Daivajna Vallabha · Attributed to Varahamihira
Chapter 9 · Lost Things: Gain and Loss
नष्टलाभाऽलाभाध्यायः
लग्नाद्वितीये यदि वा तृतीये शुभेन युक्ते हिबुकेऽथवा स्यात् ।सौम्यैः सुहृत्सप्तदशस्थितैर्वा निःसंशयं चोरितवस्तुलाभः ॥ १२ ॥
A good planet may be in the 2nd or 3rd house from the rising sign, or in the 4th house. Or good planets may be in the 4th, 7th and 10th houses. Then the stolen thing will surely come back.
Simple meaning: A good planet in the 2nd, 3rd or 4th, or in the 4th, 7th and 10th: the thing will return.
लग्ने सम्पूर्णतनुर्जीवेन सितेन वीक्षितश्चन्द्रः ।
Full Moon rising, seen by Jupiter and Venus, or good planets in corner or growth houses: it may return.
लग्ने पूर्णश्चन्द्रो जीवः शुक्रो बुधोऽपि वा भवति ।
Full Moon, Jupiter, Venus or Mercury rising, or a good planet in the 7th: the stolen thing will come back.
लग्नात्पातालाद्वा द्वितीयस्थोऽथवा तृतीयस्थः ।
A good planet in the 2nd or 3rd from the rising sign or from the 4th: the money will return.