30. Istha and Kashta Balas

अथ चेष्टमनिष्टं च ग्रहाणां कथयाम्यहम् ।
यवशाच्च प्रयच्छन्ति शुभाऽशुभदशाफलम् ॥ १ ॥

1. Now I speak of the benefic and evil natures of the planets according to which they give the good or bad effects of their dasas.

स्वनीचोनो ग्रहः शोध्यः षड्भाधिक्ये भमण्डलात् ।
सैको राशिर्भवेदुच्च-रश्मिर्द्विध्नांशसंयुतः ॥ २ ॥

2. Exaltation Rays: Deduct the debilitation point of the planet concerned from the Graha Spashta. If the difference is more than 6 signs it should be deducted from 12 signs. Add 1 to the sign of the remainder and double the degrees etc. This will be the Uchcha Rashmi of the planet.

चेष्टाकेन्द्राच्च तद्रश्मिं साधयेदुच्चरश्मिवत् ।
चेष्टाकेन्द्रं कुजादीनां पूर्वमुक्तं मया द्विज ! ॥ ३ ॥

सायनार्कस्त्रिभोऽर्कस्य व्यर्केन्दुश्च विधोस्तथा ।चेष्टाकेन्द्र रसाल्पं तच्चक्राच्छोध्यं रसाधिके ॥ ४ ॥

3-4. CHESHTA-RASHMI: Cheshta Rashmis are to be calculated from cheshta Kendras similar to Uchcha Rashmi computation. O Brahmin, the Cheshta Kendras of the planets from Mars to Saturn have already been explained by me. The cheshta kendra of the Sun is obtained by adding 3 signs to the Sun with Ayanamsha or the saayana Sun, and the cheshta kendra of the Moon by deducting the Sun from the Moon. In case the Cheshta Kendra exceeds 6 signs it should be deducted from 12 signs and then 1 is to be added to remaining sign and the degrees etc are to be doubled to get the Cheshta Rashmi of a planet.

चेष्टोच्चरश्मियोगार्ध शुभरश्मि: प्रकीर्त्यते ।
अष्टभ्यक्ष विशुद्धोऽसावशुख्यश्च कथ्यते ॥ ५ ॥

5. BENEFICIAL AND MALEFIC RAYS: One half of the summation of Uchcha Rashmi and Cheshta Rashmi is called Shubha Rashmi and if this (Summation) is deducted from 8, the remainder is called Ashubha Rashmi.

उच्चचेष्टाकरान् व्येकान् दिग्भिर्हत्वा तु योजयेत् ।
तदर्थमिष्टसंज्ञं स्यात् कष्टं तत्वष्टितश्चयुतम् ॥ ६ ॥

6. ISHTA AND KASHTA (BENEFIC AND MALEFIC TENDENCIES): Deduct 1 from each Uchcha Rashmi and Cheshta Rashmi and multiply the remainder by 10. The summation of the products of both divided by 2 which gives the Ishta Bala (Benefic tendency) and if the Ishta Bala is deducted from 60 it will give Kashta Bala (Malefic tendency).

स्वोच्चे मूलत्रिकोणे च स्वभेऽधिसुहृदीष्टभे ।
समभे शत्रुभे चाधि-शत्रुभे नीचभे क्रमात् ॥ ७ ॥

षष्टिरिष्वब्धयस्त्रिंशदाकृतिस्तिथयो गजा: ।
चत्वारो द्वौं च शून्यं च शुभमेतत्फलं गृहे ॥ ८८ ॥

षष्टितः पतितं चैतच्छेषं स्यागशुभं गृहे ।
तदर्धमन्यवर्गेषु ज्ञेयं विप्र ! शुभाऽशुभम् ॥ ९ ॥

7-9. ISHTA KASHTA SAPTAVARGAJA PHALA: A planet, being placed in his exaltation sign mooltrikona sign, own sign, extreme friend's sign, friend's sign, equal's sign, enemy's sign, bitter enemy's sign and debilitation sign, has respectively 60, 45, 30, 22, 15, 8, 4, 2 and O Shubh-Grahankas (benefic points). If Shubha Grahankas are deduced from 60 the resultants will be their Ashubh Grahankas.

पञ्चस्विष्टफलं चाद्यात् समं षष्ठे ततः परम् ।
अशुभं त्रिषु विज्ञेयमिति शास्त्रेषु निश्चितम् ॥ १० ॥

10. It has been decided in the Sastras (ancient classics of Astrology) that a planet is to be considered as shubha (auspicious) in his five places, exaltation sign, mooltrikona sign, own sign, extreme friend's sign, friend's sign; equal in the sixth (Equal's sign) and, inauspicious in the rest three signs, the enemy's sign, extreme, enemy's sign and debilitation sign.

दिग्बलं दिक्फलं तस्य तथा दिनफलं भवेत् ।
तयोः फलं शुभं प्रोक्तमशुभं षष्टितश्च्युतम् ॥ ११ ॥

शुभेऽधिके शुभं ज्ञेयमशुभं त्वशुभेऽधिके ।
दशाफलं नभोगस्य तथा भावफलं द्विज ! ॥ १२ ॥

11-12. NATURE OF EFFECT'S DUE TO DIG BALA ETC: A planet's Dig bala is to be regarded as his dika phala (directional strength) and his Dina Bala as Dina phala (Effects due to day).

Whatever amount of strength they have is spoken of as their auspicious effect and if it (auspicious effect) is deducted from 60, the remainder as inauspicious effect. O Brahmin, if the auspicious effect exceeds, then the Dasa phala and Bhavaphala of the planets should be known auspicious; and if the inauspicious effect exceeds then these (Dasa phala and Bhava phala) are to be known as Hinauspicious.

बलैः षड्भिः समेधित्वा बलैक्येन भजेत् पृथक् ।
तत्तद्बलफलानि स्युरशुभानि शुभानि च ॥ १३ ॥

शुभपापफलाभ्यां च हन्याद् दृष्टि बलं तथा ।
दृष्टि ते शुभपापाख्ये बले स्यातां तदाह्वये ॥ १४ ॥

13-14. *SAPTA VARGAJA BALA AND ISHTA-KASHTA (Continued):*The various effects (the effects of the other Shada vargas vide Slokas by 7-9 supra) should be multipled by their respective shada bala and the summation of their effects should be divided by the summation of their Shadabalas. The products and the quotients should be considered respectively their auspicious and inanspicious strengths and effects. And by multiplying their respective aspects and their respective strengths by their respective auspicious and inauspicious effects are to be taken respectively as their auspicious and inauspicious aspects and strengths.

भावानां च फले प्रोक्ते पतीनां च फले उभे ।
राशौ शुभनभोगश्चेद् भावसाधनसंभवम् ॥ १५ ॥

फलं तस्य शुभे युञ्ज्यादशुभे वर्जयेत् तथा ।
पापश्चेदन्यथा चैवं बले दृष्टयां तथैव च ॥ १६ ॥

युञ्जयादुच्चादिगे खेटे फलं नीचादिगे त्यजेत् ।
एवं शुभाऽशुभं ज्ञात्वा जातकस्य फलं वदेत् ॥ १७ ॥

अष्टवर्गफलं चैवं स्थाने च करणेऽन्यथा ।
राशिद्वयगते भावे तद्राश्यधिपतेः क्रिया ॥ १८ ॥

स्थानाधिकेन भावेन भावलाभः. प्रकीर्तितः ।
तत्समाने च तद्भावे तदानीं स्थानदान् ग्रहान् ॥ १९ ॥

संयोज्य स्थानसंख्याया दलमेतत्समं फलम् ।
एवं सखेटभावानां फलं ज्ञेयं शुभाऽशुभम् ॥ २० ॥

15-20. The auspicious and inauspicious effects of the Houses and their Lords have been spoken of. The actual effect will be the summation of the effect of the House and of its Lord. If there is a benefic in the House add the same to the auspicious effects and deduct it from the inauspicious effects and that will be the net auspicious and inauspicious effects respectively. If there is a malefic in the House, the process should be reversed (deduction from the auspicious and addition to the inauspicious effects) to know the auspicious and inauspicious effects: Similar is the case with respect to the aspects and strengths. And if the planet is in his exaltation sign etc. even then the effect is to be added to and deducted from the auspicious and inauspicious effects respectively. If he is in his debilitation sign etc the process is to be reversed. In Ashtaka vargas also add to the auspicious points and deduct from the inauspicious ones. If a House is occupied by two signs then the process of adding and subtracting should be done according to the lords of the two signs. In that case whichever sign has most Bindus (Ashtavarga Rekha) that sign will yield more favourable results concerning that House, and if both the signs have more auspicious Bindus (Rekha) then take the average. Thus the auspicious and inauspicious effects should be considered and then predictions should be made about the native.