Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 10 · Long Life and the Kind of Death: the 8th House
अष्टमविवेकः
लग्नपारावेकांशगौ क्रूरहत्या ।
Say the 1st lord and Mars are in the same navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign). Then the person kills cruelly.
पापयुते गुरौ नीचे वा रवौ बालहत्या ।
Say Jupiter is joined by bad planets, or the Sun is in its nicha (low point) sign. Then the person is guilty of killing a child.
पापे केन्द्रे रन्ध्रे भृगौ पापदृष्टे गोमृगहत्या ।
Say a bad planet is in a kendra (corner house). Venus is in the 8th house, aspected by bad planets. Then the person kills cows and deer.
चन्द्रज्ञौ खे पापदृष्टौ वा नीचांशगौ शुभदृग्घीनौ नित्यं पक्षिहत्या ।
Say the Moon and Mercury are in the 10th house. Bad planets aspect them, or they are in their nicha (low point) navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign)…