Sanskrit verses with English translation from Vaidyanatha Dikshita. Read the full classical treatise on AstroFusion Learning.
उत्तमं मध्यमं कनिष्ठं त्रिविधं वेदपारगैः। आयुः पिण्डायुरंशायुर्देहायुरिति कथ्यते॥
uttamaṃ madhyamaṃ kaniṣṭhaṃ trividhaṃ vedapāragaiḥ | āyuḥ piṇḍāyur aṃśāyur dehāyur iti kathyate ||
The wise versed in the Vedas declare life-span to be of three kinds — superior, middling, and inferior; it is expounded as piṇḍāyu, aṃśāyu, and dehāyu.
पैणड्यं भानौ निसर्गप्रभवमुडुपतौ रश्मिजं सोमपुत्रे भौमे भिन्नाष्टवर्गोदितमसुरगुरौ कालचक्रोद्भवायुः । देवाचार्ये दशायुर्दिनकरतनये सामुदायं बलिष्टे लग्ने यद्यंशकायुर्भवति बलयुते चाहुराचार्यमुख्याः ॥
paiṇḍyaṃ bhānau nisargaprabhavamuḍupatau raśmijaṃ somaputre bhaume bhinnāṣṭavargoditamasuragurau kālacakrod bhavāyuḥ | devācārye daśāyur dinakaratanaye sāmudāyaṃ baliṣṭe lagne yadyaṃśakāyur bhavati balayute cāhur ācāryamukhyāḥ ||
Piṇḍāyu applies when the Sun is strong, natural span when the Moon is strong, raśmi-born years for Mars, aṣṭavarga-refined span for Mercury, kālachakra-born life for Venus, daśāyu for Jupiter, samudāyu for Saturn; when the lagna is strongest the wise declare aṃśāyu.
आयुषोऽधिकारिणः । ये धर्ममार्गनिरता द्विजदेवभक्ता ये पव्यभोजनरता विजितेन्द्रियश्च । येमानवाद्वृतिसत्कुलशीलसीमास्तेषामिदं कथितमायुरुदारधीभिः ॥
ye dharmamārganiratā dvijadevabhaktā ye pavyabhojanaratā vijitendriyaśca | yemānavādvṛtisatkulaśīlasīmāsteṣām idaṃ kathitamāyur udāradhībhiḥ ||
Those devoted to the path of dharma, devoted to brahmins and gods, delighting in pure food and self-controlled; those humans of good conduct, noble lineage and virtuous bounds — for them alone have the great-minded sages declared this computation of life-span.
ये पापलुब्धाश्वोराश्च देवब्राह्मणनिन्दकाः । सर्वाशिनश्च ये तेषामकालमरणं नृणाम् ॥
ye pāpalubdhāśvorāśca devabrāhmaṇanindakāḥ | sarvāśinaśca ye teṣāmakālamaraṇaṃ nṛṇām ||
Those greedy of sin, slanderers of gods and brahmins, and devourers of all — for such men death comes before its appointed time.
रन्ध्रे श्वरातिशत्रुश्च सप्त च्छिद्रग्रहाः स्मृताः । तेषां मध्ये बली यस्तु तस्य दाये मृतिं वदेत् ॥
randhre śvarātiśatruśca sapta cchidragrahāḥ smṛtāḥ | teṣāṃ madhye balī yastu tasya dāye mṛtiṃ vadet ||
Seven chhidra (breach) grahas are recognized in connection with the eighth; the strongest among them announces death in his own dashā.