โหราศาสตร์พระเวท(ภารตะ)

Chapter 7

RAJA YOGAS

1. The native becomes a widely renowned king if at birth he has three or more planets in their signs of exaltation or in their own signs posited in a kendra. Even one born in an ordinary family becomes a ruler of the earth possessing bands of elephants and horses, if five or more planets be posited in a kendra in their signs of exaltation or in their own sign*.

2. A person born in a royal family becomes a king if he is not born under any Duryoga nor any planets at the time of his birth are eclipsed by the Sun's rays. A person born in a royal family becomes a king if in his nativity three or more planets posited in a kendra are in their signs of exaltation or in their own signs but if such a yoga exists in the nativity of a person born in an ordinary family, he becomes influended and prosperous like a king. He can also become a king.

3. Even a single planet, even if he be in debilitation, is capable of making a person equal to a king, if not being posited in Dusthana (6th. 8th or 12th) or combust and be possessed of brilliant rays and be in retrograte motion. If three or more planets be so disposed, the native becomes a king. If there are many planets posited in auspicious houses and Navamsas. the native will become a king endowed with the inslgnias of royalty such as crown, umbrella and waving chowries.

4. The native belonging to royal family becomes victorious every where if at his birth two or more planets are endowed with Digbala.

Notes — The Sun and Mars have full Dlgbala in the Bhava madhya of the 10th house. The Moon and Venus have full Digbala in the Bhava Madhya of the 4th house. Mercury and Jupiter have full Digbala in the Bhava madhya of the first house. Saturn has full Dlgbala in the Bhava madhya of the first house. Saturn has lull Digbala in the Bhava madhya of the 7th house.

Should there be five such planets (excepting Saturn) or at least 4 planets possessing Digbala, even the person born in an ordinary family, becomes a king.

5. When the Lagna and the Moon both be In Vargottama Navamsas and when the Lagna be aspected by four planets other than the Moon, the person belonging even to a low family becomes a king.

6. Should at birth the lord of the Langa being Vargottama be posited in a kendra or Trikona and the lord being Vargottama be posited in a kendra or the 9th in his own sign or his sign of exaltation, the native will become a king who will occupy a beatiful golden vehicle on the back of an elephant, with chowries adorning the two sides.

7. When at birth the Moon is brilliant with white luster and is aspected by planet disposed in his own sign or his sign of exaltation, even the person whose legitimacy is questionable, will become a king.

When the full Moon is placed in Kendra other than the Lagna the native will become a king owning elephants and horses.

8. When at birth Venus being placed in Aswini Nakshatra occupies the Lagna and is aspected by three planets, the person concerned becomes a powerful king capable of overcoming his enemies.

When the lord of Lagna is powerful and occupies the 2nd house with Venus in a sign which is not his sign of depression nor an enemy's sign, the person concerned will become a king.

9. Should Mars be in Aries or Sagittarius identical with the lagna and be aspected by a friendly planet, the person concerned becomes a king.

Should the lord of the 9th be in the 10th and vice versa, the person born becomes a king who is extolled by all (This is a very powerful Raja Yoga).

10. Should the Sun in conjunction with the Moon be posited in the middle of Sagittarius, Saturn be occupying the Lagna and a very powerful Mars be in his sign of exaltation, the native will become an extremely valourous king who will be offered solutations out of fear by his enemies from a distance.

Notes - It will be relevant to quote here Varahamihir who in his great work Brihat Jataka has specified that Saturn is capable of conferring royalty if were to rise with the ascendant identical with Libra, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius or Pisces.

11. If the Moon brilliant with disc resembling nectar and lotus stalk in color (i.e. the full Moon) occupies a Navamsa owned by the Sun and benefics unassociated with malefics occupy kendra, the person born will become a king owning many elephants.

12. Should the Moon be brilliant and as white as milk or conch (i.e. full) and three other planets not being in depression sign or vargas or inimical sign or inimical vargas, be in their own Navamsas and be receiving the aspect of benefics, the person born becomes lord of the Earth (king) and Vanquishes his enemies.

13. Should the Moon having attained Vargottamsa be aspected by a strong planet and no malefic be posited in the Lagna the person will become an emperor and possess a well formed body.

14. When Jupiter, Mercury and Venus or the Moon are posited in 9th with brilliant rays uneclipsed and are also aspected by or associated with friendly planets, the person born will become a great king and will be worshipped by his subjects like a deity.

15. Should Jupiter and Venus be in Meena, Saturn be exalted, the full Moon be aspected by Mars and the Sun be in Aries identical with the Lagna, the native concerned will become a king owning a vast army by whose marching so much dust is raised that Sun becomes invisible and as a consequence the lotus flowers begin to contract under the impression that the Sun has set.

Notes — This verse appears to be somewhat confusing and complicated and has led to commentators to interpret it in more than one way. The translation given above is that based on the interpretation by Shri V. Subrahmanya Shastri.

According to him this is the only possible combination the author could have had in view as otherwise a full Moon in exaltation with the Sun in Aries is an impossibility, the Moon to be in exaltation, she should be placed in Taurus. If the Sun were to be in Aries the Moon cannot be full. In further explaining the combination Shri Shastri has said that planetary position as per his translation will be as follows:

Venus and Jupiter are in Pisces. Aries is rising with the Sun in it, the Moon is in Libra and Saturn is exalted there. Mars placed in Cancer aspects the Moon (This is in view of the phrase Teevravilochana Mars Is strong in his 4th glance). The reader should see for himself that in the above combination, Venus, the Sun and Saturn are exalted Jupiter is In his own sign. The Sun, Mars and Saturn are in Kendra. Saturn has got full Digbala. Mars thougn devoid of Digbala has got Neechabhanga Raja Yoga, as per verses 27 to 30 of this Chapter with the above combination, the lord of Ascendant with Neechabhanga Raja Yoga through the Moon definitely confers kingship on the native.

However, according to the interpretation of the well known author and commentator Pt. Gopesh Kumar Qjha, the disposition of planets should be as under :— Venus, Jupiter and Saturn are in Pisces. The Moon is full and is placed in Taurus in her sign of exaltation. The Sun is aspected by Mars and the Lagna is identical with Aries.

The Sun has to be in Scorpio for the Moon to be full and Mars has been in Taurus or Leo to be able to aspect the Sun. We feel that Shri Ojha's interpretation is not correct as the combination formed according to it is not strong enough to form a Raja Yoga and confer kingship on the native.

16. (a) The birth be at night (b) the Moon be in Cancer identical with 10th house, (c) benefics being in depression or inimical signs be posited in the 3, 6, 11 houses or be in deep exaltation or be all posited in kendras uneclipsed. When the native has such a disposition of planets at birth, he becomes, a great king ruling the three worlds under one umbrella.

17. If the full Moon be in Vargottamamsa, the person born becomes a powerful King of the Earth and is highly renowned. He will possess an army with horses, the dust raised by whose hoofs overshadows the light of the Sun and it resembles that of the Moon in the morning.

18. Should Jupiter and the Moon be in kendra aspected by Venus with no planet in his sign of debilitation, the person born becomes king with unequalled fame.

19. If at birth the Moon be in a watery sign and Navamsa identical with Lagna and also be in his own or benefic Varga, with no malefics in Kendra. the native becomes a King owning many elephants.

20. Five Yogas are described in this Verse which are as follows —

(a) If Venus is aspected by Jupiter a person born in a royal family becomes a King.

(b) If Jupiter occupies a sign other than Capricorn identical with Lagna, the native becomes a King with many elephants under his charge.

(c) A King will be born if in a nativity the lord of the Lagna vested with full strength occupies a Kendra.

(4) If at birth Mercury with full strength is posited in Kendra and is aspected by Jupiter, the native becomes so influential that the Kings act according to his advice.

21. Two Yogas are described in this Verse as described below —

(1) Even one planet posited in his sign of exaltation aspected by a friendly planet enables the native to become a king. If such a planet be also associated with a friendly planet, the native will become extremely rich and prosperous.

(2) If the Sun be in his own Navamsa and the Moon be in his own sign, the native becomes a King possessing many horses and elephants.

Note — In the Yoga mentioned at (2) above, it should be necessary for the Rasi of the Sun and the Navamsa of the Moon to be strong. The strength of a horoscope depends to a great extent on the strength of the Sun and the Moon.

22. There are again two Raja Yogas in this verse as described below: —

(1) Should the Moon with full rays be in Pisces aspected by a friendly planet, the native will become a king with pre-eminent position and delighting the world.

(2) Should the Moon be full and be in his sign of exaltation the native will become a very generous, charitable and praiseworthy King.

23. Should the Moon be in the Navamasa of an Adhimitra aspected fully by Venus. The native will become a very wealthy King.

Should the Moon in the above position be aspected by Jupiter, the person born will become a King reigning over the entire Earth.

24. The following are 4 Raja yogas declared by those versed in the science of Astrology —

(1) Malefics posited in the 3rd, 6th and 11th house counted from

The house occupied by the lord of Lagna, Moon or from the Lagna.

(2) Mars and Mercury occupying the 2nd house from the Lagna.

(3) The Sun and Venus located together in the 4th house.

(4) Mars, Saturn and Jupiter be housed respectively in the 10th, 11th and the Lagna.

25. Should one out of the lords of the 11th, the 9th and the 2nd houses occupies a Kendra with reference to the Moon and should Jupiter own the 2nd, the 5th or the 11th house, the Yoga so formed enables the person born to become the lord of a full fledged empire.

26. A planet in debilitation is considered adverse in effect. But there arise circumstances when the debilitation of such a planet is cancelled giving rise to Neechabhang Raja Yoga. These circumstances are explained below.

I at birth a planet is posited in sign of debilitation and the lord of the sign of debilitation be in Kendra from the Moon or Lagna or the planet that is exalted in the sign be in Kendra to the Moon or the Lagna, the debilitation of the Planet concerned gets cancelled and a Raja Yoga is formed enabling the native to become a very powerful King.

Note — There is some difference of opinion about the interpretation of the word Uchchanatha. Suppose Saturn is in the Aries in debilitation who will be Uchchanatha of Saturn? According to one view Saturn is exalted in Libra. Therefore lord of Libra, namely, Venus is the Uchchanatha. Another view is that Saturn being in Aries and the Sun is exalted in Aries. Therefore the Sun is the Uchchanatha. In our view the second view is more appropriate. There is also difference of opinion whether the conditions mentioned above have to be fulfilled before debilitation gets cancelled. Shri V. Subrahmanaya Shastri has taken the view that any of the two conditions should be enough for the cancellation of the debilitation. Pt. Gopesh Kumar Ojha has taken the view that both the conditions have to be fulfilled. We are of the view that it should be enough for any of the two conditions to be fulfilled for the cancellation of the debilitation. Our view and that of Shri Shastri is supported by Jataka Parijata.

Saturn is in his sign of debilitation. His debilitation gets cancelled as Mars the lord of the sign in which Saturn is posted, in Kendra to the Lagna and the Moon. Sun who is exalted in Aries is also in Kendra to the Lagna.

Illustration

27. Should at birth a planet be posited in his sign of debilitation, and the lord of that depression sign and the lord of the planet's exaltation sign are in Kendra positions mutually, the debilitation gets cancelled The Neechabhanga Raja Yoga so formed produces a powerful King of Kings.

28. If a planet is in his sign of debilitation, and is aspected by the lord of that sign, the debilitation gets cancelled and by the Neechabhanga Raja Yoga so formed the native becomes a ruler of the Earth and famous. And if in the above Yoga if the planet be placed in an auspicious case still better effects may be expected.

29. When the planet is posited in his sign of debilitation, if the lord of the sign so occupied or the lord of the planet's exaltation sign be in a Kendra position with reference to the Lagna or the Moon, the person so born will become very wealthy emperor. He will perform virtuous actions and will be very powerful, famous and affluent.

30. If a planet in his sign of debilitation be in a Kendra position with reference to the Moon or the Lagna, the debilitation gets cancelled and the Neechabhanga Raja Yoga so formed will produce an emperor revered by other Kings.

Nates — Thus there are five kinds of Neechabhanga Raja Yogas as described below:—

(1) The lord of the depression sign or the planet that is exalted in that sign, is in a Kendra position from the Lagna or the Moon.

(2) The lord of the sign of debilitation and the lord of the exaltation sign of the debilitation planet are mutually in Kendra positions.

(3) The planet in the sign of debilitation is aspected by the lord of that sign.

(4) The lord of the sign of debilitation or the lord of the exaltation sign of the planet in debilitation, is in Kendra from the Lagna or the Moon.

(5) The planet in his sign of debilitation is in Kendra with reference to the Lagna or the Moon.

Thus ends the seventh chapter on "Maharaja Yogas" in Phaladeepika composed by Mantreswara.