BPHS Ch.29 Final Verses — Mercury in 2H from AL = Ruler-Level Status; Venus in 2H = Kavir-Vadi Poet/Orator; A7 in Kendra/Kona from AL = Wealthy+Famous, 6/8/12 = Low Status; Master Rule: All Padas in Kendra/Kona from AL Flourish; Arudha Padas = Aspects of Native's Own Self (NOT Separate People)

BPHS Ch.29 Verses 30-34 — Final Rules on Arudha Padas

The class picks up at verse 30 (page 302 of Santhanam's edition) and reads to the end of the chapter.

Verse 30 — Mercury or Venus in the 2nd from Arudha Lagna

Key words: saumya in the 2nd from the Arudha → sarva-deśādhipo bhavet, sarvajño yadi vā; kavir vādī ca bhārgave.

• Saumya has two meanings: Mercury, or any natural benefic. Because the verse then names Venus separately, the teacher takes Saumya here as Mercury, "not any generic benefic which includes Venus also".
• Mercury gives status in society and general knowledge. Venus makes one good with words — in debate or in poetry.
• Bottom line: benefics in the 2nd from the Arudha are favourable.

Darapada (A7) in a Kendra or Kona from AL, or Holding a Strong Planet

Two clauses, one result:

1. Darapada (the Arudha of the 7th house, A7) is in a quadrant or trine from Arudha Lagna, or
2. A7 is joined by a sabala graha — a planet "having strength". The verse does not say benefic or malefic. A strong planet is enough.

Result: śrīmān — wealthy and prosperous; deśe vikhyātimān — famous in the country, not just in his own town or house.

Why:

"A7 is not just who you partner with, who your wife is. It is actually more than those — it is how you interact with the world, the kind of interactions you engage in."

• A normal person goes around and asks, "can I talk to you for a few minutes?" When Sachin Tendulkar, Bill Gates or Bill Clinton goes around, everybody pays attention and is eager to meet him.
• A strong planet in A7 = powerful interactions with the world.
• AL is the overall status of the person. Quadrants and trines from AL are things that increase the status. A7 there = his interactions with the world increase his status.

Darapada in the 6th, 8th or 12th from AL

• Adhanaḥ — he does not have much money. His interactions with the world pull his status down.
• Caveat the teacher adds: "you cannot really use thumb rules like this." The 6th is the house of fighting. A7 in the 6th from AL can also mean his tangible interactions with the world make him look like a fighter. Poverty is "just one possibility that Parashara covered".

Happiness from the Spouse

• A planet with good strength in the pada (AL) or the 7th from it, or in a kendra, vṛddhi or trikona → bhāryā-bhartṛ-sukha-pradaḥ, happiness from husband or wife.
• Vṛddhi means growth. The teacher takes it as a synonym for upachaya.
• This is a secondary indication. AL is not the most important Arudha for marriage — the next chapter (Upapada) gives the specific results. But AL is the root, "the seed": status, happiness, marital life, wealth and career are all seen from it. A strong planet in the 7th from AL shows good status, so there is a chance of a good marriage too.

Friendship or Enmity Between the Couple

• Darapada in a kendra or kona from AL → dvayor maitrī — friendship between the two.
• Darapada in the 6th, 8th or 12th → vairaṁ na saṁśayaḥ — enmity, no doubt.
• He is not talking about mutual quadrants or trines in general. AL is the reference, and A7 is judged from it.

The Same Rule for Every Pada

• "Like this, from the Arudha Lagna, O Brahmin" — the padas of children and the rest (tanayādi) are judged the same way: friendliness or enmity, profit or loss.
• The Arudha pada of any house well placed from AL → that area flourishes. Placed in a dusthana from AL → that house suffers. "Simple rule."

"A King Who Rules the Earth" — and Why Not to Take It Literally

• Next line: if Lagna-pada and Darapada are in mutual kendras, or in the 3rd/11th, or in trines → rājā dharādhipaḥ, a king who rules the earth.
• The verse covers every house except 6, 8, 12 and the 2nd.
• The teacher's objection: four quadrants + two more trines + the 3rd and 11th = 8 houses out of 12. Probability 2/3.

"It is not like two-thirds of the people on this earth are kings who rule the earth. So the bottom line is, it is good for the status."

Closing Verse

• From the Lagna-pada, see Dhana-pada and the other padas, look at how the two places stand to each other, and then tell the results of the native.
• Any Arudha pada in the 6th, 8th or 12th from AL → the area it shows will be problematic.
• Padas in kendras and konas, "and perhaps in 3 and 11" → they flourish.

Padas Are Aspects of the Native, Not Other People

• Taught earlier at SJC: AL shows the native and Upapada shows the wife, so Upapada in the 12th from AL = the wife is ignored by the native; AL in the 12th from Upapada = the native is ignored by the wife.
• Parashara "is not saying any such thing. So let us keep our mind open on those things. They may or may not be accurate."

"Upapada is not necessarily your wife. It is basically your marriage. Your marriage is part of you, part of your life. So A5, A7, UL — these are all aspects of your own personality."

• A pada well placed from AL → that aspect of your personality is strong. Weakly placed → that aspect suffers.

Chapter 29 is finished. Chapter 30 (Upapada, marriage) starts in the next class.

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