Offered onto the lotus feet of SRI KRISNA and Lord KASHI VISHWANATH

Bhratrukaraka and The Parampara Yoga

This article is dedicated to my Jyotish Guru Sri Visti Larsen.

By Arnab Mukherjee May2008.

R .guvkm!. p< zrIr< sUp< twa va kl< yza ic< xn< metuLyM mnSce l< guraeri'pe tt> ik< tt> ik< tt> ik< tt> ikm!.1. ||gurva akam|| arra s r pa tath v ka atra yaacru citra dhana merutu yam manascenna agna gurora ghripadme tata ki tata ki tata ki tata kim||1|| The above slokh of Guru Ashtakam composed by Sri Adi Guru Shankracharya thus explains that even if one has good looking features, beautiful wife, money and fame and the mind does not submit and bows to the Guru. What is the use? What is the use? What is the use?

Bhratrukaraka and The yogas of Guru.

The planet attaining the third highest longitude is called the bhratrukaraka. The bhratrukaraka represents Guru or sibling in the chart. However our article is in the line of spirituality hence we will stress much on the spiritual Guru. The bhratrukaraka has great importance as being representing the Guru devta in the chart. The worship of bhratrukaraka makes one eligible to gain the highest knowledge and all types of knowledge including Jyotish both para and aparavidya.. That is the reason when Ishta devta is connected to BK in a chart; the worship of Ishta devta can bring ones Guru in ones life. Thus this particular chara karaka holds immense importance in the charts of spiritual aspirants and spiritually evolved people as BK is the guiding factor for gaining knowledge. However general characteristics of BK have been laid down as Sun one seeks the highest knowledge and likes to comprehend things beyond normal intellect. Moon- one tries to seek the knowledge with in his or her comfort zone. Mars extremely disciplined way and a military approach of being punctual. Mercury one seeks to gain knowledge as per childlike disposition and knowledge in an easy way and acceptance of guru updesha very easily. Jupiter one is always ready to teach and follows the guru Venus follows the guru but without any extreme approach like mars or sun. Saturn generally rejects the knowledge of a Guru, or gurus knowledge leads to complete renunciation. Rahu doubts the knowledge of the guru and a person at times is forgetful of the same knowledge. Preferably guru is a foreigner. The problem with Saturn and rahu being the BK is due to their attitude of rejecting and casting a doubt on guru updesha and that is why maharshi jaimini in his updesha sutras [1.2.50]says that the native having Sani and rahu in the 9th house of Navamsa betrays his preceptors and elders. Thus the BK in a chart will reveal the above qualities of Guru or the approach of oneself towards the Guru as it signifies the internal guru of the native. The BK is the Atma or soul of the guru. The guru in physical form is thus the representative of GuruDevta [BK in navamsa]. Ones relationship with the GURU must be judged from 3 factors in the chart which are represented by Jupiter 9th Lord BK.

Thus Jupiter represents the qualities of ones guru and 9th lord represents the physical body of the Guru. Thus relationship between Jupiter and 9th lord will reveal how much association and transfer of knowledge is there. Thus taking Jupiter as being in the ascendant and we see the 9th lord from it to see how much knowledge is being absorbed by the native from his/her guru. Standard Nativity

November 21,1981- 06.07hrs, Nairobi-Kenya

Lagna-2 Sc 45' 48.09" Visa Venus - PiK 21 Sg 48' 37.13 Rahu - AK 1 Cn 44' 56.19" Jupiter - PK 5 Li 12' 59.86" Saturn - AmK 24 Vi 35' 04.27 Sun GK 5 Sc 07' 21.51" Mercury - BK 24 Li 10' 54.91 Moon - DK 4 Vi 37' 32.01" Mars - MK 23 Le 50' 42.47" Ketu 1 Cp 44' 56.19"

The native is a Jyotish guru and a writer who teaches Jyotish. If we notice the above chart here Jupiter is placed in Libra with mercury in 12th house. Mercury is the chara BK and its association with Jupiter shows that the native has a yoga or union with his Guru. 9TH lord shows the physical body of the Guru and BK the soul. The 9th lord shares a dwidwadasha sambhanda with Jupiter-mercury which on 1st instance seems a bit negative however we cannot ignore the dispositor of Moon-9th lord joining Jupiter and thus giving more power to the yoga with guru. Morever, mercury is the 9th lord from Jupiter joining Jupiter thus ensuring the native absorbs the knowledge received from Guru.

SRI MAA SARDA DEVI

Sri Maa Sharda Devi Dec 22,1853,19:15Hrs, 87E07,23N14

Lagna Cn 17' 58.23" Jupiter - PiK Sg 54' 24.91

9 12

Moon - AK Le 05' 50.80" Sun - GK Sg 54' 27.82

27 8

Venus - AmK 26 Cp 09' 19.69 Rahu - PK 17 Ta 31' 59.45

Mars - BK 21 Le 49' 54.20 " Saturn (R) - DK 4 Ta 06' 57.59"

Mercury - MK 16 Sc 54' 18.36 Ketu 17 Sc 31' 59.45

This is the chart of Sri Maa Sharda devi- the divine consort of Sri thakur Ramakrishna paramhansa. Here we see, Jupiter as the 9th lord. Thus we see the sambandha or relation of Jupiter (9th lord) with BK. Charakaraka BK is Mars (UL lord) with AK Moon. 9th lord from Jupiter is sun and has joined a strong Jupiter in 6th bhava showing the yoga with Guru. There is a relationship of moon i.e. dispositor of Mars has joined Jupiter thus bridging the gap between the native and her guru. Sri maa sharda devi was the 1st disciple of Thakur Sri Ramakrishna.

Rahu as BK

A Christian born female by birth January 31,1978,16:29hrs, Trivandrum ,India

Lagna 20 Ge 57' 28.88" Puna Saturn (R) - PiK 4 Le 49' 14.91

Venus - AK 19 Cp 53' 10.92" Jupiter (R) - GK 3 Ge 09' 39.01

Sun - AmK Cp 40' 19.28 Mars (R) - PK Cn 25' 17.29"

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Rahu - BK Vi 23' 28.20 Mercury - DK Cp 05' 00.12

15 0

Moon - MK Li 54' 34.72 Ketu 23' 28.20

10 15 Pi

The native although had Christian upbringing. Her interest in occult has always kept her enchanted. The lagna lord in 8th house along with 5th lord Venus, Rahu is the 9th lord and BK in Virgo .The lady has practiced Wicca, chaos magic and got initiated into kriya yoga and finally taking up Sri-Vidya. There is a rasi dristi working between Jupiter in lagna and Rahu BK and 9th lord in Kendra thus assuring the clear association with Guru and grasping the knowledge of Guru. Since Rahu is the BK and it is in 12th from karkamas as one of the planets. The native had been worshiping Goddess Durga for last 6months after which she has got intiated into Sri Vidya. We can see the natives Tithi pravesha chart2008 whereby Jupiter and venus aspects her mantrapada by rasi dristi.

The native TP2008 Shows two benefic planet a powerful Jupiter with venus aspecting the mantra pada A5 By rasi dristi.The native has been intiated into the bala mantra of sri vidya in the JUPITER vimoshattari dasha. And narayana dasha of Sagittarius Vimsottari Dasa (started from Moon): Jup MD: 2008-03-16 - 2008-05-03 Antardasas in this MD: Jup: 2008-03-16 - 2008-03-22 Sat: 2008-03-22 - 2008-03-30 Merc: 2008-03-30 - 2008-04-06 Ket: 2008-04-06 - 2008-04-08 Ven: 2008-04-08 - 2008-04-16 Sun: 2008-04-16 - 2008-04-18 Moon: 2008-04-18 - 2008-04-23 Mars: 2008-04-23 - 2008-04-26 Rah: 2008-04-26 - 2008-05-03

Narayana Dasa of D-1 chart (a versatile phalita rasi dasa): Sg MD: 2008-03-26 (5:27:23) - 2008-05-01 (6:10:15) Antardasas in this MD: Sg: 2008-03-26 (5:27:23) - 2008-03-29 (12:38:40) Cp: 2008-03-29 (12:38:40) - 2008-04-01 (16:26:40)

Aq: 2008-04-01 (16:26:40) - 2008-04-04 (13:26:04) Pi: 2008-04-04 (13:26:04) - 2008-04-07 (4:51:03) Ar: 2008-04-07 (4:51:03) - 2008-04-09 (18:46:24) Ta: 2008-04-09 (18:46:24) - 2008-04-12 (11:22:25) Ge: 2008-04-12 (11:22:25) - 2008-04-15 (8:55:18) Cn: 2008-04-15 (8:55:18) - 2008-04-18 (11:02:45) Le: 2008-04-18 (11:02:45) - 2008-04-21 (16:19:29) Vi: 2008-04-21 (16:19:29) - 2008-04-24 (23:26:43) Li: 2008-04-24 (23:26:43) - 2008-04-28 (5:32:11) Sc: 2008-04-28 (5:32:11) - 2008-05-01 (6:10:15)

Swami Vivekananda

Swami Vivekananda , January12,1863,06.33hrs, 88e30,22N40

Lagna 25 Sg 58' Sun - AK 29 Sg 25' Mars - GK6 Ar 19' 34.25 Moon - Amk 17Vi 26' Venus - PK 7 Cp 06' Saturn - BK 13 Vi 34' Jupiter - DK 4 Li 00' Mercury-MK11 Cp 47' Ketu 22 Ta 14' 49

Rahu - PiK 22 Sc 14'

The above name needs no introduction. The person who is the most dynamic disciple of Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa. Swamiji has Saturn as BK and this clearly does justice to

his fiery personality and bold attitude initially whereby he did not accept his guru and his teachings. The relationship of Swamiji with his guru is beyond the description of this article. However, we find in the chart of Swamiji that Saturn is the BK and 9th lord sun as AK and the relation of ak[Sun] as 9th lord and BK Saturn shows atma or soul level association due to rasi dristi between the sun and Saturn. Sri Ramakrishna had said about Swamiji that Naren (swami Vivekananda) was one of the saptrishis born to do the work of divine mother. Swamiji had sun as the ak sitting in lagna in dhanu rasi and it is vargottama. The sign that signifies the Rishi is Pisces and the karma of saptrishis should be 10th from Pisces being the sign of Sagittarius whereby SUN occupies it and being vargottama shows Swamiji karma was to be the spread of light(SUN) i.e. Vedanta and dharma and to be a Guru.

Swami Sardananda

Swami Sardananda - December 23, 1865,18:32hrs,Kolkata

Lagna Ge 30' 13.96 Moon - PiK Aq 27'

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Mars - AK 27 Sc 21' 10.82 Mercury (R) - GK 9 Sg 35' 35.50

Venus - AmK 24 Sc 19' 34.45 Sun - PK 9 Sg 48' 16.50

Saturn - BK Li 34' 02.12" Rahu - DK Vi 12' 01.57

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Jupiter - MK 16 Sg 31' 27.80 Ketu 25 Pi 12' 01.57

The native was the one of the 16 monastic disciples of Sri Ramakrishna Jupiter is strongly placed in Sagittarius with Sun and Mercury .The lord of 9th house both Rahu and Saturn are in a very good position from Jupiter. Saturn is chara bhratrukaraka and is aspecting the Jupiter. Rahu is the 9th lord having a rasi dristi sambandha with

Jupiter and they are together in navamsa. Thus sambandha of Jupiter with 9th lord of bk shows one has a Yoga with his guru.[Yoga in Sanskrit means union].

Vimsottari Dasa (started from Moon): Jup MD: 1873-06-17 - 1889-06-17 Ven AD: 1881-04-28 - 1883-12-30 Pratyantardasas in this AD: Ven: 1881-04-28 - 1881-10-11

Sun: 1881-10-11 - 1881-11-28 Moon: 1881-11-28 - 1882-02-14 Mars: 1882-02-14 - 1882-04-12 Rah: 1882-04-12 - 1882-09-08 Jup: 1882-09-08 - 1883-01-14 Sat: 1883-01-14 - 1883-06-17 Merc: 1883-06-17 - 1883-11-04 Ket: 1883-11-04 - 1883-12-30 The native met his Guru Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa during the Mahadasha of Jupiter and Antardasha of Venus and pratiantar dasha of mercury Venus joins Ketu the 9th lord from karkamsa and Jupiter Rahu[9th lord] aspects karkamsa by graha dristi. Mercury being the GK[cousin] and lagna lord shows association with Guru .He had met his guru for the 1st time with his cousin who too became Sri Thakurs follower.

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Swami Ramakrishnanda

Swami Ramakrishnanda-Shashi July13,1863-4:57hrs,Ichapur,India

Lagna Ge 48' 32.91 Rahu - PiK Sc 36' 18.94

26 12

Sun - AK Ge 05' 11.73 Mercury - GK Ge 14' 53.84"

28 8

Jupiter - AmK Vi 39' Venus - PK Le 28' 27.35"

26 13

Moon - BK Ta 41' 12.87 Saturn - DK Vi 12' 57.94

25 8

Mars - MK 24 Cn 59' 23.78" Ketu 12 Ta 36' 18.94"

The revered native is the brother disciple of his holiness swami Vivekananda and his real name is Shashi Bhusan Chakrabarty. He met his guru at the age of 21 in October 1883. The natives BK is Moon being exalted with Ketu and 9th lord has Saturn has joined Jupiter and there is a yoga of JUP-MOON-VENUS Venus lords the 12th from karakamsa and swami ramakrishnanda was the only disciple who was known for his firm devotion to his guru sri Ramakrishna and the one who stayed at barangore monestry worshiping his gurus shrine. The native met his guru in October 1883 in the shasti-hayani mahadasha of Moon [BK] Antardasha of Jupiter and pratiantar dasha of Sun[ak] Saturn and Jupiter Also we can notice that as per jataka parijata the conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter with sun in lagna produces a muni yoga.. ek abhgau gurusryaputrau dharmasthitau v yadi karmasa sthau| arkdaye saumyanirk yam au munirbhavedatrabhavaciryu

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Thus Jupiter Saturn conjunction with either of them having a lordship over 9th or 10th house or their conjunction taking place in these bhavas with sun in the lagna produces a muni. This should also be checked in navamsa as the presence of this yoga can reveal the attainment of brahma gyana [Jupiter + Saturn] .Here there is partial yoga of Saturn in 10th house with sun in lagna with Jupiter dispositor Sun sharing a rasi dristi with Saturn.

Shasti-hayani Dasha (applicable if Sun is in lagna): Moon MD: 1880-08-03 (16:21:43) - 1886-08-04 (5:15:20) Jup AD: 1883-08-04 (10:44:29) - 1884-08-03 (16:58:43) Sun PD: 1883-10-05 (6:33:16) - 1883-12-04 (3:40:45) Sookshma-antardasas in this PD: Sun: 1883-10-05 (6:33:16) - 1883-10-15 (9:12:44) Mars: 1883-10-15 (9:12:44) - 1883-10-25 (10:30:59) Moon: 1883-10-25 (10:30:59) - 1883-10-31 (10:35:48)

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Char karaka Replacement.

AV a ym N ya ym a eym yt e y e ic T e ivk ya u , = = = R C t Smde< a v ividT n< nu ac t u hR . 2- 25. vE na z e m is i avyakto'yamacintyo'yamavikryo'yamucyate| tasmdeva viditvaina nnuocitumarhasi| | 2-25| | Thus Sri Krishna explains that the soul is invisible, inconceivable and unchangeable in the 2nd chapter verse no.25 of bhagavad Geeta. Maharishi Parashara in BPHS explains the charakarak replacement whereby if two planets attain the same longitudes then they become the karaka jointly and the next slot falls empty and is occupied by the natural significator or naisargik karaka. Thus the Parampara teaches charakaraka replacement does not means atma or soul getting replaced/changed as this is not in the teachings of Geeta but it just has a subtle indication of change of attitude towards world with respect to that particular charakaraka. It is the change of view towards the world. The shift one Char karaka to the other shows a dramatic event which leads to the change of attitude. Continuing our discussion on BK..

STANDARD NATIVITY

Lagna-2 Sc 45' 48.09" Visa Venus - PiK 21 Sg 48' 37.13

Rahu - AK 1 Cn 44' 56.19" Jupiter - PK 5 Li 12' 59.86"

Saturn - AmK 24 Vi 35' 04.27 Sun GK 5 Sc 07' 21.51"

Mercury - BK 24 Li 10' 54.91 Moon - DK 4 Vi 37' 32.01"

Mars - MK 23 Le 50' 42.47" Ketu 1 Cp 44' 56.19"

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The native has Saturn in 24degrees[Amk] in Virgo and Mercury[BK] in 24degrees in Libra. Due to Saturn and Mercury falling in the same longitude there is a charakaraka replacement occurring here however such a replacement in never an event of immediate impact but takes time and since this involves the direction and attitude shift of soul we use the atma kendradi graha dasha to see the shift. Here mercury becomes the amk and the slot of Bk falls vacant whereby this is taken over by mars the natural significator for Bk. Amk denotes karma and profession and here it is Saturn which is in sanyas yoga giving inclination to lead a life of renunciation however since mercury is forming a gurushisya yoga the native was directed to follow his teacher[bk] to propogate and spread the light of Jyotish. Thus this is a clear case of ones dharma towards [bk] GURU becoming ones karma [amk].

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Parampara Yoga
#m ivvSvt e e < e va V ! < ya a nhm yym g , ivvSva m a m irva vevIt ! 1. N nve h nu k = . ima vivasvate yoga proktavnahamavyayam| vivasvnmanave prha manurikvkave'brav | 1| | t| The 1st slokha of chapter 4 of bhagavad Geeta begins with the verse said by Sri Bhagwan how he instructed the divine science of yoga to sun-god Vivasan and how Vivasan instructed this to Manu-the father of mankind and thus this was instructed to Iksvaku. Thus we see the transfer of knowledge given by Sri Krishna to sun god and thus there is a continuous transfer of knowledge forming a GURU-SHISHYA lineage which is called as Parampara Yoga.

Parampara Yoga JUPITER

JUP+KETU

JUP + MER

Thus the Parampara yoga if formed when JUPITER conjoins with Ketu or Mercury. Jupiter + ketu is the yoga whereby a lineage is established out of Ketu [shunya dhyana meditation]. Jupiter + mercury is the yoga whereby a person joins the lineage of guru Parampara and this is also known as japa yoga [mercury repetition]. Both the yogas have to seen in rasi and navamsa. Presence of yoga in navamsa can show the actual will of Sri Vishnu whereby a native joins the Parampara Or creates one.

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Swami Vivekananda

Swami Vivekananda , January12,1863,06.33hrs, 88e30,22N40 In swami Vivekanandas chart we do see the yoga of Jupiter and Ketu present in rasi and navamsa. Thus Parampara yoga is clearly present in Swamiji chart. Swamiji established the Ramakrishna mission ashram to propagate Vedanta.

Swami Srila Prabupada

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Swami srila Prabhupada ,September 1,1896,15:24hours,88E50,22N32.

Sri bhaktivedanta swami srila Prabupada is the founder of ISKON and he has a Parampara yoga of Jupiter Ketu conjoined in Rasi and navamsa.

CHARTSWAMI RAMAKRISHNANDA

Swami Ramakrishnanda-Shashi July13,1863-4:57hrs,Ichapur,India The native is the brother disciple of swami Vivekananda and there is a yoga of Jupiter mercury present in both rasi and navamsa. From the above charts- it is very much important that Parampara yoga be supported by navamsa as this shows even the will of God. Mere presence of yoga in the rasi will only show the association of native with some spiritual organization or Parampara.

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Gist of the article

The Vedic astrology is more than just mere rules; It is a GURU MUKHI VIDYA that is the knowledge received from the mouth of Guru. Hence, here are few of the points that one needs to see in the chart so that one may make the yoga or association with his or her guru strong. The guru devta is the form of Shiva and hence worship of jyotirlinga related to Gurudevta (BK) can give the native highest knowledge And thus Shiva will make the native like a rishi. Generally worship of shiva is suggested as shiva in the 7th house of chaturvimsamsa shows the knowledge which is of highest form and it is here where we worship the parameshti guru and scriptures mention Lord Shiva as the parameshti Guru and since BK represents the knowledge of both para and apara vidya, worship of jyotirlinga related to BK is one of the best forms of worship to acquire the higher understanding of any subject. Alternatively, the native can worship deities as per his lineage of path and pantheon be it Vishnu rupa or mahavidya form following the code of conduct.

If Gurudevta is associated or conjoined with Ishta devta in navamsa then worship of Ishta devta can bring a guru in ones life. The ishta devta is the deity which guides the native towards the path of salvation or moksha. If ishta devta is related to BK then worship of ishta also ensures that one meets his spiritual guru as it is sat guru who guides the native towards the path of moksha or nirvana. In case of people having Rahu as their BK or 9th lord, their association with Guru from a foreign culture brings more pratibha or god communion to them.This is mostly evident in the charts of European and western world natives whereby they are actively inclined towards Buddhist or hindu spiritual ways of life.

HARI OM TAT SAT

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