Narapatijayacarya 4.54

4.54

| jātasyāpi ca tatraiva svalpamāyurvinidiśaṃśet || sthiralagrodaye naṣṭaṃ svalpakālena labhyate | tatra rogī cirādbhavyo dīrghāyurllabdhajanmavat || naṣṭasya śīghraṃ lābhaḥ syādrogī śīghreṇa śībhanaḥ | madhyāyurlabdhajanmāsyāddvisvabhāvodayeṣu yat | krūrairubhayataḥ iti | yasya puruṣasya akṣaratithisvararāśidhiṣṇyaṃ pañcāpi krūraiḥ pāpagrahairubhayato viddhāḥ syustasya mṛtyuḥ syādityatra na saṃśayaḥ | maṇḍalaṃ nagaram iti | nāmādyakṣaramubhayataḥ krūraiḥ viddham ete maṇḍalamavacchedakagrāmasamūhaḥ | nagaraṃ rājāvasthitisthānam | grāmaḥ prasiddham eva durgaṃ koṭādi devālayaṃ prasiddham, puraṃ rājadhānīti naśyaṃti na saṃśayo niścaya eva ||

"Even of one born at that very [rising sign], one should predict short life. When a fixed sign rises, what is lost is recovered in a short time; there the sick person will recover after a long time, and one born [then] has a long life. For a dual sign rising, there is swift recovery of what is lost, the sick person quickly becomes well, and one born [then] has a medium lifespan." Regarding "By malefics on both sides": for whatever man the five—phoneme, lunar day, sound, zodiacal sign, and asterism—are pierced on both sides by malefic planets, his death will occur; there is no doubt about this. Regarding "A district, a town": when the initial phoneme is pierced on both sides by malefics, these—the district, which is a collection of villages defining an area; the town, which is the residence of a king; a village, well known; a fortress, such as a citadel; a temple, well known; a city, meaning a capital—are destroyed; there is no doubt, it is certain.