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Brihat Parashara Hora
Sashtra by Rishi Parashara
Om Sri Gurubhyo Namah Om
Sri Ganeshaya Namah Om Saraswatyai Namah
Sri vakratunda mahakaya koti soorya samaprabha,
Nirvighnam kurumedeva shubha karyeshu sarvada.
O lord with the twisted trunk, with the effulgence of a billion
suns,
Always remove the obstacles when I am on an auspicious undertaking
Welcome to the magnum opus of Vedic astrology. Various texts
attribute the origin of Indian astrology to various gods and Rishis.
It is futile to ascertain who was the originator. The most popularly
followed astrological classics today are the ones written by Rishis
like Parashara, Varahamihira, Garga, Jaimini and their followers.
The credit for systematically explaining the entire theory of Hindu
predictive astrology goes to Rishi Parashara, in his magnum opus
Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra. According to legend he is the
grandson of Rishi Vasistha (son of Vasistha’s daughter Shakti). He
was the father of the legendary Rishi Veda Vyasa (who wrote 18
Puranas including the great epic Mahabharata, which includes the
famous Bhagavt Geeta, the Brahma Sutras and the Uttara Mimansa). The
depth of his astrological knowledge was so great that, one day while
crossing a river in a boat, he casually looked at his favorite stars
in heaven, and suddenly realized that it was an exceptionally
auspicious moment and if a child is conceived at that moment, he
will be an expert in the shastras. So he told this to the lady
rowing the boat and requested her to marry him. She agreed and the
son born was Veda Vyasa! He also authored Parashara Samhita and
Parashara Smriti.
According to one theory,
Brahma taught the Vedas and Jyotisha to his son Narada. Narada in
turn taught these to Rishi Saunaka. Parashara was the disciple of
Rishi Saunaka. The Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra is in the form of
dialogs between Rishi Parashara and his disciple Maitreya who asks
questions and Parashara explain the principles. Even after 5000
years it is still the best classic on astrology!! The rest of the
astrology classics are based on this immortal work. Hence it is
always advisable and appropriate to start the learning of astrology
with this great classic.
Before starting the
study of these chapters it will be advisable to go through the
Introduction to Indian Astrology and the 10 basic lessons given in
this site, so that you'll get a birds eye view of Vedic Astrology.
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