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Check free →It reads quarrels and the pain that foes bring. It also covers wounds, health and the fears of a life. The sutras tie many kinds of illness to the chart. This page speaks of them only in general terms. Some sutras end on help, such as the gift of a maternal uncle.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
षष्ठविवेकः
षष्ठे राहुकेतू दन्तेऽधरे वा रोगी ।
Say Rahu and Ketu are in the 6th house. Then he has trouble in the teeth or in the lower lip. (Rahu and Ketu are always opposite; this likely means Rahu or Ketu.)
षष्ठविवेकः
ज्ञारर्क्षेऽङ्गेशे शत्रुदृष्टे गुदसमीपेऽर्धाङ्गे वा रोगी ।
Say the lord of the lagna (rising sign) is in a sign of Mercury or Mars. An enemy planet aspects it. Then he has illness near the anus, or paralysis of one side of the body.
षष्ठविवेकः
कर्काल्यंशे चन्द्रे पापयुते गुप्तरोगी ।
Say the Moon is in a Cancer or Scorpio navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign). Bad planets join it. Then he has an illness of the private parts.
षष्ठविवेकः
ज्ञाराङ्गेशाः सिंहगाः सुखे वा व्यये गुदरोगी ।
Say Mercury, Mars and the lord of the lagna (rising sign) are in Leo. Leo is the 4th or the 12th house. Then he has an illness of the anus.
षष्ठविवेकः
रन्ध्रे पापा गुह्यरोगी ।
Say bad planets are in the 8th house. Then the person may suffer from a disease of the private parts.
षष्ठविवेकः
जीवेऽन्त्ये गुह्यरोगी ।
Say Jupiter is in the 12th house. Then the person may suffer from a disease of the private parts.
षष्ठविवेकः
त्रिकेऽष्टमेशे नित्यरोगी ।
Say the 8th lord is in the 6th, 8th or 12th house. Then the person is ill all the time.
षष्ठविवेकः
लग्ने कुजे शन्यर्कदृष्टे शस्त्रादिपीडा ।
Say Mars is in the 1st house. Saturn and the Sun aspect it. Then the person may be hurt by weapons and the like.
षष्ठविवेकः
सार्कजे चन्द्रे भोमदृष्टेऽपस्मारी ।
Say the Moon is joined with Saturn. Mars aspects the Moon. Then the person may suffer from epilepsy.
षष्ठविवेकः
रन्ध्रे चन्द्रराहू अपस्मारी ।
Say the Moon and Rahu are in the 8th house. Then the person may suffer from epilepsy.
षष्ठविवेकः
रन्ध्रे पापाश्चन्द्राच्छौ संयुतौ केन्द्रे अपस्मारी ।
Say bad planets are in the 8th house. The Moon and Venus are joined in a corner house. Then the person may suffer from epilepsy.
षष्ठविवेकः
षष्ठाष्टमे मन्दे कुजयुतेऽपस्मारी ।
Say Saturn is in the 6th or 8th house, joined with Mars. Then the person may suffer from epilepsy.
षष्ठविवेकः
चन्द्रारार्का लग्नमृतिगाः क्रूरदृष्टा अपस्मारी ।
Say the Moon, Mars and the Sun are in the 1st or 8th house. Bad planets aspect them. Then the person may suffer from epilepsy.
षष्ठविवेकः
ग्रहणकाले यमारौ रन्ध्रे षष्ठे वा गुरुहीने लग्ने त्रिकोणेऽपस्मारी ।
Say it is the time of an eclipse. Saturn and Mars are in the 8th or 6th house. The lagna (rising sign) and the luck house have no Jupiter. Then the person may suffer from epilepsy.
षष्ठविवेकः
इन्दौ षष्ठेऽङ्गे राहौ अपस्मारी ।
Say the Moon is in the 6th house and Rahu is in the 1st house. Then the person may suffer from epilepsy.
षष्ठविवेकः
ज्ञार्थेशौ सराहुकेत्वोः षष्ठे तमस्थर्क्षेशयुतौ तालुरोगः ।
Say Mercury and the 2nd lord are in the 6th house with Rahu and Ketu. They are also joined with the lord of the sign Rahu is in. Then the person may have trouble in the palate. (Rahu and Ketu are always opposite; this likely means Rahu or Ketu.)
षष्ठविवेकः
सज्ञे सोत्थपे गलरोगः ।
Say the lord of the 3rd house is joined with Mercury. Then the person may have a throat disease.
षष्ठविवेकः
पापे सोत्थे गलरोगः ।
Say a bad planet is in the 3rd house. Then the person may have a throat disease.
षष्ठविवेकः
सोत्थे गुलिके विशेषाद्गलरोगः ।
Say Gulika (son of Saturn, a shadow point) is in the 3rd house. Then a throat disease is most likely.
षष्ठविवेकः
सोत्थेशांशेश्वरांशेशे केन्द्रे पापयुतदृष्टे मस्तकरोगः ।
Say the 3rd lord has a navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign). Take its lord. Take the navamsha of that lord. Say the lord of that navamsha is in a corner house. Bad planets join or aspect it. Then the person may have a head disease.
षष्ठविवेकः
यमारराहव एकर्क्षगा मस्तकरोगः ।
Say Saturn, Mars and Rahu are in one sign. Then the person may have a head disease.
षष्ठविवेकः
कुजर्क्षेऽङ्गेशे ज्ञयुते मुखरोगः ।
Say the lagna (rising sign) lord is in a sign of Mars. Mercury is joined with it. Then the person may have a disease of the mouth.
षष्ठविवेकः
कोशेऽर्कारौ मुखरोगः ।
Say the Sun and Mars are in the 2nd house. Then the person may have a disease of the mouth.
षष्ठविवेकः
सोत्थे प्रेतपुरीषांशे भौमे कर्णरोगः ।
Say Mars is in the 3rd house, in the Preta (ghost) or Purisha shashtyamsha (one-sixtieth part of a sign). Then the person may have an ear disease.
षष्ठविवेकः
सोत्थे गुलिकार्कजौ शुभदृग्घीनौ कर्णरोगः ।
Say Gulika (son of Saturn, a shadow point) and Saturn are in the 3rd house. Good planets do not aspect them. Then the person may have an ear disease.
षष्ठविवेकः
सोत्थपे क्रूरषष्ट्यंशे कर्णरोगः ।
Say the 3rd lord is in a cruel shashtyamsha (one-sixtieth part of a sign). Then the person may have an ear disease.
षष्ठविवेकः
अंशे केतौ पापदृष्टे कर्णच्छेदः कर्णरोगो वा ।
Take the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) of the atmakaraka (the planet that stands for the self). Say Ketu is in it. Bad planets aspect Ketu. Then an ear may be cut off, or the person may have an ear disease.
षष्ठविवेकः
समन्देऽरीशे नीचेऽनिलरोगः ।
Say the 6th lord is at its low point and joined with Saturn. Then the person may suffer from an illness of vata (the wind humour).
षष्ठविवेकः
सारौ षष्ठेशज्ञौ लिंगरोगः ।
Say the 6th lord and Mercury are joined with Mars. Then the person may have a disease of the private parts.
षष्ठविवेकः
षष्ठे चन्द्रे रन्ध्रे मन्देऽन्त्ये पापे लग्नपे पापांशे पीनसरोगः ।
Say the Moon is in the 6th house. Saturn is in the 8th house. A bad planet is in the 12th house. The lagna (rising sign) lord is in the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) of a bad planet. Then the person may suffer from a long-lasting runny or blocked nose.
षष्ठविवेकः
रन्ध्रेशे सराहुकेतौ चातुर्थिकज्वरः ।
Say the 8th lord is joined with Rahu and Ketu. Then the person may suffer from a fever that returns every fourth day. (Rahu and Ketu are always opposite; this likely means Rahu or Ketu.)
षष्ठविवेकः
रन्ध्रे चन्द्रे समन्देऽबले पिशाचपीडा ।
Say the Moon is in the 8th house with Saturn and is weak. Then the person may be troubled by a pishacha (goblin).
षष्ठविवेकः
तमोर्कजौ लग्ने पिशाचपीडा ।
Say Rahu and Saturn are in the 1st house. Then the person may be troubled by a pishacha (goblin).
षष्ठविवेकः
व्ययेशेऽबले क्रूरभांशे नीचांशे वा देहवैकल्यम् ।
Say the 12th lord is weak. It is in the sign and navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) of a bad planet. Or, while weak, it is in its nicha (low point) navamsha. Then the body may be deformed.
षष्ठविवेकः
व्यये पापा वा व्ययेशः पापयुतो देहवैकल्यम् ।
Say bad planets are in the 12th house. Or say the 12th lord is joined with bad planets. Then the body may be deformed.
षष्ठविवेकः
सूर्यात् दितीये मन्दे खे चन्द्रे सप्तमे भौमे देहवैकल्यम् ।
Say Saturn is in the 2nd house from the Sun. The Moon is in the 10th house and Mars is in the 7th house. Then the body may be deformed.
षष्ठविवेकः
चन्द्रार्कावन्योन्यर्क्षगौ तनुशोषः ।
Say the Moon and the Sun are in each other's signs. Then the body wastes away.
षष्ठविवेकः
कर्कालिघटांशे चन्द्रे समन्दे गुल्मरोगः ।
Say the Moon is in a navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) of Cancer, Scorpio or Aquarius. Saturn is joined with it. Then the person may have a lump in the belly.
षष्ठविवेकः
अंशात् सुते केतौ संग्रहणी ।
Take the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) of the atmakaraka (the planet that stands for the self). Say Ketu is in the 5th house from it. Then the person may suffer from long-lasting loose motions.
षष्ठविवेकः
कोशे मन्दे वा राहौ संग्रहणी ।
Say Saturn or Rahu is in the 2nd house. Then the person may suffer from long-lasting loose motions.
षष्ठविवेकः
लग्ने तमोज्ञौ द्यूने यमारौ अतिसाररोगः ।
Say Rahu and Mercury are in the 1st house. Mars and Saturn are in the 7th house. Then the person may suffer from loose motions.
षष्ठविवेकः
सपापे चन्द्रे मुखे कण्ठे रोगः ।
Say the Moon is joined with bad planets. Then the person may have illness of the mouth and throat.
षष्ठविवेकः
धर्मे कुजेऽग्निविषार्दितः ।
Say Mars is in the 9th house. Then the person may be hurt by fire or poison.
षष्ठविवेकः
सपापे पापदृष्टे चेन्दौ लग्ने शीतरुक् ।
Say the Moon is in the 1st house with bad planets. Bad planets also aspect it. Then the person may suffer from illness caused by cold.
षष्ठविवेकः
मन्दार्कशुक्राः पञ्चमस्थाः प्रमेहः ।
Say Saturn, the Sun and Venus are in the 5th house. Then the person may suffer from a urinary disease.
षष्ठविवेकः
खे भौमे शनियुतदृष्टे प्रमेहः ।
Say Mars is in the 10th house. Saturn joins or aspects it. Then the person may suffer from a urinary disease.
षष्ठविवेकः
लग्नेऽर्के मदे भौमे प्रमेहः ।
Say the Sun is in the 1st house and Mars is in the 7th house. Then the person may suffer from a urinary disease.
षष्ठविवेकः
इज्येऽङ्गे मदे मन्दे वाताधिक्यम् ।
Say Jupiter is in the 1st house and Saturn is in the 7th house. Then the person has too much vata (the wind humour).
षष्ठविवेकः
त्रिकोणास्ते भौमे मन्देऽङ्गे वाताधिक्यम् ।
Say Mars is in a luck house or the 7th house. Saturn is in the 1st house. Then the person has too much vata (the wind humour).
षष्ठविवेकः
क्षीणेन्दुमन्दौ व्ययगौ वाताधिक्यम् ।
Say the waning Moon and Saturn are in the 12th house. Then the person has too much vata (the wind humour).
षष्ठविवेकः
जलभे चन्द्रे तत्पे षष्ठे जलर्क्षगज्ञदृष्टे मूत्रकृच्छ्ररोगः ।
Say the Moon is in a water sign. Its lord is in the 6th house. Mercury, in a water sign, aspects it. Then the person may have trouble in passing urine.
षष्ठविवेकः
पापाः षष्ठे वा सप्तमे मूत्रकृच्छ्ररोगः ।
Say bad planets are in the 6th or 7th house. Then the person may have trouble in passing urine.
षष्ठविवेकः
मेषे ज्ञे खेऽब्जे शनिभौमयोगे कुष्ठी ।
Say Mercury is in Aries and the Moon is in the 10th house. Saturn and Mars are joined together. Then the person may suffer from leprosy.
षष्ठविवेकः
मन्दारेन्द्वच्छेषु क्रूरार्दितेषु जलभगेषु सजलकुष्ठी ।
Say Saturn, Mars, the Moon and Venus are in water signs. Bad planets trouble them. Then the person may suffer from leprosy with oozing sores.
षष्ठविवेकः
चन्द्राच्छौ सपापौ जलभगौ श्वित्री ।
Say the Moon and Venus are joined with bad planets. They are in water signs. Then the person may have white patches on the skin.
षष्ठविवेकः
अंशात्सुखे चन्द्रे शुक्रदृष्टे श्वित्री ।
Take the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) of the atmakaraka (the planet that stands for the self). Say the Moon is in the 4th house from it. Venus aspects it. Then the person may have white patches on the skin.
षष्ठविवेकः
अंशात्तुर्ये चन्द्रे कुजदृष्टे महाकुष्ठी ।
Take the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) of the atmakaraka (the planet that stands for the self). Say the Moon is in the 4th house from it. Mars aspects it. Then the person may suffer from severe leprosy.
षष्ठविवेकः
अंशात्तुर्ये चन्द्रे केतुदृष्टे नीलकुष्ठी ।
Take the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) of the atmakaraka (the planet that stands for the self). Say the Moon is in the 4th house from it. Ketu aspects it. Then the person may suffer from leprosy with blue patches.
षष्ठविवेकः
लग्नेश इन्द्वारौ वा राहुकेत्वन्यतरयुतौ एकत्र श्वित्री ।
Say the lagna (rising sign) lord, or the Moon and Mars, are joined with Rahu or Ketu in one place. Then the person may have white patches on the skin.
षष्ठविवेकः
मन्दार्कारयुतौ रक्तकृष्णाख्यकुष्ठी ।
Say Saturn, the Sun and Mars are joined. Then the person may suffer from red-black leprosy.
Sutra 8.10 says enemies may trouble the person when the 6th lord is in a corner house and bad planets look at it.
Yes. Sutra 8.187 says a good planet in the 6th house may bring happiness from a maternal uncle.
Sutra 8.177 says a person may worry about comfort and happiness when Mars is in a trika house.