Sloka 20 – 22 : If the planet in question happens to be the Sun, the person concerned becomes sonless owing to injustice done to God Siva and Garuda and the consequent curse of the Manes; if the Moon, it will be due to the displeasure and anger of the mother, a Sumangali or other venerable woman owing to her feelings having been hurt; in the case of Mars, it will be due to some fault done to the village deity, to God Kartikeya, to an enemy, or one’s Dayadins; if the planet be Mercury, the sonlessness will be due to curses made by youngsters or to the killing of spawns (eggs of fishes and similar creatures) or to the wrath of God Vishnu; if Jupiter be such, planet, it will be due to some harm done to the hereditary Brahmin family priest or the destruction of a tree full of fruits: if the lord of 5th or the planet posited therein be Venus, the cause of childlessness will be due to the cutting off of a tree full of flowers, or an injury caused to a virtuous lady or to the cow kind or a sinful deed to people that ought- to be revered: if Saturn be the planet under advertance, it will be due to the destruction of an Aswatha or Pipul tree or on account of Yama’s ire or through departed spirits, goblins and the like; if Rahu should occupy the 5th house or be associated with the lord of that house it will be due to the curse of a serpent; In the case of Ketu, It will be owing to the curse of a Brahmin. If it be Mandi, it will be due to a curse from departed: spirits. If Venus and the Moon in conjuction with Mandi should be in such a position, the cause will be attributed to the murder of a damsel or the killing of a cow. If Jupiter or Ketu in conjunction with Mandi be in the 5th house, the sonlessness will be on account of the murder of a Brahmin.
is another reading reading in the last quarter of the 20th Sloka.
Sloka23 : Thus have been detailed the several sins accrued by one’s actions in his man previous births and now revealed in his present nativity which lead to childlessness and to ward off which and to secure a son, persons versed in the Astrological science have recommended (appropriate) particular Japas, gifts and such other good actions prescribed for the several planets.
Sloka24 : A holy bath in Rameswaram, engaging oneself in reciting holy scriptures and epics; worship of God Siva, observance of holy austerities with reference to (propitiate) God’ Vishnu, gifts, ceremonies in honour of departed spirits, installation of the serpent diety-these are the various modes recommended by which one can attain progeny.
Sloka 25 : The birth of a son should he expected during the Dasa or Apahara of any one of the 6 planets. viz., (1) the lord of the Lagna, (2) the lord of the 7th, (3) the lord of the 5th, (4) Jupiter, (5) the planet aspecting the 5th house or (6) the one occupying the 5th house or when Jupiter in his orbit transits the sign of the Navamsa Rasi occupied by the lord of the 5th house or the Upagraha Yamakantaka.
Sloka 26 : Find when the lord of Lagna comes during his transit (1) in conjuction with the lord of the 5th house, (2) to his exaltation sign, (3) to his own Rasi, (4) to the 5th house and (5) to the sign occupied by the lord of the 5th house. During any one of these transits the birth of a son is possible.
Sloka 27 : Add the figures of the following three planets :- (1) the lord of the Lagna, (2) the lord of the 7th house and (3) the lord of the 5th house. During the course of the Maha Dasa represented by the ruler of the asterism and in the Apaharas of anyone of the following, viz., (1) the planet in the 5th house, (2) the planet aspecting the 5th house and (3) the planet owning the 5th house, the birth of a son may be predicted.
Sloka 28 : Find which of the following is strong: (1) the lord of the 5th house, (2) Jupiter, (3), (4), (5) and (6) the lords respectively of the Rasis and Navamsas occupied by (1) and (2). During the Dasa or Apahara of this strong planet, birth of a son is possible.
Sloka 29 : Men will generally have the birth of a son when Jupiter in the course of his orbit passes through a Rasi trine to the sign representing the Rasi or Amsa occupied by the planet owning the 5th house reckoned from Jupiter. According to other treatises on the subject, a learned man ought to investigate indications of progeny from the positions of planets at the birth time of the native.
Sloka 30 : Note the ruler of the asterism occupied by the Moon as also that of the 5th from it. Add the figures of these two planets. When Jupiter in his orbit passes through the sign represented by this result or through one of its triangular ones, the birth of a son is possible.
Sloka 31 : The birth (of a child) may also take place when the Sun in his orbit passes through the third sign reckoned from the Rasi representing the Nisheka Lagna or trasits a Rasi triangular to the Adhana Lagna.
Sloka 32 : If a birth takes place in a Lagna which is the 5th or the 9th from the Adhana, Lagna, it should be declared as through the effects of the native’s good actions done in previous births. If benefics should occupy or aspect the Adhana Lagna, the person born will be endowed with long life, wealth and happiness.
Sloka 33 : Find the exact Dwadasamsa of the Moon at the time of the Adhana and the Rasi to which it belongs. Count from (Mesha or from) this sign as many Rasis as the number represented by the Dwadasamsa in question. When the Moon is in the Rasi thus found in the month of delivery, the learned may predict the birth of the child in the womb.
Sloka 34 : 0ne ought to predict effects by a consideration of (the positions of the several planets with respect to) the Moon and the Lagna at the time of a query, adoption of a son, investiture of sacred thread, the gift of a girl, the first maturity, or the time of impregnation, as he would if a birth had taken place at the time.
Thus ends 12th Adhyaya “Topic of Children” in the work Phaladeepika composed by Mantreswara.
