Daivajna Vallabha · Attributed to Varahamihira
Chapter 9 · Lost Things: Gain and Loss
नष्टलाभाऽलाभाध्यायः
सिंहालिकुम्भा यदि पापवीक्षिता युताः स्मरस्थाः स्वनवांशगामिनः ।तदा विनष्टं त्वथवा बलान्विते कुजेऽष्टमस्थे यदि तन्नवांशे ॥ १७ ॥
Leo, Scorpio or Aquarius may be in the 7th house. Bad planets may look at it and be joined with it. It may be in its own navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign). Then the thing may be lost for good. It may also be lost if strong Mars is in the 8th house, in such a navamsha.
Simple meaning: Leo, Scorpio or Aquarius in the 7th with bad planets, or strong Mars in the 8th: it may stay lost.
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.
पापविलग्नं पापे पश्यति नष्टं विनष्टमेव स्यात् ।
Bad planets in and on the rising sign: the thing may stay lost. Good planets there: it may come back.