1-2. BENEFIC AND MALEFIC YOGAS: If there is only a benefic planet in the Ascendant the yoga formed will be an auspicious one, whereas a malefic only there in causes an inauspicious yoga. In the same way, in the 12th and the 2nd House, the situation of a benefic and a malefic alone will respectively cause auspicious and inauspicious yogas. The native born in an auspicious yoga will be eloquent, charming, virtuous and well mannered. Whereas one born in an inauspicious yoga will be sensual, will do sinful acts and will be a usurper of others' wealth.
Verse 2
If the 2nd and the 12th House are occupied by benefic planets the yoga so formed will be an auspicious one.
Verse 3
A malefic planet alone in the Ascendant will cause an inauspicious yoga.
Verse 4
If there are malefic planets in the 2nd and the 12th Houses, the yoga thus formed will be a malefic one.
The basis of why these Yogas are called auspicious or inauspicious lies in causing gains or losses to the Ascendant. The greater the beneficency gained by the Ascendant the more excellent will be the effects and vice versa, that is, the greater the maleficeney obtained by the Ascendant the less excellent will be the effects. It is well known that the presence of a benefic planet in a house will certainly produce auspiciousness in the concerned house. If in the 2nd and the 12th House from the Ascendant there are benefic planets, the Ascendant gets the average measure of benefic effects. The same thing will be applicable in the case of malefic planets.
Now, if we test the truth of this statement in the context of the Ascendants also the situation will become still clearer. Take for example the Sagittarius Ascendant. Suppose in this Ascendant Mars is situated in the 2nd and Saturn in the 12th House. Now, both these planets are undoubtedly malefic. But before calling the above mentioned yoga as an inauspicious one we shall have to consider as to in which situation these planets are. Similarly, if in the Sagittarius Ascendant Jupiter is in the 2nd House and Mercury is in the 12th House, even then we shall have to make such consideration before calling this yoga as an auspicious one. Now, what shall we consider about the presence of Mars and the Sun in the Ascendant House in Aries Ascendant. Here Mars is in his own sign and the Sun in his sign of exaltation. Both Mars and the Sun are regarded as malefic planets. Then, shall we say that the yoga so formed, will be an inauspicious one? As per the above Sloka it should be said that the yoga is inauspicious. But due consideration will tell us that the case is otherwise; the Yoga is not inauspicious. But the situation of Saturn in the 1st House in this Ascendant will certainly create an inauspicious yoga.
Now, in the Aries Ascendant the same consideration may be made with regard to the 2nd and the 12th House. Mercury in the 2nd House and Jupiter in the 12th House in this Ascendant will shower auspiciousness on both the borders. But if they exchange places, that is Mercury occupies the 12th House and Jupiter the 2nd House, Mercury will be in his sign of debilitation in the 12th House and it will certainly make a difference (Though, in the context of Aries Ascendant, Mercury in the 12th House may be said to be an auspicious planet, as being the 3rd and 6th Lord his falling in a malefic House may be regarded as auspicious).
3-4. GAJAKESHARI YOGA: If Jupiter is in an angle from the Ascendant or from the Moon, and if he is in conjunction with and is aspected by a benefic and if he (Jupiter) is not in a debilitated or combust or inimical sign, the yoga thus caused is called Gaja Keshri yoga. The native born in this Yoga will be splendorous, wealthy, intelligent, endowed with many virtues and be a favourite of the King.
दशमेऽङ्गात्तथा चन्द्रात् केवलैश्च शुभैर्युते । स योगोऽमलकीर्त्याख्या कीर्तिराचन्द्रतार की ॥ ५ ॥
AMALA YOGA: When the houses from the Ascendant to the 10th or from the Moon to the 10th House are occupied exclusively by benefics, the yoga so formed is given the name of Amala yoga. This Yoga confers on the native the fame so long lived and enduring as the age of the Moon and the stars and will make the native honoured by the King and he (the native) will enjoy abundant pleasures, be charitable, be dear to his relatives, be helpful to others, pious and greatly virtuous.
भाग्यवान् पर्वतोत्पन्नः वाग्मी दाता च शास्त्रवित् । हास्यप्रियो यशस्वी च तेजस्वी पुरनायकः ॥ ८ ॥
Verse 7–8
7-8. PARVATA YOGA: When there is no planet in the 7th and the 8th House and if there is any he is a benefic, and the angles are occupied by benefics, the yoga thus formed gets the name of Parvata Yoga. The native born with this yoga in his horoscope will be fortunate, eloquent, charitable, learned in the Sastras (religious Classics or Scriptures), fond of mirth, Splendorous and be the leader of the city.
If we take this formation of the Parvata Yoga that it occurs if the 6th and the 8th House are free and if these have any planets they should be benefics, even then it will be an auspicious thing. If the 6th and the 8th House have in them benefics, they will have their aspect influence on both sides of the Ascendant and an aura of auspiciousness will be created around the Ascendant: If the 12th Lord and the Ascendant Lord are in angles from each other and are aspected by friendly planets, it also begets the Parvata Yoga. According to the principles laid down by Parasara the 12th Lord has no independent power. He will act according to the rule of "स्थानानुगुण्येन" that is, the 12th Lord will be at the disposal of the planet who is in conjunction with him or will give the effect of the house in which there is his 2nd sign. Though in this yoga the 12th Lord, doesnot make any relation with the Ascendant Lord, but it is also certain that 12th Lord cannot escape from the influence of the Ascendant Lord as he is in angle from him. Therefore an inter relationship is formed between the Ascendant Lord and the 12th Lord because of their being in angles from each other and these inter relationships are guarded and protected by the friendly planet through their aspects: (This yoga will never be formed for natives having Aquarius Ascendant because in it the Ascendant Lord and the 12th Lord will be Saturn).
The native born in the Parvata Yoga will lead a happy life and will always make greater and greater progress. His financial condition is always very strong. He is a man of strong principles and he makes progress because of following his own code of conduct.
सुखेशेज्यौ मिथ: केन्द्रगतौ बलिनि लग्नपे । काहलो वा स्वभोच्चस्थे सुखेशे कर्मपान्विते ॥ ९ ॥
9-10. KAHALA YOGA: If the 4th Lord and Jupiter are in mutual angles and the Asendand Lord is strong, it forms Kahala Yoga or Kahala Yoga is also formed if the 4th Lord is in his own sign or in his sign of exaltation and is in conjunction with the 10th Lord. The native born in Kahala Yoga is energetic, courageous, Crafty and he will be a chief of four kinds of army and a lord of a few villages.
लग्नेशे तुङ्गे केन्द्रे गुरुदृष्टे तु चामरः । शुभद्वये विलग्ने वा नवमे दशमे मदे ॥ ११ ॥
राजा वा राजपूज्यो वा चिरजीवी च पण्डितः । वाग्मी सर्वकलाविद् वा चामरे जायते जनः ॥ १२ ॥
Verse 11–12
11-12. CHAAMARA YOGA: The Ascendant Lord in his exaltation sign being fallen in an angle and aspected by Jupiter causes Chaamara Yoga or it will be caused also when two benefics have gone in the Ascendant and the 9th or in the 10th and the 7th House. The native born in the Chaamara Yoga will be a King or be honoured by the King, be long lived, scholorly, eloquent and well versed in all arts.
सबले लग्नपे पुत्र-षष्ठपौ केन्द्रगो मिथः । शंखो वा लग्नकर्मेशौ चरे बलिनि भाग्यपे ॥ १३ ॥
13-14. SANKHA YOGA : When the Ascendant Lord is strong and the 5th and the 6th Lords are in mutual angles or when the 9th Lord is strong and the Ascendant Lord and the 10th Lord are in movable signs, the yoga thus caused is Sankha Yoga. The native born in the Sankha Yoga will be endowed with wealth, wife and sons, be of kindly nature, propitious, intelligent, doer of virtuous deeds and longlived.
सबले भाग्यपे भेरी खगैः स्वान्त्योदयास्तगैः । सबले भाग्यपे वाऽसौ केन्द्रे शुक्रेज्यलग्नपैः ॥ १५ ॥
15-16. BHERI YOGA: When the 9th Lord is endowed with strength and all the planets have gone in the Ascendant, the 2nd, the 7th and the 12th House, the yoga thus formed is called Bheri Yoga. This yoga is also formed when the 9th Lord is strong and Venus, Jupiter and the Ascendant Lord are in angles. The native born with this yoga in his horoscope will be wealthy, endowed with wife and sons, be a King, be famous, virtuous, good mannered, be happy and will enjoy pleasures.
सबले लग्नपे खेटा: केन्द्रे कोणे स्वभोच्चगाः । मृदङ्गयोगो जातोऽत्र भूपो वा तत्समः सुखी ॥ १७ ॥
Verse 17
MRIDANGA YOGA : When the Ascendant Lord is strong and the other planets being in their exaltation or own signs, are in angles or in trines, the yoga thus formed is called Mridanga Yoga. The native born in this yoga will be a King or be happy like a King.
SHRINATHA YOGA: When the 7th Lord is in his exaltation sign in the 10th House and the 10th Lord is in conjunction with the 9th Lord, the native born in this Yoga is a King equal to Indra, the God of Gods.
But in practice, this yoga is formed only in the Sagittarius Ascendant because in no other Ascendant the 7th Lord will be in his exaltation sign in the 10th House. If instead of ‘कामेशे कर्मगे तुङ्गे' (that is the 7th Lord in his exaltation must be in the 10th House) there had been only this condition that the 7th Lord should be in his exaltation sign and should be in conjunction with the 9th and 10th Lords, the Yoga might have been possible in any Ascendant.
कर्मेशे सुतगे केन्द्रे बुधेडकें सबले स्वभे । चन्द्रात् कोणे गुरौ ज्ञे वा कुजे लाभे च शारदाः ॥ १९ ॥
19-20. SHARADA YOGA: If the 10th Lord is in the 5th House, Mercury in an angle and the Sun, being in his own sign, is strong, or if Jupiter or Mercury are in a trine from the Moon and Mars is situated in the 11th House, the yoga, formed thus is called the 'Sharada Yoga', The native born in this yoga is endowed with wealth, wife and sons, will be happy, scholarly, be honoured by the King, be pious and virtuous.
धर्मलग्नगते सौम्ये पञ्चमे सदसद्युते । पापे च चतुरस्रस्थे योगोऽयं मत्स्यसंज्ञकः ॥ २१ ॥
कालज्ञः करुणामूर्तिर्गुणधीबलरुपवान् । यशोविद्यातपस्वी च मत्स्ययोगे हि जायते ॥ २२ ॥
Verse 21–22
21-22. MATSYA YOGA: When there are benefics in the 9th House and Ascendant and the 5th House is occupied by mixed. planets and the 4th and the 8th House by malefics, this yoga gets the name of Matsya Yoga'. The native born in the Matsaya yoga will be an astrologer, a kindness incarnate, be endowed with virtues, intelligence, strength and beauty, will be famous, learned and pious.
There occurs the term 'कालज्ञ:' in the Sloka which is interperted as one knowing Astrology. But the person who is farsighted and has good awareness of times may also be called a 'कालज्ञ:' which literally means "one knowing time" This quality is found in great measure in the person having this yoga in his horoscope.
कूर्मयोगे जनो भूपो धीरो धर्मगुणान्वितः । कीर्तिमानुपकारी च सुखी मानवनायकः ॥ २४ ॥
Verse 23–24
23-24. KOORMA YOGA: When the 5th, 6th and the 7th are occupied by benefics and they are in their own or exaltation or friendly signs, and the 3rd, 11th and the Ascendant are occupied by malefics in their own or exaltation signs, the yoga thus formed is called Koorma Yoga. The native born in Koorma Yoga will be a King, be endowed with courage and fortitude and virtue, be famous or illustrious, helpful to others, happy and leader of men.
भाग्येशे धनभावास्ये धनेशे भाग्यभावगे । लग्नेशे केन्द्रकोणस्थे खड्गयोगः स कथ्यते ॥ २५ ॥
25-26. KHADAGA YOGA: If the 9th Lord occupies the 2nd House and the 2nd Lord occupies the 9th House and the Ascendant Lord is in an angle or in a trine, the yoga so formed is called Khadaga Yoga. The native born in the Khadaga Yoga will be endowed with wealth, fortunes and happiness, be learned in Sastras, be gifted with intelligence and strength, be grateful and skilful.
केन्द्र मूलत्रिकोणस्थे भाग्येशे वा स्वभोच्चगे । लग्नाधिपे बलाढये च लक्ष्मीयोगः प्रकीर्त्यते ॥ २७ ॥
सुरूपो गुणवान् भूपो बहुपुत्र-धनान्वितः । यशस्वी धर्मसम्पन्नो लक्ष्मीयोगे जनो भवेत् ॥ २८ ॥
Verse 27–28
27-28. LAKSHMI YOGA: When the 9th Lord, in his own or exaltation sign or in his mooltrikona sign occupies an angle and the Ascendant Lord is strong, the yoga so formed is called Lakshmi Yoga. The native born in Lakshmi Yoga will be charming, virtuous, be a King, endowed with many sons and abundant wealth, be famous and of high moral merits.
भूपो वा भूपतुल्यो वा दाता भोगी सुखी सुखी जनः । कुलमुख्यो गुणी विद्वान् जायते कुसुमाह्वये ॥ ३० ॥
Verse 29–30
29-30. KUSUMA YOGA: When there is a moveable sign in the Ascendant, Venus is in an angle and the Moon is in a trine in conjunction with a benefic and Saturn is in the 10th House, the yoga so formed is called Kusuma. The native born in the Kusuma Yoga will be a King or equal to a King, charitable, will enjoy pleasures, be happy, prime among his family, virtuous and a man of letters.
द्वितीये पञ्चमे जीवे बुधशुक्रयुतेक्षिते । क्षत्रे तयोर्वा सम्प्राप्ते योगः स च कलानिधिः ॥ ३१ ॥
31-32. KALANIDHI YOGA: Jupiter in conjunction with Venus and Mercury or aspected by them is in the 2nd or the 5th House or Jupiter is in the signs of the these (Venus and Mercury), when such combination is obtained, the Yoga formed is Kalanidhi. The native born in the Kalanidhi Yoga will be virtuous, be honoured by the King, bereft of diseases, happy and is endowed with wealth and learning.
33-34. KALPADRUMA YOGA: When the Ascendant Lord and the Lord of that sign in which the Ascendant Lord is posited and then the Lord of that sign in which the Lord of that sign is placed and the Navamsha Lord of that sign, all these are in angles or trines or in their exaltation signs, the yoga formed by it is referred to as Kalpadruma yoga. The native born in this yoga will be endowed with all kinds of wealth, be a King, pious, strong, fond of war and merciful.
35-36. HARIHARA BRAHAMA YOGA: When there are benefics in the 2nd, 12th and 8th House from the 2nd Lord, the yoga so formed is called Hari Yoga; When there are benefic in the 4th, 9th and 8th House from the 7th Lord, the yoga so formed is called Hara Yoga and; when there are benefics in the 4th, 10th and 11th House from the Ascendant Lord, the yoga so obtained is Brahma Yoga. The native born in these three yogas will be happy, learned and endowed with wealth and sons.
LAGNADHI YOGA: If there are benefics in the 7th and the 8th House from the Ascendant and these houses donot, have the conjunction or the aspect of the malefics, the yoga thus formed is called Lagnadhi Yoga. The native born in this yoga will be a great man, be very learned in the Sastras and be happy.
38-39. EFFECTS OF ASCENDANT LORD'S DIVISION : DIGNITIES : When the Ascendant Lord has fallen in the Paarijaata Varga, the native will be happy, when he is placed in the Vargo ttama, he will be immune from diseases; when he is in Gopuramsha, he will be endowed with wealth and grains; when he is in Simhasanamsha he will be a King, when he is in Paravatamsha he will be a Scholar; when he is in Deva Lokamsha he will be opulent and; when he is in Iravatamsha he will be famous and honoured by the King.
