1. O Brahmin, first of all, estimate the evils and checking factors thereof through the ascendant and then declare the effects of the 12 bhavas.
2. Evils causing premature end exist up to the 24th year of one's age. As such, no definite calculation of life span should be made till such year of age.
3-6. SHORT LIFE COMBINATIONS:
(up to sloka 23): Should the Moon be in the 6th, 8th, or the 12th from the ascendant and be in aspect to a malefic, the child will die soon. If in the process there be a benefic's aspect, it may live up to 8. If a benefic is retrograde in the 6th, 8th, or 12th being in aspect to a malefic, death will occur within a month of birth. This is true only when the ascendant is unoccupied by a benefic. Should the 5th be occupied by Saturn, Mars, and the Sun jointly, (early) death of mother and brother will come to pass. Mars placed in the ascendant or in the 8th and be conjunct Saturn or Sun or be in aspect to a malefic, being bereft of aspect will prove a source of (immediate) death.
7-11. If Saturn and Mars aspect the ascendant as the luminaries join Rahu (elsewhere), the child will live only for a fortnight. Immediate death of the child along with its mother will occur if Saturn is in the 10th, the Moon in the 6th, and Mars in the 7th. One will immediately go to the abode of Yama (the Hindu god of death) if Saturn is in the ascendant while the Moon and Jupiter are in their order in the 8th and the 3rd. Only a month will be the span of one's life who has the Sun in the 9th, Mars in the 7th, and Jupiter and Venus in the 11th. All planets (i.e. any planet) in the 12th will be source of short life, specifically luminaries, Venus and Rahu. But the aspect of one of these four planets (on the 12th) will counteract such evils.
12. The Moon is capable of causing early end if she is with a malefic in the 8th, 7th, or ascendant and unrelated to a benefic.
13. Early death will come to pass if there be a birth in the morning or evening junctions or in a hora ruled by the Moon or in Gandanta while the Moon and malefics occupy angles from the ascendant.
14. DEFINITION OF SANDHYA:
3 Ghatikas before the sight of the semi disc (half) of the rising Sun and a similar duration following the sun set are called as morning twilight and evening twilight, respectively.
15. EARLY DEATH:
Should all the malefics be in the oriental half while benefics are in the occidental half, early death of one born in Scorpio will follow.
16. Malefics in the 12th and the 6th, or in the 8th and the 2nd, while the ascendant is hemmed between other malefics will bring early death.
17. Malefics occupying the ascendant and the 7th while the Moon is conjunct a malefic with no relief from a benefic will also cause premature death.
18. Early death will be inflicted on the native if decrease in Moon is in the ascendant while malefics capture the 8th and an angle. There is no doubt about that.
19. The Moon in the ascendant, 8th, 12th, or the 7th and hemmed between malefics will confer premature death.
20. Should the Moon be in the ascendant hemmed between two malefics while the 7th or the 8th has a malefic in it, the child will face immediate death along with its mother.
21. Should Saturn, the Sun and Mars be in the 12, 9th, and 8th without benefic's aspect, the child will face instant death.
22. With a malefic in the 7th house or in the rising decanate while decreasing Moon is in the ascendant, death will be expected early.
23. The life span of the child will be either 2 months or 6 months only, if all planets devoid of strength are relegated to Apoklima houses (i.e. 3rd, 6th, 9th, and 12th).
24. EVILS TO MOTHER:
(up to sloka 33): The mother of the native will incur evils (will die soon) if the Moon at birth is aspected by three malefics. Benefics aspecting the Moon will bring good to the mother.
25. Should the 2nd be occupied by Rahu, Mercury, Venus, The Sun, and Saturn the child's birth has been after its father's death while even the mother will face early death.
26. If the Moon is in the 7th/8th from a malefic, be herself with a malefic, and be aspected by a strong malefic, predict mother's end to be early.
27. The child will not live on mother's milk but on that of a she-goat if the Sun is exalted or debilitated in the 7th.
28. Should a malefic be in the 4th, identical with an inimical sign, counted from the Moon while there is no benefic in an angle, the child will lose its mother in an premature manner.
29. Malefics in the 6th and 12th will bring evils to the mother. The child's father will receive similar effects of the 4th and 10th are captured by malefics.
30. Mercury in the 2nd while malefics occupy the ascendant, 7th and 12th: this yoga will destroy the entire family.
31. Jupiter, Saturn, and Rahu respectively posited in the ascendant, 2nd, and 3rd will cause mother's death early.
32. Doubtlessly the mother will give up the child if it has malefics in trines counted from the decreasing Moon. No benefic shall be in conjunction with the said malefics.
33. If Mars and Saturn are together in an angle with reference to the Moon and occupy one and the same navamsa, the child will have two mothers. Yet is will be short lived.
34. EVILS TO FATHER:
(up to sloka 42): One's father will incur early death if Saturn, Mars, and the Moon in their order are in the ascendant, the 7th, and the 6th.
35. The native will at the time of his marriage lose his father if Jupiter is in the ascendant while Saturn, Sun, Mars, and Mercury are together in the 2nd.
36. Early loss of father will take place if the Sun is with a malefic or is hemmed between malefics as there is another malefic in the 7th from the Sun.
37. Remote will be the possibility of one's father sustaining if the Sun is in the 7th while Mars is in the 10th and Rahu is in the 12th.
38. Early and doubtless will be one's father's death if Mars is in the 10th identical with his enemy's sign.
39. The Moon in the 6th, Saturn in the ascendant, and Mars in the 7th: this array of heavenly bodies at birth will not ensure a long span of life for the father.
40. If the Sun is aspected by Saturn and be in Aries/Scorpio Navamsa, the father would have given up the family before the birth of the child or would have passed away.
41. If the 4th, 10th, and 12th are all occupied by malefics, both the parents will leave the child to its own fate and wander from place to place.
42. The father will not see the native till his (the native's) 23rd year if Rahu and Jupiter are together in an inimical sign identical with the ascendant or the 4th.
43-45. PARENTS:
The Sun is the indicator of father for all beings while the mother is indicated by the Moon.
Should the Sun be aspected by malefics or be hemmed between them will cause evils to father. Similarly the Moon be considered in respect of mother. Malefics in the 6th, 8th, or 4th from the Sun will bring inauspicious results about the father. Malefics in such places from the Moon will be adverse for the mother. The strength or otherwise of the occupants concerned be suitable estimated.
