Jataka Alankara · by Ganesha Daivajna
Chapter 5 · Length of Life
आयुर्दायाध्यायः
कीटेलग्नेसुरेज्येयदिभवतितदाखाष्टतुल्यंलयेशोधर्मेंगेचांगनाथेनिधनभवनगेक्रूरदृष्टेऽब्धिहस्ताः ॥लग्नाधीशाष्टनाथौलयभवनगतौसप्तविंशद्विलग्नेक्रूरेज्यौचंद्रदृष्टौयदिनिधनगतःकश्चनास्तेद्विपक्षाः ॥ ५ ॥
Jupiter is in the 1st house in Scorpio. Then life is 80 years. The lord of the 8th house is in the 9th house or the 1st. The lord of the 1st house is in the 8th, and bad planets look at it. Then life may be 24 years. The lords of the 1st and 8th houses are both in the 8th house. Then life may be 27 years. Bad planets and Jupiter are in the 1st house, and the Moon looks at them. Some planet is in the 8th house. Then life may be 22 years.
Simple meaning: 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.
धीकेंद्रायुर्नवस्थायदिखलखचरानोगुरोर्भेविलग्नेकेंद्रेकाव्येगुरौवाशुभमपिनिधनंसौम्यदृष्टंशतंस्यात् ॥
No bad planets in key houses and Venus or Jupiter in a corner house give 100 years.
कोदंडांत्यार्धमंगंयदिसकलखगाःस्वोच्चगाज्ञेजिनांशैर्गोस्थेपूर्णंचकेंद्रेसुरपतिभृगुजौलाभगेब्जेपरायुः ॥
Late Sagittarius rising with planets in high signs gives a full life. Other rules give 100 years.