Sanskrit verses with English translation from Maharishi Parasara. Read the full classical treatise on AstroFusion Learning.
द्वितीयसप्तमेशौ तु मारकौ परिकीर्तितौ। तौ यदा मारकस्थाने मृत्युं दुःखं च कुर्वतः॥
dvitīyasaptameśau tu mārakau parikīrtitau | tau yadā mārakasthāne mṛtyuṃ duḥkhaṃ ca kurvataḥ ||
The lords of the 2nd and 7th houses are declared the Maraka planets; when they occupy the maraka sthana (2nd or 7th), they cause death and sorrow.
तृतीयषष्टमेशाश्च एकादशाधिपैः सह। एते मारकसंज्ञाः स्युः शनिः समर्थ एव हि॥
tṛtīyaṣaṣṭameśāśca ekādaśādhipaiḥ saha | ete mārakasaṃjñāḥ syuḥ śaniḥ samartha eva hi ||
The lords of the third and sixth houses, together with the lord of the eleventh, are designated Marakas; and Saturn alone is ever the capable (samartha) Maraka.
मारकाणां दशाकाले मृत्युर्भवति निश्चितम्। अन्यदशासु शुभास्तु योगे मारकसंयुते। मृत्युर्दशासमाप्त्या तु भविष्यति न संशयः॥
mārakāṇāṃ daśākāle mṛtyurbhavati niścitam | anyadaśāsu śubhāstu yoge mārakasaṃyute | mṛtyurdaśāsamāptyā tu bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ ||
During the dasha of a Maraka death certainly occurs; even in the dashas of others, when benefic periods are joined with or afflicted by Marakas, death comes at the close of that dasha — there is no doubt.