Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 5 · Brothers and Livelihood: the 3rd House
सहजविवेकः
लग्नेन्द्वर्केभ्यः खेशस्यांशेशवशाद्वृत्तिं वदेत् ।
Take the lord of the 10th from the lagna (rising sign), the Moon and the Sun. Tell the person's work from the lord of the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) it is in.
सूर्यांशे भैषज्यसुगन्धिसुवर्णोर्णामुक्तामणिपण्येन दौत्येन मन्त्रोपदेशरसवादविनोदमार्गैर्वा वृत्तिः ।
Say that navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) is the Sun's. Then the person lives by trade in medicine, perfumes, gold, wool, pearls and gems. Or he…
चन्द्रांशे शंखमुक्ताप्रवालादिवाणिज्येन कृषिमृद्वाग्विनोदमार्गैः राज्याङ्गनाश्रयेण वृत्तिः ।
Say that navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) is the Moon's. Then the person lives by trade in conch shells, pearls, coral and the like. Or he lives…
भौमांशे मनःशिलाहरितालहिङ्गुलकाञ्जनादिभिः ख[OCR fragment unrecoverable]चक्रकुन्तचापतोमराद्यैः साहसैरग्निक्रियया स्वबलक्रियारंभैर्धनाप्तिः ।
Say that navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) is Mars's. Then the person gains money through red arsenic, orpiment, cinnabar, collyrium and the like…