MahaPurusha Yoga Bhanga An Attempt

By Subramanium Shastry, India

Every astrologer I meet says that I have got Malavya yoga in my chart. I have read about the great effects of exalted Venus in a Kendra from Ascendant. Is this the Malavya yoga? But, sorry man, it didnt work in my chart. The above statement was by the native of Chart 1, put to the scribe. The native is an official working in the Department of Revenue, GOI. Out of curiosity, the birth details were asked and promptly noted down. The birth details of the chart 1 are December 4, 1964, Bhopal.

Pancha Maha Purusha Yogas are the combinations that produce 5 kinds of great people. They are namely, Hamsa, Ruchaka, Bhadra, Malavya and Sasa. The classical definition of Malavya yoga, one of the Pancha Mahapurusha yogas is placement of Venus in own or exalted house identical to a Kendra from Lagna or Moon. Accordingly, Hamsa, Ruchaka, Bhadra and Sasa yogas are formed by such placement of Jupiter, Mars, Mercury and Saturn respectively.
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The verses from some classics defining Maha Purusha yoga are as under: Manasagari:

svagehatugrayakendrasasthairuccopagairv'vanisnumukhyai krameayogrucakkhyabhadrahaskhyamavyaabhidhn||

Jatakadesha Marga

svoccasvaketragataikendrasthaikujabudheyasitamandai rucakobhadrohasomavyaaaitikramdyoga||Ch.8,Sh.1

Something important must first be mentioned, in younger years of our astrological journey, most of us ascribe great success to a native to MPY present in the chart but actually that success might be happening due to some other yoga present in the chart. Also, it is not rare to have these yogas in one chart. This point must be kept in mind before we venture into testing this proposed theory of MPY cancellation presented in this paper. The classical definition of Malavya yoga is satisfied in Chart 1 by the placement of Venus in Lagna as Lagna Lord. Venus dasa is running presently (at the time of writing) from 1988 January to 2008 January: Maha Dasas: Merc: 19640124 19810123/Ket: 19810123 19880124 Ven: 19880124 20080124 According to native, the Venus dasa is going normal, nothing extraordinary. Usually, the yoga giving planets give the results in their Mahadashas and Antardashas. Why Venus, in own house, didnt give any results? Aspected by Jupiter, bitter enemy of Venus? Though there was no prediction given to the native, the question of how the Malavya yoga became defunct was remained unanswered till a verse came across during the cursory reading of Chandrakalanadi or Devakeralam. The verse referred, in ChandrakalaNadi 1 Devakeralam (Vo. II, Part I, Page 5 and verse 26) describing Malavya yoga and its results. The next verse i.e., 27 reads as under:

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jve aniyute de mavyoa bhagavn | bhguruccaphala vyartha ghaccidreakarita|| If Jupiter is conjoined with or aspected by Saturn, Malavya yoga, mahapurusha yoga generated by Venus is cancelled. The good results of exalted Venus does not materialize and the native is troubled by the blemish
The same verse is repeated in the Kerala Nadi by Mysore University with the addition of one more condition:

jve aniyute de mavyoga bhagavn | ukre ketuyute cettu mavyoga bhagavn|| If Jupiter is conjoined with or aspected by Saturn and Venus is with Ketu, malavya yoga is cancelled
Sri C.S.Patel , while giving out the combination, gave the reason as ...Probably, the association or aspect of Saturn over Jupiter or conjunction of Ketu with the yoga producing planet stunts the growth of beneficial results, in spite of MPY. This gives a clue as to why MPY, sometimes, do not give prescribed results in some natives. This combination is present in Chart 1. At last, one reason is here for the nonfunctionality of Malavya yoga! But applying this rule common to all the MPYs as suggested by Shri C.S.Patel was another question. Mr Patels explanation has been discussed over the years by many & experienced of us knows his explanation does not work in toto on all charts where MPY is present but not working. The verse was duly noted down and was discussed for much time with our editor over the years. But no hints came up except another verse was given in the 13th Chapter of Manasagari while discussing yogas which is reproduced in Devanagari here:
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kendroccagyadyapibhsutdymrttatuyutbhavanti| kurvantinorvpatimtmapkeyacantitekevalasatphalni|| Manasagari3 Chap. 13 Verse 9.

The gist of above verse translated is The conjunction of yogagiving planets with Sun or Moon leads to cancellation of such yogas, due to which, only ordinary good results be
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expected in such planets dasas or antardasas. The combination was tested in some charts but the result was not so convincing. The shloka in Devakeralam was always there in the mind, waiting to be deciphered. And one day, suddenly the interrelation between the three VenusJupiterSaturn was *flashed* in the mind. If the above Devakeralam verse be carefully analysed, it can be seen that Jupiter is the lord of exaltation sign of Venus while Saturn is the lord of debilitation sign of Jupiter. It was inferred from this point that 1) If the lord of exalted sign of a yogaproducing planet is conjoined or aspected by its neechasign lord, the effects of the yogaproducing planet stands nullified. OR/AND 2) If the yogaproducing planet is conjoined with Ketu, the effects are nullified. Note: The cancellation occurs only if the neecha sign lord is aspecting the uccha signlord, not the other way round. Eg., Saturns aspect on Jupiter will cancel the Malavya yoga not Jupiters aspect on Saturn

As per the above point, the following table was prepared. Planet Yoga Lord of Exaltation B Venus (Pisces) Malavya Jupiter Jupiter Hamsa Moon Mercury Bhadra Mars Ruchaka Saturn Sasa Mercury Saturn Venus Lord of Yoga for cancellation Neecha sign of B Saturn Ju + Sa or Sa aspects Ju Mars Jupiter Mars Mercury Mo + Ma or Ma aspects Moon Me + Ju or Jupiter aspects Me Sa + Ma or Ma aspects Saturn Ve + Me or Me aspects Ve

(Mercury being aspected by Venus is astronomically impossible unless the theory Aspects in Divisionals are accepted, which will be discussed at a later issue.) This theory was tested in some horoscopes for each yogaplanet separately. Initially, the second condition viz., conjunction of Ketu was not taken but afterwards, it was used as an additional confirmation of cancellation. Something important must first be mentioned, in younger years of our experience most of us ascribe great success to a native to MPY present in the chart but actually that success might be happening due to some other yoga present in
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the chart. This point must be kept in mind before we venture into testing this proposed theory of MPY cancellation presented in this paper. As a starter, the charts are given for each Mahapurusha Yoga (MPY) in which cancellation occurs as per the theory. Chart 1: Malavya Yoga The details of chart1 are given, in which the for cancellation of Malavya yoga clearly seen and was more visible than any other chart. The point is the planetary conjunction or aspect of Sat is repeating in D1, D9 and D10 though in D9, Malavya yoga from Lagna. Born 4/12/1964, 4.20, E, 2316 N

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This native, working under Department of Revenue, Govt. of India, had not been promoted so far for the last 20 years which in itself is a rare case considering the fact that the native is known for his intelligence. Here, Venus is exalted in Pisces. So, take Jupiter, lord of Pisces as B. Note the sign where this planet B is debilitated and take the lord of that sign, Saturn in this case. Saturn is in Kumbha and Jupiter is in Aries. Saturn aspects Jupiter by its 3rd aspect. Malavya yoga due to Venus situation in exalted or own sign identical with Kendra reckoned from Lagna or moon gets cancelled as the Saturn aspects Jupiter by his 3rd aspect in D1 & conjunction in D9 respectively. For astrologers who use yogas in Divisional Charts, we can see that the malavya yoga in dasamsa is cancelled by Jupiter in 10th house being aspected by Saturn from 1st house.

Chart 2: Hamsa Yoga Bhanga A housewife In chart 2, there is Hamsa yoga thanks to Jupiter being exalted in 7th house. As per natives own version, the best thing happened in Jupiter dasa which was from Jup MD: 2nd June, 1993 to 02nd June, 2009, was only marriage (7th house) and birth of a baby girl (Jupiter being Putra karaka). Beyond marriage and children, nothing else has happened; even the characteristics as described for Hamsa Yoga are not exhibited by the native. Jupiter dutifully forgot his duty!

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Here hamsa yoga which is by Jupiter, now take its exalted Rasi that is Cancer so its Lord Moon becomes B & its (moon i.e. B) debilitation sign becomes Scorpio who lord becomes Mars. Then we see that Mars is aspecting Moon satisfying the condition given by our postulation & thereby cancelling (bhanga) the Hamsa Mahapurusha Yoga of Jupiter. Chart 3 Bhadra Yoga cancelled. This chart is of a Bank employee who was recently promoted as Manager. Mercurys placement in Virgo, the 7th house was not so exciting. Of course, he was promoted as Manager during the fag end of Mercury Dasa

Also, just out of curiosity, this principle was extended to Sun and moon and tested in some charts, the results are very much convincing, probably a subject matter to be dealt with at a later date.
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Ma + Moon or Moon aspects Mars (just reverse of Ju )

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Ve + Me or Me aspects Ve (just like in the case of Sa, this is impossible except in divisional charts) English translation by Shri R. Santanam 2. Navamsa and Nadi Astrology by Shri C.S.Patel

Well, referring to the rules for Saturn, you will find that Saturn gets exalted in Venusian sign Libra and Venus gets debilitated in Mercurys Virgo. Like that, Moon gets exalted in Taurus, another Venusian sign, the lord Venus gets debilitated in Virgo. So, Moons exaltation gets cancelled by aspect/conjunction of Venus and Mercury. But, Mercury and Venus cannot aspect each other in Rasi charts; their conjunction is the only point that can happen in Rasi chart which leads to cancellation of moons exaltation. The yoga can get cancelled in divisional charts by aspect/conjunction. Endnotes: The Chandrakala Naadi verse and Shri Patels translation .. The

good results of exalted Venus do not materialize led to another parallel observation of exalted planets and its results on similar lines. Though it is premature to say that this MPY bhanga yoga works always, it is seen from the experience that this theory holds water especially with the additional Ketu factor being taken into consideration. This could be one of the techniques for cancellation and not the only one. It is requested that the theory may be tested in some charts and the feedbacks/suggestions and/or brickbats are most welcome at admin@saptarishisastrology.com References: 1. Devakeralam Chandrakalanadi Original Sanskrit shlokas with

Sage Narada

The planet subjected to Vedha (or obstacle) will not produce even an iota of good effects. Hence, Vedha should be assessed suitably and only then good and bad effects of planetary transits should be declared. The predictions of an astrologer who does not consider the various Vedhas will be false and he will become a laughing stock Sage Narada.

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