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Jataka Alankara · by Ganesha Daivajna
Chapter 5 · Length of Life
आयुर्दायाध्यायः
रामाब्दंस्याल्लयेशेवपुषिचनिधनंसौम्यहीनंखवेदालग्नेशोरंध्रयातोवपुषिनिधनपःस्यान्नृणांबाणसंख्यम् ॥नक्रेतिग्मांशुमंदौसहजरिपुगतौकंटकेरंध्रनाथेपारावाराब्धिसंख्यंतदनुशुभखगाःसल्लवर्क्षेऽत्रखाग्निः ॥ १३ ॥
This ends the Cancer rule: then life may be 3 years. The lord of the 8th house is in the 1st house, and the 8th house has no good planet. Then life may be 40 years. The lord of the 1st house is in the 8th, and the lord of the 8th is in the 1st. Then life may be only 5 years. The rising sign is Capricorn. The Sun and Saturn are in the 3rd and 6th houses. The lord of the 8th house is in a corner house. Then life may be 44 years. After that, good planets in good signs and good navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) give 30 years here. (Our text is unclear here: whether the 30 years stand alone or are added to the 44.)
Simple meaning: The 1st and 8th lords swapping places may give a very short life. Other rules give 40 or 44.
क्रूरैर्दृष्टेंगनाथेयदिशुभविहगावीर्यवंतःसुधांशौसंस्थेसौम्येगणेचेद्गुणमुनितुलितंरंध्रगैर्मध्यमायुः ॥
A seen 1st lord with strong good planets gives 73 years. Saturn rising in a dual sign may give 25.
कर्केंगेसप्तसप्तौखलविहगयुतेपुष्करस्थेद्विजेशेकेंद्रेयातेसुरेज्येशरविशिखमितंपुष्करेनीरगेवा ॥
The Sun in a Cancer 1st house with Jupiter in a corner house gives 55 years.
शन्यंशेलग्ननाथेभुजगशरमितंस्यादथोसौम्यखेटारंध्रोनादेहनाथोव्ययरिपुनिधनेपापयुक्षष्टिरायुः ॥
The 1st lord in Saturn's navamsha may give 58 years. Several weak placements may give 60.