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BRIHAT JATAKA--CHAPTER---20,21,22,23---VEDIC-ASTRO-CLASSIC

By The Great Sage VARAHA MIHIRA


BRIHAT JATAKA--CHAPTER---20,21,22,23---VEDIC-ASTRO-CLASSIC

By The Great Sage VARAHA MIHIRA

Chapter----20---- Bhava Adhyaya 

(Planets In Various Houses)

Stanza 1:

When Sun is in lagna, the birth will be courageous, slow, short or defective in sight, and cruel. In Aries, Sun makes a man rich and diseased in the eyes, in Leo it makes a man night-blind. In debilitation, Sun gives defective sight. When Sun is in the 2nd house, the person will be very rich, pays heavy sums to rulers and has a diseased face

Stanza 2:

Sun in the 3rd produces intelligence and valor. In the 4th, he makes the native unhappy and worried. In the 5th, Sun makes a man poor and issueless. In the 6th, he produces strength and defeat by enemies

Stanza 3:

Sun in 7th – disgrace from women. In the 8th, fine children and defective sight. In the 9th – possessed of children, wealth and happiness, the 10th – happiness and courage. In the 11th â€‘ very wealthy and in the 12th irreligious

Stanza 4:

Moon in ascendant makes a man dumb, deranged, stubborn, blind, base, deaf  or servant. If that birth falls in Cancer, Aries or Taurus, he gets wealth, many children or rich respectively. In 2nd, Moon produces a big family. In the 3rd, it makes a man cruel. In the 4th or 5th, he’ll increase those significations. In 6th, he gives many enemies, tender body, weak digestion, weak sexual inclination, cruel mind and languor

Stanza 5:

Moon in the 7th makes a man envious and passionately fond of women. In 8th, Moon produces capriciousness and suffering constantly from physical ailments. In 9th, popularity, children, wealth, relations and friends. In the 10th, Moon gives success in all undertakings, charitable, rich, intelligent and courageous. In 11th, Moon produces fame, gains and all those items indicated by that house. In the 12th, he makes the person troublesome and defective in bodily organs

Stanza 6:

Mars in lagna – wounds or cuts in the body. In 2nd, dirty meals. In 9th, sinful. In other houses, his results are similar to that of Sun. Mercury in the first eight houses produces learning, wealth, baseness, wisdom, minister, foeless, versed in philosophy and endowed with good character respectively; in other houses, his results are similar to that of Sun

Stanza 7:

Jupiter in the 12 houses gives the following results – learned, good speech, miser, happy, intelligent, foeless, eclipsing father, debased, pious, wealthy, profitable work and unscrupulous respectively

Stanza 8:

Venus in lagna gives skill in sexual indulgence and happiness. In the 7th, he makes the native fond of quarreling and sexual intercourse. In 5th, he gives happiness and in other houses, the result will be similar to Jupiter and in the 12th, Venus gives wealth

Stanza 9:

Saturn in lagna gives poverty, disease, cupidity, uncleanliness, sickness in early life and indistinct speech. If Saturn occupies exaltation  or houses of Jupiter or his own house, which happens to be lagna, he makes the person equal to a king, protector of villages or towns, learned and handsome organs. In other houses, his results are similar to that of Sun

Stanza 10:

Take the birth sign, and the body, etc. and predict results by the planets occupying friendly, inimical, neutral, own and exalted houses. Satyacharya  declares that benefics and malefics in the houses produce good and bad results in them respectively. And the results are reversed in the 6th, 8th and 12th houses

Stanza 11:

Planets in exaltation, in moolatrikona, in own, friendly, inimical, debilitated houses, and in combustion with Sun give good in full, three-fourths, half, quarter, little and nil results respectively

Chapter 21  Asraya Yogadhyaya

(Certain Special Combinations)

Stanza 1:

When one and more planets are in their own houses, the man becomes equal to his relations, chief of his family, respected by relations, wealthy, equal to a ruler, happy and king respectively. If one and more planets are in friendly houses, the person will be brought up by others, friends, cousins, brothers, chief of a community, commander and king respectively

Stanza 2:

If there’s one exalted planet aspected by a friendly one, the person becomes a king. When such a planet is conjoined by a friendly planet, he becomes very wealthy and commands universal respect. If one and more planets are in unfriendly or debilitated houses, they produce poverty, misery, dullness, disease, imprisonment, sorrow and hanging respectively

Stanza 3:

Satyacharya declares Aquarius lagna as bad. Yavanas observe Aquarius Dwadasamsa as evil. Vishnugupta asserts that Yavanas are erroneous as Aquarius Dwadasamsa occurs in every lagna

Stanza 4:

If malefics join the solar hora in odd signs, the person becomes famous, undertakes great works, possesses strength, wealth and great personal attractions. If benefics join the lunar hora in even signs, the person becomes happy, tenderhearted, handsome, popular, intelligent and a polite speaker

Stanza 5:

If the planets in the same horas are found in other signs, the person born then will have results moderately. If the planets are reversed in horas and signs, the persons born won’t have the above characteristics

Stanza 6:

If Moon is in his own or friendly Drekkana, the person will be handsome and virtuous. If Moon is in other drekkanas, the person will get the characteristics of the lord of the Drekkana. If Moon is in Vyala, Udyathayudha, Chatuscharana and Andaja drekkanas, the person will be vindictive, very cruel, fouling guru’s wife and traveler respectively

Stanza 7:

A person born in the navamsas of Aries, etc. will become a thief, an enjoyer, learned, wealthy, ruler, impotent, warlike, carrier, servant, sinful, cruel and intrepid. If these navamsas fall in vargottamas, the person born then will become master or chief of the above. The results for the dwadasamsas will be similar to the rasis

Stanza 8:

When Mars is in his own trimsamsa, the person will have wife, strength, ornaments, generosity, personal attraction and enterprising spirit. When Saturn is in his own trimsamsa, the person becomes sickly, loses his wife, possesses double heart, enjoys others’ wives, sorrowful, possessed of houses, clothes, servants, etc. and will be uncleanly

Stanza 9:

When Jupiter is in his own trimsamsa, the person will have wealth, happiness, intelligence, attraction, respect, health, hope and enjoyment. When Mercury is in his own trimsamsa, he gives the man intelligence, education, poetic ability, eloquence, skill in arts, philosophic acumen, enterprise and much respect

Stanza 10:

When Venus is in his own  trimsamsa, the man will be blessed with many sons, much happiness, health, popularity, wealth, beauty, vindictiveness, handsome body and enjoyment with many women. When Sun and Moon are in the  trimsamsa of Mars, etc., the person will be warlike and slothful, cruel and killing, virtuous and wealthy, happy and learned, handsome and popular respectively

Chapter---22----Prakirnakadhyaya (Mixed Results)

Stanza 1:

Planets in quadrants, when they happen to be in their own houses, in exaltations or in moolatrikonas, are mutually termed karakas. Of these, the planet in the 10th will be the best karaka

Stanza 2:

If birth falls in Cancer with Moon in it and Mars, Saturn, Sun and Jupiter are in exaltations, they become mutual karakas. For the planet in lagna, the planets in the Ambara (10th) and Ambu (4th) become karakas

Stanza 3:

If the planet in the 10th from the planet who occupies his own house or moolatrikona or exaltation happens to be a nisarga friend and also tatkalika, he becomes a karaka

Stanza 4:

If the lagna falls in vargottama, if good planets are in the vesi, if the quadrants aren’t occupied, if there are karaka planets, the person will be happy

Stanza 5:

If Jupiter, Moon’s dispositor or lagna lord occupies a quadrant, the person will have happiness in the middle of life. Planets in prushtodaya, ubhayodaya and sirshodaya give results in the end, middle and beginning of the man’s life respectively

Stanza 6:

Sun and Mars give results when they enter a house, Jupiter and Venus in the middle and Saturn and Moon in the end and Mercury always

Chapter –23----Anishtadhyaya (Misfortunes)

Stanza 1:

If the 5th and 7th houses from lagna or Moon be occupied or aspected by benefics or their lords, then these bhavas will prosper; if not, they’ll suffer. If the birth is in Virgo with Sun in it, the wife will be lost. If in this conjunction Capricorn is occupied by Mars, he causes loss to children

Stanza 2:

If cruel planets are in the 4th and the 8th from Venus or if Venus is between malefics or if Venus isn’t combined or not aspected by benefics, the wife will be killed by fire, fall or ropes

Stanza 3:

If the 6th and 12th houses from lagna are occupied by Sun and Moon, the husband and wife will have one eye each. If Venus and Sun occupy the 7th, 9th or 5th, the wife will be defective

Stanza 4:

If Saturn occupies lagna, Venus in the 7th when it’s in gandantha and if the 5th is unoccupied by benefics, the person will become the husband of a barren woman. If malefics occupy the 12th, 7th and lagna with weak Moon in the 5th, the person will have no wife or son

Stanza 5:

If Venus is in 7th, which happens to be the varga of Mars or Saturn and aspected by them, the person becomes fond of other women. If Saturn and Mars join Moon in the 7th and have the aspect of Venus, the person and his wife will both become adulterous. If Venus and Moon have Mars and Saturn in 7th, the person becomes wifeless or issueless. If female and male planets have Mars and Saturn in 7th aspected by benefics, the couple would be married when old

Stanza 6:

If the 10th, 7th and 4th are occupied by Moon, Venus and malefics respectively, the person destroys his family. If Saturn in a quadrant aspects the house indicated by the Drekkana joined by Mercury, the person becomes a sculptor. If Venus occupies the 12th, joining the Navamsa of Saturn, the person becomes the son of a menial servant woman. If Sun and Moon occupy the 7th aspected by Saturn, the person does degrading acts

Stanza 7:

If Venus and Mars join the 7th aspected by malefics, there’ll be serious danger from dysentery. If Moon is in either Cancer of Scorpio Navamsa and is in conjunction with malefics, the person will have diseases in secret places. If Moon joins lagna, Sun in the 7th and two malefics in the 12th and 2nd, the person will be attacked by a serious form of leprosy. If Moon is in the 10th, Mars in 7th and Saturn in 2nd from Sun, the person will be defective in limbs

Stanza 8:

When Sun is in Capricorn and Moon between two malefics, the person gets asthma, consumption, spleen enlargement, carbuncle or abdominal tumors. If Sun and Moon mutually exchange places in rasi or amsa, the person gets pritthisis. If these two join together in any one of their houses, he may become emaciated

Stanza 9:

If Moon occupies the 5th amsa of Sagittarius or the amsas of Pisces, Capricorn or Aries, and aspected by or is in conjunction with Saturn or Mars, the person will suffer from leprosy. If Scorpio, Cancer, Taurus or Capricorn becomes one of the trikonas aspected by or in conjunction with evil planets, the person suffers from leprosy

Stanza 10:

If Sun, Moon, Mars and Saturn occupy the 8th, 6th, 2nd and 12th in any way, the person loses his sight by the elevation of that dhatu which is indicated by the most powerful of these planets

Stanza 11:

If malefics occupy the 9th, 11th, 3rd and 5th houses unaspected by benefics, the person suffers from deafness, If these planets are in the 7th house, there’ll be decomposition of the teeth

Stanza 12:

If Moon when occupying the lagna is eclipsed by Rahu, and evil planets are found in trines, the person suffers from devils. If Sun is eclipsed and occupies the lagna, the person becomes blind

Stanza 13:

If Jupiter occupies lagna and Saturn is in the 7th, the person suffers from windy diseases. If Mars is in the 7th, the person suffers from insanity. If Saturn is in lagna and Mars is found in 9th, 7th or 5th, the person suffers from insanity. If a weak Moon with Saturn is in 12th, the insanity can be predicted

Stanza 14:

If the dispositor of Moon’s Navamsa, Sun, Moon and Jupiter are in debilitation or in unfriendly amsas, they produce self‑slavery, slavery by purchase or hereditary slavery when one or two or more of the above planets occupy such positions

Stanza 15:

If the lagna is either Taurus, Aries or Sagittarius aspected by malefics, the person will have ugly teeth. If the lagna is in malevolent signs or Taurus or Sagittarius and is aspected by evil planets, the person becomes bald. If Sun is in the 5th or 9th aspected by malefics, the person will have weak eyesight. If Saturn is so situated, he suffers from many complaints. If Mars is so situated, there’ll be defective organs

Stanza 16:

If evil planets occupy 12th, 5th, 2nd or 9th, the person will be imprisoned according to the nature of that house. If lagna is in bhujaga (2nd and 3rd of Cancer, 1st and 2nd of Scorpio and last of Pisces) or nigada (1st of Capricorn) Drekkana, aspected by powerful malefics, the person will be similarly confined

Stanza 17:

If Moon with the ring or halo around him joins Saturn and is aspected by Mars, the person will be harsh, suffer from hysteria and consumption. If Sun, Saturn and Mars are in the 10th unaspected by benefics, the person will become a servant. If three or two or one of them occupy the 10th, the man becomes inferior, ordinary and superior servant respectively.

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