Daivajna Vallabha · Attributed to Varahamihira
Chapter 15 · Thoughts on the Rising Sign: War and Travel
लग्नचिन्ताध्यायः
एकोऽपि जीवज्ञसिताऽसितानां कुजात्त्रिकोणे रवितोऽथवेन्दुः ।यत्रोद्यतस्तत्र न याति याता तयोर्बलीयान्नयति स्वकाष्ठाम् ॥ ३८ ॥
Jupiter, Mercury, Venus or Saturn, even one, may stand in the 5th or 9th from Mars. Or the Moon may stand in the 5th or 9th from the Sun. Then the traveller does not reach the place he set out for. The stronger of the two takes him to its own direction.
Simple meaning: A planet in the 5th or 9th from Mars may turn the traveller away. The stronger one leads.
परस्परं सौरिकुजौ रवीन्दू त्रिकोणगौ भार्गवलोहितौ च ।
Some pairs of planets in the 5th and 9th from each other spoil the result and lead the traveller away.
ताराग्रहश्चेत्क्षितिजात्त्रिकोणे सूर्यादपि स्याद्यदि वा शशांकः ।
A strong planet in these places forces the traveller to its own direction.
दृष्टाऽदृष्टफलाप्त्यै शास्त्रं हृदये निधाय मिहिरस्य ।
Keep Mihira's book in mind, look at the question chart, and then answer.