Sanskrit verses with English translation from Varahamihira. Read the full classical treatise on AstroFusion Learning.
कुजेन्दुहेतु प्रतिमासधार्मं गते तु पीडर्च्छमनुष्णदीधिते । अतोन्यथास्थे शुभपुंग्रहेक्षिते नरेण संयोगमुपैति कामिनी ॥ १ ॥
kujenduhetu pratimāsadhārmaṃ gate tu pīḍarcchamanuṣṇādīdhito | atonyathāsthe śubhapuṃgrahekṣite nareṇa saṃyogamupaiti kāminī || 1 ||
Mars (blood) and Moon (fluid) govern menstruation. Impregnation is viable when the transiting Moon in anupachaya signs is aspected by male benefics.
ओजर्क्षे लग्नगे चन्द्रे पुंग्रहैर्दृष्टिभावितौ । पुत्रस्य जननं ब्रूयाद्युग्मे कन्या तथैव च ॥ २॥
ojarkṣe lagnage candre puṃgrahairdṛṣṭibhāvitau | putrasya jananaṃ brūyādyugme kanyā tathaiva ca ||
When the Lagna and the Moon are in odd (masculine) signs aspected by male planets, pronounce the birth of a male child; when in even (feminine) signs aspected by female planets, announce a daughter.
चन्द्रोपगतनवांशेशदशामानेन वा तथा । प्रसवो जायते पुंसां मासानां गणनाद्विजाः ॥ ३॥
candropagatanavāṃśeśadaśāmānena vā tathā | prasavo jāyate puṃsāṃ māsānāṃ gaṇanādvijāḥ ||
The time of delivery for human beings is derived through the navamsha occupied by the Moon and the planetary lords governing each month of pregnancy, bringing the delivery to fruition in the tenth solar month.