Loading…
Jataka Tattva · Chapter 2
सूतिकातत्वम्
Balarishta means danger in the early years of life, and it is the main theme of this chapter. The chapter has 167 sutras.
It speaks of birth, the place of birth and the first days of a child. It then lists chart signs of danger, and it states them calmly. It also gives many signs that guard a life. Last, it covers parentage and marks on the body.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
सूतिकातत्वम्
त्रिके सौम्याः केन्द्रे कोणे पापा लग्नेऽर्के बालस्य सद्यो मृतिः ।
Say benefics are in the 6th, 8th and 12th houses. Malefics are in the 1st, 4th, 7th, 10th, 5th and 9th houses. The Sun is in the lagna (rising sign). Then the child dies at once.
सूतिकातत्वम्
चन्द्रपापयुतेषु सर्वकेन्द्रेषु बालस्य सद्यो मृतिः ।
Say the Moon and malefics fill all of the 1st, 4th, 7th and 10th houses. Then the child dies at once.
सूतिकातत्वम्
लग्नास्तगौ पापौ चन्द्रो मिश्रदृष्टो बालस्य सद्यो मृतिः ।
Say malefics are in the lagna (rising sign) and the 7th house. The Moon is aspected by both a benefic and a malefic. Then the child dies at once.
सूतिकातत्वम्
क्षीणेन्दावन्त्ये पापेषु लग्नाष्टगेषु केन्द्रान्तरगेषु शुभेषु बालस्य सद्यो मृतिः ।
Say the Moon is waning and in the 12th house. Malefics are in the lagna (rising sign) and the 8th. Benefics are away from the 1st, 4th, 7th and 10th houses. Then the child dies at once.
सूतिकातत्वम्
पापान्तरे चन्द्रे रन्ध्राम्बुसप्तमगे बालस्य सद्यो मृतिः ।
Say the Moon is between malefics. It is in the 8th, 4th or 7th house. Then the child dies at once.
सूतिकातत्वम्
सन्ध्यायां भान्त्यगाः पापा इन्दुहोरायां बालस्य सद्यो मृतिः ।
Say the birth is at twilight, in the Moon's half-sign. Malefics are at the end of a sign. Then the child dies at once.
सूतिकातत्वम्
रन्ध्रास्तगौ पापौ पापमात्रदृष्टौ बालस्य सद्यो मृतिः ।
Say malefics are in the 8th and 7th houses. Only malefics aspect them. Then the child dies at once.
सूतिकातत्वम्
लग्नान्त्याष्टाङ्कक्रमाचन्द्रारार्कमन्दा बालस्य सद्यो मृतिः ।
Say the Moon is in the lagna (rising sign) and Mars in the 12th. The Sun is in the 8th and Saturn in the 9th. Then the child dies at once.
सूतिकातत्वम्
षष्ठ्यां जातस्य भौमार्कावङ्गे मृतिः ।
Say a child is born on the sixth tithi (moon day). Mars and the Sun are in the lagna (rising sign). Then the child dies.
सूतिकातत्वम्
षष्ठाष्टमगे चन्द्रे पापवर्गस्थे तुर्ये राहौ शिशुमरणम् ।
Say the Moon is in the 6th or 8th house, in the division of a malefic. Rahu is in the 4th house. Then the infant dies.
सूतिकातत्वम्
चन्द्रादस्ते भौमार्कौ दशाहे शिशुमरणम् ।
Say Mars and the Sun are in the 7th house from the Moon. Then the infant dies on the tenth day.
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.
सूतिकातत्वम्
मन्देऽङ्गे पापमात्रदृष्टे षोडशाहे शिशुमरणम् ।
Say Saturn is in the lagna (rising sign). Only malefics aspect it. Then the infant dies on the sixteenth day.
सूतिकातत्वम्
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 that matches the number of the 6th house's sign.
सूतिकातत्वम्
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.
सूतिकातत्वम्
सपापेऽङ्गेशे यूने मासे शिशुमरणम् ।
Say the lord of the lagna (rising sign) is with a malefic in the 7th house. Then the infant dies within a month.
सूतिकातत्वम्
कुजेऽङ्गे जीवेऽन्त्ये शुभे षष्ठे मासे शिशुमरणम् ।
Say Mars is in the lagna (rising sign) and Jupiter is in the 12th house. A benefic is in the 6th. Then the infant dies within a month.
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.
सूतिकातत्वम्
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.
सूतिकातत्वम्
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.
सूतिकातत्वम्
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.
सूतिकातत्वम्
रन्ध्रेऽङ्गेशे पापयुतदृष्टे तुर्यमासायुः ।
Say the lord of the lagna (rising sign) is in the 8th house. Malefics join or aspect it. Then the life is four months.
सूतिकातत्वम्
सर्वे आपोक्लिमगा विचलाः षण्मासायुः ।
Say all the planets are in the 3rd, 6th, 9th and 12th houses and are unsteady. Then the life is six months.
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.
सूतिकातत्वम्
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 or the 8th month.
सूतिकातत्वम्
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 of the sign.
सूतिकातत्वम्
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.
सूतिकातत्वम्
चन्द्रज्ञौ केन्द्रे मूढमन्दारदृष्टौ वर्षान्तरे मृतिः ।
Say the Moon and Mercury are in the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house. Saturn and Mars, both combust, aspect them. Then death comes within the first year.
सूतिकातत्वम्
लग्नपाचन्द्रेंशे ऽष्टमे पापमात्रदृष्टे वर्षद्वयायुः ।
Say the lord of the Moon's sign is in the 8th house from the lagna (rising sign) lord. Only bad planets aspect it. Then life lasts two years.
सूतिकातत्वम्
केन्द्राष्टषष्ठे वक्रगे ग्रहे कुजभे सबलारदृष्टे वर्षत्रयायुः ।
Say a planet is retrograde in the 1st, 4th, 7th, 10th, 8th or 6th house, in a sign of Mars. A strong Mars aspects it. Then life lasts three years.
सूतिकातत्वम्
सोत्थे पापांशगौ पापदृष्टौ पुष्पवन्तौ वर्षत्रयायुः ।
Say the Sun and Moon are in the 3rd house. They are in the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) of bad planets. Bad planets aspect them. Then life lasts three years.
सूतिकातत्वम्
भौमभेऽष्टमे जीवे मन्देन्द्वर्कदृष्टे भृग्वदृष्टे वर्षत्रयायुः ।
Say Jupiter is in the 8th house, in a sign of Mars. Saturn, the Moon and the Sun aspect him, but Venus does not. Then life lasts three years.
सूतिकातत्वम्
षष्ठाष्टमे कर्कगे ज्ञे चन्द्रदृष्टे तुर्येऽब्दे मृतिः ।
Say Mercury is in Cancer, in the 6th or 8th house, and the Moon aspects it. Then death comes in the 4th year.
सूतिकातत्वम्
सेन्द्वर्केज्यौ वा सेन्द्वर्कार्क्यारा वा समन्देन्द्वच्छाराः पञ्चमाब्दे मृतिः ।
Say Jupiter is with the Moon and the Sun. Or say Saturn and Mars are with the Moon and the Sun. Or say Mars and Venus are with Saturn and the Moon. Then death comes in the 5th year.
सूतिकातत्वम्
लग्ने राहौ पापमात्रदृष्टयुते पञ्चमाब्दे मृतिः ।
Say Rahu is in the lagna (rising sign), joined or aspected only by bad planets. Then death comes in the 5th year.
सूतिकातत्वम्
सूर्येन्दुभे त्रिके शुक्रे पापदृष्टे षष्ठेऽब्दे मृतिः ।
Say Venus is in a sign of the Sun or the Moon, in the 6th, 8th or 12th house. Bad planets aspect it. Then death comes in the 6th year.
सूतिकातत्वम्
लग्नेऽर्कमन्दाराः क्षीणेन्दावस्ते षष्ठे सप्तमे वाब्दे मृतिः ।
Say the Sun, Saturn and Mars are in the lagna (rising sign), and a weak Moon is in the 7th. Then death comes in the 6th or 7th year.
सूतिकातत्वम्
क्षीणेन्दावस्ते लग्ने मन्दाराच्छा गुर्वदृष्टाः सप्तमेऽब्दे मृतिः ।
Say a weak Moon is in the 7th house. Saturn, Mars and Venus are in the lagna (rising sign), and Jupiter does not aspect them. Then death comes in the 7th year.
सूतिकातत्वम्
षष्ठाष्टमगाः सौम्याः कोणे पापा अष्टमेऽब्दे मृतिः ।
Say good planets are in the 6th and 8th houses, and bad planets are in the 5th or 9th house. Then death comes in the 8th year.
सूतिकातत्वम्
क्षीणेन्दावस्ते शुक्रभे लग्ने मन्दारार्का गुर्वदृष्टाः सप्तमेऽब्दे मृतिः ।
Say a weak Moon is in the 7th house. The lagna (rising sign) is a sign of Venus. Saturn, Mars and the Sun are in it, and Jupiter does not aspect them. Then death comes in the 7th year.
सूतिकातत्वम्
त्रिके चन्द्रार्कार्कियोगे नवमाब्दे मृतिः ।
Say the Moon, the Sun and Saturn are together in the 6th, 8th or 12th house. Then death comes in the 9th year.
सूतिकातत्वम्
ज्ञभगा इन्द्वर्कारा गुर्वदृष्टा नवमाब्दे मृतिः ।
Say the Moon, the Sun and Mars are in a sign of Mercury, and Jupiter does not aspect them. Then death comes in the 9th year.
सूतिकातत्वम्
यूने चन्द्रेऽष्टमेशेऽङ्गे मन्ददृष्टे नवमाब्दे मृतिः ।
Say the Moon is in the 7th house. Say the lord of the 8th house is in the lagna (rising sign), and Saturn aspects it. Then death comes in the 9th year.
सूतिकातत्वम्
चन्द्राङ्गेशावस्ते वा त्रिके भतुल्याब्दैर्मृतिः ।
Say the Moon and the lagna (rising sign) lord are in the 7th house. Or they are in the 6th, 8th or 12th. Then death comes in the year equal to the number of the sign.
सूतिकातत्वम्
जन्मेशाद्रन्ध्रगौ शुक्रार्कौ वा लग्नेशे षष्ठे भतुल्याब्दे मृतिः ।
Say Venus and the Sun are in the 8th house from the lord of the birth sign. Or say the lagna (rising sign) lord is in the 6th house. Then death comes in the year equal to the number of the sign.
सूतिकातत्वम्
चन्द्राङ्गेशौ मन्दार्कयुतौ द्वादशाब्दे मृतिः ।
Say the Moon and the lagna (rising sign) lord are joined with Saturn and the Sun. Then death comes in the 12th year.
सूतिकातत्वम्
जीवे भौमभे भौमे जीवभे वा सूर्ये मन्दभे मन्दे सूर्यभे द्वादशाब्दे मृतिः ।
Say Jupiter is in a sign of Mars and Mars is in a sign of Jupiter. Or say the Sun is in a sign of Saturn and Saturn is in a sign of the Sun. Then death comes in the 12th year.
सूतिकातत्वम्
क्रमान्मेषादिगो विधुरष्टनवमत्रयोविंशद्वाविंशपञ्चम प्रथमचतुर्थत्रयोविंशाष्टादशविंशैकविंशदशमलवस्थो लवाङ्कमितेऽब्दे मृतिः ।
Say the Moon is in Aries, Taurus and the other signs in order. It stands in one of these degrees, one for each sign: 8th, 9th, 23rd, 22nd, 5th, 1st, 4th, 23rd, 18th, 20th, 21st or 10th. Then death comes in the year equal to that number.
सूतिकातत्वम्
रात्रौ षष्ठाष्टमगश्चन्द्रः शुक्ले सर्वारिष्टहरः ।
Say the Moon is in the 6th or 8th house, in the bright half, at night. Then it removes every danger to life.
सूतिकातत्वम्
सौम्यभांशगाः सौम्याः सर्वारिष्टहराः ।
Say good planets are in the signs and navamshas (one-ninth part of a sign) of good planets. Then they remove every danger to life.
सूतिकातत्वम्
भेशे केन्द्रे वा सौम्ये केन्द्रे सर्वारिष्टहरः ।
Say the lord of the sign [holding the Moon] is in the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house. Or say a good planet is there. Then danger to life is removed.
सूतिकातत्वम्
शीर्षोदयगाः सर्वे सर्वारिष्टहराः ।
Say all planets are in shirshodaya (head-first rising sign) signs. Then they remove every danger to life.
सूतिकातत्वम्
षष्ठाष्टमगे कृष्णे चन्द्रे दिवा पापदृष्टे सर्वारिष्टहरः ।
Say the Moon is in the 6th or 8th house, in the dark half, by day. Bad planets aspect it. Then it removes every danger to life.
सूतिकातत्वम्
स्वोच्चसुहृद्भे चन्द्रे सर्वारिष्टहरः ।
Say the Moon is in its own uchcha (high point) sign or a friend's sign. Then it removes every danger to life.
सूतिकातत्वम्
चन्द्रात् खे जीवो व्यये ज्ञाच्छौ लाभे खलाः सर्वारिष्टहरः ।
Count from the Moon. Say Jupiter is in the 10th, Mercury and Venus are in the 12th, and bad planets are in the 11th. Then they remove every danger to life.
सूतिकातत्वम्
कर्काजे इन्दौ केन्द्रे सद्दृष्टे सर्वारिष्टहरः ।
Say the Moon is in Cancer or Aries, in the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house. Good planets aspect it. Then it removes every danger to life.
सूतिकातत्वम्
कर्काजवृषेऽङ्गे राहौ सर्वारिष्टहरः ।
Say Rahu is in the lagna (rising sign), in Cancer, Aries or Taurus. Then it removes every danger to life.
सूतिकातत्वम्
केन्द्रे तदग्रे च सर्वखेटाः सर्वारिष्टहरः ।
Say all planets are in the 1st, 4th, 7th and 10th houses, and in the houses next after them. Then they remove every danger to life.
सूतिकातत्वम्
शुभभे पूर्णेन्दौ सर्वारिष्टहरः ।
Say the full Moon is in a sign of a good planet. Then it removes every danger to life.
सूतिकातत्वम्
षष्ठाष्टमे चन्द्रे शुभवर्गगे सर्वारिष्टहरः ।
Say the Moon is in the 6th or 8th house, in a good planet's varga (division of a sign). Then it removes every danger to life.
Sutras 2.110, 2.119 and 2.125 say that good planets in the signs and navamshas of good planets, a full Moon in a good planet's sign, or Jupiter in his own or high sign in a corner house remove every danger to life.
Sutra 2.164 calls the birth good when the atmakaraka is strong. Sutra 2.161 says the same when the rising sign or the Moon has the same sign in its navamsha.
No. Alongside its balarishta rules, it gives several chart signs that guard a life, as in Sutra 2.116.