ADHYAYA 2-PADA 1
SU. 1.-Aayuh pitrudinesabhyam. Longevity of a person has to be determined with reference to Lagna and the 8th from it.
NOTES Pitru -1, Oina = 8 ; Pa 1, Ta means 6, 16 reversed will be = 61, divided by 12 we have a reminder 1. Therefore the 1st house. Di = 8, Na = 0, reversed we get 08, Therefore 8th house from Lagna is signified. Jataka Chandrika, following Parasara, lays down 8th and 3rd as houses of longevity.
SU. 2.-Prathamayonittarayorva deergham. . If the lords of the 1st and 8th are in movable or common signs or if one of them is in a movable and the other in a common sign, there will be longevity.
SU. 3.-J Prathamadwiteeyayorantayorva madhyam. If the lords of the 1st and 8th are found in Chara and Sthira Rasis-movable and fixed-or if both of them are in double. bodied signs, there will be middle life.
SU. 4. –Madhyayoradyantayorva heenam. If the lords of the 1st and 8th are found in fixed signs or one in Chara and other in Dwiswabhava, there will be short life. In the second sutra the last portion repeats the same idea.
SU. 5. – Evam mandachandrabhyam. The rules he has given in the first four sutras must also be, applied to Chandra Lagna and the Lagna.
NOTES Manda =1, Ma 5, Da 8= 58, reversed we have 85 divided by 12, we get 1 or first house. Therefore apply the above rules for Lagna and Chandra. Here he drops the lord of the 8th.
SU. 6. -Pitruka latascha. Poorna Madhya Alpa 1Long 1Middle 1Short 1life 2life 3life 2Long 2Middle 2Short 3life 1life 2life 3Long 3Middle 3Short 2life 3life 1life Long, middle and short lives may also be ascertained from Lagna and Hora Lagna.
NOTES 1. Chara-Movable. 2. Sthira- Fixed. 3. Dwiswabhava-Common or Double bodied sign. Long life is ensured when the above-mentioned lords are. 1. In two movable signs. 2. In fixed and common signs. 3. In common and fixed signs. Middle life When the two lords are in 1. Movable and fixed signs. 2. Fixed and movable signs. 3. Common and common signs. Short life 1. Movable and common. 2. Fixed and fixed. 3. Common and movable: This table enables the reader to readily ascertain from the lords of Lagna, Chandra and Hora Lagna and the lord of the 8th, the term of life of a person.
SU. 7.–Sam vadatpramanyam. Whichever longevity is determined by the greater number of combinations of planets, that term of life should be predicted and it will happen certainly. . .
NOTES This system of calculation and comparison is called samvada. Three systems have been given, viz,. 1. From the position of the lords of Lagna and the 8th .,: in the movable, fixed and common signs. 2. From the position of the lords of Lagna and Chandra Lagna in the above Rasis. 3. From the position of the Lagna and Hora Lagna in the above signs. I have already explained what is meant by Hora Lagna. If the terms of life given by any of these two are opposed to or vary from the term of life indicated by one system, then the former will prevail. 1f the calculations from these three systems agree, then certainty the person will have that term which they show. .
SU. 8. – yisamvade piitrukalataha. If three terms of life are indicated by the three systems, then the terms obtained by the Lagna and Hora Lagna should be preferred and accepted.
NOTES If by one system we get tong life, by another system middle life and by the third short Iife, accept that term which you get- by the Lagna and Hora Lagna and reject – the other terms obtained by other calculations.
SU. 9.-Pitrulabhage chandre chandramandabhyam. If Chandra is in the 7th from Janma Lagna then the longevity obtained. from the lord of these two must be taken as the definite term of a man’s life.
NOTES Alpayu or short life extends from birth to 32 years. Madhyayu or middle life extends from 33 to 66 years. Paramayu or long life extends from 67 to 100 years. Each Rasi has 30 Bhagas or 30 degrees and the positions of planets and houses will have to be taken with reference to degrees and minutes they occupy. If the lords of Lagna and 8th are in the first 10 degrees of the Rasis indicating long life, the person will have the full benefit of purnayu. If they are in the end of those Rasis, death must be predicted at the commencement of longevity.If they are in the middle, then the extent of the term in longevity must be found out by the rule of three. ‘ The rule of three should be thus applied. For each degree of the Rasi we get 1 year and 36 days as per explanations of the old commentators. If purnayu counts 34 years from 66th year to one hundred, then this has to be divided by 30 degrees composing a Rasi.
We get 1 year and 48 days and not 36: as explained by them. A purnayu man under that technical term may die from his 67th year’s age to his 100th year. Find out the degrees passed by the lords of Lagna- and 8th in the respective houses they are and then by rule of three find out how many degrees and minutes and seconds they have passed in those Rasis and ascertain how many years they give. Add this to 66 and the years so obtained will be the term of life, the person will have in the longevity period. Say they are in 16 degrees 20 minutes and 50 seconds. What would be the term of life ? We have taken this in the purnayu. If each degree gets 1 year and 48 days, what will be the number of years, months and days for 16 degrees, 20 minutes and 5C1 seconds ? This is simply a question of the rule of three. We get 18 years, 6 months, 9 days and 40 ghatis. This added to 66, the term of middle life, we get 84-6-9-40. The longevity of the person will be 84 years, 6 months. 9 days and 40 ghatis and his death must be predicted after this age. Similarly the age must also be ascertained by Hora as well as by Chandra Lagna. If there are differences, take the majority and decide. In the second and third divisions of Madhya and Alpayus or middle or short lives the same procedure has to be followed. This gives a clue to predict the correct time of death. The author in these sutras has not spoken anything about the Balarishta, Madhyarishta and Yogarishta.
A very large number of infants die before they are eight years of age and this is described as death from Balarishta. Then Madhyarishta extends from 8 to 20 years, and we have a large number of deaths. Then we have the Yogarishta extending from 20 to 32. Probably Jaimini includes all these three different periods in the Alpayuryoga which extends upto 32 years (see my notes in Brihat Jataka and Sarvanhachintamani on these various terms of life). Unless we have a full knowledge of Balarishta the calculation of Jaimini will not be found useful or accurate. An infant dies in the womb, a few minutes after birth or months-how can these Yogas apply to them ? See Pindotpatti or foetal development given by me in Brihat Jataka.
