SU. 28.–Gurusukrabhyam gnanapurvakam. If the 3rd from Lagna or Karaka has the conjunction or aspect of Guru and Sukra, the person dies with consciousness unimpaired.
NOTES . The word used is Gnana. It may also mean that the person will die with the full thoughts of Para Brahma in his mind.
SU. 29.-A nyairanyatha. If the 3rd from Lagna or Karaka is aspected or joined by other planets, unconsciousness prevails at death.
NOTES . There are some miserable people who remain unconscious before death for weeks and months together. They will have no holy thoughts in their heads.
SU. 30. -Lepantikhaparmadhye sanirahuketubhihi pitrorna samskartha. If Sani and Rahu or Sani and Ketu are in conjunction between the 1st and 12 houses, the person will not perform the obsequies of his parents.
NOTES Lepa 1, Khapa -12, La denotes 3, Pa shows 1- 31 reversed 13, divided by 12 we get 1, and therefore denotes the Lagna or 1st house. Kha 2, Pa 1= 21, reversed we get 12. The performance of death ceremonies for parents is held as a sacred duty. If a person does not do it he will be called an ungrateful wretch and generally communities outcast him.
SU. 31.-Lepvdipurvardhe janakadyaparardhe. If Rahu and Sani are found in conjunction in the first 6 houses from Lagna, the death ceremonies for the mother will not be performed. If they are found in the next 6 houses, viz., from 7th to 12th houses the ceremonies for the father will
not be performed.
NOTES Sani and Rahu or Sani and Ketu are meant here. Their conjunction is necessary here in the houses indicated above.
SU. 32.-Subhadrigyoganna. If Sani and Rahu or Sani and Ketu have beneficial aspects or conjunctions these evil results should not be predicted.
NOTES It means the person performs the death ceremonies properly to his parents.
SU. 1.- yishame tadadirnavamamsah. If the birth falls in an odd sign, the Navamsa Dasas commence from it.
NOTES Each Rasi Dasa contains 9 Amsas or Navamsas and each Rasi Dasa counts 9 years. Hence these Dasas are called Navamsa Dasas. Mesha, Mithuna, Simha, Thula, etc., are odd signs. 2.-Anya tha darsadihi. In the even signs the Navamsa Dasas commence from the Abhimukha Rasis. The commentators explain thus : If a movable sign is Lagna, then the 8th Rasi from Lagna becomes the commence. ment Dasa. If Lagna falls in a fixed sign the commencing Dasa will be the 6th Rasi from it. If Lagna falls in a common sign, the Dasa commences from the 7th Rasi from it. These are called Abhimukha Rasis and their explanations have been given in the earlier sutras.
SU. 3. -Sasinandapnvnkah kramadabdajz sthziraldasayam. In the Sthira or fixed sign Dasa, the movable sign Dasa will be 7. the fixed Dasa will be 8 years and the Dasa of the common Rasi will extend to 9 years.
SU. 4 -Brahmadiresha. The Sthira Dasa commences from the Rasi occupied by Brahma.
NOTES Brahma has already been explained in Sutra 47 of Pada 1 of Adhyaya 2.
SU. 5.-A tlza pranahz. Jaimini now begins to explain the strength of the planets and the Rasis. Prana, here as well as in the previous sutras, means sources of strength the planet and the signs get.
SU. 6.-Karakayogah prathamo bihcrnclrmi. That Rasi or sign becomes the strongest, which has the conjunction of Atmakaraka.
NOTES This combination is supposed to give greater strength than even the Shadbalas recorded in the other astrological works. This is the primary source of strength.
SU. 7.– Saamye bh uyasa. If other sources of strength are equal, then the conjunction of larger number of planets gives greater strength.
SU. 8.–Thathastungadih. If these sources of strength are equal, then exaltation, friendly houses, and Moolatrikonas give them vitality.
SU. 9.-Nisargasthathah. Then the Nisarga or permanent sources of strength must be considered.
NOTES The chara or movable signs are weaker than Sthira Rasis or fixed signs. These are weaker than the common or Dviswabhava Rasis.
SU. 10.-Thadabhave swamin ithham.bhavah. If the Rasi has one of the Karakadi sources of strength, then its power will be that which its lord possesses from the associations of Karaka, etc.
NOTES The strength of the Rasi and the strength of its lord should be taken into consideration.
SU. 11.-Agrayatto visesliath. According to the Jaimini Sutras the planets which gets the highest number of degrees among others will become the most powerful.
NOTES This has been already explained in the earlier portion and the most forward planet in a Rasi becomes the Atmakaraka and most of the results previously named are based upon his position and the relative positions of other Rasis and planets taken with reference to him. According to this work Atmakaraka supersedes all other planets in power and potency.
SU. 12.-Prativesikah purushe. In the odd sign, it gets strength from the planets who occupy the 12th and 2nd from it.
NOTES Planets in the 2nd and 12th from themselves or from the Rasis they occupy have special influences. The Rasi will have Kartari Yoga, as also any planet which has on both sides evil planets. Good planets may cause this Yoga and probably the results will be beneficial.
SU. 13.-Ithi prathamah. ‘ The sources of strength named in the above sutras will be the first set of inquiry into the powers of a Rasi or its lord.
SU. 14.-Swami gurugnadrigyogo dwiteeyah. The second set of strength for a Rasi is derived by the aspect of its own lord, Jupiter or Mercury.
NOTES Now he names the second set of powers which a Rasi Can Command to its credit. Varahamihira observes thus in his Brihat Jataka : . Horashyami Gz1rugnya yeekshitaytita Nanyaischa yeeryolkatah. The Lagna or any Bhavava or Rasi becomes strong when it has the aspect or conjunction of its lord, Guru or Budha, if not it will not be powerful. This stanza of Brihat Jataka is nothing but a slavish imitation of this sutra of Jaimini. The Maharishi Jaimini was the author of Poorvamimamsa Sutras, Jaimini Bharata and the invaluable sutras.
I am translating. He was the disciple of Veda Vyasa and was, therefore contemporary of that great Maharishi. I have proved by indisputable authority that the period of Maha Bharata was more than 5,000 years from now. There are four copper plate grants given by the Emperor Janamejaya the son of Parikshit and the grandson of Abhimanyu, the son of Arjuna, the great hero in that ruinous war and the recipient of the Bhagavadgita instructions from Lord Krishna himself and written by Veda Vyasa. Varahamihira, as per date given by himself in stanza 2 of his Brihat Samhita, Chapter 31, lived in the court of Vikramaditya whose Era called Samvat Nripasaka is prevalent all over India and counts now as 1988.
Varahamihira says that he borrowed all his ideas of Astronomy, Astrology and Samhita from the still more older writers and the above quoted of his stanza certainly comes from Jaimini. Any sign becomes strong when it has the aspect or conjunction of its lord, Guru or Budha. Six varieties arise from this. The lord aspecting or conjoining, it gives two. Similarly for the other two planets Guru and Budha. This is the second source or item of strength. Aspects and conjunctions are different.
