Yogas for lack of male issue as a result of the curse of the mother in the previous birth — A person will be without a male issue as a result of curse of the mother, if at birth — (1) the Moon as lord of the 5th is in her sign of debilitation or is hemmed in between malefics and the 4th and the 5th are occupied by malefics, (2) Saturn is in the 11th, the 4th is occupied by malefics and the Moon is posited in 5th in her sign of debilitation, (3) the lord of the 5th is in the 6th, the 8th or the 12th, the lord of the Ascendant is in his sign of debilitation and the Moon is associated with malefics, (4) the lord of the 5th is in the 8th, the 6th or the 12th, the Moon is in a malefic Navamsa and there are malefics in the Ascendant and the 5th, (5) the lord of the 5th and the Moon associated with Saturn, Rahu and Mars, are in the 5th or the 9th, (6) Mars as lord of the 4th is associated with Saturn and Rahu, and the 5th and the Ascendant are occupied by the Sun and the Moon respectively, (7) the lords of the Ascendant and the 5th are in the 6th, the lord of the 4th is in the 8th and the Ascendant is occupied by the lord of 8th and the 10th, (8) the Ascendant is occupied by the lords of the 6th and the 8th, the lord of the 4th is in the 12th and the Moon and Jupiter associated with malefics, are in the 5th, (9) the Ascendant is hemmed in between malefics, waning Moon is in the 7th and the 4th and the 5th are occupied by Rahu and Saturn respectively, (10) there is exchange of houses between lords of the 5th and the 8th and the lord of the 4th and the Moon are in the 6th, the 8th or the 12th, (11) the Cancer Ascendant is occupied by Mars and Rahu and the Moon and Saturn are in the 5th, (12) Mars, Rahu, the Sun and Saturn are in the Ascendant, the 5th, the 8th and the 12th respectively and the lords of the Ascendant and the 4th are in the 6th, the 8th or the 12th, (13) Mars, Rahu and Jupiter are in the 8th and Saturn and the Moon are in the 5th. Remedial measures: For release from this curse and to beget a male issue, the person concerned should take bath in the sea with bridge of rocks between India and Sri Lanka (Setu), recite one lakh Gayatri mantras, give in charity things connected with evil planets, feed Brahmins and go round a pipal tree 1008 times. By performing these remedial measures he will not only beget a son, the lineage of family will also be prolonged.

6, 8 भावेश लग्न में हो, चतुर्थेश 12 में हो, पंचम में चन्द्र-गुरु पापयुक्त हों — तो मातृशाप से सन्तान हानि।