CHAPTER TWO
Now explained are prohibited (or inauspicious) elements at birth.
1-5. Abhukta Mula: In this respect, sage Narada’s school of thought on Abhukta Mula is now narrated.
(a) The child is to be treated as having been born in Abhukta Mula if it is born in the Prahara (equally and uninterruptedly) shared by Jyeshta and Mula Nakshatras. So also the birth in such Prahara of Aslesha and Magha.
Notable views in this regard have been expressed by Kasyapa and other sages.
(b) Sage Kasyapa holds the view that one born in the concluding part of Jyeshta or beginning part of Mula is to be treated as born in Abhukta Mula. So also in the concluding part of Aslesha and beginning part of Magha.
(c) Sage Vasishta declares that Abhukta Mula occurs for births as under.
The concluding durations of Aslesha, Jyeshta and Revathi should respectively make up for one Prahara (or 3 hours) each, in combination with their respective succeeding Nakshatras, viz. Magha, Mula and Asvini. Birth in such durations of Janma Nakshatras are identified as Abhukta Mula.
(d) Sage Saunaka holds the same view as Vasishta that the concluding durations of Aslesha, Jyeshta and Revathi should ¬respectively make up for one Prahara (or 3 hours) each, in combination with similar durations of their respective succeeding Nakshatras, viz. Magha; Mula and Asvilli. Birth in such durations of Janma Nakshatras
are identified as Abhukta Mula.
(e) Pitamaha opines that birth in the last one sixteenth part of each of Aslesha, Jyeshta and Revathi as also the first one sixteenth part of Asvini, Magha and Mula should be treated as Abhukta Mula. A child born thus will be inauspicious.
(f) The author states that there are authorities allotting more duration than one Prahara (or 3 hours) for Abhukta Mula which are not being’ discussed here to shun contradictions.
Notes: (a) Firstly we look into sage Narada’s instructions. Prahara is one eighth part of the whole day, i.e. from one sun rise to the next. Thus 3 hours of modern time or 7 ½ ghatikas of ancient time measure is one Prahara.
Inauspicious birth extends between Jyeshta and Mula thus. Birth should occur in one of the following conditions:
(1) 90 minutes before the expiry of Jyeshta Nakshatra,
(2) Within the first 90 minutes of the commencement of Mula Nakshatra.
(3) 90 minutes before expiry of Aslesha Nakshatra,
(4) Within the first 90 minutes of the commencement Magha Nakshatra.
Thus there are four kinds of Abhukta Mula classifications as per sage Narada. In these four instances, the Moon’s position should only be considered and not that of the natal ascendant.
Since Prahara as such is not dependent on the ruling Nakshatra, whether it is more or less than 24 hours, only 90 minutes in each relevant Nakshatra should be considered. The duration of Prahara should not be increased or decreased because of possible changes in the duration of the Nakshatra concerned. However, the instruction contained in “e” attributed to Pitamaha will clash with this line of thinking as Pitamaha fixes up one sixteenth part of Nakshatra which is not always 90
minutes. But we have to give importance to the term “Prahara” as this is a commoner one chosen by a majority.
(b) Sage Kasyapa does not specify the duration.
(c) Sage Vasishta adds Revathi and Asvini, thus providing for six kinds of Abhukta Mula.
(d) Dage Saunaka’s views are identical with that of Vasishta.
(e) Pitamaha’s instructions are basically similar to the ones enjoined by Vasishta and Sauriaka. However, Pitamaha prescribes “1/16th part” while others used half of a Prahara or 90 minutes exactly.
6 – 8. Blemish of Abhukta Mula: (a) The considered opinion of the various authorities is that a child born in Abhukta Mula should be forsaken.if that is not possible, the father should not see the child till tit completes its 8th year. After this, in the 9th year, performing suitable propitiatory rituals as prescribed by Sastras the father can abore the child.
(b) Sage Saunaka states the same thing, and suggests that the rituals should be conducted on the day of Janma Nakshatra with the commencement of the 9th year of age.
(c) Sage Narada opines that a boy or a girl born in Abhukta Mula should be forsaken and the father should not see it till it completes the 8th year.
9 -14. Effects of Births in Mula & Aslesha: (a) Birth in the 1st quarter of Mula will endanger mother. Its 3rd quarter will destroy grains and wealth (i.e. family properties) while the 4th quarter will cause advent of wealth.
(b) Sage Snunaka specifies the following effects for girls born in various quarters of Mula Nakshatra. 1st quarter will destroy quadrupeds (of the family). Birth in 2nd quarter will bless her withal kinds of happiness. Paternal kinsfolk will be destroyed in case of girl born in 3rd quarter. The 4th quarter will similarly destroy maternal kinsfolk.
(c) Sage Narada states that a boy or a girl born in Mula Nakshatra will destroy his or her father-in-law. But the last quarter of Mula and 1st quarter of Aslesha will not carry this evil.
(d) A girl born in Mula will be evil for her father-in-law while the one born in Aslesha will be inauspicious for mother-in ¬law. Similarly a Jyeshta-born girl will be inauspicious for her elder brother-in-law. It will be the younger brother-in-law that will face this wrath in case of birth in Visakha.
(e) A girl born in the 4th quarter of Visakha or that of Jyeshta will prove inauspicious.
15-19. Three Kinds of Gandanta: There are three kinds of Gandanta (or evil phases) enumerated first Sripati’s.
(a) Nakshatra Gandanta – As per Sripati: Each of the last two ghatikas (i.e. 48 minutes of time) of Revathi, Aslesha and Jyeshta, and each of the first two ghatikas of Asvini, Magha and Mula cause Gandanta. (This is called Nakshatra Gandanta or evil phases of ruling constellations.) Inauspicious effects will follow birth, journey and marriage during these time intervals.
(b) Thithi Gandanta – As per Narada: The last one ghati (or 24 minutes of time) of each of the three Poorna Thithis (viz. 15th, 5th and 10th) and the first one ghati of each of the three Nanda Thithis (viz.1st, 6th and 11th) cause Gandanta. (This is called Thithi Gandanta, or evil phases of lunar days.) Birth, journey, marriage and rituals falling in these evil phases will hasten the death of the concerned person.
(c) Rasi Gandanta -As per Narada: Birth in the relevant half a ghatika (or 12 minutes of clock time, and not longitude) concluding the currency of Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces (as ascendant), and birth in the particular half a ghatika beginning the currency of Leo, Sagittarius and Aries as the case may be will cause Gandanta and consequently death. One born in such a phase during day time will lose his father in the very first year. In case of night birth, mother will die within three years. With birth in Gandanta during twilight time, the person will not be free from diseases and will himself face (early) extinction.
(d) Yavanas: The child born in any kind of Gandanta should be forsaken, and should not be seen for the first. Six months.
20. Exceptions for Gandanta: Acc.ording to sage Garga, (all) the three Gandantas (viz. evil phases of Nakshatra, Thithi and Rasi or ascendant) are nullified in the following cases.
(a) Sunday ruled by Asvini Nakshatra.
(b) Wednesday or Sunday coinciding with Hasta.
(c) Wednesday or Sunday coinciding with Chitta.
(d) Wednesday or Sunday coinciding with Svathi.
(e) Wednesday or Sunday coinciding with Anuradha.
(D Wednesday or Sunday coinciding with Revathi.
(g) Wednesday or Sunday coinciding with Jyeshta.
(h) Wednesday or Sunday coinciding with Mula.
Notes: The above fifteen combinations in all will individually destroy the evils of any of the three d dangerous phases.
21. The Gandanta caused by Mula, Aslesha and Revathi will not be active if the ascendant lord is unaspected by the Moon who in turn should be with a weak malefic, not receiving a benefic’s aspect. This view is according to sage Badarayana.
22. According to sage Vasishta, the child will not prove harmful to father if the birth is in the first quarter of Mula Nsksbalra during night time. Similarly, the mother will not be endangered if the birth is in the 2nd quarter of Mula Naksbalra in day time.
23. As laid down by Lord Braluna, the Moon enjoying full strength will make the two Gandanlas, viz. Nakehatrs Gandanta and Thithi Gandanta extinct. Similarly the strength of Jupiter will eliminate the blentish of Rasi (aseendant) Gandsnta.
24. S Vsishta prescribes that birth in Abhijit Muburta will Counter the evils of any kind of Gandanta just as a hunter destroys a band of birds.
Notes: Abhijit Muburta rules in day lime (Cf. day and night). The day duration is divided into fifteen equal Parts and the Currency of the eighth Part there of leads to Abhijit Muburta which is capable of destroying all evils. Night duration is excluded in Abhijit Muhurta.
Also see sloka 172 etc. infra for remedies.
25-27. Mula Nakshatra Seen as a Tree: As per the work Jayarnava the Nakshatra; Mula, should be assimilated to as to be with eight different parts as under. The duration of the whole Nakshatra (assuming to be 60 ghatikas or 24 hours, for the sake of argument) should be apportioned in eight parts. Birth in various parts will give specified effects.
Notes: Thus the division into eight different parts is based on the duration being 60 ghatik as, or exactly 24 hours. If the duration changes proportionate adjustments should be done.
For example, on a given day Mula is for 55 ghatik as instead of 60 and – want to know the length of 3rd division (stark). Hence we multiply 55 by 3 and divide by 60. This gives 2.75 ghatikas (66 minutes instead of original 3 ghatikas or 72 minutes). Similarly suitable changes according to variable durations be done.
Commencing from the beginning of Mula, the division in which the time of birth falls should be ascertained, and the effect concerned be understood.
From the work Jayarnava, we can understand the following concerning birth in Mula Nakshatra, when it is exactly 60 ghatikas in duration.
1. First 36 ghatikas are inauspicious.
2. Next 21 ghatikas are auspicious.
3. Last 3 ghatikas are inauspicious.
These auspicious and inauspicious portions are only from a specific angle as stated in the current three verses.
28-30. Mula Nakshatra Seen as a Male: In ten specified slabs, the duration (assuming to be 60 ghatikas) of Mula should be distributed on the various limbs of a diagram depicting a male as shown in speculum 34, and results should be understood accordingly.
Notes: The present one known as Mula Purushakara Chakra (Mula depicted as a male) is different from the one given for “Mula depicted as a tree”, as per. Jayarnava vide sloka 27 supra.
Mula Purushakara Chakra could be found in this particular manner in Muhurta Chintamani, an authoritative work on Muhurta or electional astrology, and applies to birth of a male. The said work specifies a different diagram called “Mula Kanyq Chakra” to delineate female births, which is given as speculum 35.
31. Effects of Mula’s Limbs: As per Jatakabharana, one born in an inauspicious limb of Mula will destroy the whole dynasty. Conversely the person belonging to auspicious limbs will receive increased happiness, prosperity and life span, and will promote the family’s prospects.
32-33. Abhukta Mula A Different Version: The last one ghatika of Jyeshta and the first two of Mula are called Abhukta Mula. The father desirous of auspicious effects should not see the child be it son or daughter for the first eight years. To alleviate this blemish, now to told are the remedies.
34-36. Remedy: Precious stones, roots of one hundred specified medicinal plants and seven kinds of earth (collected from seven different spots) should be mixed a pot containing water and having hundred holes. The child and its parents should be bathed by a Brahmin with the said water following which worship and fire sacrifice
should be performed. As a result, the evils due to birth in evil limbs of Mula will vanish. This is the remedy for overcoming the evils of birth in inauspicious slabs of Mula. These words of the sages are a truth. One-who is desirous of auspicious effect should follow this remedy.
37. Mula & Aslesha Births: One born in the 1st quarter of Mula will destroy father. Mother and wealth will be in order destroyed by birth in 2nd and 3rd quarters. The last quarter will prove brightly auspicious. These effects should be reversed in case of birth in Aslesha Nakshatra. (That is highly auspicious effects, danger to wealth, danger to mother, and danger to father will respectively occur for the 4 quarters of Aslesha).
38. Destruction of Dynasty: The native of Mula will be a source of destruction of the family when the birth coincides with one of the following three lunar days, viz. Krishna Paksha Trutiya (3rd lunar day of dark half), Krishna Paksha Dasann (10th lunar day of dark half) and Sukla Paksha Chaturdasi (14th lunar day of bright half) coupled with Tuesday, Saturday or Wednesday. ¬
Notes: For an easy grasp, these combinations, nine in all, are shown in speculum 36. When birth of a child in Mula Nakshatra (of any of the 4 quarters) co-incides with the Thithi and week days specified, all other earlier mentioned contrary effects will be at bay, and the destruction of the family will take place. Such combinations should be unfailingly verified in the course of studying a horoscope and before declaring effects of many otherwise good Yogas.
39. Time Phases: Mula Nakshatra coinciding with birth in day time, evening twilight, nighttime and morning twilight will in order prove inauspicious for father, maternal uncle, quadrupeds (of the family) and friends. These are the effects prescribed for various time phases (of Mula).
40-44. Mula & Aslesha as Male: Based on another authority, the Nakshatra duration of Mula, should be distributed in various slabs covering terlimbs of a male and the results specified be declared (see speculum 37). These should be reversed in case of birth in Aslesha (see speculum 38).
45-46. Mula’s Dwellings: (a) Mula resides in the netheir world in the months of Margasirsha, Phalguna, Vaisakha and Jyeshta; on the earth in Sravana, Kartika, Chaitra and Pausha; and in the heavens in Ashadha; Asvina, Bhadrapada and Magha. Thus should be understood for various births in Mula.
(b) If at birth, Mula dwells in the heavens, the subject will attain kingdom. Advent of wealth should be foretold if the dwelling is in nether-world.
For its dwelling in hell, the effects are obstacles and inauspiciousness.
Notes: (a) The present clues are general and broad. These should be applied after a study of subtle clues given so far.
(b) “Hell” features in the effects while “heaven” features in the conditions. Remembering the effects cited, the word “heaven” (denoted by “Divi”) should be replaced by “hell”.