The Fifty-Six Verses

One should predict that life and breath are sustained original: "pranalabhe" when the body is purified by a beneficial planet located in a quadrant Kendra The 1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th houses of a horoscope, considered the pillars of the chart, or when such a planet aspects the rising sign Lagna. This is the traditional teaching found in the Shatpanchashika original: "Shatpanchashika," literally meaning "The Fifty-Six [Verses]"; if the positions are reversed, the result is the opposite. When Jupiter original: "Guru" is in the second or third house of the planetary circle, then the army Sena departs or approaches visibly, without any doubt. 5.

Thus ends the Third Chapter, regarding Inquiries into Travel, in the Illustrious Shatpanchashika. 3.

When beneficial planets are situated in the quadrants Kendra or the trines Trikona The 1st, 5th, and 9th houses, representing luck and past merit, and malefic planets are excluded from these eight positions, one should predict the accomplishment of all goals original: "sarvartha siddhi" for men. If the planetary positions are reversed, then the accomplishment of goals is also reversed.

If Mars original: "Bhauma" is in the fifth house, the rising sign, or the seventh house the "setting" house, it yields the fruit of providing... The text here is slightly fragmented but refers to the results of planetary placement in specific zodiac signs. Regarding the signs of Libra original: "Tula", Pisces original: "Jhasha", Virgo original: "Kanya", Gemini original: "Mithuna", and Aquarius original: "Ghata": these signs relate to men, women, and the
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speaking of children. 2. Those who provide status and knowledge are the auspicious planets; they bring honor and nobility to the world. 5. And those who are sinful original: "papa," referring to malefic planets...