Jataka Alankara · by Ganesha Daivajna
Chapter 5 · Length of Life
आयुर्दायाध्यायः
सौम्याःकेंद्रालयस्थावपुषिसुरगुरौलग्नतोवासुधांशोरायुर्युक्तंनदृष्टंनचगगनगतैःसप्ततिर्वत्सराणाम् ॥यातामूलत्रिकोणेशुभगगनचराःस्वीयतुंगेसुरेज्येलग्नाधीशेतिवीर्येगगनवसुसमास्तुल्यमायुर्नराणाम् ॥ ३ ॥
Good planets are in corner houses. Jupiter is in the 1st house, counted from the rising sign or from the Moon. No planet is in the 8th house, and no planet looks at it. Then life is 70 years. Another rule: good planets are in their mulatrikona (a planet's strong own-sign part). Jupiter is in its high sign. The lord of the 1st house is very strong. Then life is 80 years.
Simple meaning: Good planets in corner houses, Jupiter in the 1st and an empty, unseen 8th house give 70 years.
सौम्येकेंद्रेतिवीर्येयदिनिधनपदंखेटहीनंसमाःस्युस्त्रिंशत्सौम्येक्षितश्चेद्गगनहिमकरैःसंयुतोथोस्वभेचेत् ॥
A strong good planet in a corner house with an empty 8th house gives about 30 years.
कीटेलग्नेसुरेज्येयदिभवतितदाखाष्टतुल्यंलयेशोधर्मेंगेचांगनाथेनिधनभवनगेक्रूरदृष्टेऽब्धिहस्ताः ॥
Jupiter in a Scorpio 1st house gives 80 years. A troubled 1st and 8th lord may give 22 to 27.
लग्नेंदूक्रूरहीनौवपुषिसुरगुरौरंध्रभंखेटहीनंकेंद्रेसौम्येखशैलाःसितविबुधगुरूस्याच्छतंकेंद्रगौचेत् ॥
Jupiter in the 1st with no bad planets there gives 70 years. Venus and Jupiter in corner houses give 100.