SAVol8June2010Indian.. - Saptarishis Astrology

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When one month had passed in this way and the muhurata had arrived, Sujanma, the knower
of all dharmas, having rejected greed, worldly comfort etc with a pleased mind bowed down
to his guru again and again and worshipped him as per injunctions with the following
mantra - “O the Sun who destroys the darkness of ignorance! O the one who takes away the
sorrow of ones who bow down to him! O the lion amongst sages! O the one whose eyes are
filled with compassion! Be pleased. Salutations always to him who is the Lord, who is of the
nature of consciousness, who is the abode of supreme happiness, who is the teacher, who
destroys the darkness of ignorance.”
His having spoken thus, the pleased sage, the best amongst the knower of tattvas, taught the
auspicious Jyotisha which is the essence of the shastras.
After saluting Vishnu wearing white robes, Saraswati wearing white robes, after saluting
Panchajanya (the conch of Vishnu) and the lute (of Saraswati) - the two by which this entire
universe is pervaded, after bowing down to the Sun, the lord of the planets and the cause of
the origin of the world, I shall speak (Jyotisha) the eye of the Vedas, as heard from the mouth
of Brahma.
Chandrashekhars Comments: Veena is lute, it is also one of the words that indicates seven planets and
here that must be the meaning.
VK: Both the conch as well as the lute symbolize sound. I feel that instruments which represent sound,
which is the means of instruction, are being saluted here.
The knowledge of Jyotisha should be given to the one who is peaceful, devoted to his teacher,
straightforward, who shall stay for long (to acquire the entire knowledge) and who believes in
God. Then one shall certainly obtain merit. It should not be given to the student of another
teacher, to the one who is an atheist and to the one who is crooked. If this knowledge is given to
such a disciple then sorrows appear day after day – there is no doubt about this.
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Vishnu is the non-dual, unmanifested, beginningless, powerful, lordly, pure, constant, lord of
the world, devoid of the gunas (in the unmanifested form), comprised of the three gunas (in