Daivajna Vallabha · Attributed to Varahamihira
Chapter 9 · Lost Things: Gain and Loss
नष्टलाभाऽलाभाध्यायः
लग्नांशकादपहृतद्रविणस्य जातिर्द्रेष्काणतस्तदपहर्तृजनस्वरूपम् ।दिग्देशकालकलनं किल राशितः स्याल्लग्नांशकाद्भवति जातिवयोविभागः ॥ ४ ॥
The navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) of the rising sign shows what kind of thing was taken. The dreshkana (one-third part of a sign) shows what the thief looks like. The rising sign shows the direction, the place and the time. The navamsha of the rising sign also shows the thief's social group and age.
Simple meaning: The navamsha shows the kind of thing. The dreshkana shows the thief's looks. The rising sign shows direction and time.
वयांसि तेषां स्तनपानबाल्यव्रतस्थिता यौवनमध्यवृद्धाः ।
Moon is a baby, Mars a child, Mercury a student, Venus young, Jupiter middle-aged, Sun old, Saturn very old.
रवीन्दुयुक्ते शनिभौमदृष्टे सिंहोदयेऽन्धः किल तस्करः स्यात् ।
Leo rising with Sun and Moon, seen by Saturn and Mars: the thief may be blind.
क्रूरः षष्ठः क्रूरराशौ विलग्नाद्यस्मिन्राशौ तत्प्रदेशे व्रणोऽस्य ।
A bad planet in the 6th, in a bad sign: the thief may have a wound there.