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Jataka Alankara · by Ganesha Daivajna
Chapter 5 · Length of Life
आयुर्दायाध्यायः
सारंगस्यांत्यभागेयदिवपुषिगतेचाद्यभागेचकेंद्रेसौम्यैःखेटैःशतंस्याद्वसुसहजसुखेस्याच्चिरायुःसमस्तैः ॥लग्नात्प्रालेयभानोर्निधनसदनपेरिःफकेंद्रेष्टविंशत्केंद्रेसौम्यग्रहोनेयदिमृतिभवनेकश्चिदास्तेखरामाः ॥ १८ ॥
The rising point is in the last part of Capricorn, or in its first part. Good planets are in corner houses. Then life is 100 years. All planets are in the 8th, 3rd and 4th houses. Then life is long. Count from the rising sign or the Moon. The lord of the 8th house is in the 12th or a corner house. Then life may be 28 years. No good planet is in a corner house, and some planet is in the 8th house. Then life may be 30 years.
Simple meaning: Good planets in corner houses with Capricorn rising give 100 years. A badly placed 8th lord may give 28.
क्षीणेप्रालेयभानौयदिखलखचरोमृत्युगोमृत्युनाथःकेंद्रस्थोलग्ननाथोनिजबलरहितःखाश्वितुल्यंतदायुः ॥
A waning Moon, a bad planet in the 8th and a weak 1st lord may give 20 years.
हीनौस्वर्भानुनावायदिहिममहसाव्योमनेत्रप्रमाणंकेंद्रस्थौसूर्यमंदौयदिवपुषिकुजःपुष्पबाणांकुशंस्यात् ॥
Some rules here give 20 years. Others warn of a risk of a very short life.
यत्संप्रोक्तंयोगजंपूर्वमायुर्होरापारावारपारंगमज्ञैः ॥
This is the essence of the old teaching on length of life, for people of good conduct.