NOTES These sutras require elaborate NOTES as they are highly technical in nature. Unless these are properly understood, further progress in Jaiminisutras will become difficult and doubtful. I n Sanskrit Mathematics, pneumonics of a peculiar kind are used and these must be properly mastered. In, Sutras 32 and 33 of this Pada, Jaimini gives a clue to the decipherment of his Sutras. I have to anticipate a few of the future Sutras here, for the great author himself does so.
SU. 23. -Sarvatra savarna Bhava Sasayah.
SU. 33.-Na grahah. In the indication or designation of the Rasis and the Bhavas (Signs and Significations) the author has used, for the sake of abbreviation, varnas or single letters. But in the case of planets he has not done so, which means he has used the proper names of the planets and not any letters to indicate them. I shall explain these differences in the NOTES below. We have in Sanskrit a sutra called Ka, Ta, Pa, Yadi. These are also called the Vargas – Kavarga, Tavarga,Pavarga
and Yavarga. Kavarga contains Kadi Nava or nine letters commencing from Ka thus -Ka, Kha, Ga, Gha, Jna, Cha, Chha, Ja, Jha, or nine letters. Tavarga or Tadinava-nine letters beginning with Ta-Tu, Tta, Da, Dha, Na, Tha, Thha, Da, Dha, or the nine letters of Ta varga. Pavarga or Padi Pancha-five letters commencing from Pa. They are Pa, Pha, Ba, Bha, Ma five letters. Yavarga yadyahrau or eight letters from Ya. They are Ya, Ra, La, Va, Ssa. Sha, Saand Ha, for the 8 letters of Ya varga. After having learnt these the next sutra in Sanskrit Mathematics is Ankanum Vamato ghtihi.
· Though Suryanarain Rao has elucidated the abbreviations used by Jaimini to imply numerals I propose to make some observations for the benefit of the reader The system of pneumonics employed here is called Katapayadi system. The consonants of the Sanskrit alphabet have keen used in the place of the numbers 1-9 and zero to express number:. There are different variant: of this system but I shall explain the most commonly accepted method. (n) and (n) and the vowels denote zero.
· The letter: in succession beginning with Ka, Ta, Pa and Ya denote the digits; in a conjoint consonant, e.g., Kya only the last one denotes a number. According to this system therefore the letters ka, ta, pa, Ya, denotes 1. kha, tta, pha, ra, “ 2. 9a da, ba, la, “ 3. gha, dha, bha, va “ 4. nga, na, ma, ssa “ 5. cha, tha, sha., 6. chha, thha, sa “ 7. a, da, ha “ 8. jha, dha “ 9. A right to left arrangement Is employed in the formation of chronograms i.e., the letter denoting units figure is first written, than follows the letter denoting the tens figure and so on, e.g., ra me ‘ 2 6- 62. Jaimini divides the figure so obtained by 12 and takes the remainder as denoting a particular sign of the zodiac as reckoned from Mesha. All figures in Astronomy, Inscriptions and Mathematics should be read in the reverse order or as the Mohammedans read from right to left. The explanations of the following sutras make these aphorisms easy to understand. . Jaimini uses the word Argala to mean a sort of obstruction or impediment for the free flow of planetary influences. A planet in a certain house from any desired Bhava or signification or planet, prevents or obstructs the progress of the influence and thereby diminishes its value and. usefulness. These five Sutras give explanations about these Argala. Influences and obstructions and they must be carefully treasured up. There are two varieties of Argala: shubha or beneficial, and papa or malefic.
Dara contains two Sanskrit letters da and ra. Da according ‘ to Tavarga given above, represents the 8th letter in that group and hence stands for the figure 8. Ra represents the 2nd letter in the Yavarga, and hence stands for the digit 2-thus we have by the word dara 82. Reading this by the above mathematical Sutra in the reverse order we get 28. There are 12 signs or Rasis and when 28 is divided by 12, we get 4 as the remainder.
Sula is composed of Ssa and La. In the Vavarga, Ssa stands as the fifth letter and represents 5. La represents the 3rd letter in Yavarga and therefore stands for 3. We thus get the figure 53. But reading in the reverse order we have 35, Divided by 12 we get a remainder of 11 and therefore Sula stands for 11. Those planets which are in 4, 2 and 11 from any planet or Bhava in question or under consideration, become classified as Argala and obstruct their influences. In Sutra 6 if many evil planets, more than two as the plural is used, are found in Kama or 3rd house, they also then become Argala. Ka stands as in Kavarga and Ma stands as 5 in the Pavarga. Therefore we have 15. Reading in the reverse order we get 51. Divide this by 12 and we have the remainder 3.
Therefore Kama stands for the 3rd house. Kama in Sanskrit means Cupid, passions, wife and desires. In the general astrological literature, Kama means the 7th house representing husband or wife as the horoscope may belong to a female or a male human being. But by the interpretation by letters as directed by the author, it means the third. As it is stated here the planets become Argala in the 3rd only when there are more than 2 evil planets in the 3rd from the questioning planets or Bhava. But suppose there is only one evil planet in the 3rd house, then by implication it does not become Argala for the planet or Bhava. In Sutra 7, Ripha means 10, Ra in Yavarga stands for 2 as it is the second letter from Ya and Pha is the second letter .in the Pavarga and therefore represents 2, putting together we get 22. Divide this by 12 we have a balance of 10. Neecha stands for 12. Na represents O in the Tavarga as it stands as the 10th from Ta and therefore represents cipher.
We have only 9 Ankas or digits and the 10th shows a zero. Cha stands as the 6th letter from Tavarga and represents 6. Putting together we have 06. Reading in the reverse order we have 60. Divided by 12 there will be no balance, but the author asks the readers to take always the last balance and when 60 is divided by 12 it goes four times (48) and the last balance is 12. Therefore Neecha stands for 12. Kama, we have already seen, means 3. Those planets, which are in 10, 12 and 3 form an obstruction to the Argala mentioned in Sutra 5. Here probably the meaning is that the Argala influences, formed by planets mentioned in Sutra 5, good or bad, are themselves modified or obstructed by the planetary positions mentioned in this Sutra.
Those planets which are in the 5th and 9th or Trikonas counteract the influences of the Argala planets as explained before. It has been already stated that certain planets in certain house cause Argala or obstruction and those which are in the 5th and 9th counteract these Argala influences. Coming to Sutra 8, if fewer planets or powerless or disabled planets cause obstruction in Sutra 7 to the Argala generated in Sutra 5, then they will not affect the power of that Argala. Here it means that the obstructive Argala created in Sutra 7, unless the planets are strong, will not be able to obstruct the Argala influences caused by planetary positions mentioned in Sutra 5.
