बृहत्-पाराशर-होरा-शास्त्रम् bṛhat-pārāśara-horā-śāstram - chapter-29, verse-2

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लग्नाद् यावतिथे राशौ तिष्ठेल्लग्नेश्वरः क्रमात् ।
ततस्तावतिथे राशौ लग्नस्य पदमुच्यते ॥२॥

2. lagnād yāvatithe rāśau tiṣṭhellagneśvaraḥ kramāt .
tatastāvatithe rāśau lagnasya padamucyate.

2. lagnāt yāvatithe rāśau tiṣṭhet lagneśvaraḥ kramāt
| tatas tāvatithe rāśau lagnasya padam ucyate

2. From the ascendant (lagna), count the number of houses (rāśis) to the house where the lord of the ascendant (lagneśvara) is situated. Then, counting the same number of houses sequentially from the house of the ascendant lord, that resulting house (rāśi) is called the Lagna pada.

Words meanings summery:

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लग्नात् (lagnāt) - from the astrological ascendant (from the ascendant, from the lagna)

यावतिथे (yāvatithe) - in whichever numbered (house), in which serial number

राशौ (rāśau) - in the astrological house (in the sign, in the zodiac sign, in the house)

तिष्ठेत् (tiṣṭhet) - should stand, should be situated, may it be

लग्नेश्वरः (lagneśvaraḥ) - the planetary lord of the ascendant (the lord of the ascendant, the lagna lord)

क्रमात् (kramāt) - sequentially, in order, gradually

ततस् (tatas) - from that point (the house of the lagna lord) (from that, then, thereafter)

तावतिथे (tāvatithe) - in that same numbered (house), in the equally distant

राशौ (rāśau) - in the astrological house (in the sign, in the zodiac sign, in the house)

लग्नस्य (lagnasya) - of the astrological ascendant (of the ascendant, of the lagna)

पदम् (padam) - the Lagna pada (Arudha Lagna) (the pada, the foot, the step, the word)

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is declared

Words meanings and morphology

लग्नात् (lagnāt) - from the astrological ascendant (from the ascendant, from the lagna)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of lagna

lagna - ascendant, rising sign, union, attached

From √lag (to adhere, to cling, to touch). In astrology, the zodiac sign rising on the eastern horizon at the moment of birth.

Root: lag (class 1)

Note: Indicates the starting point for counting.

यावतिथे (yāvatithe) - in whichever numbered (house), in which serial number

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of yāvatitha

yāvatitha - of what number, how many-eth

From yāvat (as many as) + -titha (suffix for ordinal numbers)

राशौ (rāśau) - in the astrological house (in the sign, in the zodiac sign, in the house)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of rāśi

rāśi - heap, pile, quantity, zodiac sign, house (astrology)

तिष्ठेत् (tiṣṭhet) - should stand, should be situated, may it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of sthā

Optative mood, third person singular, active voice

From root sthā (1st conj., P.), present stem tiṣṭha-

Root: sthā (class 1)

लग्नेश्वरः (lagneśvaraḥ) - the planetary lord of the ascendant (the lord of the ascendant, the lagna lord)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lagneśvara

lagneśvara - lord of the ascendant, lord of the lagna

Compound lagna (ascendant) + īśvara (lord)

Compound type : tatpurusha (lagna+īśvara)

lagna – ascendant, rising sign
noun (neuter)
Root: lag (class 1)
īśvara – lord, master, ruler
noun (masculine)
From īś (to rule) + vara
Root: īś (class 2)

Note: Subject of `tiṣṭhet`.

क्रमात् (kramāt) - sequentially, in order, gradually

(indeclinable)

From √kram (to step, to go)

Root: kram (class 1)

Note: Indicates the manner of counting houses.

ततस् (tatas) - from that point (the house of the lagna lord) (from that, then, thereafter)

(indeclinable)

Formed from tad (that) + -tas suffix

तावतिथे (tāvatithe) - in that same numbered (house), in the equally distant

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of tāvatitha