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Check free →Then it reads a woman's nature from the rising sign and the Moon. Odd and even signs are compared, and so are the thirtieth parts of a sign. Then it turns to the 7th house. That house shows the husband's nature. The chapter also lists what good planets in the rising sign tend to give. It adds that results told for men apply to women where they fit.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
स्यात्तयोः संपदः स्वत्वमन्यथाथांगतोदयः ।रवौ मीनेऽर्कजः स्त्रीघ्नः पुत्रस्थस्तु तथा कुजः ॥ २७७ ॥
Then those two have wealth as their own. Otherwise [the rest of the line is not clear]. When the Sun is in Pisces, Saturn may put the wife's life at risk. Mars in the 5th house can do the same. (Our text is unclear here: the first line, which ends a rule from a verse not in our book.)
Simple meaning: Saturn, with the Sun in Pisces, or Mars in the 5th house may bring a risk to the wife's life.
सिमातुर्याष्टगैः क्रूरैर्यद्वा क्रूरांतरे सितः ।सद्ग्रहायुतदृष्टश्चेदग्निपातान्मृतिः स्त्रियाः ॥ २७८ ॥
Say bad planets sit in the 4th and 8th from Venus. Or Venus sits between bad planets. Say no good planet joins or looks at it. Then the wife's life may be at risk from fire or a fall.
Simple meaning: Bad planets around Venus, with no good planet helping, may put the wife at risk from fire or a fall.
It reads a woman's nature and her husband's nature from the rising sign, the Moon and the 7th house.
Verse 4.34 says her husband's nature follows the sign or part on the 7th. Mercury's may give a learned, skilled man.
Verse 4.37 says three good planets in the lagna give comfort, wealth and virtue.
लग्नाद्यपाणिगतयोः शशिरव्योः सह स्त्रिया ।एकेन यस्य जन्माहुरथ सप्तमसंस्थयोः ॥ २७९ ॥
Say the Sun and Moon sit in [two houses] counted from the lagna (rising sign). Then they say the man may lack sight in one eye, and his wife too. Next, take [Venus and the Sun] in the 7th. (Our text is unclear here: which two houses are meant.)
Simple meaning: The Sun and Moon in certain houses can make a man and his wife each lose sight in one eye.
नवधीगतयोर्वापि विकलस्त्रीसितार्कयोः ।कोणोदयेऽस्तांत्यसन्धौ भृगौ बंध्यापतेर्जनिः ॥ २८० ॥
Or say Venus and the Sun are in the 9th and 5th. Then his wife may have a bodily defect. Say Saturn is in the lagna (rising sign). Venus sits at the junction at the end of the 7th. Then his wife may not be able to bear children [if the next condition also holds].
Simple meaning: Venus and the Sun in the 7th, 5th or 9th can give a wife with a bodily defect.
सुतभं चेन्न सौम्याढ्यमथांत्यास्तोदयर्क्षगैः ।पापे धीस्थे विधौ क्षीणजन्मा सुतकलत्रिणः ॥ २८१ ॥
[This holds] if the 5th sign has no good planets in it. Next, say bad planets sit in the 12th, 7th and rising signs. The waning Moon sits in the 5th. Then the person may go without a son or a wife.
Simple meaning: Bad planets in the 12th, 7th and 1st, and a waning Moon in the 5th, may leave one without wife or son.
शनौ खगेऽस्ते सशुक्रे तद्दृष्टे पारदारिकः ।तौ चेत्सेंदुस्त्रिया सार्द्धं पुंश्चलो जायते नरः ॥ २८२ ॥
Say Saturn is in the 7th with Venus, or looked at by Venus. Then the man may go after other men's wives. If those two are with the Moon, the man and his wife may both stray.
Simple meaning: Saturn with Venus in the 7th may draw a man toward other men's wives.
भृग्वब्जयोरस्तगयोर्नरो भार्या सुतोऽपि वा ।नृस्त्रियोस्तु शुभैर्दृष्टौ तौ द्वौ परिणतांगकौ ॥ २८३ ॥
Say Venus and the Moon are in the 7th. Then the man may have no wife, or no son. Say male and female planets [in the 7th] are looked at by good planets. Then husband and wife are both old in body.
Simple meaning: Venus and the Moon in the 7th can leave a man without wife or son.
खास्तांबुगैरिंदुशुक्रपापैर्वंशविनाशकः ।शिल्पी त्र्येशे बुधयुते केंद्रसंस्थार्किवीक्षिते ॥ २८४ ॥
Say the Moon, Venus and bad planets sit in the 10th, 7th and 4th houses. Then the family line may not go on. Say the 3rd lord is with Mercury in a kendra (corner house), and Saturn looks at it. Then the person is a craftsman.
Simple meaning: Bad planets in the 4th, 7th and 10th may stop the family line. Another placement makes a craftsman.
दास्यां जातः सौरिभागे रिःफगे भृगुनंदने ।नीचेऽर्केंदोरस्तगयोर्दृष्टयोः सूर्यजेन वा ॥ २८५ ॥
Venus in the 12th, in a part of Saturn: the person may be born to a woman in service. The Sun and Moon sit in the 7th, looked at by Saturn: the person may be of humble standing.
Simple meaning: Venus in the 12th in Saturn's part may point to a mother in service. Saturn's look can lower standing.
पापदृष्टौ शनिकुजावस्तगौ वातरुक्प्रदौ ।कर्काल्यंशगते केंद्रे पापयुक्ते तु गुह्यरुक् ॥ २८६ ॥
Saturn and Mars in the 7th house, looked at by bad planets, may bring vata (the wind humour) trouble. Say a kendra (corner house) is in the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) of Cancer or Scorpio. A bad planet joins it. Then the person may suffer illness of the private parts.
Simple meaning: Saturn and Mars in the 7th can bring wind trouble. A bad planet in a corner house can trouble the private parts.
पापातरगतेंऽगेऽब्जे रवौ द्यूने तु कुष्ठयुक् ।चन्द्रे खेऽस्तंगते भौमे विकलो वेशिगेऽर्कजे ॥ २८७ ॥
Say the Moon is in the lagna (rising sign) between bad planets, and the Sun is in the 7th. The person may suffer from leprosy. Say the Moon is in the 10th and Mars in the 7th. Saturn is in vesi (the sign after the Sun's sign). Then the person may suffer harm to the limbs.
Simple meaning: The Moon hemmed by bad planets with the Sun in the 7th can bring leprosy. Another placement can harm the limbs.
मिथो भांशगयोः शूली रवींद्वोर्युतयोः कृशः ।निधनारिधनांत्यस्था रवींद्वारयमा यदा ॥ २८८ ॥
The Sun and Moon in each other's sign or part: the person may have sharp pains. The Sun and Moon together: the person may be thin. Say the Sun, Moon, Mars and Saturn sit in the 8th, 6th, 2nd and 12th houses. [The next verse gives the result.]
Simple meaning: The Sun, Moon, Mars and Saturn in certain places can bring pain and a thin body.
चलद्ग्रहेण दोषेण कुर्वंत्यनयनं नरम् ।सौम्या दृष्टा न वायत्रिधीगताः पापखेचराः ॥ २८९ ॥
Through the humour of the strongest planet, there is a risk to the person's sight. Say bad planets sit in the 11th, 3rd and 5th. No good planets look at them. [The next verse gives the result.]
Simple meaning: The Sun, Moon, Mars and Saturn in the 8th, 6th, 2nd and 12th may bring a risk of losing sight.
कर्णोपघातका द्यूने रदवैकृत्यकारकाः ।लग्ने गुरौ द्युने मंदे वातरोगार्दितो भवेत् ॥ २९० ॥
[Such bad planets] can harm the ears. Bad planets in the 7th can spoil the teeth. Jupiter in the lagna (rising sign) and Saturn in the 7th: the person may be troubled by vata (the wind humour) disease.
Simple meaning: Bad planets in the 11th, 3rd and 5th can harm hearing. In the 7th they can spoil the teeth.
सुखेऽस्ते वा कुजे जीवे लग्ने वार्कियुतोदये ।कुजेन वात्मजे द्यूने संज्ञेंऽत्येऽब्जे च सोन्मदः ॥ २९१ ॥
Mars in the 4th or 7th with Jupiter in the lagna (rising sign). Or Saturn in the lagna, with Mars in the 5th or 7th. Or the Moon in the 12th with Mercury. Then the person may suffer mental illness.
Simple meaning: Certain placements of Mars with Jupiter or Saturn, or the Moon with Mercury in the 12th, can bring mental illness.
धीधर्मार्थांत्यगैः पापैर्भसमस्यान्निबंधनम् ।सर्पशृंखलया शाठ्यैर्दृक्कैर्बल्यशुभेक्षितैः ॥ २९२ ॥
Bad planets in the 5th, 9th, 2nd and 12th: the person may be bound, in a way that matches the sign. So too with the snake and chain drekkana (one-third part of a sign), looked at by strong bad planets.
Simple meaning: Bad planets in the 5th, 9th, 2nd and 12th can bring being tied up or jailed.
समंदेऽब्जे वक्रदृष्टे पस्मारी दुर्वचाः क्षयी ।रविमन्दकुजैः खस्थैः सौम्यदृष्टैः समंडलैः ॥ २९३ ॥
The Moon with Saturn, looked at by Mars: the person may have epilepsy, harsh speech and a wasting disease. Say the Sun, Saturn and Mars are in the 10th. Good planets look at them, [and they are] with a halo. [The next verse gives the result.]
Simple meaning: The Moon with Saturn can bring epilepsy and harsh speech. Sun, Saturn, Mars in the 10th may mean service.
भृतकाः पूर्वमुदितैर्वरमध्याधमा नराः ।पुंजनौ तु फलं पण्यस्त्रीणां योग्यं वदेच्च तत् ॥ २९४ ॥
By the planets named above, men may work in service: of high, middle or humble rank. Whatever result is told for a man's birth, tell it for women too, where it fits.
Simple meaning: The Sun, Saturn and Mars in the 10th may mean service work. Men's results apply to women where they fit.
तत्स्वामिष्वखिलं कार्यं तद्भर्तृमरणं मृतौ ।लग्नेंदुगं वपुश्चैव यादयूपपीतद्युने ॥ २९५ ॥
All [that does not fit a woman] is to be applied to her husband. A risk to her husband's life is read from the 8th. Her body is read from the lagna (rising sign) and the Moon. (Our text is unclear here: the last words, which tie something to the 7th.)
Simple meaning: A woman's body is read from the lagna and Moon. Risk to her husband's life is read from the 8th.
युग्मेषु लग्नशशिनोर्वनिता प्रकृतिस्थिता ।सच्छीलभूषणयुता शुभसंदृष्टयोस्तयोः ॥ २९६ ॥
If the lagna (rising sign) and the Moon are in even signs, the woman is true to her nature. If good planets look at those two, she has good conduct and wears ornaments.
Simple meaning: With the lagna and Moon in even signs and good planets looking, a woman is well-behaved.
पुरुषाकृतिशीलाढ्या तयोरोजस्थयोर्मता ।अथ पापा गुणोनाश्च पापवीक्षितयोस्तयोः ॥ २९७ ॥
If those two are in odd signs, she is rich in a man's looks and temper. If bad planets look at those two, her conduct and good qualities may suffer.
Simple meaning: The lagna and Moon in odd signs give a woman a man's looks and temper. Bad planets looking can spoil her qualities.
कुजार्कीज्यज्ञशुक्राणां कुजर्क्षे क्रमशोऽङ्गना ।बाल्यदुष्टा तथा दासी साध्वी मायावर्ती त्वरा ॥ २९८ ॥
Say [the lagna (rising sign) or the Moon] is in Mars's sign. Take the trimshamsha (one-thirtieth of a sign) of Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Mercury and Venus in turn. The woman tends to be: troubled in conduct from childhood, in service, good, given to deceit, or hasty.
Simple meaning: With the lagna or Moon in Mars's sign, each one-thirtieth part shapes a woman's nature differently.
दृष्टा वाकृतिशीला स्यात्तयोरोजस्थयोर्मता ।अथ पापा गुणोनाश्च पापवीक्षितयोस्तयोः ॥ २९९ ॥
Or if looked at, she has a man's looks and nature when those two are in odd signs. If bad planets look at those two, her conduct and good qualities may suffer.
Simple meaning: The lagna and Moon in odd signs give a man's looks and nature. Bad planets looking can spoil her qualities.
दुष्णवाक् पुनर्भूः सगुणा विज्ञा ख्याता स्फुजिद्गृहे ।बौधे समा या क्लीवा च सती गुणवती चला ॥ ३०० ॥
In Venus's sign, [in the same order]: harsh in speech, married twice, rich in good qualities, wise, famous. In Mercury's sign: given to deceit, lacking in passion, chaste, virtuous, fickle.
Simple meaning: In Venus's or Mercury's sign, each part of the sign gives a woman a different nature.
द्वंद्वभे स्वैरिणीशघ्नी गुणाढ्या शिल्पिकाधमा ।वाचाटा कुलटा सिंहे रागी पुंधीरगम्यता ॥ ३०१ ॥
In the Moon's sign: self-willed, a risk to her husband's life, rich in qualities, a craftswoman, of humble ways. In Leo: talkative, inclined to stray, passionate, manly in mind, drawn to men she should avoid.
Simple meaning: In Cancer or Leo, each part of the sign gives a woman a different nature.
जैवे गुणाढ्याऽल्परतिर्गुणज्ञा ज्ञानिनी सती ।दासी नीचरता साध्वी मांदे दुष्टानपत्यका ॥ ३०२ ॥
In Jupiter's sign: rich in qualities, of little desire, a judge of merit, wise, chaste. In Saturn's sign: in service, drawn to unworthy company, good, of difficult nature, may have no children.
Simple meaning: In Jupiter's sign a woman is wise and chaste. In Saturn's sign she may lean to humble ways or have no children.
लग्नेंदुयुक्तैस्त्रिंशांशैः फलमेतद्बलानुगम् ।दृग्गैः मिथोंशे शुक्रार्की शौक्रे चेद्वा घटांशके ॥ ३०३ ॥
These results come from the trimshamsha (one-thirtieth of a sign) holding the lagna (rising sign) and the Moon. They follow its strength. Say Venus and Saturn are in each other's navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) and look at each other. Or [the lagna] is in Venus's sign, in the Aquarius navamsha. [The next verse gives the result.]
Simple meaning: These results follow the one-thirtieth parts holding the lagna and Moon.
स्त्रीभिः स्त्री मैथुनं याति मदनानलदीपिता ।शून्ये कापुरुषो द्यूने बले क्लीवो न सदृशि ॥ ३०४ ॥
[Then] the woman may be drawn by desire to women. If the 7th is empty, her husband may be timid. If it is [weak] and no good planet looks at it, he may be weak in manhood.
Simple meaning: A woman may turn to women. An empty or weak 7th can give her a weak husband.
बुधार्क्योश्चरभे नित्यं परदेशपरायणः ।तत्सृष्टा मदगे सूर्ये स्त्रीबालविधवा कुजे ॥ ३०५ ॥
Say Mercury and Saturn [are in the 7th] in a moving sign. Then her husband may always be away in other lands. With the Sun in the 7th, her husband may leave her. With Mars there, she may lose her husband early.
Simple meaning: The Sun in the 7th may bring separation from the husband. Mars there may bring early loss of the husband.
पापदृष्टे शनौ द्यूने कन्यैवापद्यते जराम् ।आग्नेयैर्विधवास्तस्थैः पुनर्भूमिश्रकैर्भवेत् ॥ ३०६ ॥
Saturn in the 7th, looked at by bad planets: the girl may stay unmarried into old age. If fiery planets are there, she may lose her husband. If mixed planets, she may marry again.
Simple meaning: Saturn in the 7th, seen by bad planets, may keep a woman unmarried. Others may bring loss of husband or remarriage.
क्रूरे हीनबलेऽस्तस्थे पतित्यक्ता न सदृशि ।मिथोंशगैः सितारौ तु कुरुतोऽन्यरतां स्त्रियम् ॥ ३०७ ॥
A weak bad planet in the 7th, with no good planet looking, [means] the husband may leave her. Venus and Mars in each other's navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) may draw a woman to another man.
Simple meaning: A weak bad planet in the 7th can make a husband leave. Venus and Mars may draw her to another man.
शीतरश्मिर्यदा द्यूने तदा भर्तुरनुसया ।सौरारर्क्षे लग्नगते सेंदुशुक्रे तु वंधकी ॥ ३०८ ॥
When the Moon is in the 7th, [this may happen] with her husband's consent. Say the lagna (rising sign) is in Saturn's or Mars's sign, with the Moon and Venus in it. Then she may stray. (Our text is unclear here: the word after 'husband'.)
Simple meaning: With the lagna in Saturn's or Mars's sign holding the Moon and Venus, a woman may stray.
मात्रा सार्द्धमसद्दृष्टे तथा कौजेंशकेऽस्तगे ।मंददृष्टे व्याधियोनिः सद्ग्रहांशे पतिप्रिया ॥ ३०९ ॥
If bad planets look, [she may stray] together with her mother. Say Mars's navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) is in the 7th, looked at by Saturn. She may suffer disease of the womb. In a good planet's part, she is dear to her husband.
Simple meaning: A Mars part in the 7th under Saturn can bring womb trouble. A good planet's part makes her dear to her husband.
मंदर्क्षे वांशके द्यूने वृद्धौ मूर्खः पतिः स्त्रियाः ।स्त्रीलोलः क्रोधनः कौजे बौधे विद्वांश्च नैपुणः ॥ ३१० ॥
With the 7th in Saturn's sign or part, her husband may be older and not very wise. In Mars's: fond of women and quick to anger. In Mercury's: learned and skilled.
Simple meaning: Her husband's nature follows the 7th: Saturn, older and less wise; Mars, quick to anger; Mercury, learned.
जितेंद्रियो गृणी जैवे चांद्रे कामी मृदुस्तथा ।शौक्रे सौभाग्ययुक्कांतः सौरेति मृदुकर्मकृत् ॥ ३११ ॥
In Jupiter's [sign or part]: master of his senses and virtuous. In the Moon's: passionate and gentle. In Venus's: lucky and handsome. In the Sun's: very gentle and hard-working.
Simple meaning: Her husband is self-controlled with Jupiter, gentle with the Moon, handsome with Venus, hard-working with the Sun.
शुक्राब्जयोर्लग्नगयोः सुखिनीर्ष्यासमन्विता ।ज्ञेंद्वोः कलासु निपुणा सुखिता च गुणान्विता ॥ ३१२ ॥
With Venus and the Moon in the lagna (rising sign): she is happy but jealous. With Mercury and the Moon: skilled in the arts, happy and virtuous.
Simple meaning: Venus and the Moon in the lagna make a happy but jealous woman. Mercury and the Moon make a skilled, virtuous one.
शुक्रज्ञयोस्तु शुभगा कलाज्ञा रुचिरांगना ।अनेकसौख्यार्थगुणा लग्ने सौम्यत्रये स्थिते ॥ ३१३ ॥
With Venus and Mercury: lucky, knows the arts, a lovely woman. With the three good planets in the lagna (rising sign): many comforts, wealth and virtues.
Simple meaning: Venus and Mercury make a lucky, artistic woman. Three good planets in the lagna give comfort, wealth and virtue.
क्रूरेऽष्टमेऽष्टमेशांशे यस्य स्यात्तद्वयः समे ।वैधव्यं च मृतिस्तस्या स्वयंसत्स्वर्थगेषु तु ॥ ३१४ ॥
Say a bad planet is in the 8th. The 8th lord sits in some planet's navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign). At the age [ruled by] that planet, she may lose her husband. But if good planets are in the 2nd, she may pass away [first].
Simple meaning: A bad planet in the 8th may bring loss of the husband. Good planets in the 2nd mean she may pass first.
अल्पापत्यत्वमब्जेऽस्याः कन्यालिहरिगोषु तु ।सौरे मध्यबले चंद्रशुक्रज्ञैर्बलवर्जितैः ॥ ३१५ ॥
She may have few children if the Moon is in Virgo, Scorpio, Leo or Taurus. Say Saturn is middling strong, and the Moon, Venus and Mercury have no strength. [The next verse goes on.]
Simple meaning: A woman may have few children when the Moon, Venus and Mercury are weak and Saturn is middling.
शेषैः सवीर्यैरोजर्क्षे लग्ने कुरूपिणी भवेत् ।जीवारकविशौम्येषु बलिषु समभे तनौ ॥ ३१६ ॥
With the rest strong and an odd sign rising, she may be plain in looks. Take Jupiter, Mars, Venus and Mercury strong. The lagna (rising sign) is in an even sign. [The result is in the next verse].
Simple meaning: An odd rising sign with the other planets strong can make a woman plain-looking.
विख्यातानैकशास्त्रज्ञा वनिता ब्रह्मवादिनी ।पापेऽस्ते नवमस्थस्य प्रव्रज्यामेति भामिनी ॥ ३१७ ॥
She is famous, knows many sciences and speaks on Brahman. Say a bad planet is in the 7th. Then the woman takes up the kind of pravrajya (taking up renunciation) of the planet in the 9th.
Simple meaning: A bad planet in the 7th can turn a woman to renunciation, of the kind the 9th-house planet shows.
उद्वाहे वरणे प्रश्ने सर्वमेतद्विचिंतयेत् ।मृत्युस्थानं पश्यतां स्याद्बलिना धातुकोपतः ॥ ३१८ ॥
Think over all this at a wedding, in choosing a groom and in a question. Take the strongest planet looking at the 8th house. An upset of its bodily humour may threaten life.
Simple meaning: Use these rules for marriage and questions. The strongest planet looking at the 8th shows the main risk to life.
तृट्क्षुद्भवश्चाष्टमस्थैः सूर्याद्यैश्च वरादिषु ।परस्वाध्वप्रदेशेषु मृत्युः सूर्यमहीजयोः ॥ ३२० ॥
Life can also be at risk from thirst and from hunger. These come from the Sun and the other planets standing in the 8th house. Say the 8th is a moving, fixed or dual sign. Then life may end in a strange land, at home, or on the road, in that order. Next, the risk to life when the Sun and Mars [are placed as follows]. (Our text is unclear here: the word read as moving and other signs.)
Simple meaning: The 8th house sign type may show whether life ends abroad, at home or on the road.
शस्त्राग्निजोशुभांतस्थे चंद्रे भौमगृहस्थिते ।मृत्युश्चाथ मृगे चंद्रे कर्के मंदे जलोदरात् ॥ ३२३ ॥
The Moon stands in a sign of Mars, with bad planets on both sides of it. Then there is a risk to life from a weapon or from fire. Or the Moon is in Capricorn and Saturn in Cancer. Then dropsy may put life at risk.
Simple meaning: The Moon in a Mars sign between bad planets may bring danger from weapon or fire. Dropsy is also named.
स्त्रियामिंदौ रक्तशोथात्सौरे वाज्वग्निपातजः ।पुत्रधर्मस्थस्योर्वधात्पापयोः सददृष्टयोः ॥ ३२४ ॥
The Moon stands in a female sign. Then a swelling of the blood may put life at risk. Or the Moon is in a sign of Saturn. Then there is a risk to life from fire or a fall. Two bad planets stand in the 5th and 9th houses. Good planets do not look at them. Then there is a risk to life from violence. (Our text is unclear here: one more cause in the Saturn line.)
Simple meaning: Moon in a female or Saturn sign, or bad planets in the 5th and 9th: risk of violent harm.
तुर्येऽर्के खे कुजेक्षीण चंद्रदृष्टे समिद्धतः ।रंध्रखांगजलैः क्षीणेंद्वारार्कीरविसंयुतैः ॥ ३२७ ॥
The Sun stands in the 4th house and Mars in the 10th, looked at by the weak Moon. Then there may be danger to life from a blazing fire. Or the weak Moon, Mars, Saturn and the Sun stand in the 8th, 10th, 1st and 4th houses. Take them in that order.
Simple meaning: Sun in the 4th and Mars in the 10th, seen by a weak Moon, may bring danger to life from fire.
लकुटेनाथ तैरेव खांकांगतनयस्थितैः ।धूमानिबंधनैः कार्यः कुदनैर्मरणं भवेत् ॥ ३२८ ॥
Then there may be danger to life from a club. Or the same planets stand in the 10th, 9th, 1st and 5th houses. Then life may be at risk from smoke, being tied up, or blows. (Our text is unclear here: the last words, read as blows.)
Simple meaning: These planets in the 10th, 9th, 1st and 5th can bring danger to life from smoke, being tied up or blows.
बंध्वस्तखस्थैभौमार्कमंदैः शस्त्राग्निराजभिः ।सौरेंद्वारैः स्वांबुखस्थैः क्षतक्रेम्यंगया ततः ॥ ३२९ ॥
Mars, the Sun and Saturn stand in the 4th, 7th and 10th houses, in that order. Then life may be at risk from a weapon, fire or the king. Saturn, the Moon and Mars stand in the 2nd, 4th and 10th houses. Then life may be at risk from wounds and worms. (Our text is unclear here: the last two words.)
Simple meaning: Mars, the Sun and Saturn in the 4th, 7th and 10th may bring danger from weapon, fire or the king.
स्वेऽर्के तुर्ये कुजे यानपातादथ कुजेऽस्तगे ।यंत्रोसीदुनतः क्षीणचंद्रयुक्ते मृतिर्भवेत् ॥ ३३० ॥
The Sun stands in the 2nd house and Mars in the 4th. Then a fall from a vehicle may put life at risk. Or Mars stands in the 7th house with the weak Moon. Then there may be danger to life from being crushed in a machine. (Our text is unclear here: the word read as crushed in a machine.)
Simple meaning: Sun in the 2nd with Mars in the 4th may bring danger to life from a fall off a vehicle.
बल्यारदृष्टे क्षीणेंदौ मंदे निधनसंस्थिते ।गुह्यरुक्कृमिशस्त्राग्निदारुजो मृत्युरंगिराः ॥ ३३२ ॥
The Moon is weak, and strong Mars looks at it. Saturn stands in the 8th house. Then life may be at risk from a disease of the private parts, worms, a weapon, fire or wood.
Simple meaning: A weak Moon seen by strong Mars, Saturn in the 8th: danger from illness, weapon, fire or wood.
शैलशृंगस्वरुग्रपातौनुर्निधनं भवेत् ।दृक्कोंत्तरे तुर्द्वाविंशस्तत्पतिर्मृत्युपोपि वा ॥ ३३४ ॥
...a man's life may be at risk from a fall from a mountain peak or the like. Among the drekkanas, take the 22nd drekkana (one-third part of a sign). Its lord, or else the 8th lord, may bring a risk to life. (Our text is unclear here: the words between peak and fall.)
Simple meaning: The lord of the 22nd third-part of a sign, or the 8th lord, may bring a risk to life.
स्वगुणैर्निधन कुर्याद्बलवान्यो द्वयोर्भवेत् ।लग्नांशेशसदृक्स्थाने मृत्युर्योगेक्षणादिभिः ॥ ३३५ ॥
Of these two, the stronger one may shape the end of life through its own nature. Life tends to end in a place like the one shown by a lord. It is the lord of the lagna (rising sign) navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign). It is also read from joinings, looks and the like.
Simple meaning: The stronger lord shapes the end of life in its own way. The place follows the lagna navamsha lord.
मोदोंतेनुदितांशस्य तुल्यो द्विघ्नः स्वपेक्षिते ।शुभेक्षिते तु त्रिगुणः कल्प्यमन्यत्स्वबुद्धितः ॥ ३३६ ॥
At the end, the swoon may last as long as the part [of the lagna (rising sign)] not yet risen. It may be twice as long if its own lord looks at it. It may be three times as long if good planets look at it. Work out the rest by your own judgment. (Our text is unclear here: the first word, read as the swoon at the end.)
Simple meaning: At life's end, the swoon may last as long as the unrisen part of the rising sign; aspects lengthen it.
गुरुः शशांकशुक्रौ च सूर्यभौमौ यमेंदुजौ ।देवपित्रतिरक्तोथ नारकान्कुर्युरष्टमे ॥ ३३८ ॥
Jupiter; the Moon and Venus; the Sun and Mars; Saturn and Mercury. These stand in the 8th house. They may lead the person to the world of the gods, ancestors or animals, or to the hells. Take them in that order. (Our text is unclear here: the word read as animals.)
Simple meaning: The planet in the 8th house may show where the person goes after this life: gods, ancestors, animals or hells.
पुमान्परशुधृक्कृष्णो रक्तदृग्रक्षितुं क्षमः ।दृष्टर्तिकपदाश्वास्या रक्तवस्त्रा घटाकृतिः ॥ ३४९ ॥
A man holds an axe. He is black, red-eyed and able to protect. [Next:] a woman in red clothes, shaped like a pot, with a horse's face. (Our text is unclear here: one word that describes the woman.)
Simple meaning: One figure is a black man with an axe and red eyes. Another is a pot-shaped woman with a horse's face.
कपिलो ह्यंधदृक्क्रूरो रक्तवस्त्रः क्षतव्रतः ।क्षुत्तृषार्तोदुग्धपटो लूनकुंचितमूर्धजः ॥ ३५० ॥
A tawny man, cruel, with blind eyes, in red clothes, who has broken his vow. [Next:] a man worn by hunger and thirst, in a milk-white cloth, his hair cut short and curly. (Our text is unclear here: the word for his cloth.)
Simple meaning: A cruel tawny man in red who broke his vow; and a hungry, thirsty man in white with curly hair.
शौचिकीरूपिणी साध्वी ह्यप्रजोच्छ्रितपाणिका ।उद्याने कवची धन्वी क्रीडेच्छर्गरुडाननः ॥ ३५२ ॥
A needlewoman, lovely and good, childless, with raised hands. [Next:] a man in a garden, in armour, with a bow. He wants to play, and he has a Garuda's face. (Our text is unclear here: the word read as needlewoman.)
Simple meaning: A lovely, childless needlewoman with raised hands; and an armoured archer with a Garuda face in a garden.
श्वा नरो जंबुकं गृध्रं गृहीत्वा रौति शाल्मलौ ।धन्वी कृष्णाजिनी सिंहवाश्वोन्नतमातुरः ॥ ३५५ ॥
A dog and a man. [The man] holds a jackal and a vulture and cries out on a silk-cotton tree. [Next:] an archer in black deerskin, in distress. (Our text is unclear here: the words that compare him to a lion and a horse.)
Simple meaning: A man with a jackal and a vulture crying on a tree; and a distressed archer in black deerskin.
फलामिषघ्नः कूर्ची ना भल्लास्यः कपिचेष्टितः ।पुष्पपूर्णच्छटाकन्याविद्येल्ला मलिनांवरा ॥ ३५६ ॥
A bearded man who eats up fruit and meat, with a bear's face, who acts like a monkey. [Next:] a girl with a mass of flowers, in dirty clothes. (Our text is unclear here: the word before her dirty clothes.)
Simple meaning: A bearded, bear-faced man who acts like a monkey; and a girl with flowers in dirty clothes.
धन्वी व्ययापकृच्छ्यामो लिपिकृद्रामशोनरः ।गौरीधौतांशुकात्सुच्चाकुंभदृस्तासुरालये ॥ ३५७ ॥
An archer, dark, who deals with spending, a writer, a hairy man. [Next:] a fair woman in washed clothes, tall, with a pot in her hand, in a temple. (Our text is unclear here: the word read as deals with spending.)
Simple meaning: A dark, hairy archer who writes; and a tall, fair woman in washed clothes with a pot in a temple.