Guest guest Posted June 21, 2000 Report Share Posted June 21, 2000 Jai Jagannath !!! Dear Gauranga, Namaskar!! > PS. You have promised me to send Lesson #1. and 2. by Sanjayji. Could you do it please? I > think a short discussion of them in the SJVC class would fill in the space while Gurudeva > is back to the list. Yes. I will send it tonight/tomorrow morning as it is in the computer at home. With warm regards, Sarat. - Gauranga Das <gauranga <varahamihira > Cc: Sarat Chander <saratchander Tuesday, June 20, 2000 10:32 PM [sri Guru] Re: [vedic astrology] Lordship of D charts article > Dear Sarat, > > Pranaams. > > Yes, why not? Maybe later the whole theme may be developed into a whole book on divisional > charts. Of course my knowledge at the present time is not wide enough for this, but we > will see through the years. Sanjayji also promised to translate a book by his grandfather > about the divisional charts. > > Do you have any more info on the different forms lording D-20? that would be very vital, > as they are forms of both Laxmidevi (Lord Vishnu's consort and the expansion of His > Antaranga sakti, internal potency) and Ramadevi or Mayadevi (Lord Sambhu's consort and the > expansion of the Bahiranga sakti, external potency), thereby showing how some show their > devotion towards the material energy of maya, or illusory happiness of sense enjoyment, > which they desire to attain by following the four purusarthas (dharma, artha, kama and > moksha) while others surrender to Krishna and make Him and His internal potency the aim of > their devotion, thereby developing selfless love or bhakti. That's why Krishna says > sarvadharmaan parityajya maam ekam sharanam vraja. He is also making difference between > those following the path of external religiousness (demigod-worship, dhyana, tapa, karma > and jnana etc) and internal religiousness (ananya-bhakti). He says Bhaktyaa tvananyayaa > sakhya aham evam vidho'rjunah jnatum drashtum ca tattvena praveshtum ca parantapa. All of > the Bhagavad-gita's philosophy is there in the Dwahdashamsha Chakra. I hope that once > Sanjayji will empower me to bring out all the philisophical truths contained in the > Bhagavad-gita so that they could shed a proper light on the principles of Jyotish. > > Do you remeber, when I asked him about the three most important Shaastras in Jyotish? > > His list was the following: > > 1. Shrimad Bhagavad Gita > 2. Sri Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra > 3. Jaimini Maharishi's Upadesha Sutram > > Yours, Gauranga das > > Yours, Gauranga das > > PS. You have promised me to send Lesson #1. and 2. by Sanjayji. Could you do it please? I > think a short discussion of them in the SJVC class would fill in the space while Gurudeva > is back to the list. > > > Jai Jagannath !!! > > > > Dear Gauranga, > > > > Pranaam!! > > > > May I use this portion of your reply to Sri Solai Kannan as a continuation > > to your 3 part article as this would throw more light on the article! > > > > With regards, > > > > Sarat. > > - > > Gauranga Das <gauranga > > <vedic astrology > > > Monday, June 19, 2000 7:32 PM > > Re: [vedic astrology] Lordship of D charts article > > > > > > > JAYA JAGANNATHA! > > > > > > Dear Solai, > > > > > > Namaste. > > > > > > > > > > Dear Mr.Gauranga Das, > > > > > > > > The three parts article of the Lordship of Divisional Chart is highly > > > > analytical and highly informative for beginners like me. It has shown > > new > > > > line of thinking for us. I have a couple of questions. > > > > > > > > 1. In order to know the lordship of planets in each division, do we have > > to > > > > prepare a separate list comprising " The Planet - The portion occupied > > by > > > > this planet in a divisional chart - Lord of that portion " ? OR Is there > > any > > > > easy way to find the lord of the planet directly from the divisional > > chart? > > > > > > There's no thumb rule for that, so the easiest way is either to prepare a > > reckoner for > > > every D-chart or use the ones already given in Sagar's edition of BPHS. > > > > > > > 2. The characters of the Lords of Saptamsa D-7 and Vimsamsa D-20 are > > not > > > > given in detail. Atleast if you can give them in brief as you have > > mentioned > > > > for the Siddhamsa and Bhamsha, it will help us in analysing these > > charts. > > > > > > The lords of the Saptamsha may bew studied in grater detail. As the names > > listed in the > > > BPHS refer most probably to the seven oceans circumambulating the seven > > islands of the > > > Bhu-Mandala, the characteristics of each of the portions will reflect the > > characteristics > > > of the Deities worshipped on those islands. All this info comes from the > > 5th Canto of > > > Srimad Bhagavatam. > > > > > > Excerpt from my article: > > > > > > " Maharishi Parashara lists tha lords of the seven Saptamshas of a Rasi as > > follows: Kshara, > > > Ksheera, Dadhi, Ghrita, Ikshurasa, Madhya and Shuddha Jala in odd signs, > > and the reverse > > > in even signs. In the description of the universe given in the Puranas, we > > find the > > > following account: The Bhu-mandala, or the planetary system of the Earth > > is divided into > > > seven islands, which lie in concentric circles. The central island (of > > which our Earth is > > > a part) is called Jambudvipa, the next one is Plaksha, then Shalmali, > > Kusha, Krauncha, > > > Shaka and finally Pushkaradvipa forms the last and widest circle. In > > between every two > > > islands there is an ocean, each of different subtance. Jambudvipa is > > surrounded by > > > Ksara-uda, or salt-water ocean, Plakshadvipa by Ikshu-rasa, or sugarcane > > juice, > > > Shalmalidvipa is surrounded by Sura, or liquor, then the next is Ghrita > > (clarified > > > butter), Kshira (milk), Dadhi-manda (emulsified yogurt) and Suddha-uda > > (sweet water). The > > > names of these oceans are closely similar to the names of the seven > > Saptamshas. " > > > > > > So Kshara refers to Jambudvipa, the middle island, which is surrounded by > > it. Jambudvipa > > > is further divided into nine continents, where the different forms of the > > personality of > > > Godhead are worshipped. In Bhadrasva-varsha Hayagriva (the incarnation > > with a horse-head) > > > is worshipped. In Ilavrta-varsha Sankarsana (Lord of false ego) is > > worshipped. In > > > Hari-varsha Nrisimhadeva (the lion-headed incarnation) is worshipped. In > > Ketumala-Varsha > > > Kamadeva or Pradyumna (Cupid) is worshipped. In Ramyaka-varsha Matsya (the > > fish > > > incarnation) is worshipped. In Hiranmaya-varsha Kurma (the > > tortoise-incarnation) is > > > worshipped. In Uttarakuru-varsha Varahadeva (the Boar incarnation) is > > worshipped. In > > > Kimpurusa-varsha Lord Rama is worshipped. And in Bharata-varsha > > Nara-Narayana is > > > worshipped. So these deities all relate to the Kshara portions. > > > > > > Ikshurasa surrounds Plakshadvipa, the next island, in which Lord Surya > > (the Sun-god) is > > > worshipped. > > > > > > Madhya must refer to Sura, or the liquor ocean, which surrounds > > Shalmalidvipa where Soma > > > (the moongod) is worshipped. This is why intoxicants influence the mind, > > which is ruled by > > > Soma. > > > > > > Ghrita is the ocean o f ghee (clarified butter) which surrounds Kusadvipa, > > where Agni (the > > > fire-god) is worshipped. > > > > > > Ksheera is the ocean of milk, which surrounds Kraunchadvipa, where Varuna > > (the god of > > > waters) is worshipped. > > > > > > Dadhi is the ocean of yoghurt, which surrounds Sakadvipa, where Vayu (the > > wind god) is > > > worshipped. > > > > > > Suddha Jala is the ocean of sweet water, which surrounds Puskaradvipa, > > where Brahma (the > > > creator) is worshipped. > > > > > > You can find more info about these silands in the Srimad Bhagavatam, It is > > very > > > interesting. Why does the Saptamsha refer to sons and grandsons? Bcause it > > was Maharaja > > > Priyavrata, who divided the Bhu-mandala into these seven islands with the > > wheels of his > > > chariot, and then gave their rulership to his seven sons, who in turn > > divided each island > > > into seven parts and gave the rulership of each part to one of their sons > > in turn. So they > > > also had sevrn sons each. Maybe other Puranas have more info on this. > > > > > > As far as the different forms of Devi ruling the D-20 are concerned, I > > don't have much > > > information on that. Maybe there is someone on the ist who is more > > acquainted with the > > > tradition od the Devi and can introduce us the different forms which > > Maharishi Parashara > > > lists as the lords of the D-20 portions. By the way the Nadiamsha (D-150) > > portions are > > > also ruled by 150 different forms of Durga-devi or Maya-devi. > > > > > > Yours, Gauranga das > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------ > > > AUTO & HOME INSURANCE -- LOWEST RATES & BEST COVERAGE. Get dozens of the > > > best agents competing for your business with our new FREE service. > > > http://click./1/5568/1/_/311/_/961432937/ > > > ------ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ...... May Jupiter's light shine on us ....... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------ > Best friends, most artistic, class clown Find 'em here: > http://click./1/5533/7/_/2192/_/961530056/ > ------ > > OM TAT SAT > Archive: varahamihira > Info: varahamihira/info.html > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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