76. SUDARSHANA CHAKRA

अथोच्यते मया विप्र ! रहस्यं ज्ञानमुत्तमम् ।
जगतामुपकाराय यत् प्रोक्तं ब्रह्मणा स्वयम् ॥ १ ॥

चक्रं सुदर्शनं नाम यद्वशात् प्रस्फुटं फलम् ।
नृणां तन्वादिभावानां ज्ञातुं शक्नोति दैववित् ॥ २ ॥

जन्मतो मृत्युपर्यन्तं वर्षमासदिनोद्भवम् ।
शुभं वाऽप्यशुभं सर्व तच्छृणुष्वैकमानसः ॥ ३ ॥

1-3 : Maharishi Parasara said - O Vipra! Now I divulge the secret of a supirior knowledge which Lord Brahma himself narrated for the welfare of the world at large. This is known as "Sudarshana Chakra" on the basis of which, the Astrologers will develop a clear insight of perdiction from the Ascendant and the houses, for the persons and their related auspicious and inauspicious results from birth through death, for every year, every month and every day.

एककेन्द्रोद्भवं रम्यं लिखेद् वृत्तत्रयं द्विज ! ।
द्वादशारं च तत् कुर्याद् भवेदेवं सुदर्शनम् ॥ ४ ॥

4 : O Brahmin ! Draw three circles keeping one centre. By drawing 12 lines from the centre forming 12 compartments (in each circle), it will create a Chakra known as Sudrashana Chakra.

तत्राद्यवृत्ते लग्नाद्या भावा लेख्या: स-खेचराः ।
तदूर्ध्ववृत्ते चन्द्राच्च भावाः खेटसमन्विताः ॥ ५ ॥

तदूर्ध्ववृत्ते सूर्याच्च क्रमात् भावा ग्रहान्विताः ।
एवमेकैकभावेऽत्र भवेद् भानां त्रयं त्रयम् ॥ ६ ॥

5-6 : In the first circle (near to the Centre) write down all the houses including the Ascendant alongwith the planets in the twelve compartments. In the next circle, starting from the sign of the Moon's Ascendant (sign), place all the planets in their respective houses. In the outer circle commecing from the sign of the Sun (the sign holding Sun in it), fix all the planets in all the houses. In this manner, every house of the Chakra will have three signs.

अत्र तु प्रथमो भावो लग्नेन्दुरविभिर्युतः ।
तं प्रकल्प्य तनुं त्वग्रे ज्ञेया भावा धनादयः ॥ ७ ॥

तत्र तत्र ग्रहस्थित्या ज्ञेयं तत्तत्फलं बुधैः ।
तनुभावे शुभः सूर्यो ज्ञेयोऽन्यत्राशुभप्रदः ॥ ८ ॥

पापोऽपि स्वोच्चराशिस्थो न भवत्यशुभप्रदः ।
एवं शुभाऽशुभं दृष्ट्वा तत्तद्भावफलं वदेत् ॥ ९ ॥

7-9 : The pecularity of Sudarshana Chakra is that, the Ist house, the Ascendant, the Moon and the Sun get combined.Considering this (Ist house in respect of all the three) as Ascendant, the house of wealth (2nd house there from) etc. be reckoned. Thereafter, in accordance to the positions of the planets in these houses, the results be delineated. The Sun be considered aupicious in the Ascendant and inauspicious in the other houses. Malefic planets if are in the sign of exaltation or own sign, may not be treated as inauspicious. In this way, after looking into the auspiciousness and inauspiciousness of the planets, the results should be predicted.

यो भावः स्वामिसौम्याभ्यां युक्तो दृष्टोऽयमेधते ।
पापौर्दृष्टो युतो यो वा तस्य हानिः प्रजायते ॥ १० ॥

10 : The house which is harboured by its lord or posited with or aspected by the auspicious planets becomes powerful while the aspects and positioning of the malefic planets a house will make them weak.

ज्ञेयं सग्रहभावस्य ग्रहयोगसमं फलं ।
अग्रहस्य तु भावस्य ग्रहदृष्टिसमं फलम् ॥ ११ ॥

शुभैरेव शुभं, पापैरशुभं, मिश्रखेचरैः ।
शुभाधिके शुभं ज्ञेयमशुभं त्वशुभाधिके ॥ १२ ॥

एवं भावेषु खेटानां योगं दृष्टिं विलोक्य च ।
तारतम्येन वाच्यानि फलानि द्विजसत्तम ॥ १३ ॥

11-13 : The results of the combined houses, be considered on the basis of the presence of the planets over there. If a house is devoid of planet but receives the aspect, the results be stated accordingly. The house having the benefic planets will be auspicious and the house occupied by the malefics, will deliver inauspicious results. If a house holds mixed planets (both the benefic and malefic), the results will be auspicious, if the number of the benefic planets is more and if the malefic planets are more in numbers, the malefic results will prevail. In this manner, the combinations and the aspects of the planets to a particular house (i.e. the benefic aspects to a houses will deliver auspicious and malefic aspects to a house will cause inauspicious results) be taken into account and the result be stated in accordance to the factors which are more pronoduced.

यत्र नैव ग्रहः कश्चिन्न दृष्टिः कस्यचिद् भवेत् ।
तदा तद्भावजं ज्ञेयं तत्स्वामिवशतः फलम् ॥ १४ ॥

14 : If a house is neither occupied by the planets nor receiving the aspects, the results then be judged on the basis of the auspicious and inauspicious Karkatwas of the lord of the house.

शुभोऽप्य शुभवर्गेषु ह्यधिकेष्वशुभप्रदः ।
पापोऽपि शुभवर्गेषु ह्यधिकेषु शुभप्रदः ॥ १५ ॥

स्वभोच्चस्य शुभस्यात्र वर्गा ज्ञेयाः शुभवाहाः ।
शत्रो: क्रूरस्य नीचस्य षड्वर्गा अशुभप्रदाः ॥ १६ ॥

15-16 : If a benefic planet is having many inauspicious Vargas, it is considered delivering malefic results. If a malefic planets occupy more number of auspicious Vargas, benefic results be predicted. The placement of a planet in the sign of exaltation, own sign and in the Vargas of the benefic planets will make the planet as auspicous and positioning of a planet in the enemy or debilitation signs or its divisions (six fold), renders the planet as inauspicious.

एवं सर्वेषु खेटेषु भावेष्वपि द्विजोत्तम ! ।
शुभा ऽशुभत्वं सञ्चिन्त्य ततस्तत्फलमादिशेत् ॥ १७ ॥

17 : Maharishi Parasara said-OBrahmin! In this manner, the auspiciousness and the inauspiciousness of the planets, and the houses be considered, for predicting the results of the concerned houses.

यदा सुदर्शनादेव फलं सिद्ध्यति देहिनाम् ।
तदा किं मुनिभिः सर्वैर्लग्नादेव फलं स्मृतम् ॥ १८ ॥

इति मे संशयो जातस्तं छेत्तुमर्हति ।

18-18½ : Maitreya said O Maharishi ! When the predictions for the natives could be made through Sudarshana Chakra why the other sages narrate the results from the Ascendant? I had only this much doubt and O-Lord, kindly clarify the same.

पृथग्भगौ यदाऽर्केन्दू लग्नादन्यत्र संस्थितौ ॥ १९ ॥

तदा सुदर्शनाच्चक्रात् फलं वाच्यं विचक्षणैः ।
एकमे द्वौ त्रयो वा चेत् तदा लग्नात् फलं वदेत् ॥ २० ॥

19-20 : Parasara said - If the Sun and the Moon are posited in the different signs other than the sign of the Ascendant, the results from the Sudarshna Chakra be only delineated. Between these three viz., the Ascendant (Lord), the Sun and the Moon, if two or all the three are posited in the Ascendant, the results be declared on the basis of the Ascendant.

अथ विप्र ! प्रवक्ष्येऽहं प्रतिवर्षादिजं फलम् ।
अस्मात् सुदर्शनादेव दशान्तरदशावशात् ॥ २१ ॥

तन्वाद्यैर्वर्षमास्सार्ध-द्विकधस्त्रान् प्रवर्तयेत् ।
भावेशादि- द्वादशानां दशा वर्षेषु कल्पयेत् ॥ २२ ॥

तदाद्यन्तर्दशास्तद्वन्मासादौ तद्बलैः फलम् ।
तं तं भावं प्रकल्प्यांग तत्तत्तन्वादिजं द्विज ! ॥ २३ ॥

21-23 : O Vipra! Now I will narrate the results of every year etc., from the Sudarshna Chakra in accordance to Dasa and Antardasa. Assigning one year to each house commencing from the Ascendant, assume every house as Ascendant for that very year and the following house as the 2nd house and soon. Thereafter, presume an Antardasa of one month in the every year in each house and then from the Ist house of the Antardasa, the 12 signs in seriatim, be assumed as 12 months which should be perceived as the results giving months connected with the 12 houses.

Similarly, commencing from the house identical with the month, each house be taken for the Pratyantar Dasa of two and a half days. Considering the sign of the Pratyantar Dasa as the Ascendant, the results of the 2nd, 3rd houses etc. be taken as the effects for two and half days each. In the same way, the Sookshma Dasa of 12½ hrs. is worked out and its results may also be considered in the same manner

तत् तल्लग्नात् केन्द्रकोणाष्टमे सौम्या: शुभप्रदाः ।
यत्र भावे सैंहिकेयो भवेत् तद्भावहानिकृत् ॥ २४ ॥

पापा वा यत्र बहवस्तत्तद्भावविनाशनम् ।
विरिष्फारिशुभैः, पापैस्त्रिषडायस्थितैः शुभम् ॥ २५ ॥

एवं प्रत्यब्दमासादौ भावानां फलचिन्तनम् ।
द्वादशानां दशाऽऽवृत्त्या दशाश्चायुषि चिन्तयेत् ॥ २६ ॥

24-26 : If the Angular, Trinal and the 8th houses from the house emanating the Dasa, are occupied with the benefic planets, it (Dasa) will deliver auspicious results. Rahu and Ketu, occupying the houses will cause loss to such houses. The house holding more number of male cplanets gets destroyed. Barring the 6th and the 12th houses, the benefic planets in other houses bestow auspicious results. The malefic in the 3rd, 6th and 11th house give benefic results. (That is benefic planets in the 6th and the 12th house will do harm while malefic planets in the 3rd, the 6th and the 11th house will do good). In this manner, the results of every year, month, day etc. be assessed right from the time of birth.

Ten cycles of 12 houses from the Ascendant (12 years of each cycle) of Dasas or Antardasa should be considered. (The ten cycles of 12 houses make 120 years of Poorna Ayu, a full life cycle under Vimshottari Dasa system).

एवं सुदर्शनाच्चक्राद्‌ वर्षमासादिजं फलम्‌ ।
ज्ञात्वा तथाष्टवर्गोत्यमुभाभ्यां फलनिर्णयः ॥ २७ ॥

उभयत्र समत्वे हि सम्पूर्णं तत्‌ फलं वदेत्‌ ।
विषमत्वे यदाधिक्यं तत्फलं च बलक्रमात्‌ ॥ २८ ॥

27-28 : Judging the results for the year, month, day etc., from the Sudarshana Chakra system and also analysing the same through Ashtakavarga system, the netresults be determined. When the same auspicious and inauspicious results are indicated from both these systems, then only the prognostications are declared. If there exist some difference in both these results, that is, one is showing auspiciousness and other is indicating inauspiciousness, then the results should be stated on the basis of the comparative strength of the case.