Sanskrit verses with English translation from Maharishi Parasara. Read the full classical treatise on AstroFusion Learning.
मण्डूकी दशना प्रोक्ता मण्डूकचरणेन तु। सप्तग्रहैः समायुक्ता फलं स्यात्क्रमतो नृणाम्॥
maṇḍūkī daśanā proktā maṇḍūkacaraṇena tu | saptagrahaiḥ samāyuktā phalaṃ syātkramato nṛṇām ||
The Mandooki dasha is declared by the stride (charana) of the frog (Manduka); conjoined with the seven planets, results follow sequentially for men.
तृतीयमष्टमस्थानमायुःस्थानां द्वयं द्विज । मारकं तद्व्ययस्थानं द्वितीयं सप्तमं तथा ॥ २॥
tṛtīyamaṣṭamasthānamāyuḥsthānāṃ dvayaṃ dvija | mārakaṃ tadvayasthānaṃ dvitīyaṃ saptamaṃ tathā ||
O Brahmin, the third and the eighth are the two houses of longevity; the twelfth houses from each of them — the second and the seventh — are the houses of death (maraka sthanas).
तत्रापि सप्तमस्थानाद् द्वितीयं बलवत्तरम् । तयोरीशौ तत्र गताः पापिनस्तेन संयुताः ॥ ३॥
tatrāpi saptamasthānād dvitīyaṃ balavattaram | tayorīśau tatra gatāḥ pāpinastena saṃyutāḥ ||
Of the two, the second house is more powerful than the seventh as a maraka; the lords of both, malefics placed in them, and malefics joined with their lords are all known as killers.
अलाभे पुनरेतेषां सम्बन्धेन व्ययेशितुः । क्वचिच्छुभानां च दशस्वष्टमेशदशासु च ॥ ६॥
alābhe punaretāṣāṃ sambandhena vyayeśituḥ | kvacicchubānāṃ ca daśasv-aṣṭameśadaśāsu ca ||
Failing that, even benefic planets connected with the twelfth lord may inflict death in their dashas, and so may the dasha of the eighth lord himself.
मारकग्रहसम्बन्धान्निहन्ता पापकृच्छनिः । अतिक्रम्येतरान् सर्वान् भवत्यत्र न संशयः ॥ ९॥
mārakagrahasambandhānnihantā pāpakṛcchaniḥ | atikramyetarān sarvān bhavatyatra na saṃśayaḥ ||
A badly disposed Saturn connected with a maraka planet kills ahead of all others, overriding every other contender; of this there is no doubt.