Article by Iranganti Rangacharya

Vajra and Yava are the two among the twenty akriti yogas of the 32 nabhasas described in Brihat Jaathaka, Saravali and other later texts. And all these texts are of the same opinion about the formation of these two nabhasas follows:

The Vajra yoga is produced by the benefics in the Ascendant & 7^th house with the malefics in the 4^th & 10^th.
The Yava yoga is produced by the malefics in the Ascendant & 7^th house with the benefics in the 4^th & 10^th.

But neither of the two yogas mentioned above is possible, because Venus and Mercury cannot occupy any Kendra from the Sun. Nevertheless the opinion of such Kendra position in the higher latitudes is farfetched. Varahamihira himself discloses that he has exposed the yogas as given by his former writers like Maya, Yavana and others of the past. He poses the question, “how can Mercury and Venus occupy the 4^th house from the Sun?”

पूर्व शास्त्रानुसारेण मया वज्रादयः कृताः।

चतुर्थे भवने सूर्यात् ज्ञ् सितौ भवतः कथं॥ ६

pūrva śāstrānusāreṇa mayā vajrādayaḥ kṛtāḥ |

caturthe bhavane sūryāt jñ sitau bhavataḥ kathaṁ ||

Brihajjatakam Ch. 12 Sh. 6

A later writer was also dubious of the formation of the Vajra yoga and Yava yoga, having reproduced the yogas in his book. He felt it is not expedient to rely on the two yogas, for the reason they were originated from the sages.

मुनि प्रणेतविति युक्ति बह्यौ मयोदितौ वज्र यवौ हि योगौ

सुर्यत् चतुर्थे भवने सितज्ञौ कथ भवेतमिति सुप्रसिद्धौ॥

muni praṇetaviti yukti bahyau mayoditau vajra yavau hi yogau

suryat caturthe bhavane sitajñaui katha bhavetamiti suprasiddhau ||

If so, do the Vajra and Yava altogether go haywire? No. There should be a plausible interpretation and I deduce it from two relevant Jaimini sutras given below:

Jaimini Sutra-1: leya labhayou dara ripphayor va pavihi, saha charascha

Jaimini Sutra-2: vipareetairyavaha

लेय लाभयोः दार रिःफयोः पविः ॥३-३-३५॥

leya lābhayouḥ dāra riḥphayoḥ paviḥ ||3-3-35||

सह चरश्च॥३-३-३६॥

saha caraśca ||3-3-36||

विपरीतैः यवयोगः॥३-३-३७॥

viparītaiḥ yavayoogaḥ ||3-3-37||

The Sanskrit word, ‘pavihi’ means Indra’s thunderbolt (vajraayudha). So the yoga is called Pavi yoga or Vajra yoga. By the use of the word, ‘Va’ in the Jamini Sutra -1, it is crystal clear that the Vajra yoga could be formed in two ways. It means Vajra yoga could be produced either by the benefics in the Ascendant & 7^th or by the malefics in the 4^th & 10^th.

Leya means Ascendant, labha means the 7^th house, dara means the 4^th house. Rippha means the 10^th house. These are understandable by the katapayadhi notation kaadi nava taadi nava paada pancha yadyashta, which means ka varga of 9 letters, ta varga of 9 letters, pa varga of 5 letters and ya varga of 8 letters.

le = 3 (3^rd letter in ya varga), ya = 1 (1^st letter in ya varga); On reversal (ankanam vamato gatihi); we get 13 and this when divided by 12 gives a remainder = 1. So leya means the Ascendant. la = 3; bha = 4 (4th letter in Pa varga). On reversal, we get 43 and this when divided by 12 gives a remainder = 7. So labha means the 7^th house. da = 8 (8th letter in ta varga), ra = 2 ( 2^nd letter in ya varga). On reversal we get 28 and this when divided by 12 gives a remainder = 4. So dara means the 4^th house. ri =2 (2nd letter in ya varga), pha = 2 (2nd letter in pa varga). On reversal we get 22 and this when divided by 12 gives a remainder = 10. So rippha means the 10^th house.

So Vajra yoga is produced by the benefics in the Ascendant & 7^th or by the melefics in the 4^th & 10^th. Yet the Vajra mentioned above cannot be said as complete because of ‘cha’ (and) after the word sahachara in the same said sutra. The word sahachara means a companion, may be good or evil. To sum up, the Vajra yoga could be produced by the benefics in the Ascendant & 7^th house associated with a malefic or malefics in the Ascendant or 7^th house. Or it could be produced by the malefics in the 4^th house & 10^th house associated with a benefic or benefics either in the 4^th house or in the 10^th house.

Jamini Sutra -2: vipareetairyavaha

The Jaimini Sutra -2 means the converse is true in the case of Yava yoga. It means that the Yava yoga could be produced by the malefics in the Ascendant & 7^th house or by the benefics in the 4^th house & 10^th house. The word, sahacharascha in the Jaimini Sutra -1 applies to the Jaimini Sutra-2 also for the dehalee deepaka nyaya. Hence the Yava yoga could be produced by the malefics in the Ascendant & 7^th house associated with a benefic or benefics in the Ascendant or in the 7^th house. Or it could be produced by the benefics in the 4^th & 10^th associated with a malefic or malefics in the 4^th or in the 10^th.

Benefics = Jupiter, Venus, Mercury

Malefics = Sun, Mars, Saturn

N.B = Equal number of planets in the Ascendant & 7^th or in the 4^th are in no way conducive to the formation of Vajra yoga or Yava yoga. On the other hand they give evil results.

Results of Vajra Yoga:

A person born in the Vajra yoga would be happy and prosperous from his childhood to old age, but with troubles in childhood if a malefic conjoins in the Ascendant or with troubles in old age if a malefic conjoins in the 7^th house.

A person born in the Vajra yoga would be unhappy in his middle age and old age, but happy and prosperous from childhood to middle age, if a benefic conjoins the 4^th house, or happy and prosperous from middle age to old age if a benefic occupies the 10^th In general, he is brave, healthy and has enmity with kith and kin.

Results of Yava yoga:

A person born in the Yava yoga would be unhappy and unhealthy in childhood and old age, but with comforts in childhood if a benefic occupies the Ascendant or with comfort in old age if a benefic occupies the 7^th
A person born in the Yava yoga would be happy and prosperous from middle age to old age but with discomforts in middle age if a malefic conjoins in the 4^th house or with discomforts in old age if a malefic conjoins in the 10^th In general, he is fond of vratas and enjoys luxurious life.

Those born in Vajra or Yava achive good name in some field of knowledge or the other and become notable personalities, provided the benefics or malefics are strongly placed producing the said yogas.

Illustrations:

Chart -1: Mahatma Gandhi D.O.B = 2-10-1869, Ascendant = Libra

In the chart -1 of Gandhiji, Venus, Mercury and Mars occupy the ascendant, Libra, and Jupiter occupies Aries, the 7^th house of the Ascendant Libra, producing the Vajra yoga. All the three benefics viz venus (own house), Mercury (friend’s house) and Jupiter (friend’s house) are well-placed. Gandhiji was one of the great world personalities.

Chart-2: J.R.D Tata D.O.B = 29-7-1904; Ascendant =Libra

In the chart -2 of J.R.D. Tata, Vajra yoga is formed by Saturn in the 4^th house (Capricorn) and by the Sun with Venus, in the 10^th house (Cancer). He was the richest industrialist of India. He earned world-wide recognition as Steel-King.

Chart -3: Dr. Channa Reddy D.O.B = 13-1-1919; Ascendant = Virgo

In the chart-3, Yava yoga is produced by Mercury (benefic) associated with the Sun (malefic) in the 4^th house from the Ascendant (Virgo) and Jupiter (benefic) in the 10^th (Gemini). He was the Chief Minister of A.P. Note Jupiter and Mercury are interchanged in the houses. He enjoyed Raja yoga in the middle and latter part of life.

Chart -4: Alfred Nobel

In the chart-4 of Alfred Nobel on whose name Nobel Prize is instituted the Vajra yoga is produced by Mercury with Sun and Mars in the Ascendant and by Jupiter in the 7^th.

About Author : Iranganti Rangacharya is one of the oldest authorities on Jaimini alive today, born in 1927, he started astrology at the age of 25 in 1952. Later in 1960 he started meticulous study of Jaimini astrology & thus has 48 rich years of experience in Jaimini at this age of 81. Author of numerous articles since 4 decades, 9 books & an extremely humble soul who inspite of weak health contributes to the cause of Jaimini. His work Jaimini Sutramritam published by Sagar Publications, New Delhi is considered a classic by the serious student of Jaimini Astrology.

Vajra & Yava In The Light Of Jaimini by Iranganti Rangacharya