Phaladeepika
जन्मर्क्षात्परतस्तु पञ्चमभवाऽथोत्पन्नसंज्ञा दशा स्यादाधानदशाऽप्यतोऽष्टमभवात् क्षेमान्महाख्या दशा । आसामेव दशावसानसमये मृत्युप्रदा स्यान्नृणां स्वल्पानल्पसमायुषां त्रिवधपञ्चर्क्षेशदायान्तिमे ॥ १६॥
Ascertain the 5 th, the 8 th as well as the 4 th star from Janmarksha, I.e, the star occupied by the Moon at the time of a person's birth. Cycles of Dasas are calculated from every one of these as the starting point. The Dasa counted from the 5 th is called Utpanna ; that from the 8 th, Adhana ; that from the 4 th, Mahadasa. If the Dasas in these cycles have their ends tallying with each other or with the end of the Dasa taken in the same order from Janmarksha, , giving the same number of years, months, etc., it is a sign that the life of the person concerned is to end with the Dasa. In the case of peoplo endowed with short, long and modium lives the denise will happen at the close of the Dasa of the rd, the 7 th and the 5 th stars respectively counted from the natal stars they boing called vipattaga .vadhatara and pratyaktara .
english translation
janmarkSAtparatastu paJcamabhavA'thotpannasaMjJA dazA syAdAdhAnadazA'pyato'STamabhavAt kSemAnmahAkhyA dazA । AsAmeva dazAvasAnasamaye mRtyupradA syAnnRNAM svalpAnalpasamAyuSAM trivadhapaJcarkSezadAyAntime ॥ 16॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript