16. Effects of The Third House

अथ विक्रमभावस्य फलं वक्ष्यामि भो द्विज ! |
सहजे सौम्ययुग्दृष्टे भ्रातृमान् विक्रमी नरः ॥ १ ॥

1. O Brahmin, now I explain to you the effects of the Vikrama Bhava (the third House). When the third House has the conjunction or aspect of benefic planets, the native will be brave and courageous and will be endowed with younger brother.

स-भौमो भ्रातृभावेशो भ्रातृभावं प्रपश्यति ।
भ्रातृक्षेत्रगतो वाऽपि भ्रातृसौख्यं विनिर्दिशेत् ॥ २ ॥

2. If the Lord of the 'Bhratra Bhava' or the third house together with Mars, aspects the third house, or is situated in the third House, it should be pointed out that the native will be blessed with a younger brother.

पापयोगेन तौ पापक्षेत्रयोगेन वा पुनः ।
उत्पाट्य सहजान् सद्यो निहन्तारौ न संशयः ॥ ३ ॥

3. If these two (Mars and the Lord of the Third House) are in conjunction with malefic planets or are placed in an evil sign, the destruction of brothers will soon occur, there is no doubt about it.

स्त्रीग्रहो भ्रातृभावेश: स्त्रीग्रहो भ्रातृभावगः ।
भगिनी स्यात् तथा भ्राता पुंगृहे पुंग्रहो यदि ॥ ४ ॥

मिश्रे मिश्रफलं वाच्यं बलाबलविनिर्णयात् ।

4-4½ When the lord of the third house is a female planet (the Moon, Venus) and female planets are placed in this house, the native will have sister (younger) and similarly if the Lord of this house is a male planet and male planets are situated in it, he will be blessed with brother (younger) and, if the house is occupied by both male and female planets, then he will have the blessing of both brother and sister. But their effect should be predicted on the basis of their strengths and weaknesses.

मृतौ कुजतृतीयेशौ सहोदरविनाशकौ ॥ ५ ॥

केन्द्रत्रिकोणगे वाऽपि स्वोच्चमित्रस्ववर्गगे ।
कारके सहजेशे या भ्रातृसौख्यं विनिर्दिशेत् ॥ ६ ॥

5-6 When Mars and the Lord of the Third House occupy the 8th house, they are destroyer of the younger brother of the native, and Mars, the significator and the Lord of the Third House being in a Kendra (or angle) or Trikona (or trine) or in their sign of exaltation or in their own or friendly division, the happiness of younger brother is to be predicted.

भ्रातृभे बुधसंयुक्ते तदीशे चन्द्रसंयुते ।
कारके मन्दसंयुक्ते भगिन्येकायतो भवेत् ॥ ७ ॥

पश्चात् सहोदरोऽप्येकस्तृतीयस्तु मृतो भवेत् ।
कारके राहुसंयुक्ते सहजेशे तु नीचगे ॥ ८ ॥

पश्चात् सहोदराभावं पूर्वं तु तत्त्र्यं वदेत् ।
भ्रातृस्थानाधिपे केन्द्रे कारके तत्त्रिकोणगे ॥ ९ ॥

जीवेन सहिते चोच्चे ज्ञेया द्वादश सोदराः ।
तत्र ज्येष्ठद्वयं तद्वज्जातकाच्च तृतीयकम् ॥ १० ॥

सप्तमं नवमं चैव द्वादशं च मृतं वदेत् ।
शेषाः सहोदरा: षड् वै भवेयुर्दीर्घजीवनाः ॥ ११ ॥

7-11. If the third house is occupied by Mercury and the Lord of the third house is together with the Moon, the significator of this House, Mars with Saturn, then the native will first have a sister before him and after him a brother and the third will be a brother who will die. If the significator Mars is in conjunction with Rahu, and the Lord of the third house is in his sign of debilitation, there will be loss of younger brother but there will be 3 brothers before the native. If the Lord of the House of brothers (the 3rd House) is in a Kendra (angle) and the Significator Mars is placed in trikona (trine) from him in his exaltation together with Jupiter, 12 brothers of the native should be known; of these, the two elder brothers of the native and third, seventh, ninth and twelfth from him will die, the remaining six brothers will have long life.

व्ययेशेन युतो भौमो गुरुणा सहितोऽपि वा ।
भ्रातृभावे स्थिते चन्द्रे सप्तसंख्यास्तु सोदरा: ॥ १२ ॥

भ्रातृस्थाने शशियुते केवलं पग्रहेक्षिते ।
सहजा भ्रातरो ज्ञेयाः शुक्रयुक्तेक्षितेऽन्यथा ॥ १३ ॥

12-13 If the Lord of the 12th House is in conjunction with Mars and Jupiter and the Moon is situated in the Third House, then the number of the native's brothers and sisters will be seven. Should there be the Moon in the Third House, and she be aspected by only male planets, the native will have brother and should she be together with Venus or be aspected by her he will have only sister.

अग्रे जातं रविर्हन्ति पृष्ठे जातं शनैश्चरः ।
अग्रजं पृष्ठजं हन्ति सहजस्थो धरासुतः ॥ १४ ॥

14. When placed in the House of brothers and sisters the Sun will destroy the preborn or elder brother, Saturn, the after-born or the younger brother and, Mars both the preborn and the after born or the elder and the younger brothers.

एतेषां विप्र ! योगानां बलाबलविनिर्णयात् ।
भ्रातॄणां भगिनीनां वा जातकस्य फलं वदेत् ॥ १५ ॥

15. In this way o Bhahmin, the learned astrologer should estimate the strength and weakness of such yogas or combinations and it is then that he should proclaim or speak of the native's effects related to brothers and sisters.