agre rhau adhau ketau sarve madhya graha|

Kla Sarpa Yoga is one of the most feared and discussed yogas in Vedic astrology. Whilst its classical reference is uncertain, its equated to the
nabhasa yogas as it has an overriding effect on the chart much like the nabhasa yogas.

The remedies for this among astrologers, today range from wearing gemstones of all planets to
making a pilgrimage to the Kla Hasti temple in Andhra Pradesh, India.

The yoga is said to envelope the native in a life of bondage, with little success arising in life, until the yoga matures at the age of forty. To add,
the yoga has been given different names of the divine serpents, depending on the twelve different ways the yoga can form. With the wide range of
remedies available, and a much wider range of confusion, the tradition of ri Achyuta Dasa teaches the following:

Traditional teaching: Kla Sarpa yoga is formed when all the planets are placed in between the two nodes of the moon: Rhu and Ketu. Thus
the nodes, splitting the zodiac in half, would have all the planets placed in the signs in-between Rhu to Ketu, or from Ketu to Rhu. This is
known as kla sarpa yoga. There are however two variations of this yoga. The node which is in-front of the planets is said to be the head, and if
this head is Rhu, the yoga is known as Kla Sarpa yoga. However if this head is Ketu, then the yoga is Kla Amta yoga.

The difference between the two is obvious from their names:

Kla Sarpa yoga will push one into a life of sense-objective experience, in other words, a materialistic life.
Kla Amta yoga instead puts one on the path of spirituality.

Whilst either would seem attractive depending on personal preference, the yoga torments the natives life before giving the above path. The
native lives a life of bondage and torment between the two extremes of material life and spirituality until the appropriate age. The area of bondage
is indicated by the house joined by the nodes. How the bondage manifests must be ascertained through the analysis of the nodes from lagnea,
arha lagna, kraka lagna, etc.

Axis Area of bondage

First/seventh Fame, name, health, character, aspirations/relationships and partnerships

Second/eighth Wealth, family/debts and diseases

Third/ninth Strife, aggression/higher education, world view

Fourth/tenth Home, property, happiness/work and profession

Fifth/eleventh Children, subordinates, supporters and lack of the same, future planning

Sixth/twelfth Diseases and recovery of illness, as well as enmity

The bondage experienced by the native is the superimposition of maya onto the person in an overwhelming way. As a result the satya or truth of
the chart (srya and chandra) becomes deterred in the native, to the extent of the native following an agenda different from that suggested by the
chart. The head of the yoga being either Rhu (kla sarpa) or Ketu (kla amta) will suggest which agenda.

Just as the light of the Sun removes darkness, so also truth dispels untruth and can break the kla sarpa/amta yoga. The houses of truth are the
first and seventh houses, which symbolize the entrance into this world and exit here from, respectively. Planets placed in the first or seventh
from the respective node, or in the first or seventh from the lagna will thus be able to break the yoga and establish truth.
House/Rasi Naga

First/Aries Vasuki

Second/Taurus Kacanira

Third/Gemini Takshaka

Fourth/Cancer Sahajanya

Fifth/Leo Elapatra

Sixth/Virgo Sankhapala

Seventh/Libra Dhananjaya

Eighth/Scorpio Airavata

Ninth/Sagittarius Mahasankha

Tenth/Capricorn Karkotaka

Eleventh/Aquarius Kambhala

Twelfth/Pisces Asvatara

If the planet breaking the yoga is malefic, then the experience of the truth is quite terrible and can lead to sorrow or general unhappiness in life.
Contrary to this a benefic planet doing the same, will give a pleasant and happy experience upon the realization of truth, and escape from
bondage.

In case of kla sarpa/amta yoga, the astrologer should always advise remedies of the benefic planets breaking the yoga, otherwise the success of
the native will be obstructed continuously in life. If no benefics seem to be breaking the yoga, the strengthening of the most auspicious among the
two gurus: Jupiter and Venus should be advised, as these two Gurus can lead the native out of the bondage of the yoga.

Specifically, its said that the kla sarpa yoga, with Rhu as its king, eclipses the Sun who in turn needs the saving grace of Bhaspati/Jupiter.
Similarly, the kla amta yoga, with Ketu as its king, eclipses the Moon, and ukrcarya/Venus is the saving grace. Yet, in either case both the
gurus Jupiter and Venus, must be assessed to find the saving grace in the chart.

Graha Mahvidy Nama mantra

Sun Matang om mtangyai nama|

Moon Bhuvanesvar om bhuvanevaryai nama|

Mars Bagalmukh om bagalmukhyai nama

Mercury Parsundar om parasoundaryai nama|

Jupiter Tr om tryai nama|

Venus Kamalatmik om kamalatmikayai nama|

Saturn Dakiakal om dakiakalike nama|

Rahu Chinnamast om cinnamastayai nama|

Ketu Dhumavat om dhmavatyai nama|

Having ascertained the saving grace in the chart, the Mahvidya of the particular devata must be prescribed as worship to the native. The
Mahvidya will remove the avidya experienced by the native due to the kla sarpa/amta yoga, and ensure the welfare of the native.

Hereunder I, the scribe, submit my personal experiences with the application of these principles, and the unlocking of the kla sarpa yoga.