Sanskrit verses with English translation from Vaidyanatha Dikshita. Read the full classical treatise on AstroFusion Learning.
पुत्रेशे केन्द्रभावस्थे लग्नेशेन समीक्षिते। स्वगृहे वा स्वोच्चगते पुत्रसौख्यं वदन्ति तत्॥
putreśe kendrabhāvasthe lagneśena samīkṣite | svagṛhe vā svoccagate putrasaukhyaṃ vadanti tat ||
When the lord of the 5th (putra bhava), posited in a kendra, is aspected by the lagna lord, or occupies its own or exaltation sign, the texts declare happiness from children.
शुक्रेन्दुवर्गे सुतभे विलग्नाच्चुक्रेण चन्द्रेण युतेऽथ दृष्टे । पापैरयुक्ते बहुपुत्रशाली शान्यारदृष्टे सति पुत्रहीनः ॥ १०॥
śukrenduvarge sutabhe vilagnāccukreṇa candreṇa yute'tha dṛṣṭe | pāpairayukte bahuputraśālī śānyāradṛṣṭe sati putrahīnaḥ ||
If the fifth house from the ascendant falls in the vargas of Venus or the Moon and is joined with, or aspected by, Venus and the Moon while remaining untouched by malefics, the native is richly blessed with sons; but if that same fifth house is aspected by Saturn or Rahu, he is left without sons.
पुत्रस्थाने तदीशे वा गुरौ वा शुभवीक्षिते । शुभग्रहेण संयुक्ते पुत्रप्राप्तिर्न संशयः ॥ १६॥
putrasthāne tadīśe vā gurau vā śubhavīkṣite | śubhagraheṇa saṃyukte putraprāptirna saṃśayaḥ ||
When the fifth house itself, its lord stationed there, or Jupiter in it is aspected by a benefic, or conjoined with a benefic planet, the attainment of children follows without doubt.
लग्नेशे पुत्रभावस्थे पुत्रेशे बलसंयुते । परिपूर्णबले जीवे पुत्रप्राप्तिर्न संशयः ॥ १७॥
lagneśe putrabhāvasthe putreśe balasaṃyute | paripūrṇabale jīve putraprāptirna saṃśayaḥ ||
With the lord of the ascendant standing in the house of children, the lord of the fifth endowed with strength, and Jupiter possessed of complete power, the attainment of progeny is beyond doubt.
पुत्रस्थानगते जीवे परिपूर्णबलान्विते । लग्नाधिपेन संदृष्टे पुत्रप्राप्तिर्न संशयः ॥ १८॥
putrasthānagate jīve paripūrṇabalānvite | lagnādhipena saṃdṛṣṭe putraprāptirna saṃśayaḥ ||
When Jupiter occupies the fifth house invested with complete strength and receives the aspect of the lord of the ascendant, the attainment of sons is beyond doubt.