Notes

The effects of four more Akriti yogas are described in this stanza,

(a) According to another reading, the person will also be a miser.

17. A person born under an Ardha-Chandra yoga will be a general favourite, of agreeable person and be respected by all. A person born under a Samudra yoga will be as prosperous as a king and will live in comfort. A person born under a Chakra yoga will have his feet illumined by the lustre of the gems in the crowns of kings falling prostrate before him by way of respect and submission (a). A person born in a Vallaki yoga will be intelligent and will delight in music and dance,

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Notes

In this stanza, the Author describes the effects of the three more Akriti yogas and of the first Sankhya yoga.

(a) In other words, he will become an emperor or king of kings by virtue of his attainments in Divine knowledge according to the Commentator.

18. A person born under a Damini yoga will be liberal in gift, will delight in helping others and will possess many cows. A person born in a Pasa yoga will, with his servants and kinsmen, earn wealth by proper means. A person born under a Kedara yoga will till lands, and by doing good deeds will be useful to many persons. A person born under a Sula yoga will be bold in fight, will receive blows and will be fond of money (a) but will be poor.

Notes

In this stanza, the Author describes the effects of four more Sankhya yogas.

(a) "Will be fond of torture" according to some other reading.

19. A person born under a Yuga yoga will be poor and will act in contravention of Vedic rules. A person born under a Gola yoga will be poor, dirty, ignorant, addicted to low deeds, unskilled in work, and will ever be wandering from place to place (a). Thus, have been described the several Nabhasa yogas with their effects. These effects are felt throughout a man's life.

Notes

In this stanza, the effects of the remaining two Sankhya yogas are described.

(a) For bare subsistence according to the Commen. tator.

(b) Except in the case of Vajra and other yogas (vide Stanza 14) whose effects will be felt, as stated, in particular Antardasa periods of a person's life. So that, wherever no periods are mentioned, the effects will be felt throughout life [Vide, Stanza 20, Chap. 8.]

Notes

Dala Yogas will coincide neither with Asraya yogas nor with Akriti yogas. They might coincide with Sankhya yogas - with the Vallaki, the Damini, the Pasa, or the Kedara yogas, in which case the yogas are to be treated as only Dala yogas and not as Sankhya yogas. (Vide Stanza 10). Again, according to Stanza 12, if the Asraya yogas coincide with Akriti yogas, they cease to be Asraya yogas; and according to Stanza 10, it the Sankhya yogas coincide with Akriti yogas, they cease to be Sankhya yogas. Now, suppose, Asraya and Sankhya yogas to coincide with each other. Are they to be treated as the former or as the latter? The Commentator says that if the coincidence refers to the Kedara, Sula, and Yuga yogas, the yogas are to be treated as Asraya yogas only; but if it refer to the Gola yoga, it is to be treated as such and not as an Asraya yoga - otherwise, there will be no room for Gola yoga at all.

We shall now explain how the Yavanas obtain 1800 Nabhasa yogas. As stated in Stanza 3, the Yavanas do not treat of the three Asraya yogas and the two Dala yogas. They treat of 23 Akriti yogas and 127 Sankhya yogas or 150 yogas in all for a Lagna; there being 12 Lagnas, the number of Nabhasa yogas treated of by the Yavanas is 12 x 150 = 1800.

We shall explain these more fully. As explained in note (a) to Stanza 4, the Gada yoga of the Author is treated of as 4 distinct yogas by the Yavanas. Adding these to the remaining 19 Akriti yogas, we get 23 Akriti yogas as treated of by the Yavanas.

Again, the seven Sankhya yogas of the Author are split into 127 Sankhya yogas for a Lagna by the Yavanas as follows: The first Sankhya yoga treated of by Varaha Mihira is known as Vallaki yoga according to which the 7 planets might occupy any seven signs. This may be in many ways; but the Yavanas select only a few: As each of the seven planets might occupy the Lagna the number of yogas under this division is 7. Again the 2nd Sankhya yoga treated of by the Author is one according to which the 7 planets are said to occupy any six signs. This may be in many ways; but the Yavanas select the following few: of the 7 planets, 5 may occupy 5 houses and 2 more may occupy the Lagna. These two may be any two of the seven planets. The number of yogas under this head will be the number of combinations of 7 things taken 2 together = 7/1 x 6/2 = 21.

Again, the 3rd Sankhya yoga is one in which the seven planets occupy 5 houses. This may be in many ways; but the following are selected:-4 planets occupying 4 houses and 3 more occupying the Lagna. These three may be any three out of the 7 planets. The number of cases under this head is the number of combinations of 7 things taken 3 together = 7/1 x 6/2 x 5/8 = 35.

The next Sankhya yoga of Varaha Mihira is similarly split by the Yavanas into 7/1 x 6/2 x 5/8 x 4/4 = 35, and the next into 7/1 x 6/2 x 5/8 x 4/4 x 3/5 = 21; and the next into 7/1 x 6/2 x 5/8 x 4/4 x 3/5 x 2/6 = 7; and the last into7/1 x 6/2 x 5/8 x 4/4 x 3/5 x 2/6 x 1/7 = 1. So that, the seven Sankhya yogas are split into 7+21+35+ 35 + 21 + 7 +1 =127. These added to 23 Akriti yogas give us 150 yogas for a Lagna or 1800 yogas for the 12 Lagnas.

N.B. - The 32 Nabhasa Yogas mentioned in this Book are given in the following Tabular form.