Chapter 21: Sub-Divisions of Dasas, viz., Bhuktis, Antaras, Antarantaras etc.

I shall now clearly explain how to apportion the Bhukti periods in a Dasa and their further sub-divisions as also their effects in their order. Whatever has been here described as effect in the case of any planet, all that should be stated to occur in the planet's Dasa, in his Bhukti and in his Antara.

Multiply the years of a Mahadasa by the years of the planet whose Antardasa is required. Divide the product by 120. The quotient will represent the years of the Antardasa. Multiply the remainder by 12 and divide the result by 120. The quotient will represent the months — multiply the remainder by 30 and divide by 120. The quotient will give the days, and so on. The same process should be adopted for calculating the sub-periods in an Antardasa, or their further sub-divisions. In any Dasa, the order of the Bhuktis is similar to that in the Dasas the first Bhukti commencing with that of its lord.

During the Dasa and Bhukti of the Sun, the person concerned will obtain fame through royal favor, lead a wandering life through a wild and hilly country and will acquire wealth. He will suffer from fever, illness caused by excessive heat and may also lose his father.

When the Moon has her Bhukti during the progress of the Sun's Dasa, the person will destroy his enemies; his miseries will come to an end and there will be accession of wealth. He will be engaged in agriculture, house building and will be joined with friends. If the Moon be malefic, he will suffer from consumption, have fire accident and diseases arising from water.

When Mars has his Apahara in the Sun's Dasa, the person concerned will suffer from diseases and wounds ; there will be loss of position and trouble from enemies, misunderstandings with his relations, danger from the authorities and loss of wealth.

During Rahu's Bhukti in the Sun's Dasa, fresh enemies will spring up, wealth will be destroyed or stolen, troubles will arise and there will be danger from poison and a desire to please the senses (sensual pleasures). The native will suffer from severe head-ache and eye-complaints.

Destruction of enemies, acquisition of money through various means, worshipping the Gods every day, adoration of the Brahmins, elders and relations, disease in the ear, and pulmonary consumption will distinguish the Antardasa of Jupiter during the Sun's Mahadasa,

During the Bhukti of Saturn in the Sun's Dasa, a person should be prepared for loss of wealth, separation from his children, diseases of women, or loss of elders, abnormal expenditure, sudden loss of cloths, utensils and other goods, or servants, excessive filth and suffering from phlegmatic troubles.

At the time when Mercury's Bhukti in the Sun's Dasa is in progress, the person will suffer from cutaneous eruption (itches), boil (ulcer), leprosy, jaundice, passing wind, pain in the belly, hips, etc., destruction of land and disease arising from the vitiation of the three humours.

Loss of friends, misunderstandings with one's relations and family, trouble from enemies, loss of wealth and position, sickness to elders, severe pain in the leg as well as the head — all these may be expected in Ketu's Bhukti in the Sun's Mahadasa.

Pain in the head, belly-ache, trouble in the anus, doing agricultural operations, loss of house, wealth and corn, sickness to children and wife in an intense form — all these will occur when the Bhukti of Venus in the Sun's Mahadasa is in progress.

When the Moon's Bhukti in his own Dasa is in progress, a new daughter will be born; there will be acquisition of a new and clean cloth, and meeting with good Brahmins. The native will be able to satisfy his mother's desires (i.e., mother will be happy) and will enjoy the happiness of the couch (woman's company)

During the Bhukti of Mars in the Moon's Dasa, the person will suffer from diseases arising from bile, fire and (impurity of) blood, from anxiety, and misery and there will be trouble from enemies and thieves. There will further be loss of wealth and honour.

During the advent of Rahu's Bhukti in the Moon's Dasa, there will occur a severe reproach or fault, increase of enemies, diseases to relations, danger from thunder-storm lightning and illness and fever caused by bad food and drink.

During Jupiter's Bhukti in the Moon's Dasa, the person concerned will take great delight in making gifts and other beneficent actions. He will begin to feel happy, wear new cloths and ornaments. He will meet with friends and be highly honoured by the king.

Trouble through various kinds of diseases, sickness to friends, children and wife, the happening of a great calamity or loss of life will mark the Apahara of Saturn during the progress of the Moon's Mahadasa.

During the Bhukti of Mercury in the Moon's Dasa, there will be acquisition at all times of wealth, elephants, horses, cattle and ornaments and much happiness will be felt. Clearness of conception will also arise

During Ketu's interval in the Moon's Dasa will crop up loss of mental balance, wealth and relations, danger from water and trouble to dependants and servants.

During the period of time allotted to Venus in the Moon's Dasa, activities relating to the following will take place chased or sold away: viz., water, carriage, gold, jewels, women, trade agricultural operations etc., he will acquire children, friends, cattle, and corn.

During the Sun's Bhukti in the Moon's Mahadasa, honor from the sovereign, excessive valour, cessation of diseases, downfall or decline of the enemy's side and diseases caused by bile and wind may be expected.

During Mars' own interval in the planet's Mahadasa, there will be suffering from diseases arising out of excess of bile and heat, trouble from wounds, separation from brothers, influx of money etc., due on account of lands and litigations and trouble from cousins, fire, enemies, the sovereign and thieves.

During Rahu's Bhukti in Mars' Dasa there will be danger from weapons, fire, thieves, enemies and rulers, injury from poison, disease in the belly, eyes, the head, loss of elders and relations, peril to one's own life or big calamities.

During Jupiter's interval in Mars' Mahadasa, the person will worship the Brahmanas and Gods, will resort to sacred places and shrines, and do meritorious deeds, will show hospitality to guests at all times, will acquire new children and friends, will suffer from ear disease in a severe form or from phlegmatic complaint.

Trouble after trouble to one's children, wife and elders, calamities beyond number, grief, loss of wealth, robbing of wealth through enemies, fear and sickness through heat and wind, will mark Saturn's Bhukti in the Mahadasa of Mars.

Fear of enemies, much trouble from thieves, loss of wealth, destruction of cattle, elephants and horses, association with enemies, harassment by kings or enmity with Sudras mark the interval of Mercury in Mars' Mahadasa.

When Ketu has his interval in Mars' Dasa, there will be danger from thunder, bolt, sudden trouble from fire and weapon, going out of one's own country or loss of wealth, and exit from the world either of his own self or of his wife.

Defeat in battle, residence in a foreign country, theft of property by thieves, trouble in the left eye and loss of servants will be what a person may expect in the Bhukti of Venus in Mars' Dasa.

Honour from the sovereign, fame and power got in war, acquisition of servants, wealth, corn, women and harem and the widening of the scope for livelihood and wealth got through daring deeds or force are what may be expected in the Sun's Apahara in Mars' Dasa.

Acquisition of various kinds of wealth and children, severance from enemies, acquisition of cloths, bed, ornaments, jewels and wealth, trouble to elders, and pain owing to enlargement of spleen or excess of bile may mark the Moon's Bhukti in Mars' Mahadasa.

Illness through poison and water, coming in sight of a venomous serpent, intercourse with another's wife, separation from or loss of one's near and dear ones, bad words and mental anguish through wicked people will be the characteristic features of Rahu's Bhukti in Rahu's Dasa.

Advent of happiness, worship of Gods and Brahmins, freedom from diseases, association with charming ladies and discussion of the meanings of sacred texts will mark Jupiter's Bhukti in Rahu's Dasa.

During Saturn's interval in Rahu's Dasa, a disease due to the vitiation of wind and bile, wounds in the body, misunderstandings with one's children, wife or brothers, destruction of servants, and loss of position are what may crop up.

Acquisition of children and wealth, meeting of friends, gross contemptibleness of the mind, cleverness in doing any intelligent business, adornment and skill in general will mark Mercury's Bhukti in Rahu's Dasa

During Ketu's Bhukti in Rahu's Dasa, one has to apprehend fever, trouble from fire, weapon and enemies, head ache, trembling of the body, injury to one's friends and elders, suffering caused by poison and wounds and quarrel with one's friends.

Acquisition of a wife, comforts of the couch, horses, elephants, lands, and phlegmatic and windy disorders, and quarrel with one's own relations, will mark the Bhukti of Venus in Rahu's Mahadasa.

During the Sun's Bhukti in Rahu's Mahadasa, there will be trouble from enemies, intense pain in the eyes, danger from poison, fire and hit by weapons, and the springing up of fresh troubles. The wife and children will suffer from diseases and there will be great trouble from the king.

Loss of the wife, quarrels, mental anguish, agricultural operations, loss of wealth, cattle and children, disaster to friends, and danger from water will mark the Moon's Bhukti in Rahu's Mahadasa.

During Mars' interval in Rahu's Dasa, one has to apprehend danger from the sovereign, fire, thieves and weapons, or one's own death through a terrible disease, disturbance to one's position, heart and eye-troubles.

Good luck, splendour, high esteem, development of good qualities, acquisition of a good son, honour from the sovereign, coming in contact with one's preceptor, good men and realisation of one's desires are what a person may expect in Jupiter's Dasa and Bhukti.

During Saturn's Bhukti in Jupiter's Dasa, association with courtezans, taking to intoxicating drinks and such other evil deeds, rising to eminence, happiness, sickness to one's family and cattle, heavy expenses, excessive fear, eye complaints and sickness to children are what a person has to be prepared for.

When Mercury's Bhukti is in progress in Jupiter's Mahadasa, one will come to grief through women, gambling, and drinking, and will suffer from diseases caused by the vitiation of the three humours. This is the opinion of some. Others consider that the effect will be solely beneficial by the worship of Gods and Brahmins and by the acquisition of or association with sons, wealth and happiness.

During Ketu's interval in Jupiter's Mahadasa, one has to suffer from wounds caused by a weapon. There will arise misunderstandings with the servants, mental anguish, trouble to wife and children, danger to life and loss of (or separation from) elders or friends.

Acquisition of various materials, cattle, corn, cloths, utensils, woman, children, food, drink, couch (bed) and ornaments, worshipping of Gods and Brahmins and entire devotion to them are to be looked for in Sukra's interval in Jupiter's Mahadasa.

Victory, honour from the sovereign, acquisition of fame, warmth of temper, men, horses and other vehicles and an extremely prosperous life in a street (consisting of rows of houses), a town, or country will mark the Sun's Bhukti in Jupiter's Mahadasa.

Acquisition of many damsels, destruction of enemies, gain of money, profit in agriculture, saleable commodities, high fame and intense devotion in the worship of Gods and Brahmins will mark Moon's interval in Jupiter's Mahadasa

Satisfying the relations, addition of wealth from a host of enemies, acquisition of good lands, doing beneficent acts, celebrity of power, a little injury to a preceptor or elder, or a severe hurt to the eye, are what a person may look for in Mars' interval in Jupiter's Mahadasa.

Distress through relations, excessive mental anguish, sickness, danger from thieves, disease to one's elders or to youngsters of his family, trouble from the sovereign, misfortune through enemies, and loss of wealth will mark Rahu's Bhukti in Jupiter's Mahadasa.

Increase in agriculture, servants and buffaloes, windy disease, acquisition of much money through a person of the Sudra caste, friendship with an old woman, laziness and sinful action are what Saturn can bring on in his own Dasa and Bhukti.

During Mercury's interval in Saturn's Dasa a person will have prosperity, happiness, female society, honour from the sovereign, success and company of friends ; he will suffer from diseases arising from the three humours. His brothers and children will be troubled with sickness.

During Ketu's interval in Saturn's Mahadasa, the person becomes liable to disease caused by wind and fire, trouble from enemies, a tendency to always quarrel with his sons and wife, meeting with something inauspicious, and danger from serpents.

During Sukra's Bhukti in Saturn's Mahadasa, the person will be happy with his friends, wife and children, and there will be increase of wealth due to agriculture and sea voyage and he will become widely renowned.

Death or danger at all times from enemies, sickness to elders, disease in the belly and eyes, loss of wealth and corn, a person has to experience during the Sun's Bhukti in Saturn's Mahadasa.

Loss of wife or danger to one's own life, trouble to friends, danger from diseases, and intense fear from water and wind may be expected during the Moon's Bhukti in the Dasa of Saturn.

Loss of one's position, quarrel with one's relations, serious illness, trouble from fever, fire, weapon or poison, increase of enemies, hernia and trouble to the eyes will mark the interval of Mars in Saturn's Mahadasa.

Going in crooked ways, loss of life or danger from diabetes or gonorrhoea, severe enlargement of the spleen, a continuous fever, or wound are what a person may have to suffer from during Rahu's Bhukti in the Dasa of Saturn.

Delight in worshipping Gods and Brahmins, pleasure in living in one's own house in the company of his wife and children, and phenomenal increase of wealth and corn are what a person will have during Jupiter's Bhukti in Saturn's Dasa.

Devotion to virtue, association with the learned, a clear intellect (an unbiassed mind), acquisition of money through Brahmins, great fame through learning and continuous happiness may be looked for in Mercury's Bhukti in his own Mahadasa.

Misery, sorrow, quarrel, perplexity, shaking in the body, association with unfriendly people, and loss of lands and vehicles are to be expected during Ketu's interval in Mercury's Dasa.

Adoration of Gods, Brahmanas and reverend seniors, offering of acceptable presents, devotion to duty conformable to religion and morality, addition of clothes and ornaments and meeting of friends will mark Sukra's interval in the Dasa of Mercury.

Gold, coral, horses, and elephants will be got and secured in a house ; there will be good food and drink and honour from the sovereign. All these may be expected in the Sun's Bhukti in Mercury's Mahadasa.

Head ache, eye-complaint, trouble through leprosy, ringworm, severe pain in the neck, and even danger to life dog the footsteps of a person during the Moon's interval in Mercury's Mahadasa.

Danger from fire, trouble to the eye, fear of thieves, excessive misery, loss of position and windy disease are what a person may expect during Kuja's Bhukti in Mercury's Mahadasa.

Loss of honour or a fall from one's position, destruction to one's own self (or loss of wealth ?), danger from fire, poison or through water, head-ache, eye-complaint or trouble in the belly, mark Rahu's Bhukti in Mercury's Mahadasa.

Freedom from sickness, destruction of enemies, cessation of fear, success in religious devotion, honour from the sovereign, success in moral duty, and wealth of penance mark Jupiter's Bhukti in Mercury's Mahadasa.

Heavy loss of wealth and religious merit, failure in all business, diseases arising through (disorders of) phlegm and wind will mark Saturn's Bhukti in Mercury's Mahadasa.

When Ketu has his interval in his own Mahadasa, a person has to apprehend quarrel with enemies, misunderstanding with friends, hearing of bad words, burning sensation in the limbs due to fever, intrusion into others' houses and destruction of wealth.

Quarrel with a great Brahmin, misunderstanding with one's wife and even with his own relations, birth of a daughter, humiliation, and annoyance from others are what one should be prepared for in Sukra's Bhukti in Ketu's Mahadasa.

Death of a reverend elder, fever, misunderstanding with one's relation, gain through foreign travel, fighting a rebellion for the king, diseases caused by phlegm and wind are likely to crop up during the Sun's interval in Ketu's Dasa.

Windfalls and unexpected loss of wealth, separation from one's son, a laboured delivery that engenders much sorrow, acquisition of servants and female children, all these are to be looked for in the Moon's Bhukti in Ketu's Dasa.

Quarrel with the members of one's own family, destruction of one's relations, danger from serpents, thieves and fire, and trouble from enemies are what a person has to incur during Kuja's Bhukti in Ketu's Dasa.

Quarrel caused by enemies, danger from the sovereign, fire, thieves and serpents, remarks from wicked people, working spells for the injury of another person are to be expected in Rahu's Bhukti in Ketu's Mahadasa.

Birth of a very good son, adoration of the chief of Gods, income through lands or finding of a treasure, money through acceptance of presents, influx of a large sum of money, and honour from the sovereign may be looked for in Jupiter's Bhukti in Ketu's Dasa.

Trouble to, or from, servants, annoyance to or from, others, quarrel with enemies and the breaking of some limb thereby, loss of money and loss of position are, say the wise, to be expected in Saturn's interval in Ketu's Mahadasa.

Birth of a very good son, appreciation from a big wealthy lord, monetary gain from lands, trouble from the chief of the enemies loss in cattle and loss in agricultural operations are to be expected in Mercury's Bhukti in Ketu's Mahadasa.

Clothing, ornaments, vehicle, perfumes and the like and comforts of the couch will a person have in plenty besides bodily splendour and wealth from the sovereign in Sukra's Bhukti in Sukra's Mahadasa.

In the Sun's Bhukti in the Dasa of Venus, a person becomes liable to diseases affecting the eyes, the belly and the cheeks, danger from the sovereign and trouble from elders, members of his family and other relations.

When the Moon has her interval in the Dasa of Venus, a person suffers much pain from a disease due to an inflammation in the nails, head and teeth, sickness arising from wind and bile, or loss of wealth or trouble through diarrhoea, disease of the spleen or consumption.

Trouble through flow of blood and bile, acquisition of gold and copper, acquisition of lands, seduction of a young female and loss of one's appointment are what may be expected in Kuja's Bhukti in the Dasa of Venus.

Acquisition of a treasure, birth of a son, good news, honour to or from relatives, imprisonment of enemies and injury from fire, thieves and poison may be expected in Rahu's Bhukti in the Mahadasa of Venus,

Performance of one's various religious duties, worshipping of Gods, enjoying the company of his wife and children, and enjoyments derivable from his position of authority will mark the Bhukti of Jupiter in the Mahadasa of Venus.

Honour from the city fathers, the military (or police) or from the sovereign, acquisition of an excellent damsel, influx of wealth and various materials, utensils and comforts requisite for enjoyment will mark Saturn's Bhukti in the Mahadasa of Venus.

During Mercury's interval in the Dasa of Venus, a person secures the comfort of his sons, will have happiness on a large scale, great power and fame and destruction of enemies; but he will be troubled by sickness through diseases arising from wind and bile.

During Ketu's Bhukti in the Mahadasa of Venus, a person will be destitute of children and happiness, will suffer much from danger through fire: he will further suffer losses and disease in some limb, and will associate with courtezans.

What has been stated as the effect in each of the Bhuktis of a Dasa should be so declared as to suitably fit in with the person's caste, status, occupation, etc. In a similar way should results be attempted for each Antara or Antarantara ; or, the effects may also be foretold after guessing correctly the particular Dasa then ruling by means of the characteristics revealed (exhibited) at the time in the native's person by the elements (Panchabhutas Fire, Air, Ether, Water and Earth) through Eyes, Touch, Ears, Face and Nose; or by hearing the words emanating at the time.