Brihat Parasara Hora Sastra · Chapter 44
atha mārakādhyāyaḥ
अथ मारकाध्यायः
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bahudhā''yurbhavā yogāḥ kathitā bhavatā'dhunā |
nṛṇāṃ mārakabhedāśca kathyantāṃ …
*Maitreya speaks:* O Maharishi Parashara, you have mentioned much about longevity. Be kind enough to…
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tṛtīyamaṣṭamasthānamāyuḥsthānāṃ dvayaṃ dvija |
mārakaṃ tadvyayasthānaṃ dvitīyaṃ …
*Parashara speaks:* O Brahmin, the third and the eighth are the two bhavas of longevity. The bhavas …
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tatrāpi saptamasthānād dvitīyaṃ balavattaram |
tayorīśau tatra gatāḥ pāpinastena…
Of the two — the second and the seventh — the second is the more powerful maraka bhava. The lords of…
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ye kheṭāḥ pāpinaste ca sarve mārakasaṃjñakāḥ |
teṣāṃ daśāvipākeṣu sambhave nidha…
The major and sub-periods of these maraka planets bring death to the native — depending on whether h…
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alpamadhyamapūrṇāyuḥ pramāṇamiha yogajam |
vijñāya prathamaṃ puṃsāṃ mārakaṃ pari…
The strength of the maraka and the kind of life span determine whether the maraka acts in a major pe…
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alābhe punareteṣāṃ sambandhena vyayeśituḥ |
kvacicchubhānāṃ ca daśasvaṣṭameśadaś…
The dasha of a benefic planet related to the twelfth lord may also inflict death.
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kevalānāṃ ca pāpānāṃ daśāsu nidhanaṃ kvacit |
alpanīyaṃ budhairnṛṇāṃ mārakāṇāmad…
The end may descend on the native in the dasha of the eighth lord. The dasha of a planet that is an …
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satyapi svena sambandhe na hanti śubhabhuktiṣu |
hanti satyapyasambandhe mārakaḥ…
The dasha of a malefic will not cause death in the antardasha of a benefic, even when the two are re…
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mārakagrahasambandhānnihantā pāpakṛcchaniḥ |
atikramyetarān sarvān bhavatyatra n…
Should Saturn be ill-disposed and related to a maraka planet, he is the first to kill — in preferenc…
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athā'nyadapi vakṣyāmi dvija mārakalakṣaṇam |
trividhāścāyuṣo yogāḥ svalpāyurmadh…
*Parashara speaks:* O Brahmin, I tell you further about the marakas. I have narrated three kinds of …
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dvāviṃśāt pūrvamalpāyurmadhyamāyustataḥ param |
catuṣṣaṣṭyāḥ purastāt tu tato dī…
Short life is before thirty-two years. From thirty-two up to sixty-four is medium life. From sixty-f…
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uttamāyuḥ śatādūrdhvaṃ jñātavyaṃ dvijasattama |
janairviṃśativarṣāntyamāyurjñāta…
O excellent of the Brahmins, it is not possible to decide upon longevity until the native is twenty …
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japahomacikitsādyairbālarakṣāṃ hi kārayet |
mriyante pitṛdoṣaiśca kecinmātṛgraha…
Until that age, the child should be protected by sacred recitations, by religious offerings of ghee …
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kecit svāriṣṭyogācca trividhā bālamṛtyavaḥ |
tataḥ paraṃ nṛṇāmāyurgaṇayed dvijas…
For premature death may descend on the child due to the sins of the father and the mother, or due to…
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athā'nyadapi vakṣyāmi nṛṇāṃ mārakalakṣaṇam |
alpāyuryogajātasya vipbhe ca mṛtirb…
I further mention the maraka planets. One born with short-life combinations may face death in the da…
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madhyāyuryogajasyaivaṃ pratyarau ca mṛtirbhavet |
dīrghāyuryogajātasya vadhabhe …
One born with medium-life combinations may die in the dasha denoted by Pratyak nakshatra — the fifth…
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dvāviṃśatryaṃśapaścaiva tathā vaināśikādhipaḥ |
vipattārāpratyarīśā vadhabheśaṃs…
One born with long-life combinations may obtain his end in the dasha denoted by Vadh nakshatra — the…
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ādyāntapau ca vijñeyau candrākrāntagṛhād dvija |
mārakau pāpakheṭau tau śubhau c…
The dasha of the lord of the twenty-second dreshkana, or of the twenty-third — the dasha of the lord…
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ṣaṣṭhādhipadaśāyāṃ ca nṛṇāṃ nidhanasambhavaḥ |
ṣaṣṭhāṣṭariṣphanāthānāmapahāre mṛ…
The lords of the second and the twelfth counted from Cancer may also bring death. This holds when th…
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mārakā bahavaḥ kheṭā yadi vīryasamanvitāḥ |
tattaddaśāntare vipra rogakaṣṭādisaṃ…
Death may come to pass in the dasha of the sixth lord, and in the sub-periods of the sixth, eighth, …
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uktā ye mārakāsteṣu prabalo mukhyamārakaḥ |
tadavasthānusāreṇa mṛtiṃ vā kaṣṭamād…
Should there be many marakas endowed with the power of killing, and if these marakas are strong, the…
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rahuścedathavā keturlagne kāme'ṣṭame vyaye |
mārakeśānmade vā'pi mārakeśena saṃy…
Rahu and Ketu as marakas: if Rahu or Ketu is placed in the lagna, the seventh, the eighth, or the tw…
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mārakaḥ sa ca vijñeyaḥ svadaśāntardaśāsvapi |
makare vṛścike janma rāhustasya mṛ…
For one born in Makara lagna or in Vrishchika lagna, Rahu is a maraka.
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ṣaṣṭhā'ṣṭariṣphago rāhustaddaye kaṣṭado bhavet |
śubhagrahayuto dṛṣṭo na tadā ka…
Should Rahu be in the sixth, the eighth, or the twelfth, he gives difficulties in his dasha periods …
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lagnāt tṛtīyabhāve tu balinā raviṇā yute |
rājahetuśca maraṇaṃ tasya jñeyaṃ dvij…
Sahaja bhava and death: O excellent of the Brahmins, if the Sun, with strength, is in the third, the…
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tritīye cendunā yukte dṛṣṭe vā yakṣmaṇā mṛtiḥ |
kujena vraṇaśastrāgnidāhādyairma…
The Moon in the third causes death through tuberculosis. Mars in the third causes death through woun…
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tṛtīye śanirāhubhyāṃ yukte dṛṣṭe'pi vā dvija |
viṣārtito mṛtirvācyā jalādvā vahn…
If the third receives drishti from or is occupied by Saturn and Rahu, death comes through poison, wa…
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gartāduccāt prapatanād bandhanād vā mṛtirbhavet |
tṛtīye candramāndibhyāṃ yukte …
If the Moon and Gulika occupy or aspect the third, death surely comes through insects or leprosy.
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kṛmikuṣṭhādinā tasya maraṇaṃ bhavati dhruvam |
tṛtīye budhasaṃyukte vīkṣite vāpi…
Mercury aspecting or occupying the third brings death followed by fever.
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jvareṇa maraṇaṃ tasya vijñeyaṃ dvijasattama |
tṛtīye guruṇā yukte dṛṣṭe śophādin…
Jupiter in the third, or aspecting the third, causes death by swelling or tumours. Urinary diseases …
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tṛtīye bhṛguyugdṛṣṭe meharogeṇa tanmṛtiḥ |
bahukheṭayute tasmin bahurogabhavā mṛ…
Many planets aspecting or occupying the third bring death through many diseases.
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tṛtīye ca śubhairyukte śubhadeśe mṛtirbhavet |
pāpaiśca kīkaṭe deśe miśrairmiśra…
If the third is occupied by a benefic, death will be in an auspicious place — like a shrine. If by a…
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tṛtīye guruśukrābhyāṃ yukte jñānana vai mṛtiḥ |
ajñānenā'nyakheṭaiśca mṛtirjñeyā…
Consciousness will prevail at the time of death if Jupiter or Venus is in the third. With other plan…
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cararāśau tṛtīyasthe paradeśe mṛtirbhavet |
sthirarāśau svagehe ca dvisvabhāve p…
According as the third is a moveable, fixed, or dual sign — death will be respectively in a foreign …
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lagnādaṣṭamabhāvācca nimittaṃ kathitaṃ budhaiḥ |
sūrye'ṣṭame'gnito mṛtyuścandre …
Occupants of the eighth: the Sun in the eighth — death through fire. The Moon in the eighth — death …
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śāstrād bhaume jvarāj jñe ca gurau rogāt kṣudhā bhṛgau |
pipāsayā śanau mṛtyurvi…
Jupiter in the eighth — death through diseases. Venus in the eighth — death through hunger. Saturn i…
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aṣṭame śubhadṛgyukte dharmape ca śubhairyute |
tīrthe mṛtistadā jñeyā pāpākhyair…
If the eighth is occupied by or receives drishti from a benefic, while the ninth lord is joined with…
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agnyambumiśratryaṃśairjñeyo mṛtyurgṛhāśritaiḥ |
pariṇāmaḥ śavasyā'tra bhasmasaṃk…
Fate of the physical body: should there be a benefic's dreshkana in the eighth — that is, the twenty…
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vyālavargadṛkāṇaistu viḍambo bhavati dhruvam |
śavasya śvaśṛgālādyairgṛdhrakākād…
If the dreshkana in the eighth is a serpent dreshkana, the body will be eaten away by animals, crows…
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karkaṭe madhyamo'ntyaśca vṛścikādyadvitīyakau |
mīne'ntimastribhāgaśca vyālavarg…
Serpent dreshkanas: the second and third dreshkanas of Cancer, the initial dreshkana of Vrishchika, …
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raviścandrabalākrāntatryaṃśanāthe gurau janaḥ |
devalokāt samāyāto vijñeyo dvija…
Pre-natal abode: O excellent of the Brahmins, the stronger of the two luminaries — Sun and Moon — oc…
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śukrendvoḥ pitṛlokāttu martyācca ravibhaumayoḥ |
budhā''rkyornarakādevaṃ janmakā…
If the stronger luminary is in a dreshkana of the Sun or Mars, the descent is from the world of Yama…
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guruścandrasitau sūryabhaumau jñārkī yathākramam |
devendubhūmyadholokān nayanty…
Ascent after death: according to the placement of certain planets in the sixth, the seventh, the eig…
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atha tatra grahabhāve randhrāritryaṃśanāthayoḥ |
yo balī sa nijaṃ lokaṃ nayatyan…
Jupiter in such a position: heaven. The Moon or Venus: the world of the Manes. Mars or the Sun: eart…
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tasya svoccādi saṃsthityā varamadhyā'dhamāḥ kramāt |
tattalloke'pi sañjātā vijñe…
If the said bhavas are not occupied, the native goes to the world indicated by the stronger of the d…
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anyān mārakabhedāṃśca rāśigrahakṛtān dvija |
daśādhyāyaprasaṃgeṣu kathayiṣyāmi s…
Other planets and signs becoming marakas are discussed in the chapter on dashas.
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