SU. 25.-Pracheevruttirvishamabheshu. In all odd signs the counting must be in the right direction.
NOTES Mesha, Mithuna, Simha, Thula, Dhanus and Kumbha are odd signs. In all these signs the counting must be from left to right. I will explain in clearer terms. Say we want the 5th from Mesha. Then count as Mesha, Vrishabha, Mithuna, Kataka, Simha and so forth.
SU. 26 – Paravrutyottareshu. In even signs the counting must be in the reverse order.
NOTES Take Vrishabha and we want the 6th from it. There we get Vrishabha, Mesha, Meena, Kumbha, Makara and Dhanus. Take Thula. It is an odd sign, suppose we want the 4th. Then Thula, Vrischika, Dhanus and Makara. Take Vrischika and we want the 6th from it. Then we have Vrischika, Thula, Kanya, Simha, Kataka and Mithuna. In fact, in all odd signs the procedure is in the right direction. in even signs we count backwards like the movements of Rahu and Ketu in reverse order. Then follows a short but very difficult Sutra. Brevity may be the soul of composition, but it will be the thorny path to the commentators and readers, with ordinary intelligence and education.
SU. 27.-Nakwachit. In some places or signs this does not apply.
NOTES Here the brevity of the Sutra offers the greatest confusion. What are the places or signs where these rules do not apply? When a general principle is laid down why should there be any exceptions? If we had excellent commentators, who were almost equal to the original authors and some of whom were even superior to their originals, many of the Sanskrit Sciences would have been sealed letters and none of the modern scholars, though brilliant, have got that spiritual capacity and concentration of mind to enable them to go beyond the screens and find out the literary gems which were hidden in the deep mines of Sanskrit Literature. If the ancient authors have been held as great benefactors to the literary world, .the commentators for those works should. be considered even greater benefactors.
What would have been the use of the Vedas, if they had not been handled by the renowned two commentators Bhatta ‘ Bhaskara and Vidyaranya. Sanskrit Sciences are put in technical styles and Sutras and unless the commentators are scholars of great genius and of equal capacity, the original works would have remained almost inaccessible and unintelligible to the modern generation. For in this Sutra there are two words Na negative and Kvachit, at times are occasions. We have no clue to when and how these two words have to be used or interpreted.
Gathering information from the ancient commentators this Sutra signifies while the general rule is to count regularly in all odd signs and in the reverse order in the even signs, this rule does not apply to Vrishabha or Vrischika and to Kumbha and Simha. Here it means that in the even signs of Vrishabha and Vrischika, instead of counting in the reverse order we have to count in the right way and in Kumbha and Simha instead of counting in the right way, we have to count in the reverse order. In other signs where such exceptions obtain they will be pointed out in their proper places.
SU. 28:-Nathaanthahasamapruyenu. Many of the writers are of opinion, that the *Rasi Dasa (period of the sign) extends over such number of years which are counted from the Rasi to the place where its lord is located.
NOTES Take Mesha; its lord Kuja. Say he is in Simha. . Count from Mesha to Simha ; we get 5. This will be the number of years of Rasi Dasa given by Mesha. In all other works, Dasas and. Bhuktis (periods and sub-periods) are given only to planets but never to the zodiacal signs. Jaimini gives Rasi Dasas as a peculiar feature of his immortal works. I shall try to explain this Sutra in full as, otherwise my readers will be surrounded by many doubts and difficulties and may understand the Sutra altogether in a very perverted sense. The number of years of the Rasi Dasa is determined by the number of Rasis, which, its lord has traveled from it at birth. Take a horoscope and follow the reasoning.
We want to find out the Dasa period of years given by Mesha. Its lord is Kuja. He is found in the 7th house from Mesha. Therefore Mesha Dasa extends for 7 years. We want the Dasa period given by Dhanus. Its lord is Guru and he is in the 3rd house from Dhanus, and therefore the length of Dasa of Dhanus will be 3 years. This point is now clear. In Jaiminisutras the lords of the houses are those, which are recognised by the astrological works in general, and I presume the possession of this elementary knowledge in my readers.
The lords of the 12 zodiacal signs are the following regularly * I have discussed Rasi Dasa at considerable length in my book Studies in Jaimini Astrology. Chandra, Rahu, Lagna, Sani, Ravi, Budha, Guru, RASI, Sukra, Ketu from Mesha, viz., Kshitija-Kuja, Sita- Sukra, Gna-Budha, Chandra-Moon, Ravi-.Sun, Soumya-Budha, Sita-Sukra, Avanija—Kuja. Suraguru – Jupiter, Manda-Sani, Souri-Sani, Guru—Jupiter-vide my translation of Brihat Jataka: These same planets are also lords of the Amsas or other minuter divisions like Drekkana, Navamsa and Dwadasamsa.Differences of opinion obtain in all branches of knowledge. These differences may arise from various causes. World presents such a complicated and comprehensive phenomena that two observers trying in different directions may find different results from the same research or one result from different substances.
Take one illustration. Two doctors, men of hi h culture with tinges of original genius, far removed from each other and quite stranger s, may go on experimenting to find out the best antidote for fever. Each may deal with different sets of articles and find a resultant, which will have the efficacy of completely curing fever and all such disorders. Similarly in Astrology. Temperaments differ so radically in some cases that those who watch them keenly get puzzled over them and fait to account for, such strange phenomena. If the lord of the Rasi is in his own house, the sign gives 12 years of life. If he is in the 12th house the Rasi gives a similar period. If he is in the second house he gives one year. Some say he gives two years.
The word prayena signifies a great deal. If the lord of the Rasi is in exaltation he will add one more year to the number he gives by his position. Take Vrischika and Kuja in Makara. Here he is in the 3rd house from Vrischika and therefore gives 3 years. But as he is in exaltation one more year is to be added and thus the Rasi gives four years. But if he is in debilitation he takes away one year. Thus if we take Mesha and find Kuja in Kataka, then he will have to give four years as Kataka is the fourth from Mesha but his debilitation has taken away one year and instead of four years he gives only three years.
