Saravali 35.35

Since this treatise is especially useful for kings and sovereignty arises principally through them,
the royal combinations are to be thoroughly considered; these very ones I shall now declare.

One born in a royal lineage becomes a king by three or more planets endowed with strength and situated in their exaltation, trine, or own sign;
by five or more, even a common-born man is accomplished as an overlord of the land; by fewer, he is equal to a ruler of the earth, but not a lord of the land.

Knowledge of the royal combinations of cruel deeds and honoring:
The lord of the Greeks says that when malefic planets reside in the sky in their exaltation signs, a ruler arises from valor whose actions are cruel;
but in the opinion formulated by Jīvaśarman, he does not become a king; through royal combinations he becomes a honored guardian of a realm.

Statement of royal combinations producing kings even in a low family:
In these royal combinations here, men born of low families certainly become lords of the earth;
I will proclaim them hereafter in accordance with the doctrine of the classical authors.

Thirty-two varieties of royal combinations producing kings born in low families:
With the Sun, Mars, Saturn, and Jupiter in their own exaltation signs, either all or by threes, in the ascendant,
sixteen kinds of kings have been shown by assemblies of ancient ascetics;
and with two planets and either of them in the ascendant while the Moon is in her own sign, there are sixteen more;
every such native, even if born of a low family, rules the earth just like a private garden.

Knowledge of the royal combination for one born in a degraded family:
If the Moon has entered the vargottama navāṃśa in the ascendant, or if the ascendant is in a vargottama navāṃśa,
and it is inspected by four planets excluding the Moon, then even one born in a degraded family becomes a king.

Knowledge of the combination for ruling the entire earth-orb:
When the lords of planets, the Moon, Mars, and Jupiter, are in Aries, touching the morning mountain [the ascendant],
an emperor is born who rules the entire earth girdled by the ocean,
whose circles of enemies are slain, roaring aloud everywhere.

Knowledge of another royal combination:
When Jupiter is in his exaltation and Mars is in Aries in the ascendant, or when Aries rises and the lord of speech [Jupiter] is with Mars,
a king is born whose opposing army never stands before him, and whose ministers are like companions.

Knowledge of the royal combination for skill in science:
If the Moon is in the eleventh house together with Venus and Jupiter,
Mars is in his exaltation, Saturn is in Capricorn,
and Mercury is in the ascendant in Virgo,
then a king is certainly born who is skilled in numerous sciences.

Knowledge of the royal combination for a virtuous lord of the earth:
If the lord of the asterisms [Moon] is in its own sign, adorned with a multitude of bright rays and positioned in the ascendant,
Mercury is in the seventh house, the Sun has gone to the sixth house,
Venus is in the fourth house, Jupiter is in the tenth, and Saturn and Mars are in the third house,
he becomes a virtuous ruler who attains royal fortune accompanied by chowries white as the rays of the Moon.

When the Moon has entered a vargottama, or when the ascendant without the Moon [is vargottama],
and is inspected by four or more planets, one born becomes a king.

Knowledge of the royal combination endowed with abundant fortune:
When the Moon is in her exaltation, the ascendant is in Pisces, Saturn is in Aquarius, the Sun is in Leo,
and the lord of speech [Jupiter] is in Scorpio, resplendent with flashing rays, a king is born possessing abundant wealth and numerous vehicles.

Knowledge of the royal combination equal to Indra:
When Saturn is in Capricorn in the ascendant, the Moon is in Pisces, Mars has departed from Virgo and is situated in Mercury's sign [Gemini],
Mercury is in Virgo, and Jupiter is in Sagittarius, then one born becomes a king equal to the lord of the gods, having attained greatness.

Knowledge of the royal combination rich in all arts:
When Pisces rises with the Moon, Mars is in his exaltation,
the Sun is in Leo, and Saturn is in Aquarius, a king is born who is rich in all arts.

Knowledge of the royal combination invincible to enemies:
When Mars is in the ascendant and the Moon is in the seventh house, her body adorned with a multitude of bright rays,
then a king is born invincible to his enemies, knowing the meaning of the Vedas through citations of hundreds of arguments.

Knowledge of the royal combination defeating enemies:
When the Moon together with the Sun is elevated in the ascendant, generating delight to all eyes,
such a king subdues all his enemies, while in their hearts, even though sprinkled with the water of policy, the fire of grief of their wives blazes intensely forever upon his mere remembrance.

Knowledge of another royal combination:
If Venus is in Aquarius, Mars is in Aries, and the priest of the gods [Jupiter] is in his exaltation,
he certainly becomes a king whose fame whitens the quarters of the world.