28. Evaluation of Planetary Aspects:

भगवन् ! कतिधा दृष्टिर्बलं कतिविधं तथा ।
इति मे संशयो जातस्तं भवान् छेत्तुमर्हति ॥ १ ॥

1. (Maitreya asks Sage Parasara) O Bhagawan (Godlike) how many kinds are there of the aspects of the planets and how are these found out? This doubt has arisen in my mind and it is you who can remove it.

एका राशिवशाद् दृष्टिः पूर्वमुक्ता च या द्विज ।
अन्या खेटस्वभावोत्था स्फुटा तां कथयाम्यहम् ॥२ ॥

त्रिदशे च त्रिकोणे च चतुरस्त्रे च सप्तमे ।
पादवृद्धया प्रपश्यन्ति प्रयच्छन्ति फलं तथा ॥ ३ ॥

पूर्ण च सप्तमं सर्वे, शनि-जीव-कुजा: पुनः ।
विशेषतश्च त्रिदश-त्रिकोण-चतुरष्टमान् ॥ ४ ॥

इति सामान्यतः पूर्वैराचार्यैः प्रतिपादिता ।
स्फुटान्तरवशाद्या च दृष्टिः साऽतिस्फुटा यथा ॥ ५ ॥

2-5. O Brahmin, aspect of signs has been explained before. The other kind of aspect is born out of the nature of planets, that I tell you now clearly. 3rd and 10th, 5th and 9th, 4th and 8th and 7th (these Houses) are aspected by the planets and the aspects increase respectively by quarters, and the effects are also given accordingly. All the planets have their full aspect on the 7th House, and again, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars have their full aspects respectively on 3rd and 10th Houses, 5th and 9th Houses,and, 4th and 8th Houses. These are the aspects of the planets which were explained ordinarily by the ancient preceptors. The aspect which is based on the planetary position etc. that (aspect) is called the "Ati Sphuta" aspect.

दृश्याद् विशोध्य द्रष्टारं षड्राशिभ्योऽधिकान्तरम् ।
दिग्भ्यः संशोध्य तद्भागा द्विभक्ता दृक् स्फुटा भवेत् ॥ ६ ॥

पञ्चाधिके विना राशिं भागा द्विघ्नाश्च दृक् स्फुटा ।
वेदाधिके त्यजेद् भूताद् भागा दृष्टि, त्रिभाधिके ॥ ७ ॥

विशोध्यार्णवतो द्वाभ्यां लब्धं त्रिंशद्युतं च दृक् ।
द्वयधिके तु विना राशिं भागस्तिथियुतास्तथा ॥ ८ ॥

6-8. Deduct the longitude of the aspected House from that of the aspecting planet. If what comes after deducting is more than 6, deduct if from 10 and the accruing figure is to be changed into degrees and divided by two. The resultant will be the Sphuta- Drishti. If the difference is more than 5 signs then signs are ignored and only degees etc. are multiplied by 2 and it will give the Sphuta Drishti. If it is more than 4 signs, deduct it from 5 signs then the resultant degrees etc are Sphuta Drishti. If it is more than 3 signs, deduct it from 4 and halve the resultant and add it in 30 and it will be the Sphuta Drishti. If it is more than 2 signs, then ignore the signs, add the degrees to 15 and it will be the Sphuta Drishti. If it is more than 1 sign, then ignore the sign and divide the degrees etc. by 2 and the resultant will be the Sphuta Drishti.

रूपाधिके विना राशिं भागा द्वयाप्ताश्च दृग् भवेत् ।
एवं राश्यादिके शेषे शनौ द्रष्टरि भो द्विज ! ॥ ९ ॥

एकथे नवभे भागा भुक्ता भोग्या द्विसंगुणाः ।
द्विर्थेऽशार्धोनिताः षष्टिरष्टभे खाग्नियुग् लवाः ॥ १० ॥

9-10. O Brahmin, if Saturn is the aspecting planet, find out the difference between him and the aspected planet. If the difference is above one sign, then (ignoring the sign) multiply the degrees etc by 2 and thus is obtained the Sphuta-Drishti. If the difference is above 9 signs then ignoring the signs, the degrees etc are doubled to get the Sphuta Drishti. If the difference is above 2 signs then the degrees are halved and the quotient is deducted from 60 to get the Sphuta Drishti. And if the difference exceeds 8 signs, then, ignoring the signs, add the degrees etc to 30 and the sum will be the Sphuta Drishti. If the difference is some other figure the Spuhta Drishti is obtained by the process explained above.

त्रिसप्तभे तु भौमस्य षष्टिरत्र लवोनिता ।
सार्धांशास्तिथिसंयुक्ता द्विभे, रूपं सदाऽङ्गभे ॥ ११ ॥

11. SPECIAL CONSIDERATION FOR THE ASPECTS OF MARS : Deduct the longitude of Mars from the aspected House or Planet. If the sum is 3 signs etc or 7 signs etc. then ignoring the signs, the degrees etc. are deducted from 60. If the difference is more than 2 signs then the signs are ignored and degrees etc are increased by half of it (i.e. 50% is added) and the accruing amount is added to 15. If the sum is 6 signs, then the, strength is full and the aspectual Value is one Rupa.

त्रिसप्तभे तु जीवस्य भागार्ध शर-वेद-युक् ।
द्विगुणैस्तु लवैश्चोनाः खरसाश्चतुरष्टभे ॥ १२ ॥

एवं रव्यादिखेटानां स्फुटा दृष्टिः प्रजायते ।
तद्वशादेव भावानां जातकस्य फलं वदेत् ॥ १३ ॥

12-13. SPECIAL CONSIDERATION FOR THE ASPECTS OF JUPITER: If after deducting the Longitude of Jupiter from that of the aspected planet the remainder is 3 or 7 signs, then the half of the degrees etc. is to be added to 45; and if the remainder is 4 or 8 then degrees etc. are deducted from 60 and this will be the Sphuta Drishti or Aspectual Value of Jupiter (on the given House or planet). If the remainder is some other number of sign, then the Aspectual Value is to be known in the manner described above.

In the same way is stated the Aspectual Value of the Sun and the other planets. The effects of the Houses should be predicted according to this Aspect