Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra · Volume 1
11. Evils At Birth
आदौ जन्माङ्गतो विप्र ! रिष्टाऽरिष्टं विचारयेत् ।
ततस्तन्वादिभावानां जातकस्य फलं वदेत् ॥ १ ॥
- O Brahmin, first of all the astrologer should take into consideration from the Ascendant the evils and the antidotes for those evils of the native, and then should be told the effects of the 12 houses like Tanu etc.
चतुर्विशतिवर्षाणि यावद् गच्छन्ति जन्मतः ।
जन्मारिष्टं तु तावत् स्यादायुर्दायं न चिन्तयेत् ॥२ ॥
- The 24 years which pass from the birth of the native have the Balarishta or Janamarishta in them. Therefore upto that period the age of the native should not be assessed.
From Sloka (verse) No.2 onwards to Sloka (verse) No.23 contain combinations for short span of life:
षष्ठाष्टरिष्फगश्चन्द्रः क्रूरैः खेटैश्च वीक्षितः ।
जातस्य मृत्युदः सद्यस्त्वष्टर्षेः शुभेक्षितः ॥ ३ ॥
शशिवन्मृत्युदाः सौम्याश्चेद्वक्राः क्रूरवीक्षिताः ।
शिशोर्जातस्य मासेन लग्ने सौम्यविवर्जिते ॥ ४ ॥
यस्य जन्मनि धीस्था: स्युः सूर्याकन्दुकुजाभिधाः ।
तस्य त्वाशु जनित्री च भ्राता च निधनं व्रजेत् ॥ ५ ॥
पापेक्षितो तो भौम लग्नगो न शुभेक्षितः ।
मृत्युदस्त्वष्टमस्थोऽपि सौरेणार्कण वा युतः ॥ ६ ॥
3-6 If the Moon is in 6th, or 8th or 12th Houses (Trik Houses) from the Ascendant and is aspected by malefic planets, then the native's death will occur soon. It will occur in the 8th year if aspected by benefic planets. Even the retrograde benefic planets are death-giving like the Moon, when they are aspected by malefic planets. If the Ascendant does not have the aspect of a benefic planet upon itself then the child will die within a month from the birth. Should the 5th House from the Ascendant is occupied by Saturn, Mars, the Sun and the Moon, soon his mother and brother would die. If Mars is placed in the Ascendant and is in conjunction with the Sun or Saturn and is not aspected by benefics, it will cause death of the native immediately. It will also prove an immediate source of death, when Mars is placed in the 8th House in conjunction with Saturn and the Sun.
Verse (Sloka) no. 5 should be studied a bit more closely. The presence of malefic planets in the 5th House causes the death of the native's mother and the brother. Why? The 11th House represents elder brother. If malefics are placed in the 5th House they will have their aspect on the 11th House and great harm will be caused to the elder brother's Lagna or physique. The 11th House is the 8th from the 4th. The 8th House is of longevity. Therefore the 11th House is the House related to the longevity of the mother also and it will cause harm to the mother's longevity. It is also proved by this rule that the aspect of malefics on the Lagna (Ascendant) and on the 8th House is a cause of death. This rule can be applied to any relative of the native and will be found true.
चन्द्रसूर्यग्रहे राहुश्चन्द्रसूर्ययुतो यदि ।
सौरिभौमेक्षितं लग्नं पक्षमेकं स जीवति ॥ ७ ॥
कर्मस्थाने स्थितः सौरिः शत्रुस्थाने कलानिधिः ।
क्षितिज: सप्तमस्थाने सह मात्रा विपद्यते ॥ ८ ॥
लग्ने भास्करपुत्रश्च निधने चन्द्रमा यदि ।
तृतीयस्थो यदा जीव: स याति यममन्दिरम् ॥ ९ ॥
हरायां नवमे सूर्यः सप्तमस्यः शनैश्वरः ।
एकादशे गुरु शुक्रो मासमेकं स जीवति ॥ १० ॥
व्यये सर्वे ग्रहा नेष्टाः सूर्यशुक्रेन्दुराहवः ।
विशेषान्नाशंकर्तारो दृष्टय्या वा भङ्गकारिणः ॥ ११ ॥
7-11. In the House of the Moon or of the Sun, the presence of Rahu in conjunction with the Sun and the Moon, and the aspect of Mars and Saturn on the Lagna (Ascendant) in such combinations the child does not live even for a week. The child dies along with its mother if Saturn is placed in the House of Karma' or the 10th House, the Moon in the 6th House and Mars in the Seventh House. The native in whose Lagna (Ascendant) is situated the son of the Sun (Saturn), in the 8th house the Moon and in the 3rd House Jupiter, will soon go to the abode of Yama. If there is the Sun in the Lagna (Ascendant) or in the Ninth House, Saturn in the 7th House and Jupiter and Venus in the 11th house, the native will live only for a month. In the 12th House from the Lagna (Ascendant) all the planets are source of evil, but the Sun, the Moon, Venus and Rahu are specially destroyers (of life). But the aspect of these on the 12th house will counteract the evil.
पापान्वितः शशी धर्मे द्यूनलग्नगतो यदि ।
शुभैरवेक्षितयुतस्तदा मृत्युप्रदः शिशोः ॥ १२ ॥
- If the Moon is with a malefic in the 9th, 7th, or in the Ascendant and she does not have the aspect or conjunction of any benefic planets then she becomes the source of death.
सन्ध्यायां चन्द्रहोरायां गण्डान्ते निधनाय वै ।
प्रत्येकं चन्द्रपापैश्च केन्द्रगैः स्याद्विनाशनम् ॥ १३ ॥
- If there is a birth in a Sandhya (morning or evening) or in a Hora ruled by the Moon, or in gandanta, and if in every condition the Moon and the malefic planets are placed in Kendra, the combination will bring destruction (or death).
1.Tithi Gandanta -- Tithi (Lunar day or date)
2.Nakshtra Gandanta
3.Lagna Gandanta
- Tithi Gandanta: When the Moon is away from the Sun by 12 degrees the first tithi (lunar day or date) is completed. In the same way the difference of 24 degrees completes the Second tithi, of 36 degrees the 3rd one, of 48 degrees the 4th one and of 60 degrees the 5th one.
The difference of the Moon from the Sun by 60° degrees completes 5 tithis and the Moon crosses two Rashis or signs. This may be called the first frequency.
In the second frequency from the 6th to the 10th Tithi the Moon goes 120° degrees away from the Sun. 120° means 4 Rashis or signs. The meaning is that the distance of the Moon from the Sun is 4 Rashis or signs. The difference is in full Rashi or sign, the remainder in degrees is not there. The same thing happens in the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th Frequencies, that is in the 3rd frequency the Moon is at a distance of 6 Rashis or signs from the Sun. In the 4th frequency the difference is of 8 Rashis or signs, in the fifth frequency it is of 10 Rashis or signs and in the 6th frequency it is of 12 Rashis or signs.
In every frequency there are 5 tithis. In this way 6 vargas (divisions) are formed each of which is of 5 tithis.
The end of the 1st varga or division and the beginning of the next Varga or division has been given the name of Gandanta. Therefore, gandanta is forme by the end of the 5, 10, 15, 30 tithis and the beginning of 1, 6, 11 tithis. The tithis 5, 10, 15, 30 are called Poorna tithis and 1, 6, 11 are called Nanda tithis. Therefore, 1 Ghati of the end of Poorna tithis and 1, ghati of the beginning of the Nanda tithi's (both added together) two ghatis are Gandanta. If the value of tithi is full 60 ghati, it is only then that the value of Tithi Gandanta will be equal to 2 ghatis. If the value of the tithi is more or less the tithi gandanta may also be less or more proportionately.
2-3 Nakshtra Gandanta & Lagna Gandanta: There are 12 Rashis or signs and 27 Nakshtras or asterisms. Therefore a Rashi or sign has 2 1/4 Nakshtras. A nakshtra has four charanas or quarters. Therefore a Rashi has 9 (2 1/4 = 9 charanas). By counting 9 charanas for one Rashi from the Aries etc. we get the full number by the end of Ashlesha Nakshtra and Cancer sign or Rashi, of both the Nakshtra and the Rashi. Then by counting in the same way we get the second frequency by the end of Jyeshta Nakshtra and Scorpio Rashi and the third frequency by the end of Revti Nakshtra and Pisces Rashi. Therefore, there is the Nakshtra Gandanta at the juncture of Ashlesha - Magha, Jyeshta - Moola and Revti-Ashwini and at the juncture of Cancer-Leo, Scorpio-Sagittarius and Pisces-Aries Rashis there is the Rashi Gandanta.
When the birth occurs at these junctures (sandhis) or when the natal Ascendant falls in them that Lagna is referred to as Lagna Gandanta. The half ghati of both the lagnas is fatal to the native. Thus the half ghati towards the end of the Pisces, Cancer, and Scorpio Ascendants and the half ghati of the beginning of Aries, Leo and Sagittarius Ascendants are very fatal. In the Nakshtra gandanta it is the 2 ghatis of each Nakshtra that have been referred to as fatal that is 2 ghatis towards the end of Revti Nakshtra and the two ghatis of the beginning of Ashwini Nakshtra are fatal; Two ghatis towards the end of Ashlesha Nakshtra and two ghatis of the beginning of Magha Nakshtra are fatal, and two ghatis towards the end of Jyeshta Nakshtra and the two ghatis of the beginning of Moola Nakshtra are fatal. When all the three gandantas are there in a birth chart it causes the instant death of the native and also the doom or destruction of the family. If such a child remains alive he passes his life in suffering numerous troubles and serving the mean and the low.
रवेस्तु मण्डलार्द्धास्तात् सायं संध्या त्रिनाडिका ।
तथैवार्ध्दोदयात् पूर्व प्रातः संध्या त्रिनाडिका ॥ १४ ॥
- DEFINITION OF SANDHYA : Three ghatis after the half setting of the Sun's disc is called the Saayam Sandhya (or the Evening twilight) and three ghatis after the half rising of the Sun's disc is called Pratah; Sandhya (the morning twilight).
चक्रपूर्वापरार्द्धेषु क्रूरसौम्येषु कीटभे ।
लग्नगे निधनं याति नाऽत्र कार्या विचारणा ॥ १५ ॥
- If all the malefics are in the oriental (Eastern) half while all the benefics are in the occidental (western) half and the Lagna or Ascendant is Scorpio, it will cause the death of the native; there is no need of any rethinking in this respect.
Some Commentators have interpreted the word af in this verse as referring to the sign Cancer (कर्क राशि). But in our view the meaning of कीट राशि should be the वृश्चिक राशि (the sign Scorpio). This meaning of occurs in **Jataka Parijata** in the Verse which refers to the synonyms of वृश्चिक राशि (the sign Scorpio) " अल्पषट्मं वृश्चिक कौर्पिकीटा: "that is अलि अष्टम कौर्पि, कीट (Ali, Ashtama, Kaurpi and Keeta) are the other names of a Rashi or the Sign of Scorpio.
व्ययशत्रुगतैः क्रूरैर्मृत्युद्रव्यगतैरपि ।
पापमध्यगते लग्ने सत्यमेव मृतिं वदेत् ॥ १६ ॥
- When the malefics are situated in the 12th and 6th Houses (व्यय and शत्रु Houses) or in the 8th and 2nd Houses (मृत्यु and द्रव्य Houses) and the Ascendant also falls between malefics the death of the native will certainly occur. The Astrologer may predict it.
लग्नसप्तमगौ पापौ चन्द्रोऽपि क्रूरसंयुतः ।
यदा नावेक्षितः सौम्यैः शीघ्रान्मृत्युर्भवेत्तदा ॥ १७ ॥
- If malefics are placed in the Ascendant and in the Seventh House and the Moon is also in conjunction with a malefic and these do not receive the aspect of benefics, then the death of the native will occur soon.
क्षीणे शशिनि लग्नस्थे पापैः केन्द्राष्टसंस्थितैः ।
यो जातो मृत्युमाप्नोति स विप्रेश ! न संशयः ॥ १८ ॥
- In the case of the decreasing Moon falling in the Ascendant and the malefics occupying the Kendra (Angles) and the 8th House, the native will have immediate death. O Brahmin, there is no doubt about that.
पापयोर्मध्यगश्चन्द्रो लग्नाष्टान्तिमसप्तमः ।
अचिरान्मृत्युमाप्नोति यो जात: स शिशुस्तदा ॥ १९ ॥
- The child who is born when the Moon falls between two malefics in the Ascendant, the 8th, the 12th or the 7th Houses is subjected to an early death.
पापद्वयमध्यगते चन्द्रे लग्नसमाश्रिते ।
सप्ताष्टमेन पापेन मात्रा सह मृतः शिशुः ॥ २० ॥
- If the Moon hemmed between two malefics is placed in the Ascendant and the 7th and 8th Houses are also inflicted by malefics the child will face immediate death along with its mother.
शनैश्चरार्कभौमेषु रिष्फधर्माष्टमेषु च ।
शुभैरवीक्ष्यमाणेषु यो जातो निधनं गतः ॥ २१ ॥
- Saturn, the Sun and Mars being in the 12th, the 9th and the 8th Houses and having no aspect from benefics will subject the native to immediate death.
यद् र्देष्काणे च यामित्रे यस्य स्याद्दारुणो ग्रहः ।
क्षीणचन्द्रो विलग्नस्थ: सद्यो हरति जीवितम् ॥ २२ ॥
- In whose birth chart there is a malefic in the rising Drekkana (Decanate) and in the 7th House (from the Ascendant) and the decreasing Moon is there in the Ascendant, the life of such native will be taken away soon.
आपोक्लिमस्थिताः सर्वे ग्रहा बलविवर्जिताः ।
षण्मासं वा द्विमासं वा तस्यायुः समुदाहृतम् ॥ २३ ॥
- If all the planets devoid of strength are situated in Apoklima Houses (3rd, 6th, 9th and 12th Houses) the life span of the Child has been said to be of 6 months or 2 months duration.
त्रिभिः पापग्रहै: सूतौ चन्द्रमा यदि दृश्यते ।
मातृनाशो भवेत्तस्य शुभैर्दृष्टे शुभं वदेत् ॥ २४ ॥
- EVILS TO MOTHER: If the Moon is aspected by 3 malefic planets at birth there will be the destruction of the native's mother. The aspect of benefic planets on her should be predicted as auspicious to the mother.
धने राहुर्बुधः शुक्रःसौरिः सूर्यो यदा स्थितः ।
तस्य मातुर्भवेन्मृत्युमृते पितरि जायते ॥ २५ ॥
- When Rahu, Mercury, Venus, Saturn and the Sun are placed in the Second House, the combination will cause the death of native's mother and the child will be born posthumously (after his father's death).
पापात्सप्तमरन्ध्रस्थे चन्द्रे पापसमन्विते ।
बलिभिः पापकैर्दृष्टे जातो भवति मातृहा ॥ २६ ॥
- The native will be the destroyer of his mother if the Moon is situated in the 7th or 8th House from a malefic and is herself with a malefic and is aspected by strong malefics.
उच्चस्थो वाऽथ नीचस्थ: सप्तमस्थो यदा रविः ।
पानहीनो भवेद् बाल अजाक्षीण जीवति ॥ २७ ॥
- The child will be deprived of the mother's milk and will live on the milk of a She goat when the Sun is exalted or debilitated in the 7th House.
But how the exalted Sun in the 7th House will cause evil to the native's mother is not understandable. The native's Lagna or Ascendant will be Libra when the Sun is exalted in the 7th House. The Sun will be the Lord of the 8th House from the 4th House (the House of the mother), that is the Sun will be the Lord of the House that represents the mother. Why should he destroy the mother. However, he may be the factor in the mother's destruction if he is
Atma-Karaka and if he happens to be placed in the Navamamsha of Scorpio. There is an important rule that if the planet situated in the Rashi or Sign of a male planet is in the Navamamsha of a male planet and the Navamamsha Itself is also male and the male planet himself is Atma Karaka, then he will cause the absence of the women in the family. In a birth chart this rule has 90% application.
चन्द्राच्चतुर्थग: पापो रिपुक्षेत्रे यदा भवेत् ।
तदा मातृवधं कुर्यात् केन्द्रे यदि शुभो न चेत् ॥ २८ ॥
- A malefic planet falling in the 4th House from the Moon in an inimical sign and an angle having no benefic in it, this combination will cause the death of the native's mother.
द्वादशे रिपुभावे च यदा पापग्रहो भवेत् ।
तदा मातुर्भयं विद्याच्चतुर्थे दशमे पितुः ॥ २९ ॥
- If there are malefics in the 12th and the 6th Houses then fear of death should be known to the mother, and in the case of malefics being in the 4th and the 10th Houses, to the father.
लग्ने क्रूरो व्यये कूरो धने सौम्यस्तथैव च ।
सप्तमे भवने क्रूरः परिवारक्षयंकरः ॥ ३० ॥
- The placement of malefics in the Ascendant, the 7th House and the 12th House and that of Mercury in the second House (the House of Wealth) this combination is the destroyer of the family.
“सौम्यस्तारातनय बुध विद्वोधनाश्वेन्दुपुत्रः”
That is the various names of "बुध" Mercury are: सौम्य (Saumaya) तारातनय (Taratanaya), 'वित्त' (Vitta), 'बोधन' (Bodhana) and इन्दुपुत्र (Indu Putra). Mercury is a barren planet. Therefore, it is a barren planet that should be opposite to the jeeva or living being and not a benefic planet. Thus, it is Mercury who can be an obstacle in the growth of the family. Here is a rare example in this context:
Date of Birth 23/24-2-1929 A.D. I.S.T. 3.15 a.m., Latitude: 29° - 01', Longitude of 77°-45'.
Here in this Birth Chart the Lagna is Sagittarius and Saturn is situated in it; in the 7th House is placed Mars, in the 12th Ketu. Therefore 1/7/12 Houses are occupied by Malefics. The second House is occupied by Mercury. This combination therefore applies here completely. The horoscope is that of a Chemical Engineer. This native passed his child- hood at the house of his maternal uncle as all the members of his family had been swallowed by Death in his very child-hood. He himself had no issue; his wife died 11 years after his marriage; he married the second time, but the second wife also
lived only for three years after marriage. He did not marry thrice. Now he is all alone and has become an ascetic in Vivekananda Matha (Monastery). I have seen the fruitation of this combination without fail in my 20 years' experience.
लग्नस्थे च गुरौ सौरौ धने राहौ तृतीयगे ।
इति चेञ्जन्मकाले स्यान्माता तस्य न जीवति ॥ ३१ ॥
- If at the time of birth Jupiter is in the Ascendant and Saturn is situated in the 2nd House and Rahu in the 3rd House, the native's mother does not remain alive.
क्षीणचन्द्रात्त्रिकोणस्थैः पापैः सौम्यविवर्जितैः ।
माता परित्यजेद्वालं षण्मासाच्च न संशय ॥ ३२ ॥
- There is no doubt in it that the mother will leave the child in six months when the trines (the 5th and the 9th Houses) counted from the decreasing Moon are occupied by malefics and these malefics are not together with benefics.
एकांशकस्थौ मन्दारौ यत्र कुत्रस्थितौ यदा ।
शशिकेन्द्रगतौ तौ वा द्विमातृभ्यां न जीवति ॥ ३३ ॥
- When in a horoscope Saturn and Mars remain at 1° from each other in any Rashi or Sign and they fall in a Kendra (angle) from the Moon, the child will not remain alive though it will be nursed by two mothers.
Some learned writers interpret "एकांशकस्थौ" as "in the same Navamamsha". In Aries or Libra, if Saturn and Mars are in one amsha (degree) or in one Navamamsha and the Lagna or Ascendant is Capricorn, this combination has been seen happening in 100% cases. There is no experience as to whether it is 100% true or not in other Ascendants. Given below is a horoscope which proves the truth of this combi-nation.
In this horoscope Saturn and Mars are in the same degrees and the same Navamamsha. The native's mother died just after the delivery. After her death the native was brought up by the grandmother but the native himself died on 13.5.1984.
लग्ने मन्दो मदे भौमः षष्ठस्थाने च चन्द्रमाः ।
इति चेज्जन्मकाले स्यात् पिता तस्य न जीवति ॥ ३४ ॥
- EVILS TO FATHER : In the case of a Saturn occupying the Lagna or Ascendant, Mars the Seventh House, the Moon the Sixth House the native's father doesnot remain alive.
लग्ने जीवो धने मन्दरविभौमबुधास्तथा ।
विवाहसमये तस्य बालस्य प्रियते पिता ॥ ३५ ॥
- When the Ascendant is occupied by Jupiter, the House of Wealth (the 2nd House) by Saturn, the Sun, Mars and Mercury, the native's father dies at the time of his (native's) marriage.
सूर्यः पापेन संयुक्तो ह्मथवा पापमध्यगः |
सूर्यात् सप्तमगः पापस्तदा पितृवधो भवेत् ॥ ३६ ॥
- If the Sun is with a malefic or is hemmed between malefics and the 7th House from the Sun is occupied by a malefic, the native's father is killed.
सप्तमे भवने सूर्यः कर्मस्थो भूमिनन्दनः ।
राहुर्व्यये च यस्यैव पिता कष्टेन जीवति ॥ ३७ ॥
- The native's father will hardly live if there is the Sun in the 7th House, Mars in the 10th and Rahu in the 12th.
दशमस्थो यदा भौम: शत्रुक्षेत्रसमाश्रितः ।
प्रियते तस्य जातस्य पिता शीघ्रं न संशयः ॥ ३८ ॥
- There is no doubt about it that the native's father dies soon when Mars is situated in the 10th House identical with his enemy's sign.
रिपुस्थाने यदा चन्द्रो लग्नस्थाने शनैश्वरः ।
कुजश्च सप्तमे स्थाने पिता तस्य न जीवति ॥ ३९ ॥
- When the Moon is in the 6th House (the House of Enemy), Saturn in the Lagna or Ascendant, Mars in the 7th House, the Inative's father does not remain alive.
भौमांशकस्थिते भानौ शनिना च निरीक्षिते ।
प्राग्जन्मनो निवृत्तिः स्यान्मृत्युर्वाऽपि शिशोः पितुः ॥ ४० ॥
- The native's father would have given up his family and become an ascetic or would have died before his (native's) birth if the Sun is situated in the Mar's Navamamsha (the Navamamsha in the birth chart is in Aries or in Scorpio) and is aspected by Saturn.
चतुर्थे दशमे षापौ द्वादशे च यदा स्थितौ ।
पितरं मातरं हत्वा देशाद्देशान्तरं व्रजेत् ॥ ४९ ॥
- When the malefics are placed in the 4th, 10th and 12th Houses, the native having killed his parents (both father and mother) wanders in foreign lands from one place to another.
राहु-जीवौ रिपुक्षेत्रे लग्ने वाऽथ चतुर्थके ।
त्रयोविंशतिमे वर्षे पुत्रस्तातं न पश्यति ॥ ४२ ॥
- If Rahu and Jupiter be in the 6th House or the Lagna or Ascendant or the 4th House the son does not see his father in the 23rd year.
भानुः पिता च जन्तूनां चन्द्रो माता तथैव च ।
पापदृष्टियुतो भानुः पापमध्यगतोऽपि वा ॥ ४३ ॥
पित्ररिष्टं विजानीयाच्छिशोर्जातस्य निश्चितम् ।
भानोः षष्ठाष्टमर्क्षस्यैः पापैः सौम्यविवर्जितैः ।
सुखभावगतैर्वाऽपि पित्ररिष्टं विनिर्दिशेत् ॥ ४४ ॥
एवं चन्द्रात् स्थितैः पापैर्मातुः कंष्टं विचारयेत् ।
बलाऽबलविवेकेन कष्टं वा मृत्युमादिशेत् ॥ ४५ ॥
43 - 45. The Sun is the father of all beings and the Moon is the mother. If the Sun, at the time of the native's birth, is aspected by or is situated with malefics or is hemmed between two malefics, it should be known that the combination will certainly cause evil to the native's father. Also, evil to the native's father is to be predicted if the 6th, 8th or 4th House are occupied by malefics and these donot have the aspect or conjunction of the benefics Similarly, evil to the native's mother is to be considered if malefics are situated in these Houses from the Moon and trouble or death should be predicted according as the strength or weakness of the occupants concerned.