Ch. 5. Miscellaneous Matters
1. After discussing the Ch. Rasi Prabheda (Ch. 3)
and Graha Yoni Bheda, or Graha Gunadhyaya (Ch. 4) I
now explain Misrakadhyaya (Miscellaneous Ch.), which
is the most supreme of all.
2-4. Avasthas, or States of Planets. Planets have
nine states of being, viz. Dipta (radiant), Svastha
(confident), Mudita (rejoiced), Santa (peaceful),
Sakta (strong), Nipidita (oppressed), Bhita
(alarmed), Vikala (mutilated) and Khala. A planet in
its exaltation is said to be in Diptavastha. In its
own House, it is in Svasthavastha, friendly House
Muditavastha, in beneficial Vargas Santavastha, with
bright rays Saktavastha, in combustion Vikalavastha,
if defeated in planetary war, Nipidita, in malefic
Vargas Khalavastha and, if in fall, in Bhitavastha.
Notes. There are 27 Graha Samayas, i.e. planetary
conditions. These will help us know, as to what a
planet is doing at a particular moment with
reference to either birth, or query. Such positions
reveal specific results. How to calculate these
positions and the effects thereof are noted below.
Find out the number of Signs from Aries to
Ascendant. Again find out in what number of Sign is
the planet, for which (Samaya) is required, counted
from Aries. Multiply these figures mutually and
again the latest product be multiplied by the total
number of Dasa period years of the planet, as per
Vimsottari Dasha scheme. Divide this by 27 and the
remainder indicates Graha Samaya (some scholars,
however, advise, that the planet's position is to be
counted from Lagna instead of Aries. It is wrong
counting the planet's position from Lagna, as the
Sloka clearly says, vide Jyotisharnava Navanitam).
Let us assume, that in Virgo Lagna chart the Moon is
in Sagittarius. Hence we count six Signs from Aries
through Virgo Ascendant and get 6. Again from Aries
to Sagittarius we get 9. Multiply 9 by 6 to get 54.
The Dasha period of the Moon is 10. When we multiply
54 by 10, we get 540. This, when divided by 27,
yields no balance and hence the 27th Samaya is
denoted.
Now the scheme of Samayas and their effects (1-27).
Snana: good family, children, respect, success and
position. Vastradharana: precious stones, money,
position and clothes. Pundradharana: dear to people,
gains in foreign countries, hard work and honour.
Upadesa: lands, conveyances and happiness. Siva Puja:
fond of lands, royal wrath, expenses and
litigations. Aposana: wealth, fond of wicked people.
Vishnvarchana: bile, grief, highly learned.
Vipraradhana: fortune, gains from lands, success
over enemies, rich relatives. Namaskara:
soft-spoken, conveyances and capability to speak on
either side in arguments. Adri Pradakshina: bilious
diseases, dysentery, litigations and penalties.
Vaisyadeva: position with king, good family,
perennial progress. Athithi Satkara: cheat, jimminks
and monetary gains. Bhojana: sick, dismissed from
the circle, cheating. Ambhapana: bad meal, bad acts.
Ahamkara: egoism and enmity with people. Tambula:
good position, high learning, money and fame of high
order. Nripalapa: respect, pious disposition, diviee
cows. Kiritadharana: big position in Army, learned,
wealthy. Ekanta Sambhashana: lazy, soft-spoken.
Alasya: abundant education, lazy, careless. Sayana:
very short-tempered, sick, disputes in family.
Amritapana: foolish, harmful, blaming elders,
destruction (some texts prescribe good results,
which only seem to be sensible). Madhupana: health,
good children, beautiful wife, rich food. Dhanarjana:
respect, much wealth, skilful. Bhikshatana: loss,
bad teaching. Nidra: long-lasting diseases,
drunkard. Sambhoga: attached to base women, cunning
and revengeful.
5. Effects of a Radiant Planet. Should a planet be
in Dipta state at birth, the native burns his
enemies with the fire of his valour. He gathers all
kinds of wealth. His (band of) elephants soak the
surface of the earth with the juice, or ichor
exuding from their temples. (That is the native will
own a large number of elephants. See the
simultaneous literary ability of Kalyana Varma. A
number of such comparisons can be found in this
work)
6. Effects of a Confident Planet. Should a planet be
in Svastha state at birth, the native acquires gold,
family etc. He will be a justice in a king's employ.
He will own houses and will amass grains. His family
will prosper.
7. Effects of a Rejoicing Planet. If a planet is in
Mudita state at birth, the native will be pleasingly
disposed, will have wife, gold, diamonds etc., will
win the entire band of his foes and will enjoy all
kinds of comforts in life.
8. Effects of a Peaceful Planet. If a planet is in
Santa, or peaceful state at birth, the native will
have peaceful mind, comfort and wealth. He will be a
king's minister, will be learned, helpful to others,
religious and fortunate.
9. Effects of a Sakta Planet. If a planet is in
Sakta state at birth, the native will have wife,
clothes, scents, garlands etc. He will be famous,
liked by all and have his name spread all-over.
10. Effects of a Hurt Planet. If a planet is in
Pidita (hurt, oppressed) state at birth, the native
will be subjected to grief and sickness and will
have enemies. He will be deprived of his own people
and wander from one country to the other.
11. Effects of an Alarmed Planet. Should a planet be
in Bhita state at birth, the native, even, if he
were a king with varied paraphernalia, will be
troubled by enemies. He will lose his men. He will
be defeated and will become poor.
12. Effects of a Mutilated Planet. If a planet is in
Vikala state at birth, the native will be deprived
of his place, or position, dirty-hearted, poor and
will wander here and there. He will be frightened by
his enemies.
13. Effects of a Planet in Khalavastha. Should a
planet be in Khalavastha, the native will grieve in
sorrow, due to maintaining his wife (the native
cannot maintain even his wife), will lose all his
wealth, will have an impure mind and be never free
from miseries.
14. Retrogression in Exaltation. If a planet is
retrograde, while in exaltation, it produces no
effect (nothing good will happen). This is the view
held by some. Even, if it is in exaltation by its
entry in retrograde motion from the next Sign (for
example Jupiter entering Cancer from Leo), the
effect is same, for it takes unduly long time in
such traversion.
15. Different Effects. A planet in exaltation is
considered highly strong. It is medium in strength
in its Mulatrikona Rasi, or own House. Its strength
is only nominal, if it be aspected by a friendly
planet, or be in a friendly Rasi.
16-17. The elders among Yavanas say, that the Moon
is of medium strength for ten days commencing from
Sukla Padyami, i.e. first of Bright Lunar Half.
During the following ten days (from the 11th day, or
Ekadasi of Bright Lunar Half through the 5th day, or
Panchami of Dark Lunar Half, or Krishna Paksha) she
is exceedingly strong. And during the third ten-day
period (from the 6th day, or Shashti of Dark Lunar
Half through the New Moon day, or Amavasya) she has
very little strength. If at birth the Moon has
brilliant rays, is bright circled and full, it makes
the native an unencounterable king.
18. Good Results in Mid-Life. If at birth the Lord
of Moon Sign, or the Lord of the Ascendant, or
Jupiter be in Kendra, the native is happy in the
middle of his life.
19-20. The effects revealed by various Rasis will
correspond to the strengths of their Lords. Should
two planets have identical strength, the one with
higher Naisarga Bala will prevail. According to
Chudamani Acharya the Ascendant's strength equals
that of its Lord.
21-24. Swakshetra, Mulatrikona etc. In Leo up to
20°, it is the Sun's and the rest is his own House.
The Moon's exaltation zone is the first 3° of
Taurus, with the remaining portion being her
Mulatrikona. Up to 12° in Aries Mars is in
Mulatrikona, the rest is his own House. Mercury in
Virgo has the first 15°, as exaltation, the next 5
(15°1'-20°), as Mulatrikona and the remaining
portion is termed, as own House. In Sagittarius
first 10° is Jupiter's Mulatrikona, with the rest
being own House. The first 5° in Libra is
Mulatrikona of Venus and the balance his own House.
Aquarius is Mulatrikona for Saturn in the initial
20° portion and the last 10° in Aquarius is his own
House.
25. Effects of Exalted Planets etc. If a planet is
exalted, it gives auspicious results to full extent.
It is futile, if in debilitation. The results are
limited in an enemy's camp. The auspicious effects
given by a planet are ¼ in a friendly House, ½ in
own House and ¾ in Mulatrikona Rasi.
26. Inauspiciousness of Planets. A planet is fully
inauspicious, if it is in its debilitation; it is
somewhat better in inimical House. Its inauspicious
effects are nil, if it is exalted, ¾ in friendly
House, ½ in own House and ¼ in Mulatrikona Rasi.
27. The planetary combination, that produces Utpata,
the planet, that is combust by the Sun, with less
brilliance, which is in debilitation, in enemy's
camp, or, that is defeated in planetary war: such a
planet not only loses its potence to be auspicious,
but also becomes capable of bestowing malefic
effects in full.
28-30. Effects According to Exaltation etc. A planet
in exaltation gives all kinds of wealth. It confers
ministership, or leadership over Army, if in
Mulatrikona Rasi. If it is in own House, it gives
happiness, money, grains, wealth etc. In a friendly
House, it gives fame, splendour, abundant good
fortune, long-lasting wealth and also wealth through
king. A planet, that is in its own Hora, makes one
courageous.
31-33. A planet in its own decanate confers virtues,
while the one in own Navansa makes one famous.
Courage, wealth and fame are bestowed by a planet
occupying its own Sapthamsa. One becomes devout and
helpful, if a planet is in its own Dvadasamsa. A
planet in own Trimsamsa gives happiness and good
qualities. When a planet is aspected by a benefic
planet, the native becomes wealthy, famous,
fortunate, chief of all, beautiful and happy.
34-35. If a planet is with Ojha, or Yugma Bala
(strength by being in male, or female Rasis), the
native is worshipped by the public, expert in arts,
pleased, immune to sickness and prone to fear of
other Worlds. A planet with positional strength
gives perennial happiness, friendship, courage,
fixity of mind and independent profession, or work.
36-38. A planet with directional strength takes the
native to the direction ruled by it and gives
clothes, jewels, conveyances etc. And the native is
happy in such a direction. A planet with Ayana Bala
similarly takes the native to its direction and
confers various kinds of wealth apart from fame. In
both the cases, the planets should not be combust,
or debilitated. If a planet has Cheshta Bala, it
sometimes gives kingdom, sometimes respect,
sometimes money and yet sometimes increases the fame
of the native.
39. Effects of Retrograde Planets. A benefic, if
retrograde, is strong and is capable of conferring
kingdom. If a malefic is retrograde, it causes grief
and purposeless wandering.
40. Auspicious Planets. A planet with clear rays,
or, that is conjunct with the Moon, or, that has won
in a planetary war, is capable of bestowing complete
happiness and kingdom, that cannot be seized.
41. Diva Bala and Ratri Bala. A planet, that has
Diva Bala, or Ratri Bala, is capable of conferring
lands, elephants etc. Such a native defeats his
enemies with courage and achieves kingdom and
wealth.
42. Effects of Lord of Year etc. The Lords of the
year, month, week and Hora improve two-fold in their
Dasas happiness, wealth and fame. That is the Lord
of the month gives two-fold results, as against year
Lord, the week Lord two-fold of month Lord and the
Hora Lord two-fold of week Lord.
43. Effects of Paksha Bala. A planet with Paksha
Bala destroys enemies and confers diamonds, robes,
conveyances, wife, gold, land and fame.
44. Effects of a Planet with all Sources of
Strengths. Should a planet have all kinds of
strengths stated so far and be bright with
unobscured rays, it confers kingdom exceeding the
desires of the native.
45. Benefic Planets with all-round Strength. If at
birth benefic planets possess all-round strength,
the native will have good habits, be truthful,
upright, beautiful, splendourous and be an expert in
all deeds, respectful towards the wise and Gods and
will be blessed with scents, garlands, robes,
ornaments etc.
46. Malefics with all-round Strength. Should
malefics be with such all-round strength at birth,
the native will be a miser, will do bad acts, be
selfish, jealous of virtuous people, intent on
promoting quarrels, wicked, torturous, dirty,
ungrateful, slanderous and ugly.
47-50. Planetary Stages and Effects thereof. It is
boyhood, if a planet is in its own House, or
friendly House. In Mulatrikona Rasi, it is in youth
and in adolescence in exaltation. It is said to be
in old stage, if it occupies an inimical House. A
planet in debilitation is in extrimis. The
corresponding effects are felt in the respective
planetary Dashas, i.e. periods. The results for such
stages are, respectively, happiness, virtue,
kingdom, sickness with debts and death, or expenses.
51-52. Effects of Planets in Odd and Even Rasis. A
planet in odd Rasi with strength makes the native
courageous and a warrior. If it is weak in odd Rasi,
the native is cruel and dull-witted. A planet in
even Rasi gives soft nature, fear for quarrels, love
for water, flowers and clothes, good fortune, health
and protection of own men.
Thus ends the 5th Ch. Miscellaneous Matters in
Kalyana Varma's Saravali
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