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Jataka Tattva · Chapter 8
षष्ठविवेकः
This chapter is about 6th house enemies and trouble. It has 191 sutras.
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
ज्ञे सुते धीचिन्ता ।
Say Mercury is in the 5th house. Then the person worries about learning.
षष्ठविवेकः
सूर्ये कोणे तातबन्धुचिन्ता ।
Say the Sun is in a trikona (luck house). Then the person worries about his father and relatives.
षष्ठविवेकः
सुते द्यूने शुक्रे यात्राचिन्ता ।
Say Venus is in the 5th or the 7th house. Then the person worries about travel.
षष्ठविवेकः
खे धर्मे पापदृष्टे भौमे मातुलाभावः ।
Say Mars is in the 10th or the 9th house. A bad planet aspects it. Then the person has no maternal uncle.
षष्ठविवेकः
ज्ञात् षष्ठे पापे मातुलसुखं न ।
Say a bad planet is in the 6th house from Mercury. Then the person gets no happiness from his maternal uncle.
षष्ठविवेकः
षष्ठे शुभदृष्ट्याधिक्ये मातुलसुखम् ।
Say good planets aspect the 6th house more than bad planets do. Then the person gets happiness from his maternal uncle.
षष्ठविवेकः
षष्ठे शुभे मातुलसुखम् ।
Say a good planet is in the 6th house. Then the person gets happiness from his maternal uncle.
षष्ठविवेकः
ज्ञे शुभयुते मातुलसुखम् ।
Say Mercury is joined by good planets. Then the person gets happiness from his maternal uncle.
षष्ठविवेकः
षष्ठेशे त्रिके नीचमूढारियुते लग्नेशे बलिनि शत्रुनाशः ।
Say the 6th lord is in a trika (group of three houses): the 6th, 8th or 12th. It is at its nicha (low point), combust and joined with an enemy. The lord of the lagna (rising sign) is strong. Then the person's enemies are destroyed.
षष्ठविवेकः
लग्नेशादरीशेऽल्पबले शत्रुनाशः ।
Say the 6th lord has less strength than the lord of the lagna (rising sign). Then the person's enemies are destroyed.
षष्ठविवेकः
षष्ठेऽर्के कौतुके शत्रुनाशः ।
Say the Sun is in the 6th house. It is in the kautuka (eager delight) avastha (state of a planet). Then the person's enemies are destroyed.
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.