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yotish Shyam Sangraha is Sangraha is a Sanskrit classic compiled by Pandit Shyamlal, who lived in Bans-Bareilly or simply Bareilly which is now in Uttarkhand State. His forefathers were also Pandits well versed in Astrology. His family history is given in the last chapter of his collection Jyotish Shyam Sangraha. According to him he took 4 years to collect all the materials for writing the book. It is believed that originally he wrote it as two parts - One on various Yogas in Jyotish and the other the general part. I got a book edited and published by Khemraj Srikrishnadas of Sri Venkateshwara Steam Press, Mumbai. It is an old edition and unfortunately the year of publication page is missing. I do not have any idea whether the said book is still available in the market. After going through the book which contains Sanskrit Verses along
Y enbeeyes hails from a Tamil family wherein he learnt astrology from his grandfather who knew the entire BPHS by heart. He was first asked to learn by heart the Sanskrit verses of BPHS & then was slowly taught astrology by his grandfather who was his Guru. After 3 years of teaching only BPHS he was then taught Jaimini Sutras by the age of 23. Yenbeeyes is our author’s pen name and he, having retired in 2007, has taken up to the cause of astrology full time and is currently translating Jaimini Sutras into Tamil. Saptarishis Astrology has observed that Shri Yenbeeyes pursues this science with an unmatched discipline and dedication which is praiseworthy.
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with explanations in Hindi, I thought of testing some of the Yogas presented therein. Though Dr B.V.Raman has already given to the Astrological community the 300 Yogas through his book 300 Important Combinations, I feel this book has some other Yogas not mentioned by Dr. B.V.Raman and some other yogas already explained by Dr. B.V.Raman have more detailed explanations here. One important part of this Yoga chapter is the remedial measures he suggests for each of the Ashubha or bad Yogas. In my write-up I am omitting the remedial portion and will be listing out the Yogas one by one and will try to explain the same with example charts as far as possible. Mistakes or errors if any are attributable to me and if they are pointed out to me, I shall feel obliged and shall get an opportunity to correct myself.
In this part let us see some more Yogas described in Jytosih Sangraha. One such Yoga is Mrityupraja Yoga. I am keeping the Sanskrit words used by the author as it is to make it more meaningful.
means death and
in this context refers to the
subject/person concerned.
ेता ं तन ुज ेऽथ वा॥१०॥ ऩ ंचमो दा स ू यमोम ंद जै य ुत रा य न ुर ूमतनौ रव ् बाऱकाना ं न स ंश। अ ं ेत स ुतीथ यमण ं व ुरिऩाण॥११॥ मृ ुोग ं वजानीाद ेा न त ु जीवत। एको वा जीवत दा अ ं त े खमव ुात ्॥१२॥ इह जन स ंतान ं रव When the 5th house is occupied by (1) Sun, Rahu, Saturn or Ketu or (2) Rahu and Mars Mrityu Praja Yoga is formed. The effect of this yoga is that the native will get an offspring but that will not survive. The native who has such a Yoga will pass away in a good and holy place where there is sacred water. The word used is स ुतथ य . Theertha means sacred water and any place having a sacred river, lake or ocean is called Theertha sthal or * Part I appeared in earlier release of SA 2
theertha sthan or theertha kshetra. He is destined to be a Vishnu Baktha or worshipper of Mahavishnu. Even if he gets a child it will not survive. Even if one child survives, in the end he will be sorrowful on account of the child. Note: I could not get any chart to verify this yoga.
ु जौ। एकादश े े ष ु सौा ब ं ध ुष े तमक े शन ेहासागोगत॥१८॥ चत ु ेव। जद ेवाच य न े पीत सऩ यदोषकृत ुऩा॥१९॥ महााजोऽथवा म ंी ाजोगी कऱ Benefic planets Jupiter, Mercury, Venus and Moon should be placed in Kendras (1 st, 4th, 7th and 10th) and Rahu in the 3rd house, Mars in the 6th house and Saturn in the 11 th house, then this combination is termed as Maha Sagar Yoga. Those born with this yoga become a King or a Minister. He will suffer bodily due to Raja-Roga. He will be fond of worshipping Brahmin Devatas. He carries Sarpa Dosha from his previous life. According to Dhanvantari, the Yakshma Roga (Tuberculosis) is a very deadly disease. Previously, it used to afflict only the great kings. Hence, it is called as Raja-Roga (a royal disease). Not caring about diet, irregular eating hours and not drinking fluids in adequate quantity are the causes of this disease. The body looses its vitality due to some ulterior reason. Eating without any distinctions also is another reason. Because of these, Raja-Roga sets in. With the result the whole body acquires a pale look. Throat-ache, short of breath feeling, a pain that appears to break the body limbs etc. are its other symptoms. This is a highly enervating disease.
ेवा - ज जद
means Brahmin and े द वा means God. So the literal translation goes as
Brahmin God. Brahmin here has nothing to do with the caste system. In the Vedic times Agni, Vayu, Surya and Soma or Moon were the main devatas. In the Upanishads we find the word Brahman who are like fire, Vayu and also Sun and Moon. They saw these Devatas as Brahmin. So one explanation of this word is that the native is fond of worshipping these Brahmin Devatas. The Puranic deities and their different forms of Gods that we worship today are also treated as Brahman as they possess the qualities of Brahman. We can go on expanding this principle to include the consorts of the three supreme divinities Brahma, Vishnu and Siva - Saraswathi, Lakshmi and Parvati. To quote the words of David Frawley “To see the Devat as (Gods and Godesses) as forms of Brahman is to really see the devatas. Each devata is a doorway on the infinite which is Brahman…” 3
Has anybody come across such a horoscope? I am yet to see one such chart.
ु जौ॥२१॥ े वजाक म ूत तम ुकज ऺ े े सहज े च वर य ेवत ्। ब ुधश ु ेण स ं ुिो अम ेदा॥२२॥ तदा माकृतगो हा कृता ुऩा। ताहादं अनऩो रव ाजोगी तथा ाहो शनरौमजऩारम ्। The next Yoga is termed as Yama Kruti Yoga. The word itself describes the Yoga : that is the action of the God or Controller of death –Yama. For Aries and Scorpio Ascendants, if Rahu is placed in Lagna, Sun in the 3 rd house and Mercury, Venus, Mars and Saturn in the 8th house, Yamakruti Yoga is applicable. A person born with this Yoga must have done Brahma Hatya in his previous birth on account of which he will be a very poor man in this birth and in spite of having progeny will be a destitute. He will suffer from Raja Roga (Tuberculosis) and he will be a sad person. If he worships Rahu, Saturn and Mars he will be benefitted. If we draw the charts it will look like this 2.
All charts have been inserted in this article using Keshav Menon’s Software for writers that he developed specially for Saptarishis Astrology. - SA 4
Brahma Hatya means killing a Brahmin. Here Brahmin is not by birth (caste) but by qualities of the living entity. The qualities as described in Vedas. So if a person has killed another person having the qualities of a Brahmin, then he comes under Brahma Hatya Dosha and he is punished badly in the next birth. If he has done the same Brahma Hatya in the previous life, he will be punished in the present life. One classic example is the chart of Sri Rama. Sri Rama had an exalted Jupiter in the Lagna but it was aspected by Saturn and Mars, which constituted the curse of a Brahmin. So for the curse of a Brahmin or Brahma Hatya Jupiter plays an important role as he is considered as Brahmin. Any conjunction between Saturn/Mars with Jupiter or aspect will indicate the curse of a Brahmin in a chart. But here the author has not taken into consideration Jupiter at all. Hence this is a deviation, and how far we can consider this to indicate Brahma Hatya Dosha is a big question and needs more extensive study. As to the native being a very poor man, we can say that, for Aries Lagna, the Dhana Sthana as well as Labha Sthana Lords Venus and Saturn both are placed in a Dusthana. Saturn also indicates his Karma as the 10 th lord. So the native will be poor and his karma may be begging. For Scorpio Lagna, we see that the 11th Lord Mercury goes to the 8th house. We cannot say anything about the 2 nd Lord as Jupiter‟s position is not given. Position of Sun in the 3 rd house is generally considered as one of the strong points in a horoscope. With my little knowledge, I am unable to comprehend in what way this will indicate the results pointed out by the author. Probably, if we have some sample charts, the position may become more clear.
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Overall, I am not convinced with the results given in the verse for the given combinations. Learned Scholars may kindly enlighten the same for the readers as well as me.
े ेत शना चत ुथ यौ दशम क ुर ू स ुतौ। ष श ुवणा ुत ाहषाकृत॥२७। ेोग ुऩन ऩ ुन। तथा मात ुम यहाक ं जात े ना स ंश॥२८॥ आभात ुन य स ंतान ं रव Unlike the previous Yoga, this Yoga though named as Mahisha Kruti Yoga meaning the action of a buffalo, there is no mention of any buffalo or any curse on account of some action in previous birth. The combinations for this Yoga are – Saturn and Rahu must be in the 4th house and Ketu and Mars in the 10 th house and in the 6th house Moon, Venus and Sun. Results of this Yoga are – Native‟s elder brother will have no issues. Native will be afflicted by diseases often. Native‟s mother will also be put into big tr oubles. The author confirms that there will be no doubt on the results mentioned. This is quite acceptable as the 10 th house is the 12th house to the 11th house of elder brothers and the presence of two malefics Ketu and Rahu indicate some problem to the elder brother. The house of diseases-6th house gets afflicted due to the presence of Sun which is not good for health and the frequent troubles to the body is indicated by the aspect of Saturn on the 6th house. The 4th house indicating mother gets afflicted by the presence of two dire malefics.
े दा जीव े धन े सौ यदा रव ेत ्। सहज े च दा ामा यता त न जीवत॥३२॥ ऱत अमो दा जीव कम यान े महीस ुत। स ं ेह शौर य ेव त माता न जीवत॥३३॥ महाण य ेव रृ ग ुम त े ोगोऽ ं मातृघातक। दैाचा यकृकत ृ पो रृ ग ुणा वै पकाशत॥३४॥ Jupiter in Lagna, Saturn in Dhanasthan (2nd house) and Rahu in the 3 rd house – Mother of a person having such a combination will not be living. Also if in a person‟s chart, Jupiter is in the 8th, Mars is in the 10th and Saturn is in Leo, his mother will not be living. In the
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book named as „Maharnava‟ written by Rishi Bhrighu this Yoga named Matru Ghaa tak
ुक means matricide. घातक means killing or destroying. is mentioned. घात In the latter part of this Yoga, it is also mentioned that the native in his previous birth has murdered his father and mother and hence in this birth he will be without mother.
ूत ुथ यको धन े ूोऽथवा गत। दोग ं जानीााजऩ ुोऽऩ ो न॥ ४०॥ The next Yoga is Daridra Yoga. Malefics should be placed in all the four kendra places. Or all malefics must be placed in Dhanasthan or 2 nd house. Any one who has such a position of planets, even if he is the son of a King, will be a pauper.
े चैकादश े शौी ऩ ुान े नशाऩत। र ूमऩ ुो समो मातृऩो न जीवत॥ ४५॥ ऱ ूा ऩाऩा समगा द। माताऩोऽत खात य दाा त न जीवत॥४६॥ े तत च ेत ् ऱ ूादा ऩ ुो न जीवत। अन ्ोग े कत े े नो जातो ाजमाोऽतब यऱ॥४७॥ ऱ वघात
means Destruction, removing, killing, impediment, abandoning, leaving. This
Yoga gives the combinations which lead to the passing away of various relations of the native. Since the word „Jeevite‟ has been used, the said relations will not survive. 1. When Saturn is placed in Lagna or the 11th house with Moon in the 6th house and Mars in the 7th house, father and mother of the native will not survive. 2. When malefics are placed in the Lagna and also in the 7th house, then the native‟s parents become very unhappy and the spouse of the native will not survive. 3. If Lagna, 6th house, 8th house and 12th house are all occupied by malefics then such a native‟s progeny will not survive. Natives born with such Vighaata Yoga will be respected by the King but they will have a weak constitution. 7
वा ुकज शौऱ य े वा ऩ ंच म े त। आान ं ह ंत ऩत ं मात ं च न स ंश॥५२॥ ूव ुऩहीनो नो रव े रव ेणृ ाम ्। ऩतृदोष कृत ऩ ेत ्॥५३॥ ोगोऽ ं ष ुघाताो जकाऱ If in a person‟s horoscope Sun, Rahu, Mars and Saturn are placed either in Lagna or in the 5th house, then without doubt that native not only destroys or brings grief to himself but also to his father and mother. Such a native has done some wrong things to parents in his previous birth on account of which he will be issueless in this birth. This Yoga is called Trishu Ghaati Yoga. Because three persons get affected – Self, father and mother – this yoga is probably called Trishu Ghaati Yoga as „trishu‟ means three.
े े दा अग ु। ाऺ े े दवानाथो म ंद ऺ े े धास ुत॥५४॥ स ू य ऺ े े गत शौरमऺ स ु त े ऱचत ुथ यौ ऩ ंच म े स ंत ेऽऩ वा। शना धास ू न ु ऩ ुनाश ं कोत वै॥ ५५॥ े नो जात ष ुघाती रव े ् अन ्ोग द ुवम ्। ाजऩ ुोऽथवा म ंी ऩाऩकमा यत सदा॥ ५६॥ Other types of Trishu Ghaati Yoga – 1. In the rasi of Sun – Leo – Saturn sits and in the rasi of Mars – Aries and Scorpio – Rahu is placed and in the rasi of Rahu – Virgo (note the deviation here) – Sun is placed and in the rasi of Saturn – Capricorn and Aquarius – Mars is placed – This is one type. 2. Saturn, Rahu and Mars are placed in the 5th house, Lagna and 4th house respectively – This is the second type. A person born with such combination loses his progeny. A person with any such combination definitely has Trishu Ghaati Yoga, be it a King‟s or Minister‟s son. He will always be doing bad deeds.
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ith this I conclude the 2nd part of this Yoga series. In this Yogas, as I could not get sample charts for verification, I have given only the gist of the Sanskrit verses with certain explanations to some of the Yogas as I have understood them. Immediately upon publication of this article in the Astro-Vision, I got two comments from learned and experienced astrologers which are reproduced below for the benefit of the readers:
“Sub: your
write up on yogas
In your write up in Astro Vision you have written Sun in 3rd house and Me and Ve in 8th house. Please note that Mercury can not be away from Sun more than 36 degrees, and Venus more than 48 degrees approx. In such case how those planets can be in sixth house from Sun? If it for navmansha chart, it may be. Thanks and regards Krushana”
I have already sent a reply to Astro Vision which is yet to be published by them and the same is given below: Immediately on receipt of this mail, I checked the Sanskrit sloka and I found that I have in fact committed a mistake in my translation. Yes. The translation should read as under: For Lagna having Mars as Lord (meaning Aries and Scorpio), when Rahu is placed in Lagna and in the Sahaj Bhava which is the 3 rd house Sun, Mercury and Venus are placed and in the 8th house Mars and Saturn are placed, Yama Kruti Yoga is formed. On account of this change the chart given as example will also undergo change and will look like this:
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As such the explanations given by me will also undergo changes: For Aries Lagna – the 2nd Lord Venus has conjoined the 6th Lord Mercury and is aspected by the 8th Lord Mars. 11th Lord Saturn has gone to the hidden 8 th house. No doubt the native will live like a poor man. For Scorpio Lagna- the 2nd Lord happens to be Jupiter whose position is not known. 11 th Lord Mercury is aspected by the 6 th Lord Mars. Venus becomes the 12th Lord and has conjoined the 11th Lord. I have crossed out the wrong portion in the original writing which is shown below: 10
Yenbeeyes
I see that Jyotish sangraha is not following classic Sanskrit, but that is alright. In Mahasagar yoga again you find that Venus and Mercury are being said to be having to be in two kendras. This may not be possible at least on the equator and our part of the world though it could happen in higher latitudes. Bandhu bhava is the name of the 4th bhava, but the author does seem to use it to indicate the 3rd bhava. I think by dvija devaa the author is indicating Brahmins and God, not the Brahmin god. I think Mahishaakriti means in the figure of Buffalo, so it is one of the akriti yogas. In daridra yoga I think the author is talking about a malefic in 4th bhava or the 2nd bhava. More than one malefic is not mentioned here, if what I am reading is right. I also think that this is an incomplete shloka. In trishughata yoga harm to father (but not mother) in past life is indicated. In anyaprakara yoga second line talks of Saturn, Rahu and Mars in 5th, Lagna and 4th respectively or in 5th only (all of them). On the whole there do not appear to be much mistakes in the translation. The language used in the treatise does not seem to be pure Sanskrit and that might be the reason for inaccuracies to creep in. Viz. Saturn is called Sauri and not Shauri. Chandrashekhar
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