1. According to the Yavanas, a person born when three or more malefic planets are in their exaltation signs becomes a tyrannical king (a). According to Jeevasarma if such planets be malefic, a person will never become a king (b).

Notes

(a) If three or more planets occupying their exaltation signs be benefic, the person becomes a good king; if both benefic and malefic, he will become both a good and a bad king. In this view, Manittha concurs.

(b) According to Jeevasarma, such a person will become rich, angry, and fond of quarrels but not a king. Varaha Mihira is of the opinion of the Yavanas. For, he says in his Swalpa Jataka that if 3 or more planets occupy their exaltation signs, a person becomes a king if he is born in a king's family; and if 5 or more planets occupy their exaltation signs, he becomes a king in whatever family he may be born. The same remark applies to planets occupying Trikoua or Moola Trikona signs.

2. Of the four planets Mars, Saturn, the Sun, and Jupiter, for all the four or any three of them occupying exaltation signs, while each of the planets occupies the Lagna, the number of Raja-yogas is 16. Again,, of the same four planets, for any two or for any one occupying exaltation signs and in each case for each of the planets occupying the Lagna while the Moon occupies sign Cancer, the number of Raja-yogas is also 16.

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32 Raja yogas are mentioned in this stanza. A person born under any one of them becomes a king: suppose, all the 4 planets - Mars, Saturn, the Sun and Jupiter - to occupy their exaltation signs at the same time.; for any one of such signs being the ascendant, the number of Raja-yogas obtained is 4. Again, of the same 4 planets, there are 4 groups, each of three planets: thus (1) Mars, Saturn and the Sun, (2) Mars, Saturn and Jupiter; (3), Mars, the Sun and Jupiter; (4), Saturn, the Sun and Jupiter. In the case of each group, for all the three planets occupying their exaltation signs and for each of such signs being the rising sign, the number of Rajayogas obtained is 3; there being 4 such groups, the number of Raja-yogas obtained from them all is 4 x 3 or 12. Adding this to the 4 yogas already obtained, we get the first 16 yogas mentioned in the text.

Again, of the same 4 planets, there are 6 groups each of 2 planets as follow: (1) Mars and Saturn, (2) Mars and the Sun, (3) Mars and Jupiter, (4) Saturn and the Sun, (5) Saturn and Jupiter and (6) the Sun and Jupiter. In the case of each group, for both the planets occupying their exaltation signs and for each of such signs being the rising sign, the number of Raja-yogas obtained is 2. There being 6 such groups, the number of yogas obtained from all of them is 6 x 2 or 12. 'In each of these 12 cases, the Moon occupies sign Cancer. Again, of the same 4 planets, by their severally being in their exaltation signs while such sign is also the rising sign, the number of Raja-yogas obtained is 4. In each of these 4 cases, the Moon occupies sign Cancer. Adding these 4 yogas to the 12 yogas already obtained, we get the second 16 yogas mentioned in the text.

3. The Lagna or the Moon being in Vargottama positions, of all the plauets excepting the Moon, for the several groups of four, five and six planets aspecting the L,agna or the Moon, the number of yogas obtained in each case is 22.

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44 Raja-yogas are described in this stanza.

The six planets are, the Sun, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn. Of these, there are 15 groups each of 4 planets as follow :-

(1) The Sun, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter.

(2) „ „ „ Venus.

(3) „ „ „ Saturn.

(4) „ „ Jupiter, Venus.

(5) „ „ „ Saturn.

(6) „ „ Venus, Saturn.

(7) The Sun, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus.

(8)

„ „ „ Saturn.

(9) „ „ Venus, Saturn.

(10) ,, Jupiter,

(11) Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus.

(12) ,, „ „ Saturn.

(13) „ „ Venus, Saturn.

(14) „ Jupiter, „

(15) Mercury, „ „

Again, of the same 6 planets, there are six groups each of five planets as follow:-

(1) The Sun, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus.

(2) „ ,, „ „ Saturn.

(3) ,, „ ,, Venus, Saturn.

(4) „ „ Jupiter,

(5) „ Mercury, „

(6) Mars, „ „ „ „ .

All the 6 planets form again into one group.

Thus, there are 22 groups. For the planets of each group aspecting the rising sign in its Vargottama position, the number of yogas obtained is 22; and by their aspecting the Moon in her Vargottama position, the number of yogas obtained is again 22. According to Mandavya, for each of the 12 signs from Aries being either the rising sign or the sign occupied by the Moon in the case of each yoga, the number of yogas obtained is 44 x 12 or 528.

4. When Saturn occupies sign Aquarius, the Sun sign Aries, the Moon sign Taurus, Mercury sign Gemini, Jupiter sign Leo, and Mars sign Scorpio, a person born becomes a king when the rising sign is Aquarius or when it is Aries or when it is Taurus.

Again, when Saturn occupies sign Libra, the Moon sign Taurus, the Sun and Mercury sign Virgo, Venus sign Libra, Mars sign Aries, and Jupiter Sign Cancer, a person born becomes a king when the rising sign is Libra or when it is Taurus.

5. When Mars occupies sign Capricorn, the Sun and the Moon sign Sagittari, Saturn sign Capricorn and when the rising sign is also Capricorn, a person born becomes a king.

Again, when the rising sign is Capricorn and when Mars and the Moon occupy it, and when the Sun occupies sign Sagittari, a person born becomes a king.

Again, when Aries is the rising sign and when the Sun occupies it, when Saturn and the Moon occupy sign Libra and Jupiter occupies sign Sagittari, a person born becomes a king.