Chapter on the Effects of the Fifth (Progeny) Bhāva — Bṛhat-Pārāśara-Horāśāstra, Adhyāya 17

अथ पञ्चम ( सुत ) भावफलाध्यायः

The complete Chapter on the Effects of the Fifth (Progeny) Bhāva chapter of the Bṛhat-Pārāśara-Horāśāstra — all 32 verses, each in the original Sanskrit with VedicSpace's clean-room English translation, cited by śloka. Translated from the Chaukhamba (Devachandra Jha) edition and audited against the printed plates.

Śloka 1 — Opening of the fifth-bhāva chapter; lagneśa and pañcameśa in the 5th

अथ पञ्चमभावस्य फलं वच्मि शृणु द्विज ! । लग्नेशे पञ्चमेशे च पञ्चमस्थानसंस्थिते ॥ १ ॥

Now I declare the fruit of the fifth bhāva; hear it, O twice-born one! When the lord of the lagna and the lord of the fifth are both seated in the fifth bhāva —

BPHS Adhyāya 17, śloka 1

Śloka 2 — Full happiness from sons; sonlessness when the 5th lord is in a duḥsthāna

केन्द्रकोणगते वापि पूर्णपुत्रभवं सुखम् । षष्ठाष्टमव्ययगते सुतेशे स्यादपुत्रता ॥ २ ॥

— or when they are placed in a kendra or a koṇa, there is full happiness arising from sons. When the lord of the fifth (sutéśa) has gone to the sixth, the eighth or the twelfth, there is sonlessness.

BPHS Adhyāya 17, śloka 2

Śloka 3 — Combust / afflicted / weak 5th lord — no son, or the son dies

अस्तंगते पञ्चमेशे पापाक्रान्ते च दुर्बले । जायते न सुतस्तस्य जातोऽपि मृतिमाप्नुयात् ॥ ३ ॥

If the lord of the fifth is combust, oppressed by malefics, and weak, no son is born to him; and even if one is born, he meets with death.

BPHS Adhyāya 17, śloka 3

Śloka 4 — 5th lord in the 6th, lagneśa with Mars — death of the first child

षष्ठस्थाने सुताधीशे लग्नेशे भौमसंयुते । म्रियते प्रथमापत्यं काकवन्ध्या सधर्मिणी ॥ ४ ॥

When the lord of progeny is in the sixth house and the lord of the lagna is joined with Mars, the first-born child dies, and the wife becomes a kāka-vandhyā (a woman who bears but one child).

BPHS Adhyāya 17, śloka 4

Śloka 5 — Debilitated 5th lord in a trika; Ketu and Mercury in the 5th

सुताधीशो हि नीचस्थः षष्ठादित्रिकसंस्थितः । काकवन्ध्या भवेन्नारी सुते केतुबुधौ यदि ॥ ५ ॥

If the lord of progeny stands in nīca and is posted in the trika beginning with the sixth, and if Ketu and Mercury are in the fifth, the wife becomes a kāka-vandhyā.

BPHS Adhyāya 17, śloka 5

Śloka 6 — Debilitated 5th lord not aspecting the 5th, with Saturn and Mercury there

सुतेशो नीचगो यत्र सुतस्थानं न पश्यति । तत्र सौरिबुधौ स्यातां काकवन्ध्यात्वमाप्नुयात् ॥ ६ ॥

Where the lord of the fifth, gone to debilitation, does not aspect the house of progeny, and where Saturn and Mercury are stationed (in the fifth), kāka-vandhyā-hood is obtained.

BPHS Adhyāya 17, śloka 6

Śloka 7 — 9th lord in the lagna, debilitated 5th lord, Ketu-Mercury in the 5th — son only with difficulty

भाग्येशो मूर्तिवर्ती च सुतेशो नीचगो यदि । सुते केतुबुधौ स्यातां सुतं कष्टाद् विनिर्दिशेत् ॥ ७ ॥

If the lord of the ninth abides in the body-house (lagna), the lord of the fifth is debilitated, and Ketu and Mercury are in the fifth, one should declare a son (obtained) only through hardship.

BPHS Adhyāya 17, śloka 7

Śloka 8 — 5th lord in a trika, or debilitated, or in an enemy's house, yet in the 5th

षष्ठादित्रिकसंस्थो वा नीचो वा ह्यरिगेहगः । पञ्चमेशः पञ्चमे चेत् पुत्रं कष्टाद् विनिर्दिशेत् ॥ ८ ॥

If the lord of the fifth is placed in the trika beginning with the sixth (the 6th, 8th or 12th), or else, being debilitated or occupying an enemy's sign, is placed in the fifth — one should declare a son obtained only with great effort.

BPHS Adhyāya 17, śloka 8

Śloka 9 — Adopted sons — 5th in Mercury's or Saturn's sign with Saturn and Gulika

पुत्रस्थाने बुधक्षेत्रे मन्दक्षेत्रेऽथवा पुनः । मन्दे मान्दियुते दृष्टे तदा दत्तादयः सुताः ॥ ९ ॥

When the house of progeny is a sign of Mercury, or again of Saturn, and it is joined or aspected by Saturn together with Māndi (Gulika), then the sons are of the 'given' (adopted) sort and the like.

BPHS Adhyāya 17, śloka 9

Śloka 10 — Sun and Moon in one rāśi and one aṃśa — reared by three mothers or two fathers

रविचन्द्रौ यदैकस्थावेकांशकसमन्वितौ । त्रिमातृभिरसौ किम्वा द्विपित्रापि च पोष्यते ॥ १० ॥

When the Sun and the Moon are in one and the same place and share one and the same aṃśa, this native is nourished by three mothers, or else by two fathers.

BPHS Adhyāya 17, śloka 10

Śloka 11 — Six grahas in the 5th, its lord in the 12th, strong lagneśa and Moon — adopted son

पञ्चमे षड्ग्रहैर्युक्ते तदीशे व्ययराशिगे । लग्नेशेन्दू बलयुतौ दत्तपुत्रोदयस्तदा ॥ ११ ॥

When the fifth is occupied by six grahas, its lord has gone to the twelfth rāśi, and the lord of the lagna and the Moon are endowed with strength, then there arises an adopted son.

BPHS Adhyāya 17, śloka 11

Śloka 12 — Strong Jupiter, Venus, Mercury on the 5th — many sons

पञ्चमे सबलैर्जीवसितज्ञैः संयुतेक्षिते । बलान्विते सुतेशे च भवेयुर्बहवः सुताः ॥ १२ ॥

When the fifth is joined or aspected by a strong Jupiter, Venus and Mercury, and the lord of the fifth is also endowed with strength, there will be many sons.

BPHS Adhyāya 17, śloka 12

Śloka 13 — 5th lord with the Moon in a Moon-drekkāṇa — daughters

सुतेशे शशिसंयुक्ते चन्द्रद्रेष्काणगेऽपि च । कन्यकानां तदोत्पत्तिं निर्दिशेन्मतिमान्नरः ॥ १३ ॥

When the lord of the fifth is joined with the Moon and is placed, moreover, in a drekkāṇa of the Moon, then the discerning man should declare the birth of daughters.

BPHS Adhyāya 17, śloka 13

Śloka 14 — 5th lord in a movable sign, Moon with Rāhu, Saturn in the 5th — child of another

सुतेशे चरराशिस्थे सुधांशौ राहुणान्विते । पुत्रस्थानं गते मन्दे परजातं वदेच्छिशुम् ॥ १४ ॥

When the lord of the fifth stands in a movable rāśi, the Moon is joined with Rāhu, and Saturn has gone to the house of progeny, one should say the child is begotten of another.

BPHS Adhyāya 17, śloka 14

Śloka 15 — Jupiter 8th from the Moon, Moon 8th from lagna, afflicted — born of adultery

चन्द्रादष्टमगे जीवे लग्नादष्टमगे विधौ । पापखेटैरीक्षितयुते जातः स्याज्जारसम्भवः ॥ १५ ॥

When Jupiter is in the eighth from the Moon, the Moon is in the eighth from the lagna, and these are aspected or joined by malefic grahas, the one born is sprung from a paramour.

BPHS Adhyāya 17, śloka 15

Śloka 16 — Exalted 5th lord in the 2nd or a trikoṇa with Jupiter — good fortune through sons

पुत्रस्थानाधिपे स्वोच्चे लग्नाच्चेद् द्वित्रिकोणगे । गुरुणा संयुते दृष्टे पुत्रभाग्यमुपैति सः ॥ १६ ॥

If the lord of the house of progeny is in his own exaltation and, counted from the lagna, occupies the second or a trikoṇa, and is joined or aspected by Jupiter, he attains the good fortune of sons.

BPHS Adhyāya 17, śloka 16

Śloka 17 — 5th with three or four malefics and no benefics, 5th lord debilitated — a low-born/degraded child

त्रिचतुःपापसंयुक्ते पञ्चमे शुभवर्जिते । नीचगे पञ्चमेशे च नीचसंस्थो भवेच्छिशुः ॥ १७ ॥

When the fifth is joined by three or four malefics and wholly devoid of benefics, and the lord of the fifth is debilitated, the child will be set in low estate (given to base conduct).

BPHS Adhyāya 17, śloka 17

Śloka 18 — Timing — Jupiter in the 5th, its lord with Venus: son in the 32nd or 33rd year

पुत्रस्थानं गते जीवे तदीशे भृगुसंयुते । द्वात्रिंशे च त्रयस्त्रिंशे वत्सरे जायते सुतः ॥ १८ ॥

When Jupiter has gone to the house of progeny and its lord is joined with Venus, a son is born in the thirty-second or the thirty-third year.

BPHS Adhyāya 17, śloka 18

Śloka 19 — Timing — 5th lord in a kendra with the kāraka: son in the 36th or 30th year

सुतेशे केन्द्रभावस्थे कारकेण समन्विते । षट्त्रिंशे त्रिशदब्दे च पुत्रोत्पत्तिं विनिर्दिशेत् ॥ १९ ॥

When the lord of the fifth is placed in a kendra bhāva and is joined with the kāraka (Jupiter), one should declare the birth of a son in the thirty-sixth or the thirtieth year.

BPHS Adhyāya 17, śloka 19

Śloka 20 — Timing — Jupiter in the 9th from lagna, Venus 9th from Jupiter: son in the 40th year

लग्नाद् भाग्यगते जीवे जीवाद् भाग्यगते भृगौ । लग्नेशे भृगुयुक्ते वा चत्वारिंशे सुतो भवेत् ॥ २० ॥

When Jupiter has gone to the ninth from the lagna and Venus to the ninth from Jupiter, or when the lord of the lagna is joined with Venus, a son comes in the fortieth year.

BPHS Adhyāya 17, śloka 20

Śloka 21 — Timing — Rāhu in the 5th, its lord with malefics, Jupiter debilitated: death of a son in the 32nd year

पुत्रस्थानं गते राहौ तदीशे पापसंयुते । नीचराशिगतो जीवो द्वात्रिंशे पुत्रमृत्युदः ॥ २१ ॥

When Rāhu has gone to the house of progeny, its lord is joined with malefics, and Jupiter has gone to his sign of debilitation, it brings the death of a son in the thirty-second year.

BPHS Adhyāya 17, śloka 21

Śloka 22 — Timing — malefic 5th from lagna and 5th from Jupiter: loss of a son at 36, 33 or 40

लग्नात् पञ्चमगे पापे जीवात् पञ्चमगेऽपि च । षट्त्रिंशे च त्रयस्त्रिंशे चत्वारिंशे सुतक्षयः ॥ २२ ॥

When a malefic has gone to the fifth from the lagna, and likewise to the fifth from Jupiter, there is loss of a son in the thirty-sixth, the thirty-third, or the fortieth year.

BPHS Adhyāya 17, śloka 22

Śloka 23 — Timing — Gulika in the lagna, lagneśa debilitated: grief for a son in the 56th year

लग्ने मान्दिसमायुक्ते लग्नेशे नीचराशिगे । षट्पञ्चाशन्मितेऽब्दे तु पुत्रशोकसमाकुलः ॥ २३ ॥

When the lagna is joined with Māndi (Gulika) and the lord of the lagna has gone to his sign of debilitation, in the year measured as the fifty-sixth he is overwhelmed with grief for a son.

BPHS Adhyāya 17, śloka 23

Śloka 24 — Number of sons — malefics in the 4th and 6th, 5th lord in paramocca with the lagneśa

चतुर्थे पापसंयुक्ते षष्ठेऽपि च तथाविधे । सुतेशे परमोच्चस्थे लग्नेशेन समन्विते ॥ २४ ॥

When the fourth is joined by malefics and the sixth likewise, and the lord of the fifth stands in his exact exaltation degree in company with the lord of the lagna —

BPHS Adhyāya 17, śloka 24

Śloka 25 — Ten sons; then Jupiter in paramocca, 2nd lord with Rāhu

कारके शुभसंयुक्ते दशसंख्यास्तु सूनवः । परमोच्चगते जीवे धनेशे राहुसंयुते ॥ २५ ॥

— and the kāraka is joined with benefics, the sons are ten in number. When Jupiter has gone to his exact exaltation and the lord of wealth (2nd) is joined with Rāhu —

BPHS Adhyāya 17, śloka 25

Śloka 26 — Nine sons; then Jupiter in the 5th or 9th, strong 5th lord

भाग्येशे भाग्यसंयुक्ते संख्याता नव सूनवः । पुत्रभाग्यगते जीवे सुतेशे बलसंयुते ॥ २६ ॥

— and the lord of the ninth is joined to the ninth house, the sons are reckoned nine. When Jupiter has gone to the house of progeny or of fortune and the lord of the fifth is endowed with strength —

BPHS Adhyāya 17, śloka 26

Śloka 27 — Eight sons; then Saturn 5th from the 5th, 5th lord in the 5th

धनेशे कर्मभावस्थे वसुसंख्यास्तु सूनवः । पञ्चमात् पञ्चमे मन्दे सुतस्थे च तदीश्वरे ॥ २७ ॥

— and the lord of wealth (2nd) is placed in the house of karma (10th), the sons are eight (vasu) in number. When Saturn is in the fifth from the fifth and its lord is in the house of progeny —

BPHS Adhyāya 17, śloka 27

Śloka 28 — Seven sons with twins in one pregnancy; then 2nd lord in the 5th and 5th lord in the 5th

सूनवः सप्तसंख्याश्च द्विगर्भे यमलं भवेत् । वित्तेशे पञ्चमस्थे च सुतस्थे पञ्चमाधिपे ॥ २८ ॥

— the sons are seven in number, and in two of the pregnancies there will be twins. When the lord of wealth is placed in the fifth and the lord of the fifth is in the house of progeny —

BPHS Adhyāya 17, śloka 28

Śloka 29 — Six sons of whom three are reared; then Jupiter 5th from Saturn or Saturn 5th from Jupiter

षट्संख्याकसुतप्राप्तिस्तेषां च त्रिप्रजाभृतिः । मन्दात् पञ्चमगे जीवे जीवाद् वा पञ्चमे शनौ ॥ २९ ॥

— there is the gaining of six sons, and of them only three offspring are reared. When Jupiter has gone to the fifth from Saturn, or Saturn to the fifth from Jupiter —

BPHS Adhyāya 17, śloka 29

Śloka 30 — One son; then malefics in the 5th with Saturn 5th from Jupiter

पञ्चमे पापसंयुक्ते पुत्रमेकं विनिर्दिशेत् । पञ्चमे पापसंयुक्ते गुरोः पञ्चमगे शनौ ॥ ३० ॥

— and the fifth is joined by malefics, one should declare a single son. When the fifth is joined by malefics and Saturn has gone to the fifth from Jupiter —

BPHS Adhyāya 17, śloka 30

Śloka 31 — A son by another wife; three wives; then malefics in the 5th, Saturn 5th from Jupiter

जायान्तरे पुत्रलाभः कलत्रत्रयभाग् भवेत् । पञ्चमे पापसंयुक्ते जीवात् पञ्चमगे शनौ ॥ ३१ ॥

— the gain of a son comes through another wife, and he becomes possessed of three wives. When the fifth is joined by malefics and Saturn has gone to the fifth from Jupiter —

BPHS Adhyāya 17, śloka 31

Śloka 32 — Lagneśa in the 2nd, 5th lord with Mars — every child born dies while the native lives long

लग्नेशे धनभावस्थे, पञ्चमेशः कुजान्वितः । जातं जातं शिशुं हन्ति दीर्घायुश्चैव मानवः ॥ ३२ ॥

— and the lord of the lagna is placed in the house of wealth while the lord of the fifth is joined with Mars, it slays each child as it is born; and the man himself is nevertheless long-lived.

BPHS Adhyāya 17, śloka 32