Reply to Sat Siri (Tribhagi Dasa)

December 8, 2000

Hare Rama Krishna

Dear Sat Siri,

> Puzzling over the hint you have given Narasimha I am

> wondering if the antaras in Tribhagi Dasa should cover a set of nine

> nakshatras. In the first bhaga the first set of nakshatras Aswini

> through Aslesha, in the second Magha through Jyeshtha, and in the

third

> Mula through Revati.

This is how *I* understood Sanjay's hint:

Let us say natal Moon is in Hasta. Then Moon dasa in

standard Vimsottari dasa covers Hasta and that gives the

results of Sravanam and Rohini also. Mars dasa covers

Chitra and that gives the results of Dhanishtha and

Mrigasira also. And so on.

In the Tribhagi variation, first Moon dasa gives the

results of Hasta. First Mars dasa gives the results of

Chitra. And so on. Then the second Moon dasa gives the

results of Sravanam (at 120 deg from natal Moon!) and the

second Mars dasa gives the results of Dhanishtha. And so

on. In the third tribhaga, results of the nakshatras in

the last 120 deg (from natal Moon and not from Aswini)

are given (Rohini, Mrigasira, Ardra etc in this example).

In standard Vimsottari dasa, we are giving more

importance to planets. Perhaps we can give importance to

nakshatras and use nakshatra chakra (Sarvatobhadra chakra)

in interpreting Tribhagi dasa.

As per antardasas, standard Yogini dasa seems to suggest

that we should take only 9 antardasas and not 27. But what

you said is probably not correct (I am only giving my

guess). The first bhaga will not contain Aswini-Asresha as

you said, but it should contain 9 nakshatras from the

nakshatra corresponding to the dasa.

In the first Moon dasa (Hasta) in the example, the nine

antardasas should correspond to nakshatras from Hasta to

Uttarashadha. In the first Mars dasa (Chitra), ADs should

correspond to nakshatras from Chitra to Sravanam. In the

second Moon dasa (Sravanam), antardasas should belong to

nakshatras from Sravanam to Krittika. And so on.

That is how *I* understood it. But I cannot understand

why there can't be 27 antardasas covering each nakshatra

in each nakshatra's dasa. That's a different issue.

May Jupiter's light shine on us,

Narasimha

December 8, 2000

Ohm gurubhyom

namaha

Dear members,

First I

would like to apologise to Sanjay and other Gurus for not attempting any of the

recent home works.

I know

that only effort will give the results (kashte phalli). But, due to work and

some other personal reasons, I am not able to do the home works. How ever, I am

lucky enough to be able to read all the lesions.

When

Sanjay wrote about Tribhagi dasa, it reminded an old question by me to the

list. Some where in the Jataka parijatakam,

I read

(while definition for vimsottari was given) that first the dasa of the

constellation of the native and then in the order of the starts.

(aswini

then bharani like that). That time, I asked how to understand correlating constellations

and vimsottari dasa?

I was

wondering if Moon dasa shall be devided in to 3 parts and each part is for one

of the constellation owned by him. Then I was wondering how to

calculate/correlate sub dasas.

After this

Tribhagi dasa is told us by Sanjay, I am very much relieved. My speculations at

that time are now rested.

This seems

more logical and natural than having moon constellation dasas consequently.

But now,

when I thought about antardasas, I have a reason why 9 instead of 27. (May be

my reasoning may be wrong).

Each

nakshatra has its influence on us. The influence is experienced by us mortals

by means of planets which carry the influence

To us.

Nakshtras are fixed and unchanging.

So, if at all nakshatras are to give the results directly, whole of dasa would

be similar.

So, whole of

the lowest sub devision of dasa shall be similar. But, when it comes through

planets, TRANSITs and the nature of the planet itself will matter. And hence,

for antardasas and so on, considering planets is more meaningfull.

Then why

at all considering nakshatras at all? WHY DO NOT WE JUST USE standard

vimsottari where we do not acknoledge the

Nakashatras?

Reason is simple. Saying that dasas for a person born in krittika and uttara

phalguni (with same dasa sesham)

Would not

be so good. If we cast the dasa pravesh charts for both, both will be identical.

And Rasi chart may not change that much.

(Note that

for one we may have used utpanna vimsottari and for one we might have used from

janma nakshatram, so this is possible

on the

same data with different times only Lagna changing!!)

Regards,

Narayana

Rao.

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Narasimha Rao

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Friday, December 08, 2000

11:32 AM

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