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Jataka Alankara · by Ganesha Daivajna
Chapter 5 · Length of Life
आयुर्दायाध्यायः
क्षीणेप्रालेयभानौयदिखलखचरोमृत्युगोमृत्युनाथःकेंद्रस्थोलग्ननाथोनिजबलरहितःखाश्वितुल्यंतदायुः ॥सौम्यैरापोक्लिमस्थैर्दिनमणिजविधूवैरिरंध्रालयस्थौतुल्यंकामांकुशैःस्यादथधनमृतिगौरिःफगौपापखेटौ ॥ १९ ॥
The Moon is waning. A bad planet is in the 8th house. The lord of the 8th house is in a corner house. The lord of the 1st house has no strength of its own. Then life may be 20 years. Good planets are in the 3rd, 6th, 9th and 12th houses. Saturn and the Moon are in the 6th and 8th houses. Then life may be 20 years. Next: two bad planets are in the 2nd and 8th houses, or in the 12th. The rule goes on in the next verse.
Simple meaning: 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.
बलाबलविवेकेनपुष्करालयशालिनाम् ॥
First judge which planets are strong or weak, then tell the length of life.