Hora Sara · by Prithuyashas
Chapter 7 · Working Out the Length of Life
सप्तमोऽध्यायः
एकत्र गतैः सर्वैः केन्द्रादन्यत्र संस्थितैर्जन्तोः ।आयुर्दायविभागैर्दशाफलं ज्ञायते नैव ॥ ६६ ॥
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 at all from the divisions of lifespan.
ग्रहसहिते केन्द्रस्थे चन्द्रे केन्द्राद्बहिः स्थितैः शेषैः ।
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…
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…