Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 2 · Birth and Childhood
सूतिकातत्वम्
सर्वे बलिनो वा नृराशिगा वा मित्रभगा वा शुभभगा वा शुभवर्गगाः सर्वारिष्टहरः ।
Say all planets are strong. Or they are all in human signs, or friends' signs, or signs of good planets. Or they are in good planets' varga (division of a sign). Then they remove every danger to life.
षष्ठाष्टमेशौ चन्द्रारयुतौ तुर्यगौ जारजः ।
Say the lords of the 6th and 8th houses are joined with the Moon and Mars, in the 4th house. Then the person is born of the mother's lover, not her…
षष्ठाङ्केशौ पापयुतौ जारजः ।
Say the lords of the 6th and 9th houses are joined with bad planets. Then the person is born of the mother's lover, not her husband.
षष्ठाङ्केशयोर्मन्दयोगे शूद्रजो ज्ञयोगे वैश्यजोऽर्कयोगे क्षत्रजो जीवशुक्रान्यतरयोगे ब्राह्मणजो जारजः ।
Say the lords of the 6th and 9th houses are joined with Saturn. Then the person is born of a Shudra man. If joined with Mercury, of a Vaishya man…