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Jataka Alankara · by Ganesha Daivajna
Chapter 5 · Length of Life
आयुर्दायाध्यायः
क्रूराःसौम्यांशयाताउपचयगृहगाःकातराःकंटकस्थाःसौम्याव्योमार्कसंख्यायदितनुपकुजौरंध्रगौनोपरायुः ॥केंद्रेलग्नेशजीवौनवसुतनिधनेकंटकेनोखलाख्याःसंपूर्णंपापखेटायदिगुरुजलगाजीवभावेचसौम्याः ॥ १० ॥
Bad planets are weak and in good planets' navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign). They sit in the 3rd, 6th, 10th and 11th houses. Good planets are in corner houses. The lord of the 1st house and Mars are not in the 8th house. Then life is the highest, 120 years. The lord of the 1st house and Jupiter are in corner houses. No bad planets are in the 9th, 5th or 8th house, or in a corner house. Then life is full. Next: bad planets are in Jupiter's signs or water signs, and good planets are in Jupiter's sign. The rule goes on in the next verse. (Our text is unclear here: the words for where the planets sit in this last rule.)
Simple meaning: Weak bad planets in growth houses and good planets in corner houses give the highest life, 120 years.
युग्मर्क्षांशंगतावाव्ययधनगृहगाश्चेच्छुभाःशीतभानुःसंपूर्णोलग्नयायीशतमिहजनितामिंदिरामंदिरंस्यात् ॥
Good planets well placed and a full Moon in the 1st house give 100 years and wealth.
इंदावापोक्लिमस्थेतदनुतनुपतौनिर्बलेपापदृष्टेदंतैस्तुल्यंततोर्कःखलखगविवरेलग्नगोब्जस्त्रिसंख्यम् ॥
A weak 1st lord seen by bad planets may give 32 years. Some rules warn of a very short life.
रामाब्दंस्याल्लयेशेवपुषिचनिधनंसौम्यहीनंखवेदालग्नेशोरंध्रयातोवपुषिनिधनपःस्यान्नृणांबाणसंख्यम् ॥
The 1st and 8th lords swapping places may give a very short life. Other rules give 40 or 44.