Category: 44 Māraka

1. O Mahārśi Parashara, you have mentioned a lot about longevity. Be kind enough to throw light on Marakas, or killers. 2-5. O Brahmin, 3rd…

तृतीयमष्टमस्थानमायुःस्थानां द्वयं द्विज। मारकं तद्‌व्ययस्थानं द्वितीयं सप्तमं तथा २ tṛtīyamaṣṭamasthānamāyuḥsthānāṁ dvayaṁ dvija | mārakaṁ tadvyayasthānaṁ dvitīyaṁ saptamaṁ tathā 2 The third and eighth bhāva are…

Śloka 1 O Sage, you have now described many yogas that bestow long life. Out of your compassion, kindly explain also the various types of…

Śloka 4 These planets are [to be considered as] malefic, and all of them are known as māraka (death-inflicting). When the results of their daśā…

Śloka 7 During the daśās of natural malefic planets, death may occur; but when the māraka planets are not present (i.e. inoperative), the death of…

मारकग्रहसम्बन्धान्निहन्ता पापकृच्छनिः। अतिक्रम्येतरान्‌ सर्वान्‌ भवत्यत्र न संशयः ९ mārakagrahasambandhānnihantā pāpakṛcchaniḥ | atikramyetarān sarvān bhavatyatra na saṁśayaḥ 9 Translation: A graha, by association with a māraka…

अथाऽन्यदपि वक्ष्यामि द्विज मारकलक्षणम्। त्रिविधाश्चायुषो योगाः स्वल्पायुर्मध्यमोत्तमाः १० athā’nyadapi vakṣyāmi dvija mārakalakṣaṇam | trividhāścāyuṣo yogāḥ svalpāyurmadhyamottamāḥ 10 Translation: O dvija [Maitreya], I shall enunciate the…

द्वाविंशात्‌ पूर्वमल्पायुर्मध्यमायुस्ततः परम्‌। चतुष्षष्ट्याः पुरस्तात्‌ तु ततो दीर्घमुदाहृतम्‌ ११ dvāviṁśāt pūrvamalpāyurmadhyamāyustataḥ param | catuṣṣaṣṭyāḥ purastāt tu tato dīrghamudāhṛtam 11 Translation: Ⓐ Uptill the age of…

उत्तमायुः शतादूर्ध्वं ज्ञातव्यं द्विजसत्तम। जनैर्विंशतिवर्षान्त्यमायुर्ज्ञातं न शक्यते १२ uttamāyuḥ śatād ūrdhvaṁ jñātavyaṁ dvijasattama janair viṁśativarṣāntyam āyur jñātaṁ na śakyate || 12 Translation: O noble Brāhmaṇa,…