Phaladeepika
स्थिरे स्थिरांशाधिगतः सपापः पृष्ठोदयेऽधोमुखभे च संस्थः । तदीश्वरो वृक्षलतादिजन्म स्यादन्यथाजीवयुतः शरीरी ॥ २७॥
If the planets (referred to in sloka 24 Supra i.e., lords of the 9 th and 5 th) occupy a fixed Rasi or Amsa identical with a Prishtodaya and an Adhomukha Rasi (vide I-8 supra ) along with malefics, the past and the future births of the native should be declared as trees, plants and the like. If otherwise, 1. e., if the lords of the 9 th and 5 th houses occupy a Sirshodaya and an Urdhvamukha Rasi identical with a Chara or moveable Rasi or Amsa with benefics, the birth should be of an animal kind.
english translation
sthire sthirAMzAdhigataH sapApaH pRSThodaye'dhomukhabhe ca saMsthaH । tadIzvaro vRkSalatAdijanma syAdanyathAjIvayutaH zarIrI ॥ 27॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript