Argala workshop this weekend-to Sanjay

[Guest guest]

Om Namo Narayanaya,

Dear Sanjay,

I have sent an article for the Yoga Conference in 2004.

did you receive it?

Should we gurus answer the questions, or let the students try first?

Best wishes

Zoran

Sanjay Rath wrote:

 

Om Gurave Namah

Dear Jyotisa

This is the material for you to read/attempt to answer for the workshop.

The questions will be discussed at the workshop with some fine illustrations.

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Argalä Theory

Paräsara: BPHS 33.2

maitreya särgalä näma yayä bhävaphalaà dåòham |

sthiraà kheöaphalaà ca syät sä'dhunä kathyate mayä ||

Translation: Maitreya! It (the Jyotiña tool/principle) is named argalä by

using which the definite results of the houses and planets are determined.

This was enunciated by the seers to me.

During the daçä of a planet that has nothing to do with the second house

either by ownership or aspect, do we stop eating? The second house indicates

the act of eating and if a planet has nothing to do with it by either ownership

or aspect or having some relationship with its lord, it would imply that

the house is being ignored and the activities indicated by the house cannot

happen. Then how do we eat at all during the period of such a planet?

Argalä means planetary/sign intervention. Argalä is that principle by which

every planet or sign affects every other planet or sign in the zodiac. It

shows that all activities related to all the houses and planets occur at

all times. What we need to know is how these signs and planets are affected

by the daçä planet/sign.

Primary argalä

Paräsara: BPHS 33.3

caturthe ca dhane läbhe grahe jïeyä tadargalä |

tadbädhakäù kramät kheöä vyomariñphatåtéyagäù || 3||

Translation: Planets or signs in the fourth, second and eleventh house from

any planet or sign have argalä on it. The bädhaka (obstruction) for these

argalä are the planets or signs in the tenth, twelfth and third houses respectively.

Questions for discussion

1.

Why are the 4th

, 2nd & 11th houses chosen for the primary argalä?

2.

Why does Paräsara use

the word ‘bädhaka’ to explain the nature of the virodha argalä (obstruction

to argalä)?

3.

Explain the reasons

for the 10th, 12th & 3rd houses/planets

being the obstruction to the argalä in the 4th, 2nd

and 11th houses respectively. What are the implications of each

argalä and bädhaka?

Paräsara: BPHS 33.4-5

nirbalä nyünasaìkhyä vä bädhakä naiva sammatäù |

tåtéye vyädhikäù päpä yatra maitreya bädhakäù || 4||

taträpi cärgalä jïeyä viparétä dvijottama |

tathäpi kheöabhävänäà phalamargalitaà viduù || 5||

Strengths are determined on the basis of numbers of planets in the argalä

and the obstruction respectively. The obstruction is not great if the numbers

are equal. However, malefic planets in the third house have a beneficial

obstruction (on the eleventh house).

Questions for discussion

4.

Explain the examination

of argalä and obstruction. What are the other sources of strength for a

sign? Can these be used for the determination of argalä and obstruction?

5.

Do malefic planets in

the 2nd, 4th or 11th cause argalä? If so,

is this beneficial or what is its real import?

6.

In Paräsara: BPHS 33.4

‘vyädhikäù’ is the word used by Santanam whereas tryadhikä

is used by G.C.Sharma to define the formation of argalä in the third house

by malefic planets. Which is correct and why?

7.

The third house causes

bädhaka (obstruction) to the argalä in the 11th house, yet the

malefic planets in the 3rd house cause a beneficial argalä. What

does this mean in terms of real life expectations of events? What exactly

is meant by Viparéta argalä?

Secondary Argalä

Paräsara: BPHS 33.6

païcamaà cärgalästhänaà navamaà tadvirodhakåt |

tamograhabhavä sä ca vyatyayäj jïäyate dvija || 6||

The secondary argalä is caused by planets/sign in the fifth house and this

is obstructed (virodha) by the planets/sign in the ninth house. The nodes

‘tamo-graha’ also have the argalä and obstruction of the planets/signs in

the same manner but are reckoned in the reverse i.e. the 2nd,

4th and 11th etc houses are to counted in the reverse

(anti-zodiacal) for them 9since they are always retrograde).

Questions for discussion

8.

Which other houses (in

addition to the fifth house) are also reckoned for the secondary argalä

and what is the basis for this? Which houses are seen for the obstruction

to these secondary argalä?

9.

Why are the argalä for

the nodes reckoned in the reverse? Is this applicable (1) only to Ketu or

(2) both the nodes or (3) all the tamo-graha – Mars, Saturn, Rähu &

Ketu?

10.

Why should the ninth house

cause virodha argalä to the fifth house? Discuss the implications of this

and other virodha argalä. Does the virodha argalä of the 6th

house reduce longevity? If so would this imply reduction in longevity due

to çaòripu (six weaknesses) or enemy?

Paräsara: BPHS 33.7

ekagrahä kaniñöhä sä dvigrahä madhyamä småtä |

argalä dvyadhikotpannä munibhiù kathitottamä || 7||

Questions for discussion

11.

Does the number of planets

indicate the strength of the argalä? If kaniñöhä (little finger) is the

nature/strength of the argalä of one planet and madhyamä (middle finger)

is the nature/strength of the argalä of two planets, then what would you

understand if anämika (ring finger), tarjani (index finger) & aëguñöhäna

(thumb) are used? In such a case, what is the strength of control? Can this

imply planets in only one argalä sign or more than one argalä sign?

In this manner, study the remaining sloka from Båhat Paräsara Horä Çaçtra

and list out your questions and doubts.

12.

Paräsara BPHS 33.8-18

räçito grahataçcäpi vijïeyä dvividhä'rgalä |

nirbädhakä suphaladä viphalä ca sabädhakä || 8||

 

yatra räçau sthitaù kheöastasya päkäntaraà yadä |

tasmin käle phalaà jïeyaà nirviçaìkaà dvijottama || 9||

 

argaläà pratibandhaïca kathamäìghricaturthayoù |

dvitryaìghrayoçca mitho vipra cintayediti me matam || 10||

 

pade lagne made väpi niräbhäsärgalä yadä |

tadä jäto'tivikhyäto bahubhägyayuto bhavet || 11||

 

yasya päpaù çubho väpi grahastiñöhet çubhärgale |

tena drañörekñitaà lagnaà präbalyäyopakalpyate || 12||

 

särgale ca dhane vipra dhanadhänyasamanvitaù |

tåtéye sodarädénäà sukhamuktaà manéñibhiù || 13||

 

caturthe särgale gehapaçubandhukulairyutaù |

païcame putrapauträdisaàyuto buddhimännaraù || 14||

 

ñañöhe ripubhayaà käme dhanadärasukhaà bahu |

añöame jäyate kañöaà dharme bhägyodayo bhavet || 15||

 

daçame räjasammänaà läbhe läbhasamanvitaù |

särgale ca vyaye vipra vyayädhikyaà prajäyate || 16||

 

çubhagrahärgaläyäà tu saukhyaà bahuvidhaà bhavet |

madhyaà päpärgaläyäà ca miçräyämapi cottamam || 17||

 

lagnapaïcamabhägyeñu särgaleñu dvijottama |

jätaçca

jäyate räjä bhägyavän nätra saàçayaù || 18||

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Best Regards,

Sanjay Rath

http://srath.com

 

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