Module 4 of 7 · Pārāśara-rājamārga

योग-अध्यायाः

Yoga-adhyāyāḥ

BPHS Ch. 30–39 — The Yoga Chapters

~110 min · 2 prerequisite(s)

Pārāśara's yoga-system — Nābhasa, Ravi, Candra, Rāja, Daridra, Dhana, Āyur, Viśeṣa, Nīca-bhaṅga, Aṅgāraka. Ten consecutive chapters on planetary combinations.

Viṣaya-sūcī · Topics
  • Nābhasa yogas — geometric distribution patterns (1800 named yogas)
  • Lunar yogas — Sunaphā (planet in 2nd from Moon), Anaphā (12th), Durudharā (both), Kemadruma (neither, classical doṣa)
  • Rāja yogas — kendra-lord + trikoṇa-lord conjunctions, parivartana
  • Dhana yogas — 2nd-lord + 11th-lord links, 5th-lord + 9th-lord links
  • Mahāpuruṣa yogas — covered in detail in Phaladīpikā path
  • Nīca-bhaṅga — five classical conditions that cancel debilitation

1. Saṃkṣepa

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

Pārāśara dedicates ten consecutive chapters (30–39) to yogas — combinations that produce specific results. The yoga-system is the interpretive 'second pass' after bhāva and graha-bala analysis: you identify which yogas are present in a chart, weight them by graha-bala and bhāva-placement, and use the synthesis as one input among many. Yogas are not predictions; they are pattern-identifications.

The most important categories: Rāja-yogas (Ch. 33) form from unions of kendra-lords and trikoṇa-lords. The 1st, 5th, 9th lords are trikoṇa; the 4th, 7th, 10th are kendra. Combinations of these (conjunction, mutual aspect, exchange) produce rāja-yogas of varying potency. Dhana-yogas (Ch. 35) form from links between dhana-houses (2nd, 5th, 9th, 11th — the artha-trikoṇa). Viśeṣa-yogas (Ch. 37) include the famous Gaja-Kesari (Jupiter in kendra from Moon).

Ch. 38 (Nīca-bhaṅga-rāja-yoga) is one of the most-studied chapters in classical jyotiṣa. A nīca (debilitated) graha is weak — but if any of the five bhaṅga conditions apply (the lord-of-the-nīca-rāśi is in kendra from lagna or Moon; the lord-of-the-exaltation-rāśi-for-that-graha is in kendra; the graha is conjunct or aspected by its dispositor; etc.), the debilitation is cancelled and the graha returns to high-strength — sometimes producing remarkable rāja-yoga results from what looked like an affliction.

2. Śāstra-Pramāṇa

शास्त्र-प्रमाण · ग्रन्थ-निर्देशाःŚāstra-pramāṇa · Grantha-nirdeśāḥClassical anchors — textual references
BPHSCh. 30

Nābhasa-yoga — 1800 pattern-yogas from graha distribution.

BPHSCh. 32

Candra-yoga — Sunaphā, Anaphā, Durudharā, Kemadruma.

BPHSCh. 33

Rāja-yoga — kendra-trikoṇa lord combinations.

BPHSCh. 35

Dhana-yoga — wealth combinations (2-11 lord unions, etc.).

BPHSCh. 37

Viśeṣa-yoga — Pañca-Mahāpuruṣa, Gaja-Kesari, Lakṣmī.

BPHSCh. 38

Nīca-bhaṅga-rāja-yoga — when debilitation gets cancelled and becomes royalty-class.

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)

Exercises

  1. Computation

    For any chart at /chart, identify any conjunctions or mutual aspects between kendra-lords (1st, 4th, 7th, 10th lords) and trikoṇa-lords (1st, 5th, 9th lords). Each such link is a potential rāja-yoga.

  2. Lookup

    Look at the Moon's position. Is there a graha in the 2nd house from Moon (Sunaphā)? In the 12th (Anaphā)? In both adjacent houses (Durudharā)? In neither (Kemadruma)?

4. Agrima

अग्रिमम् · पथः निरन्तरःAgrima · Pathaḥ nirantaraNext — the continuing path
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