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Offered onto the lotus feet of SRI KRISNA and Lord KASHI

VISHWANATH

Bhratrukaraka and The Parampara Yoga

This article is dedicated to my Jyotish Guru Sri Visti Larsen.

By Arnab Mukherjee – May2008.

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The above slokh of Guru Ashtakam composed by Sri Adi Guru Shankracharya thus

explains that even if one has good looking features, beautiful wife, money and fame and

the mind does not submit and bows to the Guru.

What is the use?

What is the use?

What is the use?

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Bhratrukaraka and The yogas of Guru.

The planet attaining the third highest longitude is called the bhratrukaraka.

The bhratrukaraka represents Guru or sibling in the chart. However our article is in the

line of spirituality hence we will stress much on the spiritual Guru.

The bhratrukaraka has great importance as being representing the Guru devta in the chart.

The worship of bhratrukaraka makes one eligible to gain the highest knowledge and all

types of knowledge including Jyotish both para and aparavidya.. That is the reason when

Ishta devta is connected to BK in a chart; the worship of Ishta devta can bring ones Guru

in ones life.

Thus this particular chara karaka holds immense importance in the charts of spiritual

aspirants and spiritually evolved people as BK is the guiding factor for gaining

knowledge.

However general characteristics of BK have been laid down as

Sun – one seeks the highest knowledge and likes to comprehend things beyond normal

intellect.

Moon- one tries to seek the knowledge with in his or her comfort zone.

Mars – extremely disciplined way and a military approach of being punctual.

Mercury – one seeks to gain knowledge as per childlike disposition and knowledge in an

easy way and acceptance of guru updesha very easily.

Jupiter – one is always ready to teach and follows the guru

Venus – follows the guru but without any extreme approach like mars or sun.

Saturn – generally rejects the knowledge of a Guru, or gurus knowledge leads to

complete renunciation.

Rahu – doubts the knowledge of the guru and a person at times is forgetful of the same

knowledge. Preferably guru is a foreigner.

The problem with Saturn and rahu being the BK is due to their attitude of rejecting and

casting a doubt on guru updesha and that is why maharshi jaimini in his updesha sutras

[1.2.50]says that the native having Sani and rahu in the 9th

house of Navamsa betrays his

preceptors and elders.

Thus the BK in a chart will reveal the above qualities of Guru or the approach of oneself

towards the Guru as it signifies the internal guru of the native.

The BK is the Atma or soul of the guru. The guru in physical form is thus the

representative of GuruDevta [BK in navamsa].

Ones relationship with the GURU must be judged from 3 factors in the chart which are

represented by

• Jupiter

• 9th

Lord

• BK.

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Thus Jupiter represents the qualities of ones guru and 9th

lord represents the physical

body of the Guru. Thus relationship between Jupiter and 9th

lord will reveal how

much association and transfer of knowledge is there. Thus taking Jupiter as being in

the ascendant and we see the 9th

lord from it to see how much knowledge is being

absorbed by the native from his/her guru.

Standard Nativity

November 21,1981- 06.07hrs, Nairobi-Kenya

Lagna-2

Sc 45' 48.09" Visa

Rahu - AK

1 Cn 44' 56.19"

Saturn - AmK

24 Vi 35' 04.27

Mercury - BK

24 Li 10' 54.91

Mars - MK

23 Le 50' 42.47"

Venus - PiK

21 Sg 48' 37.13

Jupiter - PK 5

Li 12' 59.86"

Sun – GK

5 Sc 07' 21.51"

Moon - DK

4 Vi 37' 32.01"

Ketu 1 Cp

44' 56.19"

The native is a Jyotish guru and a writer who teaches Jyotish. If we notice the above chart

here Jupiter is placed in Libra with mercury in 12th

house. Mercury is the chara BK and

its association with Jupiter shows that the native has a yoga or union with his Guru. 9TH

lord shows the physical body of the Guru and BK the soul. The 9th

lord shares a dwi-

dwadasha sambhanda with Jupiter-mercury which on 1st instance seems a bit negative

however we cannot ignore the dispositor of Moon-9th

lord joining Jupiter and thus giving

more power to the yoga with guru. Morever, mercury is the 9th

lord from Jupiter joining

Jupiter thus ensuring the native absorbs the knowledge received from Guru.

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SRI MAA SARDA DEVI

Sri Maa Sharda Devi – Dec 22,1853,19:15Hrs, 87E07,23N14

Lagna 9

Cn 17' 58.23"

Moon - AK 27

Le 05' 50.80"

Venus - AmK

26 Cp 09' 19.69

Mars - BK 21

Le 49' 54.20

Mercury - MK

16 Sc 54' 18.36

Jupiter - PiK 12

Sg 54' 24.91

Sun - GK 8

Sg 54' 27.82

Rahu - PK 17

Ta 31' 59.45

" Saturn (R) - DK

4 Ta 06' 57.59"

Ketu 17 Sc

31' 59.45

This is the chart of Sri Maa Sharda devi- the divine consort of Sri thakur Ramakrishna

paramhansa.

Here we see, Jupiter as the 9th

lord. Thus we see the sambandha or relation of Jupiter (9th

lord) with BK.

Charakaraka BK is Mars (UL lord) with AK Moon. 9th

lord from Jupiter is sun and has

joined a strong Jupiter in 6th

bhava showing the yoga with Guru. There is a relationship of

moon i.e. dispositor of Mars has joined Jupiter thus bridging the gap between the native

and her guru. Sri maa sharda devi was the 1st disciple of Thakur Sri Ramakrishna.

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Rahu as BK

A Christian born female by birth – January 31,1978,16:29hrs, Trivandrum ,India

Lagna 20

Ge 57' 28.88" Puna

Venus - AK 19

Cp 53' 10.92" Sun - AmK 17

Cp 40' 19.28 Rahu - BK 15

Vi 23' 28.20 Moon - MK 10

Li 54' 34.72 Saturn (R) - PiK 4

Le 49' 14.91 Jupiter (R) - GK 3

Ge 09' 39.01 Mars (R) - PK 4

Cn 25' 17.29" Mercury - DK 0

Cp 05' 00.12 Ketu 15 Pi

23' 28.20

The native although had Christian upbringing. Her interest in occult has always kept her

enchanted. The lagna lord in 8th

house along with 5th

lord Venus, Rahu is the 9th

lord and

BK in Virgo .The lady has practiced Wicca, chaos magic and got initiated into kriya yoga

and finally taking up Sri-Vidya. There is a rasi dristi working between Jupiter in lagna

and Rahu BK and 9th

lord in Kendra thus assuring the clear association with Guru and

grasping the knowledge of Guru. Since Rahu is the BK and it is in 12th

from karkamas as

one of the planets. The native had been worshiping Goddess Durga for last 6months after

which she has got intiated into Sri Vidya. We can see the natives Tithi pravesha

chart2008 whereby Jupiter and venus aspects her mantrapada by rasi dristi.

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The native TP2008 Shows two benefic planet – a powerful Jupiter with venus aspecting

the mantra pada A5 By rasi dristi.The native has been intiated into the bala mantra of sri

vidya in the JUPITER vimoshattari dasha. And narayana dasha of Sagittarius

Vimsottari Dasa (started from Moon):

Jup MD: 2008-03-16 - 2008-05-03

Antardasas in this MD:

Jup: 2008-03-16 - 2008-03-22

Sat: 2008-03-22 - 2008-03-30

Merc: 2008-03-30 - 2008-04-06

Ket: 2008-04-06 - 2008-04-08

Ven: 2008-04-08 - 2008-04-16

Sun: 2008-04-16 - 2008-04-18

Moon: 2008-04-18 - 2008-04-23

Mars: 2008-04-23 - 2008-04-26

Rah: 2008-04-26 - 2008-05-03

Narayana Dasa of D-1 chart (a versatile phalita rasi dasa):

Sg MD: 2008-03-26 (5:27:23) - 2008-05-01 (6:10:15)

Antardasas in this MD:

Sg: 2008-03-26 (5:27:23) - 2008-03-29 (12:38:40)

Cp: 2008-03-29 (12:38:40) - 2008-04-01 (16:26:40)

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Aq: 2008-04-01 (16:26:40) - 2008-04-04 (13:26:04)

Pi: 2008-04-04 (13:26:04) - 2008-04-07 (4:51:03)

Ar: 2008-04-07 (4:51:03) - 2008-04-09 (18:46:24)

Ta: 2008-04-09 (18:46:24) - 2008-04-12 (11:22:25)

Ge: 2008-04-12 (11:22:25) - 2008-04-15 (8:55:18)

Cn: 2008-04-15 (8:55:18) - 2008-04-18 (11:02:45)

Le: 2008-04-18 (11:02:45) - 2008-04-21 (16:19:29)

Vi: 2008-04-21 (16:19:29) - 2008-04-24 (23:26:43)

Li: 2008-04-24 (23:26:43) - 2008-04-28 (5:32:11)

Sc: 2008-04-28 (5:32:11) - 2008-05-01 (6:10:15)

Swami Vivekananda

Swami Vivekananda , January12,1863,06.33hrs, 88e30,22N40

Lagna 25 Sg 58' Sun - AK 29 Sg 25' Moon - Amk 17Vi

26' Saturn - BK 13 Vi

34' Mercury-MK11 Cp

47' Rahu - PiK 22 Sc

14' Mars - GK6 Ar 19'

34.25 Venus - PK 7 Cp

06' Jupiter - DK 4 Li 00' Ketu 22 Ta 14' 49

The above name needs no introduction. The person who is the most dynamic disciple of

Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa. Swamiji has Saturn as BK and this clearly does justice to

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his fiery personality and bold attitude initially whereby he did not accept his guru and his

teachings. The relationship of Swamiji with his guru is beyond the description of this

article. However, we find in the chart of Swamiji that Saturn is the BK and 9th

lord sun as

AK and the relation of ak[Sun] as 9th

lord and BK Saturn shows atma or soul level

association due to rasi dristi between the sun and Saturn.

Sri Ramakrishna had said about Swamiji that Naren (swami Vivekananda) was one of the

saptrishis born to do the work of divine mother.

Swamiji had sun as the ak sitting in lagna in dhanu rasi and it is vargottama. The sign that

signifies the Rishi is Pisces and the karma of saptrishis should be 10th

from Pisces being

the sign of Sagittarius whereby SUN occupies it and being vargottama shows Swamiji

karma was to be the spread of light(SUN) i.e. Vedanta and dharma and to be a Guru.

Swami Sardananda

Swami Sardananda - December 23, 1865,18:32hrs,Kolkata

Lagna 29

Ge 30' 13.96

Mars - AK 27

Sc 21' 10.82

Venus - AmK

24 Sc 19' 34.45

Saturn - BK 17

Li 34' 02.12"

Jupiter - MK 16

Sg 31' 27.80

Moon - PiK 14

Aq 27'

Mercury (R) - GK

9 Sg 35' 35.50

Sun - PK 9

Sg 48' 16.50

Rahu - DK 25

Vi 12' 01.57

Ketu 25 Pi

12' 01.57

The native was the one of the 16 monastic disciples of Sri Ramakrishna

Jupiter is strongly placed in Sagittarius with Sun and Mercury .The lord of 9th

house both

Rahu and Saturn are in a very good position from Jupiter. Saturn is chara bhratrukaraka

and is aspecting the Jupiter. Rahu is the 9th

lord having a rasi dristi sambandha with

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Jupiter and they are together in navamsa. Thus sambandha of Jupiter with 9th

lord of bk

shows one has a Yoga with his guru.[Yoga in Sanskrit means union].

Vimsottari Dasa (started from Moon):

Jup MD: 1873-06-17 - 1889-06-17

Ven AD: 1881-04-28 - 1883-12-30

Pratyantardasas in this AD:

Ven: 1881-04-28 - 1881-10-11

Sun: 1881-10-11 - 1881-11-28

Moon: 1881-11-28 - 1882-02-14

Mars: 1882-02-14 - 1882-04-12

Rah: 1882-04-12 - 1882-09-08

Jup: 1882-09-08 - 1883-01-14

Sat: 1883-01-14 - 1883-06-17

Merc: 1883-06-17 - 1883-11-04

Ket: 1883-11-04 - 1883-12-30

The native met his Guru Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa during the Mahadasha of Jupiter

and Antardasha of Venus and pratiantar dasha of mercury

Venus joins Ketu the 9th

lord from karkamsa and Jupiter Rahu[9th

lord] aspects karkamsa

by graha dristi.

Mercury being the GK[cousin] and lagna lord shows association with Guru .He had met

his guru for the 1st time with his cousin who too became Sri Thakurs follower.

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Swami Ramakrishnanda

Swami Ramakrishnanda-Shashi July13,1863-4:57hrs,Ichapur,India

Lagna 26

Ge 48' 32.91

Sun - AK 28

Ge 05' 11.73

Jupiter - AmK 26

Vi 39'

Moon - BK 25

Ta 41' 12.87

Mars - MK 24

Cn 59' 23.78"

Rahu - PiK 12

Sc 36' 18.94

Mercury - GK 8

Ge 14' 53.84"

Venus - PK 13

Le 28' 27.35"

Saturn - DK 8

Vi 12' 57.94

Ketu 12 Ta

36' 18.94"

The revered native is the brother disciple of his holiness swami Vivekananda and his real

name

is Shashi Bhusan Chakrabarty. He met his guru at the age of 21 in October 1883.

The natives BK is Moon being exalted with Ketu and 9th

lord has Saturn has joined

Jupiter and there is a yoga of JUP-MOON-VENUS

Venus lords the 12th

from karakamsa and swami ramakrishnanda was the only disciple

who was known for his firm devotion to his guru sri Ramakrishna and the one who stayed

at barangore monestry worshiping his gurus shrine.

The native met his guru in October 1883 in the shasti-hayani mahadasha of Moon [BK]

Antardasha of Jupiter and pratiantar dasha of Sun[ak] Saturn and Jupiter

Also we can notice that as per jataka parijata the conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter with

sun in lagna produces a muni yoga..

ekāṁśabhāgau gurusūryaputrau dharmasthitau vā yadi karmasaṁsthau| arkādaye

saumyanirīkṣyamāṇau munirbhavedatrabhavaścirāyuḥ

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Thus Jupiter Saturn conjunction with either of them having a lordship over 9th

or 10th

house or their conjunction taking place in these bhavas with sun in the lagna produces a

muni. This should also be checked in navamsa as the presence of this yoga can reveal the

attainment of brahma gyana [Jupiter + Saturn] .Here there is partial yoga of Saturn in 10th

house with sun in lagna with Jupiter dispositor Sun sharing a rasi dristi with Saturn.

Shasti-hayani Dasha (applicable if Sun is in lagna):

Moon MD: 1880-08-03 (16:21:43) - 1886-08-04 (5:15:20)

Jup AD: 1883-08-04 (10:44:29) - 1884-08-03 (16:58:43)

Sun PD: 1883-10-05 (6:33:16) - 1883-12-04 (3:40:45)

Sookshma-antardasas in this PD:

Sun: 1883-10-05 (6:33:16) - 1883-10-15 (9:12:44)

Mars: 1883-10-15 (9:12:44) - 1883-10-25 (10:30:59)

Moon: 1883-10-25 (10:30:59) - 1883-10-31 (10:35:48)

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Char karaka Replacement.

AVy´ ae=ymic NTyae=ymivk ayaeR=ymuCyt e,

t Smadev< ividTvEn< nanuz aeic t umhRis . 2- 25.

avyakto'yamacintyo'yamavikäryo'yamucyate|

tasmädevaà viditvainaà nänuçocitumarhasi| | 2-25| |

Thus Sri Krishna explains that the soul is invisible, inconceivable and unchangeable in

the 2nd

chapter verse no.25 of bhagavad Geeta.

Maharishi Parashara in BPHS explains the charakarak replacement whereby if two

planets attain the same longitudes then they become the karaka jointly and the next slot

falls empty and is occupied by the natural significator or naisargik karaka. Thus the

Parampara teaches charakaraka replacement does not means atma or soul getting

replaced/changed as this is not in the teachings of Geeta but it just has a subtle indication

of change of attitude towards world with respect to that particular charakaraka. It is the

change of view towards the world. The shift one Char karaka to the other shows a

dramatic event which leads to the change of attitude.

Continuing our discussion on BK..

STANDARD NATIVITY

Lagna-2

Sc 45' 48.09" Visa

Rahu - AK

1 Cn 44' 56.19"

Saturn - AmK

24 Vi 35' 04.27

Mercury - BK

24 Li 10' 54.91

Mars - MK

23 Le 50' 42.47"

Venus - PiK

21 Sg 48' 37.13

Jupiter - PK 5

Li 12' 59.86"

Sun – GK

5 Sc 07' 21.51"

Moon - DK

4 Vi 37' 32.01"

Ketu 1 Cp

44' 56.19"

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The native has Saturn in 24degrees[Amk] in Virgo and Mercury[BK] in 24degrees in

Libra. Due to Saturn and Mercury falling in the same longitude there is a charakaraka

replacement occurring here however such a replacement in never an event of immediate

impact but takes time and since this involves the direction and attitude shift of soul we

use the atma kendradi graha dasha to see the shift.

Here mercury becomes the amk and the slot of Bk falls vacant whereby this is taken over

by mars – the natural significator for Bk.

Amk denotes karma and profession and here it is Saturn which is in sanyas yoga giving

inclination to lead a life of renunciation however since mercury is forming a gurushisya

yoga the native was directed to follow his teacher[bk] to propogate and spread the light of

Jyotish. Thus this is a clear case of ones dharma towards [bk] GURU becoming ones

karma [amk].

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Parampara Yoga

#m< ivvSvt e yaeg< àae vanhmVyym!,

ivvSvaNmnve àah mnuirúvak ve=ävIt !. 1.

imaà vivasvate yogaà proktavänahamavyayam|

vivasvänmanave präha manurikñväkave'bravét| | 1| |

The 1st slokha of chapter 4 of bhagavad Geeta begins with the verse said by Sri Bhagwan

how he instructed the divine science of yoga to sun-god Vivasan and how Vivasan

instructed this to Manu-the father of mankind and thus this was instructed to Iksvaku.

Thus we see the transfer of knowledge given by Sri Krishna to sun god and thus there is a

continuous transfer of knowledge forming a GURU-SHISHYA lineage which is called as

Parampara Yoga.

Thus the Parampara yoga if formed when JUPITER conjoins with Ketu or Mercury.

Jupiter + ketu is the yoga whereby a lineage is established out of Ketu [shunya dhyana

meditation].

Jupiter + mercury is the yoga whereby a person joins the lineage of guru Parampara and

this is also known as japa yoga [mercury repetition].

Both the yogas have to seen in rasi and navamsa. Presence of yoga in navamsa can show

the actual will of Sri Vishnu whereby a native joins the Parampara Or creates one.

Parampara Yoga

JUPITER

JUP+KETU JUP + MER

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Swami Vivekananda

Swami Vivekananda , January12,1863,06.33hrs, 88e30,22N40

In swami Vivekananda’s chart we do see the yoga of Jupiter and Ketu present in rasi and

navamsa. Thus Parampara yoga is clearly present in Swamiji chart. Swamiji established

the Ramakrishna mission ashram to propagate Vedanta.

Swami Srila Prabupada

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Swami srila Prabhupada ,September 1,1896,15:24hours,88E50,22N32.

Sri bhaktivedanta swami srila Prabupada is the founder of ISKON and he has a

Parampara yoga of Jupiter Ketu conjoined in Rasi and navamsa.

CHART—SWAMI RAMAKRISHNANDA

Swami Ramakrishnanda-Shashi July13,1863-4:57hrs,Ichapur,India

The native is the brother disciple of swami Vivekananda and there is a yoga of Jupiter

mercury present in both rasi and navamsa.

From the above charts- it is very much important that Parampara yoga be supported by

navamsa as this shows even the will of God. Mere presence of yoga in the rasi will only

show the association of native with some spiritual organization or Parampara.

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Gist of the article

The Vedic astrology is more than just mere rules; It is a GURU MUKHI VIDYA that is

the knowledge received from the mouth of Guru. Hence, here are few of the points that

one needs to see in the chart so that one may make the yoga or association with his or her

guru strong.

●The guru devta is the form of Shiva and hence worship of jyotirlinga related to

Gurudevta (BK) can give the native highest knowledge And thus Shiva will make the

native like a rishi. Generally worship of shiva is suggested as shiva in the 7th

house of

chaturvimsamsa shows the knowledge which is of highest form and it is here where we

worship the parameshti guru and scriptures mention Lord Shiva as the parameshti Guru

and since BK represents the knowledge of both para and apara vidya, worship of

jyotirlinga related to BK is one of the best forms of worship to acquire the higher

understanding of any subject. Alternatively, the native can worship deities as per his

lineage of path and pantheon be it Vishnu rupa or mahavidya form following the code of

conduct.

●If Gurudevta is associated or conjoined with Ishta devta in navamsa then worship of

Ishta devta can bring a guru in ones life. The ishta devta is the deity which guides the

native towards the path of salvation or moksha. If ishta devta is related to BK then

worship of ishta also ensures that one meets his spiritual guru as it is sat guru who guides

the native towards the path of moksha or nirvana.

●In case of people having Rahu as their BK or 9th

lord, their association with Guru from

a foreign culture brings more pratibha or god communion to them.This is mostly evident

in the charts of European and western world natives whereby they are actively inclined

towards Buddhist or hindu spiritual ways of life.

HARI OM TAT SAT