Crops found growing here and there will perish for want of water; and in other places they will thrive only when fed by the slight rain sent down by Indra . Generally, if the Lord of the year should appear of small disc or dim or in his Nīca house or if he should suffer defeat in conjunction, he will not produce all the evil effects assigned to him. If he should be otherwise, the effects will be good. If a year already known to be a bad one (vide ch. on Jupiter) should also be found bad under this chapter, there will be an increase of adversity; if found good in both ways, then, an increase of prosperity; if found to be both good and bad, there will be a mixture both of prosperity and adversity.