Bṛhat Nakṣatra

Title: Brhat Naksatra
Author: Sanjay Rath
Publisher: Sagittarius Publications
Published: 2008
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Contents

The four parts and chapters along with lists of charts and tables are included here

Parts & Chapters
Mangalacaranam 3
Sri Guru Caranam 5
Preface 6PART I : NAKSHATRA CHAKRA 18
Introduction 19
Etymology 19
The Vedic Chart 19
Memory aid 20
Nakshatra Mandala 21
Nakshatrarasivibhagaù 23
Sapta Loka Mandala 25
Tri-loka chakra 27
Sarvatobhadra chakra 27
Nakshatra Groups 27
Tri-nadi chakra 28
Nakshatra Tattva 34
Prithvi Tattva Group 35
Nakshatra Purusha I : Decoding Vitruvian Man 42
Tattva relationships 46
Pushkara nakshatra – bridge between signs 47
Gandanta nakshatra – no bridge between signs 48
Effect of Vara and Tithi 48
Païcaka Nakshatra 50
Results of Planets and Transits 51
Who started WWII and When? 53
Navatara Chakra 60
Vimsottari Lordship of Nakshatra 61
Illustration: Rajiv Gandhi 61
Navatara Relationships 63
Illustration: Gandhi Family Relationships 64
Further Rules 65
Remedial Measures 68
Illustrations 70
Special Nakshatra 73
Illustrations 75
Desa Tara (12th nakshatra) 75
Manasa Nakshatra 77
Nakshatra Sight 85
Three types of sight 85
Adhomukha Nakshatra 85
Urdhva Mukha Nakshatra 85
Tiryanga Mukha Nakshatra. 85
Illustration 86
Andhadi Nakshatra 87
Traits 88
Application in Prasna 89
Career Directions for Scientists/Research 91
Illustrations 91
Sula Chakra 95
Navagraha on Sula Chakra 96
Timing death with Sula Chakra 97
Political Leaders 97
General Horoscopes 103
Spiritual leaders 107
Sula Chakra – Accidents 111

PART II : NAKSHATRA DEVATA 117
Saptarshi Nakshatra 118
Sri Matsya Avatara 118
Creation 120
Yuga Calculations 123
Nature and Lineage 132
Spouses of Saptarshi 138
Determination of Creator Planet 141
Debunking & Confirming Avatara theories 144
Saptarshi in horoscopy 148
Spirituality 154
Conclusion 167
Nakshatra Devata 168
Names of Nakshatra and Devata 168
Knowing the Devata 171
Deva Definition 171
Asvini Nakshatra: Asvini Kumara devata 173
Bharani Nakshatra: Yama devata 175
Krittika Nakshatra: Agni devata 177
Rohini Nakshatra: Prajapati devata 179
Mrigasira Nakshatra: Chandra devata 181
Puranic Lessons 184
Sukanya and Asvini Kumara devata (Asvini) 184
Savitri and Yama devata (Bharini) 189
Birth of Kartikeya & Krittika sisters (Krittika) 193
Great Bear – Saptarshi 193
Agni’s Lust 194

PART III : NAKSHATRASYAGUNA 200
Sunya Nakshatra 201
Pancaïga Sunya 201
Sunya in horoscopy 202
Illustrations: Sunya rasi 203
Sunya with Mrityupada 203
Sunya nakshatra from Karaka Lagna 210
Void Relationships 211
Graha Janma Nakshatra 218
Graha Janma Tithi 218
Guru vara – ekadasi dosa 219
Purnima dosa 220
Guru vara – ekadasi dosa 221
Mangala vara – ekadasi 222
Graha Janma Nakshatra 224
Bharani – Sun or Rahu 224
Aslesha – Ketu 226
Jyeshtha – Venus 227
Uttara Asadha – Mars 229
Dhanishtha – Mercury 231
Remedies 234
Antaranga – Bahiranga Nakshatra 237
Ashtottari dasa basis 238
Suryadi nakshatra Graha [research] 239
Muhurta use 240
Illustrations 240
Overview 246
Sanjïa Chakra 248
Dhruva-Sthira nakshatra 249
Chala-Chara nakshatra 250
Ugra-Krura nakshatra 250
Misra – Sadharana nakshatra 251
Kshipra – Laghu nakshatra 253
Mridu – Maitra nakshatra 254
Tikshna – Daruna nakshatra 254
Application – Muhurta 255
Application – Jataka 257
Pata Nakshatra 261
Traditional understanding 261
Results 261
Muhurta 262
Jataka 262
Illustrations – #1: Pata Nakshatra 263
Illustrations – #2: Pata Rasi 268
Great Revolutionaries 271PART IV : NAKSHATRA PURUSHA 276
Nakshatra Purusha 277
Dimba Chakra 277
Illustrations 277
Nara chakra – 1 282
Nakshatra Purusha Vrata 287
Vaishnava Nakshatra Purusha 287
Murti – Image of Deity 287
Results 288
Illustration 289
Saiva Nakshatra Purusha 290
Graha Pidita Nakshatra 291
Illustrations 293

PART V : NAKSHATRA YOGAH 294
Teachings of Sri Narada 295
Janma Nakshatra 295
Nakshatra results 295
Traditional advice 296
Illustrations 297
Pada results 303
Illustrations 303
PART VI : APPENDICES 306
Special Nakshatra Tables 307
Sri Aurobindo – Uttarpara Speech 315
The Great Master spoke 315

List of Charts
Chart 1: ?Nadi dosa – 1 (Anta) 31
Chart 2: ?Nadi dosa – 2 (Adya) 32
Chart 3: ?Naga Nadi – 4 (Antya Surya) 32
Chart 4: ?Speech Rejuvenation 35
Chart 5: ?Obsessions and Work focus 37
Chart 6: ?Dhirubhai Ambani 38
Chart 7: ?Queen Victoria 39
Chart 8: ?Swami Vivekananda 40
Chart 9: ?Kidney Complications 41
Chart 10: ?Fire Accident and Tri-pushkara yoga 51
Chart 11: ?Rajiv Gandhi 62
Chart 12: ?Indira Gandhi 66
Chart 13: ?Vadha (Naidhana) Tara case 70
Chart 14: ?Desa tara Case 1 75
Chart 15: ?Desa tara Case 2 75
Chart 16: ?Desa tara Case 3 76
Chart 17: ?Queen Victoria 77
Chart 18: ?Swami Vivekananda 78
Chart 19: ?Srila Prabhupada 79
Chart 20: ?Mental Disease Case – 1 80
Chart 21: ?Mental Disease Case – 2 80
Chart 22: ?Mental Disease Case – 3 83
Chart 23: ?Mental Disease Case – 4 83
Chart 24: ?Challenger Shuttle 86
Chart 25: ?Yuri Gagarin Launch 87
Chart 26: ?Lost Passport 89
Chart 27: ?Lost Jewelry 90
Chart 28: ?Albert Einstein 91
Chart 29: ? Marie Curie 92
Chart 30: ?Pierre Curie 93
Chart 31: ?Neils Bohr 93
Chart 32: ?Mahatma Gandhi 97
Chart 33: ?Rajiv Gandhi 99
Chart 34: ?Pramod Mahajan 100
Chart 35: ?Zulfikar Ali Bhutto 101
Chart 36: ?Indira Gandhi 102
Chart 37: ?Dr. Kailash Tripathi, Doctor 103
Chart 38: ?S. Purushottaman, Vedic Astrologer 104
Chart 39: ?Robin Cole, Developer 105
Chart 40: ?Gregory Peck, Actor 106
Chart 41: ?Maharshi Mahesh Yogi 107
Chart 42: ?Sridhar Goswami Maharaj 108
Chart 43: ?Swami Vivekananda 109
Chart 44: ?Retinal detachment 111
Chart 45: ?Car Accident 112
Chart 46: ?Terrible Car Accident 113
Chart 47: ?Motorbike accident – spouse dies 115
Chart 48: ?Sri Krishna: Atri – Moon 142
Chart 49: ?Sri Rama: Marici – Sun 142
Chart 50: ?Sri Narasimha: Kratu – Mars 143
Chart 51: ?Sri Chaitanya: Amsa avatara 144
Chart 52: ?Hitler 145
Chart 53: ?Baha Ullah 146
Chart 54: ?Gautam Buddha [BVR] 147
Chart 55: ?Mia Farrow 149
Chart 56: ?Sri Krishna 154
Chart 57: ?Srila Prabhupada 157
Chart 58: ?Mahatma Gandhi 161
Chart 59: ?Ramakrishna Paramhamsa 162
Chart 60: ?Swami Vivekananda 164
Chart 61: ?Sri Krishna 203
Chart 62: ?Emperor Aurangzeb 204
Chart 63: ?Troubled spouse – no biological children 1 205
Chart 64: ?No biological children 2 206
Chart 65: ?No biological children 3 206
Chart 66: ?No biological children 4 207
Chart 67: ?No children –career 208
Chart 68: ?Destroyed fortune 209
Chart 69: ?Property problem – Biju Patnaik 210
Chart 70: ?Eleanor Roosevelt 211
Chart 71: ?Hillary Clinton 212
Chart 72: ?Franklin Roosevelt 213
Chart 73: ?Bill Clinton 214
Chart 74: ?Mahatma Gandhi 215
Chart 75: ?Customs Inspector 216
Chart 76: ?Tantric magicians 217
Chart 77: ? Ekadasi #1 – Jupiter weak 219
Chart 78: ?Purnima – Rahu 220
Chart 79: ?Ekadasi #2 – Nathuram Godse 221
Chart 80: ?Ekadasi #3 – Aurobindo Ghosh 222
Chart 81: ?Bharani – Sun or Rahu dominates 224
Chart 82: ?Aslesha – Ketu: Nehru 226
Chart 83: ?Jyeshtha – Venus: Mozart 227
Chart 84: ?Uttara Asadha – Mars: Lincoln 229
Chart 85: ?Dhanishtha – Mercury: Nixon 231
Chart 86: ?Car purchases 240
Chart 87: ?Bad Luck Car 242
Chart 88: ?Engagement breaks 244
Chart 89: ?Sorrowful relationship 245
Chart 90: ?Nagpur syllabus meeting 2004 255
Chart 91: ?Guruvacha Group Muhurta 256
Chart 92: ?Mozart – Greatest Music Composer 257
Chart 93: ?Franz Joseph Haydn 258
Chart 94: ?Ludwig Van Beethoven 259
Chart 95: ?Ketu in mrityu pata 263
Chart 96: ?Chara Putrakaraka in Utpata 264
Chart 97: ?Chara Atmakaraka in Utpata #1 265
Chart 98: ?Chara Atmakaraka in Utpata #2 266
Chart 99: ?Parampara Yoga in pata nakshatra 267
Chart 100: ?7th house in mrityu pata 268
Chart 101: ?Daridra Yoga – kana pata 270
Chart 102: ?B. G. Tilak: Father of Indian Nationalism 271
Chart 103: ?Benjamin Franklin: Father of American Nationalism 273
Chart 104: ?Mahatma Gandhi 277
Chart 105: ?Adolf Hitler 279
Chart 106: ?Balarishta – 1 280
Chart 107: ?Balarishta – 2 281
Chart 108: ?Balarishta -2: Nara chakra 282
Chart 109: Mahatma Gandhi – Nara chakra 284
Chart 110: Pramod Venkatesh Mahajan – Nara chakra 285
Chart 111: Vishnu nama 289
Chart 112: ?Naming Child 293
Chart 113: ?Satabhisaj nakshatra in dushthana 297
Chart 114: ?Sri Krishna: Rohini 299
Chart 115: ?Pope John Paul II 300
List of Tables
Table 1: ?27 Nakshatra Scheme memory aid 20
Table 2: ?27 Nakshatra Scheme 21
Table 3: ?28 Nakshatra Scheme 22
Table 4: ?Nakshatra Name Cakra 22
Table 5: ?Nakshatra Pada Rasi jïana Cakra 24
Table 6: ?Rasi ayana 25
Table 7: ?Asvinadi Savya-Apasavya nakshatra 28
Table 8: ?Tri-nadi chakra detailed 29
Table 9: ?27 Nakshatra Tattva Chakra 34
Table 10: ?Symbols and planets 43
Table 11: ?Standard proportions 44
Table 12: ?Nakshatra tattva details 47
Table 13: ?Tithi lords 49
Table 14: ?Vara lords 49
Table 15: ?Signs, rivers and deities 50
Table 16: ?Natural Navatara & Lordship 61
Table 17: ?Rajiv Gandhi Navatara Cakra 61
Table 18: ?Badhaka & Ashtama (Vridha) 65
Table 19: ?Nakshatra Sight 86
Table 20: ?Andhadi Nakshatra table 88
Table 21: ?Saptarshi stars 119
Table 22: ?Cardinal directions 121
Table 23: ?Birth source of Saptarshi 121
Table 24: ?Natural saptarshi chakra 122
Table 25: ?Average saptarshi dasa for each nakshatra 123
Table 26: ?Yuga periods 123
Table 27: ?Saptarshi Movement – Old World 124
Table 28: ?Mrigasira – antardasa 126
Table 29: ?Pratyantara tables 126
Table 30: ?Ghataka Chakra 128
Table 31: ?Saptarshi sakti 138
Table 32: ?Saptarshi Details 141
Table 33: ?Avatara Janma 143
Table 34: ?Nakshatra dasa 149
Table 35: ?Nakshatra Rshi – Devata 170
Table 36: ?Tongues of Agni 179
Table 37: ?Traditional sunya table 202
Table 38: ?Sunya nakshatra ready reckoner 202
Table 39: ?Graha Janma-Dagdha nakshatra 218
Table 40: Graha Janma Tithi 219
Table 41: ?Graha Janma nakshatra 224
Table 42: ?Krittikadi nakshatra 238
Table 43: ?Ardradi nakshatra 239
Table 44: Ashtottari rulers of antaranga – bahiranga groups 239
Table 45: ?Purva Asadha Suryadi nakshatra 241
Table 46: ?Asvini Suryadi nakshatra 242
Table 47: ?Mrigasira Suryadi nakshatra 244
Table 48: ?Jyeshtha Suryadi nakshatra 244
Table 49: ?Visakha Suryadi nakshatra 245
Table 50: ?Sanjïa Chakra 248
Table 51: ?Pata nakshatra 261
Table 52: ?Pata nakshatra and signs 262
Table 53: ?Lagna navtara chakra 269
Table 54: Dimba chakra 277
Table 55: ?Dimba Chakra – Mahatma Gandhi 278
Table 56: ?Adolf Hitler – dimba chakra 279
Table 57: Balarishta -1: dimba chakra 280
Table 58: Balarishta -2: dimba chakra 281
Table 59: ?Naisargika Nara chakra 282
Table 60: ?Surya Nara Chakra: Balarishta-2 283
Table 61: ?Nara Chakra (Chandra): Balarishta – 2 283
Table 62: Mahatma Gandhi: Nara Chakra 284
Table 63: ?Pramod Mahajan: Nara Chakra 285
Table 64: Nakshatra Purusha – Varahamihira 288
Table 65: ?Nakshatra Purusha – Siva Purana 290
Table 66: Krittika saptamsa 301
Table 67: ?Krittika dasamsa (Narada Purana) 302

Preface

NOT ANOTHER STORY BOOK!

Pick any English book on nakshatra and all you will find is a series of descriptions and elaborations about the 27 lunar mansions and delineation of 27 types of people that make up this world! We would like to credit some recent works, the authors of which have taken the scholarly step of looking beyond these standard descriptions and bringing in a whiff of fresh air with something really wonderful which is also useful.

  1. Sri Vamadeva Sastri (Dr. David Frawley), Fruits of Worshipping Each Nakshatra: Using material from the Taittiriya Brahmana III.1.4 he speaks of the value of worshipping each nakshatra while simultaneously bringing out their significations and utility in real life.
  2. Dennis M. Harness, Ph.D. and Maire M. Masco, The Nakshatras of Vedic Astrology: Ancient & Contemporary Usage: An excellent book that opens with two new meanings for the word Nakshatra. They write “The Sanskrit term nakshatra translates as ‘that which does not decay’ (na- not and kshatra- destructible). Naksh can also indicate approaching, to worship, to guard or protect. Tra is a suffix implying a tool or instrument. Thus, the nakshatras are themselves a means of worship.”
  3. There are some good books but mainly in the vernacular languages like ‘Vaidik Nakshatra Jyotisha’ (Hindi) by Sri Suresh Chandra Mishra or the brilliant two volume book ‘Janma Kundali’ (Odiya) by Sri Debaraj Pathi. Prash Trivedi has also written a fine book on ‘The 27 Celestial Portals’ but seems to have missed the 28th asterism Abhijit.

This book has been named Brihat Nakshatra because we intend to cover everything taught in the tradition about nakshatra (including our research after the passing of jyotisha guru Pt. Kasinath Rath) in it. In this initial volume we have avoided descriptive details about nakshatra as these are already available in other books and will take them up in subsequent volumes. Instead our approach is exactly as is taught in the tradition starting with the sapta-loka mandala and the tri-loka mandala which brings out the first clear difference between the 28 and 27 nakshatra systems under the first part. Thereafter we examine some of the nakshatra groups like Tri-nadi chakra and the nakshatra tattva where you would be amazed to see that the clue to understanding Leonardo’s Vitruvian man lies in the nakshatra tattva. Pushkara nakshatra and Gandanta nakshatra have been explained with the tattva so that the reasons for the dangers posed by them are clearly appreciated. Ample examples using the concepts help to cement them before we go to the well known navtara chakra and show new ways to use it including in relationships and family dynamics. The remedial measures taught are with very specific slokas and those who use vimsottari dasa frequently would do well to get acquainted with this.

Anybody using the Jagannath Hora software would be aware of the special nakshatra in the 28 nakshatra system but few really use them. We show their specific use not only in this chapter but also in subsequent chapters. For example, the placement of the Sun in Manasa nakshatra can cause suppressed anger which can cause schizophrenia. Ample illustrations help to see the utility of these concepts. Thereafter the very basics of nakshatra sight and their use – two systems have been brought out in this book while the others have been left for subsequent books where they are to be used more extensively.

Sula chakra: We did present a paper on this subject sometime back but then we only showed one hand i.e. the transit of the Moon at certain points. The sula chakra is far more important that just that – it is a tool by which we can pinpoint the exact nakshatra the Moon will occupy when a person dies. In this book we cover the details of the sula graha and nakshatra. The reader will realise the power of this trident of Sri Rudra. With this the first part of the book titled ‘Nakshatra Chakra’ ends.

OTHER PARTS
Nakshatra Devata
Nakshatra Devata is not just about prayers and worship as has been made out by most authors till date. Either they do not know what to do about them (most likely) or they won’t share the secrets. The first chapter of this part deals with the Saptarshi nakshatra which is used for timing the world events in the years, decades, centuries and millennium. Yes, jyotisha does have the finest tool to predict and unless we share these tools how will another Parasara be born in this world? With that hope and prayer that the knowledge develop to such an extent that the time would be ready for the incarnation of the seers, we open the nakshatra knowledge of the great Odiya tradition of Parama guru Sri Acyutananda (incarnation of Sri Garuda) who foretold the event of a center stone falling, 300 years after his death, in the Jagannath temple following which the ‘veil would be removed’! And truly so, the lime coating on the Jagannath temple was removed after the event of a roof stone fell in the temple. Since 1999 the world is in the grip of Yama for a century and the tone was set during the decade 1999-2009. The Asvini Kumaras rush to heal the world in the coming decade 2009 -19, so let us make haste and heal wounds before more blood and tears wet the earth.

There are very many uses of the Saptarshi (28 nakshatra system) and what we have given is just the tip of the iceberg. You will know the real reasons for Sri Rama labelled as the Sun incarnation and Sri Krishna as the Moon incarnation. Also some details about Sri Narasimha as taught in the tradition, are mentioned. Knowing the devata is a tough job and this is where a bit of description comes in which is followed by Puranic lessons with copious jyotisha notes. In some ways this book is incomplete as we have covered only the first five (prithvi tattva) nakshatras. Through your support and good wishes, it will take its final form in the years to come.

Nakshatra Guna
Sunya nakshatra, Graha Janma nakshatra, Antaranga-Bahiranga nakshatra and Pata nakshatra have been covered in this part of the book. There are many other aspects to cover in this part in the future. While almost all astrologers are conversant with their usage in Muhurta, we have shown how they are to be used in horoscopy. The effects of mrityupada in sunya or karaka lagna in sunya or the manner in which relationships become void due to sunya in natal charts has been demonstrated with ample illustrations. The birth nakshatra of the planets themselves and their birth tithi cause some afflictions to accrue. For example the Janma nakshatra of Saturn is Revati and people born in Revati shall feel his pinch. Similarly, people born in Dhanishtha feel the eclipse of Mercury. Why is ekadasi so evil that even Jupiter turns his face away? Have you ever wondered why a ruby should be recommended for one born in Bharani nakshatra? It maybe crucial for them to wear one and save themselves from Rahu. This is what we learn from the graha Janma tithi and nakshatra.

Antaranga-Bahiranga nakshatra are the basis for the Ashtottari dasa and Sanjïa chakra is one of the most useful tools in jyotisha. We have made some very fine pointed readings using the pata nakshatra in horoscopy and share this in this book.

Nakshatra Purusha
Dimba chakra of Pandit Dhundiraja and one system of Nara chakra has been covered in this part. The specific use of Dimba chakra in timing longevity has been shown in addition to its general use in delineating character. For example how can we say that Hitler was a chronic liar? We have various combinations like second lord (speech) aspected by Saturn (untruth), but then it is also aspected by Jupiter (truth) and joins Venus (sweet talk) and Mercury (smart talk) and an exalted Sun (straight talk) and is also in own sign and navamsa. So how can we say which among these combinations – liar, truthful, partial liar or lies sometimes, is going to prevail? The dimba chakra points at his buttocks indicating that he is a liar. The Nara chakra which has been taught in this book is to be used with ‘only Vimsottari dasa from Moon’ and by the time you finish this chapter you should be able to tell exactly which part of the body is going to be damaged (if at all) in case of violent deaths. Illustrations of Mahatma Gandhi and Pramod Mahajan have been given.

The nakshatra purusha worship in the Vaishnava and Saiva traditions have been explained in some detail.

Nakshatra Yoga
In this part we have only covered the teachings of Brahmarshi Narada, which is the correct traditional way to first start learning about the nakshatra from the seers. We examine the placement Moon in nakshatra and pada. Some traditional advise is also included which helps to further the understanding of things like kala sarpa and amrita yogas and how another nakshatra can end up giving results instead of just the Janma nakshatra.

PAST AND FUTURE
Ten years back when we started to teach jyotisha in public forum, the astrologers behaved as if the word ‘arudha’ was a bad word, many wondering what we were talking about and others labelling it Jaimini Astrology. This was followed by charakaraka and karaka replacement, and other concepts like marana karaka sthana, curses study, omens and nimitta sastra, dreams analysis through charts and many such topics which seem like an endless list.

With the blessings of jyotisha guru Pt. Kasinath and the gayatri, we were able to lift jyotisha vidya in this world from the level of bhu loka to bhuva loka. In the next decade with the blessings of my diksha gurvi Sri Pravrajika Shraddhaprana we should be able to take jyotisha vidya from bhuva loka to svarga loka, the realm of the nakshatra. With this solemn pledge we prostrate at the most holy feet of Sri Sarada Ma.

During the course of this work a fire caused considerable disturbance and proofing and editing had been hampered. In subsequent editions we will take care of this. Kindly overlook and forgive typos.
Om Tat Sat Sriguru-Arpanamastu

SANJAY RATH
15B Gangaram Hospital Road
New Delhi-110060
WebPage: https://srath.com
May, 2008

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