Bhrigu Pada Dasa System – A Leaf of Bhrigu Maharishi by Dr. K.P. Vaani

Article by Dr. K.P. Vaani

By Divine grace of my Guruji Dr. Naresh ,Chandigarh and under able guidance of Shri A.V.Sundaram I’m here presenting basic treatise on “Pada Dasa System of Timing” timing events of native’s life with Bhrigu cycle of the planets.

There are various predictive tools available in Jyotish. Among them Bhrigu Maharishi’s Pada Dasa is an important technique for predicting or timing an event. But this method is not practiced for want of proper information for application which is due to non availability of literature, article or texts.

Recently in ICAS-Secunderabad chapter Nadi Course on different levels was conducted under able co-ordination of Shri A.V.Sundaram an eminent Nadi Researcher and National Joint Secretary – ICAS. In the course of the study, Bhrigu Pada dasas were extensively worked out.

To begin with we must find the Arudha Pada of the houses. Arudha Pada also called as “Pada” and means “Mount” and refers to the image of a sign falling on another due to reflection of the rays emanating from it and being reflected by its lord.

Computation Of Arudha Padas

Arudha Pada is obtained by counting the number of the houses, the house lord had moved away from that particular house in question. The house so obtained will be the “Arudha” for that house under consideration.

For example the pada of the ascendant will correspond to the sign arrived by counting the number of signs from the ascendant lord ahead from ascendant.

Similarly the padas for 12 bhavas or houses should be computed from the placement of house lord or lord away from the house.

Therefore the 12 Padas arrived from 12 houses can be termed as follows shown in the Table.

For ex. Chart A: Sep-10-1939, 14.20 time, Madras

LP – Lagna Pada     :  Meena Rasi

2P  – Second Pada  :  Mesha Rashi

3 P -Third Pada    :  Mithuna Rashi

4 P- Fourth Pada  :  Dhanush Rashi

5 P- Fifth Pada      :  Karkataka Rashi

6 P- Sixth Pada     :  Simha Rashi

7 P-Seventh Pada  : Thula Rashi

8 P- Eighth Pada  :  Mesha Rashi

9 P- Ninth Pada    : Vrishaba Rashi

10 P- Tenth Pada  : Karkataka Rashi

11 P- Eleventh Pada : Mithuna Rashi

12P  – Twelfth  Pada  :  Mesha Rashi

Exceptions To Rules    :

1. If the lord of the house is in the same house the 10^th house in question there from can be treated as its pada . ex. In the above chart, 9^th lord is sun in its own house, Simha, therefore the 9^th pada falls in the 10^th house from Simha, i.e.Vrishaba.

2. If the lord of the house is in the 7^th, pada falls in the opposite house but being Kendra, pada falls in 10^th house from the said house. ,ex. Cancer lagna, the lagna lord falls in the seventh        (Makara),then lagna pada falls in cancer, which is Kendra, hence it should again be shifted        to 10^th from it i.e. Mesha.

3. If the lord of the bhava is in the 4^th from bhava, then the pada falls in the 7^th, since it is Kendra, it should again be shifted to 10^th .Ex. Vrishabha Lagna, LL is in 4^th house (Simha), then lagna pada falls in Vrischika, which is again Kendra, hence it should be shifted to 10^th from it, i.e. Simha again.

4. If the lord of the bhava falls in the 10 ^th bhava from its place, then the pada falls in the 4^th bhava in question. Ex. Sagittarius Lagna, Mars is the 5^th lord, posited in Makara (10^th) therefore the 5^th pada falls in the 10^th from makara i.e.Thula,which is Kendra hence pada is shifted again to 10^th from Thula which is Cancer thus finally being 4^th from Mesha (bhava in question).

After the padas are computed for each bhava, then pada lords for each pada can be listed.

Table.2.

As per Vedic texts any event in an individual’s life will fructify as per the promise in the natal chart during the dasas and gochara but as per Bhrigu Pada Dasa Technique the event will occur when the Pada lord will transit the particular house at that particular age of the life.

This pada dasa system of Bhrigu Maharishi’s corresponds almost to the Metonic cycle of planets which refers to the return of the planets to the same position of the Zodiac with respect to the fixed star. Dasa Periods of the planets are derived as per the periodic revolutions made in the Zodiac to come back to the exact position of the star.

Table 3. : Cyclic Periods of Planets

Table 4:  Pada Dasas Of Planets

Now that the periods allotted to the planets or the pada lords are seen as above in the table. Thus the event will be assessed when the pada lords are transiting the sign with the padas. The procedure for confirming of the event through the pada dasa system using this Metonic cycle of period is as follows.

• From the natal chart compute the 12 padas for 12 houses.
• List out the pada lords.
• To time any event, calculate the present age of the native.
• Also list out the house lords, padas and pada lords related to the particular event.
• Then find out the dasa period of the pada lords related to the particular event.
• Finally event will be timed when these pada lords at that particular age will be
• influencing the house, house lord, pada  and the karaka.

Some Principles Involved In Timing Of  Event

• Dasa Period of pada lord is directly involved with the event.
• Bhrigu system of astrology gives maximum importance to Kendra/Trikonas. Thus whenever the pada lords are in trine or kendra to the house lords/house or crossing the house, then the events will be fructified.{ Kendra-Self effort, Trines-Fate}

Lagna pada signifies protection; it will try to protect the native from total effects.

Ex. To time the marriage event for a native, the following should be analyzed. :

House             –  Lagna , 7 House

House lords   –   Lagna lord,   7th lord

Pada lords     –   Pada lord of Lagna lord,  Pada lord of 7th lord

Present age of the native.

Dasa Periods of pada lords influencing Lagna, Lagna lord, and 7th house, 7th lord

Event will occur when the pada lords during their dasas will influence the houses, house lords and karaka by moving over them or in trines to them.

In the chart given below we will discuss marriage event

For Example: Chart A: Sep-10-1939, 2.20 P.M. Madras

Chart Showing Movement of Pada lords over the Houses, House Lords or Karaka during their Dasa Periods

Date of Birth: Sep -10 -1939                      Date of Marriage : July -05-1967

Marriageable Age   :  27^Y    07^M    25^D

Therefore at the given marriageable age the pada lords are moving through the houses and the house lords as per the Table 3 & 4 and chart given above.

Predicting the marriage as per information given above:

For the marriage event to occur the pad lords of Lagna lord (LL), and 7^th lord (7^L) should influence these parameters (L, LL,7^{H ,}7^L ,Karaka) during their dasa periods.

Lagna : Mars as pada lord of 2P (Kutumbh), 8P (Marriage contract ) is moving over  lagna, and is in Kendra to seventh house directly influencing the native for the marriage to occur at  27^Y  07^M  25^D

Lagna Lord: is influenced by the mercury, pada lord of 3P and 11^th pada and the seventh lord crossing over lagna lord and also over lagna pada and 12^th pada at  marriageable age  of  27^Y    07^M    25^D

Seventh House: At 27^Y    07^M    25^D, Jupiter the pada lord of lagna lord is moving through seventh house in Kendra to lagna, lagna lord, thereby making the marriage to occur.

Seventh Lord: Venus the pada lord of the 7^th pada is directly causing the event by moving over the seventh lord and natal Venus which is also the karaka for marriage is also directly influenced by Venus, karaka for marriage moving over it.

Conclusions:

Therefore it can be concluded that pada lord are very vital in Bhrigu Pada system of timing the event. The pada lords during its dasa period will make the event to occur by directly influencing through its movement over the house or the house lords.