Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 7 · Mind, Learning and Children: the 5th House
पञ्चमविवेकः
पापान्तरे सुतभे वा तदीशे वा कारके पापसंयुते पुत्रनाशः ।
Take the 5th house, its lord, or Jupiter, the planet that stands for sons. Say any of them is between malefics and joined with malefics. Then the sons will be lost.
स्त्रीधर्मपुत्रेशांशपाः पापांशगाः पापयुताः पुत्रनाशः ।
Take the lords of the 7th, 9th and 5th houses. For each, take the lord of the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) it is in. Say these navamsha lords…
पुत्रेशे क्रूरांशे नीचास्तभे पापदृष्टे पुत्रनाशः ।
Say the lord of the 5th is in the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) of a malefic. Say it is in its sign of fall or in the 7th house, and malefics…
व्ययेशांशेशस्य त्र्यंशेशेन युते वा दृष्टे सुतेशे पुत्रनाशः ।
Take the lord of the 12th house. Take the lord of the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) it is in. Then take the lord of the drekkana (one-third…