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NAKATRAS IN DISEASE by Sanjay Rath

U R Weekend Workshop VI, 4-5 October 2003; Sri Jaganntha Center, USA W P

SRI KAS TEACHINGS Disease and Nakatras

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Sri Ka was teaching Yudhihira and narrated the discussion between Agnihotra Kauika Muni and Mahai Garga (Bhaviya Pra). Mahai Garga inquired Brahma! How can any person be realized from such suffering like bondage, imprisonment, being tied down under adverse conditions, slavery or under attack/seige from enemies or wild animals and diseases. Unless the suffering person is relieved from these adverse circumstances or conditions how can he hope for emancipation from rebirth. Pray tell me the path to freedom. Kauika Muni replied, Knowledge of death, disease and illness is known from the conception time, birth and janma nakatra. If the disease starts from these nakatra (ie. Conception or natal moon star) then the danger of death should not be ruled out. Based on the Moon at the moment of start of a disease, the period of suffering can be ordained. Table 1 : Nakatra & disease

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Period of disease Nakatra HariHara Kauika Awin 9 days 1 day Bhara 11 days Danger of death Kttik 9 days 9 days Rohi 7 days 3 days Mgaira 1 month 5 days rdr Impossible Danger of death Punarvasu 7 days 7 days Puya 7 days 7 days Alea Impossible 9 days Magh 20 days 20 days Prva Phlgu Impossible 2 months Uttara Phlgu 7 days 3 paka Hast 15 days Short time

Devat Dasra Yama Agni Prajpati Candra Rudra Aditi Bhaspati Sarpa

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

Chitr Svt Vikh Anurdh Jyeh Ml Prva a Uttara a Srvaa Dhanih atabhij Prva bhadra Uttara bhadra Revat

11 days Impossible 15 days Longtime/difficult Impossible 9 days Impossible 1 month 11 days 15 days 11 days Impossible 7 days Long time/difficult

month 2 months 20 days 10 days month Danger of death 15 days 20 days 2 months month 10 days Varua 9 days Ajaikapda 15 days 10 days Puan

Kauika Muni continued that there are certain stars, which are violent and can indicate death. [Jyotinirbanda indicates that nakatras 6, 9, 11, 15, 18, 20, 25 show premature death or long term effect/suffering due to disease.]. He suggested the worship of the nakatra devat as the remedy for cure. If the exact date/time of the star can be ascertained then the diety of the nakatra should be propitiated. This is the best solution. If propitiated and satisfied, then the graha (vimotari) ruling the star shall indicate the exact period of cure. For example, worship Awin Kumar if the disease started in Awin, or Yama if the disease started in Bhara. The mantra can be simple like yamadaivata yamya svh or other mantras learnt from authoritative sources can be used[1]. If the nakatra for start of the disease cannot be ascertained, then the deity of the janma nakatra should be propitiated at all times. Remember that devas should be worshipped with

svh and pits with svadh.

Kauika continued, Muni! Lord Brahma has taught that if the sampua is given with the Gayatri mantra 1000 times, then all diseases will be cured. Sampua are bjkara prefixed to the gyatri for various purposes.

DETERMINING THE START OF DISEASE Determination of starting Nkatra

The method of determining the day (ruling star) at the time of the start of a disease is taught by HariHara.

a)

The nakatra prevailing at the beginning of a disease is known from the Prana chart by counting as many nakshatra from it as it has gained

from lagna nakatra. Prana Mrga 13-01 b) : The longitude of Gulika is multiplied by 9 and 12. Expunge multples of 360. The nakshatra(s) arrived at will indicate the commencement of disease. Prana Mrga 13-02 Note 1: The text uses Mandi and it is seen that Mandi and Gulika have been used interchangably by HariHara. Actually, these are different points in the zodiac. Mandi is the middle point of the Gulika kla whereas Gulika is taken as the beginning of the kla. Table 2 :

Gulika determination

Weekday Part of Ending time of Saturn for 12 hr day Saturn Day Sunday 7 10:30+SR Monday Tuesday 6 5 9:30+SR 7:30+SR 6:00+SR 4:30+SR 3:00+SR 1:30+SR

Part of Ending time of Saturn for Saturn 12 hr night Night 3 2 1 7 6 5 4

4:30+SS 3:00+SS 1:30+SS 10:30+SS 9:00+SS 7:30+SS 6:00+SS

Wednesday 4 Thursday 3 Friday Saturday 2 1

Note 2: Of the two nakshatra arrived at, one using the 9 as the muliplier shows devadosha or wrath of deities and consequential diseases/suffering, while the one using 12 as the muliplier shows the secret enemies. In both cases the disease should be serious enough to merit the use of this method as Gulika/Mandi indicate serious and life threatening poison like cancer, HIV, etc. c) Prana akara: This is the first letter of the communication. The nakatra can be determined from this first letter based on the hoda chakra (available in a good ephemeris where the phonemes of each nakatra pda are given) and Parsara (BPHS). 1. 2. 3. If the disease commenced within the last 1 month, this would have commenced when the Moon transited this nakatra. If the disease commenced within a year, then the transit of the Sun in this nakatra will indicate the start. If even older than a year, then see transit of Jupiter/Saturn over this nakatra to indicate the time.

Time of start
If there is a planet in the sixth house, consider it, else take the lord of the sixth house. The time when the planet is strong indicates the tentative time of the starting of the disease. Note that Sun, Jupiter and Venus are day strong while Moon, Mars and Saturn are night strong indicating the day/night time respectively. Mercury is strong in both the day and night and will indicate sandhya (junctions of the day).

Timing Cure
The longitude of the 6th lord in the sign occupied by it indicates the extent and period of disease. The expired portion indicates the time already spent and the balance indicates the time left for complete cure. Note that we have already determined by prior methods the time when the disease started. This starting date to the date of Prasna is the period of suffering already seen and is mapped to the longitude already covered by the sixth lord. The balance, proportionately gives the days left for cure. A rough indication is that if the sixth lord has already traversed half the sign, the worst is over (ie. Half the suffering period is already over).

Timing Manifestation
The manifestation of a disease is different from its start. The disease often starts much before the first symptoms manifest. The number of months elapsed since manifestation of the disease is known by either method1. 2. 3. The number of signs counted from ruha Lagna to sixth lord, or The number of nakshatra from Prasna nakshatra to that of the 6th lord, or The number obtained at (b) above is multplied by the number of navama gained by the 6th lord.

The date of manifestation would be when the Moon would have transited over the 6th lord (prasna) sign during the month of manifestation.

NATAL CHART
1. Diseases begin when the lagna, Pka lagna and/or Moon are transited by malefic planets and cure begins when these are transited by benefic planets. Complete cure comes when all these three signs have the association/aspect of transitting benefic planets. 2. If the disease started in signs preceding chandrstama, then recovery begins after chandrstama.

3. Moon (day), Sun (month), and Jupiter (year) transit of signs having the association/aspect of malefic planets indicates the beginning of disease and their transit of signs having the association/aspect of benefic planets indicates cure (beginning of recovery). 4. The aid of the deities associated with natal favorable planets over which the transit Jupiter/Sun/Moon gives the cure and this should be sought through mantra, etc. It must be noted that worship of the dusta grahas or their deities causing the disease shall not give the cure. 5. If the sickness began when the Moon transited over the 6th lord (of Prasna or natal chart) then the cure will come when Moon transits the 4th Lord (sign) in the Prasna or natal chart. 6. Starting nakatra: Details of the effects of the starting nakatra has already been explained earlier. In addition, Kittik, Dhanih, Bhara, atabhia, coinciding with Sunday/ Tuesday/ Saturday and also coinciding with Chidra/Rikta Tithi gives death. In general commencement on aami, pra, rikta tithi and a malefic weekday can cause death.

Navatra cakra [27 star chakra]

Moon in Trijanma nakatra or vipat, pratyak or naidhana nakatra can lead to long term disease and death. Normally this works well when the strongest influence in the third from ruha lagna is that of a night strong planet. If otherwise, day strong planets are in the third, prefer the ula cakra.

ula Chakra
Shla is short for trishla (trident) which is the weapon held by iva (and Rudra). Sun represents iva in all signs and Mars indicates the violent Rudra known for their strength and prowess in battle. The stronger among the 2nd/8th Lords becomes the pri rudra (primary rudra) while the weaker one becomes the apri rudra. Death can occur during the la da of the signs having the rudra or its trines or its seventh house. This very principle is used to determine the exact constellations where the trila (trident) is seen. As such, the trident has a long staff and three spear heads. The chakra used for this purpose is the Sarvatobhadra Cakra with 28 nakatra.

The nakatra occupied by the Sun indicates the bottom/end of the staff and this can be used to kill. The three las or tips of the trident are represented by the constellations in exact trines (9th constellation reckoned in direct and reverse count from that of the Sun) and the nakatra exactly opposite (15th nakatra). These four nakatra are the la nakatra and the start of a disease when the Moon transits this nakatra indicates death, more so if the la da is also of one of these signs. Figure 1 : ula cakra illustration

The staff of the trident is composed of seven constellations- one nakatra of the Sun itself and the remaining six are the three adjacent nakatra on either side. Similarly, the heads of the trident are supported by two constellations each one on either side of the sharp points representing the elongated base. These constellations can cause great suffering but not death. The remaining twelve constellations are considered safe and indicate speedy recovery. The ula Chakra is used to determine death inflicting and other dangerous transits. Use of ula cakra: In cases of ill health or a journey being made to the place of death, it is important to ascertain the beginning of the disease/journey to prognosticate on the results of the disease/journey as being fatal, dangerous or mild depending on whether it is in the sharp edges of the trident, near it or in the body of the trident respectively. If there is no ill health nor is a journey being made, then the date of death will be indicated by the ula cakra. Otherwise, use the ula cakra with the starting date of disease/journey and the navtr cakra to determine the date of fatality. If the Sun has any association with the houses of death (3rd/8th from AL, AK or Lagna), then the ula cakra will surely give the date of fatal disease/journey. If Rahu has association with these places of death, then the navtr cakra will give the fatal date. Chart 1 : Mahatma Gandhi

ula da (troubles and death): Li: 1869-10-02 (7:31:00) - 1878-10-02 (14:41:40) Sc: 1878-10-02 (14:41:40) - 1887-10-02 (22:10:13) Sg: 1887-10-02 (22:10:13) - 1896-10-02 (5:32:43) Cp: 1896-10-02 (5:32:43) - 1905-10-03 (12:49:26) Aq: 1905-10-03 (12:49:26) - 1914-10-03 (20:11:30) Pi: 1914-10-03 (20:11:30) - 1923-10-04 (3:42:20) Ar: 1923-10-04 (3:42:20) - 1932-10-03 (10:55:15) Ta: 1932-10-03 (10:55:15) - 1941-10-03 (18:19:54) Ge: 1941-10-03 (18:19:54) - 1950-10-04 (1:41:22) Cn: 1950-10-04 (1:41:22) - 1959-10-04 (9:03:30) Le: 1959-10-04 (9:03:30) - 1968-10-03 (16:25:46) Vi: 1968-10-03 (16:25:46) - 1977-10-03 (23:44:03)
Mahatma Gandhi was hale and hearty and did not suffer from any disease that caused ill health. The eighth house from AL and Lagna are fixed signs

indicating death in the place of residence and journey shall not be made. In such cases, the date of death shall be taken as the beginning of the ula (trident) the causes death. The Sun occupies Hast nakatra (no.13) in the chart of Gandhi and this constellation is placed in the bottom of the trident in a triangle indicating death transit. The three nakatra after it (nos. 14, 15 & 16) and the three nakatra before it (nos. 12, 11 & 10) are placed outside the body and are dangerous but never fatal. Similarly, the other nakatra are placed in the trident and we find that the nakatra Hast (13), Uttarsaha (21), Uttara bhdrapada (27) and Mgasira (5) are the life threatening nakatra. The dangerous ula da of Gemini was from 1941-50 and Gemini aspects the third house from the ruha Lagna with the Sun in it threatening death by firearms. The eighth house from Lagna and AL are also aspected by Rahu (ri drii) indicating the possibility of a dua-maraa yoga (bad death). Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948 at 5:17 PM IST at New Delhi by Nathuram Godse (Gemini Lagna). The Moon was in Hast nakatra at that time transiting the fatal bottom edge of the trident.

[1] Various nakatra mantra can be learnt from Vedic Remedies in Astrology by this scribe.

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