Chapter on Childbirth (Unknown) - Page 5

⚠The manuscript shows some ink bleed and minor blurring, particularly on the left margin, but the Devanagari script remains clearly legible.

The home is enclosed original: "veshtita," referring to a fenced or walled property with the main door facing East. In the first year, there

will be suffering. One is virtuous and blessed by Sarasvati the goddess of knowledge and eloquence. In the **fifth

year, there is a fear of fire and a burning sensation in the big toe original: "padangushtha-daha".

In the tenth year, there is a fear of disease. In the **twenty-seventh

year, there is a fear of water original: "jala-bhayam," suggesting a danger of drowning or water-related accidents. In the thirty-second year, there is even

a fear of untimely death original: "apa-mrityu-bhayam". However, if benefic planets original: "shubha-grahan," auspicious celestial bodies like Jupiter or Venus gaze upon the individual

[astrologically], they will live for eighty-five years.