Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 5 · Brothers and Livelihood: the 3rd House
सहजविवेकः
भ्रातृकारके नीचर्क्षांशे पापदृष्टे दुःषष्ठ्यंशे भ्रातृहानिः ।
Take the karaka (the planet that stands for a thing) of brothers. Say it is in its nicha (low point) sign and nicha navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign). Bad planets aspect it. It is in a bad shashtyamsha (one-sixtieth part of a sign). Then the person loses brothers.
सोत्थे पापयुतदृष्टे भ्रातृहानिः ।
Say bad planets join or aspect the 3rd house. Then the person loses brothers.
भ्रात्रीशे पापान्तरे भ्रातृहानिः ।
Say the lord of the 3rd has a bad planet on each side of it. Then the person loses brothers.
पापान्तरे सोत्थे नीचखेटान्विते वा शुभादृष्टे भ्रातृहानिः
Say the 3rd house has a bad planet on each side, or holds a planet in its nicha (low point). Say no good planet aspects it. Then the person loses…