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Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction. 2 2.0 Verses.. 3 3.0 Popular Views. 7 3.1 Dr. B V Raman. 7 3.2 R. Santhanam. 8 3.3 GC Sharma .8 3.4 Pandit Sanjay Rath. 9 3.5 Pandit Sitaram Jha. 10 3.6 Professor Ramchandra Pandey 11 4.0 My Views 13 4.1 Inference # 1 14 4.2 Inference #2 15 4.2.1 Dr. Raman.. 15 4.2.2 Pandit Sanjay Rath 16 4.2.3 R. Santhanam & GC Sharma.17 4.3 Inference # 3 17 4.3.1 Pandit Sitaram Jha and Prof Ramchandra Pandey . 17 5.0 Jyotish Softwares . 18 6.0 Conclusion . 18
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Kulguru at the age of eight. After the initial trigger early in life, he has pursued the study of jyotish with utmost passion ever since. He writes with the pen name Abhishekha and is the Editor/Publisher of AIAC Times, Chicago.
1.0 Introduction
hile I was teaching my course on Lagna Vishesha with my small group of students in Chicago, I stumbled upon some material on Varnada Lagna which differed from my learning from my Guru. This is not an uncommon phenomenon in the jyotish world where viewpoints often differ on interpretations of Sanskrit verses. However, this case was very different. I could see very distinct differences and wanted to dig in deeper into each interpretation. It is only for this academic research purpose that I thought of penning my ideas down in an article and share with the world. Again, the reader of the article should note that the views expressed in this article are of a technical nature and would primarily cater to the taste of advanced students of jyotish and not beginners. The views are also my personal analysis on this subject and anyone is free to differ from them. Vishesha Lagna of Parasara is a cryptic portion of the published book Brihat Parasara Hora Shastra and hence often a subject of debate among scholars. Many scholars believe that this portion is later induction into the original pure Parasara Hora by students aligned with the Jamini School of jyotish. I wish not to comment on that portion of the subject. My views and thoughts along with the model that Parasara wanted to present for Vishesha Lagna is clearly shared with my students. My personal opinion is that if understood, applied and analyzed in real charts, this knowledge can reveal facts which would otherwise be difficult to decipher in a person. Also, I wish to indicate that in BPHS, Parasara talks about Varnada Dasa and not just about Varnada Lagna. However, my article would only be focused on the calculation of Varnada Lagna. Analysis and use of Varnada Dasa would be out of scope for this article. Analysis and interpretation of the Varnada Lagna is also out of scope of this article. I have used some works of Jamini for reference to show viewpoints of other authors on this subject.
2.0 Verses
The relevant verses of the Varnada have been provided below
Varnada-khya-dahsam bhanaam kathayam-atha te-agratah I now begin the tale of a Dasa system called Varnada Yasya vigyana-matrena vadeda-ayur-bhavam phalam Comprehending the science behind this, one can estimate the life expectancy of a native.
Oja-lagna-prasutanam meashade-ganayet-kramat If the ascendant is in an odd sign, then count directly from Aries to the ascendant Sama-lagna-prasutanam meende-pasa-vyataha If the ascendant is in an even sign, then count from Pisces to the ascendant in the reverse
Meshameenadito janmalagna-antam ganayet sudhih just as the ascendant is calculated from Aries and Pisces to obtain the corrected ascendant, Tathaiva hora-lagna-antam ganayitva tatah param use similar calculation to find the corrected hora lagna from hora lagna
Oja-tvena samtvena sajateeye ubhe yadi if both the obtained ascendants [lagna and hora lagna suddhi] are odd or even Tarhi sankhye yojayeet vaijatye tu viyojayet add both the outcome, if one is odd and the other even, and then obtain the difference between the two ascendants
Meshameenaditah pashchatyo rashih sa tu varnadah If the final product if odd or even, then counting that many rasis from Aries or Pisces in direct or reverse order will arrive at Varnada lagna Etatprayojanam vakshye srunu tvam dwijapungavah Now listen to the use of the above, O superior of Brahmins Hora lagnabhayot ya sabalat varnada dasha Varnada dasha starts from the stronger of the two hora lagna and janma lagna
Dr. Raman gives stress on the fact that Janma Lagna determines if the final count is forward from Aries or backwards from Pisces.
3.2 R. Santhanam
Reference Brihat Parasara Hora Shastra, Volume 1, Page 65
R. Santhanam believes that the final product in the last step of the calculation itself determines if the rasis are counted forward from Aries or backwards from Pisces.
Translation from Hindi to English Pandit Sitaram Jhas commentary If Lagna is odd, count from Aries to Lagna. If Lagna is even, count from Pisces to Lagna in reverse. Keep this number. If Hora Lagna is odd, count from Aries to Hora Lagna. If Hora Lagna is even, count from Pisces to Hora Lagna in reverse. Keep this number If both the numbers obtained are odd or even, add them. If numbers obtained are one odd and other even, get their difference. If the final number thus obtained is odd, then count so many signs from Aries to obtain Varnada Lagna If the final number thus obtained is even, then count so many signs from Pisces to obtain Varnada Lagna. He recommended doing these calculations using degrees of Lagna and Hora Lagna.
4.0 My Views
ll jyotishas I have mentioned in this article are stars in the word of jyotish for their contribution. They all have been Gurus to me in some way or the other and thus I stand in no position to pin point their flaws in their commentaries or analysis since I personally have never considered myself anything more than an eternal learner. However, I also felt the need touch upon this sensitive subject. When I was about to teach my small group of students this concept, I felt shocked to see that so many great stalwarts views on this differed from my own learning and it set me in motion in a journey of self-discovery and I must admit that I was truly blessed to have done so. The conceptual, philosophical and case studies aspect of Varnada is beyond the scope of this article. I just wanted to stick to pure mathematical calculation of the Varnada Lagna and the share my views on the methods supported by various scholars I mentioned in the previous section. First some simple mathematics Summation of two odd numbers is always even Difference of two odd numbers is always even If we dont consider degrees of Lagna and HL and just consider rasis, the result will be as below
HL Vrishchika
3+5=8
Case 4
Lagna Vrishabha HL Tula From Meena Reverse [Lagna] 11 From Aries Forward [HL] 7 11+7 = 18 -12 = 6
4.1 Inference # 1
This is crystal clear from Parasaras verses that the he explicitly mentions that the final number can be odd or even. However, in any way we do it, just considering Rasis without degrees of
Lagna and Hora Lagna will always give us the final number as an Even number. Thus, only rasi consideration for Varnada Lagna doesnt make sense. Thus, the table should look like this
Lagna Odd Even Odd Even HL Odd Even Even Odd Creation Point Movement [Lagna] Odd/ Even Odd/ Even Odd/ Even Odd/ Even Creation Point Movement [HL] Odd/ Even Odd/ Even Odd/ Even Odd/ Even or Even/ Odd Even/ Odd Even/ Odd Even/ Odd
Creation Point is taken as 0 degrees of Aries and the movement is forward or backward based on the final number being even or odd.
Case 2
Lagna Makara HL Vrishchika From Meena Reverse [Lagna] 3 From Meena Reverse [HL] 5 3+5=8
Thus, based on Dr. Raman, Case 1 will have Varnada rasi as Cancer [4 counted forward from Aries] and Case 2 will have Varnada Lagna will be Leo [8 counted in reverse from Pisces]
Heres the problem with this method For any person born in even Lagna rasi, the Varnada will be odd sign rasi. For any person born in odd Lagna rasi, the Varnada will be even sign rasi. This is the case because is always an even number. Another issue with this method is that the translation of the Parasara verses doesnt support this view. This method is thus rejected.
Another issue with this method is that the translation of the Parasara verses doesnt support this view. This method is also rejected.
4.3 Inference # 3
4.3.1 Pandit Sitaram Jha and Prof Ramchandra Pandey I pay my respect to Pandit Sitaram Jha and Prof Pandey to shower assurance to my learning of jyotish. When I struggling with some textual reference to validate my learning, it was their commentaries and comments that made me feel that I still had some support from the sages. Their methods are the correct methods and the only method I ever learned to calculate Varnada Lagna. I will show this with a few examples
HL Odd [6 Le]
or = [6s+ 12] = 12 Li
VL = 12 Li
or = [7s+ 2] = 28 Le
VL = 28 Le
HL Odd [6 Le]
or = [2s+ 6] = 6 Ge
VL = 6 Ge
or = [7s+ 0] = 30 Le
VL = 30 Le
6.0 Conclusion
Once you calculate the VL correctly, please go through some of the wonderful dictums of Parasara and Jamini to see the VL working perfectly in real charts.