Ch. 9. Evils at Birth
1. O Brahmin, first of all estimate the evils and checking factors thereof through Lagn 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 Candr be in Ari, Randhr, or Vyaya Bhava and receives a Drishti from a malefic, the child will die soon. If in the process there be a Drishti from a benefic, it may live up to 8. If a benefic is retrograde in Ari, Randhr, or Vyaya Bhava, receiving a Drishti from a malefic, death will occur within a month of birth. This is true, only when Lagn is not occupied by a benefic. Should Putr Bhava be occupied by Śani, Mangal and Sūrya jointly, (early) death of mother and brother will come to pass. Mangal, placed in Tanu, or in Randhr Bhava and be yuti with Śani, or Sūrya, or receiving a Drishti from a malefic, being bereft of a Drishti from a benefic, will prove a source of (immediate) death.
7-11. If Śani and Mangal give a Drishti to Lagn, as the luminaries are yuti with Rahu (elsewhere), the child will live a fortnight. Immediate death of the child along with its mother will occur, if Śani is in Karm Bhava, Candr in Ari Bhava and Mangal in Yuvati Bhava. One will immediately go to the abode of Yama, if Śani is in Tanu Bhava, while Candr and Guru are in their order in Randhr and Sahaj Bhava. Only a month will be the span of one’s life, who had Sūrya in Dharm Bhava, Mangal in Yuvati Bhava and Guru and Śukr in Labh Bhava. All Grahas (any Grah) in Vyaya Bhava will be the source of a short life, specifically the luminaries, Śukr and Rahu. But the Drishti of these four Grahas (on Vyaya Bhava) will counteract such evils.
12. Candr is capable of causing early end, if she is with a malefic in Yuvati, Randhr, or Tanu Bhava 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 Candr, or in Gandanta, while Candr and malefics occupy Kendras from Lagn.
14. Definition of Sandhya. 3 Ghatis before the sight of the semi disc (half) of the rising Sūrya and a similar duration, following Sūrya’s 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 Vrischik, will follow. In this case there is no need of any rethinking.
16. Malefic in Vyaya and Ari Bhava, or in Randhr and Dhan Bhava, while Lagn is hemmed between other malefics, will bring early death.
17. Malefics, occupying Tanu and Yuvati Bhava, while Candr is yuti with a malefic with no relief from a benefic, will also cause premature death.
18. Early death will be inflicted on the native, if decreasing Candr is in Tanu Bhava, while malefics capture Randhr Bhava and a Kendra. There is no doubt about that.
19. Candr in Tanu, Randhr, Vyaya, or Yuvati Bhava and hemmed between malefics will confer premature death.
20. Should Candr be in Tanu Bhava, hemmed between malefics, while Yuvati, or Randhr Bhava has a malefic in it, he will face immediate death along with his mother.
21. Should Śani, Sūrya and Mangal be in Vyaya, Dharm and Randhr Bhava without Drishti from a benefic, the child will face instant death.
22. With a malefic in Yuvati Bhava, or in the rising Dreshkan, while decreasing Candr is in Tanu Bhava, death be experienced early.
23. The life span of the child will be either 2 months, or 6 months only, if all Grahas devoid of strength are relegated to Apoklima Bhavas.
24. Evils to Mother (up to Sloka 33). The mother of the native will incur evils (will die soon), if Candr at birth receives a Drishti from three malefics. Benefics, giving a Drishti to Candr, will bring good to the mother.
25. Should Dhan Bhava be occupied by Rahu, Budh, Śukr, Sūrya and Śani, the child’s birth has been after its father’s death, while even the mother will face early death.
26. If Candr is in the 7th, or the 8th from a malefic, be herself with a malefic and receives a Drishti from a strong malefic, predict mothers end to be early.
27. The child will not live on mother’s milk, but on that of she-goat, if Sūrya is exalted, or debilitated in Yuvati Bhava.
28. Should a malefic be in the 4th, identical with an inimical Rashi, counted from Candr, while there is no benefic in a Kendra, the child will lose its mother in a premature manner.
29. Malefics in Ari and Vyaya Bhava will bring evils to mother. The child’s father will receive similar effects, if Bandhu and Karm Bhava are captured by malefics.
30. Budh in Dhan Bhava, while malefics occupy Tanu and Vyaya Bhava: this Yoga will destroy the entire family.
31. Guru, Śani and Rahu, respectively, posited in Tanu, Dhan and Sahaj Bhava will cause mother’s death early.
32. Doubtlessly the mother will give up the child, if it has malefics in Konas, counted from the decreasing Candr. No benefic shall be yuti with the said malefics.
33. If Mangal and Śani are together in a Kendra with reference to Candr and occupy one and the same Navāńś, the child will have two mothers. Yet it will be short-lived.
34. Evil to Father (up to Sloka 42). One’s father will incur early death, if Śani, Mangal and Candr in their orders are in Tanu, Yuvati and Ari Bhava.
35. The native will at the time of his marriage lose his father, if Guru is in Tanu Bhava, while Śani, Sūrya, Mangal and Budh are together in Dhan Bhava.
36. Early loss of father will take place, if Sūrya is with a malefic, or is hemmed between malefics, as there is another malefic in the 7th from Sūrya.
37. Remote will be the possibility of one’s father sustaining, if Sūrya is in Yuvati, while Mangal is in Karm and Rahu is in Vyaya Bhava.
38. Early and troubled will be one’s father’s death, if Mangal is in Karm Bhava identical with his enemy’s Rashi.
39. Candr in Ari Bhava, Śani in Tanu Bhava and Mangal in Yuvati Bhava: this array of heavenly bodies at birth will not ensure a long span of life for the father.
40. If Sūrya receives a Drishti from Śani and be in Mesh, or in Vrischik Navāńś, the father would have given up the family before birth of the child, or would have passed away.
41. If Bandhu, Karm and Vyaya Bhava 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 Guru are together in an inimical Rashi identical with Tanu, or Bandhu Bhava.
43-45. Parents. Sūrya is the indicator of father for all beings, while the mother is indicated by Candr. Should Sūrya receive a Drishti from one, or more malefics, or be hemmed between them, this will cause evils to father. Similarly Candr be considered in respect of mother. Malefics in the 6th, the 8th, or the 4th from Sūrya will bring inauspicious results about the father. Malefics in such places from Candr will be adverse for the mother. The strength, or otherwise of the occupants concerned be suitably estimated.
