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Check free →It tells how the chart shows a long, middle or shorter life. It then lists the many ways in which the end may come. It does this calmly, as a plain record of the old rules. It also speaks of a peaceful end and of reaching a good world. Last, it covers harm that may come to the body.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
अष्टमविवेकः
चन्द्रार्कावुभयोदये जलनिमज्जनान्मृत्युः ।
Say the Moon and the Sun are in ubhayodaya (sign rising both ways). Then death comes from drowning.
अष्टमविवेकः
मृगे चन्द्रे कर्के मन्दे जलोदरेण मृत्युः ।
Say the Moon is in Capricorn. Saturn is in Cancer. Then death may come from dropsy.
अष्टमविवेकः
पापयोर्मध्ये कुजर्क्षगे चन्द्रे शस्त्रेणाग्निना वा मृत्युः ।
Say the Moon is in a sign of Mars. It is between two bad planets. Then death comes from a weapon or from fire.
अष्टमविवेकः
कन्यगे चन्द्रे पापयोर्मध्ये रक्तोत्थशोषान्मृत्युः ।
Say the Moon is in Virgo between two bad planets. Then death may come from wasting caused by the blood.
अष्टमविवेकः
सौरर्क्षे चन्द्रे पापयोर्मध्ये ज्वराग्निपातैर्मृत्युः ।
Say the Moon is in a sign of Saturn between two bad planets. Then death comes from fever, fire or a fall.
अष्टमविवेकः
सपापे इन्दावस्ते मेषे शुक्रे सूर्येऽङ्गे स्त्रीहेतुकमृत्युः ।
Say the Moon is in the 7th house with bad planets. Venus is in Aries. The Sun is in the 1st house. Then death comes because of a woman.
अष्टमविवेकः
सूर्यारौ तुर्ये खे यमे शूलेन मृत्युः ।
Say the Sun and Mars are in the 4th house. Saturn is in the 10th. Then death comes from a stake.
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.
अष्टमविवेकः
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.
अष्टमविवेकः
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.
अष्टमविवेकः
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 club.
अष्टमविवेकः
क्षीणेन्द्वारार्कजार्कैः खाङ्कोदयेषुगैर्धूमाग्निबन्धनकाष्ठादि प्रहारान्मृत्युः ।
Say the waning Moon, Mars, Saturn and the Sun are in the 10th, 9th, 1st and 5th houses. They are in that order. Then death comes from smoke, fire, being bound, or blows from wood and the like.
अष्टमविवेकः
खास्ताम्बुगैर्मन्दार्कारैरायुधाग्निनृपकोपतो मृत्युः ।
Say Saturn, the Sun and Mars are in the 10th, 7th and 4th houses, in that order. Then death comes from a weapon, from fire or from a king's anger.
अष्टमविवेकः
भौमेऽम्बुगे खेऽर्के वाहनपाततो मृत्युः ।
Say Mars is in the 4th house. The Sun is in the 10th. Then death comes from a fall from a vehicle.
अष्टमविवेकः
मन्देन्द्वारैर्द्व्यब्धिदशमगैश्छिद्रे क्रमिपाततो मृत्युः ।
Say Saturn, the Moon and Mars are in the 2nd, 4th and 10th houses, in that order. Then death comes from worms getting into a wound.
अष्टमविवेकः
द्यूने भौमे चन्द्रार्कजावङ्गे यन्त्रपीडनान्मृत्युः ।
Say Mars is in the 7th house. The Moon and Saturn are in the 1st. Then death comes from being crushed in a machine.
अष्टमविवेकः
भौमार्किचन्द्रैस्तुलाजयमर्क्षगैर्विण्मध्ये पतितस्य मृत्युः ।
Say Mars, Saturn and the Moon are in Libra, Aries and a sign of Saturn, in that order. Then death comes to one fallen into filth.
अष्टमविवेकः
सप्ताम्बुव्योमगैः सूर्यारक्षीणेन्दुभिर्विण्मध्ये पतितस्य मृत्युः ।
Say the Sun, Mars and the waning Moon are in the 7th, 4th and 10th houses, in that order. Then death comes to one fallen into filth.
अष्टमविवेकः
सूर्यारावस्ते मन्देऽष्टमे क्षीणेन्दौ तुर्ये पक्षिभिर्भक्ष्यन्ते प्रेतः ।
Say the Sun and Mars are in the 7th house. Saturn is in the 8th. The waning Moon is in the 4th. Then birds eat the dead body.
अष्टमविवेकः
चन्द्रेणारयमेनवाद्यात्मजाष्टमगैः शैलशिखराशनिकुड्यपाततो मृत्युः ।
Say the Moon, Mars and Saturn are in the [unclear word], 1st, 5th and 8th houses. Then death comes from a fall from a mountain peak, from lightning, or from a falling wall. (Possible print slip. An older print reads: the Moon, the Sun, Mars and Saturn are in the 9th, 1st, 5th and 8th houses.)
अष्टमविवेकः
रन्ध्रलग्नाधिपावबलौ भौमषष्ठेशयुतौ शैलपाततो मृतिः ।
Say the 8th lord and the 1st lord are weak. They are joined with Mars and the 6th lord. Then death comes from a fall from a mountain.
अष्टमविवेकः
रन्ध्राङ्गपौ तुर्यपयुतौ वाहनतो मृत्युः ।
Say the 8th lord and the 1st lord are joined with the 4th lord. Then death comes from a vehicle.
अष्टमविवेकः
रन्ध्राङ्गपौ षष्ठे सराहुकेतू चोरशस्त्रघाततो मृत्युः ।
Say the 8th lord and the 1st lord are in the 6th house, with Rahu and Ketu. Then death comes from a blow by thieves or a weapon. (Rahu and Ketu are always opposite; this likely means Rahu or Ketu.)
अष्टमविवेकः
धनाङ्गपौ त्रिके सराहुकेतू उद्बन्धनान्मृत्युः ।
Say the 2nd lord and the 1st lord are in a trika (group of three houses), with Rahu and Ketu. Then death comes from hanging. (Rahu and Ketu are always opposite; this likely means Rahu or Ketu.)
अष्टमविवेकः
रन्ध्रस्थौ यमारौ राहुयुतौ शस्त्रतो मृत्युः ।
Say Saturn and Mars are in the 8th house, joined with Rahu. Then death comes from a weapon.
अष्टमविवेकः
रन्ध्रे शुभोऽपापारिवीक्षितो रणे मृत्युः ।
Say a good planet is in the 8th house. A good planet that is its enemy aspects it. Then death comes in battle.
अष्टमविवेकः
निद्रितः शयानो वा पापयुतोऽष्टमे शत्रुकोपतो मृत्युः ।
Say a planet is in the 8th house. It is in nidra (sleeping) avastha (state of a planet) or shayana (lying down) avastha. Bad planets join it. Then death comes through an enemy's anger.
अष्टमविवेकः
रन्ध्रे रवौ वह्नेश्चन्द्रे जलयोगाद्भौमे शस्त्रतो बुधे ज्वरतो गुरौ त्रिदोषतः शुक्रे क्षुधया शनौ तृषया मृत्युः ।
Say the Sun is in the 8th house. Then death comes from fire. If the Moon is there, death comes from water. For Mars, from a weapon. For Mercury, from fever. For Jupiter, from a disorder of all three humours. For Venus, from hunger. For Saturn, from thirst.
अष्टमविवेकः
भौमार्कदृष्टं लग्नं शुक्रेज्यादृष्टं चेद्वृषभेण मृत्युः ।
Say Mars and the Sun aspect the 1st house, and Venus and Jupiter do not aspect it. Then death comes from a bull.
अष्टमविवेकः
मन्दार्कौ लग्ने राहुदृष्टौ वृक्षपाततो मृत्युः
Say Saturn and the Sun are in the 1st house, aspected by Rahu. Then death comes from a falling tree.
अष्टमविवेकः
द्यूने शन्यर्कराहुषु सर्पपीडातो मृत्युः ।
Say Saturn, the Sun and Rahu are in the 7th house. Then death comes from a snake bite.
अष्टमविवेकः
जीवर्क्षे ज्ञे मन्दर्क्षे कुजे व्याघ्रतो मृत्युः ।
Say Mercury is in a sign of Jupiter, and Mars is in a sign of Saturn. Then death comes from a tiger.
अष्टमविवेकः
शुक्रर्क्षे चन्द्रमन्दौ शस्त्रतो मृत्युः ।
Say the Moon and Saturn are in a sign of Venus. Then death comes from a weapon.
अष्टमविवेकः
धर्मे पापाः शुभादृष्टाः शरेण मृत्युः ।
Say bad planets are in the 9th house, and good planets do not aspect them. Then death comes from an arrow.
अष्टमविवेकः
चन्द्रज्ञौ षष्ठेऽष्टमे वा विषेण मृत्युः ।
Say the Moon and Mercury are in the 6th or the 8th house. Then death comes from poison.
अष्टमविवेकः
पुष्पवन्तौ षष्ठाष्टमे वा गजतो मृत्युः ।
Say the Sun and the Moon are in the 6th or the 8th house. Then death comes from an elephant.
अष्टमविवेकः
यो बलवान्निधनं पश्येत्तद्धातुकोपतो मृत्युः
Say a strong planet aspects the 8th house. Then death comes from a disorder of the body humour that planet rules.
अष्टमविवेकः
उक्तयोगाभावेऽष्टमभावाधिष्ठितत्र्यंशेशस्योक्ताग्न्यंब्वादि स्वगुणहेतुतो मृत्युः ।
Say none of the above combinations is present. Then look at the lord of the drekkana (one-third part of a sign) in which the 8th house lies. Death comes from fire, water or the like, as told above, according to that lord's own nature.
अष्टमविवेकः
निधनगद्रेष्काणतो वा मृत्युः ।
Or death comes from the drekkana (one-third part of a sign) in which the 8th house lies.
अष्टमविवेकः
मेषाद्यत्र्यंशे प्लीहजो वा विषजो वा पित्तजो मध्ये जलजोऽन्त्ये कूपादिपाततो मृत्युः ।
Say the 8th house falls in the first drekkana (one-third part of a sign) of Aries. Then death comes from a spleen trouble, poison or a bile trouble. If in the middle drekkana, death comes from water. If in the last, death comes from a fall into a well or the like.
अष्टमविवेकः
वृषादित्र्यंशे खराश्वादितो मध्ये पित्ताग्निचोरतोऽन्त्ये उच्चस्थलाश्वादितो मृत्युः ।
Say the 8th house falls in the first drekkana (one-third part of a sign) of Taurus. Then death comes from a donkey, horse or the like. In the middle drekkana, it comes from bile, fire or thieves. In the last, it comes from a high place, a horse or the like.
अष्टमविवेकः
युग्माद्ये वातश्वासतो मध्ये त्रिदोषादन्त्ये यानपर्वतपाततो वारण्ये मृत्युः ।
Say the 8th house falls in the first drekkana (one-third part of a sign) of Gemini. Then death comes from wind trouble and breathing trouble. In the middle drekkana, it comes from a disorder of all three humours. In the last, it comes from a fall from a vehicle or a mountain, or death in a forest.
अष्टमविवेकः
कर्काद्येऽपेयपानात्कण्टकाद्वा मध्ये विषानिसारतोऽन्त्ये मोहभ्रमप्लीहगुल्मादितो मृत्युः ।
Say the 8th house falls in the first drekkana (one-third part of a sign) of Cancer. Then death comes from drinking what should not be drunk, or from a thorn. In the middle drekkana, it comes from poison or diarrhoea. In the last, it comes from fainting, dizziness, a spleen trouble, a lump in the belly and the like.
अष्टमविवेकः
सिंहाद्ये विषाम्बुरोगेण मध्ये श्वसनाम्बुरोगेणान्त्ये यानपीडाविषशस्त्रेण मृत्युः ।
Say the 8th house falls in the first drekkana (one-third part of a sign) of Leo. Then death comes from poison or a water illness. In the middle drekkana, it comes from breathing trouble or a water illness. In the last, it comes from a vehicle accident, poison or a weapon.
अष्टमविवेकः
कन्याद्ये वातमस्तकरोगेण मध्ये दुर्गाद्रिपातान्नृपकोपतोऽन्त्ये खरोष्ट्रशस्त्राम्बुपाततो मृत्युः ।
Say the 8th house falls in the first drekkana (one-third part of a sign) of Virgo. Then death comes from a head illness caused by vata (the wind humour). In the middle drekkana, it comes from a fall from a fort or mountain, or the king's anger. In the last, it comes from a donkey, a camel, a weapon or water.
अष्टमविवेकः
तुलाद्ये पतनात् स्त्रीतः पशुतो मध्ये जठररोगेणान्त्ये व्यालजलान्मृत्युः ।
Say the 8th house falls in the first drekkana (one-third part of a sign) of Libra. Then death comes from a fall, from a woman, or from an animal. In the middle drekkana, it comes from a belly illness. In the last, it comes from a fierce animal or water.
अष्टमविवेकः
अल्याद्ये विषशस्त्रतो मध्ये भारश्रमाद्वा कटिबस्तिरोगतोऽन्त्ये लोष्टकाष्ठपाषाणतो मृत्युः ।
Say the 8th house falls in the first drekkana (one-third part of a sign) of Scorpio. Then death comes from poison or a weapon. In the middle drekkana, it comes from a heavy load and tiredness, or from a waist and bladder illness. In the last, it comes from a clod, wood or stone.
अष्टमविवेकः
चापाद्ये वातगुदामयान्मध्ये विषबाणाभ्यामन्त्ये जल जलचार्युदरामयान्मृत्युः ।
Say the 8th house falls in the first drekkana (one-third part of a sign) of Sagittarius. Then death comes from a vata (the wind humour) illness or a rectal illness. In the middle drekkana, it comes from poison or an arrow. In the last, it comes from water, water creatures or a belly illness.
अष्टमविवेकः
मृगाद्ये सिंहवराहवृश्चिकतो मध्ये भुजङ्गतोऽन्त्ये चौराग्निशस्त्रज्वरतो मृत्युः ।
Say the 8th house falls in the first drekkana (one-third part of a sign) of Capricorn. Then death comes from a lion, a boar or a scorpion. In the middle drekkana, it comes from a snake. In the last, it comes from thieves, fire, a weapon or fever.
अष्टमविवेकः
कुम्भाद्ये स्त्र्यङ्गजोदरव्याधितो मध्ये गुह्यरोगादन्त्ये विषान्मृत्युः ।
Say the 8th house falls in the first drekkana (one-third part of a sign) of Aquarius. Then death comes from a belly illness that comes from a woman. In the middle drekkana, it comes from an illness of the private parts. In the last, it comes from poison. (It can also be read: the belly illness comes from a woman's body.)
अष्टमविवेकः
मीनाद्ये ग्रहिणी प्रमेहगुल्मतो मध्ये जलोदरगजग्राहतो प्रमेदादन्त्ये कुरोगान्मृत्युः ।
Say the 8th house falls in the first drekkana (one-third part of a sign) of Pisces. Then death comes from chronic bowel trouble, urinary trouble or a lump in the belly. In the middle drekkana, it comes from dropsy, an elephant, a crocodile, or excess fat. In the last, it comes from a bad illness.
अष्टमविवेकः
सौम्ये रन्ध्रे शुभदृष्टे वा धर्मपे सौम्ये तीर्थे मृत्युः ।
Say a good planet is in the 8th house and good planets aspect it. Or say the 9th lord is a good planet. Then death comes at a holy place.
अष्टमविवेकः
धर्मपारार्का धर्मगाः लग्नास्तेशौ मित्रे पत्नीसहगामिनी ।
Say the 9th lord, Mars and the Sun are in the 9th house. The 1st lord and the 7th lord are in a friend's sign. Then his wife goes with him [in death].
अष्टमविवेकः
अंशाद्वा लग्नाद्रन्ध्रे शुभे शुभलोकाप्तिः ।
Take the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) of the atmakaraka (the planet that stands for the self). Say a good planet is in the 8th house from it, or from the lagna (rising sign). Then the person reaches a good world.
अष्टमविवेकः
सिंहासने चन्द्रे पारिजाते गुरौ ऐरावते शुक्रे ब्रह्मसायुज्यम् ।
Say the Moon is in simhasana amsha (a good rank of strength). Jupiter is in parijata amsha (a good rank of strength). Venus is in airavata amsha (a good rank of strength). Then the person becomes one with Brahma.
अष्टमविवेकः
अन्त्येंऽशात् केतौ ब्रह्मसायुज्यम् ।
Take the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) of the atmakaraka (the planet that stands for the self). Say Ketu is in the 12th house from it. Then the person becomes one with Brahma.
अष्टमविवेकः
अंशादन्त्ये मेषचापगशुभे ब्रह्मसायुज्यम् ।
Take the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) of the atmakaraka (the planet that stands for the self). Say a good planet is in the 12th house from it. It is in Aries or Sagittarius. Then the person becomes one with Brahma.
अष्टमविवेकः
एकस्थानगानां चतुर्णामधिष्ठितराशीशे केन्द्रे कोणे ब्रह्मसायुज्यम् ।
Say four planets are in one place. The lord of the sign they occupy is in a kendra (corner house) or a trikona (luck house). Then the person becomes one with Brahma.
अष्टमविवेकः
माने मीने सौम्ये वा भौमे ब्रह्मसायुज्यम् ।
Say the 10th house is Pisces, and a good planet or Mars is in it. Then the person becomes one with Brahma.
अष्टमविवेकः
रन्ध्रेशे याने निद्रिते वा शुभयुतदृष्टे ब्रह्मसायुज्यम् ।
Say the 8th lord is in gamana (going) avastha (state of a planet) or nidra (sleeping) avastha. Good planets join or aspect it. Then the person becomes one with Brahma.
Sutra 10.4 says a long life may come when the lords of the 8th, 1st and 10th are well placed. Sutra 10.9 adds a version with Saturn.
Sutra 10.18 says the life may be shorter when the 8th lord is joined by bad planets in the 12th or 6th house.
Yes. Sutra 10.112 says the end may come at a holy place when a good planet in the 8th house is looked at by good planets.