Module 1 of 7 · Pārāśara-rājamārga

ग्रहाधिकार-अध्यायः

Grahādhikāra-adhyāya

BPHS Ch. 3 — Authorities of the Grahas

~70 min · 1 prerequisite(s)

Pārāśara establishes the kārakatva matrix — what each graha rules and signifies. The interpretive 'cross-reference' that pairs with bhāva-analysis.

Viṣaya-sūcī · Topics

Each graha's natural authority (kārakatva)
Domain-of-rulership — Sūrya rules the day, government, royalty
Body-rulership — each graha governs specific body-parts
Caste, profession, gemstone correspondences

1. Saṃkṣepa

साराशं · विषय-विस्तारःSāra-aṃśa · Viṣaya-vistāraSummary — the topic unfolded

Pārāśara's Ch. 3 is the canonical chapter on graha-kārakatva — what each graha rules and signifies. This is the second leg of the two-pointer interpretive system: the bhāva tells you the life-domain, the kāraka tells you the graha most-specifically-tied to that domain. When the bhāva-lord is weak but the kāraka is strong, the domain-signification still flows through the kāraka's pathway.

Each graha has multi-layered kārakatva: a natural-kāraka (e.g., Jupiter for children), a body-kārakatva (Sūrya for the head/heart, Candra for blood/lungs), a domain-kārakatva (Sūrya for government, Maṅgala for the military, Bṛhaspati for academia and law). BPHS Ch. 14 enumerates these explicitly.

2. Śāstra-Pramāṇa

शास्त्र-प्रमाण · ग्रन्थ-निर्देशाःŚāstra-pramāṇa · Grantha-nirdeśāḥClassical anchors — textual references

BPHSCh. 3

Grahādhikāra-adhyāya — authorities and significations of each graha.

BPHSCh. 14

Graha-kārakatva — specific natural kārakas (Sun = father, etc.).

All anchor references map to chapter structures in our annotated library at /library. We point to topics — the Jyotiṣī interprets, the substrate computes; we do not predict from these texts on your behalf.

3. Abhyāsa

अभ्यासः · प्रयोग-मार्गःAbhyāsa · Prayoga-mārgaPraxis — the path of application

Engine surfaces (substrate compute)

/chart /graha-bala

Exercises

Computation
For any chart at /chart, look at the 5th bhāva-lord AND Jupiter (the putra-kāraka). If both are strong, classical interpretation says children-related significations are well-supported; if either is weak, the other can still carry the signification through.

4. Agrima

अग्रिमम् · पथः निरन्तरःAgrima · Pathaḥ nirantaraNext — the continuing path

Path beginning

This is the first module of BPHS Royal Road — The Pārāśara Path in Depth. Return to the path index to see all modules.

Pārāśara's framework of 16 divisional charts (vargas) — D1 (rāśi) through D60 (ṣaṣṭyaṃśa). Each varga is a microscopic focus on one life-domain.

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KAAL Truth #5 · structured study · sources cited · the Jyotiṣī interprets