The Lamp of Prices

A. Ko.

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...and also the causes of famine. I shall now state the yogas Specific planetary combinations or alignments believed to produce certain results in Vedic astrology. that cause the downfall [of kingdoms] and the spreading of fires.

2 When the Sun original: "रवि" (ravi), Rahu The North Node of the moon., Mars original: "कुज" (kuja), Mercury original: "ज्ञ" (jña), and Saturn original: "शनि" (śani) are situated in the signs beginning with Aries original: "मेषादिराशि" (meṣādi-rāśi), everything is utterly destroyed.

3 The suffering of kings original: "भूपाल" (bhūpāla) and the common people will certainly occur. [When] the Sun, Mars, Rahu, the Moon, Mercury, and Saturn—

4 —are situated in a single sign, the King of the South perishes, and in the North, there will be a Chatrabhanga Literally the 'breaking of the royal umbrella,' a traditional metaphor for the death of a monarch or the total collapse of a dynasty.; there is no need for further deliberation on this matter.

5 If the Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, and Saturn are all in one place, the Earth original: "मेदिनी" (medinī) will be struck by fear, and the King will suffer from disease and decline.

6 If the Sun original: "आदित्य" (āditya), Jupiter, Venus, and Mars original: "भूमिपुत्र" (bhūmiputra); literally 'son of the earth.' are seen together, all grains will become very expensive original: "महर्घत्ता" (maharghattā).

7 If Mars, the Sun, Mercury, and Jupiter are situated in the sign of Leo original: "सिंहराशि" (siṃha-rāśi), there will certainly be the downfall of the King, the ruin of the subjects, and a collapse of the dynasty.

8 When the Sun, Mercury, and Venus are together in three signs...