Bhavartha Ratnakara Part 25: Results of Dasa (Planetary Periods) - A Modern Guide
A modern English guide to the classical Vedic astrology text by Sri Ramanujacharya, translated and annotated by B.V. Raman.
Part 25 of 28
Chapter Xi
Results Of Dasas
The person becomes unfortunate during Sani Dasa Sukra Bhukti or Sukra Dasa Sani Bhukti.
For persons born in Dhanus and Meena Lagnas, Venus and Saturn give rise to yoga in the Dasas of Saturn and Venus respectively.
As we have already said elsewhere, yoga means affluence and fortunate results in general. One becomes devoid of affluence in Saturn sub period in the major period of Venus and in the sub period of Venus within the Dasa of Saturn. This cannot be accepted as a rule or principle. There are several exceptions. Why should Saturn always produce evil results in the Dasa of Venus and vice versa? In actual practice, instances have come to our notice wherein Venus has produced affluence and riches in the Dasa of Saturn and vice versa. The following horoscope will illustrate our point.
In this horoscope lagna is Meena. Saturn is lord of 3 and 4 and occupies the 9th while Venus as lord of 8th and 12th occupies the 11th. Saturn and Venus are disposed in the 3rd and 12th from each other. In the above samsa the situation of Venus is favourable. Hence this sub period of Saturn in the major period of Venus did not cause any harm to the native. On the other hand, he enjoyed the sub period with beneficial results. Though stanza 1 says that sub period of Venus in the Dasa of Saturn and sub period of Saturn in the Dasa of Venus would produce injurious
results, due consideration must be shown to the general strength of these two planets in a horoscope.
The combination given in stanza 2 is, however, an exception to the one suggested in stanza 1 inasmuch as the principle that Saturn and Venus give rise to evil results in the Dasa of Venus and Saturn respectively should not be applied to persons born in Meena and Bhanu Lagnas. For Meena Lagna, Saturn owns the 11th and 12th houses and Venus rules over the 3rd and 8th. Thus both are malefics, and probably on account of similar disposition in reference to Meena Lagna, their evil dispositions may get affected and they may be enabled to give rise to favourable results.
Death may be caused by the lords of the 6th, 8th and 12th houses in the course of the Dasa of the 8th lord who occupies the 6th, 8th or 12th.
If the lords of the 10th and 3rd are in conjunction with or aspect each other, the native will be deprived of fortune in the Dasa of the 10th lord and he will enjoy fortunate results in the Dasa of the 3rd lord.
The third lordship is bad for any planet, whereas a benefic owning the 10th becomes a temporary malefic, while a malefic owning the 10th becomes temporarily benefic. When the 3rd and 10th lords join together, then the 3rd lord gets the power to bestow fortunate results.
If the 5th, 7th and 9th lords are in their own houses, they give rise to dips in Ganges during their periods and sub-periods.
A person gets wealth by his own exertions in the Dasa of a planet occupying Lagna or the seventh house. He will also acquire much
Combinations mentioned in the above slokas do not take into account the ownership of a planet but only their natural or Nasargika classification of malefics. Thus, father’s death is to happen in the sub period of any malefic planet within the major period of any malefic.
The ending of a Dasa goes under the technical name of Dasaahanta and it is generally supposed to produce evil results. According to sasana II, death of father will happen just before the ending of Lagna Dasa and the beginning of Rahu Dasa. This may be taken to mean that in Lagna Dasa when the sub period of a malefic is current, viz. held or the Sun, the father may die.
Sloka 13: Sukra confers Rajayoga in his Dasa if he is in conjunction with Jupiter in Scorpio.
Sloka 14: When the Sun and Mercury are in conjunction with or aspect each other highly, favourable results will be caused in the Dasa of Budha while Sun’s Dasa will be ordinary.
Sloka 15: When the Moon and Mars are in conjunction or aspect each other, fortune in result will be experienced in the Moon’s Dasa while the Dasa of Mars will be quite ordinary.
Sloka 16: When Jupiter and Saturn join together or aspect each other, Sani Dasa will prove very fortunate while Guru Dasa will be ordinary.
Sloka 17: When Jupiter and Mars are in conjunction or aspect each other, Mars’ Dasa will be very fortunate and Jupiter’s Dasa will be ordinary.
Sloka 18: When Jupiter and the Moon join together, Chandra Dasa will prove highly prosperous while Guru Dasa will be ordinary.
to 18 give interesting combinations to enable us to predict the relative good and bad nature of the results of Dasas of different planets in conjunction or mutual aspect. These combinations can be summarised as follows for the convenience of our esteemed readers:
Two planets in conjunction
or in mutual aspect
Dasas in which
highly benefic
results will happen
Dasas in which
ordinary results
will appear
1 Venus and Jupiter in
conjunction in Scorpio
Venus Jupiter Mercury Moon Saturn Mars Moon Mercury The Sun Mars Jupiter Jupiter
It will be seen from the above that Jupiter is to produce only ordinary results in any of his combinations with Mars, the Moon, and Saturn. This is, however, a general principle and it stands to be modified if Jupiter becomes a yogakaraka or has some special distinction by way of exaltation or situation in Lagna or the 10th or the 2nd or the 11th or the 9th house. The above tabulation will also enable us to anticipate the true course of the Dasa of the planets which are supposed to give ordinary results, though the above major periods are supposed to prove highly fortunate. Thus, if you take Jupiter and Saturn, then Saturn's bhukti in Jupiter's Dasa will be highly fortunate.
will not enjoy the Dasas of the Moon and Mars. The sub period of the Moon Dasa and Saturn will also prove much more beneficial than the sub periods of other planets in Jupiter's Dasa. Here we have not taken into account the strength or weakness of any of these planets in Jupiter's Dasa. Jupiter is Shubha, never very unfavourable to the natives as he is seen in Vrindavan, in the 10th house, whenever the four houses were considerably educated in the schools of Saturn. Saturn is lord of Taurus and is in the 4th in a friendly sign aspected by Jupiter, lord of the 2nd. Moreover, for Chandra Lagna, Saturn becomes a yogakaraka and his situation in Chandra Lagna aspected by Jupiter enables him to give much more favourable and fortunate results than Jupiter.
The combinations of Moon and Mars, Jupiter and Mars, and Jupiter and Moon go under the special distinction of Chandra Mangala Yoga, Guru Mangala Yoga, and Guru Chandra Yoga respectively, and out of the two planets causing each yoga, one becomes capable of producing much more favourable results than the other if we had seen that only ordinary results will happen in the Dasa of the evil or planet and not fortunate results.
Rahu will confer Rajayoga and much fame in his Dasa if he joins a quadrant or a trine.
If Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus join together or are in mutual aspect, the native becomes very wealthy, famous, and fortunate.
The native will earn much wealth in Sukra Dasa if Venus is in conjunction with or aspected by Mercury or Jupiter.
The native becomes bereft of wealth in the Dasa of Guru and malefic results will be produced in the Dasa of Budha, when the said planets are disposed as per stanza 21.
Rahu when occupying a kendra (quadrant) or trikona (trine) is supposed to give rise to Rajayoga in his Dasa.
If Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus are in mutual conjunction or aspect, one becomes fortunate and wealthy. All these three planets are benefics (Mercury becomes benefic here as he will be with the other two benefics), but only one of the three in combination can really enable the native to acquire wealth in his Dasa. Stanza 22 makes the meaning very clear. If Venus is in conjunction with or aspected by Mercury or Jupiter, then
(a) Venus confers wealth in his Dasa,
(b) Jupiter causes loss of wealth in his Dasa,
(c) and Mercury produces mixed results in his Dasa.
Remember that for each of these three planets to produce the results ascribed above, they must conjoin together or aspect each other. If Venus and Jupiter make up the combination, the latter gives evil results, and if Venus and Mercury cause the combination, the latter produces mixed results.
If planets are in conjunction with the Sun they become
ashtangata or combust. Combustion occurs when the planets
are very near the Sun. Otherwise it cannot be called
combustion. If the Sun and other planets join together,
the Sun confers fame and fortune in its Dasa while ordinary
results will be given by the other planets. Stanza 24 requires
some explanation. For example, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn
are in conjunction with Rahu. Of these, Venus is the strongest
and Jupiter is the most powerful and occupies the 9th house.
Thus Jupiter alone will be able to produce its Dasa results.
Rahu in conjunction with planets becomes more or less identical.
The original stanza says, Rashiswarasamanaphala—meaning
each of the planets except Rahu, the results are indicated by
that which is most powerful, which means the results of his
Dasa is preferred to the others.
Jupiter is the most powerful
and occupies the 9th house.
Jupiter—finance profession
Mars—political and musical
Rahu—results of 9th house.
Dasa Rahu gives the results of
9th house.
So if all these three are
together in the 9th, Rahu can
cause yogas in his Dasa.
Thus ends the Eleventh Chapter entitled "Results of
Dasas" in Bhavartha Ratnakara of Sri Ramanujacharya.