SAVol7Dec09IndianCol.. - Saptarishis Astrology

4) Bhava karaka are of permanent and variable type. Bhava karaka can be of all thehouses in a horoscope. These are also described in Krishniya shastra (another treatise).People who follow Jainism 6 , they do not differentiate between swakaraka and atman karaka.They sometimes use other karakas too. Considering this variation, swakaraka is of utmostimportance. Karakas have an important role to play as far as fruits or results are concerned, hence itis important to know which planet gets signification of which karaka. It is equally important for astudent to listen to his mentor carefully, without his guidance it is difficult to divineproperly. It is also important to know which lineage is followed by a mentor, above karakas and theirmeanings will be different for different lineages. If a student does not follow or know the religionof his mentor, he will be ridiculed in public. Hence it is important for a student to pray andfollow his Guru or mentor. Next he must pray and worship Bhagwati Tripura Sundari. As athird step, a student must attentively listen to the words of his mentor, and visualizing thedeity he must divine the results as they are mentioned in the shastras. If the results are notbased on methodology of shastras, contrary results and discrepancies may occur. MaharshiVyas has said that a Jyotisha and a practical person can easily become Brahmaghataka or thedestroyer of Brahm Vidya (Astrology is considered Brahm Vidya or divine knowledge).Hence it is important that method be followed and both good and bad results be opined in aclear and honest manner. Results should not be given as a written down text, it is forbidden byshastras. If a daivagya gives a written prediction, it may not come true. Whatever method ismentioned in the shastras, they will be followed in true letter and in spirit.The first chapter has four sub divisions. The first division gives us definitions andspecific terms; second division gives us results to be opined about the swakaraka.Third division gives us information about Pad or Arudha, and the last and thefourth division gives us information about marital issues. Second chapter has descriptionabout forty (40) different dasa systems, third chapter has description about drekanna andRajyoga thereof, longevity and sixteen different dasa systems to judge longevity and lastlyStri Jataka or Female horoscopy. Fourth Chapter has description about circumstances ofdeath of a native, travel and then information about netherworlds (after death) usingfourteen different dasa systems.A Daivagya is supposed to have in-depth knowledge about sutras and then all theseventy 7 dasa’s to divine results for a native. Having known all of the techniques mentionedin sutras, results so divined will definitely come true. Misfortunes if indicated in ahoroscope, must be confirmed by two to three different methods and only then the message beconveyed to the native. On the contrary even if ONE Raj Yoga is indicated in a chart, thesame MUST be conveyed immediately. Other indications in the chart maybe checked usingfour or five different techniques and the results conveyed to the native. Likewisemisfortunes indicated by evil houses may be checked accordingly, but in this case only one6 Publisher: Deviating from the sentence one must comment that Shri Madura Krishnamoorthy Shastri one of theoldest scholars of Jaimini Astrology alive today has indicated to us that in olden periods Jain Muni’s of India hadconcentrated a lot on Jaimini Astrology and even wrote commentaries on it. This is news since nothing has come outfrom those quarters in available works in Jaimini to the astrological community.7 Publisher: Kindly note the reference of the seventy dasas mentioned in Kalpalata, Venkatacharya from Andhra isheard to have worked on these 70 dasas and written a book. We are still trying to procure this. We still have not readfull Kalpalatta as it is being translated but we remember conversation with Mr Shastri that there is a rare text by thename of Moola Shastra by Kalidasa which mentions the calculation of these dasas. This was told to us by MaduraShastriji and one will notice that net forums have never mentioned the word Moola Shastra work/manuscript ever. MrShastriji has searched through 18 libraries all over India for this work and accepts failure in locating it. In previousarticle of Mr Shastri published in SA in his article he has mentioned Moola Shastra reference via Kalpalatta.624