Verse 12.8
मान्दं सुतर्क्षे यदि वाऽथबौधं मान्द्यर्कपुत्रान्वितवीक्षितं चेत्। दत्तात्मजः स्यादुदयास्तनाथसंबन्धहीनो विबलः सुतेशः
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If Saturn occupies the sign of the son, or if Saturn aspects the lord of the son, and if the lord of the son is conjoined with or aspected by the lords of the Ascendant and the Seventh House, then the native will have an adopted son…
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