Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 6 · The Twelve Houses
द्वादशभावविचाराध्यायः
सूतौ पुत्रगतौ समा तनुगतेङ्गेशेत्थशाले बलोद्रिक्ते पुत्रसुखं जनुस्सुतपतौ साब्दे खरेऽब्देथवा ॥व्यस्ते वा सुतगे शुभे शुभमथो क्रूरार्दिते निर्बले सूतौ सूनुपतौ च दुःखमतुलं साब्देपि साब्देश्वरे ॥
At birth the two may be in the 5th. In the year it may be in the lagna (rising sign), in ithasala (planets moving toward an exact aspect) with the lagna lord, and very strong. Then there is comfort from children. So too if the birth 5th lord is so in the year as well, or in 'khara' in the year. Or, with this reversed and a good planet in the 5th, there is good. But the 5th lord at birth may be hurt by bad planets and weak. Then there is very great sorrow, also in the year and with the year lord. (Our text is unclear here: who 'the two' are, and the word 'khara'.)
Simple meaning: Birth 5th lord, strong and in ithasala with the lagna lord: comfort from children. Birth 5th lord weak and hurt by bad planets: great sorrow.
वामनः ॥
House of merit in the 5th, seen by good planets: a son is gained. So too with the lagna and 5th lords, or Venus, Moon or Jupiter, in the 5th.
पुत्रदः पुत्रभवनं यदुच्चं सद्ग्रहो यदि ॥
The 5th is a good planet's high-point sign, and that planet goes there: a son comes quickly.
पुत्रसद्मेश्वरे नष्टे पुत्रनाशं समादिशेत् ॥
5th lord lost: a son may be lost. 5th lord risen in the 5th: a son is gained.