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Ashta Siddhi
SJC Conference Europe 2006
Serbia, Novi Sad
zeljko@adhipurusha.com
om namo ganapate tubhyam jyestha jyesthaya te namah
Introduction:
Ashtha Siddhi The eight renowned accomplishments of ancient India
through which one can gain miraculous powers.
Word siddhi we can divide into the 2 word: Sidh and Dhi. Sidh means: to
move, to go, to attain one's aim or object have success and Dhi means intelect. So
whole story about siddhi is based on improving intelect, to move our intelect
towards highest goal, illumination. Lord Shiva is the achiever of the eight Siddhi
and His worship as the Teacher is symbolic of the perfection of divinity.
A Siddha is one who has succeeded in stabilizing these controls in oneself and
maintains equanimity and a sense of equilibrium. Today, only a few Yogis
possess these Siddhis.
In his work Yoga Sutra, Patanjali on the beginning of the fourth chapter,
whose name is Kaivalya2 says:
jNmaE;ixmÙtp>smaixja> isÏy>. 1.
janmauñadhimantratapaùsamädhijäù siddhayaù || 1||
Siddhis are gained through birth, specific herbs, mantras, austerities, or samadhi.
Yoga sutra of Patanjali IV book kaivalyapädaù verse 1
1
Remaining unattached, always perform the obligatory duty, for, by performing (one’s) duty
without attachment, a person attains the Highest. – Translation by Swami Gambhéränanda.
2
Perfect isolation, detachment from all other connections, which leading to eternal emancipation.
om namo ganapate tubhyam jyestha jyesthaya te namah
Siddhis may also be attained through pratibha (intuition, or inner light of wisdom), thus
knowledge of everything arises spontaneously.
Yoga sutra of Patanjali III book vibhütipädaù verse 33
Here we see that there is various ways for the native to acquire siddhis. If
Patanjali said that Siddhis can be gained through birth, we can assume that
knowledge about them can come from previous birth.
From the Jyotish perspective Patanjali said that siddhis are develop
through Lagna (birth), forth house (specific herbs), fifth house (mantras), eight or
nine house (austerities) or twelve house (samadhi).
From this we can conclude that there are 2 ways to attain the siddhi: through the
dharma trikona and through the moksha trikona.
om namo ganapate tubhyam jyestha jyesthaya te namah
Prabhupada’s translation: Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and
false ego – all together these eight constitute my separated material energies.
Here we see that these 8 types constitute Lord’s separated energies. Point is
on word separated. We can not be one with the Lord if we don’t cross this
bridge, and that bridges are:
Earth called bhümi or påthvi tatva, solid state: Mercury,
Water called äpa or jala tatva, liquid state: Venus,
Fire called anala or agni tatva, energy state: Mars,
Air called väyu tatva, gaseous state: Saturn and,
Ether called khaà or äkäça tatva, vacuum: Jupiter
The mana is the ‘mind’ of the universe as well as the individual and indicates the
class, group or family identifying the created being or object and is represented
in astrology by the Moon. These define the class or family to which it belongs.
Buddhi refers to the intelligence or body of knowledge related to the object. This
defines its purpose of creation and existance and the effects of the various laws of
nature on it called its Dharma. The laws of nature that the created body must
obey are seen from the ascendant called Lagna and this is the seat of the dharma
trikona which includes the fifth & ninth houses. Lagna represents prajäpati, the
creator. Also we can include here also and Rahu because without it there won’t
be any birth. Rahu is cause of the birth.
Ahaìkära refers to its independent identity and is the false ego This is false
because the identity is not permanent and it is an ego as it helps to identify the
object and differentiate it from the other bodies/creatures of its class or family.
This is represented by the Sun in astrology.
om namo ganapate tubhyam jyestha jyesthaya te namah
Ashta Vasava
Among 33 devas there are eight vasus which are the givers of light. The 8
vasus give light from which we get enlightenment and then knowledge. This is
the original light, which has a control over our minds.
The 8 vasus are:
1. Surya
2. Chandra
3. Agni (Mangal)
4. Prithvi (Budh)
5. Vayu (Shani)
6. Jala (Shukra)
7. Antariksh (Guru)
8. Nakshtrani
Again we have number eight. So to attain these eight vasus native need to do
something what will bring him to those eight lights of enlightenment. That are
eight siddhis.
dzma<ze mhT)lm!,
daçamäàçe mahatphalam |
Power (and position) from Dashamsha
Here is take closer look on meaning of the word Mahatphalam, we will se
that real meaning of that is Mahat – big, huge, great and Phalam – fruit,
consequence, result.
om namo ganapate tubhyam jyestha jyesthaya te namah
#izTv (Prakamya) – the ability to create or control – Surya rules East and
devata is Indra. So east is point of creation. Therefore, Surya rules the east
and desires the throne which is the natural desire of the King
Girm (Garima) - the ability to reach every where – Budha rules the North
and devata is Kubera. Budha is karaka for communication and ruling the
trade and organizing material resources naturally desires the wealth
which is signified by Lord Kubera.
li"m (Laghima) –the ability to float through the air – Shukra rules the
Southeast, and devata is Agni. Shukra rules the peace and as long as
Shukra is strong, the God of war becomes weak. Shukra also rules
entertainment which also requires a lot of energy – Agni. Thus, Agni is the
need and desire of Shukra, not her goal.
Every Graha will indicate Direction of the Karma related to that Graha.
Asta Siddhi is of three orders, two siddhis of knowledge (garima and prakamya),
three siddhis of power (prapti, vasitva and kamavasayitva) and three siddhis of
the body (anima, mahima and laghima).
Now we must differentiate to chakras. One is Kalachakra, and the the other one
is dig chakra. In Kalachakra there are eight directions where four kendras are
ruled by two luminaries and Guru and Shukra. Kendras are the places where
energy is entering and four rest are the places where energy getting out.
om namo ganapate tubhyam jyestha jyesthaya te namah
The planets have digbala in the directions as indicated and to ascertain whether
they really have this strength we have to consider their position from the (1)
lagna and (2) aruòha lagna.
From these verses we can see that siddhis are definitely not a final goal. It
can be helpful to some extent but in native need to give up from them to achieve
samadhi.
Kala Dig
Graha Siddhi Type
chakra chakra
Surya East East Prakamya Body
Shukra West South – East Laghima Body
Mangal South – East South Vasitva Body
Rahu North – East South – West Kamavasayitva Knowledge
Shani North – West West Anima Power
Chandra North North – West Prapti Knowledge
Budha South – West North Garima Power
Guru South North – East Mahima Power
Naturaly, Ketu is not include in this concept because it represet Moksha Marga
and his direction is upwards.
specific siddhi and to see will we got that siddhi we must confirm that in various
Vargas.
But to comfirm that person have a siddhi we need to check Navamsha also,
especially Karakamsa.
om namo ganapate tubhyam jyestha jyesthaya te namah
And in Dasamsha we see that there is again yuti of Darakaraka and Atma
Karaka. Surya is ruling over third bhava which is Guru upadesha. Chandra as
bhatru Karaka is placed in forth bhava from Aruda Lagna and having Digbala.
Dasamsa Devata of Rahu and Surya is Ananta – going upwards.
Maharishi Parasara states:
iv*aya vedbþ<ze.
vidyäyä vedabahvaàçe ||
Example 6.
3
Fifth bhava from Karakamsha Lagna
om namo ganapate tubhyam jyestha jyesthaya te namah
In ancient text there are descriptions of various siddhih. Like get overcome
pancha tatvas and similar. In this research I was focusing just on the primery
eight.
Appendix:
Chart of the peoples from TM movement. Every chart got the connection of
Darakaraka with Mangala and Vigyanamsha. Also there is connection between
Karakamsha Lagna and Vigyanamsha. Here are presented only Navamshas.
om namo ganapate tubhyam jyestha jyesthaya te namah
Atma Karaka – Mangal rules over Vigyanamsha. Rahu – Dara Karaka has Rasi
and Graha drishti on Mangala.
Mangala has aspects on Atma Karaka and Dara Karaka also ruling over
Vigyanamsha.
om namo ganapate tubhyam jyestha jyesthaya te namah
Om Tat Sat