Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 2 · Birth and Childhood
सूतिकातत्वम्
पापर्क्षे सुते इन्द्वर्काराः षण्मासायुः ।
Say the 5th house is a sign of a malefic. The Moon, the Sun and Mars are in it. Then the life is six months.
धनान्त्यगा वा व्ययारिगा वा रन्ध्रारिगा वा ऽष्टमाङ्कगाः पापाः षष्ठेऽष्टमे वा मासि मृतिः ।
Say bad planets are in the 2nd and 12th houses. Or they are in the 12th and 6th, or the 6th and 8th, or the 8th and 9th. Then death comes in the 6th…
लग्नद्रेष्काणेशे षष्ठे भतुल्ये मासि मृतिः ।
Say the lord of the lagna (rising sign) drekkana (one-third part of a sign) is in the 6th house. Then death comes in the month equal to the number…
षष्ठाष्टमगयोः पापदृष्टयोः पापयोर्वर्षान्तरे मृतिः ।
Say two bad planets are in the 6th and 8th houses, and bad planets aspect them. Then death comes within the first year.