Vriddha Yavana Jataka · by Minaraja
Chapter 55 · The Signs in the Houses
पञ्चपञ्चाशत्तमोऽध्यायः
सिंहेऽष्टमस्थे च सरीसृपाच्च भवेद्विनाशो मनुजस्य सम्यक् ।व्यालोद्भवो वापि वनाश्रितस्य चौरोद्भवो वाथ चतुष्पदोत्थः ॥ ८९ ॥
Say Leo is the 8th house. Then the man may surely die from a creeping animal. Or death may come from a snake or a wild beast, for one who lives in the forest. Or it may come from thieves, or from a four-footed animal.
कन्या यदा चाष्टमगा विलग्नात्तदा स्ववित्तान्मनुजस्य विन्द्यात् ।
Say Virgo is the 8th house from the lagna (rising sign). Then know that death comes to the man through his own wealth. It may come from harm done by…
तुलाधरे चाष्टमगे च मृत्युर्भवेन्नराणां द्विपदोत्थ एव ।
Say Libra is the 8th house. Then men die at the hands of a two-footed being. Death may come at nightfall, from a fast kept at some place. Or it may…
स्थानेऽष्टमस्थेऽष्टमराशिसङ्ज्ञान्नृणां विनाशो वदनोद्भवेन ।
Say the sign called the 8th sign [Scorpio] is the 8th house. Then men die from an illness of the mouth. Or death may come from insects. Or it may…