Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 10 · Long Life and the Kind of Death: the 8th House
अष्टमविवेकः
त्रिकोणाद्यगैः सक्षीणेन्दुपापैः शूलेन मृत्युः ।
Say the waning Moon and the bad planets are in the 1st, 5th and 9th houses. Then death comes from a stake.
तुर्येऽर्के खे कुजे क्षीणेन्दुदृष्टे शूलेन मृत्युः ।
Say the Sun is in the 4th house. Mars is in the 10th. The waning Moon aspects Mars. Then death comes from a stake.
खे भौमे तुर्येऽर्के मन्ददृष्टे काष्ठाभिघाततो मृत्युः ।
Say Mars is in the 10th house. The Sun is in the 4th. Saturn aspects the Sun. Then death comes from a blow with wood.
रन्ध्रखाम्बुतनुगैः क्रमात् क्षीणेन्द्वारार्कजार्कैर्लगुडघातनो मृत्युः ।
Say the waning Moon, Mars, Saturn and the Sun are in the 8th, 10th, 4th and 1st houses. They are in that order. Then death comes from a blow with a…