Adopting Parent

-    An astro-analysis

In Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra (BPHS), in the chapter on "Effects of the Bhava Lords", the following shloka talks about the possibility of a native adopting a child.

सुतेशे व्ययभावस्ये जातः पुत्रसुखॊज्झितः ।

दत्तपुत्रयुतॊ वासौ क्रितपुत्रान्वितॊ तवा ॥

The translation of the above shloka is as follows:

If the 5th lord is in the 12th bhava, the native will be bereft of happiness from his own sons. He will have an adopted or purchased son.