Saravali 34.34.24

34.34.24

tṛtīyabhāva meṃ budha kā phala
saumyo bhāskaradṛṣṭaḥ suhṛdāṃ parisaṃkhayaṃ sadā kurute |
bhāvādhyāye kathitaṃ śeṣaṃ parikalpayedatra ||

Result of Mercury in the third house:
A benefic [Mercury] aspected by the Sun always brings about the diminishing of friends;
one should infer the rest here as declared in the chapter on the astrological houses.