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Verse 4.8

क्रूरे शशिनश्चतुर्थगे लग्नाद् वा निधनाश्रिते कुजे । बन्ध्वन्त्यगयोः क्षीणेन्दौ निधनाय पूर्ववत्

If the cruel planets occupy the fourth from the Moon, or if Mars occupies the eighth from the ascendant, or if the waning Moon is situated in the eighth or twelfth house, then death occurs for the infant, just as previously described. This…

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