Narapatijayacarya 4.38

4.38

madhyo'pare tvanyathā saumyārkī suhṛdau samau kujagurū śukrasya śeṣāvarī | śukrajñau suhṛdau samaḥ suraguruḥ saurasya cānye'rayastatkāle ca dhanavyayāyasahajavyāyāravandhusthitā ||suhṛdastvanyathā'rayaḥ | anyatsapaṣṭam | idaṃ ca saumṛya iti | idaṃ pūrṇamityādi balaṃ saumyakrūrāṇāṃ saumyānāṃ krūrāṇā ca sthānavaśāt samaṃ tulṛyam | etadeva balaṃ saumye krūre viparyayādvaiparītyādvodhyam | arthātkrare savagṛhe pādaikaṃ, "mitragṛhe'rdhaṃ’ samagṛhe caturthabhāgahīnaṃ śatrugṛhe pūrṇabalamiti | sthānavedhe iti | sthānavedhe svagṛhādyavasthānavedhasamāyoge vedhasambhave yatṛsaṃkhyakaṃ pūrṇatvādikaṃ balaṃ jāyate vicakṣaṇaiḥ tatsaṃkhyaṃ vedhavastūnāṃ śubhamaśubhaṃ vā phalaṃ jñeyam | grahāḥ krūrāstathā iti | sugamam | vakragrahe saumye krūre vā dvighraṃ dviguṇitam evamucacādau triguṇitaṃ balam | evamanyadapi jñeyam | yāṭṭagvalī graho yananakṣatrādi viṣyati tāṭṭagvedhajanitaṃ phalaṃ dadāti ||

is neutral, and the others are otherwise. Mercury and Saturn are friends of Venus, Mars and Jupiter are neutral, the rest are enemies. Venus and Mercury are friends of Saturn, Jupiter is neutral, and the others are enemies. Moreover, those situated at that time in the second, twelfth, eleventh, third, fourth, or tenth places are friends, but otherwise enemies.' The rest is clear. [On the words] 'and this of benefics': this strength, such as 'full' and the rest, is equal for benefics and malefics by virtue of position. This same strength is to be understood in reverse for a benefic and a malefic. That is to say: for a malefic in its own house, it has one quarter; in a friend's house, half; in a neutral house, three quarters; and in an enemy's house, full strength. [On the words] 'in the conjunction of position and piercing': when there is an occurrence of a piercing in conjunction with the position of its own house and so forth, whatever measure of strength, such as fullness, arises—a measure of result corresponding to that, auspicious or inauspicious, for the pierced objects is to be understood by the wise. [On the words] 'the planets, both malefic': easy to understand. When a planet—benefic or malefic—is retrograde, its strength is doubled; likewise in exaltation and so forth, it is tripled. So too should other details be understood. Whatever strength a planet possesses when it pierces a lunar mansion or other factor, it yields a result born of such a piercing.