Sanskrit verses with English translation from Vaidyanatha Dikshita. Read the full classical treatise on AstroFusion Learning.
रन्ध्रेश्वरो रन्ध्रगतो वापि पापैर्दृष्टोऽरिष्टकृद्भवेत्। मारकस्थानगो वापि मृत्युं कुर्यादसंशयम्॥
randhreśvaro randhragato vāpi pāpair dṛṣṭo 'riṣṭakṛd bhavet | mārakasthānago vāpi mṛtyuṃ kuryād asaṃśayam ||
The lord of the 8th, or a planet placed in the 8th and afflicted by malefics, becomes an arishta-kāraka; one situated in a maraka sthāna surely brings about death.
अष्टौ बालारिष्टमादौ नराणां योगारिष्टं प्राहुराविंशतिः स्यात् । अल्पं चान्द्रात्रिंशतान्मध्यमायुरासप्तत्याः पूर्णमायुः शतान्तम् ॥
aṣṭau bālāriṣṭam ādau narāṇāṃ yogāriṣṭaṃ prāhur aviṃśatiḥ syāt | alpaṃ cāndrātriṃśatān madhyamāyur āsaptatyāḥ pūrṇamāyuḥ śatāntam ||
Eight years at the outset constitute balarishta; yogarishta they declare to be twenty; alpāyu is thirty-two, madhyamāyu up to seventy, and full life extends to a hundred years.
एकत्र मन्दावनिनन्दनार्का रन्ध्रस्थिता वा रिपुराशियाताः । सौम्यैरयुक्ता अविलोकितास्ते जातस्य सद्यो मरणप्रदाः स्युः ॥
ekatra mandāvaninandanārkā randhrasthitā vā ripurāśiyātāḥ | saumyairayuktā avilokitāste jātasya sadyo maraṇapradāḥ syuḥ ||
Saturn, Mars and the Sun joined together, or placed in the eighth, or gone to an enemy sign without benefic association or aspect — these inflict immediate death upon the native.
लग्नारिरन्ध्रव्ययगे शशाङ्के पापेन दृष्टे शुभदृष्टिहीने । केन्द्रेषु सौम्यग्रहवर्जितेषु प्राणैवियोगं व्रजति प्रजातः ॥
lagnārirandhravyayage śaśāṅke pāpena dṛṣṭe śubhadṛṣṭihīne | kendreṣu saumyagrahavarjiteṣu prāṇairviyogaṃ vrajati prajātaḥ ||
If the Moon occupies the lagna, sixth, eighth or twelfth, aspected by malefics without benefic aspect, and the kendras lack benefics, the born one departs from his vital breaths.
क्षीणे हिमगौ व्ययगे पापैरुदयाष्टमगैः । केन्द्रेषु शुभाश्च न चेत् क्षिप्रं निधनं प्रवदेत् ॥
kṣīṇe himagau vyayage pāpair udayāṣṭamagaiḥ | kendreṣu śubhāśca na cet kṣipraṃ nidhanaṃ pravadet ||
When the waning Moon sits in the twelfth with malefics occupying the ascendant and the eighth, and benefics are absent from the kendras, speedy death is foretold.