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Narada Purana (Jyotisha Selections) · by Vyasa
Chapter 2 · Signs, Planets, Birth
जातकम् १
मंदार्चने वा तमसि शयनं नीचगे भुवि ।शीर्षे पृष्ठोदये जन्म तद्वदेव विनिर्दिशेत् ॥ ८५ ॥
In the full Narada Purana (Purva Bhaga) this is chapter 55, verse 85.
Or the Moon is with Saturn. Then the birth is in the dark. If a planet is in its low sign, the mother lies on the ground. The lagna (rising sign) may be a shirshodaya (head-first rising sign) or a prishthodaya (back-first rising sign). Then say the birth comes the same way. (Our text is unclear here: 'mandarcane', read as 'with Saturn'.)
Simple meaning: The birth may be in the dark. The rising sign's type shows whether the baby comes head first.
चंद्रास्तसुखगः पापैर्मातुः पीडां समादिशेत् ।
Bad planets 4th or 7th from the Moon bring the mother trouble. Each planet shows a kind of house.
काष्ठाढ्यमदृढं सूर्यं बहुशिल्पयुतं बुधे ।
Each planet shows the kind of house the child is born in.
घटाजकर्क्यलिघटे पूर्वे ज्ञेज्यगृहे ह्युदक् ।
The sign shows which side of the house the birth room is on.