Guruji S. Rath: starting the lecture:
Number 1: Gāyatrī Mantra. There are so many Gāyatrī Mantras. The Ṛgveda is full of Gāyatrī mantras. Let us be clear on this part. There is Viṣṇu Gāyatrī. “tad viṣṇo...”, then there is Bṛhaspati Gāyatrī that is given to Jyotish gurus in our parampara. “vṛṣabhaṃ carṣaṇīnām…“. Then there is the Rudra Gāyatrī, there are so many Gāyatrī from Ṛgveda. Gāyatrī were also made in the recent 1000 years, by some very great authors, like “Mantra Mahodadhi has created mantras like tanno devī pracodayāt... etc…. They have been ccreated and been accepted in our temples and our puja places.
Ṛgveda is held in Puri. Śaṅkarācārya gave four responsibilities to four centres across Bhārata to keep the four Vedas.
Puri
Śṛṅgeri
Dvārakā
Jyotirmaṭha
or Joshimath in Himālayas (Uttarakhand, they are Garhwal and come in the way when you travel to Badarīnātha).
They have retained the Veda and are the final authority because they have retained the Veda in exact form, exact manner, exact sound. That is their responsibility to do it. So, no matter how much we people may argue but the final authority rests only with four Maṭhas of Śaṅkarācārya. This is dharma. These four Maṭhas established, were actually the four vital pilgrimage centres associated with Kṛṣṇa. It is a very peculiar thing that there is a connection between Kṛṣṇa and four Śaṅkarācārya Maṭhas.
Puri : Govardhana Maṭha : Ṛgveda
Yajurveda
Sāmaveda
Jyotirmaṭha : (Joshimath-Uttarakhand) : Atharvaveda
So, if a question arises pertaining to something from Atharvaveda. Atharvaveda has got all kinds of white magic and black magic and tantra, everything is there in it. Who is the final decision maker? It is the Jyotirmaṭha. If it is the question about Ṛgveda then Govardhana Maṭha of Puri, has the final say. The Ṛgveda, called Ṛk, they can be recited as given by the Ṛṣis. Because they are for the welfare of the world. Even birds and animals can hear it and recite it. The way it is given in the Ṛgveda. Like “Tat savitur vareṇyaṃ”… this Gāyatrī mantra is called the Savitṛ Gāyatrī. The Savitur means “prasava kāraṇa Devatā”, means giving birth, Janma Lagna. It is for Lagna śuddhi. Your Lagna or your head, will become pure. If your head becomes pure. Everything will become pure in you. Because this body follows the head only. There is no mantra better than savitur Gāyatrī. This is the foundation of our dharma. So, all four varnas Brāhmaṇa, Kṣatriya, Vaiśya, Śūdra, are allowed to recite it.
If you say that Śūdras are not allowed to recite the Savitur Gāyatrī, then how is he a part of dharma. He is a part of dharma, so, it’s the birth right of Śūdra to recite savitur Gāyatrī as given in the rig veda. How can dharma prohibit any creature? Forget even human beings, even a bird or animal has the right to recite it. Because, dharma cannot be prohibited or limited. So, recitation of this Savitur Gāyatrī cannot be prohibited. So, this is not a secret. Then, what is secret? The saṃpuṭa for this Gāyatrī, is the secret. Nṛsiṃha has given beautiful analogy for this. Saṃpuṭa is like a rice bowl in which the rice is put. Rice is the Savitur Gāyatrī. So, rice is same. But, bowl can be changed. These are called saṃpuṭa. They could also be just suffix. They can be prefix only. A very popular prefix told to everybody, is, Om Bhūr Bhuvaḥ Svaḥ. This is the Bṛhaspati saṃpuṭa. This is given at the time of thread ceremony. Other saṃpuṭas may also be given. This is the secret part. There are so many secrets associated with saṃpuṭa. But there is no secret associated with the rice in the bowl, i.e., the main mantra. So, its wrong top say “this is secret I cannot recite it”. Everybody can recite Tat savitur vareṇyaṃ… only the saṃpuṭa is prohibited. Any mantras is respected as if it is the idol. A mūrti is nothing but a piece of stone. That mūrti gets value when you do the prāṇana pratiṣṭhā. That is, you are giving a portion of your prāṇas to that. Then it becomes an idol. Disrespecting the mūrti is the disrespect of tradition. There is no difference between mantra and established mūrti in temple. When you do the mantra, you have to be like you are in a temple. The mantra is going to manifest and you must treat him properly and not disrespect the Devatā. That is why recitation of mantra in toilet is prohibited. Because that is not the place where you call the mantra deity.
For example, Ṛṣi Nyāsa: you must at least have an underwear while doing Ṛṣi Nyāsa. You cannot do it without clothes otherwise the Ṛṣi will come and see you in nude situation, and will give you harshest of punishment. When you read Mahābhārata, or the life of Kṛṣṇa, two Gandharvas were taking bath and the Ṛṣis were passing by. They started calling the Ṛṣis, “come and jump in water with us”. Ṛṣis saw them and they were nude and calling these Ṛṣis. Ṛṣis came and saw them naked, and cursed them to become trees. Those Gandharvas became trees. Why a tree? Because Tree are always without clothes and exposed to weather, heat, rain. You they became trees and were like that for many 100s of years. Please do not do Ṛṣi Nyāsa when taking bath.
My point is, whatever you do, do not ever disrespect the mantra Devatā. Savitur means prasava kāraṇa Devatā which means giving birth, born, Janma Lagna. Everything is forgiven at that moment of birth. Look at the moment of birth, the child born is naked. He does not have any clothes. He is not clean at that moment. The child is just born dirty. At the time of delivery, clean or dirty, good or bad, nothing is considered and the mother holds the child. That is why Savitur Gāyatrī is like basic food. Food can be eaten in any avasthā. When you are lying down and you are sick, you can have food. The prasava kāraṇa, one that is the reason of your birth, you are praying to this Devatā to come and give you guidance for living in this world. It is a mantra for life. That is why it is Tat savitur vareṇyaṃ. It can be recited by anybody. There can be no bar on that. You can recite it even without dīkṣā. There can be a bar on the saṃpuṭa. There are Bīja like hrīṃ śrīṃ klīṃ and there are other bīja which are to be given in specific scenarios or based upon vocation in life. These bīja has to be taken from the Guru. there are so many such bīja. Saṃpuṭas are very crucial.
There are other mantra like Om Namo Nārāyaṇaya. But some people sing them which is wrong because the sound of the mantra is a part of mantra Devatā. This mantra covers your eight chakras from genitals to your head. Some say Om is for the overall body and rest of the seven syllables in Namo Nārāyaṇaya covers the seven chakras from Mūlādhāra to head chakra. If I hum the sound, it is not same thing because bīja and sound are different. Mantra cannot be humed. If you give a mantra to somebody, give it. But do not hum or sing the mantra because the sound given by Ṛṣis, was different. We are trying to bring the knowledge back. So naturally there will be a lot of friction. Because, the knowledge has been broken and dispersed. Even the Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra is not available to us in its full. Jaimini Sūtras: a tiny portion is available. People have got 2 adhyāya and now some have got 4. But actually there were 5000 sūtras. We have to take this knowledge to a level that somebody else can pick it up from there. That is how the knowledge is consolidated. We cannot build the whole temple. We can at least lay the foundations so that subsequent generations can build the temple of Jyotish. The knowledge of Jyotish, will become like a temple. That is our aim. So, doing mantras. What mantras should a person do, and what is necessary for a person?
Just like eating food is extremely necessary for you, doing your Tat savitur vareṇyaṃ… is extremely necessary for you. There should be no doubt on that. How you do this mantra, chant sing, sing it, hum it, it all depends on your individual nature and your own spiritual evolution. My point is whether you eat boiled rice, or fried rice, all I am telling you is “please eat that rice”. Because that rice which we call Tat savitur vareṇyaṃ, is the favorite prasāda of Jagannātha. It is Mahāprasāda. You must do Gāyatrī mantra, 108 times in morning, 108 times in evening. If you haven’t got initiation:
- try to get initiation
- till then, do it without saṃpuṭa, Tat savitur vareṇyaṃ.
You CAN do it, please do it. It will take some time to get the perfect intonation. And, it is the Śaṅkarācārya of Puri, who knows the perfect Intonation. He is the repository of that knowledge. Please do “Tat savitur vareṇyaṃ”. That is one mantra, you must do, because that is your dharma mantra. Without dharma, everything else will fall flat in your face. All other mantras will become baseless if you do not have the dharma to sustain it.
What other mantras must I do? Or do you must have a regime for doing it?
Just as the Gāyatrī mantra is a must, there is something called the Daśā Bhukti mantra, that is must. You are in a daśā. Daśā means condition. Daśā is not just planetary periods, it is also for your own state of affairs. You have to do certain mantra based upon your daśā. If the planet is associated with 7th house, you have to do Mṛtyuñjaya Mantra. Do not ignore this advice. Now, question comes, “I am not initiated into the Mṛtyuñjaya Mantra”. Mṛtyuñjaya Mantra is from Ṛgveda and it is in anuṣṭubh chandas. Just like Tat savitur vareṇyaṃ, this mantra is “tryambakaṃ yajāmahe”. It is from 7th maṇḍala, 59th chapter, last mantra or last rik. The giver of this mantra is Brahmārshi Vasiṣṭha. This mantra is so beautiful and so powerful, that if anybody does this mantra in sāyaṃ kāla that is the time of the evening, the setting Sun, he will not be born again. This is a mukti-giving mantra. It can give Mokṣa. It is a very clear-cut mukti-giving mantra. Why? 7th is the house of rebirth, 7th is the house of setting Sun. 7th is hara bhāva. It is the house where Śiva’s blessings or curses will manifest. It is from Ṛgveda, so anybody can do it. It is given by Vasiṣṭha Ṛṣi and the knowledge of Ṛṣis is for the whole universe. Nobody has the right to claim copyright. It is a fountain-head. If you are running the daśā or antardaśā of a graha connected to 7th house, please do this mantra everyday in evening. If you do not do it, your health will get spoiled, your mental happiness will get spoiled, you will get in a wrong path, your karmas will get spoiled, and you will face apamṛtyu everyday. This is for evening sandhyā kāla.
Next question that comes up: – “I am very busy and have a lot of responsibilities, so, I cannot do all these mantras”.
In such a condition you should do Mṛtyuñjaya Mantra 108 times in morning and 108 times in the evening. Do this for 40 days. So, for that daśā, you shall be protected. You can count, it will complete 8000 mantras, that is the minimum required amount of Mṛtyuñjaya Mantra.
If you are seeing signs of ill health in your body, it is good to do this mantra in the evening.
What else you should do?
Frankly, a person who does this, does not need to do anything else. Frankly, you do not need to do anything else. If you do this everyday, what else do you need? But if you wish to do, there are so many other mantras. If you have a very strong desire for which you are born, to fulfill that desire, you have to do certain dharma mantras. If there is a connection between your Dharma Devatā and your desire, then surely you will be able to succeed in this life because of the dharma-Devatā. I always cite the example of Mahātmā Gandhi. Desire is seen from 7th house, and natural 7th house is a Vāyu Tattva rāśi. As I told you, 7th is the house of rebirth and shall hold the hidden cause for your birth. Why were you born? Because of desire. So, if we are born because of desire, then we have to see the 7th house from where? Is it from the Rāśi chart? No. Rāśi is the physicality. It is seen from Navāṃśa, because dharma is studied from Navāṃśa. So, the 7th house from the Navāṃśa Lagnaa, which is also defining your first spouse, will give us an idea on what is your strong desire. What field is it related to? And from there, will you know, what you have to do. In Mahātmā Gandhi’s Navāṃśa
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Sagittarius Rising in Navāṃśa Lagna
Jupiter Ātmakāraka in Lagna. So,Ātmakāraka is in Dhanu Navāṃśa. He belonged to a very good family.
Surya is in 7th house in Gemini.
Jupiter Ātmakāraka in Dhanu in Navāṃśa Lagna . His parents sent him to london for higher education, in those days when India was under slavery. Nowadays, many people cannot afford to send their children to London for education.
Surya in 7th house in Gemini. What do you think can be the cause of his birth as a desire manifestation. It must be related to the planet in the 7th house. Here, it is Surya. Because, the planet is the Sun, the desire must be associated with something related to Sun. Here, Sun can indicate Politics. For this, you need to confirm from Daśāṃśa.
First you have to take the planet or planets in the 7th house of Navāṃśa chart. That is step one. If there are no planets, then the desire is not very strong. If there is a planet, desire is one thing, it could also be a part of a curse. You are forced to do something whether you like it or not. I am using the word desire to indicate compulsory karmic impulse which you cannot brush away or push away. Something inside you tells you, you have to do it. You live it. Firstly there should be no planet in the 7th house, ideally. If there is a graha, that graha will push you and eclipse you, it will drag you into its field of karma. And that field of Karma, we shall see from Daśāṃśa. What field is Surya talking about? We must confirm that from Daśāṃśa. In Gandhi’s case it was political field. The freedom of India. Fortunately for Mahātmā Gandhi, see the 9th house from Kārakāṃśa. It Siṃha or Leo. And, he does not have any planet. Please make a note, there is no planet in Siṃha Navāṃśa. There are no planets in that house, so, we have to take its lord. That is the Sun. So, the Dharma Devatā, who will compel him, to do this, is Rāma. And, he will take the name of Rāma. He will take the name of Rāma and he will succeed in his life’s mission, because of Rāma. So, before you take up any huge challenge pertaining to this life, look at your own horoscope.
- whether you have such a strong desire.
- If you do not have such a desire, it is good. You will lead a very happy life if you do not have such a strong desire.
- If you have a strong desire, you cannot be happy. Happiness and Desire cannot live together. I cannot say that Mahātmā Gandhi lead a very happy life. Everyday of his, would be more and more suffering, more and more challenges, more and more values, more and more fights. But he cannot get out of it. We all say that we have freewill. But, could Mahātmā Gandhi say in 1942, “I am leaving all this and going”? No way. He cannot. There is no freewill. When it comes to this graha in 7th house, there is no freewill, he will not let you have freewill. That is his power.
So, the question comes in Mantra Śāstra: “if I have no free will what must I do, must I suffer”? There are two options:
- Take the name indicated by the Viṣṇu Avatāra of the graha and complete the karma
- Worship the Pratyadhi Devatā of the graha and get out of the karma. So, the desire will go away, you have to kill the desire inside you. The Pratyadhi devatā is the only one who has the power to remove all negatives or malevolence associated with the planet.
As an exercise, what are the Pratyadhi Devatā of planets, based on Sādhu Saṅkulī Tantra:-
- Surya : Śiva and Rudra. Ghorebhyo ’tha ghorebhyo ghora-ghora-tarebhyaḥ. By worshiping Śiva, you will stay away from politics. You will stay away from all these ego problems. When you worship Śiva, a true worshiper of Śiva will always be challenged in matters of EGO. All negativity of Surya, will go away.
- Chandra : Umā or Gaurī. All negativity of Chandra will go away, and you will get the compassion of the divine mother Gaurī. Imagine somebody having Chandra having in the 7th house from Navāṃśa Lagna, he is always running after all the women. Men are running after women. Women with Chandra in 7th of Navāṃśa, are always like this… that Jala tattva torments them. By worshiping Gaurī, you will become pure, and this problem will leave you.
- Maṅgala : Skanda / Kārttikeya. Is Āditya according to Sādhu Saṅkulī Tantra. Here we are talking of removal of negatives. There are 12 Ādityas. What is Maṅgala? Mars is the one who divides land. Zodiac is one, it is divided into 12 parts and got 12 rāśi, and each rāśi is governed by Āditya. So, by worshiping Āditya, negatives of Maṅgala, will go away. Sādhu Saṅkulī also talks about Kārttikeya as Pratyadhi Devatā for Maṅgala. Please understand what this means.
- Budha : Nārāyaṇa. Arguments and arguments! Because of which we will only end up fighting with ourselves, with everybody we know. Arguments must lead to a definite conclusion. Arguments must help us to improve. How do we ensure that? We ensure that with Om Namo Nārāyaṇāya. We keep reading and reading and reading, and still we learn nothing. Why? Because we are reading for concluding. We must read to conclude. We must read to form our views. We must read to know. Reading for the sake of reading, is what they call “light reading”. Reading should be done to digest the knowledge and that can happen only when reading becomes knowledge. That is the worship of Nārāyaṇa. There is dfference between Viṣṇu and Nārāyaṇa. Viṣṇu is Adhi Devatā, starting Devatā. You want to read? Say Om Viṣṇu Viṣṇu Viṣṇu and start reading. You want to end the reading so that it becomes the knowledge, say Om Namo Nārāyaṇāya. Sādhu Saṅkulī clearly explains this difference. The Pratyadhi Devatā removes the desire and negatives of graha. Mercury’s desire is to read more. “I have to go to this library, get another 10 books”. You finally have 100s of books all around you then you are frustrated that you do not have enough time to read all those books. Any one book will have all the knowledge that is there in all the other books, provided you read that one book thoroughly, thin over it, make your notes, and try to digest the knowledge. There is a process of digesting the knowledge. Do not spend money in buying too many books. Spend money and time in thinking and reading those books thoroughly. One Bṛhat Parāśara is enough for you provided you have ample time and to think to conclude, to study horoscopes. That is Nārāyaṇa. to remove the negativity of running after something madly. The Adhi Ddevatā creates more and more. The Pratyadhi Devatā ends it, removes the negativity.
- Jupiter .When I think of Jupiter, I think of two things, intelligence and knowledge. Jupiter is also putrakāraka, giver of children. Brahmā has ccreated everybody, he is Pitāmaha. He is the father of all. He is Prajāpati, giving birth to all creatures. Brahmā is creator. He is the repository of all the knowledge. Who knows more than him, other than Śiva? Because Śiva knows beyond death. Brahmā shall also die one day. After 100 years of his life, he shall die. So, the one who knows beyond death, is Śiva. That is why Śiva is the Parameṣṭhī Guru. You cannot have perfect knowledge in this body. Perfection of knowledge is not possible in this body. Because Śiva cannot be born in this planet. What you think as perfection of knowledge, is actually close to perfection. But, not perfection. Because in this world of Maya. You cannot have perfect Satya. Satya cannot exist where there is Maya. Sādhu Saṅkulī is advising Brahmā, but we do the worship of Bṛhaspati. He has this perfect knowledge. We do the worship of Sadāśiva, of Dakṣiṇāmūrti. Why Dakṣiṇāmūrti? Who advised us to do Dakṣiṇāmūrti worship? Atri was the one who was always telling people to go to Dakṣiṇāmūrti. He called him Medhā Dakṣiṇāmūrti, Medhā means intelligence. Supreme intelligence. Medhā dakshinamūrti mantra is very good. Or simply to do Bṛhaspati Mantra. Bṛhaspati Gāyatrī is best to get this knowledge. Indra will cause Bṛhaspati to increase more and more.
- Śukra : Indra will cause to go more and more towards Bṛhaspati. You learn to go to Bṛhaspati, by doing Indra Mantras. That means you want to have more and more children. That is not good. You want to have more and more money. Indra does that. Indra will always increase Jupiter. Sādhu Saṅkulī simultaneously teaches that the same indra who is the Adhi Devatā of Bṛhaspati, is the Pratyadhi Devatā of Śukra. So, if you are worshiping Indra, you will end up finishing Śukra and starting Jupiter. Śukra is coming under control. Hidden meaning behind it is that Jupiter can never start unless Śukra is ended. Unless you stop running after material desires, spiritual learning cannot start. Venus is teacher of material knowledge. Śacī or Lakṣmī Mā is the true teacher of material knowledge. Material knowledge is quiet important to survive and succeed in this world. Pratyadhi Devatā of Śukra is Indra.
- Śani .Sorrow. Why are we said, what causes sadness? Birth itself is the root of sorrow. You are born because of desires. Which ere unfulfilled, and you expect that you will able to fulfill them in this lifetime. By fulfilling them, you forgot that you will leave this world empty handed. Let us say, you wanted to have beautiful house. You forgot, that after you die, you cannot take this beautiful house with you. So, the desire of beautiful house is the root cause of your sorrow. Because it is rooted in untruth. The beautiful house, wife, child,…these are all untruth on which desire is rooted. So the root of desire is untruth. That is the destiny of every creature which is born. Because truth cannot be associated with this Loka actually. This mṛtyu loka. Nothing goes with you. When this realization comes when you have brahma-jñāna or the knowledge of brahman, you get over this desire.
A Brahmaṛṣi is one who has Brahma jñāna. When you have perfect brahma-jñāna, there is no question rebirth again. That is Brahmaṛṣi. That is the Brahmā talked about as the Pratyadhi Devatā of Saturn. Worship the Brahma-ṛṣis. Worship Prajāpati Brahmā to know the root cause of your birth, then you will know why you were born.
- Rāhu. The cycle of cheating, bad thoughts leading to evil karma. Rāhu is a node of the Moon. He causes bad thoughts to come to the mind, then they become evil karma. That is why Jupiter does not like Rāhu: Rāhu is putting bad thoughts in the mind. Rāhu has, in fact, more dṛṣṭi than Jupiter. Rāhu and Jupiter have the same dṛṣṭi: 5th, 7th, and 9th, which are full dṛṣṭi. Rāhu also has dṛṣṭi on the 2nd house, which is actually 12th in the reverse. Jupiter does not have that.
How does one get over this Rāhu? In the Ṛgveda there is a beautiful ṛk: śucim arkair bṛhaspatim adhvareṣu namasyata anāmyoja ācake. So, by Bṛhaspati worship, we ensure that the bad thoughts does not come to our head. So, Bṛhaspati prevents you from doing evil karma. Our karma are written by Citra Gupta. Bṛhaspati will prevent us from doing evil karma. Evil thoughts come to everybody and doubts are always there in all our heads. My question is, why are we not doing the Bṛhaspati Gāyatrī, or some such prayer for Bṛhaspati by which these evil thoughts are vanished. How does it matter? It does not matter. Remove and vanish Rāhu. That is why Durgā is Pratyadhi Devatā of Rāhu. When you worship Durgā, you will actually be saving your mind from a lot of torment. These evil thoughts, and doubts. There is no limit to doubt. Without Durgā, mind can be full of doubt. Worship of Durgā has to be according to position of Rāhu in your chart.
- Ketu : Gaṇeśa. Ketu is mistake. Gaṇeśa is perfection. No mistakes. Gaṇeśa is not the Adhi Devatā of Ketu. Gaṇeśa is Pratyadhi Devatā of Ketu. Sādhu Saṅkulī says Brahmā as the Pratyadhi Devatā of Ketu. But the Brahmā mentioned is Gaṇeśa actually. Gaṇeśa is also Aja. Gaṇeśa is worshiped first so that he will take care of all your mistakes. He will ensure that you will become perfect. Gaṇeśa removes the negatives of Ketu. So long, as you are worshiping Gaṇeśa, the negative of Ketu is completely under check and you become perfect.
Look at your horoscope, and see the Ārūḍhas associated with Ketu, you will definitely make mistakes in those areas. You cannot see it because Ketu is headless and your head will not function over there. You try this dictum. It will never fail.
Student: I have it in D10
Guruji: That is your work. Rājya Pada. You will make maximum mistakes. You will assume things about people and work. You have strong biases, likes and dislikes regarding the work area. For me, it is my Ārūḍha Lagna. Ārūḍha Lagna has Ketu. That means my name, reputation, and all matters of health: I will make multiple mistakes. How do I get over it? Through Gaṇeśa. Make all Ārūḍhas and find out the Ārūḍhas linked with Ketu.
Guruji asking another student: do you any Ārūḍha with Ketu?
Student: No.
Guruji: Is there any Ārūḍha in Vṛścika?
Student: Ārūḍha Lagnaa is in Vṛścika.
Guruji: same as me. Name, Fame reputation, public image, what public is thinking about you, you tend to ignore that. Or you will not know what you are doing. All matters of Lagna, i.e., health, name, fame; you will be oblivious about these matters. That, how famous you have become, what is your name, what is your reputation, how is your health, what food you must eat and at what time; you will be very wrong in your ideas about these issues. You will try your own medicine. It will be. Even if something small happens, you will try to pop-up medicines. I do that myself. For me, it is up the extent that, yesterday i saw her taking some medicine, I said to her : “Why are you taking my medicine”. This is my level of ignorance of my own medicines. I don’t even know the names. Somebody was asking me: “Do you take cholesterol medicine?” I said: “No, no, I don’t take it”. I found out later actually I am taking “cholesterol tablets”. The point is, we tend to ignore and that is why we are making mistakes. By doing Gaṇeśa Mantra, you will not make those mistakes.
Student: My A8 is in Vṛścika.
Guruji: Vṛścika is A8? Its called Mṛtyu Pada. 8th house has to do with many things. Occult, debts, risk, gambling, share market.
Wherever Ketu is linked, you will think you are boss in that, you will think you are an expert in that. You will actually start believing: “I am the expert, I know, these fellows don’t know anything”. That is where you will make mistake. That is where you will fall. Do not become over confident. Time to do pranam to Gaṇeśa. Sincerely, do pranam to Gaṇeśa because you will get hit very badly and then you will be under serious shock.
Another student: I have Ketu linked with A4 and A5.
Guruji: A4 has to do with home, mother, happiness, learning, properties.
Student: But Ketu is gṛha kāraka in A4.
Guruji: But Kāraka-Bhāva-Nāśa works perfect in case of Ārūḍhas. Kārakas associated with the Ārūḍha are bad. If Ketu is in A4, it will be bad for property. If Moon is in A4, it is bad for mother.
Student: Moon is also there
Guruji: That means that your mother doesn’t love you enough. Is it true?
Student: No
Guruji: So, Ketu dominates the situation, is it?
Student: (…)
Guruji: Siṃhikā actually gave birth to Rāhu. Siṃhikā gave birth to Rāhu. So, Siṃhikā is Ādhi of Rāhu. So, basically for Rāhu its reversed. That is why we are putting Siṃha over there, and Durgā over here. Siṃhikā and Durgā are same. For Rāhu its reversed because Rāhu starts with end of the sign. Rāhu tends to go in opposite direction to other planets. That is why Siṃhikā and Durgā are interchanged for Rāhu. Similarly, for Ketu you know what I have said.
Student: (…)
Guruji: But, for Rāhu, we are reversing it. Have you observed?
Student: So, Durgā Mā will take Rāhu under her control.
Guruji: Totally, you must worship Durgā every evening without fail. Otherwise you could be severe stress and you may not realize that. You have to do both Durgā and Gaṇeśa. In morning, you have to do Gaṇeśa, and evening, you have to do Durgā. Keep this formula in Mind, there is something called balance in nature. Remember, you always have to balance. If you are sincerely going to worship Durgā Mā in night, then you have to sincerely have to worship Gaṇeśa in morning. Always balance. Worshiping Durgā without worshiping Gaṇeśa, is useless, you will not get any results. She will not care about you if you do not approach her through her son Gaṇeśa. When you worship Gaṇeśa and be one with him, she will never leave your side. When worship Durgā Mā, its necessary to worship her whole family. First you have to wroship Gaṇeśa, then Śiva and then Durgā Mā. That is the order. That is the reason why Pañca-Devatā has been advised. I am coming to that gradually. Ultimately you will have to do Panca Devatā every day. There is no escape. You start with Gaṇeśa. Then for Sūrya, you have to do Gāyatrī Mantra. For Viṣṇu, you can do Viṣṇu Gāyatrī or if you are initiated you can do the Hare Kṛṣṇa Mahāmantra. It is called the Kālī Santāraṇa Mantra. Then, you have to worship Śiva or Durgā Mā, you can choose between these two, which one first which one second. Pañca-Devatā are very necessary. That much on Mantra Śāstra. Any Questions?
Student: (…)
Guruji: The three threads that we wear, that is Om. Om has three sounds A U M, each thread is composed of three strands, these are A U M. Total three threads are given, so, total nine strands. Some are six, some are nine. Three are taken at time of Brahmācarya. And then three are taken at time of Vivāha. Final three are taken at time of Vānaprastha. I other traditions, six plus three.
Om can be done by anybody. It is a name of God. What stops you from doing it? My question is how must you do Om. Must you recite it or must you breathe it inside? There is a difference. Maharṣi Mahesh Yogi has beautifully once said: “Do not run after Om”.
Student: (…)
Guruji: That depends upon the mantras, and you must recite it loudly. Start all mantras by reciting them loudly and hear the mantras. Get to know them, get the feel, understand it. Then it gets inside slowly and steadily. Do not try to become a sadhu in Himālaya. Start reciting it, after sometime, it will go inside naturally. Wait for that natural stage. Must have patience for the mantra to go inside. Do not do it forcibly. Let it happen naturally. You start spekaing it.
Student: (…)
Guruji: It depends upon the mantra. Om Namo Nārāyaṇāya. That is aṣṭākṣarī, or, 8-syllable. Om Na Mo Naa Raa Ya Naa Ya : these are 8 syllables. So, Om has to be recited. The mantra shastra tells us what has to be recited and what does not have to be recited. If you say Om Namaḥ Śivāya, it is ṣaḍakṣarī, Om has to be recited. Namaḥ Śivāya is pañcākṣarī, so, Om is not here. tryambakaṃ yajāmahe has to be recited but om has not to be recited because it is in anuṣṭubh chandas. If you have to recite Om with tryambakaṃ yajāmahe… then you learn to give a break between Om & tryambakaṃ yajāmahe.
Student: (…)
Guruji: If you are not giving the break, you are going to change the mantra, don’t change the mantra. My advice is that do not recite this mantra with Om. If you are not giving the pause after Om, you are completely changing the mantra. If you are using saṃpuṭa of Om in Tat savitur vareṇyaṃ…mantra, give pause other it will become 26 syllable. Swami Vivekananda gave this advice so that your life always stays in spiritual direction, he advised to do saṃpuṭa and saṃpuṭa should be given with pause between Om and mantra. Initially if you are starting and not have done it earlier. Then my advice is very simple, breathe in very deeply and when you breathe in, say Om in your mind and then recite the savitur Gāyatrī Tat savitur vareṇyaṃ. Since you are not initiated into Om, it is not advisable not to add it to your mantra.
Or alternatively, keep a picture of Swami Vivekananda, fold your hands before him and ask for initiation, he will give you initiation. He has a very big heart. Om has to be initiated. There are three Ṛṣis. Ṛṣi-Nyāsa has to be done for Om. Tell me who are the Ṛṣis. You do not know the Ṛṣi for Om and you talking about adding Om to your mantras and want to use saṃpuṭa of Om.
Student: Atri, Bharadvāja, and Gautama Ṛṣi are the three Ṛṣi of Om
Guruji: You have to be initiated, you don’t know. You don’t the bīja, Ṛṣi of the bīja, how to do Ṛṣi Nyāsa. All I am saying, is that, please start. Please start doing the mantra. You have to do the mantra, as it is given in the RigVeda. That is the beginning. Do not add any saṃpuṭa in those. Atleast do this for a year.
(to a student) You must be doing Gāyatrī since many years.
Student: since many days.
Guruji: How do you do it. Do you add Om Bhūr Bhuvaḥ Svaḥ to it? Have you got initiation for it? see, this Om Bhūr Bhuvaḥ Svaḥ is called Bṛhaspati saṃpuṭa, you cannot do it without initiation.
Student: (…)
Guruji: Its for Bṛhaspati. Turmeric is used and is applied on thread, when Om initiation is given. This is called Bṛhaspati saṃpuṭa, and in the end you have to add Bhūr Bhuvaḥ Svar Om. Then the saṃpuṭa is complete. Without initiation, don’t do all this.
Student: (…)
Guruji: This is Kali Yuga. That’s why all this. People are doing whatever they want without initiation. That is why I have stopped fighting with people. I talk with only my students. I am tired. In schools, they are doing Om Bhūr Bhuvaḥ Svaḥ. But, why not. The teacher is initiating the students. The teacher maybe initiated. Teacher is allowed to initiate the student. Who else if not the teacher will initiate the students? This is very important. Infact, that initiation, is the best initiation. If the teacher is initiating the students in school. That’s good. I do not have a problem with that.
Student: If teacher is not initiated, then?
Guruji: Then how can he initiate the students. If I do not have money, how can I give you 1 million dollars. If I do not have something, how can I give that to you. I have also made it very clear as to, who can do that saṃpuṭa. If you wish to do the “Om” saṃpuṭa, you can do. But my advice is :do not recite it if you have not got initiation of Om. Myself, I am telling you, even Maharṣi Mahesh Yogi who belonged to the Jyotirmaṭha tradition, will not advice you to do Om unless you are initiated. You need an initiation for reciting Om.
Student: (…)
Guruji: I am not saying that what they are doing at arya samaj, is wrong. If you have got it from Ārya Samāj, that means you have got initiated. Why did you say that you are not initiated?
Student: (…)
Guruji: That is initiation. Ārya Samāj is a very right place. Ārya Samāj and Gāyatrī Parivar are doing a very good job when it comes to initiation. You do not worry at all. Initiation can be done individually. Initiation can also be done in a group. There are different types of Initiation. If the teacher is saying a mantra over the mike, and 1000 children are there, they are all hearing that mantra in the right ear. So, all of them got initiated. But the power by which it was transmitted, the Icchā-śakti, of Guru, divide it by 1000. Just see the Kālacakra initiation which is being done by Dalai Lama. 10,000 people are over there. So, it is Icchā-śakti of the Guru Dalai Lama divided by 10,000. When my Gurudev gave it to me, it was directly into my right ear. Why right ear? Because right ear is the place of Guru Upadeśa 3rd house. Ākāśa Tattva has to do with hearing. So, that’s Guru divided by 1, I was the 1 person. He refused to give it to my brother. Gurudev refused to give it to my elder brother. He said: “No, somebody else will give it to him”. Why? Because he did not want to do Icchā-śakti divided by 2. He said: “I will not give it to the elder one, not today”. Icchā-śakti of the Guru is very crucial.
So, is it clear? You will breathe in and say Om then say the rest of the Savitur mantra of Ṛgveda. I am telling you, within a year, you will get initiation of Om. You do it and you see. You will automatically get initiation of Om and it will be good for you. But, my advice is still do Tat savitur vareṇyaṃ… do what is given in the Ṛgveda. There are so many types of Initiation. I think Sarbani gave a very good paper on that. I have not seen a better paper on Initiation. Any more question on this issue?
Its impossible to attain perfection in mantras in this life. all those people who claim it, can forget it. If you are perfect in Mṛtyuñjaya Mantra, then you should be able to bring back a person who has just died 15 minutes ago, back from the dead. If you can do that, then I can accept you are perfect in Mṛtyuñjaya Mantra. A person who has perfection in Savitur Gāyatrī, should have the ability to create anything, like Viśvāmitra who created the three worlds. Each person who say “I am perfect”, it is actually your ego which is trying to stop you from actually going towards perfection. The day you will attain perfection in that, you will be born to be the Śaṅkarācārya of Puri Math. You are not perfect, is why you are hanging around here. If there is any authority, who we can accept as being perfect, is the Śaṅkarācārya. I will not accept any other authority, I don’t care what they are.
Student: (…)
Guruji: How can you say he is not dying before his time. Our duty is to save every creature till the last moment of death which anyway is going to happen one day. But our responsibility is to save every creature till the last. And, we are also ought to reduce suffering, so that the person has good karmas. If a person and dies straight away, there is no opportunity to do good karma. Little children are not burnt, they are buried. Why? Please think. So, this Mantra Śāstra is clear? Good. Now we will go into a little bit of Jyotish.
Today I will talk about Uḍu Daśās and choosing Viṃśottarī daśā and Uḍu Daśā in a chart. The most important maṇḍala, is the Nakṣatra maṇḍala. Entire Jyotish is based upon the Nakṣatra maṇḍala. Rāśi chakra is derived from Nakṣatra maṇḍala, it is not vice versa. Nakṣatra are not visible in the day. They are visible in Moon light. Moon is lord of night. Sun is lord of the day. That is the reason why Moon is the lord of Nakṣatra. You must know why. Not the lord, Moon is overlord of Nakṣatras. That is why Moon is called niśākara, the creator of night. This night has been extolled by Parāśara in the Ṛgveda very much. There is a Ṛk in which he gives this connection very clearly. Then he goes on to tell us, that this Moon goes around the zodiac in approximately 27.25 days. We are rounding this off to 27, to get 27 Nakṣatra maṇḍala. Maṇḍala means portions. These Nakṣatra maṇḍala are defined in two ways.
- time taken by Moon to travel in one day. rounded off, 1 day for a Nakṣatra. But, a small correction has to be added, that is called Abhijit correction. That is how we have 28 Nakṣatra.
- divide it equally. If we do equal division, each Nakṣatra is 13deg20minutes. But that is not the truth. There is a difference between the size of the Nakṣatras in truth and the size in fixed divisions.
So, there are two Nakṣatra mandalis. One is the old maṇḍala of the Ṛṣis. That is, you take the zodiac and you divide it into 27 equal parts of 13-20 each. That is one Nakṣatra. The second Nakṣatra maṇḍala is the Viśvāmitra Mandali where each Nakṣatra is defined by the motion of the Moon in one day from zero degree of Aries. Let us say the Moon touched zero degree of aries, today at 10am. So, tomorrow 10am wherever the Moon is, is the 1st Nakṣatra maṇḍala. Like wise go on. So, it need not be 13 degrees 20 minutes because the Moon travels fast in certain maṇḍalas and slower in certain maṇḍalas. Jātaka Pārijāta also mentions this calculations. This calculation is very crucial.
Student: (…)
Guruji: Yes because we talk of the size of a rāśi, or size of a nakṣatra, there are two ways to define it. Size based upon space, angular space. Size based upon time taken to cross. For rāśi, we are taking the time taken by Lagna to cross. For rāśi, we are not using Chandra. For nakṣatra definition, we are using chandra. The question is: should we calculate Viṃśottarī and other daśā only upon the basis of fixed nakṣatra maṇḍala of 13-20? Or can daśās be calculated on the basis of real nakṣatra maṇḍala created by Moon? But we do not have the technology as yet. The real thing is what is created by Moon. If you observe the old horoscope, they always give at what time did Moon entered the nakṣatra, nakṣatra-ārambha. Always. You pick up any horoscope from independence time. Astrologers had to mention when the nakṣatra started. He has to mention when the tithi started. Why? do you use this information? Why do you need to mention when it started? You can also says “so much percentage was left and you can calculate the Viṃśottarī. Where are you using the starting of the Nakṣatra? you see? You don’t know. A whole knowledge has been lost because unless you are from the tradition, you will not know. Book do not talk about it. You do not know what it is. Look at pañcāṅga, till about 5 years back, nobody in India was using the pañcāṅga for studying horoscopes. Did you know that?
Take any book of K. N. Rao or B. V. Rāman or any astrologer, nobody use pañcāṅga. But our Puri, we are still having it in the tradition, and we are still continuing with it. And now everybody in the world, is using it, because one of my student Visti sincerely recorded what I taught him, and published the books. Now everybody in the world knows. Everybody will use it now. Atleast now, a book is available where the oral tradition has been recorded. Till now, nobody knew what to do with the panchang. They say this tradition that tradition, they don’t know anything. Pañcāṅga is for pañca tattva, as you know. So, now, the tithi for example.
Tithi started at so and so time and so much of the tithi was left at the moment of the birth. Why is this information necessary on the first page of the horoscope? How will you use this information? You do not do anything with it, because you don’t have the knowledge about it. You can ask K. N. Rao and other astrologers about it and ask them what would they with this information? They don’t know what would they do with this information. Whereas for somebody like me, that is a vital information. Extremely Vital. Because in one minute, I will know so many things. For example, do any of you know how much of the tithi has elapsed?
Student: 7.98%
Guruji: If we take 100 degree into 12 parts, how much is one part.
Student: 8.33
Guruji: 8.33? Correct. Where is Ketu in your horoscope?
Student: 9th house
Guruji: Navāṃśa?
Student: 9th house.
Guruji: superb. See how I caught it? Quickly I knew that your Ketu was very strong. So, 8.33%. And 7.98% was left. So, its in last 8.33%. Now yu make a table in your book
1 – 8.33 – 91.66
2 – 16.66 – 83.33
3 – 25 -75
4 – 33.33 – 66.66
5 – 41.66 – 58.33
6 – 50 – 50
7 – 58.33 – 41.66
8 – 66.66 – 33.33
9 – 75 – 25
10 – 83.33 – 16.66
11 – 91.66 – 8.33
12 – 100 – 0
you take the balance of tithi in your chart panchange and see in which column does it fall. Yours is 7.98%, you go to column III and see where does it come. It comes in the last one, in the row 12. Do you get it or you don’t get it still?
Another student: No, I still don’t get it
Guruji: Where is Ketu in your horoscope?
Student: Rāśi?
Guruji: In Navāṃśa
Student: 5th house
Guruji: 5th house? No. Not possible. If Ketu is in 5th house, then you should be able to get it because it is simple maths. Each of the column is a “less than column”. So you have 7.98% tithi left, and the last row is 8.33, so, 7.98 is less than 8.33. So, you fit into the 12th. This is pisces or Mīna rāśi. Mīna rāśi is the rāśi of your conception. This Rāśi has to do with the cause of the moment of your conception. Its a very crucial rāśi in your chart. Tithi! What is tithi? Your Janma tithi, means that by which your father Sun and Mother Moon came together or had yoga or had union relationship sambandha, for your birth. What rāśi was prevailing their Mind when you were to be born? It was Mīna rāśi in this case, which was prevailing when you were to be born. Now Look at Mīna Rāśi in your horoscope and that is the most crucial rāśi for you.
Another student: Mine is 20.22% left
Guruji: Speak the whole sentence. 20.22% tithi is left.So, it is less than 25, and falls under makar sign, which is the most crucial sign, and was prevailing in the mind or union that caused your creation. It is the Śiva-liṅga.
Student: (…)
Guruji: Study that house. Which house is that in your horoscope?
Student: 3rd
Guruji: It is your 3rd houseWhat is 3rd house? Which part of your body? 3rd house has to do with writing, ears. You are very good artist because of that. You are very skilled person.
Another student: Mine is in pisces
Guruji: Yours is in Pisces? Pisces is which house in your horoscope?
student: 12th house
Guruji: 12th house? Now each of these things I want you to talk about something related to Śukra or Chandra only. Because we are talking of tithi. I want to know about that which you desire. Or a hobby. Or something which you like very much associated with this house. Do you like to sleep very much? Tell me the truth
Student: yes
Guruji: Yes. Because this rāśi is your 12th house. Whatever that house is, you will like that very much. You may like to meditate if this sign is in 12th house. If you learn to meditate, it will be fantastic for you. Whatever Ārūḍha are there, and whatever you like, this is what you will like. This is tithi. Tithi is something which you will like. That is Śukra, tithi.
(to another student) what’s yours?
Student: Pisces
Mine is also Pisces. We are three pisces group. You will naturally like the people. You forget horoscope and other calculations. You will not be able to explain why you like some person for whom this calculation of tithi is falling in same sign. You will like that person. It is what you like, what you love, what caused your creation. I have been talking of desire, now I have been talking of Venus and tithi. I am trying to connect desire to tithi through Venus. So, your desire has to do with this rāśi. Its such a simple thing and it works wonders. If you know a person’s horoscope and you have done this calculation and you want to make friendship with that person, start talking about this topic. The person’s mind unconsciously will be in this rāśi. For example,Pisces is crucial for you (to particular student). So what do you do about planets which are in Pisces?
Student: (…)
Guruji: So, you like to read a lot? writing reading and commuinication are very crucial for you?
Student: Yes
Another Student: no planet
Guruji: read it from which house is it. My Jupiter is sitting in this sign.
Another student: Mine is 86% left
Guruji: That means you are coming in Taurus. Now, check which planet are in Taurus and which house is it? Taurus becomes most important sign for you. Note down what is that house, what planets are there, they are very crucial for you. That is the definition of what you will like. Your definition of what you like comes from there. You will like it because that is what created you. That is how your soul got attracted and came into the womb at that moment. Your ātma came into a small ovum. Right? you were in that little egg at that point of time. And there must be something which attracted you to come. That is Śukra. It is called the Śukra connection and comes from the tithi. It is Taurus in your case. It is that which binds you to your body. It is the spirit of life. Its a very powerful rāśi.
Now we will know how to use it. Now you take your Janmaa tithi where you were born in. Now find the graha lord. I will tell you simple formula. Take graha in weekday order.
Sun
Moon
Mars
Mercury
Jupiter
Venus
Saturn
Rāhu
We are leaving out Ketu. Mokṣa kāraka Ketu has no business in tithis. Tithi is all about desire. Ketu is zero desire. We leave him out from this. Now after the planet you write 1 to 8
Sun – 1, 9
Moon – 2, 10
Mars – 3, 11
Mercury -4, 12
jupiter -5, 13
Venus – 6, 14
Saturn -7, 15 (Pūrṇimā)
Rāhu – 8, 16 (Amāvasyā)
We repeat the whole thing for the dark fortnight and give Amāvasyā to Rāhu. Its very simple. Take the tithi in which you were born and find out who is the lord of the tithi based upon this. Let us say, you (a particular student) were born on Pūrṇimā full Moon and it is ruled by Saturn. Now find the balance of tithi. What was it in your case?
Student: 7.98%
Guruji: 7.98% is approximately 8%. Now, I tell you about Sati daśās.
Sun daśā is 6 years
Moon daśā is 15 years
Mars daśā is 8 years
Mercury is 17 years
Jupiter is 19 years
Venus is 21 years
Saturn is only 10 years
Rāhu is 12 years
Now the total is 108.
Student: 98
Guruji: Who got 98? Where is Ketu in your Navāṃśa? 108 is called Aṣṭottarī. The so auspicious 108 number. You were born when 8% of Pūrṇimā was left. How much is Saturn daśā?
Student: 10 years
Guruji: So if 8% tithi was left, you should calculate how much of Saturn was left. do it: 10×12 = 120. Multiply 120 by 0.08 because that much tithi was left. 9.6. So, 9.6 months is the balance. That is 9 months 24 days.
Student: can you describe is step wise?
Guruji: Okay
step 1: what is the balance of tithi
step 2: which tithi are you born in
step 3: find out who is the lord of this tithi
step 4: find out how much is the daśā period of this graha. It is called tithi Aṣṭottarī daśā.
step 5: find out what is the balance of daśā left. multiply daśā period by 12 months. the result should be multiplied by percentage of tithi left. So, in this case it will be 10×12=120. 120×0.08=9.6. So, 9.6. That is 9 months. 0.6 is 24 days.
student: no, it is 18 days
Guruji: Yes, 0.6 month is 18 days. 0.6×30=18days. Try to do the maths mentally. So, if were toi round it off in years and roughly know your life, then 1st year was Saturn. Then which planet comes? What is the order of the planets?
Student: Rāhu
Guruji: How? What is the order of the daśā?
Take a fresh page. Try to understand it. Daśā is in a chakra, its a cycle. Write sunday monday tuesday in the order they are.
Sunday>Monday>Tuesday
These three will never change. Then leave a small gap after tuesday. Remaining weekdays are wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday. Now, betwen tuesday and wednesday, I put the first node Rāhu.
Sunday>Monday>Tuesday>Rāhu>Wednesday
We have out Rāhu between Tuesday and Wednesday. Three are very crucial trīṇi padā vicakrame… sunday monday tuesday… I took three steps. After three steps I have to change. In any chakra in Jyotish, first three steps are crucial. Always keep the 3 steps in mind. Sunday >Monday> Tuesday. After that I am putting a node. Node means I am changing. So, Rāhu is after Tuesday and before Wednesday. The change is the reversal of wednesday and thursday, put wednesday in place of thursday; and put Thursday in place of Wednesday.
Sunday>Monday>Tuesday>Rāhu>Thursday>Wednesday
Then you should also reverse friday and saturday, put friday in place of saturday and put Saturday in place of Friday.
Sunday> Monday> Tuesday> Rāhu> Thursday> Wednesday> Saturday>Friday
So, we have done two reversals. Now comes what I call the Ketu reversal. We have four after Rāhu:
Thursday>Wednesday>Saturday>Friday
Now you take the second one of group A, i.e., Jupiter-Mercury group, and you take the first one of group B, i.e., Saturn-Venus group; and then you interchange them because we have to link these groups, because these two groups have broken. They have been separated after the reversal. We have to again reverse it to bring it in order.
Group A
Thursday>Wednesday
Group B
Saturday> Friday
Interchange and linking both groups:
Thursday> Saturday> Wednesday> Friday
Now where do we put Ketu? It has to be three steps because of trīṇi padā vicakrame. So, we take three, i.e., Thursday, Saturday, and Wednesday, and put Ketu after Wednesday.
Thursday> Saturday>Wednesday>Ketu>Friday
Writing all these together:
Sunday> Monday>Tuesday>Rāhu>Thursday>Saturday>Wednesday>Ketu>Friday
This is the order. Writing in Graha names:
Sūrya>Candra>Maṅgala>Rāhu>Guru>Śani>Budha>Ketu>Śukra
You see the derivation, if you know the derivation in mind, you will not forget. This is the Viṃśottarī daśā sequence.
Now we have to do Aṣṭottarī daśā. In Aṣṭottarī we are going to remove this Ketu’s key. So, what happens?
Student: (…)
Guruji: We will put the node after three steps. We cannot put the node at any point of time. Sara! So, after getting the order then we put Ketu. After that there was no reversal. three grah then Rāhu; then three grah; then Ketu; then one grah Śukra. That is the order of Viṃśottarī.
Now we have to get Aṣṭottarī order. first three steps are same
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Tell me after this.
Student: (…)
Guruji: after that Rāhu daśā, then?
Sunday>Monday>Tuesday>Rāhu
Now, you have the got the Viṃśottarī sequence, you Rāhu and Ketu and turn upside down. Take the planets between Rāhu and Ketu and turn it upside down.
These three steps between Rāhu and Ketu in Viṃśottarī are:-
Rāhu>Thursday>Saturday>Wednesday>Ketu
then we turn it upside down:
Ketu>Wednesday>Saturday>Thursday> Rāhu
Combine first three with these four and keep Śukra as same. Combining all:
Sunday> Monday>Tuesday>Ketu>Wednesday>Saturday>Thursday>Rāhu>Friday
Now kick out Ketu, because Ketu has no place in Aṣṭottarī. Now cut Ketu out and rewrite the whole order without Ketu
Sunday> Monda>Tuesday>Wednesday>Saturday>Thursday>Rāhu>Friday
Try to write down every step like we have discussed, if you don’t write it down you will never understand it. Aṣṭottarī is translated as the number 108.
So, now write in graha form
Sun>Moon>Mars>Mercury>Saturn>Jupiter>Rāhu>Venus
So, which daśā is coming after Saturn?
Student: Jupiter daśā
Guruji: After Saturn daśā, it will be jupiter daśā. So, jupiter daśā is of 19 years. So, till 20 years of age you had Jupiter daśā. After Jupiter, the daśā is of Rāhu. Rāhu daśā is for 12 years. So, 20 to 32, you had Rāhu Daśā. How old are you now?
Student: 45 next year
Guruji: Okay. So, now you can use the daśā sequence. Which year were you married, what was the age?
Student: 30
Guruji: 30 exactly. So, you married in Rāhu. How did Rāhu give you marriage, you have to study it. What role did Rāhu play? Where is Rāhu in your chart?
Student: Rāhu is in 5th house with Maṅgala.
Guruji: So, Rāhu is with Maṅgala in 5th, Maṅgala is Lagnaaesh, and Rāhu has given you auspicious result. You can also calculate the antardaśā and see which antardaśā gave you marriage. JHora software has got this daśā antardaśā. Rāhu ended in 32. So, after 32, your spiritual learning would have been well and lots of spiritual learning.
It is very important to know this crucial daśā. It tells us how you relate to this whole world. Because it talks about sambandha, it tells us how you fulfil your responsibilities to this world. It talks about mother, father, brother, sister, and all relations. It tells us how you are fulfilling your role in these relationships. The best horoscope that I always use to learn Jyotish is the horoscope of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Please learn this daśā only from the horoscope of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. In JHora Software, you can open Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s horoscope and do the daśā calculation; it is available in JHora, and you can study that horoscope. It is a beautiful case.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa was born in a Rāhu Daśā. Rāhu is in 3rd house, conjoining debilitated Maṅgala, and it is conjoining Śukra. Śukra is Lagna lord. Rāhu is threatening the Lagna lord. So, there was danger to his life when he was born. There was terrible danger. Śukra saved him because of Parivartana Yoga. Śukra and Candra are in Parivartana Yoga; Candra is exalted. And then for the remaining part of Rāhu Daśā, he did nothing but killed all the demons and Asuras. He killed all Rākṣasas as “Baby Kṛṣṇa”. Baby Kṛṣṇa was smashing the demons. Because of Rāhu’s daśā, he was attacked by demons throughout. So, you should also check if there was danger to your health or life because Rāhu is in 5th house with your Lagneśa. Rāhu is Bādhakeśa and there has been danger to your health.
I am telling you, you can use whatever daśā you want, but do not ignore this daśā. In the horoscope of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, no matter what daśā you may try, this daśā will explain all his Karma Yoga beautifully. Because ultimately, what is karma? Karma is what you are doing to the other people in this world. Good karma is when they become happy. Bad karma is when they become sad. So, karma is good and bad based upon sambandha, as far as individuals are concerned. There are four legs of dharma, so this daśā is good for the 2nd and 3rd leg of dharma. That is your dharma towards Deśa and your dharma towards your Kuṭumba. Tithi Aṣṭottarī Daśā.
For this daśā, you don’t have to do any major calculation. You just have to do some mental calculations. It will give you a rough idea of what is happening. What he is going to do. What he is not going to do. It will also tell you “what he can do and what he cannot do”.
Viṃśottarī and Aṣṭottarī are totally different. Viṃśottarī is Jupiter-based. It is the energy of the Nakṣatras. It is the longevity. It is Jupiter.
This daśā is totally Śukra; this is left-handed. I told you, this is tithi; tithi means Śukra is its lord. Śukra means love, compassion, relationships. Who you are fighting and who you are trying to save, who you are helping, all this depends upon sambandhas. It is Śukra-based. But this is a very crucial daśā because ultimately what you define as small joys and small sorrows in life, all this is based upon this daśā. As soon as his Rāhu Daśā was ending, Kṛṣṇa killed Kaṃsa and released his parents. During the entire Rāhu Daśā, his parents were in jail. Very interesting chart. You will see how beautifully it works.
