Lesson -3 Assignment

[Guest guest]

Dear Solai,

 

Namaste & sincerre thanks for your encouraging comments about my response to the

Lesson#2 assignment.

 

My response to Lesson#3 assignment is given below, for your evaluation, comments

and valuable guidance.

 

You may be aware that I had originally submitted these answers to assignment of

lesson 2 in Varahamihira group.

 

With best regards,Shailesh

Q1. Which Graha should be given the over-lordship of this twelve-fold division

or the twelve signs of the zodiac and why?

Ans: The study of nine planets and the twelve-fold division is called ‘JYOTISH’

– the light (jyoti) of God (ish).

The source and karaka of light in our zodiac is Sun – it is therefore the

natural choice for the overlordship of this zodiac. All other grahas only

reflect the light they receive from this SUN.

Sun is also the most important ‘graha’ from another point of view: ‘Jyotish’ is

concerned with the study of ‘life’ (and the living)- the Sun is the harbinger

of light.

 

Q2. Make a schematic representation of the Earth, Bha-Chakra with its 12 spokes

and mark out the areas of Nara & Narayana.

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Solai Kannan

sjvc

Thursday, December 06, 2001 2:39 PM

[sjvc] Lesson -3

OHM SHRI RAGAVENDRAYA NAMAH

JAYA JAGANNATHA

 

Namaste Jyotisha,

 

I appreciate all who has attempted lesson-2 and I will reply for the left out

members soon. I hope we are not rushing with lessons and 3 weeks is more than

sufficient for attending simple lessons like this.

 

Here is lesson 3, most of the contents are related to the initial chapters of

BPHS. So, please read those chapters along with this lesson.

 

If any members, who are not familiar with any terminology in the lesson, please

write to us and the members, who know the meaning will reply. So, please, do

not feel shy or inferior to ask any clarification.

 

I know that some of the members might not heard about the Guna (Modes of

Nature). It is dealt in almost all the Hindu scriptures. However, for the

benefit of such members, I am also enclosing the extract taken from Srimad

Bagavatam and Bagavatgita related to these 3 Gunas.

 

May Jagannatha bless us all.

Hare Rama Krishna.

 

Thanks

Solai Kannan

Attachment: (image/jpeg) Lesson 3.jpg [not stored]

Attachment: (image/jpeg) Lesson 3.jpg [not stored]

[Guest guest]

hare rama krishna

 

I am answering these questions with the benefit of the feedback that

Gurudeva had given on varahamihira.

 

Q1. Which Graha should be given the over-lordship of this twelve-fold

division or the twelve signs of the zodiac and why?

 

Of the 7 grahas, only the luminaries do not exhibit retrograde motion.

Also, all of them revolve around the only stationary body--Sun. Hence,

he is the naisargika atmakaraka. Life flourishes because of him.

 

We can see this from drawing the Sudarsana Chakra representing the Body

(lagna), Mind (moon) and Soul (sun). The body houses the mind and soul,

and the mind is a reflection of the soul. That is why yogas involving

lagna cannot fructify if the moon or sun is weak. Similarly, yogas

involving the moon cannot fructify if the sun is weak.

 

Although there are 7 grahas, there are only 6 Shadripus. I suspect that

each of the grahas except Sun indicates one of them. I have tried to

give a correlation below.

 

Mo attachment (mother)

Ma anger (enemies)

Me pride (achievements, honours)

Ju greed (wealth, fortune)

Ve passion (potency, marital bliss)

Sa envy (troubles, disease)

 

Q2. Make a schematic representation of the Earth, Bha-Chakra with its

12 spokes and mark out the areas of Nara & Narayana.

 

Nara is the area bounded by the finite radius defined by the saptama

dweepas. Narayana is infinite and hence unbounded. In the bha-chakra

square, the area within the square is split into the fundamental

divisions of trikonas and kendras. Within this region, the grahas exert

their influence. The inside of the bha-chakra square is representative

of Nara. The area outside the square is representative of Narayana.

 

ajit

 

--

Ajit Krishnan

ajit

http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~ajit

[Guest guest]

Namaste!

1. The overlord planet is Surya or Ravi the Sun.

2. There are many good diagrams already been submitted. I agree that in a sense

the imperceptible is not really able to lend itself to explanation. My sense of

it is as a pure light brighter than a magnesium flare.

Earth, Moon (Rahu/Ketu), Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and the Sun

are in Nara. The 12 spokes of the wheel we know as the 12 signs. They are a

combination of the 4 Elements in Space (Akash) and the 3 gunas. All else is the

Infinite Narayana. Sometimes appearing as a large blue being with Jyoti for

eyes.

Om Sri Ganapati Ki Jai!

[Guest guest]

hare rama krishna

 

> Q2. Make a schematic representation of the Earth, Bha-Chakra with its

> 12 spokes and mark out the areas of Nara & Narayana.

 

I am attaching an image. Narayana is in the center, and Nara is

represented by concentric circles of sun, moon and lagna.

 

ajit

 

--

Ajit Krishnan

ajit

http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~ajit

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