Aśvinī — Ashwini

आनयनप्रकारं च शृणुष्व द्विजपुङ्गव। नामनक्षत्रपर्य्यन्तमार्क्षादि कृत्तिकादितः।।१२।।

RenderingHear now the method of finding it: count from Kṛttikā to the name-nakṣatra.

सूर्येन्दुक्ष्माजतमसो वाक्पतिर्मन्दचन्द्रजा। केतुशुक्रौ क्रमादेते विज्ञेयाश्च दशाधिपाः।।१४।।

RenderingThe daśā lords in order: Sūrya, Candra, Maṅgala, Rāhu, Guru, Śani, Budha, Ketu and Śukra.

दस्रश्च मृगशीर्षश्च शर्वः पुष्यश्च सैंद्रभम् । उत्तराविश्वजिच्छ्रोणी चित्रा पुष्यश्च वायुभम् ।।७।। अभिजिद्वसुभं पौष्णं कृत्तिका च पुनर्वसुः । पूर्वोत्तरप्रोष्ठपदौ शततारा च विश्वभम् ।।८।।

Edition gloss (Hindi)अश्विनी, मृगशिरा, आर्द्रा, पुष्य, आर्द्रा, उत्तरा, पूर्वाषाढ़, श्रवण, चित्रा, पुष्य, स्वाती।।७।। अभिजित्, धनिष्ठा, रेवती, कृत्तिका, पुनर्वसु, पूर्वाभाद्रपद, उत्तरा भाद्रपद, शतभिष, उत्तराषाढ।।८।।

अश्विन्यामुदयगतो भृगुर्ग्रहेन्द्रैर्दृष्टश्चेज्जनयति भूपतिं जितारिम् । नीचार्योर्गृहमपहाय वित्तसंस्थो लग्नेशः सह कविना वली च भूपम् ॥

TranslationWhen Venus occupies the asterism Aswini in the Lagna and is aspected by three or more planets, he will usher into the world a King who will destroy all his enemies. If the lord of the Lagna be strong and occupy the 2nd Bhava which is neither his depression sign nor is owned by an enemy and be in conjunction with Venus, the person born will become a King.

Doctrine recordGaṇa (6 guṇas) — each nakṣatra belongs to the deva, manuṣya or rākṣasa gaṇa (temperament class). The same gaṇa earns 6; deva with manuṣya 5–6; deva with rākṣasa 1; manuṣya with rākṣasa 0. A mismatch here (gaṇa-doṣa) signals a clash of basic temperament, softened when the Moon-sign lords are friends.

Doctrine recordYoni (4 guṇas) — each nakṣatra carries an animal nature (aśva, gaja, meṣa, sarpa, śvāna, mārjāra, mūṣaka, go, mahiṣa, vyāghra, mṛga, vānara, nakula, siṃha). The same yoni earns 4; friendly yonis 3; neutral 2; unfriendly 1; the sworn-enemy pairs (horse–buffalo, elephant–lion, sheep–monkey, serpent–mongoose, dog–hare/deer, cat–rat, cow–tiger) earn 0. It measures instinctive, physical compatibility.

Doctrine recordNāḍī (8 guṇas) — the heaviest kūṭa. The 27 nakṣatras cycle through the three nāḍīs (ādi, madhya, antya), the constitutional current. DIFFERENT nāḍīs earn the full 8; the SAME nāḍī earns 0 and is nāḍī-doṣa, the gravest melāpaka objection (held to bear on progeny and health). The doṣa is classically waived when the two Moons share one rāśi with different nakṣatras, or one nakṣatra with different pādas.