Narapatijayacarya 8: siṃsanacakram

Oṃ.

Now begins the throne diagram.

Now I shall set forth this diagram, the triad of thrones,
by whose mere knowledge the discernment of a kingdom is achieved.

With the twenty-seven lunar mansions, each [throne] consists of nine [asterisms],
beginning with Aśvinī, Maghā, and Mūla, through the divisions of the five channels.

The triad of kings is to be known: [the group] beginning with Aśvinī in the northern region,
that beginning with Maghā situated in the east, and that beginning with Mūla in the southern region.

In other kingdoms, one should declare according to the king's name asterism
all of this good and bad fortune, wherever Saturn is situated for a given [king].

By means of the astrological piercing of the five channels, each [king] will have a throne:
the support, the seat, the royal plaque, the lion, and the throne itself.

I shall state the complete results of the support and the others for each one;
good and bad fortune is to be known through benefics and malefics by virtue of planetary astrological piercing.

[On the words] 'ityevam' [etc.]: In this manner I shall explain the diagrammatic wheel consisting of three thrones, by the mere knowledge of which the determination of kingship is made. 'With twenty-seven asterisms': with twenty-seven lunar mansions, each [group] consisting of nine lunar mansions, there are three thrones, arranged according to the five subtle channels beginning with Aśvinī, Maghā, and Mūla. [On] 'aśvinyādi': there, in the northern section, the one beginning with Aśvinī belongs to the lord of horses; in the east, the one beginning with Maghā belongs to the king; in the southern section, the one beginning with Mūla belongs to the lord of elephants. Thus there are three thrones. 'In others': in other kingdoms, one should declare the three thrones from the king's name asterism. In whichever section Saturn is located, this auspicious or inauspicious fruit occurs in every way. [On] 'nāḍikā': by the piercing of five channels, there are five seats in order beginning with the support (ādhāra) for each king. That is to say, the throne is constructed with five steps. There, the lower step is called the support; above it is the seat (āsana); above it is the step called the throne-tablet (paṭṭa); above it is the lion step (siṃha); above it is the lion throne (siṃhāsana), seated upon which the king becomes like a lion. [On] 'ādhārādiphalam': clear.

When the king is consecrated on the throne-tablet in the asterism of the support channel, / he brings the kingdom under the control of another; of this there is no doubt.

By the asterism situated in the seat, the king becomes possessed of policy; / at the direction of his chief minister, he brings peace to his subjects.

When the king sits upon the seat in the asterism of the throne-tablet, / he protects the earth for a long time, equal to the state of former kingdoms.

Remaining upon the seat of the lion asterism, the king becomes lion-like; / ever fond of battle, he is always unmanageable to his ministers.

When the asterism has gone to the throne, the king is radiant, fearsome in form, / fickle-minded, wrathful, and an oppressor of his subjects.

[On the verse beginning] 'nṛpaḥ': easily understood.

In the asterism arrived at by the Moon at that moment, in a channel unpierced by malefics, / in an auspicious condition and an auspicious ascendant, the king should be installed on the seat.

And when he sits upon the seat in such a conjunction, / he destroys the host of enemies and brings [the earth] under a single umbrella.

If he sits upon the seat in the channel of a malefic planet, / imprisonment and loss of land, as well as death, come to pass.

Saturn situated in the support asterism produces drought; / a terrible, howling famine and the death of the subjects occur.

And when Saturn is in the seat, he causes defeat in battle; / or else affliction by disease and the pain of wounds arise.

[On] 'tatkālendugate': in the lunar mansion of the Moon at the time of the royal consecration. The rest is clear.

When Saturn is in the asterism of the throne-tablet, the chief queen perishes, / or a beloved person, or a prince, or the destruction of the ministers occurs.

Or when the son of the Sun stands in the lion or on the throne, / then death occurs without doubt, even if the king is equal to Indra.

When Saturn, Rāhu, the Sun, and Mars are joined with the Moon's asterism, / situated in the seat of anyone, they cause his destruction.

Joined with a malefic, in extreme retrograde motion, or situated in a malefic channel, / Saturn, through conjunction with the Moon in the seat, becomes Death personified.

In this manner, a divine counselor without doubt yields auspicious fruit; / he makes the kingdom extensive for anyone in whose seat he is situated.

Thus ends the Lion Throne Diagram in the Yāmalīyasvarodaya. / [On] 'paṭṭaṛkṣe': clear.