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पितुर्जात: परोक्षस्य लग्नमिन्दावपश्यति ॥ विदेशस्थस्य चरभे मध्याद् भ्रष्टे दिवाकरे ॥ ५-१ ॥
Father is not present in the house at delivery time also when the ascendant is occupied by Saturn and the 7th by Mars or when the Moon is located in between Mercury and Venus.
english translation
उदयम्भेऽपि वा मन्दे कुजे वास्तं समागते ॥ स्थिते वान्त: क्षपानाथे शशाङ्कसुतशुक्रयो: ॥ ५-२ ॥
Or also, when Saturn is situated in the ascendant, or when Mars is joined the seventh, or when the Moon is situated in-between Mercury and Venus, [one should infer that the father was away during the child’s birth].
english translation
शशाङ्के पापलग्ने वा वृश्चिकेशत्रिभागगे ॥ शुभै: स्वायस्थितैर्जात: सर्पस्तद्वेष्टितोऽपि वा ॥ ५-३ ॥
When the Moon or a malefic lagna are situated in the third portion of Mars with benefics in the second and eleventh house, the birth is a serpent or even surrounded by that (a serpent), respectively.
english translation
चतुष्पादगते भानौ शेषैर्वीर्यसमन्वितै: ॥ द्वितनुस्थैश्च यमलौ भवत: कोशवेष्टितौ ॥ ५-४ ॥
If Jupiter aspects neither the lagna nor the Moon, or if there is no aspect of Jupiter on Sun and Moon located in one sign, the birth should be declared without doubt as bastard. It is also a bastard birthif Sun and Moon are in the company of malefics.
english translation
सिंहागजगोभिरुदये सूते नालेन वेष्टितो जन्तु: ॥ लग्ने कुजेऽथ सौरे राश्यंशसमानगात्रेषु ॥ ५-५ ॥
If the Sun is located in an animal sign (1, 2, 5, the latter portion of Sagittarius or the Ist half of Capricorn) a~d the ~est of the planets are strong and located in mutable signs, t ere are twins in the womb
english translation