Effects of the Eighth (Longevity) Bhāva — Bṛhat-Pārāśara-Horāśāstra, Adhyāya 20

अष्टम (आयु) भावफलाध्यायः

The complete Effects of the Eighth (Longevity) Bhāva chapter of the Bṛhat-Pārāśara-Horāśāstra — all 15 verses, each in the original Sanskrit with VedicSpace's clean-room English translation, cited by śloka. Translated from the Chaukhamba (Devachandra Jha) edition and audited against the printed plates.

Śloka 1 — Opening address to Maitreya; 8th lord in a kendra gives long life

अथायुर्गेहगं वक्ष्ये फलं शृणु मुनेऽधुना। केन्द्रगो मृतिनाथस्तु दीर्घायुष्यप्रदः स्मृतः ॥ १ ॥

Now I shall declare the fruits pertaining to the house of longevity — listen now, O sage (Maitreya)! The lord of death (i.e. the lord of the 8th bhāva), when placed in a kendra, is held to be a bestower of long life.

BPHS Adhyāya 20, śloka 1

Śloka 2 — 8th lord with pāpagrahas in the 8th, and lagna lord likewise, gives short life

आयुःस्थानाधिपः पापैः सहैवायुषि संस्थितः। करोत्यल्पायुषं जातं लग्नेशोऽप्यत्र संस्थितः ॥ २ ॥

The lord of the house of longevity (the 8th), stationed in that very house of longevity together with malefics, makes the native short-lived; and so too the lagna lord when likewise stationed there.

BPHS Adhyāya 20, śloka 2

Śloka 3 — Longevity to be judged likewise from Saturn and the 10th lord

एवं हि शनिना चिन्ता कार्या तर्कैर्विचक्षणैः। कर्माधिपेन च तथा चिन्तनं कार्यमायुषः ॥ ३ ॥

In the same way the consideration is to be made through Saturn, by the discerning, with sound reasoning; and likewise reflection on longevity is to be made through the lord of the karma-bhāva (the 10th).

BPHS Adhyāya 20, śloka 3

Śloka 4 — Dīrghāyu-yoga: 6th and 12th lords in the 6th/12th, or in lagna or the 8th

षष्ठे व्ययेऽपि षष्ठेशो व्ययाधीशो रिपौ व्यये। लग्नेऽष्टमे स्थितो वापि दीर्घमायुः प्रयच्छति ॥ ४ ॥

The lord of the sixth placed in the sixth or in the twelfth, and the lord of the twelfth in the sixth or the twelfth — or else stationed in the lagna or in the eighth — bestows long life.

BPHS Adhyāya 20, śloka 4

Śloka 5 — Dīrghāyu-yoga: lagna lord and 8th lord in own sign / own aṃśa / friend's house

स्वस्थाने स्वांशके किंवा मित्रेशे मित्रमन्दिरे। दीर्घायुषं करोत्येव लग्नेशोऽष्टमपः पुनः ॥ ५ ॥

In its own place, or in its own aṃśa, or with a friendly lord, or in a friend's house — the lagna lord, and again the lord of the eighth, verily makes (the native) long-lived.

BPHS Adhyāya 20, śloka 5

Śloka 6 — Dīrghāyu-yoga: lords of 1, 8, 10 and Saturn in kendra/koṇa/11th

लग्नाष्टमपकर्मेशमन्दाः केन्द्रत्रिकोणयोः। लाभे वा संस्थितास्तद्वद् दिशेयुर्दीर्घमायुषम् ॥ ६ ॥

The lords of the lagna, of the eighth and of the karma-bhāva (the 10th), together with Saturn, stationed in a kendra or a koṇa, or else in the lābha (11th), likewise indicate long life.

BPHS Adhyāya 20, śloka 6

Śloka 7 — Very strong lagna lord aspected by benefics in kendras

वीक्षितः केन्द्रगैः सौम्यैर्लग्नपोऽतिबलान्वितः। सद्वित्तं सद्गुणं चापि दीर्घमायुः प्रयच्छति ॥ ७ ॥

The lagna lord endowed with abundant strength and aspected by benefics placed in kendras bestows good wealth, good qualities, and also long life.

BPHS Adhyāya 20, śloka 7

Śloka 8 — Lagna lord exalted, Moon in the 11th, Jupiter in the 8th

लग्नेशे स्वोच्चराशिस्थे चन्द्रे लाभसमन्विते। रन्ध्रस्थानगते जीवे दीर्घायुष्यं न संशयः ॥ ८ ॥

When the lagna lord is in its own exaltation rāśi, the Moon is joined to the lābha (11th), and Jupiter has gone to the randhra-sthāna (the 8th), there is long life — no doubt of it.

BPHS Adhyāya 20, śloka 8

Śloka 9 — Directive: judge longevity by whichever yoga is strongest

एषु यो बलवांस्तस्यानुसाराद् दैवविद्वरः। विचार्य बहुधा विद्वान् जातकस्यायुरादिशेत् ॥ ९ ॥

Among these (yogas), whichever is the strongest — in accordance with that the foremost knower of destiny, the learned one, having reflected in many ways, should declare the longevity of the native.

BPHS Adhyāya 20, śloka 9

Śloka 10 — Alpāyu-yoga: 8th lord in a kendra with a weak lagna lord — 20 to 32 years

अष्टमाधिपतौ केन्द्रे लग्नेशे बलवर्जिते। विंशत्यब्दानसौ जीवेद् द्वात्रिंशत्परमायुषम् ॥ १० ॥

When the lord of the eighth is in a kendra while the lagna lord is devoid of strength, he lives twenty years, thirty-two being the utmost span of his life.

BPHS Adhyāya 20, śloka 10

Śloka 11 — Alpāyu: 8th lord debilitated, malefics in the 8th, weak lagna lord

रन्ध्रेशे नीचराशिस्थे रन्ध्रे पापग्रहैर्युते। लग्नेशे दुर्बले जातः स्वल्पायुर्भवति ध्रुवम् ॥ ११ ॥

When the lord of the randhra (8th) is in its sign of debilitation, the randhra itself is joined by malefic grahas, and the lagna lord is weak, the native is assuredly of very short life.

BPHS Adhyāya 20, śloka 11

Śloka 12 — Death immediately at birth: malefics with 8th lord, in the 8th and the 12th

रन्ध्रेशे पापसंयुक्ते रन्ध्रे पापग्रहैर्युते। व्यये क्रूरग्रहैर्युक्ते जातमात्रं मृतिर्भवेत् ॥ १२ ॥

When the lord of the randhra (8th) is conjoined with malefics, the randhra itself is joined by malefic grahas, and the vyaya (12th) too is joined by cruel grahas, death occurs the moment (the child) is born.

BPHS Adhyāya 20, śloka 12

Śloka 13 — Instant death: malefics in kendra/koṇa, benefics in 6th/8th, debilitated 8th lord in lagna

पापाः केन्द्रत्रिकोणस्थाः सौम्याः षष्ठेऽष्टमे यदि। नीचस्थ-रन्ध्रपे लग्ने जातः सद्यो मृतो भवेत् ॥ १३ ॥

If malefics are placed in kendras and koṇas, benefics in the sixth and the eighth, and the lord of the randhra (8th), being debilitated, is in the lagna, the one born dies at once.

BPHS Adhyāya 20, śloka 13

Śloka 14 — Alpāyu: malefics in the 5th, with the 8th lord, and in the 8th

पञ्चमे पापसंयुक्ते रन्ध्रेशे पापसंयुते। रन्ध्रे पापग्रहैर्युक्ते स्वल्पायुष्यः प्रजायते ॥ १४ ॥

When the fifth is joined by malefics, the lord of the randhra (8th) is joined by malefics, and the randhra itself is joined by malefic grahas, one is born of very short life.

BPHS Adhyāya 20, śloka 14

Śloka 15 — Death within a month: 8th lord in the 8th rāśi, Moon with malefics and unaspected by benefics

रन्ध्रेशे रन्ध्रराशिस्थे चन्द्रे पाप-समन्विते। शुभैरदृष्टे जातस्य मासान्ते च मृतिर्भवेत् ॥ १५ ॥

When the lord of the randhra (8th) is placed in the rāśi of the randhra, and the Moon is joined by malefics and unaspected by benefics, the death of the one born occurs at the end of a month.

BPHS Adhyāya 20, śloka 15