Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 2 · Birth and Childhood
सूतिकातत्वम्
सपापजन्मेशे रन्ध्रे मासे शिशुमरणम् ।
Say the lord of the birth sign is with a malefic in the 8th house. Then the infant dies within a month.
लग्नपेऽस्ते खलविजिते मासे शिशुमरणम् ।
Say the lord of the lagna (rising sign) is in the 7th house. It is beaten by malefics in a planetary war. Then the infant dies within a month.
मन्दार्कारा रन्ध्रे वा षष्ठे मासे शिशुमरणम् ।
Say Saturn, the Sun and Mars are in the 8th or 6th house. Then the infant dies within a month.
ग्रहणेऽङ्गेशेऽबले सपापे पक्षत्रयं मासत्रयं वा जीवति ।
Say the birth is at an eclipse. The lord of the lagna (rising sign) is weak and with a malefic. Then the child lives three fortnights or three months.