Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 11 · The 9th House, Merit and Worship
नवमविवेकः
अंशे केतौ मन्दमात्रदृष्टे संन्यासाभासः ।
Take the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) of the atmakaraka (the planet that stands for the self). Say Ketu is there. Say only Saturn aspects Ketu. Then the person will only seem to be a renunciant.
चन्द्रराहुयोगे क्रूरांशे वा सगुलिके संन्यासभ्रष्टः ।
Say the Moon is joined with Rahu. Or say it is in the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) of a bad planet. Say Gulika (son of Saturn, a shadow…
जीवेऽरिगेऽर्केऽम्बुगे तपोहीनसंन्यासी ।
Say Jupiter is in the 6th house and the Sun is in the 4th. Then the person will be a renunciant without penance.
चन्द्रेज्याङ्गेष्वार्किदृष्टेषु धर्मे जीवे राजयोगजो ब्रह्मगुप्तकाणादादिसमः ।
Say the Moon, Jupiter and the lagna (rising sign) are aspected by Saturn, and Jupiter is in the 9th house. Then the person, born with a royal…