BPHS Ch.30 Final: Mercury in AL = King Over All Territories (Sarva-Desha-Adhika); Jupiter in AL = All-Knowing (Sarvajna); Venus in AL = Poet+Orator (Kavi-Vadi); Functional Benefic in 2nd from UL/AL = All Wealth+Intelligence; 2nd from 7th Lord from UL: Rahu=Big Teeth, Ketu=Halting Speech, Saturn=Ugly

BPHS Ch.30 — Mercury / Jupiter / Venus in Arudha Lagna

Verse (as heard): "Arudhe samsthite saumye sarva-deshadhipo bhavet / sarvajnas tatra devejye, kavir vadi cha bhargave"

Who is Saumya?

The word has two possible meanings:

• Mercury — the son of Soma.
• One who is gentle, tender — a term for natural benefics. (Functional benefics are called shubha.)

The second line settles it.

"Because the second line specifically says if Jupiter, this is the result, if Venus, this is the result, the first line which says if Saumya, this is the result, must be Mercury, not a general benefic planet."

The three results

Why Mercury for power, and not the Sun?

• One would expect the Sun to give power. The point here is a natural benefic acting on the Arudha: the person's image becomes very powerful. The Sun's influence may show the same thing.
• Oratory is given to Venus, though Mercury is the karaka of speech and could as well give it. Venus is rajasic, so forceful, effective speaking fits Venus too.

"Just because he classified in this particular manner doesn't mean these are strictly classified like this."

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BPHS Ch.30 — Functional Benefic in 2nd from UL or AL

Verse (as heard): "Uparudhat … vapi dhanasthe shubhakhechare / sarva-dravyadhipo dhiman jayate dvijasattama"

• Reference: either the Upapada or the Arudha Lagna — one of the two.
• Dhanasthe shubhakhechare — a functional benefic in the 2nd house from it.
• Sarva-dravyadhipa — owner of all kinds of material things; excellent material success, all kinds of property.
• Dhiman — very intelligent.

"Having a functional benefic in the 2nd house from Upapada or Arudha Lagna is a great blessing."

Upapada is not only marriage

• We normally see Upapada only for marriage. Parashara does not limit it so. A few verses back (verse 23) he lists the lagna pada and the Upapada among the references from which the fortune of the person is seen — the sign, the 7th from it, its lord. (The third reference is garbled on the recording.)
• If one of these references is very powerful, the person can be very successful.

"Upapada is not just marriage. It is also your overall status in the society. Of course, your marriage reflects on your status."

• Both Upapada and Arudha Lagna should be seen to judge how successful a person is.

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BPHS Ch.30 — 2nd Lord from UL in the 2nd with a Malefic

Verse (as heard): "Uparudha … dvitiye … sthite, papakhechara-samyukte chauro bhavati nishchitam"

Condition: the 2nd lord from the Upapada is in the 2nd house from the Upapada itself, and is conjoined by functional malefics.

Result stated: he will be a thief (chaura).

How to read it:

• The 2nd house holding its own lord means resources and wealth come. He is successful.
• The malefic influence spoils the means.

"It's not necessarily that he is a thief, but his money is not earned in a straightforward way. There may be some evils committed, some sins committed on the way."

The general lesson: see UL and AL for status, and the 2nd from them for property and success. Then look at the other influences on those places. Only benefic influences — all good. Malefic influences also — something undesirable lies behind the success.

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BPHS Ch.30 — 2nd from the 7th Lord from UL

Verse (as heard): "Tat-saptama-grihadhishad rahau dhanagate dvija / damshtravan jayate balah, stabdha-vak ketu-khechare … shanaishchare kurupah syat saptameshad dvitiyage / mishra-graha-samayukte phalam mishram samadishet"

The position

A student asked whether it is counted from UL or from the 2nd of UL. From UL:

"Take UL, take the 7th house from it, take the lord of it, see where he is. From where he is, take the 2nd house. In the 2nd house, look at the planets."

Results

Good planets are left for you to work out

• All three examples Parashara gives are bad ones. Then he says mixed planets give mixed results. So a good planet alone gives a good result; Jupiter with Saturn gives a mixed one. He does not say what the good results are and expects you to work them out.
• Mercury: the scholarship, the knowledge, the flexible nature of the person.
• Jupiter: the knowledge, intelligence and wisdom of the person.
• Venus: maybe big eyes that hold the spouse.

Why this position?

• Upapada = marriage.
• 7th from UL = interaction in the marriage, how one interacts with the spouse.
• The 7th lord = the application of intelligence, the attitude behind that interaction.
• The 2nd from that lord = the house of food. It feeds that interaction.

"It is a factor that controls how your spouse views you."

• It is something that either attracts the spouse to you or repels the spouse from you. Ketu there: he cannot find his words, it bothers the spouse, and she does not want to talk to him much.
• A student asked whether these traits concern the communication only, or the person in general. Answer: they are traits of the person — big teeth, an ugly face, good looks — and they act on the interaction. Each planet signifies many qualities; the one shown there puts the spouse off or draws the spouse in.

"If you give a lot of food, somebody grows fat. If you give unhealthy food, the person becomes weak. If you give poisonous food, the person becomes sick."

The person's attractive and repelling qualities are food to the intelligence in the interaction. They make it grow or thin out.

Chapter 30 Ends Here

"With this, we have finished this chapter in BPHS. So from the next class, we have to decide which chapter we will continue. The next one is Argala, but we did it long back."

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