Rare Yogas of Jyotish Sangraha – Part 2 by Yenbeeyes

Article by Yenbeeyes

Introduction:

Jyotish Shyam Sangraha is a Sanskrit classic compiled by Pandit Shyamlal, who lived in Bans-Bareilly or simply Bareilly which is now in Uttarkhand State. His forefathers were also Pandits well versed in Astrology. His family history is given in the last chapter of his collection Jyotish Shyam Sangraha.  According to him he took 4 years to collect all the materials for writing the book. It is believed that originally he wrote it as two parts – One on various Yogas in Jyotish and the other the general part. I got a book edited and published by Khemraj Srikrishnadas of Sri Venkateshwara Steam Press, Mumbai. It is an old edition and unfortunately the year of publication page is missing. I do not have any idea whether the said book is still available in the market.

After going through the book which contains Sanskrit Verses along with explanations in Hindi, I thought of testing some of the Yogas presented  therein. Though Dr B.V.Raman has already given to the Astrological community the 300 Yogas through his book 300 Important Combinations, I feel this book has some other Yogas not mentioned by Dr. B.V.Raman and some other yogas already explained by Dr. B.V.Raman have more detailed explanations here. One important part of this Yoga chapter is the remedial measures he suggests for each of the Ashubha or bad Yogas. In my write-up I am omitting the remedial portion and will be listing out the Yogas one by one and will try to explain the same with example charts as far as possible. Mistakes or errors if any are attributable to me and if they are pointed out to me, I shall feel obliged and shall get an opportunity to correct myself.

Part 2

2. मृत्युप्रजायोग – Mrityupraja Yoga

In this part let us see some more Yogas described in Jytosih Sangraha.

One such Yoga is Mrityupraja Yoga. I am keeping the Sanskrit words used by the author as it is to make it more meaningful. मृत्यु means death and प्रजा in this context refers to the subject/person concerned.

पंचमस्थो यदा सूर्यस्तमोमंदध्वजैर्युतः  स्वर्भानुभूमितनयौ भवेतां तनुजेऽथ वा॥१०॥

मृत्युयोगं विजानीयाद् बालकानां न संशयः। अंते सुतीर्थमरणं विष्णुभक्तिपरायणः॥११॥

इह जन्मनि संतानं भवेद्वा न तु जीवति। एको वा जीवति यदा अंते दुःखमवप्नुयात्॥१२॥

When the 5^th house is occupied by (1) Sun, Rahu, Saturn or Ketu or (2) Rahu and Mars – Mrityu Praja Yoga is formed. The effect of this yoga is that the native will get an offspring but that will not survive. The native who has such a Yoga will pass away in a good and holy place where there is sacred water. The word used is सुतिर्थ . Theertha means sacred water and any place having a sacred river, lake or ocean is called Theertha sthal or theertha sthan or theertha kshetra. He is destined to be a Vishnu Baktha or worshipper of Mahavishnu. Even if he gets a child it will not survive. Even if one child survives, in the end he will be sorrowful on account of the child.

Note: I could not get any chart to verify this yoga.

3. महासागर योग – Maha Sagar Yoga

चतुष्केन्द्रेषु सौम्याश्च बंधुषष्ठे तमःकुजौ। एकादशे शनिस्तिष्ठेन्महासागरयोगतः॥१८॥

महाराजोऽथवा मंत्री राजरोगी कलेवरः। द्विजदेवार्चने प्रीतिः सर्पदोषकृतः पुरा॥१९॥

Benefic planets Jupiter, Mercury, Venus and Moon should be placed in Kendras (1^st, 4^th, 7^th and 10^th) and Rahu in the 3^rd house, Mars in the 6^th house and Saturn in the 11^th house, then this combination is termed as Maha Sagar Yoga.  Those born with this yoga become a King or a Minister. He will suffer bodily due to Raja-Roga. He will be fond of worshipping Brahmin Devatas. He carries Sarpa Dosha from his previous life.

Note on Raja Roga: According to Dhanvantari, the Yakshma Roga (Tuberculosis) is a very deadly disease. Previously, it used to afflict only the great kings. Hence, it is called as Raja-Roga (a royal disease). Not caring about diet, irregular eating hours and not drinking fluids in adequate quantity are the causes of this disease. The body looses its vitality due to some ulterior reason. Eating without any distinctions also is another reason. Because of these, Raja-Roga sets in. With the result the whole body acquires a pale look. Throat-ache, short of breath feeling, a pain that appears to break the body limbs etc. are its other symptoms. This is a highly enervating disease.

द्विजदेवा – द्विज  means Brahmin and देवा  means God.  So the literal translation goes as Brahmin God. Brahmin here has nothing to do with the caste system. In the Vedic times Agni, Vayu, Surya and Soma or Moon were the main devatas. In the Upanishads we find the word Brahman who are like fire, Vayu and also Sun and Moon. They saw these Devatas as Brahmin. So one explanation of this word is that the native is fond of worshipping these Brahmin Devatas. The Puranic deities and their different forms of Gods that we worship today are also treated as Brahman as they possess the qualities of Brahman. We can go on expanding this principle to include the consorts of the three supreme divinities Brahma, Vishnu and Siva  – Saraswathi, Lakshmi and Parvati. To quote the words of David Frawley “To see the Devatas (Gods and Godesses) as forms of Brahman is to really see the devatas. Each devata is a doorway on the infinite which is Brahman…”

Has anybody come across such a horoscope? I am yet to see one such chart.

4. यमाकृतियोगः – Yama Kruti Yoga

मूतौं तमः कुजक्षेत्रे सहजे च रविर्भवेत्। बुधशुक्त्रेण संयुक्तो अष्टमे रविजाकुजौ॥२१॥

तदा यमाकृतिर्योगो ब्रह्महत्या कृता पुरा। तस्मान्महादरिद्रत्वं अनपत्यो भवेत्तदा॥२२॥

राजरोगी तथा राहोः शनिभौमजपाच्छुभम्।

The next Yoga is termed as Yama Kruti Yoga. The word itself describes the Yoga : that is the action of the God or Controller of death –Yama. For Aries and Scorpio Ascendants, if Rahu is placed in Lagna, Sun in the 3^rd house and Mercury, Venus, Mars and Saturn in the 8^th house, Yamakruti Yoga is applicable. A person born with this Yoga must have done Brahma Hatya in his previous birth on account of which he will be a very poor man in this birth and in spite of having progeny will be a destitute. He will suffer from Raja Roga (Tuberculosis) and he will be a sad person. If he worships Rahu, Saturn and Mars he will be benefitted.

If we draw the charts it will look like this. [Refer comments at the end of the article,]

Brahma Hatya means killing a Brahmin. Here Brahmin is not by birth (caste) but by qualities of the living entity. The qualities as described in Vedas. So if a person has killed another person having the qualities of a Brahmin, then he comes under Brahma Hatya Dosha and he is punished badly in the next birth. If he has done the same Brahma Hatya in the previous life, he will be punished in the present life. One classic example is the chart of Sri Rama. Sri Rama had an exalted Jupiter in the Lagna but it was aspected by Saturn and Mars, which constituted the curse of a Brahmin. So for the curse of a Brahmin or Brahma Hatya Jupiter plays an important role as he is considered as Brahmin. Any conjunction between Saturn/Mars with Jupiter or aspect will indicate the curse of a Brahmin in a chart. But here the author has not taken into consideration Jupiter at all. Hence this is a deviation, and how far we can consider this to indicate Brahma Hatya Dosha is a big question and needs more extensive study.

As to the native being a very poor man, we can say that, for Aries Lagna, the Dhana Sthana as well as Labha Sthana Lords Venus and Saturn both are placed in a Dusthana. Saturn also indicates his Karma as the 10^th lord. So the native will be poor and his karma may be begging. For Scorpio Lagna, we see that the 11^th Lord Mercury goes to the 8^th house. We cannot say anything about the 2^nd Lord as Jupiter’s position is not given.

Position of Sun in the 3^rd house is generally considered as one of the strong points in a horoscope. With my little knowledge, I am unable to comprehend in what way this will indicate the results pointed out by the author. Probably, if we have some sample charts, the position may become more clear.

Overall, I am not convinced with the results given in the verse for the given combinations. Learned Scholars may kindly enlighten the same for the readers as well as me.

5. महिषाकृति योग – Mahisha Kruti Yoga

शनिराहू चतुर्थस्थौ दशमे  केतुभूसुतौ। षष्ठेंदुः शुक्ररविणा युतः स्यान्महिषाकृतिः॥२७।

आद्यभ्रातुर्न संतानं भवेद्रोगः पुनः पुनः। तथा मातुर्महाकष्टं जायते नात्र संशयः॥२८॥

Unlike the previous Yoga, this Yoga though named as Mahisha Kruti Yoga meaning the action of a buffalo, there is no mention of any buffalo or any curse on account of some action in previous birth. The combinations for this Yoga are – Saturn and Rahu must be in the 4^th house and Ketu and Mars in the 10^th house and in the 6^th house Moon, Venus and Sun. Results of this Yoga are – Native’s elder brother will have no issues. Native will be afflicted by diseases often. Native’s mother will also be put into big troubles. The author confirms that there will be no doubt on the results mentioned.

This is quite acceptable as the 10^th house is the 12^th house to the 11^th house of elder brothers and the presence of two malefics Ketu and Rahu indicate some problem to the elder brother. The house of diseases-6^th house gets afflicted due to the presence of Sun which is not good for health and the frequent troubles to the body is indicated by the aspect of Saturn on the 6^th house. The 4^th house indicating mother gets afflicted by the presence of two dire malefics.

6. मातृकघातक योगा – Matru Ghaatak Yoga

लग्नस्थिते यदा जीवे धने सौरिर्यदा भवेत्। सहजे च यदा राहुर्माता तस्य न जीवति॥३२॥

अष्टमस्थो यदा जीवः कर्मस्थाने महीसुतः। सिंहे शौरिर्भवेद्यस्य तस्य माता न जीवति॥३३॥

महार्णवे भृगुमते योगोऽयं मातृघातकः। दैत्याचार्यकृतः प्रस्नो भृगुणा वै प्रकाशितः॥३४॥

Jupiter in Lagna, Saturn in Dhanasthan (2^nd house) and Rahu in the 3^rd house – Mother of a person having such a combination will not be living. Also if in a person’s chart, Jupiter is in the 8^th, Mars is in the 10^th and Saturn is in Leo, his mother will not be living. In the book named as ‘Maharnava’ written by Rishi Bhrighu this Yoga named Matru Ghaatak is mentioned. घातुकः  means matricide. घातक means killing or destroying.

In the latter part of this Yoga, it is also mentioned that the native in his previous birth has murdered his father and mother and hence in this birth he will be without mother.

7. दरिद्रयोग – Daridra Yoga

क्रूरश्चतुर्थकेंद्रस्थो धने क्रूरोऽथवा गतः। दरिद्रयोगं जानीयाद्राजपुत्रोऽपि यो नरः॥ ४०॥

The next Yoga is Daridra Yoga. Malefics should be placed in all the four kendra places. Or all malefics must be placed in Dhanasthan or 2^nd house. Any one who has such a position of planets, even if he is the son of a King, will be a pauper.

8. विघात योग – Vighaata Yoga

लग्ने चैकादशे शौरी रिपुस्थाने निशापतिः। भूमिपुत्रो सप्तमस्थो मातृपित्रो न जीवति॥ ४५॥

लग्ने तिष्ठति चेत् क्रूराः पापाः सप्तमगा यदि। मातापित्रोऽतिदुः खार्तः दारा तस्य न जीवति॥४६॥

लग्ने त्रिकस्थिते क्रूरास्तदा पुत्रो न जीवति। अस्मिन् योगे नरो जातो राजमान्योऽतिदुर्बलः॥४७॥

विघातः means Destruction, removing, killing, impediment, abandoning, leaving. This Yoga gives the combinations which lead to the passing away of various relations of the native. Since the word ‘Jeevite’ has been used, the said relations will not survive.

1. When Saturn is placed in Lagna or the 11^th house with Moon in the 6^th house and Mars in the 7^th house, father and mother of the native will not survive.
2. When malefics are placed in the Lagna and also in the 7^th house, then the native’s parents become very unhappy and the spouse of the native will not survive.
3. If Lagna, 6^th house, 8^th house and 12^th house are all occupied by malefics then such a native’s progeny will not survive.

Natives born with such Vighaata Yoga will be respected by the King but they will have a weak constitution.

9.  त्रिषुघाती योग – Trishu Ghaati Yoga

रविराहू कुजः शौरिर्लग्ने वा पंचमे स्थितः। आत्मानं हंति पितरं मातरं च न संशयः॥५२॥

योगोऽयं त्रिषुघातारो जन्मकाले भवेन्नृणाम्। पितृदोषः कृतः पूर्वे पुत्रहीनो नरो भवेत्॥५३॥

If in a person’s horoscope Sun, Rahu, Mars and Saturn are placed either in Lagna or in the 5^th house, then without doubt that native not only destroys or brings grief to himself but also to his father and mother. Such a native has done some wrong things to parents in his previous birth on account of which he will be issueless in this birth. This Yoga is called Trishu Ghaati Yoga. Because three persons get affected – Self, father and mother –this yoga is probably called Trishu Ghaati Yoga as ‘trishu’ means three.

10. अन्यप्रकार योग

सूर्यक्षेत्रे गतः शौरिर्भौमक्षेत्रे यदा अगुः। राहुक्षेत्रे दिवानाथो मंदक्षेत्रे धरासुतः॥५४॥

सुते लग्नचतुर्थस्थौ पंचमे संस्थितेऽपि वा। शनिराहू धरासूनुः पुत्रनाशं करोति वै॥ ५५॥

अस्मिन् योगे नरो जातः त्रिषुघाती भवेद् ध्रुवम् । राजपुत्रोऽथवा मंत्री पापकर्मान्वितः सदा॥ ५६॥

Other types of Trishu Ghaati Yoga –

1. In the rasi of Sun – Leo – Saturn sits and in the rasi of Mars – Aries and Scorpio – Rahu is placed and in the rasi of Rahu – Virgo (note the deviation here) – Sun is placed and in the rasi of Saturn – Capricorn and Aquarius – Mars is placed – This is one type.
2. Saturn, Rahu and Mars are placed in the 5^th house, Lagna and 4^th house respectively – This is the second type.

A person born with such combination loses his progeny. A person with any such combination definitely has Trishu Ghaati Yoga, be it a King’s or Minister’s son. He will always be doing bad deeds.

Conclusion:

With this I conclude the 2^nd part of this Yoga series. In this Yogas, as I could not get sample charts for verification, I have given only the gist of the Sanskrit verses with certain explanations to some of the Yogas as I have understood them.

Immediately upon publication of this article in the Astro-Vision, I got two comments from learned and experienced astrologers which are reproduced below for the benefit of the readers:

Comment from Sri Jugal Kishore Kalani (Krushnaji)

“Sub: your write up on yogas

       In your write up in Astro Vision you have written Sun in 3rd house and Me and Ve in 8th house. Please note that Mercury can not be away from Sun more than 36 degrees, and Venus more than 48 degrees approx. In such case how those planets can be in sixth house from Sun?  If it for navmansha chart, it may be. 

Thanks and regards

Krushana”

I have already sent a reply to Astro Vision which is yet to be published by them and the same is given below:

Immediately on receipt of this mail, I checked the Sanskrit sloka and I found that I have in fact committed a mistake in my translation. Yes. The translation should read as under:

For Lagna having Mars as Lord (meaning Aries and Scorpio), when Rahu is placed in Lagna and in the Sahaj Bhava which is the 3^rd house Sun, Mercury and Venus are placed and in the 8^th house Mars and Saturn are placed, Yama Kruti Yoga is formed.

On account of this change the chart given as example will also undergo change and will  look  like this:

As such the explanations given by me will also undergo changes:

For Aries Lagna – the 2^nd Lord Venus has conjoined the 6^th Lord Mercury and is aspected by the 8^th Lord Mars.  11^th Lord Saturn has gone to the hidden 8^th house. No doubt the native will live like a poor man.

For Scorpio Lagna- the 2^nd Lord happens to be Jupiter whose position is not known. 11^th Lord Mercury is aspected by the 6^th Lord Mars. Venus becomes the 12^th Lord and has conjoined the 11^th Lord.

I have crossed out the wrong portion in the original writing which is shown below:

Yenbeeyes

Comments from Sri CSS:

 I see that Jyotish sangraha is not following classic Sanskrit, but that is alright. In Mahasagar yoga again you find that Venus and Mercury are being said to be having to be in two kendras. This may not be possible at least on the equator and our part of the world though it could happen in higher latitudes. Bandhu bhava is the name of the 4th bhava, but the author does seem to use it to indicate the 3rd bhava.

I think by dvija devaa the author is indicating Brahmins and God, not the Brahmin god.

I think Mahishaakriti means in the figure of Buffalo, so it is one of the akriti yogas.

In daridra yoga I think the author is talking about a malefic in 4th bhava or the 2nd bhava. More than one malefic is not mentioned here, if what I am reading is right. I also think that this is an incomplete shloka.

In trishughata yoga harm to father (but not mother) in past life is indicated.

In anyaprakara yoga second line talks of Saturn, Rahu and Mars in 5th, Lagna and 4th respectively or in 5th only (all of them).

On the whole there do not appear to be much mistakes in the translation. The language used in the treatise does not seem to be pure Sanskrit and that might be the reason for inaccuracies to creep in. Viz. Saturn is called Sauri and not Shauri.