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Jataka Tattva · Chapter 10
अष्टमविवेकः
This chapter reads 8th house longevity and the end of life. It has 157 sutras.
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
लग्नेशोऽङ्गं धर्मेशो धर्मं रन्ध्रेशो रन्ध्रं पश्यति चेद्ब्रह्मसायुज्यम् ।
Say the 1st lord aspects the 1st house. The 9th lord aspects the 9th house. The 8th lord aspects the 8th house. Then the person becomes one with Brahma.
अष्टमविवेकः
नवमे केवलशुभद्वये ब्रह्मसायुज्यम् ।
Say only two good planets are in the 9th house. Then the person becomes one with Brahma.
अष्टमविवेकः
षष्ठेऽष्टमे वा चन्द्रज्ञौ विषघातः ।
Say the Moon and Mercury are in the 6th or the 8th house. Then the person is harmed by poison.
अष्टमविवेकः
खेऽर्के सुखे कुजे पाषाणघातः ।
Say the Sun is in the 10th house and Mars is in the 4th. Then the person is harmed by a stone.
अष्टमविवेकः
कुजेऽष्टमेऽग्निघातः ।
Say Mars is in the 8th house. Then the person is harmed by fire.
अष्टमविवेकः
क्षीणेन्दावष्टमे जलघातः ।
Say the Moon is weak and in the 8th house. Then the person is harmed by water.
अष्टमविवेकः
ज्ञार्कावष्टमे विषाग्निघातः ।
Say Mercury and the Sun are in the 8th house. Then the person is harmed by poison or fire.
अष्टमविवेकः
राह्वारावष्टमे शृङ्गिनखिदंष्ट्रिघातः ।
Say Rahu and Mars are in the 8th house. Then the person is harmed by horned animals, clawed animals or tusked animals.
अष्टमविवेकः
चापांशे वाहनादुच्चप्रदेशतो वा पतनम् ।
Say [the point in question] is in the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) of Sagittarius. Then the person falls from a vehicle or from a high place.
अष्टमविवेकः
तुर्येशे जलर्क्षे नीचारिमूढहीनबले तुर्यारिगे जलघातः ।
Say the 4th lord is in a water sign. It is in its nicha (low point) sign or an enemy's sign, or it is combust or weak. It is in the 4th or the 6th house. Then the person is harmed by water.
अष्टमविवेकः
लग्नेशेऽबले सुखे पापे जलघातः ।
Say the 1st lord is weak and a bad planet is in the 4th house. Then the person is harmed by water.
अष्टमविवेकः
सुखेशेऽबले सुखे पापे जलघातः ।
Say the 4th lord is weak and a bad planet is in the 4th house. Then the person is harmed by water.
अष्टमविवेकः
सुखपे सपापे केन्द्रे जलघातः ।
Say the 4th lord is joined with bad planets and is in a kendra (corner house). Then the person is harmed by water.
अष्टमविवेकः
लग्नसुखेशौ सुखकर्मेशदृष्टौ जलघातः ।
Say the 1st lord and the 4th lord are aspected by the 4th lord and the 10th lord. Then the person is harmed by water.
अष्टमविवेकः
सुखेशस्यांशेश्वरेण सुखपे युतदृष्टे जलघातः ।
Take the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) of the 4th lord. Say its lord joins or aspects the 4th lord. Then the person is harmed by water.
अष्टमविवेकः
भौमार्कौ सुखे पाषाणघातः ।
Say Mars and the Sun are in the 4th house. Then the person is harmed by a stone.
अष्टमविवेकः
सुखेशयुतदृष्टे खेशे पाषाणघातः ।
Say the 10th lord is joined or aspected by the 4th lord. Then the person is harmed by a stone.
अष्टमविवेकः
सुखपे तमोऽर्कियुते कुजेक्षिते पाषाणघातः ।
Say the 4th lord is joined with Rahu and Saturn and aspected by Mars. Then the person is harmed by a stone.
अष्टमविवेकः
सपापे भौमार्कर्क्षे मन्दे भुजच्छेदः ।
Say Saturn is in a sign of Mars or the Sun and is joined by bad planets. Then an arm is cut off.
अष्टमविवेकः
शत्रुभे मन्दे शुक्रयुतदृष्टे करच्छेदः ।
Say Saturn is in an enemy's sign, joined or aspected by Venus. Then a hand is cut off.
अष्टमविवेकः
चन्द्रार्कतमोभौमा अष्टमे करपादच्छेदः ।
Say the Moon, the Sun, Rahu and Mars are in the 8th house. Then hands and feet are cut off.
अष्टमविवेकः
मन्दर्क्षे राहौ सिंहे चन्द्रेऽष्टमे मस्तकच्छेदः ।
Say Rahu is in a sign of Saturn. The Moon is in Leo, in the 8th house. Then the head is cut off.
अष्टमविवेकः
भौमार्कौ रन्ध्रे मस्तकच्छेदः ।
Say Mars and the Sun are in the 8th house. Then the head is cut off.
अष्टमविवेकः
मन्दारधनेशा लग्ने कर्णच्छेदः ।
Say Saturn, Mars and the 2nd lord are in the 1st house. Then an ear is cut off.
अष्टमविवेकः
षष्ठार्थेशौ लग्ने मन्दारौ षष्ठे कर्णच्छेदः ।
Say the 6th lord and the 2nd lord are in the 1st house. Saturn and Mars are in the 6th. Then an ear is cut off.
अष्टमविवेकः
लाभे भौमार्कौ विषाग्निशस्त्रघातः ।
Say Mars and the Sun are in the 11th house. Then the person is harmed by poison, fire or a weapon.
अष्टमविवेकः
राहौ मन्दे वा लाभे काष्ठपाषाणघातः ।
Say Rahu or Saturn is in the 11th house. Then the person is harmed by wood or stone.
अष्टमविवेकः
चन्द्रारौ केन्द्रे वाष्टमे वाहनभयम् ।
Say the Moon and Mars are in a kendra (corner house), or in the 8th house. Then the person fears harm from vehicles.
अष्टमविवेकः
सुखे क्षीणेन्दौ वाहनभयम् ।
Say the Moon is weak and in the 4th house. Then the person fears harm from vehicles.
अष्टमविवेकः
पापर्क्षे भौमार्कदृष्टे ब्रह्महत्या ।
Say [the point in question] is in a bad planet's sign and is aspected by Mars and the Sun. Then the person is guilty of killing a Brahmin.
अष्टमविवेकः
यमार्कारयोगे ब्रह्महत्या ।
Say Saturn, the Sun and Mars come together. Then the person is guilty of killing a Brahmin.
अष्टमविवेकः
जीवार्कारयोगे ब्रह्महत्या ।
Say Jupiter, the Sun and Mars come together. Then the person is guilty of killing a Brahmin.
अष्टमविवेकः
पापर्क्षे चन्द्रे मन्दार्कारदृष्टे गोहत्या ।
Say the Moon is in a bad planet's sign and is aspected by Saturn, the Sun and Mars. Then the person is guilty of killing a cow.
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.
अष्टमविवेकः
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.
अष्टमविवेकः
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.
अष्टमविवेकः
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). No good planet aspects them. Then the person always kills birds.
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.