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Verse 24.14

क्रूरे अष्टमे विधवता निधनेश्वरोऽंशे यस्य स्थितो वयसि तस्य समे प्रदिष्टा । सत्स्वर्थगेषु मरणं स्वयम्एव तस्याः कन्यालिगो हरिषु चाल्प सुतत्वम्इन्दौ

When a cruel planet occupies the eighth house, and the lord of the eighth is situated in a divisional chart of a malefic at an age equal to that of the native, widowhood is predicted. If benefic planets occupy the eighth house, death comes…

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