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आर्यवर्तं गीष्पतेः शुयनद्यः काव्येन्द्वोश्च ज्ञस्य पुण्यस्थलानि । पङ्गोनीन्द्या म्लेच्छभूस्तीक्ष्णभानोः सौलारण्यं कीकटं भूमिजस्य ॥ २६॥

The country pertaining to Jupiter is Aryavarta (name of the tract extending from the Eastern to the Western ocean and bounded on the North and South by the Himalaya and Vindhya respectively). Venus and the Moon indicate tracts watered by the sacred rivers. Mercury represents all sacred places. Saturn signifies prohibited tracts like those occupied. by foreigners, while the Sun indicates mountain and forest regions, and Mars, the country of Behar.

english translation

AryavartaM gISpateH zuyanadyaH kAvyendvozca jJasya puNyasthalAni । paGgonIndyA mlecchabhUstIkSNabhAnoH saulAraNyaM kIkaTaM bhUmijasya ॥ 26॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

स्थिरे स्थिरांशाधिगतः सपापः पृष्ठोदयेऽधोमुखभे च संस्थः । तदीश्वरो वृक्षलतादिजन्म स्यादन्यथाजीवयुतः शरीरी ॥ २७॥

If the planets (referred to in sloka 24 Supra i.e., lords of the 9 th and 5 th) occupy a fixed Rasi or Amsa identical with a Prishtodaya and an Adhomukha Rasi (vide I-8 supra ) along with malefics, the past and the future births of the native should be declared as trees, plants and the like. If otherwise, 1. e., if the lords of the 9 th and 5 th houses occupy a Sirshodaya and an Urdhvamukha Rasi identical with a Chara or moveable Rasi or Amsa with benefics, the birth should be of an animal kind.

english translation

sthire sthirAMzAdhigataH sapApaH pRSThodaye'dhomukhabhe ca saMsthaH । tadIzvaro vRkSalatAdijanma syAdanyathAjIvayutaH zarIrI ॥ 27॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

लग्नेशितुः स्वोच्चसुहृत्स्वगेहान् तदीश्वरो याति मनुष्यजन्म । समे मृगाः स्युवीहगाः परस्मिन् द्रेक्काणरूपैरपि चिन्तनीयम् ॥ २८ ॥

If the lord of the 9 th or the 5 th house occupy exaltation, or Swakshetra or the house of a ; friend of the lord of the Lagna, then it should be declared that the native's previous or the future birth (as the case may be) must be that of a human being. If the Rasi occupied be that of a neutral ( Sama) to the lord of the Lagna, the birth concerned will be that of a beast. It will be that of a bird, if the Rasi be that of an inimical or depression one. All these may also be declared with reference to the appearance of the decanates occupied by the pla. nets owning the 9 th or the 5 th.

english translation

lagnezituH svoccasuhRtsvagehAn tadIzvaro yAti manuSyajanma । same mRgAH syuvIhagAH parasmin drekkANarUpairapi cintanIyam ॥ 28 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

ताधेकराशौ जननं स्वदेशे तौ तुल्यवीर्यौ यदि तुल्यजातौ । वर्णो गुणस्तस्य खगस्य तुल्यः संज्ञोदितैरेव वदेत्समस्तम् ॥ २९॥

If the said two planets be together in one house, the native should have had his birth in his own place. If they be of equal strength, the births (past and future) will be in the same caste. The colour and quality will also be similar to those belonging to the lords of the 9 th and the 5 th houses. Predictions regarding all the rest, should be similarly made by a reference to what has been stated in the Samgnadhyaya

english translation

tAdhekarAzau jananaM svadeze tau tulyavIryau yadi tulyajAtau । varNo guNastasya khagasya tulyaH saMjJoditaireva vadetsamastam ॥ 29॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript