7.

CHESTA BALA
Chesta means to move or to try. This strenth is attained by the planets, excluding the lumeries by the the
virtue of their kind of movement. For Sun, the Ayana Bala becomes its chesta Bala, hereas for !oon,
the "aksha Bala becomes the chesta Bala. For other planets, eight kinds of motions are attributed to
they. These are#
$ %akra &retrogression'
$ Anuvakra &entering the previous sign in retrograde motion'
$ %ikal &devoid of motion'
$ !and &somehat sloer motion than usual'
$ !andatar &sloer than the previous'
$ Sama &neither fast nor slo'
$ Char &faster than Sama'
$ Atichar &entering next sign in accelerated motion'
The strengths, allotted due to such ( motions are )*, +*, ,-, +*, ,-, ..-, /- and +* virupas.
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