Chapter 20: Dasas of the several Bhava lords and their Bhuktis

What the effects are that are derivable from a planet which is strong and which owns a certain Bhava and what they will be when the lord is weak, and when they have actually to be experienced by the native all these are indicated briefly in this chapter.

When the Lagna possesses maximum strength, the native will, during the Dasa of the lord of the Lagna, rise to a place of eminence in the world, will be happily placed in life, will be physically strong, will have a brilliant appearance; and his prosperity will be on the increase as his life progresses, just as the Moon's digits in the bright half of a month.

During the ripening of the Dasa of the lord of the 2nd house, one ought to predict success or acquisition to family, acquisition of good daughters, good meals, earning money by lectures, eloquence in speech and the consequent approbation of the audience in the assembly.

During the Dasa of a planet that is strong and owns the 3rd house one ought to expect friendship with and help from brothers, hearing of agreeable news which please the mind, (opportunity for) the exhibition of one's valour, leadership in an army, attainment of some honour, help from people and a praise by others of his various good qualities.

Help to relations, success in agriculture, Friendship with females, acquisition of vehicles, new land, new house, wealth, higher status (promotion in one's appointment), all these may be expected during the ripening of the Dasa of the planet owning the 4th house.

During the Dasa of the lord of the 5th house, the native may expect the birth of a son, respect and merriment with relations, or the post of a councillor under kings. He will (command), feed others and enjoy all kinds of (cooked dishes) dainties in plenty. He will accomplish acts meritorious winning the approbation of the virtuous.

In the ripening of the Dasa of the lord of the 6th house, the native will be able to subdue all his enemies by doing daring acts. He will enjoy perfect health, will be highly liberal-minded, will be very powerful and will live in all splendour and prosperity.

During the Dasa-period of the lord of the 7th house, the person born acquires new clothes, jewels, new bed, etc., He will be contented and will fully enjoy all pleasures in the company of his beloved. He will be very powerful or virile and perform marriages or similar auspicious festivities in his family and undertake pleasure trips.

During the Dasa-period of the lord of the 8th house, if the planet is strong, one ought to expect the complete discharge of debts, his own elevation, cessation of quarrels, and acquisition of buffaloes, cows, goats and servants.

During the Dasa-period of the lord of the 9th house, the person born will, in the company of his wife, sons, grand children and relations, enjoy continuous prosperity, happiness and wealth, will perform meritorious deeds, receive royal favor and an opportunity to show reverence to Brahmins and Gods.

During the Dasa of the lord of the 10th house, the person concerned will bring to a successful termination any business or undertaking originated by him ; he will lead a happy life ; he will become widely renowned ; settle himself on a permanent position ; will do cleverly what is good and proper, or he will get happy news and will command great respect.

During the period when the Dasa of the lord of the 11th house is in progress, the person concerned will have an uninterrupted influx of wealth, will meet with his kith and kin, will be served by servants and slaves, and there will be domestic happiness and great prosperity.

When the Dasa of the lord of the 12th house is in progress, there will be much spending of money by the native for the cause of the good. He will do meritorious acts, and thus ward off the several sins already committed. He will also get royal honours.

The effects of the Dasa periods of planets that are retrograde or that occupy their own, exaltation or friendly houses or are placed in good houses (position other than the 6th, the 8th or the 12th) will be as those described so far. I shall now set forth the effects of the Dasas of planets occupying inimical or depression houses, or that have been eclipsed (become invisible) or that happen to be in the 6th, the 8th or the 12th house.

When the lord of the Lagna is badly placed, the person concerned will during the Dasa of that planet be imprisoned. He will lead the life incognito, will suffer from fear, disease and mental anxiety, will participate in a funeral rite, or will leave his work and take up another's task, will suffer loss of position and other misfortunes. If the lord of the 2nd house be in a similar position, the person will during the said planet's Dasa behave stupidly in a public assembly, will not be true to his word or to his family, will receive evil tidings, or write bad letters, suffer eye-trouble, will be foul-tongued, spend heavily and fear the sovereign.

If the lord of the 3rd house be posited in a (Dusstthana), the person concerned may expect the demise of his brother during the planet's Dasa ; evil counsel will prevail in his undertakings, and there will be trouble through secret machinations of internal enemies, humiliation, discomfiture and loss of pride thereby. If the lord of the 4th house be similarly weak, he will during his Dasa cause distress to the native's mother, sickness to his dear friends, danger to his lands and house, trouble from planets, destruction of cattle, etc., and danger from water.

When the lord of the 5th house is deficient in strength, the person concerned will during the planet's Dasa lose a son. He will have aberration of mind, deception, a wearisome wandering, trouble in the stomach, displeasure of the sovereign and bodily weakness. During the Dasa of the planet that is weak and owning the 6th house, the native will be troubled by thieves, suffer reverses, defeat (subjugation) and various diseases. He will do wicked acts and servile duties. He will be despised and scandalised and will suffer from wounds.

During the Dasa of the lord of the 7th house who is weak, there will be distress to the native's son-in-law; there will be separation from his beloved. Something untoward will happen to him through the opposite sex. He will have intrigues with wicked women, suffer from diseases in his private parts, and will be wandering. When the Dasa of the lord of the 8th house is in progress (and when he is weak), the person concerned will suffer from excessive sorrow, want of sense, carnal appetite, jealousy, unconsciousness, poverty, fruitless rambling, calumny, sickness, humiliation and death.

If the lord of the 9th house whose Dasa is in progress be weak, the person will have to incur the wrath (severe displeasure) of the deity that had been worshipped formerly and suffer something untoward; there will be trouble to his wife and children ; he will do wicked acts ; one of his elders and his father may die, and he may suffer from penury. When the lord of the 10th house whose Dasa is in progress is not strong, anything done by the native becomes fruitless; he will further suffer loss of honour, will be wicked in his behaviour, will be absent in foreign places. There will be inauspicious happenings. He will lead a bad life and suffer troubles.

During the Dasa of the planet that is weak and owning the 11th house the native will have to hear evil tidings. There will be trouble to a brother or sickness to children ; he will suffer misery, deception and ear disease. When the Dasa of the planet that is weak and owning the 12th house is in progress, the person concerned will suffer from various diseases, dishonour and bondage. All his wealth will disappear like the (waning) Moon in the dark half of a month or like the Moon that is at the western horizon.

Whatever has been stated in the chapter on Definitions (Adh. I), whatever has been mentioned as belonging to the presiding planets (Adh. II), whatever calling is declared appropriate in the Chapter on profession (Adh. V), whatever diseases have been described as due to the several planets (Adh. XIV), whatever has been spoken of as the effect of the aspect or association with the planets (Adh. XVIII), or of the presence of planets in Bhavas or of the lords of the several Bhavas or the lords being associated with others, (Adh. XV, XVI, XVII,) all this, must be duly assigned to the planets concerned in their respective Dasas.

The Dasa of a planet occupying a (Vargottamamsa) will give favourable results. It will be mixed when the said planet is eclipsed or is in depression. When the Dasa and Apahara belonging to two planets both of whom own or occupy the 8th; the 12th or the 6th house are in progress, the effect will be unfavourable.

During the Dasa period of a malefic planet when the sub-period of a planet ruling the 3rd, the 5th or the 7th star (reckoned from the natal star) is in progress or the Bhukti of the lord owning the Janma Rasi or the 8th house therefrom is passing, the person concerned will have troubles from thieves and enemies and will suffer much misery.

If in the order of main Dasas, the fourth happens to belong to Saturn, the sixth to Jupiter, the fifth to Mars or Rahu, every one of these will prove dangerous. So also will be the Dasa period of a planet occupying the end of a sign or owning a (Dusstthana 6th, 8th or 12th).

If Mars be posited in an (Urdhvamukha) Rasi (vide 1-8 supra), or the exaltation sign identical with the 10th or the 11th house, his Dasa-period will secure to the native concerned a kingdom. After subduing his enemies, he will become a renowned king endowed with a large number of vehicles and a huge army and he will feed many people.

If Venus, uneclipsed and free from association with a malefic planet, be in his own or exaltation Rasi identical with the 12th, the 10th or the 11th house, the person concerned will, during the said planet's Dasa period, get many gems and precious stones, have his intellect expanded, will become immensely affluent and praised by many people.

All benefics, if placed in depression, inimical, the 6th or the 12th houses, will only produce untoward results, while malefics similarly placed will give in their Dasa-periods incalculable (intense) miseries.

During a planet's Dasa-period, when a Bhukti of a planet inimical to the Dasanatha, or of a planet occupying the 6th house (or an inimical house) or of a planet inimical to the lord of the Lagna is in progress, the native concerned will have to apprehend danger from his enemies, and loss or change of position; even the person who has all along been friendly will turn out hostile to him.

Whichever Bhava counted from the (Dasanatha) is occupied by the (Bhuktinatha), it is only the effects arising from that Bhava that will come to pass in that Bhukti. When the Bhuktinatha occupies the 6th, the 8th or the 12th house reckoned from the Dasanatha, the effect will be unhappy. At other houses, it will be good.

The good influence of planets is at its maximum, three quarters, a half, a quarter, at its minimum or nil according as the planets are in the exaltation sign, Moolatrikona, Swakshetra, friendly sign, inimical sign or depression sign respectively. The proportions given above are with respect to benefics or lords of benefic houses. In the case of malefics, or lords of malefic houses, it will be reverse. When a planet is in combustion (conjunction with the Sun) its effect will be similar to that in depression. C/. ^TT. gr. VII.58).

Out of the planets Saturn, Mandi, Rahu, the lord of the 22nd decanate and the lord of the 8th house and the lords of the Navamsa Rasis occupied by these planets, find which is the weakest. It is only the Dasa of that planet that will prove fatal, and the demise will happen (occur) when Saturn during his transit passes through an untoward house (viz., 6th, 8th or 12th).

Out of the two sets of planets, viz, ( 1 ) the lord of the house occupied by the lord of the 8th house, and the lord of the Navamsa occupied by the lord of the 8th house and (2) the lord of the 22nd decanate and the lord of the rising decanate, find which planet in each pair is stronger. When the Dasa of this stronger planet is in progress, and when Jupiter during his transit passes through the Rasi and Navamsa occupied by the lord of the 8th house or its triangular position, the death of the person concerned may come to pass.

If Jupiter, the lord of the house occupied by the Moon and the ruler of the Lagna, be in Kendras at a birth, the middle portion of the life is good. Planets in (Prishtodaya) signs give good results in the end ; those in (Ubhayodaya) signs, in the middle ; and those in the (Sirshodaya) signs, in the beginning. (C/ 3rT' XXII;5).

When a planet whose Dasa is in progress happens to pass through (in transit) his Swakshetra, exaltation or a friendly house, he will promote the prosperity of the Bhava it represents when counted from the Lagna, provided the said planet is endowed with full strength at the birth time as well.

When a planet whose Dasa is in progress be weak, eclipsed by the Sun's rays, in depression or inimical house at birth, he will during his transit through any house cause the total destruction of that Bhava.

When the Moon in her progress is in a Rasi which happens to be the exaltation sign of the lord of the Dasa, or a friendly house, the 3rd, the 6th, the 10th, the 11th, a Trikona or the 7th house with respect to the lord of the Dasa, the effects will be happy. If the Moon's place (during transit) be different, the effects will be far from happy.

If the planet whose Bhukti is in progress should during the course of his transit at the time pass through his depression or inimical house or become eclipsed, there will be much misery. Should he pass through his own, or exaltation house or be retrograde, the effects will then be good.

In the case of a planet whose Bhukti is auspicious, the good effect will be manifested when the Sun enters the planet's exaltation sign. The same effect will be felt when Jupiter transits the place. As regards the planet whose Bhukti is inauspicious (i. e., capable of yielding bad or evil effects), the evil effects will be felt when the Sun in his transit passes through the Bhukti-lord's depression or inimical sign.

Rahu will give effects— good or bad as the case may be — according to the nature of the planet he associates with. That planet though good and auspicious by himself will, on account of his association with Rahu, specially cause evil at the concluding portion of his Dasa.

The 2nd and the 7th (houses) are termed the two death-producing houses. If the lords of these or the planets posited therein, are powerful they cause death during their Dasas. Should the lord of the 8th or the 12th house be very weak, the demise may be expected during the Bhukti of either of the two.

The Dasa of a planet owning a Kendra will be inauspicious if he is a (Subha), and auspicious if he is an Asubha. The Dasas of all planets who own Trikona houses (1, 5, 9) will be auspicious. The lords of the 3rd, the 6th and the 11th houses even if they be (Subhas) will cause only evil. The lord of the 8th house, if he should also happen to be the lord of the Lagna will prove auspicious. The Sun or the Moon even if he should happen to own the 8th house will give only good effects. These are the effects of the several Dasas according to Parasara's opinion.

The lord of a Trikona house (5th and 9th) posited in a Kendra or the lord of a Kendra in a Trikona house will prove auspicious to the native. These two planets during their Bhuktis in each other's Dasas will help each the other and thus co-operate to make the period auspicious.

All planet do not produce good or bad effects to the native befitting the Bhavas they own, during the ripening of their own Bhuktis in their respective Dasas.

Find what all planets are related (vide XV-30 supra) to the particular planet whose Dasa is under consideration. Note also the planets if any which are similarly circumstanced (whether for good or bad), i. e., holding a position co-ordinate to the one under reference. It is only in the Antardasas or Bhuktis of these planets that this original planet will in his main Dasa manifest his effect.

The lords of a Kendra house and a Trikona house even if they should by themselves be capable of causing evil (owing to their happening to be owners of other bad houses) become powerful, by their mere relationship (vide XV-30 supra) , to produce Yoga and make the native prosperous.

If out of the lords of the 5th and 9th, one of them happen to be related (vide XV-30 supra) to a strong planet owning a Kendra, he becomes a Yogakaraka, i.e., powerful in promoting the prosperity of the native.

If the lord of a Kendra be (in conjunction) associated with the lord of a Trikona, both of them become powerful in promoting the prosperity of the native. Should a lord of another Trikona also be related (vide XV-30 supra), where is the doubt about the native's prosperity being still further advanced ?

If planets though by themselves bad, are related (vide XV-30, supra) to a Yogakaraka (planet producing prosperity), they will produce during their Bhuktis good effects leading to affluence and happiness

The lord of a Trikona house will during his Dasa and in a Bhukti of the lord of a Kendra house, and vice versa produce good effects. Even if the said two planets are not in any way connected (vide XV-30, supra) they will not cause harm.

Jupiter and Venus if they should happen to be owners of Kendras become powerful to cause evil. If they should also occupy (or own) Makara houses (2nd and 7th), they become powerful to cause death.

Mercury (if he should happen to own Kendra houses) is less powerful (than Jupiter and Venus in doing evil). The Moon in such a condition comes next to Mercury, Malefics when they happen to own Kendras will become more and more auspicious in their effects.

If Rahu and Ketu should be posited in a Kendra or Trikona they become Yogakarakas, i.e., instrumental in (doing) bringing about good to the native if they are connected (vide XV-30, supra) with the lord of one of these (Kendra and Trikona).

If Rahu and Ketu occupy houses owned by benefics and are connected (vide XV-30, supra) with any planet, they become auspicious and produce good results at their Bhuktis in the main Dasa of the said planet.

During the Dasa of a Yogakaraka planet, the Rajayoga begins when the Bhuktis of the Karaka planets are in progress. The Bhuktis of malefics which succeed them in their turn increase the same.

The following will engender misery to the native : (1) the planet occupying the 8th house ; (2) the one aspecting it ; (3) the one owning it; (4) the one owning the decanate of the 8th house ; and (5) the planet owning the sign occupied by Mandi. Even among these, the one that is the weakest will be the killer of the native and this may happen in his Dasa or (Apahara).

The Dasa of a planet fallen from exaltation is termed (Avarohini) or descending; while that of a planet in a friend's or exaltation house is named (Madhya) or middling. The Dasa of a planet proceeding from his depression is called (Arohini) or rising. The Dasa of a planet that is actually in his depression or inimical Rasi or in his depression or inimical Amsa is termed (Adhama) or worst.

When a planet even if eclipsed or posited in its depression or inimical house occupies an auspicious sign or Amsa his Dasa should be pronounced as of mixed effect (Misra phala) and is capable of giving good effect in the latter half of the Dasa.

Death (of the relative signified by the particular Bhava) will take place in the main Dasa of the planet in the 12th house (reckoned from that Bhava) or of the one owning it whichever is weaker.

If the lord of the Dasa in his transit comes to the Lagna or if the 3rd, the 6th, the 10th or the 11th house from it, or if the lord of the Dasa comes to the Sapthavarga places of the Lagna or when a friendly planet or a benefic comes to the Lagna, the Dasa will prove auspicious at that time.

During the several periods over which a Dasa may extend, the good or evil effect is to be determined with reference to the particular house counted from the Moon which the lord of the Dasa may occupy for the time being in its progress through its orbit.

The Moon produces beneficial effects when in the house of a friend of the lord of the Dasa ; or in the exaltation house of the latter or in the 7th house, a Trikona house or in any one of the (Upachaya) houses with reference to the (Dasanatha) lord of the Dasa.

In the favourable positions mentioned in the previous Sloka, the Rasi occupied by the Moon should represent some one of the 12 Bhavas, Lagna, wealth, etc., at the time of birth. The Moon in one of these favourable positions promotes prosperity in respect of the Bhava represented by the Rasi occupied. In the unfavourable positions, the Bhava represented by the Rasi (occupied by the Moon) suffers damage.

In the case of a nativity, one ought to guess the effects after a reference to Saravali, Varahamihira's Hora Sastra and the Nakshatra Dasa. While so guessing, one must refer also to the positions of the planets with reference to the Lagna at the time of the query or the (Janma Rasi) or Lagna at birth and then attempt his predictions. There will not be any material difference between the Prasna Lagna and the Janma Lagna. (in the matter of the predictions.)