Module 2 of 5 · Phala-darpaṇa

पञ्च-महापुरुष-योगाः

Pañca-mahāpuruṣa-yogāḥ

The Five Great-Person Yogas

~70 min · 1 prerequisite(s)

Phaladīpikā Ch. 6 — Rucaka (Mars), Bhadra (Mercury), Haṃsa (Jupiter), Mālavya (Venus), Śaśa (Saturn). Each forms when its graha sits in own/exaltation sign in a kendra.

Viṣaya-sūcī · Topics
  • Rucaka — Maṅgala in own/exalted sign in a kendra
  • Bhadra — Budha · Haṃsa — Bṛhaspati · Mālavya — Śukra · Śaśa — Śani
  • Kendra requirement — 1st, 4th, 7th, or 10th house
  • Sun and Moon do NOT form mahāpuruṣa yogas (excluded by the classical scheme)
  • Maṇṭreśvara's specific result-statements for each yoga

1. Saṃkṣepa

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

The Pañca-Mahāpuruṣa ('five great-person') yogas are among the most studied yoga-groups in jyotiṣa. Each of the five non-luminary planets (Maṅgala, Budha, Bṛhaspati, Śukra, Śani) generates a yoga when it sits in its own rāśi or in its exaltation rāśi AND that rāśi happens to be a kendra (1st, 4th, 7th, or 10th from the lagna). The yoga is named after the graha: Rucaka for Mars, Bhadra for Mercury, Haṃsa for Jupiter, Mālavya for Venus, Śaśa for Saturn.

Maṇṭreśvara's key opening verse — kendre svocchasthe kuje rucako yogaḥ — establishes the pattern. Each graha brings its own characteristic effects when it forms its own mahāpuruṣa yoga; Rucaka classically indicates physical strength and warrior-temperament, Bhadra eloquence and intellect, Haṃsa wisdom and authority, Mālavya beauty and grace, Śaśa endurance and detachment. These are interpretive frameworks the Jyotiṣī uses, not deterministic predictions.

2. Śāstra-Pramāṇa

शास्त्र-प्रमाण · ग्रन्थ-निर्देशाःŚāstra-pramāṇa · Grantha-nirdeśāḥClassical anchors — textual references
PhaladīpikāCh. 6
verses · approx. 22 verses

Pañca-mahāpuruṣa-yogāḥ — the five 'great-person' configurations.

BPHSCh. 37

Viśeṣa-yoga — parallel treatment in Pārāśara, including Pañca-Mahāpuruṣa.

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

    Cast /chart for any nativity. Identify any of the five non-luminary grahas sitting in their own rāśi (e.g., Mars in Aries or Scorpio) or in exaltation (e.g., Mars in Capricorn). Now check whether that rāśi is a kendra — 1st, 4th, 7th, 10th from lagna.

  2. Reflection

    Why does the classical scheme exclude Sūrya and Candra from forming Mahāpuruṣa yogas? Reflect on the distinction between the two luminaries and the five 'wandering' grahas.

4. Agrima

अग्रिमम् · पथः निरन्तरःAgrima · Pathaḥ nirantaraNext — the continuing path
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KAAL Truth #5 · structured study · sources cited · the Jyotiṣī interprets