Ch. 30. Upa Pad

1-6. O Brahmin, now I tell you about Upa Pad, the auspiciousness of which will confer on the native happiness from progeny, wife etc. The Pad of Lagn, as discussed earlier, is of prime importance. Upa Pad is calculated for the Bhava, following the natal Lagn. This Upa Pad is also called Gaun Pad. O excellent of the Brahmins, if Upa Pad is yuti with, or receives a Drishti from a benefic Grah, one will obtain full happiness from progeny and spouse. Should the Upa Pad be in a malefic’s Rashi, or receives a Drishti from, or is yuti with a malefic, one will become an ascetic and go without a wife. If (in the said circumstances) there be a benefic Drishti (on Upa Pad, or the related malefic), or a yuti, deprival of spouse will not come to pass. In this case Sūrya, being exalted, or in a friendly Rashi, is not a malefic. He is a malefic, if in debilitation, or in an enemy’s Rashi.

Notes. Regarding Upa Pad calculations, there are more than two views on the same Sloka of Maharishi Parashar, or an identical Sutra from Jaimini. In this text, the word ‘Anuchar’ is used, which denotes ‘the Bhava, following the Lagn at birth’. Normally this is Vyaya Bhava. However, when we study other commentaries on Jaimini (Chaukhambh Hindi edition), we are taught, that it is Vyaya Bhava in the case of an odd Rashi ascending and it is Dhan Bhava in the case of an even Rashi ascending. Accordingly the Pad for the 12^th, or the 2^nd from Lagn is called Upa Pad. In calculating Upa Pad the rules mentioned in verses 4 and 5 of the previous chapter be kept in mind.

7-12. Effect from the 2^nd from Upa Pad. If the 2^nd from Upa Pad is a benefic Rashi, or receives a Drishti from, or is yuti with a benefic, the same good results (as for wife and sons) will come to pass. If there is a Grah in the 2^nd from Upa Pad in its debilitation Rashi, or debilitation Ańś, or is yuti with a debilitated, or malefic Grah, there will be destruction of wife. If the said occupant be in its exaltation Rashi, or Navāńś, or receives a Drishti from another Grah, there will be many charming and virtuous wives. Oh Brahmin, if Mithun happens to be the 2^nd from Upa Pad, then also there will be many wives. O excellent of the Brahmins, if the Upa Pad, or the 2^nd therefrom be occupied by its own Lord, or, if the said Lord is in his other own Bhava, the death of wife will be at advanced age.

13-15. Wife from the 2^nd of Upa Pad (up to Sloka 22). If a Grah being constant indicator of wife (i.e. the 7^th Lord, or Śukr) is in its own Bhava, there will be loss of wife only at a later stage. If the Lord of Upa Pad, or the constant significator of wife is in exaltation, the wife will be from a noble family. Reverse will be the case, if he is debilitated. O Brahmin, if the 2^nd from Upa Pad is related to a benefic, the wife will be beautiful, fortunate and virtuous.

16. Should Śani and Rahu be in the 2^nd from Upa Pad, the native will lose his wife on account of calumny, or through death.

17. The native’s wife will be troubled by disorder of blood, leucorrhoea (Pradar) etc., if Śukr and Ketu are in the 2^nd from Upa Pad.

18. Budh with Ketu in the 2^nd from Upa Pad will cause breakage of bones, while Rahu, Śani and Sūrya will cause distress of bones.

19-22. Budh and Rahu in the 2^nd from Upa Pad will give a stout-bodied wife. If the 2^nd from Upa Pad happens to be one of Budh’s Rashis and is tenanted by Mangal and Śani, the wife of the native will suffer from nasal disorders. Similarly a Rashi of Mangal, becoming the 2^nd from Upa Pad and occupied by Mangal and Śani, will cause nasal disorders to one’s wife. Guru and Śani will, if be in the 2^nd from Upa Pad, cause disorders of ears and/or eyes to the wife. If Budh and Mangal are placed in the 2^nd from Upa Pad other than their own Rashis, or, if Rahu is with Guru in the 2^nd from Upa Pad, the native’s wife will suffer from dental disorders. Śani and Rahu together in one of Śani’s Rashis, which is the 2^nd from Upa Pad, will cause lameness, or windy disorders to the native’s wife. These evils will not come to pass, if there happens to be a Yuti with, or a Drishti from a benefic (or from another benefic in the case of affliction being caused by a benefic himself).

23-23½. O Brahmin, all these effects be deduced from the natal Lagn, Lagn Pad, the 7^th from Upa Pad and the Lords thereof. So say Narada and others.

25-28. About Sons. If Śani, Candr and Budh are together in the 9^th from one of the said places (Sloka 23), there will be no son at all, while Sūrya, Guru and Rahu so placed will give a number of sons. Candr so placed will give a son, while a mixture of Grahas will delay the obtainment of a son. The son, caused by the Yuti of Sūrya, Guru and Rahu, will be strong, valorous, greatly successful and will destroy enemies. If Mangal and Śani are in the said 9^th, there will be no son, or a son will be obtained by adoption, or brother’s son will come in adoption. In all these cases odd Rashis will yield many sons, while even Rashis will cause only a few.

29-30. Many Sons and Many Daughters. O Brahmin, if Simh happens to be Upa Pad and receives a Drishti from Candr, there will be a limited number of children. Similarly Kanya will cause many daughters.

31. Co-born form Lagn Pad (up to Sloka 36). Rahu and Śani in the 3^rd, or the 11^th from Lagn Pad will destroy the co-born of the native. Rahu and Śani in the 11^th will indicate the destruction of elder brothers and/or sisters and in the 3^rd younger ones.

32. If Śukr is in the 3^rd, or the 11^th from Lagn Pad, there would have been an abortion to the mother earlier. Same is the effect, if Śukr is in the 8^th from natal Lagn, or from Lagn Pad.

33-36. These are the effects, o Brahmin, as stated by Maharishis for the 3^rd and the 11^th from Lagn Pad. Should Candr, Guru, Budh and Mangal be in the 3^rd, or the 11^th from Lagn Pad, there will be many valorous co-born. Should Śani and Mangal be in the 3^rd, or the 11^th from Lagn Pad, or give Drishtis thereto, younger and elder co-born will, respectively, be destroyed. If Śani is alone in one of the said Bhavas, the native will be spared, while the co-born will die. Ketu in the 3^rd, or the 11^th will give abundant happiness from one’s sisters.

37. Other Matters from Lagn Pad (up to Sloka 43). If the 6^th from Lagn Pad is occupied by a malefic and is bereft of a Yuti with, or a Drishti from a benefic, the native will be a thief.

38. If Rahu is in the 7^th, or the 12^th from Lagn Pad, or gives a Drishti to one of the said Bhavas, the native will be endowed with spiritual knowledge and be very fortunate.

39. If Budh is in Lagn Pad, the native will Lord over a whole country, while Guru will make him a knower of all things. Śukr in this context denotes a poet/speaker (also see Ch. 29, verse 30).

40. O excellent of the Brahmins, if benefics occupy the 2^nd from Upa Pad, or from Lagn Pad, the native will be endowed with all kinds of wealth and be intelligent.

41. One will surely become a thief, if the Lord of the 2^nd from Upa Pad is in Dhan Bhava and is there yuti with a malefic Grah.

42-43. O Brahmin, if Rahu is in the 2^nd from the Lord of the 7^th, counted from Upa Pad, the native will have long and projected teeth. Ketu in the 2^nd from the Lord of the 7^th, counted from Upa Pad, will cause stammering and Śani in the 2^nd from the Lord of the 7^th, counted from Upa Pad, will make one look ugly. Mixed will be the effects, if there are mixed Grahas.