Other Jnäna Yoga’s (part 3)

Previously it has been shown, how the lords of the 3rd, 6th and 5th houses, when linked to
the Lagna, cause Dhémantaù Yoga. Similarly Päräçara has given other Jnäna Yoga’s
involving the other house lords in his chapter describing the effects of Bhava lords;
bhävesaphalädhyäyaù.
These are described hereunder.

Knowledge making one a siddha

l¶eze=òmge jat> isÏiv*aivzard>,8,
lagneçe'ñöamage jätaù siddhavidyäviçäradaù |8|
“A person born with Lagna lord in 8th house will be well conversant with the knowledge of
Sadhana and occult subjects.”
The natural 8 th house in the zodiac is Scorpio – an occult sign and watery sign. The sign
Scorpio deals with matters of death and rebirth and the understanding of the same.
Among places it represents burial grounds, or places which are unsuitable for human
life. Due to its harsh surroundings it also shows the place where people perform severe
austerities.
Hence when the Lagna lord is placed in the 8 th house or joined 8 th lord, the native will
have knowledge of pain and will be able to perform severe austerities.
One of the most severe austerities was performed by Çukrächärya the preceptor of the
demons (Asura Guru) who among planets, is lorded by Venus. Hence when Venus is in
the 8 th house it’s said to give the native the ability to perform a high level of austerities
akin to that of Çukrächärya, especially if Ketu is involved with Venus. This is also the
basis of the Tapasvi Yoga formed by: Venus, Ketu and Saturn (Käraka for the 8th house).

Learned in many branches

suoeze sÝme jatae b÷iv*asmiNvt>,
sukheçe saptame jäto bahuvidyäsamanvitaù |
“A person born with 4th lord in the 7th house acquires the knowledge of many branches.”
The 7th house is the ‘dvära’ or door through which we enter into the world. As
per the Åg Veda (Gaëeña Gäyatri), Gaëeña sits in the doorway to the gods, and a prayer
to him ensures that any mistakes in our recitation of mantras are forgiven and the
recitation is accepted. Similarly any planet in the 7th house shows the blessings of Gaëeña
in whatever activity the native may aspire to accomplish.
The 4th lord shows the fruits of ones education and when it sits in the 7th house or
joins the 7th lord, the native will have the blessings of learning in many branches.
Similarly a broad faith and acceptance of all faiths is caused by 5 th lord in 7th house or
joined 7th lord.
Intelligent, yet devoid of learning
Formation of Yoga
l¶ge shjaxIze SvÉujaijRtivÄvan!,

seva}> sahsI jatae iv*ahInae=ip buiÏman!. 25.

lagnage sahajädhéçe svabhujärjitavittavän |
seväjïaù sähasé jäto vidyähéno'pi buddhimän || 25||
“A person born with 3 rd lord in Lagna, will acquire gains through own efforts. Will be serving,
over-hasty, will be intelligent yet uninstructed/unlearned.”
The 3rd house is an Upachaya Sthäna and for reasons already mentioned, its association
with the lagna or its lord causes Dhémantaù Yoga.
Being that lords of Upachaya Sthäna have the responsibility of causing growth to the
native/lagna, it should be born in mind, that self growth implies expansion of oneself
and decreasing of someone/something else. I.e. for tree to grow tall and strong, they
need water. This water cannot be shared with other trees for the sake of its expansion,
unless there is enough water for all the trees to survive. Similarly when a person grows,
they eat more and more food and occupy more and more space. For this reason Päräçara
has stated that the lords of 3rd, 6th and 11th will always cause evil effects1.
In the same vain Päräçara has stated:
laÉge shjaxIze Vyapare laÉvan! sda,

iv*ahInae=ip mex avI sahsI prsevk>. 35.

läbhage sahajädhéçe vyäpäre läbhavän sadä |
vidyähéno'pi medhävé sähasé parasevakaù || 35||
“Should the 3rd lord occupy the 11th house, the native will always gain through trading, be devoid
of learning, yet be wise and intelligent, rash and will serve many.
Here Päräçara states that 3 rd lord in the 11th house will also make the person intelligent,
yet devoid of proper teaching/instruction. The reasoning being that the 11th house is the
sunset or the darkness of the 5 th house, i.e. causing ignorance. Hence 3rd lord placed in
such a place will remove the ignorance of the native. For similar reasons Saturn in the
11th house will also make the native very intelligent.

In both the cases of 3 rd lord placed in Lagna and 11th houses – it’s seen that the Vidya or
education becomes less in the native.
In the first instance its due to Lagna housing the Märaka of the 9th house, showing an
absence of instructors/teachers.
To explain the 2nd instance, a new method of understanding the results of Bhava lords,
needs to be introduced;

1
iÇ;fayaixpa> sveR ¢ha> pap)la> Sm& ta>. 4.
triñaòäyädhipäù sarve grahäù päpaphaläù småtäù || 4||
Count the amount of houses between the Bhava and its lord. The result will indicate
which house suffers in the horoscope. On the contrary count the distance between the
lord and its house – this will indicate the house which rises or gains in the horoscope.
The 11th house is the 9th from the 3 rd, hence 3rd lord placed there will be inauspicious for
the native’s teachers/instructors and thou being intelligent will be without proper
guidance.

3rd lord in the 4th itself will not damage the education, and will make the native very
learned, as per Päräçara2.

Example
Chart 1: Lack of Guru

In the given chart, the native has 3rd lord in the 11th house. This also happens to be the
dispositor of Ketu who is in the 3rd house causing Kalämrita Yoga, and leading the
native towards knowledge of Jyotiña Çastra. As a result whilst the native was initiated
into a Parampara of Jyotiña, due to Ketu’s dispositor in the 11th house, he was initially
without the guidance of his Guru due to the 3rd house lordship of Saturn. This occurred
during the Mars Dasa – Moon Antara Dasa. Moon being joined Saturn in the 11th house,
hence gave the effects of Saturn in this case. The native then took up the sincere worship

2
suo Swe shjaxIze suoI c xns<yut>, mitman! jayte balae ÊòÉayaR pití s>. 28.
sukhasthe sahajädhéçe sukhé ca dhanasaàyutaù | matimän jäyate bälo duñöabhäryäpatiçca saù || 28||
of Mahaåñi Vyäsa for one year, after which his association with his Guru became
stronger.

Abandonment of knowledge
Formation of Yoga
Vyyeze l¶ge jatae VyyzIlae jtae Évet!,

ÊbRl> k)raegI c xniv*aivvijRt>. 133.

vyayeçe lagnage jäto vyayaçélo jato bhavet |
durbalaù kapharogé ca dhanavidyävivarjitaù || 133||
“One born with 12th lord in Lagna, the native will be spendthrift, have low vitality and suffer
from kapha disorders. The native will abandon their education due to lack of wealth.”
The lack of wealth is caused by 12th lord being in the 2nd from the 12th house, ensuring a
suffering to the 2nd house activities. The 4th house receives Läbha Argalä from the 2nd
house, and controls the gains of the 4th house. This position furthermore obstructs the 5th
house, being the 10th from it. As a result the native ends their learning and reaps no more
fortune from education.

Similarly 12th lord in the 5th house is the 6th from the 12th house. The 6th is the 2nd from the
5th ruling the sustenance of the knowledge/intelligence, and becomes weak in this case.
The learning of the native hence becomes obstructed, unless checked by Jupiter’s
influence. This is in conformity with Päräçara3.
Vyyeze darÉavSwe Vyyae dark«t> sda,

tSy ÉayaRsuo< nEv bliv*aivvijRt>. 139.

vyayeçe därabhävasthe vyayo därakåtaù sadä |
tasya bhäryäsukhaà naiva balavidyävivarjitaù || 139||
“12th lord in 7 th house, will cause the native expenses due to their spouse. The native will not
enjoy conjugal bliss. The native will abandon their education in childhood.”
Here the principle can be satisfied through 2 methods of reckoning:
i) 7th house is the seat of Gaëeña, who is said to give us the blessings of good
education. The 12th lord acting like Saturn would hence cause obstructions to
the same.
ii) 12th lord is in the 8 th from the 12th house causing problems for the 8 th house
matter. The 8 th house is the 4th from the 5th and 5th from the 4th, being a very
important house for the Sukha derived from intellectual pursuits (4th from 5th)
and the application of ones Vidya (5th from 4th).
Example

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Vyyez e su tÉavSwe su tiv*aivvijR t>, vyayeçe sutabhävasthe sutavidyävivarjitaù |
Chart 2: Change of education

The native has 12th lord Venus in the 5th house. During the end of Venus Dasa the native
decided to stop their education. As Venus is in its own it would yet protect the
education. The native chose a different line of study during the end of Venus Dasa, as a
result of this yoga.
Chart 3: Premature end of education

In the given chart the 12th Mercury is in the 5th house with 4th lord Venus. Whilst the
native is very intelligent, due to the placement of 5 th lord in Lagna, with the advent of
Mars Dasa – Saturn Antara, the native ended their high school education prematurely.
Throughout Mercury Antara Dasa, the native was without inclination to study but the
upcoming Dasa of Ketu had to make the native study, due to Ketu’s lordship over the 5 th
house. During Mars Dasa – Ketu Antara, the native joined the Army (Mars in Lagna and
Kendra to AL, and Ketu - Rudra) in the branch of medicine (Venus and Mercury in 5th
house), through which he learned extensively about the practice of medicine, first aid
and such healing.

Variations of Dhémantaù Yoga

suteze suoÉavSwe suoI mat&suoaiNvt>,

lúmIyu´> subuiÏí ra}ae=maTyae=wva gué>. 52.

suteçe sukhabhävasthe sukhé mätåsukhänvitaù |
lakñméyuktaù subuddhiçca räjïo'mätyo'thavä guruù || 52||
5th lord in 4 th house, will give the native maternal happiness, will be blessed by the Goddess
Laxmi and will have excellent comprehension ability. The person will be kingly, a minister or
preceptor.”
The 5th lord has the specific objective of giving us knowledge. Here the 5th lord is in the
12th from itself, ensuring that the 2nd house activities prosper. It is said that Sarasvati, the
goddess of learning, sits in the 2nd house, and will bless the native with excellent
comprehension ability.
 suteze laÉge jatae iv*avan! jnv‘É>,

¢NwktaR mhad]ae b÷puÇxnaiNvt>. 59.

suteçe läbhage jäto vidyävän janavallabhaù |
granthakartä mahädakño bahuputradhanänvitaù || 59||
“A person born with 5 th lord in 11th house will be a scholar, will be loved by all, be an author of
treatises be very skillfull and endowed with lots of children and wealth.”
Just as Lagna lord in the 7th gives a native fame, the 5 th lord in the 11th or joined
the 11 lord can make the natives knowledge (5 th lord) known to all, being the dvära of
th

the 5th house. However; if the 5th lord is a malefic, the native maybe dull and lack ability
of concentration, depending on the strength of the lord.
Chart 4: Young author

In the given chart, the 5th lord Jupiter is joined the 11th lord Mercury. The native has
already authored many articles at a young age. The native started writing seriously since
August 2002. This was during the PratyAntara Dasa of Mercury, being in the 12th house.
Since Mercury is 8 th lord, the nature of the articles is of occult study. The two benefic’s
Mercury & Jupiter are involved showing knowledge of mantra’s, scriptures, and
possibly Jyotiña. Had the planets been malefic’s the native may have been involved in
some darker-type sciences, such as black magic, etc.

The native of Chart 2, is also a young author, notably this is due to the Yoga between 5th
lord Venus and 11th lord Mars. The native is deeply into the research of mantra’s due to
Rahu’s association with the 5th house and lord. The native is very learned in the field of
mantra, tantra and yantra Çastra.
(continued…)