Jataka_Chandrika

SECOND EDITION.

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DEXTER FUND Mayes 92) Qo. ## Page 3 aed INTRODUCTION, Sferaxscuonnenca is a handy pamphlet in sanskrit and signifies “Moonlight for Astrological sciences.” It is a work of great suggestiveness and contains really valuable information necessary for a beginner. Adepts in Astrolo- gy have much food for reflcotion here. ‘Prefatory remarks reconciling the principles of Astrology with those of the modern sciences will be out of place in a work of English translation and I would strongly recommend the readers to secure « oopy of my Astrological Self Instructor and read the splendid scientific Introduction elaborately given by me there. They will be largely benefitted. English translations of sanskrit works, are always poor perfor- mances as the spirit and beauty of the original language oan never be adequately represented in the English tongue. Still attempts made in this direction ought not to be des- pised as they tend to give the readers in English some idea of the contents which, the sanskrit book treats of. The English translation of jatakachundrika has already been published completely in the Astrological Magazine, Vols, ## Page 4 li INTRODUCTION. 1 and II and those who go in for those volumes will find this and many other important subjects treated of there. The notes and illustrations given in the Astrological Maga- zine have been carefully collected and valuable additions have been made here with a view to make them complete. The Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn are exercising influences on the Earth and all its phenomena’ and this has been thoroughly demonstrated by the argu- ments adduced by me in the columns of the Astrological Magazine. Without light and heat nothing could exist on this world even for a second and they both come directly from the Sun and indirectly through the reflection of the other planetary bodies. We have only to stand for a few hours in the Sun to feel that we are influenced’ by his ever active rays. All the planets shine by borrowed light—from the Sun. The Sunis the accredited head of the whole planetary system and without his energy nothing can live on this Harth. The Earth itself is maintained in its due position by the attraction of the solar rays, and is.wholly influenced by them. The terres‘ rial phenomena can have no other apparent source from which they can borrow their vitality. If the planetary influences are admitted as mould- ing the flora and the fauna of a country there will be no consistency in saying that astrology is false, and that a knowledge of the working of these influences is useless. Astrological works were originally composed by the great Maharishis, Vasista, Parasara, Vyasa, Gargi, Marichi, Attri, and Jaimini. They were persons endowed. with the Devya Drishti (superior sight). These had no special motives to pass off a series of facts known to them to be utterly. false. — Such a position is untenable even for a single minute if we learnt how great men the Rishis were. I shall not argue ‘the pros and cons about Astrology. The easiest way of ## Page 5 INTRODUCTION. . iii Convincing oneself about the truths of astrology will be.to study the elementary principles of the science and then judge whether they are worthy of devotion or not. All Sciences require some application, average intelligence, and great perseverance. They can only be judged after some progress. Here the same course is precisely recommended. If the results are not convincing after a fair trial has been given to it the science may be neglected as it deserves to be. No science shouid be rejected off hand without: a fair investigation into its principles. I may however give the educated public an assurance—from my long personal acquaintance with the subject, extending over twenty years—that when people take to the study of the subject of astrology without any bias, they are sure to find valu- able truths in it, which will be highly useful to them in their transactions in life. The time they may be required to spend over the astrological studies will be amply re- munerated by the intellectual treat they have there and the certain knowledge of the future which they will be able to secure. ‘To the Hindu a knowledge of astrology is simply invaluable. His aims are higher and all his acts are regulated with reference to the existence of a nobler life in future. A knowledge of the future can never be despised and remedies taken to improve our present con- dition in the light of such knowledge, will be highly useful in our practical life. The author of Jatakachundrika, as well as other authors, presupposes some knowledge in the student, and proceeds upon principles well recognised by the Astrological writers. There are 12 Zodiacal signs, 27 constellations divided into 4 (Padams) quarters each, nine " planets and the complications arising therefrom. The Sun, Venus, and Mercury roughly move in each sign in 80 days, Mars moves in 45 days, Moon moves in 24 days, Jupiter ## Page 6 iv ; INTHODUCTIDN. moves in 360 days., Rahu and Kethu in 540 days and Saturn in 900 days. The various divisions of the signs, the sources of strength or weakness among the planets, the names and identifying marks of constellations are not given here. They are so easily procurable that any student cat find them inthe ordinary books sold in the market. The Author seems to have a clear knowledge of Astrology. He!| first takes the reader through the planetary aspects, then the good and evil which accrue to planets from ownership, and then association and conjunction.He describes Rajayoga (Success in life), the combinations for longevity with s summary of the results of the various planets upon the horoscopes of persons born in each of the twelve Zodiacal signs. Rahu and Kethu are shortly introduced and the most successful as well as the most unfortunate periods have also been indicated. I have given full notes and trust they will make the study of this technical subject easy and’ agreeable. The illustrative horoscopes will be found to be very useful. As my works have already been most heartily ‘welcomed from all parts of the world, I make no farther apology for ushering this improved 2nd edition before the sympathetic and appreciative public.

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I invoke the help of that Glorious Light which repre- sents the sum total of the knowledge of Brahmopanishads whom we call Saraswathi, the exalted spouse of Brahma, who holds the Veena (lute), and who is most beautiful (all perfect): NOTES. No author in thesanscrit language commences his work without first pray’ ing to his God and invoking the help of all that is dear to him, ‘his is generally considered necessary for the completion of the work, and also for the good of the students who commence to read it. This is a small work written by Venkatasa Punditg son of Yagnaswara Dikshitar and though short it is excellently written by him. The au- thor expounds some.of the best principles of astrology in the most concise manner possible. Sanscrit works are superior to any others in the world, in the singular fact of their being written in poetry and in a strain which enables the student to master the whole of its con- ## Page 8 2 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. tents without the slightest difficulty. . Pundits carry all their splendid libraries in their small physical heads and this, when properly used, is the best way of storing knowledge and using it to-the greatest advan- tage. Sanscrit Poetry has a peculiar charm which enables the student to remember the subject with great facility and quote it without the slightest exertion. The English translation I have given is not literal, but liberal and the sanscrit text inserted in the Devanagari character will help those who .know that beautiful language to compare the original text with my translation. I have largely added notes with a view to make the text clear and free from vague or obscure passages. Saraswati represents all knowledge and all gnana (religious wisdom). The Veena (lute) is now acknowledged to be the most perfect of all musical instruments: It is an Indian instrumnnt familiar to most of the Hindu gentlemen. The perfection of an instrument. depends upon its Capacity to reproduce the tunes of other instruments, faithfully and with grace without its own music being inimitable. If this definition is correct then we can undoubtedly classify Veena as the most perfect of musical instruments of all nations _ and of all times. I have seen experts on Veena reproducing most wonderfully the music of other instruments, while none of the hundreds of Indian and European musical instruments can hardly imitate the Dasavida Gamakas which are taught to the student of Veena as elementary portion of his lessons. If therefore Saraswathi must have an instrument by the sounds of which she can encharm the whole worldly phenomena, She has rightly been given Veena to accomplish that purpose. She is the Suddantham of Brahma, the Creative Power. That part of Him, which appreciates all knowledge and which is conscious of it is termed. Saraswathi. Some quote the 2nd stanza which says that ParasaraHora is the safest and most _reli- able in this Kaliyug and therefore the most valuable for students. But this is omitted by some manuscripts. Parasara was the father of Vaysa one of the greatest names in Aryan Religion and he is the author of various excellent sanscrit works. In the department of law, Parasara stands unrivalled as his Smrithi is considered as of the greatest authority in this yaga. It is therefore an admissable fact, that when an author compiles from Parasarahora he is entitled to the highest authority as that Maharishi seems to have had a peculiar knowledge of the present times and the circumstances which would suit them best. ## Page 9 JATAKACHUNDRIKA, 3 HOUTA ATTTP TALIA F TATA HAFAN TTIAT we

I shall try to explain the most important principles of astrology in an intelligible manuer and I shall be guided in the compilation of my present book by, the works of the re- nowned Maharishi Parasara. ,

The author Venkatesa Pundit does not pretend to give the readers any original information on astrology.” He frankly tells us the source from which he draws his knowledge _ and he commands respect not for . the original matter he puts before his readers, but for the original way in which he puts them before the world. He is very concise and exact to the point he wishes to illustrate. The authority he has quoted isthe highest we have in the Aryan sciences or literature. The family of Parasara has produced the greatest number of Maharishis whom the world has ever seen. In the case of other Maharishis they alone command respect individually by their intellectual great- ness while their ancestors or progeny are not known or are not men of equal mental calibre. In the family of Parasara we have a series of really great men. Vasista, the venerable Maharishi, than whom no Rishi stands greater in the intellectual or religious world was the founder of this dynasty of literary giants. He was the preceptor and priest of Rama the greatest of Indian heroes and incarnation of Vishnu. His advice to Rama is embodied in the voluminous work on religious instruction entitled Yogavasista, composed by Valmiki, and extending over 36,000 stanzas or 1} times the real bulk of Valmiki Ramayana so familiar to our readers. This Yogavasista is an extraordinary work, and the highest religious and moral precepts are related therein with a grace, and simplicity for which we could never find an equal. Vasista has algo written works on Dharmasastras, astronomy astrology, medicine ## Page 10 4 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. and various other branches of knowledge. Sxkti is the son of Vasist2, and various works of eminence are attributed to him. Purasara is the son of Sukti and grandson of Vasista and he has distinguished himselt in almost every branch of knowledge. Vyasa is the son of Parasara and is the great grandson of Vasista and the 18 Puranas extending over many hundred thousands of Stanzas, the compilation of Vedas, and the Brahmasutras, the Bhgavata and Bharata he has composed, and the Bhagavat Gita therein embodied will speak for themselves. In addi- tion to these Vyasa stands as an authority on astronomy and astrology. Vyasa Siddantha is one of the 18 eminent treatises on Hindu Astrono- my and Astrology. Suka is the son of Vyasa and has very rightly eclipsed the father by the depth of religious thought and the knowledge of Brahma Vidya. He is called Sukayogeendra and richly deserves that most envious title so hard to secure and so difficult to preserve. Tas Tea AAT TaaATaTAn Ue ANT: °

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By referring to ordinary works the student can learn the details of the Jataka Bhaga, but I am going to expound in my works principles of astrology which would help the intelligent student in his progress in the astrological studies, NOTES. The author very naturally expects a fair amount of elementary knowledge in the student who studies his book,and with this presumption he says he will give such general principles of astrology as would en- able the reader to predict much by reading little. This profession of the learned author shows the great value of his work and ite usefulness. By elementary knowledge he means the names of the week days, planets, ## Page 11 a -” JATAKACHUNDRIKA. %5 rasis, constellations, various significations of the housés, their lords and their sub divisions, planetary characteristics, their sexes, their exal- tations, and debilitations, retrogrades and accelerations: and other necessary information. The Astrological Self Instructor and Primer J have written will be found to be of immense help to. beginners in astrology as all the preliminary information needed for a student is clearly given there. a : : . Ue

All the planets aspect the 7th house. Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars, (Sani, Guru and Kuja) have a special vision. Saturn aspects 3rd and 10th houses better, Jupiter 5th and 9th houses, and Mars 4th and 8th houses, NOTES. All planets aspect the 7th house from the place where they chance to be at the time of birth, or question, “ By the use of the term all Sani, Gura and Kuja are also included, but though those planets have an aspect in the 7th house, their aspect of that house is not as strong as the special aspects we have already named. The aspects of the houses have much significance in the calculations of astrology and the prédictions ventured on the strength of such com- ‘ putations. Good aspects have beneficial while bad aspects havo malevolent influences, The aspect of a planet is as powerful as its . occupation or combination in producing results good or bad. The variations of power in the planetary aspects must be attri- buted to the refraction of their rays through the media through which they have to pass before they fall on the earth or the creatures who tenant its surface. These various modifications of the planetary rays havea great significance. in the creation, protection and destruction of all phenomena with which they come in contact ## Page 12 6 JATAKACHUNDRIKA.

Lords of the 5th and 9th houses are always good, while lords of the 3rd, 6th and 11th are always evil. ‘ NOTES. The counting of the planets must always be from the birth time or lagna, Ravi owns Simha, Chundra owns Kataka, Buda owns Mithuna and Kanya; Sukra is the lord of Vrishabha and Thula, Kuja owns Mesha and Vrischika, Guru is the lord of Meena and Dhanas, and Sani owns Makara and Kumbha, Their owning a house is diffe- rent from their occupation of a house. Take an example of a living horoscope of a great man. Birth aa * , fis Vrishabha, lords of Kanya 5th and w Sani. |Makara 9th Buda and Sani are respec- — tively good planets for this lagna, and Buda ‘\. Iwhen they are favourably situated and Guru. Tease, jaspected they produce good. Guru is the lord of 11th, Sukra is the lord of 2 .° |Gth and Chundra is the lord of 3rd and these are bad. Their periods and sub- t Kuja eriods are producti f evi i Sukra. G re pi ve of evil and if a Ke Kethu. they derive good strengtk from other sources, they may considerably modify their evil effects, Sani aspects Sukra, but his aspect of Simha 3rd and Meena 10th from him is stron- ger, and in predicting the results of those Bhavas we have to remember the evil aspect and make allowance for such. Sukra aspects Sani in the 7th and this is his best aspect. Gura aspects Sani and Kuja, 5th and 9th, but he also sees Simha or the 4th house from birth. .. But this house is also aspected by Ravi and Buda who only hare ## Page 13 ‘ JATAKACHUNDRIKA, va vision i 7th. Thus the house of . education in . this horoscope is aspected artis in the 3rd house, Guru in the ith, and Ravi and pds in the 7th, Sany’s aspect is stronger than Guru’s but Ravi an Buda add weight to 4th house by their aspect. The man will be highly educated, but there will be some breaks or disappoint- ments on account of the aspect of Sani. 2nd house from birth is aspected by Sukra, and Guru, and Sani is there. Wealth will be moderate, but earnings will be decent, ownership creates rights and liabilities as also the occupation and these various phases of a planetary strength ought not to be forgotten in balancing the good and bad results which are indicated by the planetary in- fluences. Planets may occupy houses without owning them or occupy their own houses, If they’ are ‘good and oeeupy favourable houses they become better, if not the results must be reversed, LIRR

‘Stanza VI When Benefics own quadrants they produce evil. When Malefics own quadrants they produce good; the good and evil planets become more and more powerful as they are lords of ' Ist, 4th, 7th, or 10th, houses ; 5th and 9th houses ; or 8rd, 6th and 11th houses respectively, NOTES. 1st,4th,7th and 10th, houses are quadrants. Ist,5th and 9th houses are trines, 8rd, 6th, 10th and 11th houses are Oopa- chayams. Ravi, Sani, Kuja weak Moon (Kshinachundra) and badly associated Buda are classified as evil planets, Guru, Sukra, well associated Buda, and Poornachundra are good planets. Lords of the Ist are weaker than the lords of the 4th, lords of the 4th less Powerful than those of the 7th and lords of the 7th are weaker than ## Page 14 8 _ JATAKACHUNDRIKA, those of the 10th. The same gradation applies to trines and 3rd, 6th, and 11th houses also. In the case of evil planets they gradually grow stronger by being owners of the later quadrants or kendras and get - the hightest power when they become lords of the 10th. The reverse holds good with good planets. Benefics owning first house are not so bad as those owning 4th, and those who own 7th are worse than those who rule the 4th, and those who own the l0th are tLe worst of the whole lot. These are very important points and deserve to be speci- ally remembered by the astrological student. eatetpem ne 3 aan Teaaresral TATA GYONA ATA THI THT UI Sranza VII... 7 The lords of the 2nd_ and 12th houses give good or bad results according ag they are in conjunction with the lords of other houses and the nature of the houses they occupy. NOTES The lords of 2nd and 12th houses have very peouliar ways of influencing the native. They are not powerful by virtue of their own merits, but are considerably influenced to give good or evil results by the associations they have and the positions they occupy. Here it seems that where the lords af the 2nd and 12th houses have associations of other planets, they give more the influences of the planets who are with them, than thejr own individual characteristics, They are considerably influenced by the houses they occupy, the planets who are in conjunction with them, and the Position of the lords of the houses they are placed at the time, : + é ## Page 15 JATAKACHUNDRIKA, 9 PASTA THM AATT A rt aI ° NAN Ga o : en

Lord of the 8th house produces evil because he owns the 12th house from the 9th, which is the house of Bhagya (wealth). If he chances to be the lord of 1st also, he be- comes good- - NOTES The Lord of the 8 th house is bad as it happens to become the 12th house from the 9th. The 9th house is the house of peace or happiness and wealth, and the 12th from that is bad. The reason given here is rather abrupt and cannot be carried out continuously in the caso of all houses. It may hold good with the 7th, because the 12th from 8th bad house must necessarily be good. And the 12th from the 7th is bad and that is the 6th house signifying debt, disease and enemies The 12th from 6th is the 5th and it fs good, but the 12th from the 5th is 4th and this should be bad by the above reasoning, but it is not so, The 12th from the 4th is 3rdand it is bad, and the 12th from 3rd is 2nd, and the 12th from the 2nd is Ist or birth and these two are bad. The 12th from the birth is the 12th house and it -is bad but the 12th from 12th is the 11th and it is bad, the 12th from the 11th is the 10th, and the 12th from the 10th is 9th and these two are good, From the Lagna or birth, two houses on either side happen to be bad, as we have the lords of 12th and 11th 2nd and 3rd, pronounced as bad. 1 simply show the reader that the reason given for the 8th holds good in many cases and fails ina few. There may be better reasons, but I have net seen any. When the lord of the 8th also is the lord of the 1st he becomes good. This happens only in two cases, in the whole of the zodiac. For Aries and Scorpio the lord is Kuja and he happens to be lord ot 1st and 8th house’s ‘ ## Page 16 10 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. ~ when a child is born in Mesha and he becomes good. Take Thula, Sukra isthe lord of Thula and Vrishabha, and when a_ child is born in Thula, Sukra who is the lord of Ist and 8th houses becomes good. This happens in no other sign and therefore when a planet owns the 8th and any other house. than the first, he becomes bad. A child born in Kanya has Kuja as the lord of 3rd and 8th and he becomes bad. The reasoning above given is based upon the rule that 12th house signifies loss or death Loss of bad is good, and loss of good is bad SOOO OO OS In the next three stanzas I shall explain the good and evil results arising from the ownership of benefic and malefic planets when they are lords of quadrants and the 8th house. an . NOTES. The author says that in the next three Slokas he will clearly explain all the good and_evil influences arising from the plancts owning quadrants (Kendras) and the 8th house. In the 6th Sloka it was already explained that good planets owning Kendras are pro- ductive of evil while bad planets owning Kendras are productive of good. Planets owning the 8th house produce evil. The details of these good and _ evil influences will be elaborately explained in the succeeding three slokas.

Guru and Sukra owning quadrants become very in- auspicious. When they occupy the 2nd and 7th houses with such ownership, they become powerful in inflicting certain death to the native. ## Page 17 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. 11 NOTES. It has already been pointed out in the previous notes that Guru and Sukra are pure benefics and that when they own quadrants (Kendras) they produce evil. If theyown Kendras and also occupy the 2nd and 7th houses (Maraka or death houses) they become very powerful in theif periods and subperiods (Dasas and Vidasas) in producing death to the native. The possessor of a horoscope is called technically a native and throughout this and_ other astrologi- cal works, the term native must be understood in this sense, unless the contents give ita different meaning. Take an example. Toa person born in Mesha,’Sukra is the lord of 2nd and 7th houses, and if he is in the 2nd or 7th houses he will inflict death. One born in Mithuna will have evil from Guru, and if he chances to be in Kataka or Dhanas, he will surely cause death as he owns the two Kendras 7th and 10th. FIAT AAG Va AT TAT: er Sareea wardreau i

Buda is less malicious than Guru and Sukra and Chundra is less than Buda. Ravi and Chundra do not give evil even when they own the 8th house.

We have seen the principle that good planets owning quadrants are inauspicious. Buda is not a complete benefic. His goodness or badness depends upon his associations. Therefore he comes next in order after Guru and Sukra, Chundra comes after Buda, for even without evil association he becomes least auspicious when he is newmoon. Therefore when well associated Buda, and full moon own quadrants, they produce evil and if they occupy the 2nd and 7th houses, they become powerful to inflict death, but this power is next to Guru and Sukra. Lords of the 8th house are eyil, but Ravi ## Page 18 12 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. and Chundra do not produce bad results even when they own the 8th house. They seem to bean exception to the general rule. here are two sets of planets—Raviand Chundra, own each only one house, while Kuja, Buda, Guru, Sukra, and Sani own each two houses. The first two planets are called Ekarasyadipathies, while the other five are called Dwirasyadhipathies, In the case of the last five they become lords of 8th house in addition to some other house, but in the case of Ravi and Chundra, they become only lords of 8th house for one house each. For Dhanas Chundra is the lord of the 8th house Kataka, and he becomes good are rather he does not produce evil. For Makara Ravi is the Jord of the 8th house Simha and he doesnot do evil. The lord of the 8th house is bad, but an exception seems to have been made in favour of Ravi and Chundra, and also those two planets Kuja and Sukra when they happen to own the 1st or birth signs. —— 208,00 FAATHAAT ATHY ABUCATUA bat oN > ~ HNL IAT A: THAT AATAT US 2

Kuja (Mars) does not become good when he owns only the 10th house. He must own the 5th also to become thoroughly good, NOTES, It will be shown hereafter that for producing beneficial results the combination of the lords of Kendras and Thrikonas is necessary, Kuja is an evil planet, his owning the 10th house asa bad planet is the best, but the author seems to make a distinction, Unless Kuja also owns in addition to his 10th, 5th house he. will not produce much good. This double combination in Kuja could only happen when a person is born in Kataka, Here he becomes lord of 5th and 10th and becomes exceedingly powerful to do good. When a person is born in Kumbha Kuja owns 3rd and’10th honses and therefore is ## Page 19 JATAKACHUNDRIKA, 13 not auspicious. For persons born in Dhanas - Kuja is the lord of the 5th and 12th and therefore is not so auspicious. In the enume- ration of these particular houses and ownerships, the author attaches much significance, and unless the combination is as full as it is dis- cribed, the results attributed ought not to be predicted. Each com- bination has its own value and it must be carefully studied. - aqaTTA TIAA anaraneaast ofearat wart. ean

Rahu and Kethu give the samie results as those given by the houses they occupy, the planets they are in con- junction with, and the aspects they are subjected to but with greater strength, NOTLZS. Rahu and Kethu are once for all dealt with in this stanza by the author and dismissed. They own no houses, and they are called shadowy planets or chayagrahams. I have explained at great length what is meant byRahu and Kethu in the Astrological Magazine and stu- dents would do well to refer to it for more complete information. They give the Phalam of the Rasis they occupy, the planets they are associated with, and the aspects they have. Take an example. ## Page 20 14 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. Meena is birth, Rahuis in the 4th house with Sukra and pected by Sani and Guru. 3rd and th houses respectively. Rahu occu- ies Buda’s house. Therefore the halam that Rahu gives is the phalam f Buda, Sani, Sukra and Guru. All these sources of strength must be refully calculated and balanced efore we venture to make any pre- ictions about Rahu. Kethu will ive the results of Guru and Sukra,

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because he isin the house of, Guru and aspected by Sukra. The phalam of the houses they occupy viz Mithuna and Dhanas must also be taken into consideration. But in giving good or evil they act with greater energy, and when badly disposed they do mcre harm, if well disposed they do more good than the houses they occupy, the planets they are in conjunction with, and the lords who aspect them. Among the ancient works, Rahu and Kethu are not much treated of as they generally give the results of the houses they are in and the Planets they are joind with. eats — safrarorreaediditaureriuaie TARA T HST TTL aN

If the lords of the Kendras are in conjunction with the lords of the Thrikonas without being associated with the lords of other houses, they become extremely power- ful in producing good results. ## Page 21 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. 15 NOTES. This is rather a difficult but very important stanza. Ravi and Chundra own each only one house, while the other five planets Kuja, Buda, Guru, Sukra, and Sani own each two houses. The conjunction may be in the act of owning the two houses one of which is a quadrant, and the other a trine, or it may refer to two different planets each owning one of these houses, and both being in conjunction in any one of the 12 signs of the zodiac. If the sloka menns a conjunction of the ownership of these two houses in “one planet, Ravi and Chundra form exceptions te this principle as they only own one house, and cannot therefore have a combination of the ownerships of Kendras and Thrikonas referred to above. In the case of other five planets, Guru and Buda do not by their peculiar ownership of corner houses as it were, cannot also own Kendras and Thrikonas together. Therefore there are only 3 planets who have the special privilege of owning Kendras and Thrikonas together for children born in 6 lagnas. ‘Ihey are Vrishabha, Kataka Simha, Thula, Makara, and Kumbha. Kuja is the lord of 5th and 10th for Kataka, and lord of 4th and 9th for Simha, Sani is lord of 4th and 5th for Thula and lord of 9th and 10th for Vrishabha, Sukra is lord of 5th and 10th for Makara, and lord of 4th and 9th for Kumbha. This shows that Kuja, Sukra and Sani join ownership of Kendras and Thrikonas for two Rasees each. Looking to the meaning of the succeeding slokas as explained by the author itis clear that the sense is not restricted to this concep- ton of joint ownership of Kendras and Thrikonas only in one planet. The union of lords of Kendras and Thrikonas is clearly indicated and the interpretation must be* such as would be con- sonant .with the declared general principles of astrology. The planets in conjunction may either own Kendras and Thrikonas each in himself or may be lords of the different houses which form Kendras and Thrikonas. Sanskrit is very flexible and the plural noun Lords used in the original sanscrit can be interpre— ted in either way or both ways. The compiler lays stress upon the conjunction of the lords of the Kendras and Thrikonas alone. ## Page 22 16 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. If they are associated with the lords of other houses, their value to produce good, will be considerably lessened. If, in such a con— junction, we have the association of thelords of the 3rd, 6th, 8th 11th and 12th, the combination produces little good. In the illustration given, on page 6 of this book, the combination of Ravi and Buda lords. of 4th and 5th in the 10th has been zonsider- ably weakened by their association with Guru lord of 8th and 11th houses. Still the combination is good and it makes the native concerned famous, educated and influential. The produc- tive capacity of planets combining must always depend upon their relative sources of strength and this must never be forgotten by the astrological students who venture into the thorny fields of prediction. If the lords of the Kendras and Thrikonas are exalted without evil associations or aspects, it stands to reason to suppose that they will give better results than when they are debilitated. Satara wearers, arate wadaranrarcat een

The lords of the Kendras and Thrikonas in con- junetion produce good from the simple fact .of their union even when they are weak otherwise. NOTES. This stanza when read carefully points to a sort of contra- diction to what has already been enunciated in the pre- vious sloka. There he says that if the lords of Kendras and Thrikonas are in conjunction without being associated by the lords of other houses they are powerful in doing good. In this stanza he says that the simple fact of their union is quite- ## Page 23 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. 17 enough to make them give good even when they are otherwise” weak. But ona closer examination there is no contradiction whatever. In the first the idea is that Lords of the Kendras and Thrikonas ought not to be joined with the lprds of other house when producing good and in this sloka the idea is that their conjunction is productive of good even when they are not power- fulin other ways. The illustrations will make the point clear. The conjunction of the lords of Kendras and Thrikonas when they are exalted, in their own houses, in Moolathrikongs and in friend- . ly houses or quadrants cannot produca the same results as when the associated planets are debilitated, in enemies houses, in un- favouaable signs. If the conjointed plancts occupy 10th house they give ie different from what they would do when they are inthe 6th. Even when: the sources of strength to the planets are weak, i e, by owning bad houses, by bad vergas ete, their con- junction is productive of good when they are lords of Kendras and Thrikonas. One sloka refers to associations and the other to sources of strength and weakness. But in either case the vari- ous planetary aspects, conditions and other important points con- nected with them jcould not be safely neglected in making predic- tions. All that the author wishes to point out is that the conjunc- tion of the lords of Kendras and Thrikonas is good and will ‘produce results according to their various sources of strength. 000 *. \

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If the lords of the 9th and 10th houses join together and occupy the 9th or 10th, or if the lord of the 9th vecupies the 9th and the lord of the 10th occupies 10th house they produce good, ## Page 24 18 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. NOTES. The union of the Lords of Kendras and Thrikonas exercises a be- neficial influence. There are four Kendras and three trines. Ist house is a Kendra as well as a Thrikona but it is usually counted as a Ken- dra. But for Rjayoga or political success the author, particularly draws the attention of the reader, to the importance of the junction of the lords of the 9th and 10th houses. By the principle explained (vide P. 7 of this book) in stanza VI the lords of the 9th and 10th - are the most powerful and their combination is naturally looked for as the best for success. Political success must be understood in a liberal sense. All those appointments which are partly or wholly controlled by the government of any country come under this heading and a poor peon has Rajayoga a3 well as the mightiest Emperor. The strength of the planets determines the weight to be attached to the appointment. Several cases are hinted here by the learned Compiler. Lords of the 9th and 10th may join and occupy any house. They may occupy the 9th or 10th houses to- gether. Lord of the 9th may be in the 10th and the lord of the 10th may be in the 9th. Lord of the 9th may be in the 9th and the lord of the 10th in the 10th house. As kas already been pointed out the aspects of planets are as strong as their combinations, If so the aspect of the lord of the 9th on the lord of the 10th or vice versa also produces Rajayoga. Ifthey are in the same constellation although not in the same Rasi, they produce Rajayoga. The first padam of Krithika belongs to Mesha, while the other 3 padams belong to Vrishabha. But ifthe lords of the 9th and 10th are in that star, they may produce good. The supposition indicates the combination of two separate planets. But take Vrishabha. ‘Tne lords of the 9th and 10th are one andthe same—Sani. He may be in Makara or Kumbha, or he may be in any other house. For one born in Vrischika, the combination of Chun- dra and Ravi is good. But Ravi and Chundra join only in the Zodiac in any house or they may join in Kataka or Simha, but the combination of the two lordships in one planet of Kendras and Thrikonas is not possible in either of their zases, ## Page 25 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. 19 i SCC GRICKSUIUEGE nean

Lords of Kendras joining with or lying between lords of Thrikonas produce Rajayoga.

This is a difficult stanza and can be interpreted in various ways We havealready seen that the combination of the Lords of Kendras and Thrikonas is productive of good. The word Madhya used in the sloka confuses the passage a little. It means middle or with and the mean- ing then changes a good deal. Suppose we have Mesha as Lagna, then any one of the lords of the Kendras, Kuja, Chandra, Sukra and Sani, may be between the two plancts Ravi and Guru lords of trines, or they may be with the lords of Thrikonas. Where a lord of the Kendra occupies a place between two lords of trines and has their aspect or aspects any one of them, there will be success. The lord of a Kendra may occupy a place between lords of Thrikonas, but need not have their aspect or need not combine with any one of them. It is possible to havea planet between two lords of trines, owning a Kendra and in conjunction with the lords of any other house. Here the posi- tion may not be very suitable if the combining planet is evil. If the word between is not considered, then I fail to see the use of this stanza ‘as we have already been told of the production of Rajayoga by the conjunction of the lords of the Kendras and Thrikonas. The conjunc- tion and aspects of unfavourable planets necessarily take away much of the good which may otke-wise arise from the position of these planets. The lords of the 5th and 9th are referred to, although we know as a matter of fact that the lord of the 5th is weaker than the’ lord of the 9th in producing good. The same holds good in the case of the lords of the Kendras, ## Page 26 20 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. It looks sensible to interpret this stanza as meaning, that the mere position of a planet owning a Kendra, between the two lords of the Thrikonas, is sufficient to produce Rajayoga, and this moaning is not inconsistent with what isto follow hereafter. Where a planet is in the vicinity of two beneficial planets it is natural to suppose that their influence makes him yield good results, The lord of the 5th also has been given herea prominent place in the production of Rajayoga. cays FMA AATT: | TWrraTTHTe

OTT NIN Sranza XVII When an evil planet intervenes between the Dasas of two Yoga-karaka planets, not in union with them he produces good when his subperiods occur in those planetary periods or when his subperiod comes in any other powerful planetary Dasa, NOTHS. The periods of all planets contain the subperiods of all other pla- nets. This stanza is capable of a good number of interpretations. Powerful planets are the lords of trines. For Rajayoga we have to depend upon the strength of the conjunction of the lords of Kendras and. 'Thrikonas. There seems to be a peculiar virtue in their mutual con- junction. If the two planetary periods owning Thrikonas are separated hy the period of an evil planet /e by the lord of the 3rd, 6th,8th,11th,or | 12th, houses, they seem to give the unfavourable planet strength to produce good in his subperiods, This may occur in 6 eases. ‘I'he periods ‘of Chundra and Rahu are separated by Kuja, an evil planet, Kuja’s subperiod in Chundra or Rahu may be good. Chundra’s and Rahu’s subperiods in Kuja may be good. Kuja’s subperiod in any other ta- ## Page 27 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. 21 vourable planet may be good or the subperiod of that powerful planet in the period of Kuja may produce favourable results. We have seen in the last few stanzas that the lords of the Kendras. especially thoxe of the Thrikonas are favourable, A planetary period, even when he is bud by position, aspect or association becomes good when it intervenes between two powerful planetary periods by virtue of its lord occupy- ing a middle position as it were between two well situated planets. Tis strength seems to be chiefly attributable to its being hemmed in by the influences of two powerful planets on either side which produce good. ~ ° °

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Evil planets viz. lords of 3rd, 6th, 8th, 11th, and 12th houses, when in conjunction with powerful Rajayoga pla- nets, also produce favourable results in their subperiods according to their own sources of strength at the time. NOTES. We have already shown who are powerful planets. Lords of the Kendras are powerful when they are associated with the lords of the Thrikonas. When lords of 3rd, 6th, 8th,11th, and 12th houses join with powerful planets what would be the result? The compiler says that powerful planets lose a part of their strength to produce good when they are joined with evil planets and powerless planets gain some good by joining with powerful planets. Thislooks very natural. A good man becomes partly bad by evil associations while a bad man also modifies a part of his conduct by his good associations. Conjunction his much influence and modifies greatly the nature of the planets thys united. Evil planets give good in their subperiods when they are {n conjunction with Rajayoga planets. ‘ ## Page 28 22 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. a 9 aera Padatcacen eau ;

When Rahu and Kethu occupy Kendras or Thriko- nas with the lords of other houses they produce good. NOTHS, When Rahn and Kethu occupy Kendras or Thrikonas with other planets they give success. Who are those other planets? If Rahu and Kethu occupy Kendras and they are in union with the lords of Thri- konas they become good. 1f Rahu and Kethu occupy trines and they are in combination with the lords of quadrants they produce good. In this case, the illustration is simply a repetition of the principle already enunciated, only that instead of the combination of the lords of Kendras and Thrikonas we have the combination of Rahu and Kethu in quadrants or trines with planets in those houses. . But the stanza above says “in combination with other planets.” These other planets may refer to the planets of any other houses than those of quadrants or trines, The violation of a well recognised principle in astrology may not have been contemplated by the author, but in this case of Rahu and Kethu, occupying Kendras or Thrikonas, their com- bination with any other planets may possibly be productive of good results. Ifthe planets in conjunction are owners of unfavourable signs it is reasonable to expect that they will not be productive of much good but if the planets are owners of quadrants or trines they will produce splendid success. 1t may be that planets with Rahu and Kethu in Kendras or Thrikonas make those shadowy planets strong, and as they give Phalam with greater energy, they become good by their occupying good places in the horoscope. ## Page 29 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. . 23 NRett SranzaXX. The union of the lordship of the Kendra and Thrikona in one planet’ produces good. But when the lords of the other Thrikonas join the lords of Kendras they will sure- ly produce better results, NOTES. We have already seen that wherea lord of the Kendra joins a lord of the Thrikona both produse Rajayoga. Such combination may be in one planet orin two planets, There are some houses whose lords become owners of Kendras and Thrikonas, and in such cases the author says the union produces good. But when the lords of the Kendras are distinct from the lords of the Thrikonas, and these two join together in any house, the result will be much better than in the case of the union of the two lordships in one and the same planet. Thula has Sani as the lord of 4th and 5th, and Vrishabha has him again as the lord of 9th and 10th but in these two cases the owner- ship of these houses belongs to one and the samo planet and this is already shown as producing favourable results. But for Vrischika Moon is the lord of the 9th and Sun is the lord of the 10th, the com- bination of these two is productive of better results. The conjunction of two different planets is better for purposes of Rajayoga than the union of the lordship of the two houses in one and the same planet. Different rays happily blended seem to produce be'ter results than the same rays coming from different houses but belonging to the same planet. Grafting produces more racy fruits than simple fruits pro- ducel on the same tree. ## Page 30 24. JATAKACHUNDRIKA. TARTANA GISTATAM ATS ANAT TAT TS AAATT AUR

Where the lords of the 9th and 10th houses are joined by the lords of the 8th and 11th houses success is endangered. NOTES . It has been already explained that the combination of the lords of the 9th and 10th houses is always productive of splendid Raja- yogam or success. Political success may roughly mean Rajayogam, and will be equivalent to service under the ruling authorities. In the life of man success may be achieved in various departments, such as merchants, bankers, lawyers, brokers, barbers, shoemakers, cooks, cul- tivators, mechanics, engineers, musicians, authors, poets, dramatists, and so on. In the last 6 or 7 stanzas, the author has entirely devoted his explanation to the combinations of the lords of the Kendras and 'Thrikonas and-when these are absent, the man may succeed well in any walk of life but not as an official The conjunction of the lords of 8th and 11th houses with Rajayogam planets, is bad as they produce eyil and corrupt the influences of even good planets like the lords of the 9th and 10th houses. The simple combination of the lords of the 9th and 10th without the union of other planets, and without any aspects is the best for Rajayoga. But where they are joined with the lords of other Kendras and Thrikonas they will produce good. <a The author now comes to the most important part of man’s career viz. the length of life which each man enjoys. He tries to deter- mine in what period and subperiod the native will have death. Readers are particularly requested to carefully bear in mind the principles enunciated by the author as nothing can be more significant than the length of lives of men for any body in this world. There can be no painting without a back ground, and there can beno enjoyment of good or bad results without life to continue them. ## Page 31 JATAKACHUNDRIKA, 25 AOACATYTUTATATATTSHA TATA RST TT TPT AQ TT AUR Stanza XXII. The 8th house from Lagna and the 8th from that 8th are called houses of life. The 12th house from these two are called houses of death, NOTES. The 8th house from Birth is the house of life as also the 8th honse again from this 8th house. There are therefore two houses viz. the 3rd and 8th from Lagna which are called the houses of life. The 12th house from the 8rd is the 2nd house from Lagna and the 12th from the 8th house is the 7th from Lagna. These two, 2nd and 7th houses represent death. Take an example. The 8th from birth which is Thula, is Vrishabha, and the 8th from Vrishabha is Dhanas, these two Dhanas and Vrishabha are ealled houses of life. The 12th from Rabu. the 8th Vrishabha is Mesha and the Raseo. Chane 12th from Dhanas is Vrischika and Sukra. dra |these two are called houses of death. Kethu, Practically the 3rd and 8th houses Bavi | Guru from Lagna are houses of life and Birth. | Kuja,|the 2nd and 7th are houses of death. When the lords of the houses of life are strong, when good planets join those houses or when those houses are aspected by them they produce long life; if not the resnJt will be un- favourable. Life and death therefore have to be primarily deter- mined by the strength or weakness of the planets who own those houses, who are in conjunction with them, who are occupying those houses and who aspect them. The details will be explained in the next few slokas.

## Page 32 26 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. . s AACA ASAE AIT AAT TM ARAFAT TA MTA RATATAT

The 2nd house is stronger in inflicting death than the 7th; planets who occupy the 2ndare stronger in killing persons than the lords of the 2nd; those who are in con- junction with the lord of the 2nd are still more powerful in causing death. NOTES. Out of the two houses named for causing death the 2nd is stron- gor. Planets who occupy the 2nd are stronger than the planets who own the 2nd, and the planets who are in conjunction with the lord of the 2nd are the most powerful in causing death. Here the meaning will be illustrited by reference to an example, Take the horoscone given under Stanza 22. Thula is birth, The 2nd house Scorpio is stronger in inflicting death to the native than the 7th Mesha. Planets Guru and Buda who are in the 2nd house Vrischika are stronger than the lord of the 2nd Kuja in causing death. But suppose there were a planet or planets with Kuja lord of the 2nd, they would have been stronger in causing death than even Guru and Buda. In the particular horoscope which is about 58 years old, avd belonging to a gentleman in high position, the Dasa of Kuja only took away hi» wife by drowning, and caused him severe illness. But now the period of Guru is coming and he will inflict death. He is the lord of the 3rd and 6th houses, he joins the lord of the 9th and 12th houses, and he occupies the 2nd house, This causation of death occurs in the periods or subperiods according to the relative strength of the d- ath inflicting pl-ncts and also upon the strength of the lord _ of the birth on whose power greatly depends the question of longe- ## Page 33 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. ~ 27 vity. ‘The skill of the astrologer consists in weighing these different circumstances and in carefully looking to the yarious sources of strength or weakness which the planets possess. The correctness of his judgment depends not only’ upon the deep knowledge of the technicalities of the subject but also upon the readiness with which he grasps the points presented for examination and decision. aaaNaaaEgeraersa TAH a Neil

The close of the periods: of the planets who are with the lords of the 2nd and 7th houses causes death; next the periods of the planets who occupy the 2nd ane the 7th houses cause death; if death does no happen in the above circumstances it will be caused in the dasas of the lords of the 2nc and 7th houses. NOTES. The author wants to explain clearly the periods when death may be expasted. Co nbination for Balarista, short,middle, and long jives are given in other well known works. The several sources of strength and weakness of the plane's are also given in them. Having regard for these well known principles of astrology we have to find out when and by whom the natives death is likely to be caused. There are three cases named here. (1, Planets who occupy the 2nd and 7th houses produce death, (2) planets who are lords of the 2nd and 7th houses inflict death, (3) planets who are not owners of 2nd and 7th houses, and who are not occupying those houses but who ## Page 34 28 JATAKACHUNDRIKA, join with the lords of those houses cause death. The author now goes on to show which planets are foremost in inflicting death. Planets who join with the lords of the 24d and 7th houses gre very vowerful in causing death at the end of their periods. Then come the planets who occupy the death houses. If death is not caused in the periods of these planets then the dords of the 2nd & 7th hoyses will jnflict death themsel veg,

lf the periods of the planets occupying or owning death houses do not come in time to cause death then death may happen inthe Dasa of plarets who are not Yoga- karakas but who are auspicious and combina with the lords of death houses: if death does not happen in these it must he predicted in the periods of the Jords of the 3rd and 8th houses, NOTES, As we go on we shall have occasion to mention some combina- tions which produce Balarista or early death. There are ather com- binations which produce Madyarista py death after Balarista period of 8 years, and before 20 years. Yogarista extends from 20 to 32 years and these must be noted. Then there are conjunctions for Alpatuyumyoga (short life! Madhayuryoga ‘middle life), Poornyur- yoga (long life), and Aparamijhayuryoga, (unlimited life),All these combinations are elaborately detailed in my notes to the Survarthay ## Page 35 JATAKACHUNDRIKA.. 29. chintamani and the Astrological Self Instructor. Please refer to them for full information on this most vital question of life. Witkout reference to Dasas or Bhookties ‘hese combinations give to or take away life from the’ person. We cannot be therefore too careful about these special conjunctions of planets. Planets in’ death houses produce death, if they do not, then those who own them produce death, if they do not, then planets who do not combine in themselves or with others the lordships of the Kendras and Thrikonas, but who are auspicious or good, may cause death; if these planets also do not cause death, then the author wants us to fix the period of death in the Dasa or Bhookti of the lords of the 3rd and 8th houses. Longevity is first to be determined with reference to Aristas or evil combinations; if they allow the native to live, then by a. process called Graha- Datta Pindayurdaya it must be determined what each planet with reference to its own sources of strength and weakness, contributes in-the shape of life to the native born, so that the length of life will be the sum total of these various periods of life granted by the planets to the foetus in the womb. This process must be used only after the Bala- vista, period has expired and not before. We have seen that the lords of the 3rd and 8th houses are evil and they produce death, if others fail. In the next stanza the author determines death im the period of the most evil planet. yf all these fail Sani will cause oe as.he is evil and always inclined to do bad. Prarie ataat Taraprrisstag eviearemere aa

When the periods of death- inflicting planets are not appearing in time to cause death, the planet most inaus- picious in the horoscope will cause death at any time. ## Page 36 30 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. NOTES. As I have already stated there may be some combinations which show that death must happen at a particular period, and that period might not be in tima to kill the native. Here itis clear that the author wants the student to find out the length of life by Graha Datta Pinda Ayurdays and then see which period is likely to corresnond to the term of life so found out by mathematical calculations. There are also various combinations mentioned in other works which roughly. determine the length of life. Take an example. A child has Balarizta which means tht it will or may die within 8 years. But 8 years is a long period. We have to find out which period, month, and day will terminate its existence during those 8 y:ars. This must he found out with reference to the periods or subperiods which come in that time. Suppose at the time of birth a Yogakaraka planet rules the native, he will be unwilling to kill the native himself and his friends also share the same feeling. But if there is strong Balarista combination the child must die, and we have to look to a certain planet asthe terminator of the child's existence. Those who are with or aspected by the yoyakaraka do not kill. Thon we have to find a planet who is the most inauspicious among the remaining lot and aseribe death to his period or subperiod. In the determination of the extent of evil, we have to look to other works on astrology for information. Planets have dobilitutioas, exailtition s retrogrades, accelerations, humilities, combustions, favourable or un- favotrable conjunctions, lateral, periodical and positional influences, ownership of good and bad houses, malefic and benefic aspects unfriendly influen ces, and various other sources of strength and weak. ness which the planets possess at the time of birth. A knowledge of all these becomes absolutely necessary to correctly determine which planet becomes the strongest and which the weakest. Weakest pla- nets are always productive of evil, although they may have been clas:‘¢ fied as benefies. A debilitated Guru, owning kendras or 8th ang 11th houses is as mischievous as Sani or any other evil planct. The ## Page 37 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. 8L inauspicious planet may cause death at any time, that is, at the time when it is most mischievous. Goodness in any planet saves all life. rdrerrinnageTEot M ARAM TTT AAT TAT: WR

Sani, inclined to do evil by his conjunction with lords of death houses or those who have any power to inflict death, will cause death in preference to any of those planets. NOTES. Sani is an evil planet of the first water. He is the weakest of the planets and therefore the most mischievous. His rays when un- favourable produce ar. amount of misery such as the rays of no other planet could produce. He is rightly dreaded by the whole mankind. Naturally evil, he waits for an opportunity to take the life of a per- son. In each horoscope every planet has Jurisdiction over certain events of the native’s life. Their work will be determined by their combinations and aspects at the time of birth and tke subseyuent modifications of their influences by their as well as the revolutions of the sun. The author has enumerated the various plan ets who are likely to cause death; if Sani is one of them he will inflict death in preference to any other planet empowered to put an end to the exis- tence of the native. In some cases this works good while in others it does evil. The periods of Guru, Sani and Buda are closely follow- ing each other. If these planets are death inflicting, then the period of Sani will be stronger than that of either Guru or Buda to cause ## Page 38 32 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. death. Take the horoscope of a gentleman living. Guru is the lord ‘Chun- lof 8th and 11th houses, Kuja is the dra. |Birth. | Sani. flord of 7th and 12th houses, Buda is Rahu, . the lord of the 2nd and 5th houses Guru Ravi. Buda. 6 au! — Rasee. | nd Sani is the lordof the 9th and Mh: houses. As per rules stated talready, ‘lords df 2nd. and 7th are W. fdeaththflieting. “Bada and Kuja are \Maraka planets. But those who are in the 2ndand 7thare stronger and those who join the lords of the 2nd and 7th are strongest in inflicting death. In the example given above Sani is stronger than Buda being in the 2nd house but Guru is stronger than Saai in caasing death because he is in conjunction with the lord of the 2nd house Buda. There sre 27 constellations or Nakshatras and they are divided among the nine planets including Rahu and Kethu. The planetary periods are thus arranged. . Krittika Oottarashada

Rohiny Hasta Sravanam Mrigasira Chitta Dhanista Auridra Swathy Sathabhisha Poornarvasu Visakha Poorvabhadra Pooshiami Anooradha + Oottarabhadra me em SS mem Chundra’s period 10 years. ‘ Kuja’s period 7 years. Rahu’s period 18 years. Guru’s Dasa 16 years.

## Page 39 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. 33 Auslasha > Jaista Buda’s Period 17 years. Raivathy Makha . Moola 1 ret Period 7 years. Rea Aswini Poobba Foorvashadha \ sow Period 20 years. sewn =o ; harani ‘ie peens The total of all these planetary periods will give 120 years as the extreme limit of the man’s general age. There are instances of persons living beyond this period, but they fall under exceptions. Taking the horoscope given on page 32, I shall also give the Navamsa :—

Rahu. reasoning—Guru is the lord f the 8th and 11th houses nd is evil. He occupies 10th ouse from birth with Ravi nd Buda and 11th house from Navamsa. hundra. From Lagna Buda wns 2nd and 5th houses nd Ravi owns 4th house. | agn has evil planets on both Sani ides, Sani in the 2nd and Koja. (Chundra and Rahu in the Buda. | Kethu. Ravi. Chundra. 12th. These with Kuja and Sukra. Kethu in the 6th indicate Balarista or early death. Sukra lord of birth is in the 8th aspected by Sani. These are evil combinations for early death. But the presence of Guru, Buda and Ravi in the 10th house which is the last and the best quadrant saved the life and the gentleman is living. He passed through very serious dangers in Sukra’s Period early in life and his life was des- paired of on more than half a dozen occasions and the occupation of the 10th by auspicious planets saved him from an early grave. We shall examine his future life. Sani is in the 2nd house. Guru owns 8th and 11th houses and Buda owns 2nd and 5th houses. There are 3 planets threatening his life viz., Guru, Sani and Buda. As per illus- tration of the above principle we have to look to the most powerful a ## Page 40 34 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. for causing death. Guru owning 8th and 12th houses is bad enough, Sani is in the 2nd and Buda owns the 2nd house. Of these Sani must be declared to have jurisdiction to kill the person as he is in the 2nd house, haa evil disposition and he occupies a middle position between Guru and Buda. This is strengthened further by his position in the Navamsa. There Sani is the lord of the 10th and 11th houses, oceupies the 7th with Kuja lord of the Ist and 8th houses, Ravi lord of the 5th and Sukra lord of the 2nd and 7h houses, and is aspected by Guru lord of the 9th and 12th houses. Buda is also. bad as he owns 3rd and 6th houses and occupies the 9th house. From Chundra inthe Amga Sukra is the lord of the _Qnd and 9th houses, Ravi is the lord of the 12th and Kuja is the lord of the &rd and 8th houses. All these are in the 2nd, Sani is the lord ofthe 5th and 6th houses. Their occupation of the 2nd where Sani is exalted and Ravi is debilitated, is very peculiar and they empower Sani to do his murderous work in preference to Guru who comes be: fore Sani and Buda who comes after him. I can only indicate briefly the line of argument, leaving the readers to use their own intel ligence and judgment, in the horoscope submitted for their consider- ation as ay example, aRigereat ara aay | TNS TTS: Il Re tt

Planets do not give in their Periods and sub-periods all the good or evil they are able to do by their positions, associations and aspects in the horoseape. NOTES. A planet is influenced to do evil oy good for various reasons. His occupation, his owning, association, exaltation, debilitation, retrogra+ des, accelerations and aspects, his enemities and friendships have much to do with the resulta which he produces upon the native. Every planetary period begins with its own sub-period and its {further minor periods until we reach the minutess time possible. Several systems of caloulations of these planetary periods are recommended in the Astrological works. According to Brihatjataka, a standard ## Page 41

work on Astrology, the period of the most powerful planet in the Kendras is the firstin order. There is the Vimeotiart (120 years) and Astottari (108 ye&rs) systerfis prevalent in Southern and Northern India respectively. The terms of years ascribed to the planets also differ. In Southern India Ooduddea of petiods calculated according to the rising constellation at the time of birth are in vogue, aiid they fre easy to determine. In another system the most powerful planet including the Lagna, begins as the lord 6f the first period. The strength of the planets has to be found by the sources of power prescrib= ed in the Astrological works elsewhere—such as the Sthanabala, Digbala, Kalabala, Viryabala, Chestabala, Nysargtkabalaand the various pood and evil Vergas. The reader is referred to niy Httglish trati lation of the Sarwartha Chintamani in the first Chapter for full details on this important branch of knowledge: Find out the Nakshatra of constellations at the time of birth and see how much of it passed ‘and how much remains. Take the Sun’s petiod which is 6 years. This represents the Sun’s general period. Then we have Vidasu or sub-period, 3rd we have the Bhookti or sub-sub-period, 4th Antardasa or sub-sub-subperiod, 5th we have Antararttara or still smaller division. ‘Then we have the Sookshma or still smaller division and Prana or the smallest of the planetary sub-divisions enabling us to make hourly or even half hourly predictions. Take Ravi Dasa 6 years. The planets have an invariable proportion in the distribution of 'thety periods and sub-periods. It is seen that the Sun gets 6 years out of 120 years the total of the planetary periods. In the period of 6 years, his sub-period bears the same proportion as his general period bears in the 120 years. When he has 6 years for 120 years, what will he have in 6 years? “as 3 Youts =m years. As the denominator is greater we have to reduce the fraction fo months—thus we have "44 seotfasf==3 months and we have $x 30 dayse=18days. The sub-period of Raviin Ravi’s general perfod fs $ months and 18 days, Tn all the other minuter divisions Ravi bears the same coristant proportion of 6 to 120. Ifwe take Ravi’s sub-sub-period we have 838 months: ata X xsmonths amy X totais X t=} ymionths 9 Kpodaysant{—54 days. Now if we requife further sub-divisions we have to follow the samg ## Page 42 86 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. rule. Ravi has the same proportion of 6 to 120 years as he has in the general period of man's existence. aearaaert Fa % Pereratiio: | TATA fala ATA Ut Re Il Sranza XX1X. Planets who are with the lords of the periods, planets who occupy the houses of the lords of the periods and pla- nets who are otherwise equal in strength to the lords of the periods, give similar results as the lords of the periods themselves, in their periods and sub-periods.

The Dasa and its Sub-Divisions have to be calculated with refer- | ence to the rising constellation at the time of birth. That is called the Janma Nakshatra. I have already given the Dasas (Periods of planets) for the 27 constellations. Krittika at birth commences with the period of the Sun. In judging of the planetary influences, in their periods, sub-periods and all the minor divisions, the reader has to bear in mind the several sources of strength and weakness which the planets have. If one planet occupies the house of another planet and the latter is the lord of the period (Dasanatha) then the former gives results similar to those given by the Dasanatha. Those who are also in conjunction with the Dasanatha, produce similar results to him.The owner of the house, occupied by the Dasanatha produces re- sults similar to the latter. Other planets which are similar in strength or weakness as the Dasanatha give the same results. Planets are said to be similar in strength when they occupy houses of the same nature, or possess lateral, periodical, positional and other advantages detailed in the Astrological works and to which constant references have al- ready been made. This is a direction given to the Astrolagical stu- dent to measure the strength of the planets in producing results, when their sub-periods and other minute divisions intervene in those of the general periods. All planets send out light to us though it may be the reflected solar ray. The effects of a solar ray pure and simple must be different from the effects of the same ray when reflected ## Page 43 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. 87 from the bodies of other planets, which have.an absorbing tendency to some of the vital powers of the Sun’s rays. The determination of these effects seems to be the great. aim of those astrological writers and the strength or weakness means the degree of intensity with which the planetary rays are reflected in their modified forms. set srarafieqneathrat | TATA TTT tl ko Ul Stanza XXX. In the periods and sub-periods of other planets, unconnected with the lord of the general Dasa the results are to be predicted otherwise when they are opposed to him and inclined to give contrary effects. NOTES. In stanza 80 the author stated that in the general period of a planet we have to expect similar results to him if we get the sub- periods or other minor divisions of planets who are with him, or in his house, or who own the house Dasanatha occupies. There must necessarily be two or three sets of-planets in the horoscope of every man. One set are directly’ connected with the Dasanatha or are otherwise under his special influence by conjunction, aspect or occu- pation. There are then some other planets who are directly opposed to the influences of the lord of the general Dasa and who try always to give their own or who try to modify the results of the Dasanatha. There will be a third set whoare partly that way and partly this way, a sort of indifferent party. The author tries to explain the results of sub-periods belonging to the planets who are opposing the lord of the Dasa. When the lord of the Dasa is for giving good health and the lord of the Bhookti (sub-period) is for producing sickness, what would be the result ? The native becomes indifferent in health. If Dasanatha is for giving gold and money and the Bhooktinatha is for stealing it away, the person will be possessed of gold and money and loses them or will have them in small quantities. If on the other hand the Lord of the Dasa and Bhookti periods are identical in in- teresta or otherwise agreeable by conjunction or aspects, the native ## Page 44 83 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. will have much wealth or honor or success with very slight exertions on his part. Take a worldly example. If our subordinates agree with us in doing good to a person the person will be easily benefitted, But when the superiors arid the subordinates are at loggerheads the person who is to be benefitted by them would suffer from want of agreement between his benefactors. Opposition is always injurious and must be cleverly overcome. wana fatal palate | Raat eas Tea TIT AN 32 Sranza XXXI. In- the Dasa of the lord of 5th or 9th houses, who is not otherwise powerless, the lord of the Ist, 4th, 7th, ahd 10th houses, though unconnected with the Dasanatha, produces good. Similarly Bhooktinatha who chances to be owner of one or more quadrants and who is not otherwise weakened pro- duces good in the Dasa of the lord who governs 5th and 9th houses. NOTES.. This stanza is capable of several interpretations. The Dasa of the lords of the 5th and 9th -has already been declared to be good. But the lord of the 5th or 9th may also be the lord of 6th, 8th, 12th or other inauspicious signs, may be in conjunction with evil planets may have malicious aspects, and may be debilitated. Here deductions must be made from the general powers of the lords of 5th and Sth houses for doing good. Suppose we have the sub-period of a lord of the quadrants in such a Dasa what, will be the result ? The author says that if the lord of the sub-period owns any of the quadrants (Kendras) and has no evil influences detailed above im the case of the ruler of the 5th and 9th houses and has mo connection with the Dasanatha he produces good in his sub-period. The author appa- rently seems to make no provision in a reverse case. Take an example. We have the Dasa of a planet who owns any of the quadrants, and who is otherwise powerful. Does he give us good ## Page 45 ’ JATAKACHUNDRIKA. 89 és the lord of the 5thand 9th houses ? Take again the lord of the 5th or 9th house in the Dasa of a lord of the quadrants. Does he pro- duce good results if not otherwise powerless ? other cases may also be put forth. But the reader is referred to the general pririciples laid down in the beginning of this work for a solution of these and many similar difficulties. All planets—good or evil—who own 5th or 9th houses produce good, while all planets who own quadrants are not declared as productive of auspicious results. It seems clear that the value of the planets who rule 5th or 9th house in producing good is greater than the value of the planets who govern Kendras—1-4-—7-10. Benefies ruling quadrants are producers of evil while malefics governing Kendras are productive of favourable results. Whether good or evil planets, they produce good when they own the 5th and 9th houses. TY Teper waaTTE URE |. TSTATATTT AAT! TT THA | FR Ul Stanza XXXII. Success comes in the Dasas of death-inflicting planets, Evil planets in those sub-periods not. only work against this success. but also bring death to the native. _ NOTES. Lords of 2 and 7 are death-giving planets and these two houses are called Maraka (death) houses. The lorda of these houses give success in their Dasas. But when the Bhooktis of evil planets intervene the success predicted will be negatived and they bring death also. Planets who are in conjunc- tion with death-inflicting lerds give prosperity. Those who are not with them but otherwise favourably disposed will give limited fortune, and those who. are not im conjunction with them and who are mali- ciously disposed. give ruin and death. The words Evil planets have two tignifications. Guru, Sukra, Poornachundra (full Moon) and well associated Buda are generally termed good planets or Benefics. While Sani, Kuja, Ravi, Kshinachundra (New Moon) and badly associated Bada are called evil planeta or malefice. Good planets are also called ## Page 46 40 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. evil when they own Ist, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th, and 12th -houses, when they have evil aspects, or when they are debilitated or when they have evil conjunctions. Evil planets may become good when they are lords of Ist, 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th, and 10th, houses. Evil planets are not called good planets or vice versa. We say good pla nets own evil houses and produce evil and evil planets own good houses and give good. On the use of the terms evil and good theré is a little confusion even in the sanskrit works. On acloser study and greater familiarity with the subject the student will at once see that each of the two words evil and bad when used with benefics and malefics or vice versa has a limited meaning and gives no room for confusion. The word Rajayoga is also vaguely used ; some Astrologers give it a narrowed meaning and make it refer to only success in political or official life, while others explain it by saying that it means success in any walk of life and happiness thereby. aerate arat AATEC gH | PUTA aaa aradgrarrantet tl 33

Good planets in conjunction with the lords of the death inflicting houses give success. These planets when they are not in conjunction with the above give moderate success in their sub-periods. Powerful planets give good success in the Bhookties even when they are not in conjunction with the owners of the death-inflicting houses.

Stanzas 33 and 84 refer to Dasas and the Bhookties which inter- vene during them. The Dasa may be generelly good but the sub- periods of planets which are evil in themselves or of the planets who are opposed to the influences of the Dasanatha, will not be so very favourable. Ifthe lord of the general period is good and the lord of the sub-period is bad, the good of the former is cancelled by the evil of the latter and the result will be indifferent. If one lord is good and the other is indifferent, there will be some moderate success, if both are good the results will be eminently successful, if both are bad, the ## Page 47 JATAKACHUNDRIKS. 41. restils will be disastrous. If.the sub-lorda are in conjunetion with the, major lords, they produce good. If they are not in conjunction but, good otherwise they produce partial success. If they are bad and not in n conjunction with the Major lords saben! produce ruin and death. eae eaftgenes Tarit Severe: | ererafng Seater gafeertraritert I Fy

Planets which are disposed to give Rajayoga will do so in their sub-periods, which intervene during the general periods af planets with which they are not associated. NOTES. ue The stanza is plain enough. -A planet which becomes good for ‘several reasons wants to produce success to the native. His own Dasa may not come at all during the life of the person. But the sub-periods of planéts being much shorter in duration may come and go away many ‘times during his life. ‘It has been remarked above that planets in combination with those who are good will also give success. This may be due to the purification of his own rays by conjunction with the purer rays of the nobler planet, or by the rays of the weaker “planet becoming inactive on account of the superior power of the rays of the moré exalted one. In either way the resultis auspicious. But if there is no conjunction between the lords of the general and the sub- periods ,then the results will be good or. bad. acaording to the nature of the individual planets whose power is exercised. The sub-period of a well situated planet will give success in the — ‘period ofa planet with which Loy is not even united. oe iach bie ar aoe 7 MM een - Stanza XXXV-. eee _ When Rahh and Kethu occupy favourable ‘houses: and ‘are not in conjtnction with any other plaviets they. givexuc- b ## Page 48 42 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. cess in their respective sub-periods according to their rela- tive strength. NOTES. Rahu and Kethu (Dragon’s Head and Dragon’s Tail) have no in- dependent mansions which they own. They are ealled shadowy pla- nets or chaya (Shadow) Grahams (planets) or Thamo (dark) Grahas. But some of the later writers have given these planets, places of ex- altation and deblitatation. Exaltation means for good or evil planets, the state of a planets in a particalur house, where it is capable of producing the greatest possible good. Debilitation means the op- posite state. These two states of exaltation and debilitation aré called Oocha and Neecha respectively in sanskrit. In the latter state the planet will be inclined to do the greatest possible harm to the native. When a planet is in full glory the rays seem to havea peculiar effect in producing much success and happiness. When the planet is eclipsed or its rays are greatly disturbed and modified for worse, they become useless and produce misery and failures. From Mesha to Kanya Rahu is considered powerful and he tries to do good. From Thula to Meena Kethu is good and gives success. Vrishabha (Taurus) is specially strong for Rahu while Vrischtka (scorpio) is 80 considered for Kethu. There are some differences in ascribing houses of exaltation and debilitations and I shall represent the most approved doctrine here without entering into unnecessary details.

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wafa Rerneat aeat arrartony | MAT WTBSAT Aad ATATAMT Il F9 UI Stanzas XXXVI & XXXVII.- If the lords of the Dasa are evil and the lords of the sub-period are favourable but unconnected with them, they produce evil. If the favourable lords of the sub-periods ## Page 49 JATAKACHUNDRILA. - 43 join the Dasanathas they produce indifferent results. Power- ful planets who are not in conjunction with the lords of Dasas who are evil produce very unfavourable results. Planets who are capable of giving Yogam and who are not connected with the lords of the Dasas will give good results in their subperiods during such Dasas.

Again the idea seems to be repeated. It may be to make the matter more emphatic that the author is laying much stress on this point. There is however a nice distinction drawn by the author. He seems to make a difference between good planets Shubhagrahas and planets which are said to be powerful or yoga karakas. The meaning of the latter expression seems to be that those planets which are not good in nature, but become powerful by association or otherwise are called yoga karakas. Guru, Sukra, Poornachundra,‘ and well asso- ciated Buda are called Shubhagrahas. But when they are debilitated, badly associated, or occupying evil houses they producé evil and may be called evil planets. But there is the general term evil applicable to Kuja, Ravi, Sani, badly associated Buda and Kshinachundra along with-Ravi and Kethu. These also may produce good or bad accor- ding as they own good or evil houses, combine with good or evil planets, and have exaltations or debilitations. Therefore Shubha- grahams are different from Yogakarakagrahams. The distinction deserves to be specially remembered as the Phalam (results) to be predicted depends largely upon these consi- derations. Sani for instance can own 9th and 10th houses and then becomes very powerful, and if also exalted and well associated he will produce splendid results. So also any other evil planet. Under these circumstances, he will be called a yogakaraka planet and not a Shubhagraha. If Guru owns 8th and 11th. houses he becomes evil and produces bad. The author seems to have three different cases under contemplation in the treatment of Dasas and Bhookties. (1). Where the lords of the periods are evil and the lords of the sub- periods are favourable and not in conjunction with them the result will be unfavourable. (2). Where they join the lords.of the Periods they produce indifferent results. (3). Where the lords of the sub- ## Page 50 44 + JATAKACHUNORIKA, periods’ are Powerfyl-and are not.in conjunction with the Dasanathas they ‘produce very unfavourable results. The..conjunction. af: even evil planets seems to mitigate the bad .they. would otherwise. inflict on the native. These gases must be clearly distinguished i in consulte fiotis’ of horoscopes, and in the subsequent prediction’ of results. A little repetition Tam afraid ecours here. . The, idea is already explained in the previous verse, Planets unconnected with the lord of the. Dasa will give good if they are otherwise powerful, during their sub-periods. Here the author seenis to particularise the time when those planets who are not in conjunction with the lord of the general Dasa will produce good. The time indicated is the sub-period which intervenes during the Dasa of the planet, with whom the lord of the Bhookti is not associated. It must be remembered that this isa small work in which at most, only the barest outlines of astrology could be given. AJ] the details of the complicated Astrological science are not possible to. be clearly enumerated in a work which is guly elementary in its nature and therefore the readers must have Fesort to other comprehensive treaties to make certain prediction. Predictions are the fruits of the Astrological sciences and they ara therefore the hardest to produce, Primers treating of Botany, Physics Physiology, Chemistry, Geology, Biology. or Psychology cannot pretend to be exhaustive and are generally more intended to rouge the curiosity of the students for making deeper studies in those branches knowledge than to be thé sure guides on which the greatest con- fidénte could at onca be placed. From the very elementary natire.of ti books, they must be considerably defective and generally super cial. , “gah are «vee gatey | Laadalhsia sa Muss isin cs TUT Stanza. XXXVII1. The lord of the Period who has jurisdiction to inflict death does not do so in the sub-periods of ‘favourable pla: nets who are in conjunction with him. --He-causes. death in ## Page 51

the ae o malic who: are not in conjunction with NOTES. Ltt gt There are two combinations contemplated here and 1 they must be specially borne in mind. First’ we have to determine’ who is the most Painful planet to inflict death and then if his general Period is - long we have next'to detertiine in whose Bhookti death is caused. Life is the most important question for any person and therefore his longevity must first be considered and determined. Then the good and bad results in his life have to be predicted. Prospects in‘life have no value whatever unless we know the length of the span of our existence. The author says that in the Dasa of the Maraka planet, the. Bhookti:of the favourable planet who is in conjunction with him does ‘not produce death, but the Bhookti of the evil planet who is not in conjunction with the ‘Dasanatha will produce: certain death. The question may then be raised as to whether ‘the “Bhooktt of the evil planet. who is in conjunction with the Maraku Dasanatha produces death or favourable results ? From a‘ careful” perusal of the above verses it appears clear that the periods and ‘aub-periods of even ‘the worst planets ‘when they are in conjunction with each other do ‘not inflict such evil as the periods | and ‘sub-period of planets who aré -not in Conjunction with each other, Therefore there is some good in ‘the very’ act of conjiinction or combination which should not, be lost sight of by the student cf Astrology when he attempts'to make his predictions. I have already stated the results of the sub-periods of the favourable planets when they are not in conjunction with the planets whose periods govern | the native i the time being. 4 eer tant . mitt Frey L. “aaah era Fea TATT AT Re r od ‘Stanza XXXIX. : ot reid Veins and satrirn (Suhra and: Nani) gixe good or bad results in their respectiye. periods and sub-periods inversely. ## Page 52

NOTES. These | two planets seem to have a peculiar affinity and produce | good or evil in an intense form inversely in thier Dasas and Bhookties. If Sani is good and his Dasa governs man, the Bhookti of Sukra, when he is well disposed, produces much excellent results. _The author says that even if there are other Bhookties equally favourable like that of Sukra they. will not produce such splendid results as Sukra can do. Thus in the Dasas of Sani and Sukra and their sub-periods inter- vening them, the greatest fortune may be expected if they are favour- ably disposed. Whatever may be the occupation of the planets or their association, Sani and Sukra will produce the most intense effects during their periods and sub-periods, which no other two planets could produce. The author has taken us far into the fields of Astro- | logy and has shown by brief but very expressive stanzas the results | of many principles guiding the life of the creature. He has shown the relative merits of the planets, the periods of successes and failu- | res, the principles on an examination of which death may safely be predicted and a general survey of the other items which give strenth or weakness to the planets. . These are all general results and now in the-40th stanza and the subsequent ones, he is going to make a summary of the results, which the native born in each of the 12 Zodi- cal signs, is likely to enjoy. This will help the student at once to see which of the planets are favourable and which are not in judgingof | ‘the different lagnas in which people are born.

attend aera ter fave THATS TE wav FTE UN ve UI We shall now.speak of the different evil’ and good prospects which the’ planets give in the Zodiacal signs from Mesha (Aries) to Meena (Pisces). These good and bad re- sults will be in conformity with the principles, which have already been explained by us before. ; ## Page 53 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. 47 NOTES. In the first thirty nine stanzas of his work the author has tried to explain briefly the general principles of Astrology and they will be now summarised as it were for the convenience of the readers. There are 12 Zodiacal signs and he will give the principal good and bad results which accrue from the different planetary combinations in each of these 12 houses. Which planets are good in Mesha (Aries), which are bad, and whose combinations produce Raja Yoga (political suc- cess) whose conjunction inflicts misery, and who are likely to produce death and in whose period and sub-period, these and similar points are determined with reference to each of the houses and each of the planets; and therefore we request the astrological students to carefully follow the author in the important stanzas which are given for their guidance. Of the several works which the translator had read on As- trology, he has much confidence in the working out of the general principles laid down here, as they will be amply verified at every step of the reader in the line of his prediction. wearer frat orem: Di ge aret | aad apr satearctaa: tl ¥? tl Sranza XLI Mesha—Aries. A Person born in Mesha Lagna (Aries as birth. time) has Sani, Buda and Sukra ill disposed towards him. Guru and Ravi are auspicious. The Simple combination of Guru and Sani produces no beneficial results. NOTES. Here , the author has drawn attention of the readers to 8 most important pointe to be consulted in estimating the good and evil re- sults which are likely to happen to the person born while Mesha is rising at the time of birth. Sukra isthe lord of the 2nd and 7th houses, Buda is the lord of the 3rd and 6th houses, and Sani is the Lord of the 10th and 11th’ houses. -: Of course, it has already been pointed out ia the earlier portions of this work; that the Lords of the . ## Page 54 48 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. 8rd, 6th, 8th, 11th, and 12th, houses ate bad. Therefore Buda being the Lord of the 8rd and -6th houses to the person.. who,is-.born in Mesha, becomes evil. Sukra owns 2nd and 7th houses. Good plapets owning quadrants are evil and 7th is one of the quadrants, Sani owns 10th.& 11th houses of which, the 11th is bad while the 10th house (quadrant) owned by an evil planet like Sani is good. Buda is perfectly bad, but in the cases of Sukra and Sani, out of the two houses each of those planets owns, one is evil and'the other good. But Buda, Sani, and Sukra are not friends of the Lord of Mesha. viz. Kuja or Mars. This point is fully explained in the Astrologi- cal Self Instructor and. Primer published by me in English, Guru and Ravi are declared to be good. Raviowns the 5th house from Mesha and Guru owns the 9th and 12th houses... It has been already shown that the Lords of the trines (angular points of an equi- lateral triangle) are productive of good results. Ravi owns only one house and he is perfectly good, but Guru owns 9th as well.as_ the 12th of which 9th is good and twelfth is bad. Guru, Ravi, and. Kuja (Lord of Mesha) are friends and thus though Guru owns one of the evil houses, he will, in the main, prodtice good and notevil. The 8rd point the author réfers to’ is the ‘honproduction. of the Raja Yoga by the combinations of the Lords of the 9th and 10th ‘houses. This sounds contraty +t his own - declared “prindiptes | -eryantiated in Stanza 16 of this work, where he says that Rajayogam i is produced ky the combination of the Lords of the quadrants and trines. ‘But in the case.of these two planets, they not only own 9th & 10th houses, whote combination ought to praduce good,’bug they are also Lords of phe 12th and 11th houses, whosé combination. acts : againstthe .pro- duction of the Rajayogam (vide p. 24). ‘Therefore,: the anthor. says clearly that to the person born in Mesha, the siniple conjunction of Sani and Guru isalone not sufficient to produce political success. We inust look to other combinations for Rajayoga.: The line of argument I “adopt is simple enough and the reader is earnestly requested to note its force in making: his bredictions ‘whe when he consults. lee _ Steerer FE ## Page 55

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But on the other hand Guru when combined with Sani, not only does not give good but will actively produce evil. Sukra does not himself kill the native although he possesses death-inflicting powers. : NOTES. It was pointed out (vide stanza 41) that Guru being the lord of the 9th and 12th houses, has both good and bad combined within himself. In the combination of Sani and Guru the author asked us not to expect any good results, and he here tells us that there will be evil in their combination especially on the part of Guru. This requires a clear explanation. Let us take an example. We kmow that.a planet has good and evil influences due to various causes explained in the astrological works. If a planet is capable of giving one rupee worth of good and also one rupee worth of evil, the result will be that the planetary influence is neutral—good cancelling the evil. However, the astrological writers assure us that the result is not only not neutral, but is bad. They are of opinion that when good and evil influences of a planet are equal we must predict evil, but in a milder form. Remembering then this principle of their explanation, we shall see why Guru is bad in the combination with Sani. Guru owns 9th and 12th houses, of which the 12th for Guru and 11th for Sani are evil houses. Here the evil is equal to the good these two planets have, as one of the two houses each planet owns is good while the other is bad. We can understand that the com- bination is bad, but why should Guru be particularly declared bad in producing evil in the combination, while Sani also contributes to bring about the combined evil result? Guru is an auspicious planet by nature and evil influences seem to affect him more ; Sani is an evil pla- net and good influences seem to make him better. Guru owns one good and one bad house, and they neutralize each other's effects, but he has an evil association viz., of being in conjunction with Sani. There is therefore something more than good’and bad counteracting each other and Guru is declared to. produce evil, because he has evil combination. But Sani has a better prospect. His owning good and c ## Page 56 50 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. evil houses counterbalances the two results, but he is in conjunction with Guru, a declared good planet, and his position is improved. Therefore in the combination of Sani and Guru we see that the result is bad and that Guru is able to do more harm than Sani. Sukra owns the 2nd and the 7th houses and these two are called death- inflicting houses. Ifa planet owns one death-inflicting house it is enough to predict evil results, but when he owns two death-inflicting houses, we should naturally expect to see that he will kill the person undoubtedly. But though Sukra has jurisdiction to kill by govern- ing the 2 houses, 2nd and 7th, he will not kill the native himself but will hand over the person to others who are also ill-disposed towards the person born in Mesha and who would do the execution work. waren reat way: aa Ret wer: | TT Wareed araeahy Peay: |e? I Sranza XLITI. Evil planets like Sani &c., will cause death to the person ; try and find out the results good and bad which might happen to the person born in Mesha carefully and with reference to the principles of astrology. NOTES. Just in the previous stanza we pointed out that when Guru and Sani combine together Guru will inflict evil. Now we have to deter- mine who will kill the native. The author says “evil planets like Sani &.” He takes Sani first and includes Buda and occa- sionally Chundra. Buda is bad, as he owns third and sixth houses. But Chundra is the lord of 4th. If he is full then, he will be classified as good and his owning one of the quadrants is bad and he may, by evil combinations, produce death. But if he is weak, then his owning the quadrant is auspicious and he will do good. These then are the planets who determine the déath of the person born while the sign Mesha (Aries) is rising at the time of birth. I have given notes at considerable length, but the fuller the explanations offered even at the risk of repetition, the better itis for beginners who read these ## Page 57 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. 51 works and who, I am sure, will be very much profited by the extra information given by me herein. ‘ The author has already shown us very briefly indeed, what are the general principles of Astrology, how they have to be mastered and with what restrictions they have to be applied. But in a small work of this nature it is not possible for him to explain anything more than the barest outlines of Astrology, and those who are conversant with the Sanskrit language will find what an amount of brevity could be introduced in the Stanzas relating to Sciences in Sanskrit. He takes Sani as the most prominent planet for inflicting death, as he owns © the 10th and 11th houses but really Buda could have been named with an &c., afterwards. Buda ownsthe 8rd and 6th houses and consequent- ly ranks as the foremost evil planet toa person born in Mesha, because the two houges are bad and he is also a bad planet when his associations are evil. Why should Sani be then named ?, is a ques- tion that we might easily ask the author. Perhaps if he were alive he would have answered thus his readers. Sani owns 10th and 11th houses, Sani is the lord of longevity and Sani has an inclination to kill persons in preference to other planets whether preceding or following him in his periods or sub-periods. We refer the readers to Stanza 28th and notes on it. 10th house owned by an evil planet is productive of good, and it is the last angle of the quadrant and there- fore is considered the strongest. In the same way the owning of the 11th house by an evil or good planet is productive of evil and as 11th is the last house among the 3rd, 6th, 8th, and 11th houses the fact of owning it confers the strongest tendency to produce evil. Sani is the Auyushkaraka or lord of life and therefore if he is well disposed he will increase the term of life and if ill disposed he will cut short the life. The influences of evil or good planets are of two kinds. First we have the general influence spreading among the different influ- ences of the other planets and lasting all through the life of a person, this is called Nisargika or permanent. Second, we have the influ- ences of the planets in their periods, sub-periods, and other minor divisions of life. These are called Thathkalika local or temporary. The latter influences last only during their respective divisions or sub-divisions. Here also the influences of the other planets cannot be overlooked. These two results of the planetary influences, must ## Page 58 52 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. not be confounded with each other and must be distinctly borne in mind. As Sani has a special jurisdiction to protect life and take it away, his name has been inserted by the author in preference to Others. If he is bad, it is only then that we have to give him the power to cut short the life. Otherwise the death-time must be deter- mined in the period or sub-period of other planets. The author further says that it is necessary to reconcile the principles of Astrology whenever any difference is found among them and if the student is only intelligent and careful, he will see that practically there is no - difference among the various systems advocated by the astrological writers. p shayarea: oa: Gat ah ara | UAT HATTA TH ACTA tl wy I

To the person born in Vrishabha (Taurus) Lagnam, Guru, Sukra and Chundra ere evil planets ; Sani and Ravi are good planets. “Sani alone is capable of giving Raja- yogam to the person born in Vrishabhalagnam.

Guru is the lord of 8th and 11th houses both of which: are de- clared bad. Sukra is the lord of 1st and 6th houses and these are bad, as the first is a quadrant, and when owned by a benefic the result isevil. Sixth house is equally bad, Chundra is the lord of the third house and it is bad. So that Guru, Chundra, Sukra are bad planets because they own 8th and 11th, Ist and 6th and 8rd houses - réspec- tively. These are bad planets and they always try to do evil to the na- tive. The author then begins to tell us who are good planets for per- sons born in Vrishabha. Ravi owns the 4th house and as he is evil and owns one of the quadrants he becomes good and produces beneficial influences. Sani is the lord of 9th and 10th houses and the possession of those two houses in one planet is excellent. Hencehe becomes the most influencial planet in the horoscope of the native born in Vrishabha and produces the gratest good and Rajayogam. ## Page 59 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. : 53 | ghereenerit ar TIAA! II A TT

If evil planets like Guru ho. are possessed of death- inflicting powers they will kill the native born in Vrishabha in their respective periods and sub-periods. NOTES. Guru now figures prominently ‘as.the death-inflicting lord to the person born while Vrishabha is rising at the time of birth, Why should Guru be named, and not other evil planets who have also been declared to be inauspicious as inflicting death ? Chundra owns the third house and is bad. Sukra owns the lst and 6th houses, of which 6th is bad, while the first becomes bad by reason of.its being owned by a benefic like Sukra. He is besides the lord of the birth and has some consideration for the life of the person born under his own influence, Guru owns 8th and 11th houses and is the declared enemy of the lord of birth and has none of the redeeming points to alleviate the evil heis capable of doing to the person bornin Vrishabha. He owns two evil houses while Chundra owns only one evil house ; Guru, therefore,is stronger than Chundra and also Sukra in producing evil. But in determining the evil or good which might result from the influences of the planets we cannot be too careful in weighing the evidence produced before us, and the facts have to be very nicely balanced before we pronounce our judgment in the matter. Guru, if well situated and aspected, may not inflict death. The student has to read well and digest facts. wtaotrareore: Her: TH TT TUAT: ateqersiaet artis ga TA | ee II Sranza. XLVI. Mithuna—Gemini. ~ Knuja and Guru are inauspicious tothe person born in Mithuna (Gemini) Sakra is alone good. Combination of ## Page 60 54 + JATAKACHUNDRIKA. Sani and Guru produces: the same results as have been stated in ihe previous stanza for persons born in Mesha. NOTES. This stanza is followed by 47-48-49 which slightly differ from the general principles laid down here. This difference is called Ma- tantaram or separate doctrine. I shall explain fully after those slokas are given. gpifeaeaa: Wa: TH Ta Gaaea: | UT a ge ata Garrat Ut vo Ul atasiia aarairendite gare |

wbarestt Preah wags aeATaY eT: |

UIA BOTA AAT TIAA | ve Ul

‘uja, Ravi and Chundra are inauspicions. Sukre alone is good. If Sukra and Buda are well associated they give Rajayoga (47). ‘When Sani joins Guru, the result ‘will be similar to what they produce on the person born in Mesha. Sani will not directly kill the person even when possessed of death- inflicting powers, (48). Kuja and other evil planets become powerful in in- flicting death. : These results have to be carefnlly found out for persons born in Mithuna (49), " “NOTES. In Stanza 46 the author says Kuja and Guru are bad. Kujs . owns 6th and 11th houses. Both are bad for any planet to own, Guru is evil hecause he owns 7th and 10th (vide notes to Stanza 6). ## Page 61 r JATAKACHUNDRIKA: 55 Sukra owns 5th and 12th houses and isa friend of the lord of , Mithuna (Buda) and he is entirely good. Sani owns 8th and 9th houses. 8th is bad (vide P. 9). 9th is auspicious. Combination of the lords of Kéndras and Thrikonas is product- ive of Rajayogam (vide P. 14). Combination of Guru and Sani pro- duces no Rajayoga for reasons well explained under Mesha Lagna (vide Stanza 42). In Stanzas 47-48-49 the author introduces Chundra as inauspicious. This introduction of Chundra lord of the 2nd house is called Matantara. The owning of the 2nd house: has not been declared to be bad. anywhere by the author. Chundra and Ravi own each only one house while the rest of the five planets own each two houses. In stanza7 the author says that the’ lords of the 2nd and 12th give good or bad as their conjunction is good or bad and the nature of the houses they occupy. Then why should Chundra be called bad here, without knowing anything about his conjunction and the nature of the house he occupies? Chundra and Buda are also not such inveterate enemies. The author anticipates . two positions for Chundra. The two best houses for Chundra are ’ Vrishabha where he is exalted and Kataka which is his own. If - Chundra is in Vrishabha, he will be in the 12th house from Mithuna and is therefore bad. If he is in Kataka he will be in a Maraka house which is also bad. On these accounts he must have been declared ‘to be bad. Sani will not kill himself even when he has Maraka powers. The reason is he owns 9th, a very good house. Kuja and other evil planets kill the person. Kuja owns 6th and 11th, Ravi 3rd, and Guru 7th and 10th. All these are bad and enable their lords to kill the person born in Gemini. Guru certainly is bad if armed with death powers. In the explanation of these points it is not possible for me to take the reader into the labrynth of the astrological formulas. It can only be pierced through by a little perseverance and energy. A few months’ study will familiarise these apparently difficult points and the formulas can easily be kept. for ready reference by a well balanced mind. ## Page 62 = 56 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. Se rae eon wat TTT FTC TEAR | TRATES HSU gareay freee wag: oftetsre: |

Stanza 50—51—52. Kataka Lagna. Gukra, Sani, and Buda are evil for persons born in Kataka (Cancer) ; Guru and Kuja are also evil. es is alone capable of giving Raja yoga (50). The combination of Guru and Kuja gives to the Native Rajayoga (Political success). Ravi does not kill himself although possessed of death-inflicting powers (51). Sukra and other inauspicious planets kill the person bornin Kataka. We must judge of these results by the principles laid down in Astrology by the learned (52). NOTES. Sukra, Buda and Sani are evil. Guru and Kuja are also evil. Kuja alone is considered to be able to give Rajayoga. The combina tion of Kuja and Guru produces Rajayoga. Here apparently there seems to be an error in the transcription of the original work. The statement that Buda, Sukra, and Sani are evil to the native born in Kataka, is intelligible enough. Even Guru may be said to be evil, for he owns 6th and 9th out of which the 6th house is bad, Kuja owns the 5th and 10th houses and is the only auspicious planet for Kataka Lagnam. How could he produce evil when the two houses he owns are good and when he is the friend of Chundra, lord of Kataka? Of courseif we go to the length of finding a farfetchedcausein Kuja being Neecha in Kataka—it may be imagined that he may not be able to do good. But this does not ## Page 63 ™“- JATAKACHUNDRIKA. 57 seem to be relevant or te have been ceneeived by the auther. Then what is the best thing to be done ? The originals with me contain Dhishana Bhoosatou--Which means Guru and Kuja: May the last word be not Bhaskarow.the Sun. That would quite fit the prosody and would certainly improve the sense. Any how in my humble opinion, I could not agree with the author if I am asked to read Kuja as also being an evil planet. Lords of Thrikonas are always good and Kuja is the lord of the 5th house. Evil planets are good if they own Kendras and Kuja is an evil planet. Besides the author will be thorough- ly contradicting himself in what he says in stanza 11 (vide notes on P. 12), ‘Kuja dsan evil planet owning the last Kendra 10th is the most auspicious. This statement of the author is simply in- explicable and in the next sentence we have the author explaining that Kuja is the only planet who is able to give Réjayoga. Guru owns two houses 6th and 9th, of which the last gives him good. The good given by the 9th house may be cancelled by the evil produced by the ownership of the 6th. When évil and good are equal or balanc- ing we have to predict. evil but in amild form. .There are other ' , works which lay down the principle that when a planet owns one good srid one evil house, he may be classed asa good planet perhaps in amild form. This view is different from that of the author of this work and I have simply drawn the attention of _the readers te: such differences in opinions on astrological points. Ravi is the lord of the 2nd house and he will not kill the native himself. Why ? perhaps he is the friend of Chundra arid he does not like to get the blame himself. Sukra‘and other evil planets when’ possessed of Maraka powers, kill the person during their periods and sub-periods, Sukra owns 4th and 11th,the first bad because Sukra is'a benefic: and his owning a quadrant is bad. The 11th is had and Sukra owns‘ it. Sani owns the 7th and 8th, of which the lordship of 7th gives him. good while that of 8th produces evil. Buda is the lord of 8rd and 12th houses and he is. necessarily bad. Cancer is an auspicious. Lagna itself and when the Moon occupies it with Guru who.is ‘exalted here; great success will be produced. It isa watery sign and generally: makes men stout and generous. The great Indian National hero: Rama was born in Kataka with Chundra and Guru there, Sani in Thula' Koja i in Makara, Sukra i in Meena, Ravi in Mesha and. Buds in. Vri-, shabha. , — d ## Page 64 58 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. aeretey fate TT: HA TT TATA! | TATA AYA TRywAT: 1&3 | TRIM Far aia: daneserra: | TTT EAT THT BT Ue I ut Getty rata fase mei ee I ‘Sranzas 58—54—55 Simha Lagna (Leo). Sani, Sukra, and Buda are evil. Kuja alone is good. The combination of Sukra and Guru alone will not produce Rajayoga (53).

good. Sani does not kill the native himself when he is en- dowed with Maraka powers (54). Buda and other evil planets kill the person born in Simha, when they have Maraka powers. The wisemen after good consultation must predict these results to the person born in Simha (56). NOTES. Sukra owns 8rd and 10th houses and both are bad. Buda owns the 2nd and 11th houses, the last is a bad one, hence the Ist also be comes bad. Sani owns 6th and 7th houses of which 6th is bad while the ownership of the 7th gives good. But Ravi, Lord of Simha, is opposed to the influence of Sani and he is said to be his inveterate enemy. Kuja is the best because he owns 4th, a Kendra and 9th, a Trikona. This combination of Kendras and Konas is very excellent, but the combination must be the combination of the last Kendra 10th andthe last Kona 9th. Guru owns 5th a good house snd 8tha bad house. But when he joins with Kujathere will be Rajayoga. Sani will not kill the person because there is some good in him. But Sukra and Buda are thoroughly evil. The author ## Page 65 x e JATAKACHUNDRIKA. 59 is silent about Chundra. He owns the 12th from Simha, and. the Lord of the 12th is good ar bad according to circumstances (Vide p. 8). Chundra isa friend of Ravi. My own humble view by long experience isthat when Chundra is weak and is unfavourably situated there is nothing to prevent him, from killing the party himself. However this opinion is modestly. put forward from a general know- ledge of astrology, and not warranted by any statement made by the . author of this work. I am responsible for this view and I think when evil is predicted in the Chundra Dasa when he is weak etc.,—the pre- diction will surely be verified. Aagarra: WT: THRATTAT: | TRTATRTRR A BGT (4 EU frePanitag arcareat: aaea: |

Pa TT: PTE HAT WAT TA: UG

Sukra, Chundra, Guru and Kuja are evil to the person born in Kanya (Virgo). Sukraalone gives good. Buda and Sukra when in conjunction produce Rajayoga (57). Ravi does not kil the person himself. Kuja and others who are evil kill the native. In this way the learned judge of these results—good and bad—after careful consideration. (58). NOTES. There are two expressions—Kaviranyatie other than Kavi or Sukra and Raviranyatie other than Ravi or the Sun. There seems to be some confusion in these two stanzas. How can Sukra be called evil and again in the same breath be called good. Guru is bad because he owns 4th and 7th houses. Chundra is bad as he owns 11th house. Kujais not mentioned. The Stanza should begin Kuja jeevandavahpapaha and then everything will be alright. Kuja owns 3rd and 8th houses both of which are bad. Sukra is good because he owns 2nd and 9th houses, and he is also called bad by ## Page 66 66 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. the author. This is contradicted by. himself in the next half of the Stanza by saying that Sukra alone is good because he is the Lord of the 9th. The original works seem to have undergone. many changes of this nature before they have been transmitted to us. However, following the author, we see that Kuja is bad, because he owns Srd and 8th houses both of which are bad. The conjunction of Sukra and Buda who is the lord of birth seems to be necessary for Rajayogam. Chundra is also bad because he owns the 1th house and is bad. Buda is the lord of the 1st and 10th houses and therefore the combi- nation between himself and Sukra, the lord of the ninth is considered to be very auspicious. This has already been explained so many times that it needs no further reiteration. Inthe first portion ef the stanza under inauspicious planets, Ravi’s name is omitted. Ravi owns the twelfth house and: we have seen that the lord of the twelfth is. had. In inflicting death his name comesin. That is he himself does not kill the native even when he is possessed of death-inflicting powers, Kuja and others kill the native. Guru owns two quadrants 4th and 7th and both of them are bad. He is also as powerful as Kuja to kill the person. So aleo Chundra who owns 11th honse.. © staré after: or: steweat wt | Tareas THT A | Se I wat THT HHT FETT | SATA AMAA SAAT US Ul sfarzataeraet wag: TATE I aria Ferg: | Re. Sranzas. 58, 59, 60. Thula Lagna (Libra). To the person born in Thula, Guru, Ravi, and Kuja are inauspicious. Buda and Sani are productive of good. Sani alone is capable of giving Rajayogam (58). The. combination of Chundra and Buda produces Raja- yogam. Kuja himself will not kill the person born in Tila even when possessed of death-inflicting powers (59). ## Page 67

Gur and other evil! planets kill the petson when poss- essed of death-inflictiag powers ; the good and bad results must be carefully predicted to persons born in Thula (60). NOTES. Guru, Ravi and Kuja are declared to be evil. Guru owns third and sixth houses, both of which are bad, and’ their Lord therefore is ill-disposed, Kuja owns the two death houses, second and the seventh. The Lord of a quadrant, when he chances to be an evil planet, is good, and I don’t see why the author should class Kuja as evil. He stated nowhere that the Lord of the second is bad. He has said in the beginning of this work that the 2nd and 7th are death- inflicting houses and therefore their Lords must be presumed to be bad. And when he says that Kuja is bad for persons born in Thula, perhaps he means that as Kuja owns:the two death-inflicting houses he is bad. Ravi is the Lord of the 11th house. And we have already. been told that the Lord of the f1th house is evil, Sani and Buda are good. Sani is the Lord ofthe 4th and 5th houses and the combina-. tion of these two houses by one.and the same planet is highly produc. tive of good. This combination however is not so good. as the combi~ nation of the Lord of the 9th and 10th houses. Buda is the Lord of the 9th and 12th houses of which the Lordship of the 9th is good, while the Lordship of the 12th ig.bad. “But Budais a great friend of Sukra, the Lord ofthe sign Thnty. This strengthens the good feeling between them and Buda declares himself ‘in favour: of persons born in his friend’s houses. Sani alone is capable of giving Rajayogam. Chundra and Buda; when combined produce much Rajayogam: Kuja himself does not kill the person even when he is possessed of death- inflicting powers. Guru and other evil planets kill the person born in Thula, when they are possessed of deatli-inflicting powers. Kuja has. been declaned to be not able:to kill the person himself. Chundra is the Lord of the 10th-house while Buda is the Lord of the 9th house. We have it elsewhere distinctly stated that the combination of the Lords of the 9th and 10th is productive of good. In the case of the combination of Chundra and Buda, the author seems to have noted some difference. In-the beginning of ‘these stanzas he gaya that Sani alone is able to give Rajayogam. In the case of Sani, he be- ## Page 68

comes perfectly good as the two houses he owns are the 4th and 5th and both are good. But in the case of Buda and Chundra, there is some difference. Chundra, it is true, is the Lord of the 10th house and as he is Lord of one house he becomes good if he is in combina- tion with the Lord of the 9th. But the Lord of the 9th is also the Lord of the 12th, and Buda therefore cannot do so much good as Sani can do. Sukra is the Lord of the Lagna and nothing is said of him. The author simply says Guru and other evil planets, kill the person when they possess death powers. Guru is evil, for he owns 3rd and 6th houses. Kuja is bad, for he owns 2nd and 7th houses but he himself does not kill. Ravi is the Lord of the 11th and he is bad. Sukra is the Lord of the Ist and 8th houses and therefore he becomes bad as both of those houses are bad. The author of the Jataka Chandrika does not mention clearly that the Lord of the birth is un- favourable. But we have it on good authority that the period of the Lord of birth is always productive of evil to the concerns of life, specially to its extent. Thula is owned by an auspicious planet Sukra and generally those who are born in this sign lead a fortunate life. We simply mean that as a sign of the Zodiac, it is one of the most powerful in the production of its own good results.

eure tat Soe U2 u Sea PITTA ATT EATS I Tae Trg 1 BS I Sranzas 61—62. Vrishchika Lagna. (Scorpio). To the person born in Vrischika Lagna, Buda, Sukra: and Sani are evil. Guru is favourable. Ravi and Chundra become the real producers of Rajayogam (61). Guru himself does not kill even when possessed of death-inflicting powers. Buda and other evil planets cause death to the person when they have power to do so. These ## Page 69 JATAKACHUNDRIKA, 63 are the results which must be carefully borne in mind in predicting about Vrischika Lagna. (61). NOTES. Sani is bad, because he owns 8rd and 4th houses and is not friend of Kuja, Lord of Vrischika. The ownership of the 8rd house is evil, while the ownership of the 4th by an evil planet is good. Sukra is the Lord of the 7th and 12th houses, heis not a friend of Kuja and therefore produces bad. Buda is the Lord of the 8th and 11th houses and both these houses are very bad to own for any planet. Guru is good because he owns the 2nd and 5th houses. 5th house is no doubt a very auspicious one to own; but the lord of the second need not always be good natured. The author does not say. anything about the combination of the Sun and Moon (Ravi and Chundra). But we — know as a matter of fact that Raviand Chundra are owners of each one house only, Chundra is the lord of the 9th a good house. Ravi is the lord of the 10th. Ravi is an evil planet and owns the 4th qua- drant or 10th house and therefore produces good. The combination of the Lords of 9th and 10th houses must be productive of Rajayoga. In many places the author of the Jataka Chandrika seems to hint that the Lords of the death houses 2nd and 7th are not geod and that when they have the power they are likely to kill the person un- less they are relieved from this responsibility by owning some good house, by associations with good planets, and by favourable positions and aspects. Here we have an illustration of that principle. Guru is the lord of the 2nd house and he must produce death. But Guru also owns the 5th house and therefore becomes a good planet. All planets who own the 5th and 9th houses, whatever may be their nature become good and this goodness perhaps is the real cause of Guru saving the life of the person born in Vrischika. Buda and other evil planets cause the death of the party. Buda owns 8th and 11th houses and these are very unfavourable indeed for any planet to own. Sani is the Lord of the 3rd house and he may kill. . Sukra is the Lord of the 7th and 12th and both of them are bad. Kuja himself is also bad and I don’t see why he would not kill a per- son when he is ill-disposed. In all these cases we must patiently exa- ## Page 70 64 JATAKACHUNDRIKA, mine the details composing the combination of planets,tee how much each planet is capable of giving good or bad, and summarise the re sults of the planetary combinations by reference to astrological prin- ciples. The apparent contradictions and inconsistencies must be re- conciled as far as possible and to do this the reader must have acquired some mastery in the subject. Technical. sciences are always diffi- cult and when the student has no patience the difficulties multiply themselves and thousand fold and confound their humble efforts. But time and perseverence must win the day in the long run and we recommend the students to go carefully over the principles of astro- logical sciences enunciated here for their benefit. TH Te HA: TT Vata avast | apiprenceteareat Varea TATA? NF Bia garea: Wr: tga afta: | — ATRSUTA Herat AT ITET HATA: UN Ae Sravzas. 63 and 64. Danur Lagna. Sagittarins. To the person born in. Dhanas, Sukra is alone evil. Ravi and Kuja are:productive of good. The combination of Ravi and Buda produces Rajeyogam. Sani himself does not kill even when possesged of death-inflicting. powers. (63) . ,Sukra and other evil planets when invested with death- inflicting powers, kill the person born in Dhanas and these, results must be carefully -predicted- y the learned (in ar. trology), (64). NOTES. Sanskrit seems to be a very flexible language and one which can be suited to any interpretation. The first portion of Stanza.63 ig ‘the same in the different book we have but the latter’ portion differs considerably. Yoga Bhaskara Sowmysbyam ia one reading while-the other is Yukto Bhaskara Bhowmabhyam Nahanti Ravi Nandana. The first reading may be interpreted thus—the Yoga of combination.of Bhaskara (Ravi) and. Soumya (Buda) produces Raja- ## Page 71 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. - 65 yogam while the other reading means that when Sani is in combina- tion with Bhaskara and Bhouma, he will not kill the person though possessed of death-inflicting powers. This point requires a thorough explanation. Sukra is bad because he owns the 6th and 11th houses both of which are evil and we can at once see that Sukra is bad. Kuja and Ravi are declared to be good. Kuja owns the 5th and 12th houses of which 5th is good and 12th bad, while personally Kuja isa friend of Guru who is the lord’ of Dhanas. Ravi is both a friend of Guru and also owns the 9th house and thus he becomes a perfectly good planet. About the combination of Buda and Ravi one version is perfectly silent and I believe it is wrong or has apparently misunderstood the spirit of the author’s explanation of the astrological principles. We have it clearly stated by the author in thé earlier portions of his work that the combinations of the Lords of the quadrants and trines are always productive of good results and they give rise to Rajayogam or suc- cess in political life. Ravi is the Lord of the 9th while Buda is the Lord of the 7th and 10th houses both of which are quadrants. There- fore the combination of the Lords of the 9th and 10th houses must produce Rajayogam. This has been omitted in the ‘second reading and I believe it is an important omission considering the particular care the author has taken all along to show the existence of Raja- yogam whenever and wherever the Lords of the quadrants and_trines unite together. The second reading, not only makes an important omission but also adds a misinterpretation. It says that Ravinandana (Sani) does not kill when he joins Bhowma or Bhaskara, Bhouwma means Kuja. It is opposed to the spirit of the author’s explanation. In none of the previous stanzas does the author say that a combina- nation with another planet, exempts a planet from exercising such death-inflicting powers. Sani, jt must be remembered, owns the 2nd and 8rd houses of which the last is an unfavourable house. The owning of the 2nd_ has not been distinctly declared to be an inauspi- cious one. The author says here and there that its lord becomes power- ful in inflicting death. - Therefore we may safely stick up to the firat reading which is more sensible and consistent with the author's ways of explaining astrological principles. Who are other evil planets? Has not béen clearly mentioned by ‘him but those who are not men- . . é ## Page 72 66 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. tioned in the list of good planets must be presumed to be evil as a mat- ter of fact. Sani is evil, Buda owns 7th and 10th houses and becomes evil if he owns quadrants as‘an auspicious and good when owning quadrants as an evil planet. This therefore depends upon his associa- tions and aspects. Chandra owns the 8th house but the evil which re- sults from owning the 8th house doesnot existin the case of Ravi and Chandra, and therefore Chandra ought to have been classed as a good planet because he also chances to be a friend of the lord of Dhanas viz., Guru. These evil planets when possessed of death-inflicting powers kill the person born in Dhanas. All the above results, the author says, must be carefully predicted by the well-versed in the science of astro- logy. In stanza 64, there is another reading which also has to be care- fully considered. The first reading which is the most correct I believe, says Gnathavyani Phalanyavan, whilethe second reading says Budah- pupayuthonathi, The first means that we have to understand the re- sults above named in the manner described, while the second reading means that Buda when combined with evil planets, does not kill the person himself. I do not understand why Buda should not kill when he is evil and when he possesses death-inflicting powers. The combi- nation of an evil planet with other evil planets, has never been stated to produce good and death has been considered by mankind as the worst of evils though this question as a matter of fact, is open to serious objections into which it is not our present purpose to enter. These ill considered alterations and erasures in the original books and manuskripts have been producing much injurious results in as much as, we have to deal with the correct spirit of the technical sciences and not with their philological or word-quibbling niceties. In the interpretation of a stanza one has to be very carefu] about the explanation one offers. The spirit of the author must be preserved at any cost. His general principles of explanation must not be sacrificed for any vanity which might give the commentator some airs of originality, which he wishes to assume and the explanations offered to the public, must be consistent and sensible, so that they may, in no way, contradict the earlier portions of the work under reference and translation. ## Page 73 a . JATAKACHUNDRIKA. 67 eatleea: wm gina | TATRA TT WNT A RS warenrdga fatrnearrs: | IATA ATTA TTT:. TT HE freare oft areata: | WaT PRS Terra tl Vs UI Sranzas 65, 66 and 67, Makara Lagna—Capricornus. To the person born in Makara, Kuja, Guru, and Chundra are evil, Sukra and Buda are good. Sukra alone is productive of Rajayogam. (65). In conjunction with Chundratmaja (Buda) there will result much happiness. Sani will not kill the person though possessed of death-inflicting powers. But Kuja and other evil planets, when they are invested with death-inflicting powers, kill the native. These arethe results which are generally predicted by the learned about the persons born in Makara Lagna. (66 & 67). NOTES. Kuja, Guru and Chundra are declared to be evil to persons born under the influence of Makara. Kuja is evil, because he owns the 4th and eleventh houses of which the 11 is bad while the 4th is good, because a quandrant owned by an evil planet produces good. Guru is evil because he owns the 3rd and 12th houses both of which are bad, for any planets to own. Chundra is the Lord of the 7th house and he is declared to be bad by the author. Here there ought to have been some exception put in. The author stated in stanza 6 that when planets are evil and own quadrants, they produce good, while good planets owning quadrants produce evil. If Chundra is weak, debilitated or badly associated and aspected he becomes or is to be considered as an evil planet and therefore when he owns quadrants ‘he must produce good. But when he is fall, well associated and ## Page 74

aspected he becomes auspicious and must produce evil-when he. owns quadrants. Sukra is good because he owns 5th and 10th houses. In cases where a good planet owns trines and quadrants together he seems to lose the evil that he would otherwise produce as lord ofa guadrant. In conjunction with Chundratmaja (Buda) there will result much happiness ? This para of the author is singularly vague. “Who should be in conjunction with Buda, is not clearly stated by the author ; perhaps he means that the combination of Sukra and Buda produces Rajayogam. Buda is the lord of the 6th and 9th houses of which the Ist is bad while the second is productive of good results. Sukra in this case does not want the help of any body to produce Rajayo- gam. He is the lord of 5thand 10th houses and he combines in himself the ownership of quadrants and trines. He has independent powers to confer good. No other combination could do Buda any good. Chundra is the lord of 7th, a quadrant and as such may pro- duce good when he is weak or debilitated. But the combination of the lords of the quadrants Ist, 4th and 7th with lords of trines, is not so highly valued for Rajayogam, by the author. Sani will not kill the person though possessed of death-inflicting powers. This requires ‘an explanation. Sani owns two houses Ist and 2nd. 1st is good becausd it isa quadrant and owned by an evil planet. The owning of the 2nd has been declared though indirectly to be bad. Sani has a natural tendency to kill natives because he likes to kill. To thisthere are ‘powers added. which ought to have made him a death-inflicting planet, ‘put I suppose the owning of a quadrant coupled with the love he has for a person born under his own direct influence made him good .to the person born in Makara. Kuja and otherevil planets ill him. Guru is evil, Ravi is evil as also Chundra. So that practically we have Guru, Ravi, Kuja and Chundra for inflicting death while Sani, Buds and Sukra are for doing good especially the last two planets. The author says that these results must be carefully analysed and under- stood by the students of astrology. ## Page 75 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. 69 guotlara: arin: THIET: | TMAH HTT TETAS A wearer ware: arcKert fftaa: | areca ats Terk TENA 1 88 Sranzas, 68, anp 69. Kumbhalagna—~(Aquarius.) To the person born in Kumbhalagna, Kuja, Guru and Chundra are evil, Sukra alone is auspicious; the combination of Sukra and Kuja produces Rajayogam. (68). Guru will not kill the person born in Kumbha by him- self though possessed of death-inflicting powers, Kuja and other evil planets when invested with death powers kill the native ; the results of planetary combizations must thus be known. byl ee pandits (in astrology). (69). NOTES. Kuja, Chundra, and Guru are evil. Kuja is the lord of 8rd and 10th houses of which the 3rd house is evil while the owning of the 10th by an evil planet like Kujais productive of good. Guru is the lord of the 2nd and 11th houses and both of them are bad houses. Chandra is the lord of the 6th house and is therefore evil. The com~ bination of quadrants and trinesin one and the same planet pro- duce good. Sukra owns 4th and 9th houses and thus he is good, But for Rajayogam, the combination of the lords of the 9th and 10th houses is necessary and therefore the author says Kuja and Sukra, lords of the 10th and 9th respectively must join together to produce - political success. 10th house is the house of employment, political work, reputation, command and so on, and therefore its lord must combine wth the lord of the 9th for producing Rajayogam. Guru is the lord of the 2nd houge and as such possesses the power of killing thé person. He is, besides, also the lord of the 11th house. But the author says, he will not himself kill the native when possessed of death-inflicting powers. Kuja and other evil planets kill the person when they possess. death powers. Kuja owns 8rd and 10th houses of whieh Srd ## Page 76 70 JATAKACHUNDRIRA. is bad while the 10th is good. When good and evil balance each other, by a rule of astrology, evil prevails. Chundra isbad and he may kill the party. Nothing is said of Raviand Sani. Ravi is the lord of the 7th house and as an evil planet he must produce. good by owning a quadrant. But he ownsthe 7th house which relates to death. He is not mentioned by the author in the list of the good or in that of the bad. Why ? I suppose he is neutral. What about Sani? He is the lord of the 1st and 12th houses and as such owns one good and one bad house. But there is a special evil attached to Sani in this Lagna. The owner of the birth is also the lord of the 12th and this keeps him from doing any good to the native. The author is compelled to be very brief and he could not help it. Within the narrow limits of less than 80 Stanzas, he has to explain the whole spirit of astrology and threfore, he is very brief and his Stanzas are very comprehensive. The careful students to whom he invariably appeals for a careful prediction of the events in a man’s life have to go to other books of astrology which give greater details and whichare omitted by the writer and explain his slokas in the light of the general principle® of the astrological sciences. AYR MMT: THAT ft gat | adtaa qiiet ariter AaGTA: Ul Ve Ht ACHAT TATA TTA: 7 peur gdeararnent wetara | 92 UI Sranzas 70 and 71. Meenalagnam.—( Pisces). To the person born in Meena Lagna, Sani, Sukra, Ravi. and Buda are evil, Kuja and Chundra are auspicious. Guru and Kuja in combination produce Rajayogam Kuja himself does not kill the native even when possessed of death powers. (70). Sani and other evil planets kill the person born in Meena when they posses death-inflicting powers. The learned in i ## Page 77 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. 71 astrology must try to understand the results of the planetary influences in this way for’ persons born in Meena Lagna. (71).-. a NOTES. Sani, Sukra, Ravi and Buda are declared to be evil. Excepting Ravi the othor 3 planets are well known to be the foes of Guru, the Lord of Meena. Ravi is his friend. But Ravi owns only one house and that is the 6th.. Therefore the Lord of the 6th house cannot be good. Sani owns 11th and 12th houses and as such becomes perfectly evil, both houses being bad for any planet to own. Sukra owns 8rd and 8th houses both are bad and Sukra therefore produces evil. Buda owns 4th & 7th houses. If he is weak, badly associated or aspected, he becomes a bad planet and when an evil planet owns two quadrants he ought to produce good instead of evil. But when Buda is well- aspected and is in conjunction with auspicious planets, he is said to become an auspicious planet himself and when he is considered a benefic owning two quadrants he is bad and he must be considered in a similar manner. But no such explanations are offered by the author in the work under notice. Chandra is the lord of the 5th house and Kuja is the lord of the 2nd and 9th houses and these are con- sidered by him as productive of good results. Kuja is not said to kill the person though possessed of death-inflicting powers because, although he owns the 2nd house, he is also the lord of the 9th which isa very good sign for any planet toown. The combination of Guru and Kuja is needed for Rajayogam. Gurn, it will be seen, is the lord of the 1st and 10th houses both being bad to own. But the author has explained inthe earlier portions of his work that for the production of Rajayogam the combination or junc- tion of the lords of the 9th and 10th are needed, Sani and other evil planets kill the person born in Meena when they are possessed of death- inflicting powers. Sani, Sukra, Buda, Ravi, and even Guru own evil houses and they may kill the person when they are invested with suitable powers for causing death to the native. ud qewrart gag we fag: | arane aearatae aarat ares | 192 ## Page 78 72 JATAKACHUNDRIRA.

In this way the results of the planetary combinations for the 12 Zodiacal signs must be understood by the learned in astrology. In a similar way also should be explained the results of combinations for the signification of the 12 houses commencing fromthe Lagna whichever it might be and wherever we might commence it. NOTES. The author first explained the general principles of astrology and then led us to the different results which we have to predict for each of the 12 Zodiacal signs conimencing from the Aries or Mesha. Tho signification of the 12 houses have not been explained by him. They must be learnt from other works on astrology. He further says that having known the results of the planetary combinationg and lordships for the 12 houses, we must now proceed to consult in similar way to the elucidation of the good and bad which the native will have from the 12 significations commencing from the birth time or Lagna. The birth time indicates body, natural disposition, com- plexion etc. Second indicates eyes, wealth, family, speech etc. Third indicates brothers and sisters, courage, maidservants etc. Fourth denotes mother, education, happiness, conveyances, lands etc. Fifth shows children, intelligence, councils etc. Sixth.declares debt, disease, misery, foes etc. Seventh signifies wife, cupidity, potency, marital relations etc. Eighth indicates death, longevity &c. Ninth indicates father, religiousness, wealth, piety etc. Tenth indicates reputation, success in political life, influence etc. Eleventh denotes friends, elder brothers and sisters, influence, general successetc. And the twelfth sign indicates sin, destruction, hell, expenditure. Thusit will be seen that each of the significations must be adjudged as if they were so many Lagnas, and the planetary combinations for them will have a special reference to their prosperity or destruction. On judging, for instance, of the second house, we have to see who are its lords, who are his friends, who are his enemies, what is the general attitude of the other planets towards this lagnam, their strength and weakness, exaltations and debilitations and various other sources of power which the signé as well as their lords are supposed to produce. . ## Page 79 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. 73 aay Arameratrargers aft fF: 5S | waht: fe aftorrs qArTTATTy tl 9? UI Stanza, 73. Planets which are debilitated, or evil cannot do any- thing to the person when their own periods (Dasas) do not happen or come. The same planets may be exalted, but what could they give ? oo, : NOTES. This is also singularly vague. The different copies I have, do not agree in the readings and each may be separately interpreted. I shall however confine myself to the explanation of the stanza instead of quoting the different readings which will not much help the be- ginner in knowing the subject of Astrology. The planets may be good or bad, they may be exalted or debilitated, they may have good sour- ces of drawing power or fruitful sources of commanding evil, but what will it avail if the periods of the planets do not happen to the person who is born under their influence. Take, for instance, an example. The total length of the periods ofall the planets put together will give us a period of 120 years. They are distributed according to one system (oodudasa) as follows among the 9 planets. Ravi—6 years, Chandra—10, Kuja—7, Rahu—18, Guru—i6, Sani—19, Buda—17, Kethu—7, and Sukra—20. All these give a total of 120 years. A person is born in Mesha and commences with the period or Dasa of “Chandra. The period of Ravi is very good for the native and let me grant for argument’s sake that the position of Ravi is also good and he is in every way powerful to do good to the native. But he is practically useless in as much as his period comes to the native after he has managed to live more than 114 years orso. Andif his term of life extends to only 50 or 60 years, the period of Ravi never could do him any good at all because it never comes. It is something like this. Say I have an excellent friend who makes’a promise to me that he would give me much wealth when he comes tome or whenI go to him. If henever comes to me orl never reach him the promise remains practically a dead letter and I f ## Page 80 74 JATAKACHUNDRIKA, will remain a poor man. Some other manuscripts say that when a planet is debilitated or evil what could it do even when it is exalted or good? This explanation does not seemto me satisfactory. The two conditions are absurd. In the lst place a good planet cannot become evil and in the second place an exalted planet cannot become debilitated, under these circumstances how eould they become good when they are quite the reverse. If the planets are bad or debilitated, the person need not fear anything when their periods do not happen to him. This sounds more sensible. I cannot entirely agree with the author in the above explanations. Ifa planet is exalted or debi- litated, it is true he will not produce the best good or the worst evil until we get his period and if that period never comes then his ex- altation or debilitation practically has no result for the person. But his sub-périods and other minor divisions must be occurring in the periods of other planets and then it cannot be said that they will keep quite. They may not give the person as much good as they could have given, when they possessed the highest power for good or evil but still as lords of the sub-periods &c., they will not remain inactive. They exercise their own influences and do so with some modifica- tions. But of course the author does not preclude us from attaching so much meaning. In a short Stanza he simply says that the periods of exalted or debilitated planets cannot do us good or evil when they do not happen to the native and thereby hints that much attention need not be paid to those periods in the writing of a horoscope as they do not come in time for enjoyment. Influenee of planets, it must be remembered, has been treated by the astrological writers under various heads. (1) At the time of birth in the planetary combinations, each planet has got a general influence extending throughout life and subjected to certain local or tempatary causes, (2) The influences of Dasas or Bhukties exercised only during _ definite times and superseding as it were and considerably modifying the general influences. (3) The influences of planets by their contact with or aspect.by good or evil planets. ## Page 81

‘Now the author seems to have completely ignored the firat kind of influence I have hinted. In the illustration given above. Ravi in an exalted position at the time of birth must raise the position of the person far above the ordinary throughout the period of man’s existence. Suppose his Dasa never comes. Does not the native derive subs- tantial benefit from the fact of Ravis’ elevation ? ahrarregaataaganteay tt oy tl Sranza—74. When friendly and unfriendly planets combine together they produce mixed and ordinary results. If the planets occupy quadrants, trines or places of exaltations in con- junction with friendly planets they produce better results. NOTES. In the Astrological Self Instructor published by me (third Edition and also in my notes to the English translation of Sarvarths Chinthamani). I have clearly stated what is meant by friendship, enemity etc., among the planets. It is certainly not to be presumed that they will be constantly warring with each other as do the un- principled and unbridled potentates of the earth, but the influences of the planets are to be calculatedwith reference to their rays which are constantly flowing from their different globes, crossing each other, counteracting against one another, augmenting or nullifying each others power. This is very important for the students to note. Enemity among planets means that when two rays shed by planets nullify each others influence they produce no perceptible results because each tties to counteract against the others influence. The combination of friendly and unfriendly planets produces very ordinary and mixed results. Unfriendly planets always try to influence the prospects of the native for bad while friendly planets try to produce good results. The person therefore gets good and evil results or what the world calls mixed re- sults. The intensity is lost by the opposition and the extent of the ## Page 82 76 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. production depends upon the strength of the planets who produce them. Planets are classed into good and evil and a distinction is made between them when they own quadrants. Owning it must be remembered is different from occupying a house. The author says planets which occupy quadrants produce better results and this general statement is corroborated by other authors in astrology. Planets occupying trines are productive of good results, and those which are exalted are of course, the best we can have. Exaltation implies the possession of the highest power to do good. Such planets when they are in conjunction with friendly planets, produce better results. He does not distinctly enumerate the cases where they produce better results. He simply says bette results. Better than what? must be explained by the student as he progresses in his knowledge of astrology. Planets in kandras are said to produce better results. This is supported by Badarayana (Vyasa). But it is to be accepted ‘in my humble opinion with great deference to the learned writers with certain modifications Sani occupying the tenth, Kuja occupying the 7th, Ravi occupying the 4th, and Khsinachundra (new moon) occupying the first are no donbt planets who occupy Kendras. I humbly submit that the combination above given certainly produces ill-health and difficulties. Perhaps Badarayanameans by the expressisn Kandhra 8Sthathi Balasyuah that good planets occupying Kandras produce prosperity making exception in the case of Sani in the 7th, Kuja and Ravi in the 10th. flora atartt afro ater | fragt Tealt TAGE ATAT 119% tI Sranza—75. Planets which occupy friendly houses, which are in conjunction with friendly planets and which are powerful, when aspected by Guru, mako a man attain to a position which may be equal to that of a king. ## Page 83

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Manuscripts are‘at considerable variance with each other in the few stanzas which complete the work, and I shall not give the readers the trouble of different readings pointing out the probable stanza which might have been written by the author. The occupation of planets in friendly houses is good as alsotheir conjunction with them. Itis pointed out elsewhere that the planets must otherwise be powerful. They have several sources of strength and these sources must also be good. When to these items of power to produce good, the aspect of the best planet Guru is added, there is not the slightest doubt but that their influences will make a man equal to a king himself. This refers to only power and position, Happiness may not depend upon the possession of these two. In one work, the author is made to give only 79 stanzas, while the other makes the number go up to 81. This surely must bavg been due to some omissions or frauds purposly practised by the vain men, into whose hands the early manuscripts must have fallen. I will only give the purport of the 79 stanzas and complete the work, prance Pies ws eT: | afrafa gar va aaarg wafeg lt 98 Il

Planets, by their becoming good and evil and being bound by well-defined principles, produce good or evil in their own Dasas (periods) and Bhukties (sub-periods). NOTES. This is again vaguely expréssed. The commentaries are confli- cting and the meaning will have to be carefully found out. The main idea seems to be that planets; good are evil, produce favourable results or the reverse in their own periods and sub-periods. Planets are further subjected to definite principles or procedure and they cannot deviate from their declared policy whatever it may be. It’ is doubt-~ ful whether a good planet produces good in its own sub-period when’ ## Page 84 78 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. its Dasa begins, and the same doubt may be expressed of evil planets. The author has not told us anywhere that the sub-period of the planet ‘ in its own Dasa whether it is good ‘or bad produces favourable results. But here he makes a general statement which may be explained more satisfactorily by the light of other principles found in the astrological sciences. warhreaTet arated aah: | PTAA a TIAA TAT Il 9 Sranza. 77. The learned pundits in astrology suggest the results of planetary infleunces by the movements of the planets; but ezcepting the great Brahma himself no body can definitely speak to the minute details which can be predicted from the astrological sciences. NOTES. The learned have found, either by inspiration or by careful and close study, that the influences of the planets are calculable and so can be predicted. The author then, I believe, simply points out the difficulties which lie inthe mastery of a science like the one under notice. By its very nature it is a very difficult science. The influences of only nine planets are taken into consideration, and from these nine planets and the 12 zodical signs the whole phenomena of mineral, vegetable and animal species have to be carefully analysed. The difficulties therefore which lie in the way of predicting results, are too many to be easily overcome by the ordinary minds and the author says that though the learned Pundits in astrology can suggest the good and evil results by watching the planetary revolutions and counter-revolutions, they will not be able to know the whole details. This is a sort of apology among the sanskritists which is ge- nerally offered on behalf of the learned to show their humiliation and the extent of the sea of knowledge which lies before them still unexplored. The great Brahma has knowledge. of the whole world and He alone knows the details of the astrological and other sciences perfectly. He is called The Sarvagana or Allknowing: ## Page 85

MATT AIR TL | deearrts gr wawaleat Ilse tl Sranza-78. This work Jataka Chundrika has been written by the learned Pundit Venkatasa Sastrulu, Son of the Dikshit Yagnanarayana.

The father of the auther seems to have been a Dikshit or one who had performed various Yagnams or sacrifices, she nobility of the author’s birth is therefore placed beyond any doubt. The author callg himself a learned pundit and he could not have been otherwise. In the course of 75 stanzas he has tried to lead the astrological stu- dent to the doors of future predictions and he tells him there that by diligence he would find admission{into the sacred precincts of the unquestionable truths contained in Astrology. The age of the work cannot be so easily marked. The free use of the names of the planets Rahu and Ketu show clearly that the work must have been more recent than that of the Brihat Jatakaof Vara- hamihiracharya, who flourished during the time of Vikramaditya and who was one of the nine gems which graced that illustrious monarchs reign. The age of Vikramaditya is roughly stated to be about 2000 years back. I do rot even think that the Jataka Chundrika is even so old as that. It must have been written pretty recently, perhaps in the 12thor 13th centuries A.D. when Astrology was prevalent all over India. The name sounds like a south Indian name and it is di- ficult to identify his birth place and that of his education. I shall hereafter commence to collect information regarding the history of the various astrological writers whose works have prominently appeared before the public and about whom little information has reached them. Tt may not be an easy task, but any correct detaile which may come ## Page 86 80 JATAKACHUNDRIKA. to my knowledge in the course of my ‘travels: or.my ‘investigations ; will be published for the benefit of the public, so that these details may well be criticised by the learned before they are accepted as s0 many truths. eft sree apt

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