11. The cause of death of a person whose horoscope does not contain any of the Yogas enumerated above shall be determined from the 22nd Drekkana counted from the rising Drekkana at the time of birth of a person; and death will be caused by the lord of such (22nd) Drekkana or by the lord of the sign of which the Drekkana is a division, whichever is powerful, by water, fire or other means belonging to such lord (a).

Notes

(a) Vide Stanza 1 of this Chapter.

12. The place of death of a person will be that of the sign occupied by the lord of the rising Navamsa (a); or it will be the place of the sign of the planet which occupies the same sign as that occupied by the lord of the rising Navamsa; or it will be the place of the sign of the planet aspecting the lord of the rising Navamsa; or it will be the place of the sign of the lord of the Navamsa occupied by the lord of the rising Navamsa (b). The actual place of death shall be determined by a careful examination of the several points. The period for which a person will remain insensible before death will be the time of oblique ascension of the portion of the rising sign below the horizon. If the rising sign be aspected by his lord, such period will be twice, and if it be aspected by benefic planets, it will be three times the time of such oblique ascension (c).

Notes

(a) Aries - place frequented by sheep; Taurus - place frequented by oxen; Gemini - a house; Cancer - a well; Leo - a forest; Virgo - water - bank; Libra - bazaar or store - house; Scorpio - a hole; Sagittari - place frequented by horses; Capricorn - watery tracts; Aquarius - a house; Pisces - watery places.

The above is general. If a distinct place of death be mentioned in connection with a Yoga relating to death, the death will occur only in such a place,

(b) If different places of death are pointed out by different planets, the place belonging to the sign of the most powerful planet will be the place of death. Again, of the two signs of a planet, the place of the Moolatri - kona sign will be the place of death. According to some, the place of death is the particular portion of the house belonging to the most powerful planet - such as the place of worship, the bath-room, the kitchen, etc, ( Vide Stanza 12 of Chapter II (Definitions And Elementary Planetary Principles).)

(c) If the rising sign be aspectecf by its lord.and by a benefic planet, the period of insensibility will be six times as long.

13. If, at the time of birth of a person, the 22nd Drekkana from the rising Drekkana be a fiery Drekkana (a), the body of the person after death will be burnt and reduced to ashes. If the 22nd Drekkana be a watery Drekkana (b), the body will be thrown into water; if such Drekkana be a Misra Drekkana (c), the body will be neither burnt nor thrown into water but allowed to dry up. If the 8th house contain a Sarpa Drekkana (d), the body will be devoured by dogs, jackals, crows and the like. Thus has been described the change of the body after death. For a knowledge of the past and future life of a person and of the nature of such life, the reader is referred to higher works on Horoscopy.

Notes

(a) A Fiery Drekkana is the Drekkana of a malefic planet.

(b) A Watery Drekkana is the Drekkana of a benefic planet.

(c) A Misra Drekkana is the Drekkana of a benefic planet occupied by a malefic planet as well as the Drekkana of a malefic planet occupied by a benefic planet.

(d) Sarpa Drekkanas: - These are the 1st and 2nd Drekkanas of Cancer, the 1st and 2nd Drekkanas of Scorpio and the 3rd Drekkana of Pisces. According to Sub - hodhini, the terms "Vyala varga" is interpreted into the Drekkanas of Vyala (Sarpa), Gridhra (vulture), Kola (hog) and the like.

14. If the lord of the Drekkana occupied by the Sun or the Moon, whichever is powerful, be Jupiter, the person has come from Devaloka; if such lord be either the Moon or Venus, the person has come from Pitriloka; if such lord be the Sun or Mars, the person has come from the world of lower animals; and if such lord be either Saturn or Mercury, the person has come from the region of hell.

If the lord of the Drekkana occupied by the Sun or the Moon, whichever is powerful, be in his exaltation sign, such last life of the person will be of an exalted character; if such lord occupy a place between the exaltation and depression signs, the last life will be one of middle importance; and if such lord occupy his depression sign, the last life of the person will be one of a low character.

15. If the 6th and the 8th houses be unoccupied, the person will, after death, go to the world of the planet most powerful of the lords of the Drekkanas of such 6th and 8th houses (a); or the person will go to the world of the planet occupying the 6th, 7th or the 8th house (b). Again, if Jupiter occupy the 6th house or one of the Kendra houses or the 8th house and be at the same time in his exaltation sign or if the rising sign be Pisces and

Jupiter occupy it and be in the Navamsa of a benefic planet while the other planets are weak, the person will obtain Salvation after death (c).

Notes

(a) For the worlds of the several planets, Vide last stanza.

(b) If two or more planets occupy the 6th, 7th and 8th houses, the person will go to the world of the most powerful of them.

(c) The next world may also be determined from the position of the planets at the time of death as at the time of birth of a person.