Bhavartha Ratnakara Part 23: Raja Yogas - A Modern Guide
A modern English guide to the classical Vedic astrology text by Sri Ramanujacharya, translated and annotated by B.V. Raman.
Part 23 of 28
2 The 2nd and 11th lords should be in the 10th free from affliction.
3 Rahu should be in the 10th, 11th, 4th, or 5th to confer Rajayoga in its Dasa.
4 Kethu's presence in the 3rd is good but inauspicious in the 9th and 5th.
5 Sukra becomes capable of conferring power if he is in the 3rd with the Moon.
6 The native does not always wield power if the 10th lord is in the 3rd or the 11th but will do so only temporarily.
Illustrative of some of the combinations given above are the following charts —
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is rather vague. It says that if Jupiter as 10th lord (which is possible in case of Mithuna and Meena Lagnas) is in the 3rd, he would give rise to the same yogas as he would do, if he werelord of the 3rd. What results Jupiter would give aslord of the 3rdthe author has not elucidated. We have to take the information from other books.
If the 9th lord is in the 8th, his Dasa will not confer any fame. If Jupiter as lord of the 9th is in the 8th, the person becomes highly fortunate.
The Lagna is Dhanus and the lord Jupiter is exalted in the 8th. There are of course several other good combinations but this one has made the native amass much fortune.
If the 8th and 9th lords are in conjunction or aspect each other, fame and power will be conferred in the Dasa of the 8th lord.
This combination is to be found in Chart No 46 given above. The Sun and the Moon—lords of 9th and 8th respectively—aspect each other so that the Moon’s Dasa will confer fame and prosperity on the native.
If the 9th and 8th lords combine with or aspect each other, fame and power will be conferred not in the Dasa of the 9th lord but in the sub-period of the 8th lord.
In stanza 9, it is stated that the 8th lord gets the power to produce yoga, which means the 9th lord delegates his power to the 8th lord with the result he himself becomes powerless.
In Chart No 47, note lord of the 10th aspects the lord of the 11th, while from Chandra Lagna lords of the 10th and 11th aspect each other mutually. The native has been enjoying Rajayoga in the Dasa of Jupiter, lord of the 11th (stanza 11). The example given out in stanza 13 that the sub-period of the lord of the 10th (Bhukti of Venus in the Dasa of Guru) failed in toto to the above example. In the sub-period of Jupiter (in the Dasa of Guru) the native lost fame and money and was broken up as if to run out of his. There was a clear break in the Rajayoga. Rahu Saturn Moon Lagna Sun CHART NO 47 Mars Mercury Venus Jupiter Kethu
Rahu in the 7th will certainly confer fame and prosperity. Saturn in the 3rd and 9th will also confer yoga.
Jupiter in the 3rd, 8th and 9th will confer fame and prosperity. The person goes to heaven after death if Jupiter is in the 12th.
If the 9th and 10th lords are in the 10th and 9th respectively the native will enjoy Rajayoga and much fame.
The yogas mentioned in stanzas 14 and 15 are simple enough. Contrary to the commonly accepted notion that Saturn destroys the bhava he occupies, the author holds that Saturn in the 9th confers yoga. But readers will have to note that such a situation of Saturn would adversely affect the father. The 12th represents moksha or emancipation. As Jupiter is a Deva planet, his situation in the 12th takes the person to heaven after his death.
The combination given in stanza 16 goes under the name of Dharmakarmadhipa yogas or exchange of houses between 9th and 10th lords and it is an auspicious combination. Though it may not give much fame it will certainly confer prosperity and wealth.
Moon CHART NO. 48 Lagna Saturn Rahu Jupiter Mars Kethu Mercury Venus Sun In this horoscope (Chart No. 48) lord of the 9th Mercury is in the 10th while the 10th lord Venus is in the 9th. Though Venus is Neecha, he is free from Neecha effect. The native is very well off in life and enjoys much prosperity
If the 9th lord is in the 10th and the 10th lord is in the 9th the native enjoys much fame and power.
This is merely a repetition of stanza 16 in a different form and is quite unnecessary.
The person enjoys much fame and power if the 9th lord is in the 9th and the 10th lord is in the 10th.
Power and fame are conferred if the 10th and 5th lords are in the 10th and 5th.
Power and fame are conferred if the 9th and 10th lords are in the 7th and 1st houses respectively.
If the 6th, 7th and 10th lords are situated in quadrants or trines, the person enjoys power and much fame.
Rajayoga is caused if the Sun is in Aries, Jupiter and the Moon are in Cancer, Saturn is in Libra and Mars is in Capricorn.
to 20 inclusive suggest the combinations which confer Rajayoga. Such combinations are to be found in almost all horoscopes of any pretence to power. The 10th, 9th, 5th, 7th and 1st houses are taken into account and certain dispositions of these lords are said to confer Rajayoga.
It is not clear as to why the 6th lord is given importance along with the 7th and 10th lords in stanza 21. Probably the 6th lord will lose the evil of 6th lordship if he is in a kendra or trikona but still the evil will be there and it will manifest in some shape in the period or sub period of the 6th lord.
The combination given in the last stanza is to be found in very rare and exceptional cases as for instance in the horoscope of Sri Rama
Combinations For Dips In Sacred Waters
If the 10th lord is combined with Jupiter the native will be highly religious or orthodox. If the 10th lord is in the 6th or 12th he will not be religious.
That a separate chapter should be devoted to giving combinations for bathing in sacred rivers shows the importance which the Hindus have attached from time immemorial to the question of pilgrimage. Careful study reveals that pilgrimage to which a religious touch was given was undertaken as part of education. Pilgrimage is the final phase of education and it has its own moral, intellectual and social values. The waters of Ganges and several other sacred rivers are full of medical virtue and a dip in these rivers is held so sacred that it washes not only the physical dirt but the mental impurity also. Even now, the majority of the Hindus for that matter people of all religions seem to undertake pilgrimages so that their existence on the earth might be justified.
The first stanza says that if the 10th lord and Jupiter are conjoined together or aspect each other the native will be engaged in Satkarma or good deeds. Jupiter is the Guru or preceptor of the Gods and as the 10th is the house of action, Jupiter's connection with it or its lord is bound to have very favourable results.
CHART NO 56 Rahu Lagna Saturn Lagna Sun Mars Venus Jupiter Ketu
Human nature takes different moulds. There are people who are always fresh and engaged in dirty and scandalous things. Jupiter in the 10th favourably counteracts these evil influences and makes the native fear God and behave himself as charitable acts and deeds.
In Chart No. 50 Jupiter—the Karmakaraka is in the 10th. In Jupiter’s Dasa in his own Bhukti the native had dips in not only the Ganges but also in other sacred rivers and visited a number of holy places.
Thus ends the Ninth chapter entitled Rajayogas in Bhavartha Ratnakara of Sri Ramanujacharya.