Hora Sara · by Prithuyashas
Chapter 7 · Working Out the Length of Life
सप्तमोऽध्यायः
ग्रहसहिते केन्द्रस्थे चन्द्रे केन्द्राद्बहिः स्थितैः शेषैः ।समुदायाष्टकविधिना ग्रहदायं कल्पयेन्मणित्थमतात् ॥ ६५ ॥
Say the Moon, with a planet, is in a kendra (corner house). Say the rest stand outside the kendras. Then set the planets' share by the combined ashtakavarga (eight-source point table) rule, as Manittha holds.
एकत्र गतैः सर्वैः केन्द्रादन्यत्र संस्थितैर्जन्तोः ।
Say all the planets stand together in one place, away from the kendras (corner houses). Then the result of the dasha (planet period) cannot be known…
अल्पायुर्योगभवा दीर्घायुर्योगजास्तु ये मनुजाः ।
Some people are born of short-life or long-life combinations. Their lifespan surely cannot be known from the divisions of the dasha (planet period).
षष्ठाष्टमव्ययगतैः पापैरल्पायुरादिशेत्तज्ज्ञः ।
Say bad planets stand in the 6th, 8th and 12th. Then the knower tells of a short life. With good planets, it is the opposite. With mixed planets…