Verse 8.17
तनौ सुतनुदृक्प्रियं सुखिनमेव दीर्घयुषं करोति कविरर्थगः कविमनेकवित्तान्वितम्। विदारसुखसम्पदं कृपणमप्रियं विक्रमे सुवाहनसुमन्दिराभरण वस्त्रगन्धं सुखे
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In the Ascendant, the Sun makes one slender of body, dear to friends, happy, and long-lived; he becomes a poet and skilled in wealth. In the second house, he makes one possessed of many riches. In the fourth house, he brings distress…
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