Verse 16.23
दिवा सूर्ये निशा मन्दे सुस्थे शुभनिरीक्षिते । धर्मेशे बलसंयुक्ते चिरं जीवति तत्पिता
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If the Sun is in the day and Saturn in the night, both well-placed and aspected by benefics, and if the lord of the ninth house is united with strength, then the father of that native lives for a long time. This verse establishes a precise…
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