ADHYAYA 1-PADA 1
SU. 1.- Upadesam vyakhyasyamah. I shall now explain my work for the benefit of the readers and shall give them proper instructions to understand the subject.
NOTES Upadesa means literally bringing one close to the object and make him understand the truth. Upa samip disanti cause to sit-taking one close to the true object of his search, making him sit there and see clearly with his mental vision, the truths of the Science. Jaimini observes that he will take the subject of Astrology in Phalabhaga or Predictive portion, introduce the readers and disciples to the principles of Astrology and make them see the truths and realise their grandeur by personal experiences. He expands the subject in his own inimitable style and tries his best to put vast quantities of Astrological knowledge in the fewest possible Aphorisms called the Sutras. This word Upa occurs in Upanayana as making a man, see the grandeur of Parabrahma, and Upanishad or taking one nearer to God and Upasana carrying the same idea and making the person see the object of his search and bring him into closer contact with it.
SU. 2.-Abhipasyanti rikshani. The zodiacal signs aspect each other (in their front).
SU. 3.-Parswabhe cha. Excepting. the next zodiacal signs to them.
SU. 4.- ?ihann ishthascha tadvat. Those planets which occupy such signs will also aspect the planets found in such houses.
NOTES Unless easy explanations are offered and illustrations are given the meanings of these Sanskrit Sutras will not become intelligible and convincing to the readers. The second Sutra can be explained thus. The zodiacal signs aspect each other which are in their front. I do not exactly understand what is meant by the word front. The commentators who have done invaluable services to humanity by their lucid explanations and the removal of all reasonable doubts thus observe : Mesha has Vrischika, Vrishabha has Thula, Mithuna has Kanya, Kataka has Kumbha, Simha has Makara, Kanya has Dhanus, Thula has Vrishabha. Vrischika has Mesha, Dhanus has Meena, Makara has Simha, Kumbha has Kataka and Meena has Mithuna as the signs in front and aspect them.
From the 3rd sutra it is signified that the zodiacal sign next to Aries, viz., Vrishabha is not aspected, the sign Mithuna is not aspected by Vrishabha, Kataka is not aspected by Mithuna, Simha is not aspected by Kataka and so forth. Following this rule alt the Chara Rasis or movable signs aspect all the Sthira Rasis or fixed signs excepting that which is next to it and all the fixed signs aspect the movable signs excepting that which is next to it. The double bodied signs aspect each other. In none of the current astrological books is mentioned the fact of the aspecting of zodiacal signs or the planets which are in them in this particular manner. In the 4th sutra, reference is made to planets occupying those houses, and exercising aspectual influences as the houses themselves are said to do. I will give a few illustrations to exemplify the above enunciated principles. Meena Mesha Vrishabha Mithuna Kumbha I Kataka I DIAGRAM I Makara j Simha Dhanus Vrischika Thula Kanya
*Chara Rasis aspect Sthira Rasis, Sthira Rasis aspect Chara Rasis and Dwiswabhava Rasis aspect the Dwiswabhavas. Mesha is movable and Vrishabha next to it is fixed Mesha is said to aspect the fixed signs except the one which is next to it. Mesha aspects the fixed signs Simha, Vrischika and Kumbha but not Vrishabha, which is close to it. Vrishabha a fixed sign, aspects the movable signs Kataka, Thula and Makara but not Mesha, which is close to it. Mithuna, Kanya Dhanus and Meena the four double-bodied or common house; aspect each other and there is no difficulty about them. Kataka a movable sign, aspects Vrischika, Kumbha and Vrishabha, but not Simha which is close to it. Thula a movable sign aspect; Kumbha, Vrishabha and Simha but not the fixed sign Vrischika next to it. Vrischika, a fixed sign, aspects Makara, Mesha and Kataka but not Thula, which is close to it. Makara a movable sign aspects these fixed signs Vrishabha, Simha and Vrischika but not Kumbha which is close to it.
These aspects of Rasis have peculiar influences and they are taken into consideration in these Jaiminisutras. According to the above sutras and the explanations a; understood by me, the following aspects. have to be noted in the example given on next page. Ravi is in a movable sign and does not aspect Budha but aspects Simha, Vrischika and the planet Sani in it and Kumbha and Chandra in it. Budha aspects Kataka, Thula and Makara and Kuja who is in that sign. As per above principles, Rasis aspect each other and also the planets in them. The planets aspect each other and also the Rasis mentioned in the sutras. In the above illustration Sukra aspects Kanya with Guru in it, Dhanus and Meena and Guru aspects Dhanus, Meena and Mithuna with Sukra in it.
As per general principles in use in astrology, the aspects of planets in the above diagram are thus Budha and Sani aspect each other, Sani aspects Kuja and Simha, 3rd and 10th. Guru aspects Kuja, Meena and Budha, the 5th, 7th and 9th, Kuja aspects Mesha with Ravi in it Kataka and Simha or the 4th, 7th and 8th houses and planets in them. Chandra aspects Simha. These are details which have to be borne in mind by the readers, who are anxious to master the technicalities of these Sutras. Jaimini is very cautious in his statements. He asks his readers to study the general principles of astrology, and along with their applications to the practical side of horoscopes he directs them to remember the general and special principles which he has explained in his learned work and make predictions, taking both the influences mentioned in the general works and also the principles he has explained with particular care and on his own responsibility, into consideration- Ravi and Sani in the diagram according to ordinary astrology do not aspect each other, but in making predictions, we have not only to ascribe the general 6th and 8th positions of the Sun and Saturn from each other but also the special aspect influences which Jaimini has named here.
For a novice in general astrology, these observations of the Maharishi may appear quite novel but a little practice of these principles along with those of the general principles current with the astrologers, will show that there will be no difficulty and the predictions based on these combined influences will be found to be more accurate and to the point. The preliminaries should be carefully studied and remembered and the readers should put them cautiously into practice. Theory and practice will make a man perfect.
SU. 5. – Darabhagyasulasthargala nidhyatuh. The fourth, second and eleventh places (or planets in them) from the aspecting body are Argalas.
SU. 6.-Kamasthathu bhuyasa papanam. Malefics in the third from the aspecting planet give rise to evil Argala.
SU. 7.-Rihpha neechakamastha virodhinah. Planets in the tenth, twelfth and third from Argala cause obstruction to such Argala.
SU. 8.-Na nyun4 vibalascha. If planets obstructing Argala are fewer or less powerful than those causing Argala, then the power of Argala cannot be affected.
SU. 9.-PrQgvastrikone. The houses or planets in trikonas (5 and 9) similarly influence the Argala.
SU. 10. – yipareetQm ketoh In the case of Ketu the formation of Argala and obstruction to it must be calculated in the reverse order. .
