Verse 8.20
स्वोच्चे स्वकीयभवने क्षितिपालतुल्यो लग्नेऽर्कजे भवति देशपुराधिनाथः । शेषेषु दुखपरिपीडित एव बाल्ये दारिद्र्यदुःखवशगो मलिनोऽलसश्च
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When Mars is in its own sign or exaltation in the ascendant, the native becomes equal to a king or the ruler of a town or country. In all other conditions, he is afflicted with sorrow in childhood and becomes subject to the misery of…
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