दीर्घयुर्जन्मनि ज्ञे मधुरचतुरवाक् सर्वशास्त्रार्थबोधः स्याद्बुद्ध्योपार्जितस्वः कविरमलवचा वाचि मिष्टान्नभोक्ता शौर्ये शूरः समायुः सुसहजसहिनः सश्रमो दैन्ययुक्तः संख्यावण् चाटुवाक्यः सुहृदि सुक्रसुहृत्क्षेत्रधान्यार्थभोगी ॥ ११॥
If at a person's birth Mercury occupy the Lagna, he will be long-lived, speaking Sweetly and cleverly. He will be sharp-witted, and learned in all Sastras. If Mercury be in the 2 nd house, the person born will acquire wealth by his own talents, will be a' poet, sincere and attractive in his specah, and will eat sumptuous food. If Mercury should occupy the 3 rd house at a birth, the person concerned will be brave, of medium life, and have good brothers; he will suffer fatigue and be dejected. Mercury occupying the 4 th house at a birth makes the person concerned learned, witty in speach happy and possessed of friends, lands, corn, wealth and enjoyment.
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