Yuddhe Marana yoga
Definition.-Mars, being lord of the 6th or 8th, should conjoin the 3rd lord and Rahu, Saturn or Mandi in cruel amsas.
Results.-The person will be killed in battle.
Remarks.-Death in a battle fighting for one’s own country is always glorified by sages as the gateway to Heaven. The yoga is applicable only to Mesha, Mithuna, Kanya and Vrischika Lagnas as Mars cannot own the 6th or 8th house for other Lagnas. In actual practice, persons born in almost all Lagnas havc been killed in battle so that it looks far more
reasonablen ot to restrict the definition of the yoga to the ownership of the 6th or 8th by Mars alone. If the 6th or 8th lord in conjunction with the 3rd lord, and Saturn, Rahu or Mandi occupies cruel amsas, this combination may be said to exist. When the 6th or 8th lord happens to be Saturn, then also the yoga could be caused by his association with the 3rd lord and Rahu, Mandi or Mars. The same yoga is also said to be caused if the lord
of the drekkana occupied by Saturn is in a Rasi or Navamsa of Mars or is aspected by Mars.