Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 5 · Brothers and Livelihood: the 3rd House
सहजविवेकः
सोत्थेशांशेश्वरांशेशे नीचास्तारिभे भ्रातृहानिः ।
Take the lord of the 3rd and find the lord of its navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign). Then find the lord of that planet's navamsha. Say this last planet is in its nicha (low point), combust, or in an enemy's sign. Then the person loses brothers.
सोत्थपे वा कारके त्रिके पापेक्षितयुते स्वोच्चे वा भ्रातृहानिः
Take the lord of the 3rd, or the karaka (the planet that stands for a thing) of brothers. Say it is in the trika (group of three houses). Bad…
सोत्थगैः पापैर्बाल्ये भ्रातृहानिः ।
Say bad planets are in the 3rd house. Then the person loses brothers in childhood.
सोत्थपे तत्कारके वा पापैर्युते भ्रातृहानिः ।
Say bad planets join the lord of the 3rd. Or they join the karaka (the planet that stands for a thing) of brothers. Then the person loses brothers.