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Check free →It tells how a person thinks and learns. It lists chart signs for poets, scholars and the learned. It then spends many sutras on children. These cover the chance of a son or daughter, delay, and the number of children.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
पञ्चमविवेकः
धनेशे ज्ञे तुङ्गे गोपुरेऽर्कजे सिंहासने जीवे च वेदान्तज्ञः ।
Say Mercury, as the 2nd lord, is at its uchcha (high point). Say Saturn is in gopura amsha (a good rank of strength). Say Jupiter is in simhasana amsha (a good rank of strength). Then the person knows Vedanta.
पञ्चमविवेकः
पारावते मन्दे ज्ञेन गुरौ दृष्टे वेदान्तज्ञः ।
Say Saturn is in paravata amsha (a good rank of strength). Say Mercury aspects Jupiter. Then the person knows Vedanta.
पञ्चमविवेकः
केन्द्रकोणे जीवे वेदान्तज्ञः ।
Say Jupiter is in the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house, or in the 5th or 9th. Then the person knows Vedanta.
पञ्चमविवेकः
उत्तमांशे भृगौ लग्ने वेदान्तज्ञः ।
Say Venus is in uttama amsha (a good rank of strength). Say Venus is in the 1st house. Then the person knows Vedanta.
पञ्चमविवेकः
देवलोके चन्द्रे उत्तमांशे भृगौ केन्द्रे वेदान्तज्ञः ।
Say the Moon is in devaloka amsha (a good rank of strength). Say Venus is in uttama amsha (a good rank of strength) and in the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house. Then the person knows Vedanta.
पञ्चमविवेकः
केन्द्रे जीवे सिंहासने शुक्रे धनस्थभांशेशे ज्ञे गोपुरे षट्शास्त्रवल्लभः ।
Say Jupiter is in the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house. Say Venus is in simhasana amsha (a good rank of strength). Say Mercury is lord of the sign and the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) of the 2nd house. Say Mercury is in gopura amsha (a good rank of strength). Then the person is a master of the six sciences.
पञ्चमविवेकः
कोशंशस्थानेश्वरांशेशे मन्दे वा भौमे सपापे केन्द्रकोणगे षट्शास्त्रवल्लभः ।
Take the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) of the 2nd house. Take the lord of the sign it falls in. Say that lord's navamsha lord is Saturn or Mars. It is with a bad planet. It is in the 1st, 4th, 7th, 10th, 5th or 9th house. Then the person is a master of the six sciences.
पञ्चमविवेकः
सूर्यांशेशे वैशेषिकांशे बलिन्यर्थे षट्शास्त्रवल्लभः .
Take the Sun's navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign). Say its lord is in vaisheshika amsha (a good rank of strength). Say that lord is strong and in the 2nd house. Then the person is a master of the six sciences.
पञ्चमविवेकः
गुरौ बलिन्यर्थे धनेशांशेशे केन्द्रे शुभदृष्टे षट्शास्त्रवल्लभः ।
Say Jupiter is strong and in the 2nd house. Take the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) of the 2nd lord. Say its lord is in the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house. A good planet aspects it. Then the person is a master of the six sciences.
पञ्चमविवेकः
कोशेऽङ्गेशे कोशेशे पारावते वेदान्ती ।
Say the lord of the 1st house is in the 2nd house. Say the 2nd lord is in paravata amsha (a good rank of strength). Then the person knows Vedanta.
पञ्चमविवेकः
स्वोचेऽङ्गे ज्ञे कोशेशे पारावते व्यये शुक्रे वेदान्ती ।
Say Mercury is in the 1st house, in its own uchcha (high point). Say the 2nd lord is in paravata amsha (a good rank of strength). Say Venus is in the 12th house. Then the person knows Vedanta.
पञ्चमविवेकः
धीकारके केन्द्रकोणे शुभदृष्टे भविष्यद्वक्ता ।
Take the karaka (the planet that stands for a thing) of the 5th house. Say it is in the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house, or in the 5th or 9th. A good planet aspects it. Then the person foretells the future.
पञ्चमविवेकः
जीवे स्वांशे मृद्वंशे त्रिकालज्ञः ।
Say Jupiter is in its own navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign). Say it is in a mridu shashtyamsha (one-sixtieth part of a sign). Then the person knows the three times, past, present and future.
पञ्चमविवेकः
जीवे गोपुरे शुभदृष्टे त्रिकालज्ञः ।
Say Jupiter is in gopura amsha (a good rank of strength) and benefics aspect it. Then the person will know the past, present and future.
पञ्चमविवेकः
खेशे देवलोके शुभदृष्टे ब्रह्मनिष्ठः ।
Say the lord of the 10th house is in devaloka amsha (a good rank of strength) and benefics aspect it. Then the person will be devoted to knowledge of Brahman.
पञ्चमविवेकः
भाग्यपे पारावते शुभदृष्टे ब्रह्मनिष्ठः ।
Say the lord of the 9th house is in paravata amsha (a good rank of strength) and benefics aspect it. Then the person will be devoted to knowledge of Brahman.
पञ्चमविवेकः
ध्वजाहिमन्दैः सहितेज्ये शुक्रेक्षिते शूद्रोऽपि विद्वान् ।
Say Jupiter is joined with Ketu, Rahu and Saturn, and Venus aspects it. Then even a person of the fourth class will be learned.
पञ्चमविवेकः
सशुभराह्वर्कावंशे पापयुतौ विषवैद्यः ।
Take the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) of the atmakaraka (the planet that stands for the self). Say Rahu and the Sun are in it. Say a benefic is with them, and malefics also join them. Then the person will be a doctor who treats poison.
पञ्चमविवेकः
विवीर्याः सर्वेऽनपत्यता ।
Say all the planets are weak. Then the person will have no children.
पञ्चमविवेकः
सुते राहौ भौमदृष्टे सर्पशापाद्विपुत्रः ।
Say Rahu is in the 5th house and Mars aspects it. Then the person will have no son because of a curse from a sarpa (snake spirit).
पञ्चमविवेकः
यमे सुते चन्द्रदृष्टे सुतेशे राहुयुते सर्पशापाद्विपुत्रः ।
Say Saturn is in the 5th house and the Moon aspects it. Say also the lord of the 5th is joined with Rahu. Then the person will have no son because of a curse from a sarpa (snake spirit).
पञ्चमविवेकः
सराहौ पुत्रकारके पुत्रेशेऽबले भौमांशेशौ युतौ सर्पशापाद्विपुत्रः ।
Say Jupiter, the planet that stands for sons, is with Rahu. Say the lord of the 5th is weak. Take the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) of the atmakaraka (the planet that stands for the self). Say Mars is joined with its lord. Then the person will have no son because of a curse from a sarpa (snake spirit).
पञ्चमविवेकः
सुतकारकारयुतौ राह्वङ्गेशयुते पुत्रेशे त्रिके सर्पशापाद्विपुत्रः ।
Say Jupiter and Mars are joined. Say the lord of the 5th is joined with Rahu and the lord of the 1st. Say it is in the 6th, 8th or 12th house. Then the person will have no son because of a curse from a sarpa (snake spirit).
पञ्चमविवेकः
स्वांशे भौमे पुत्रेशे ज्ञे पापयुते सर्पशापाद्विपुत्रः ।
Say Mars is in its own navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign). Say Mercury, as the lord of the 5th, is joined with malefics. Then the person will have no son because of a curse from a sarpa (snake spirit).
पञ्चमविवेकः
सुतेशे भौमे सुते राहौ सौम्यादृष्टे सर्पशापाद्विपुत्रः ।
Say Mars is the lord of the 5th, Rahu is in the 5th house, and no benefic aspects it. Then the person will have no son because of a curse from a sarpa (snake spirit).
पञ्चमविवेकः
सुताङ्गेशौ विबलौ सुते पापाः सर्पशापाद्विपुत्रः ।
Say the lords of the 5th and the 1st are weak, and malefics are in the 5th house. Then the person will have no son because of a curse from a sarpa (snake spirit).
पञ्चमविवेकः
लग्नेशे राहुयुते पुत्रेशे भौमयुते सर्पशापाद्विपुत्रः ।
Say the lord of the 1st is joined with Rahu, and the lord of the 5th is joined with Mars. Then the person will have no son because of a curse from a sarpa (snake spirit).
पञ्चमविवेकः
पुत्रपेऽर्के क्रूरान्तरे त्रिकोणे पापदृष्टे पितृशापाद्विपुत्रः ।
Say the Sun is the lord of the 5th and is between malefics. Say it is in the 5th or 9th house, aspected by malefics. Then the person will have no son because of a curse from the father.
पञ्चमविवेकः
सुतेऽर्के पापान्तरे मन्दारौ नीचगौ पितृशापाद्विपुत्रः ।
Say the Sun is in the 5th house between malefics. Say Saturn and Mars are both in their signs of fall. Then the person will have no son because of a curse from the father.
पञ्चमविवेकः
सिंहेज्ये पुत्रेशेऽर्कयुते पुत्राङ्गगौ पापौ पितृशापाद्विपुत्रः ।
Say Jupiter is in Leo, and the lord of the 5th is joined with the Sun. Say malefics are in the 5th and 1st houses. Then the person will have no son because of a curse from the father.
पञ्चमविवेकः
सूर्ये रन्ध्रे सुते मन्दे पुत्रेशे राहुयुते पितृशापाद्विपुत्रः ।
Say the Sun is in the 8th house and Saturn is in the 5th. Say the lord of the 5th is joined with Rahu. Then the person will have no son because of a curse from the father.
पञ्चमविवेकः
व्ययपेऽङ्गे रन्ध्रपे पुत्रे खपे रन्ध्रे पितृशापाद्विपुत्रः ।
Say the lord of the 12th is in the 1st house. Say the lord of the 8th is in the 5th. Say the lord of the 10th is in the 8th. Then the person will have no son because of a curse from the father.
पञ्चमविवेकः
पुत्रपे चन्द्रे नीचगे वा पापान्तरे सुताम्बुगौ पापौ मातृशापाद्विपुत्रः
Say the Moon, as the lord of the 5th, is in its sign of fall or between malefics. Say malefics are in the 5th and 4th houses. Then the person will have no son because of a curse from the mother.
पञ्चमविवेकः
अल्यङ्गे मन्दे तुर्ये पापाः पुत्रे चन्द्रे मातृशापाद्विपुत्रः ।
Say the rising sign is Scorpio and Saturn is in it. Say malefics are in the 4th house and the Moon is in the 5th. Then the person will have no son because of a curse from the mother.
पञ्चमविवेकः
सुतेशे त्रिके लग्नेशे नीचे पापयुते चन्द्रे मातृशापाद्विपुत्रः ।
Say the lord of the 5th is in the 6th, 8th or 12th house. Say the lord of the 1st is in its sign of fall, and the Moon is joined with malefics. Then the person will have no son because of a curse from the mother.
पञ्चमविवेकः
सुतेशे चन्द्रे मन्दराह्वारयुते मातृशापाद्विपुत्रः ।
Say the Moon is the lord of the 5th, and it is joined with Saturn, Rahu and Mars. Then the person will have no son because of a curse from the mother.
पञ्चमविवेकः
सुखेशे भौमे राह्वर्कजयुते लग्ने पुष्पवन्तौ मातृशापाद्विपुत्रः ।
Say Mars is the lord of the 4th and is joined with Rahu and Saturn. Say the Sun and Moon are in the 1st house. Then the person will have no son because of a curse from the mother.
पञ्चमविवेकः
सुखेशेऽष्टमे पुत्राङ्गेशौ षष्ठे खारीशौ लग्ने मातृशापाद्विपुत्रः ।
Say the lord of the 4th is in the 8th house. Say the lords of the 5th and 1st are in the 6th. Say the lords of the 10th and 6th are in the 1st. Then the person will have no son because of a curse from the mother.
पञ्चमविवेकः
पुत्राङ्गाष्टारिगा राह्वर्कारमन्दा लग्नेशे त्रिके मातृशापाद्विपुत्रः ।
Say Rahu, the Sun, Mars and Saturn are in the 5th, 1st, 8th and 6th houses. Say the lord of the 1st is in the 6th, 8th or 12th house. Then the person will have no son because of a curse from the mother.
पञ्चमविवेकः
राह्वारेज्यास्त्रिकस्था मन्दचन्द्रौ पुत्रे मातृशापाद्विपुत्रः ।
Say Rahu, Mars and Jupiter are in the 6th, 8th or 12th house. Say Saturn and the Moon are in the 5th. Then the person will have no son because of a curse from the mother.
पञ्चमविवेकः
सूर्येऽङ्गे सुते भौमे सुतहीनः ।
Say the Sun is in the 1st house and Mars is in the 5th. Then the person will have no sons.
पञ्चमविवेकः
जीवात्सुतेशे त्रिके पुत्राङ्काङ्गेशा लग्नात् त्रिकस्थाः सुतहीनः ।
Say the lord of the 5th is in the 6th, 8th or 12th house from Jupiter. Say the lords of the 5th, 9th and 1st are in the 6th, 8th or 12th from the rising sign. Then the person will have no sons.
पञ्चमविवेकः
जीवे पञ्चमे जीवात्सुते क्रूरे सुतहीनः ।
Say Jupiter is in the 5th house and a malefic is in the 5th house from Jupiter. Then the person will have no sons.
पञ्चमविवेकः
लग्नेऽर्केऽस्ते मन्दे वा द्यूनेऽर्कशनी खे जीवदृष्टे गर्भानुत्पादः ।
Say the Sun is in the 1st house and Saturn is in the 7th. Or say the Sun and Saturn are both in the 7th. Say also that Jupiter aspects the 10th house. Then no child will be conceived.
पञ्चमविवेकः
मन्दारौ षष्ठे वा तुर्ये गर्भानुत्पादः ।
Say Saturn and Mars are in the 6th or the 4th house. Then no child will be conceived.
पञ्चमविवेकः
सारीशोऽर्कजः षष्ठे चन्द्रे चास्ते गर्भानुत्पादः ।
Say Saturn is in the 6th house with the lord of the 6th, and the Moon is in the 7th. Then no child will be conceived.
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.
पञ्चमविवेकः
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 are in navamshas of malefics and joined with malefics. Then the sons will be lost.
पञ्चमविवेकः
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 aspect it. Then the sons will be lost.
पञ्चमविवेकः
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 part of a sign) of that navamsha lord. Say this planet joins or aspects the lord of the 5th. Then the sons will be lost.
पञ्चमविवेकः
क्रूरषष्ठ्यंशे पुत्रपे पापदृष्टयुते पुत्रार्तिः ।
Say the lord of the 5th is in a cruel shashtyamsha (one-sixtieth part of a sign). Say malefics join or aspect it. Then the person will suffer grief over sons.
पञ्चमविवेकः
ज्ञाङ्गपौ लग्नेतरकेन्द्रगौ वंशविच्छेदः ।
Say Mercury and the lord of the 1st are in corner houses other than the 1st. These are the 4th, 7th and 10th. Then the family line will end.
पञ्चमविवेकः
पापग्रहा व्ययसुताष्टमगा वंशविच्छेदः ।
Say malefic planets are in the 12th, 5th and 8th houses. Then the family line will end.
पञ्चमविवेकः
चन्द्रेज्यौ लग्ने द्यूने मन्दे वा भौमे वंशविच्छेदः ।
Say the Moon and Jupiter are in the 1st house. Say Saturn or Mars is in the 7th. Then the family line will end.
पञ्चमविवेकः
सुखे पापा वंशविच्छेदः ।
Say malefics are in the 4th house. Then the family line will end.
पञ्चमविवेकः
लग्नान्त्यसुताष्टमगैः पापैर्वंशविच्छेदः ।
Say malefics are in the 1st, 12th, 5th and 8th houses. Then the family line will end.
पञ्चमविवेकः
सुते चन्द्रे पापा रन्ध्राङ्गान्त्यगा वंशविच्छेदः ।
Say the Moon is in the 5th house and malefics are in the 8th, 1st and 12th houses. Then the family line will end.
पञ्चमविवेकः
ज्ञाच्छौ मदेऽन्त्ये वा सुखे पापे सुते जीवे वंशविच्छेदः ।
Say Mercury and Venus are in the 7th or 12th house. Say a malefic is in the 4th, and Jupiter is in the 5th. Then the family line will end.
पञ्चमविवेकः
चन्द्रादष्टमे पापा वंशविच्छेदः ।
Say malefics are in the 8th house from the Moon. Then the family line will end.
पञ्चमविवेकः
पापेऽङ्गे सुखे चन्द्रे सुतेऽङ्गेशे सुतपेऽल्पबले वंशविच्छेदः ।
Say a malefic is in the 1st house and the Moon is in the 4th. Say the lord of the 1st is in the 5th and the lord of the 5th is weak. Then the family line will end.
Yes. Sutra 7.172 says the joy of children may come after a delay when good planets are in the 10th house and bad planets are in the 5th.
Sutra 7.178 says the first child may be a son when the Moon, Mars and Venus are in dual signs.
Sutra 7.49 says a person may please the learned when Mercury is with Mars in the sign of a good planet.