicious to the native's father.

सौम्यान्तरगतैः पापैः शुभैः केन्द्रत्रिकोणगैः ।
सद्यो नाशयतेऽरिष्टं तद्भावोत्थफलं न तत् ॥ ९ ॥

9. In the case of malefics having been placed between benefics and benefics having gone in Kendras or Trikonas (angles or trines) the combination destroys the evils soon and the Bhava or House concerned also does not yield evil effects.