Brihat Jataka Verse 1.15

Sanskrit Verse

होरादयस्तनुकुटुम्बसहोत्थबन्धुपुत्रारिपत्नी-मरणानि शुभास्पदायाः । रिःफाख्यम् इत्युपचयान्यरिकर्मलाभदुश्चिक्य-संज्ञितगृहाणि न नित्यम् एके ॥ १५॥

Transliteration

horādayastanukuṭumbasahotthabandhuputrāripatnī-maraṇāni śubhāspadāyāḥ | riḥphākhyam ityupacayānyarikarmalābhaduścikya-saṃjñitagṛhāṇi na nityam eke || 15||

Word meanings

horā—the rising sign; ādi—beginning with; horādayas—Beginning with the rising sign; tanu—the body (1st house); kuṭumba—family (2nd house) sahottha = siblings (3rd house); bandhu—kinsman (4th house) putra = a child (5th house); ari—an enemy (6th house); patnī—a wife (7th house) maraṇa = death (8th house); tanukuṭumbasahotthabandhuputrāripatnīmaraṇāni—the body (1st house), family (2nd house), siblings (3rd house), kinsman (4th house), a child (5th house), an enemy (6th house), a wife (7th house), and death (8th house); śubha—auspiciousness (9th house); āspada—business (10th house); āya—income (11th house) śubhāspadāyās (stem form: śubhāspadāya); —auspiciousness (9th house), business (10th house), income (11th house); riḥpha—related to expenditure (12th house); ākhya—known as; riḥphākhyam—related to expenditure (12th house); iti—(close quotes); upacayāni—the upachayas (increase); ari—Ari (the 6th house); karma—Karma (the 10th house); lābha—Labha (the 11th house); duścikya—Dushchikya (the 3rd house); saṃjñita—known as; gṛha—the zodiac signs arikarmalābhaduścikyasaṃjñitagṛhāṇi (stem form: arikarmalābhaduścikyasaṃjñitagṛha) (neuter, nominative, plural) = the zodiac signs known as Ari (the 6th house), Karma (the 10th house), Labha (the 11th house), and Dushchikya (the 3rd house); na—not; nityam—always so; eke—other ones

Translation

Beginning with the Ascendant (Lagna), the houses signify the physical body, family, siblings, relatives, offspring, enemies, spouse, and death; followed by fortune, profession, gains, and losses. The Upachaya (growth) houses are the 3rd, 6th, 10th, and 11th; however, some authorities differ on this classification.

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Reference: Brihat Jataka