Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 2 · Birth and Childhood
सूतिकातत्वम्
मन्दभगे जीवेऽष्टमे पापैर्दृष्टे एकादशाहे शिशुमरणम् ।
Say Jupiter is in a sign of Saturn, in the 8th house. Malefics aspect it. Then the infant dies on the eleventh day.
मन्देऽङ्गे पापमात्रदृष्टे षोडशाहे शिशुमरणम् ।
Say Saturn is in the lagna (rising sign). Only malefics aspect it. Then the infant dies on the sixteenth day.
लग्नांशेशे षष्ठे षष्ठभतुल्यदिने शिशुमरणम् ।
Take the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) the lagna (rising sign) falls in. Say its lord is in the 6th house. Then the infant dies on the day…
षष्ठाष्टमगाः सौम्या वक्रगपापदृष्टा मासे शिशुमरणम् ।
Say benefics are in the 6th and 8th houses. Retrograde malefics aspect them. Then the infant dies within a month.