1. The conduct, wealth, knowledge, intelligence and skill of a person will be poor, moderate or excellent according as the Moon occupies the Kendra, the Panaphara or the Apoklima houses from the Sun (a), and a person will be rich and will live in comfort if the Moon occupy his own Navamsa or an Atmitra Navamsa (b), provided she is aspected by Jupiter if the birth occur by day, and by Venus if the birth occur by night.

Notes

(a) At the time of birth. In other words, a person will have very little of these qualities, if the Moon occupy either the sign occupied by the Sun or the 4th, 7th or 10th sign from it. He will have these qualities in a moderate degree if the Moon occupy the 2nd, 5th, 8th or the 11th sign from the sign occupied by the Sun; and he will have these qualities in a large measure, if the Moon occupy the 3rd 6th, 9th or the 12th sign from the sign occupied by the Sun.

(b) An Atimitra Navamsa is a Navamsa of an Atimitraor a very Friendly planet. ( Vide Stanza 18, Ch. II.)

2. If the benefic planets (a) occupy the 6th, 7th and the 8th houses from the Moon, the yoga is known as Adhi yoga (b ). A person born in this yoga will become a general, a minister or a king (c) and will be in the enjoyment of great pleasures and wealth with subdued enemies and long life and free from diseases and fear.

Notes

(a) These are Mercury, Jupiter and Venus.

(b) According to Srutakeerti, the yoga is of 7 sorts according as the benefic planets occupy one or more of the three houses. They might occupy (1) all the three houses; (2) the 6th and the 7th houses; (3) the 6th and the 8th; (4) the 7th and the 8th (5) the 6th; (6) the 7th; (7) the 8th house from the Moon.

(c) According as Mercury, Jupiter and Venus are weak, of moderate power, or of very great power, according to Badarayana.

In the Astrological work known as Saravali, the Adhi yoga is classed with Raja yoga when the planets Mercury, Jupiter and Venus are not Astangata planets, nor aspected by malefic planets. Mandavya is of the same opinion. According to Srutakeerti, if malefic planets occupy the 6th, 7th and the 8th houses from the Moon, the effects will be bad. If both the benefic and malefic planets occupy the said houses, the effects will be both good and bad.

3. Excepting the Sun, if the other planets occupy the 2nd, the 12th, or both the 2nd and the 12th houses from the Moon, the yogas are respectively known as Sunapha, Anapha or Durudhura; otherwise (a), the yoga is known as Kemadruma by numerous writers. According to some (b), if the Moon occupy the Kendra house from the ascendant or if the Moon be accompanied by a planet, the yoga ceases to be a Kemadruma yoga. According to others (c), the three yogas, Sunapha, Anapha and Puru-dhura are referred to the Kendra houses from the Moon

(d); while again, some others (e) refer the three yogas to the houses on both sides of the sign the Navamsa of which the Moon occupies (f). But these views are not considered as authoritative.

Notes

(a) Otherwise: i.e,, in the absence of these 3 yogas. In this view Satyacharyar concurs. (b) Garga and Parasara.

(c) Srutakeerti and others.

(d) That is, if one of the planets excepting the Sun occupy the 4th house from the Moon, the yoga is known as Sunapha; if it occupy the 10th house from the Moon, the yoga is known as Anapha, and if they occupy both the 4th and the 10th houses, from the Moon, it is known as Durudhura and if the 4th and 10th houses from the Moon be not occupied by planets, the yoga is known as Kemadruma.

(e) Jeevasarma.

(f) Suppose the Moon to occupy the Navamsa of Sagittari in sign Aries. Now, if the planets, excepting the Sun and the Moon occupy the 2nd, or the 12th or both the 2nd and the 12th houses from sign Sagittari, the yogas are respectively known as Sunapha, Anapha and Durudhura. But if these two houses be not so occupied, the yoga is known as Kemadruma.

4. The Sunapha and the Anapha yogas are each of thirty-one sorts, and the Durudhura yogas are of one hundred and eighty sorts, as will be found to be the case by forming series as described in the rule for finding the number of combinations of a given number of things.

Notes

The rule for finding the number of combinations of a given number of things is only hinted at in the Text, but not fully given. It is quoted in Stanza 22 of Chapter 79 of the Brihat Samhita. The rule is:-

"Beginning from unity, form a series by adding together the first figure with the next and the sum with the next figure, and so on, omitting only the last. From the series thus formed, form a fresh series, similarly beginning from unity, and so on. The last terms of the several series will give the number of combinations required."

Suppose, there are 7 substances. The figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, will form the 1st series. Obtain the 2nd series as follows: 1 + 2 = 3; 3 + 3 = 6; 6 + 4 = 10; 10 + 5 = 15; 15 + 6 = 21. The 2nd series, therefore, is 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21. Obtain the 3rd series as follows: 1 + 3=4; 4 + 6 = 10; 10 +10 = 20; 20 +15 = 35. The 3rd series, therefore, is 1,4, 10,20,35. Obtain the 4th series as follows: 1 + 4 = 5; 5 + 10 = 15; 15 + 20 = 35. The 4th series, therefore, is 1,5, 15, 35. Obtain the 5th series as follows: 1+5 = 6; 6 + 15 = 21. The 5th series, therefore, is 1, 6, 21. Obtain the 6th series as follows: 1 + 6 = 7. The 6th series therefore is 1,7 x 7 The seventh series is 1. The last terms of the seven series are, 7, 21, 35, 35, 21, 7,1. These are respectively the number of combinations of seven things taken 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 at a time.

Bhaskara Chariar gives a simpler process in his L,ilavati - a work on Arithmetic. He says;

Form fractions with the numbers beginning: from the last number to unity for numerators and with the numbers beginning from unity to the last number for denominators respectively. The number of combinations taken 1, 2, 3,4, etc, at a time will respectively be, the first fraction, the product of the first two fractions, of the first three fractions or of the first four fractions, etc. Suppose, for instance, the number of things to be 7. Then the fractions are 7/1, 6/2, 5/3, 4/4, 3/5, 2/6, 1/7. The number of combinations of 7 things taken one at a time=-7/1 = 7; taken two at a time = 7/1 x 6/2 =21; taken three at a time = 7/1 x 6/2 x 5/2 = 35; 19 taken four at a time = 7/1 x 6/2 x 5/3 x 4/4 = 35; taken five at a time=7/1 x 6/2 x 5/3 x 4/4 x 3/5 = 21; taken six at a time = 7/1 x 6/2 x 5/3 x 4/4 x 3/5 x 2/6 = 7; and taken seven at a time = 7/1 x 6/2 x

5/8 x 4/4 x 3/5 x 2/6 x 1/7 = 1

Now, in the Sunapha or Anapha yogas, the 2nd or the 12th house from the Moon may be occupied by the five planets from Mars either singly or two at a time or three or four or all at a time. The number required is the sum of the number of combinations of five things taken 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 together at a time. This is to be deduced from the following fractions 5/1, 4/2, 3/3, 2/4, 1/5. The number will be found to be 5 + 10 +10 + 5 + 1 =31.

Take the case in which the 2nd house from the Moon is occupied by a single planet; while it is so occupied, the remaining four planets may occupy the 12th house from the Moon 1, 2, 3 or 4 at a time. The number of these will be the sum of the number of combinations of four things taken 1, 2, 3 and 4 together. This will be found to be 4 + 6 + 4 +1 = 15. So that, for one of the five Sunapha yogas, we get 15 Durudhura yogas. The five Sunapha yogas of one planet will therefore give us 5x 15 = 75 Durudhura yogas. Take one of the 10 Sunapha yogas of two planets from Mars to Saturn; the remaining 3 planets may occupy the 12th house from the Moon, 1, 2 and 3 at a time. The number required is the sum of the number of combinations of three things taken 1, 2 and 3 at a time. This will be found to be 3 + 3 + 1=7. Combining these with the 10 Sunapha yogas of 2 planets we shall get 10 x 7 = 70 Durudhura yogas. Similarly, the 10 Sunapha yogas of three planets will give 10 x 3 = 30 Durudhura yogas; and the five Sunapha yogas of 4 planets will give us 5 x 1 = 5 Durudhura yogas. So that, the number of possible Durudhura yogas -75 + 70 + 30 + 5-180.

5. A person born in a Sunapha yoga will be possessed of self- accpired property, will be a king or will resemble a king, and will be a man of intelligence, wealth and renown.

A person born in an Anapha yoga will be a man of influence and authority, will be free from diseases, will have a control over his passions, will be of great renown, will be in the enjoyment of all manner of pleasures, will wear neat dress and will be free from grief.

6. A person born in a Durudhura yoga will be in the enjoyment of all manner of pleasures, will be possessed of wealth and carriage, will be liberal in his gift and will have good servants.

A person born in a Kemadruma yoga, though he may belong to a king's family, will be dirty, afflicted with grief, will do deeds not suited to his rank in life, will be poor, will serve under others and will be wicked.

7. If the yoga planet be Mars, the person will be active, fond of fight, wealthy, and will engage in deeds without thought. If the yoga planet be Mercury, the person will be skilled in work, will be of good speech and learned in the arts (a). If the yoga planet be Jupiter, the person will be wealthy and virtuous, will live for ever in comfort and will be respected by the king. If the yoga planet be Venus, the person will be afflicted with sexual passion, will be very wealthy and in the enjoyment of all manner of pleasures.

Notes

(a) In music, dance, painting, etc.

8. If the yoga planet be Saturn, the person will enjoy wealth, property and servants of others, will engage in various deeds and will be the chief of parties of men (a). If the birth occur by day, the Moon will bring on misery if she occupy the visible hemisphere, will bring on prosperity if she occupy the invisible hemisphere; if the birth occur by night, the results will be the reverse of these (b).

Notes

(a) If two or more planets be yoga planets, the effects described for them all will come to pass.

(b) That is, if the birth occur by night, the Moon will bring on misery, if she occupy the invisible hemisphere and prosperity if she occupy the visible hemisphere.

9. If all the benefic planets (a) occupy theUpachaya places (b) from the Ascendant at the time of birth, a person will be very rich and if they occupy the Upachaya places from the Moon, he will be moderately rich. If two of the planets occupy the Upachaya places, a person will be moderately wealthy and if one of them occupy such places, he will possess small wealth (c). Even if the person be born in other malefic Yogas (d), the present yoga will take effect to their exclusion (e).

Notes

, (a) Mercury, Jupiter and Venus.

(b) The 3rd, 6th, 10th and 11th houses from the Ascendant.

(c) So that, if benefic planets occupy the Upachaya places both from the Ascendant and from the Moon, a person will be exceedingly rich; and if the Upachaya places be not so occupied by any of the benefic planets, the person will be poor.

(d) Such as Kemadruma yoga.

(e) That is, suppose a person to be born in a Kemadruma yoga and suppose the benefic planets to occupy the Upachaya places from the Ascendant or the Moon or both, the person will become rich and not poor.