Sanskrit verses with English translation from Maharishi Parasara. Read the full classical treatise on AstroFusion Learning.
अष्टमं ह्यायुषः स्थानमष्टमादष्टमं च यत्। तयोरपि व्ययस्थानं मारकस्थानमुच्यते॥२३॥
aṣṭamaṁ hyāyuṣaḥ sthānam aṣṭamād aṣṭamaṁ ca yat | tayorapi vyayasthānaṁ mārakasthānam ucyate || 23 ||
The eighth house from the lagna is the seat of longevity, and the eighth from the eighth, that is the third, is likewise a seat of longevity. The twelfth from both of these, namely the seventh and the second, is called the maraka-sthana.
तत्राप्याद्यव्ययस्थानादुत्तरं बलवत्तरम्। तदीशितुस्तत्र गताः पापिनस्तेन संयुताः॥२४॥
tatrāpyādyavyayasthānād uttaraṁ balavattaram | tadīśitus tatra gatāḥ pāpinasten saṁyutāḥ || 24 ||
Of those two, the latter, namely the second house, is stronger than the first maraka house, the seventh. Its lord, malefics placed there, and malefics conjoined with that lord are the agents of death.
तेषां दशाविपाकेषु संभवे निधनं नृणाम्। तेषामसम्भवे साक्षाद् व्ययाधीशदशास्वपि॥२५॥
teṣāṁ daśāvipākeṣu sambhave nidhanaṁ nṛṇām | teṣāmasambhave sākṣād vyayādhīśadaśāsvapi || 25 ||
When those periods are possible, the death of human beings occurs in their dasha-vipaka; when they are not possible, directly in the dasha of the twelfth lord from the lagna.
अलाभे पुनरेतेषां सम्बन्धेन व्ययेशितुः। क्वचिच्छुभानां च दशास्वष्टमेशदशासु च॥२६॥
alābhe punareteṣāṁ sambandhena vyayeśituḥ | kvacicchubhānāṁ ca daśāsvaṣṭameśadaśāsu ca || 26 ||
In the absence of these, death is timed through the relationships of the twelfth lord: sometimes in the dashas of benefics related to it, and in the dashas of the eighth lord.
केवलानां च पापानां दशासु निधनं क्वचित्। कल्पनीयं बुधैर्नृणां मारकाणामदर्शने॥२७॥
kevalānāṁ ca pāpānāṁ daśāsu nidhanaṁ kvacit | kalpanīyaṁ budhairnṛṇāṁ mārakāṇāmadarśane || 27 ||
When marakas are not visible, the wise should sometimes infer the death of human beings in the dashas of malefics alone.
मारकैः सह सम्बन्धान्निहन्ता पापकृच्छनिः। अतिक्रम्येतरान् सर्वान् भवत्येव न संशयः॥२८॥
mārakaiḥ saha sambandhān nihantā pāpakṛc chaniḥ | atikramyetarān sarvān bhavatyeva na saṁśayaḥ || 28 ||
By connection with marakas, Saturn, being a functional malefic, becomes the slayer; it overrides all the others, and this is certain beyond doubt.