Rahu

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Dear Arun

 

you

<<At Natabara'syour request I am listing some material on the six enemies of

mankind described in Vedic Literature. They are called the shatripus or

ari-shadvarga in sanskrit>>

 

Many thanks for your efforts. My intention here is to find out the meaning of

Rahu in any Vedic horoscope.

 

We know that the Sun indicates the soul or pure ego and Rahu indicates the

shatripus or the 6 enemies of the soul.

 

In the liberated estate, the soul is 100% pure. However, in the conditioned

estate, the soul is contaminated with the material energy and becomes impure.

 

In the impure condition, the soul is not allowed to enter higher levels of

consciousness (life). In order to be allowed in the spiritual platform, the

soul has to clean itself 100%. To do this, the soul has to serve a pure agent

of God.

 

Because we are living in the material universe, we are prone to be affected by

the material modes of nature which are satva (goodness), rajas (passion), and

tamas (ignorance).

 

In the mode of tamas, the soul sinks to the lower species of life, and in the

mode of satva, the soul is elevated to the highest levels of life.

 

In my understanding, Rahu represents the shatripus or the 6 factors which makes

the soul to sink low. In other words, the position and house ruled by Rahu,

indicate the energies which are the most difficult karmic knots to be solved in

this life by the individual.

 

We can say that in a previous life we did not pass certain lessons and therefore

we had to come back in this life to try to solve those karmic trends indicated

mainly by Rahu.

 

The shatripus are kama (lust), krodha (anger), lobha (greed), moha (illusion),

mada (pride or madness) and matsarya (envy or jealousy).

 

>From our conditioned position, sometimes we can not see properly and we may

commit offences by thinking that a pure soul is affected by any of those

shatripus. For example, when Hanuman showed anger against Ravana, his anger

was actually not dictated by those shatripus, because his anger was dedicated

to the service of his Lord Rama (God).

 

However, by observing any of those shatripus on any normal soul, we can see that

we cannot take help to further advance in our spiritual path, and the opposite

is likely to happen, that we can sink to the bottom of the gunas or material

moods.

 

My survival instinct is very alert and high, there is danger at every step and

therefore, caution is necessary.

 

The Vedas are 100% pure, but one of the problems is that those Vedas can be

contaminated by persons affected by those shatripus. We have been told not to

drink milk that has been contaminated by a snake.

 

In a similar way, i am very suspicious of drinking the vedic teachings from

somebody that is intoxicated by those shatripus.

 

In the past, we have seen some so called gurus that although contaminated, have

pretended to be pure and later play havoc on his followers when their

contamination become evident.

 

To avoid being cheated, i have some rules. One of those rules is not to read

from a book that although speaking of the Vedas, it is written or spoken by a

person that is affected by any of those shatripus.

 

We should learn to recognise and see who is contaminated and who is not. In

this way we will advance faster on our spiritual path.

 

When somebody is intoxicated by pride and madness, we shall avoid him/her. In

the same way, we should avoid those envious of God or that are in illusion.

 

The Vedas say that the highest evidence of illusion is to believe that "i am God".

 

Srila Prabhupada never ever claimed to be God, he always claimed to be the

servant of the servant of God. Therefore it is safe to read his books because

we know that he was not contaminated and therefore, he did not have selfish

intentions.

 

There are some speakers like myself, that although contaminated, we try hard and

sincerely to follow the instructions of those that are pure, and therefore as

long as we keep on that path, we become exempted of cheating others.

 

There are other so called gurus that claim to be God and therefore i do not touch their stuff.

 

I hope that this article helps to understand the function of Rahu.

 

Best wishes

Natabara Das

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Dear Natabara Prabhu,

 

Pt. Sanjay Rath mentioned a list of planets pertaining to each ripu

in his commentary on Jaimini Upadesa Sutra. Rahu is not only the

planet causing shadripu.

 

 

Best Regards,

Venkat

 

> In my understanding, Rahu represents the

> shatripus or the 6 factors which makes the soul to sink low. In

>other words, the position and house ruled by Rahu, indicate the

>energies which are the most difficult karmic knots to be solved in

>this life by the individual.

[Guest guest]

Dear Venkat,

 

Which planet is not a "ripu", why blame only Rahu.

 

Manoj

 

 

 

 

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