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Jataka Alankara · by Ganesha Daivajna
Chapter 5 · Length of Life
आयुर्दायाध्यायः
हीनौस्वर्भानुनावायदिहिममहसाव्योमनेत्रप्रमाणंकेंद्रस्थौसूर्यमंदौयदिवपुषिकुजःपुष्पबाणांकुशंस्यात् ॥शुक्रेज्यावंगयातौतनयभवनगौभौमपापावनायुर्जन्मेशःसार्कलग्नेखलशुभसहितश्चेक्षितःस्यादनायुः ॥ २० ॥
Going on: they are weak, or with Rahu or the Moon. Then life may be 20 years. The Sun and Saturn are in corner houses, and Mars is in the 1st house. Then life may be 20 years. Venus and Jupiter are in the 1st house. Mars and a bad planet are in the 5th house. Then there is a risk of a very short life. The lord of the birth sign is with the Sun in the 1st house. Good and bad planets join it and look at it. Then too there is a risk of a very short life. (Our text is unclear here: who is 'weak, or with Rahu or the Moon' in the first rule.)
Simple meaning: 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.
हृद्यैःपद्यैर्गुंफितेसूरितोषेऽलंकाराख्येजातकेमंजुलेऽस्मिन् ॥
Here ends the chapter on length of life, written by Ganesha in 22 fine verses.