Sanskrit verses with English translation from Maharishi Parasara. Read the full classical treatise on AstroFusion Learning.
बालारिष्टं वदाम्येकं लग्नेशे पापसंयुते। चन्द्रलग्नाधिपौ दृष्ट्वा बालहानिं वदन्ति तत्॥
bālariṣṭaṃ vadāmyekaṃ lagnyeśe pāpasaṃyute | candralagnādhipau dṛṣṭvā bālahāniṃ vadanti tat ||
I declare the infant affliction (Bala-arishta): when the lagna lord is joined by malefics, and the lords of the lagna and Chandra lagna are afflicted, it indicates harm to the child.
आदौ जन्माङ्गतो विप्र रिष्टाऽरिष्टं विचारयेत् । ततस्तन्वादिभावानां जातकस्य फलं वदेत् ॥ १॥
ādau janmāṅgato vipra riṣṭā'riṣṭaṃ vicārayet | tatas tanvādibhāvānāṃ jātakasya phalaṃ vadet || 1||
O Brahmin, first examine affliction or its absence from the birth chart itself; only then declare the fruits of the native's bhavas beginning with Tanu.
चतुर्विंशतिवर्षाणि यावद् गच्छन्ति जन्मतः । जन्मारिष्टं तु तावत् स्यादायुर्दायं न चिन्तयेत् ॥ २॥
caturviṃśativarṣāṇi yāvad gacchanti janmataḥ | janmāriṣṭaṃ tu tāvat syād āyurdāyaṃ na cintayet || 2||
For twenty-four years from birth, birth-afflictions may operate; during that span one should not compute the full span of life.
षष्ठाष्टरिष्फगश्चन्द्रः क्रूरैः खेटैश्च वीक्षितः । जातस्य मृत्युदः सद्यस्त्वष्टर्षैः शुभेक्षितः ॥ ३॥
ṣaṣṭhāṣṭariṣphagaś candraḥ krūraiḥ kheṭaiśca vīkṣitaḥ | jātasya mṛtyudaḥ sadyas tv aṣṭarṣair śubhekṣitaḥ || 3||
The Moon in the 6th or 8th, joined with Rishphaha (Rahu) and seen by cruel planets, quickly gives death; if benefically aspected, after eight years.