15, 2020

The Massive Science of Time, Brihat Hora Sastra by Varaha Mihira

Sastra means Science, systematized knowledge of Nature. Not only physical sciences, Sastra includes spiritual sciences as well, as Indian Philosophy deals with both  Matter and Spirit, Purusha & Prakriti.

Siddhanta Sastra means the Science of Astronomy & Hora Sastra means the Science of Astrology.

P N Oak was right when he said that the English word Hour is a malpronunciation of the Sanskrit word Hora. Hora Sastra means the Science of Hour, Time.

When I met the astro scholar, Avanoor Asan, he was              ecstatic when he described the Master, Varaha.  Said the Master was an Avatar, who came to redeem this infinite Ocean of Knowledge which is the  Science of Time, this Hora Sastra , Hora Sastra Maharnava pratharane.

Aditya Dasathanayastava apta Bodha
Kapishtalo Savithru Labda vara prasada 
Avantiko Muni manany avalokya Samyak 
Horaam Varaha Mihiram ruchiram chakara

Savithru Labda vara prasada refers to Revealations received by the Master in higher states of Consciousness, symbolically depicted as boons from the  Sun ! 

An astronomer, mathematician and astrologer par excellence, Varaha strode the scene like an intellectual colossus, contributing to all the three branches of the triune Astro Physics, the Thriskanda Jyotis Sastra – Siddanta, Samhita & Hora.

See how he describes The Significations of the Twelve Houses  in just two lines

Kalya  Swa     Vikrama Griha Prathibha Kshatani
Chittotha Randhra Guru  Mana Bhava Vyayani.
The Quintessence of BHS are these two  verses

Planetary states are    seven,
Exalted is Sampoorna,
Devoid of strength positional is Riktha
In inimical, Is Anishta Phalada called !

Fallen from Exaltation is Avarohee
Madhya in houses of  fiends,
Arohinee when rising,
And Adhama in houses inimical !

Samyak balina  swa tunga bhage
Sampoorna balavarjitasya Riktha
Neechamsa gathasya satrubhage
Jneya  Anishtaphala  Dasa   prasoothu

Bhrishtasya tungath Avarohi samjna
Madhya bhaveth sa Suhrud Ucchabhamse
Arohinee nimna parichyutasya
Neecharibhageth Adhama bhaveth Sa !

BHS is Varaha’s magnum opus. wherein he spells out the principles of the Science of Time, in 384  verses of golden Sanskrit Poetry.

BHS has a great competitor, BPHS, Brihat Parasara Hora Sastra, consisting of 4000 verses.

he Eighteen Sciences

About the 18 Intuitive Sciences & 18 Eternal Arts of Indian Philosophy.

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Thursday, June 11, 2020

Chaandra Siddhanta II

Chandra Siddhanta II, Theory of Luna

In the Orient, Lalla contributed heavily to the Lunar Theory, as did Newton, Ptolemy & Brahe in the Occident !

Both are  great Civilizations and none plagiarized from the other !

John Playfair, mathematician,
Extolled the Eternians,
For their possession of a Calculus
Equivalent to Trignometry.

(  Did not Einstein say
Indians taught us Maths ?
Or the great Laplace, that System Decimal
Is Indian in origin ? )

The multi step algorithms
Of mighty Hindu Astronomy
Is known as Graha Sphuta Ganita,
Base of all Panchang computations.

We have not defined Vipata Kendra,
The  Vipata Anomaly,
Vi means without
Patha means Node.

Vipata Anomaly means Angle
Between Position and Node.
This is the Second Correction,
Position reduced to Ecliptic.

Manda Anomaly means Angle
Between Position and  Aphelion
Sheeghra Anomaly means Angle
Between Position and  Sun

By Position we mean
The Position of the Planet.
Aphelion is a Point,
180 degrees away from Perihelion.

Of the Fourteen Kendras plotted
The First One deals with the Annual Equation
Moon accelerates during July
And decelerates during Jan !
First Kendra Sin ( Mr + 180 ) * 658

The Second dealt with Equation Parallactic
Sun’s perturbing action on Luna
Creates inequalities in her motion
Second Kendra Sin ( Lc – Lr ) * 121

The Third dealt with Evection,
Moon seems to be carried away
By the Sun’s celestial pull !
Third Kendra   Sin ( 2*T – Mc ) * 4467

The Fourth deals with The Variation
Moon accelerates at 0 and 180
And decelerates at 90 and 270
Fourth Kendra Sin ( 2*T + 6 Signs ) * 2145

All these Four
Are major perturbations.
Ten more are there
Needing corrections trignometric!

Anomaly is defined as the Angle
Between Position & Perihelion
There is no Eccentric Anomaly,
In Indian computations !

All Glory is Thine !

Even though Shaw extolled sex as divine,
Which bringeth a celestial flood of emotion
And exaltation of existence,
She too has her demerits.

King Purooravas, noble King,
Born in the tribe of Ila, Lunar Dynasty,
Fell in love with celestial nymph, Urvashi,
And indulged in pleasures sensory.

Urvashi told him about women,
That they are ruthless and cruel
And will not hesitate to assassinate
Own husband or brother.

One day, Conscience became dominant
Conscience chided him
” Thou art wasting precious time
Over pleasures transitory.

Aim of Life is to actualise Self
Beware of the loss of Ayus”.
Lust is the First Deadly Sin
Which binds man to world sublunar !

Bhogangal ellam kshana prabha chanchalam
Vegena nashtamam ayussumorka nee.

Love for sensual  pleasures
Bind thee to the mundane !
Hard Sacrifice alone can give key
To the Heaven of Self Actualisation

Bhogangaliccha
Bandhamakunnu
Tat Tyagamakunnathu
Moksham ennothunnu

Due to Thy Influence
He became blase, of pleasures sensory.
That made him come to Thy Bhakti Yoga
And actualise Thee !

Aila Pragurvaseem pratyati
vivasamana seva maanchitastvam
Gadam Nirvdhya Bhooyo Yuvati
Sukham idam Kshurameveti gayan
Thval Bhaktim prapya poorna sukhataramachara
Thvdhva dhudhooya sangam
Bhaktotamsam kriya mam Pavanapurapathe
Pahimam Sarva Rogaal

Maya Tatamidam sarvam
Jagat Avyakta Moorthina
By Me is this vast Universe pervaded,
By Me, the Unmanifest !

says the Lord in the Holy Geetha.

Therefore, our primary duty is to
Love All & Serve All.

Ekkanda Characharngale
Okkayum Snehikkka allo
Uthama Bhagavata
Dharmam ennarika Nee !

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That Self Realisation is the Goal,

PURPOSE OF LIFE   —   SELF REALISATION

That Self Realisation is the Goal,

Of this relativistic Life,

Is endorsed by the Mighty Triad,

Brahma Sutras, Gita and Upanishads 

Swa Vimarsaha Purusharthah,

Yoga resembles Transpersonal Psychology,

Swa means Self, Realisation is Vimarshah

And Parama Purushartha is SR.

When babe soul rests on Brahm,

When it discovers its innate divinity,

It has fulfilled purrpose of  Life,

Brahma Sayoojam, Self Actualisation

Janma Sphalyam Appozhe Vannu poy

Brahma Sayoojyam Kitteedum Ennallo !

When the babe soul transmutes

Itself into divine nature

Purpose of Life is fulfilled

And Brahma Sayujyam effectuated

Sreedharacharyan Thanu Paranjithu
Badarayanan Thanu Arul cheythu

Geetayum Paranjeedunnathingine

Vedavum Bahumanichu Chollunnu !

The Master Sreedhara proclaimed same,
And so did the divine Badarayana.

The Sacred Gita averred same,

Followed by the Infinite Vedas !

The Trilogy of Books, Prasthana Trayee,

Endorses this Maha Vakya.

The Guru Parampara also,

Endorse Diviine Transmutation.

Trans Personal  Psychology  has it

That such a man becomes the Self Actualising Person,

Of  Maslow, liviing in widest possible reference,

Which is Universal Love

Transmutation is taking place,

In Nature; two atoms of Hydrogen,

Combine and form Helium,

With emission of Heat.

This Secret of the Stars,

Was known to the Rishis,

If they had not known this principle,

They wouldnt have dared to speak of Transformation !

Matter is transformed,

Into supramentalised matter !

By the forces of Nature,

Thus effecting super Nature?

Divine Transmutation explains

How SIddhartha became Buddha
Raman, Bhagavan Ramana

And Aravindan, Bhagavan Aurobindo.

Water doesnt boil at 99 degrees,

SImilarly Realisation Ultimate takes place,

When all negative forces are destroyed,

And Light invades the world’s inconscient base.

Adversary Force in us must be destroyed,

And evil slain in its own home.

For us to glimpse the Divine,

The  True Actualisation of Self !

Kamam Krodam Lobham Moham

Tyaktatranam Pasyati Soham

He who erases the Evil Four

Finds himself as Self !

If West says Never stop Marketing,
East says Never Stop Yoga !

It is the Dynamic West

And the Contemplative East !

No two objects in Universe are same

There is none like you.

There may be similar objects,

But not SAME.

Hence Secularism is fallacious,

As Religions may be similar,
But not same. To say that they are same

Smacks of ignorance profound !

Every Man belongs to the Infinity,

In himself and hence unique, averred Aurobindo.

Similarly are all Religions,

Similar, but not same.

On this auspicious day 1871708^th of Kali Era 5125 , in the Cosmological Cycle, Brahma Kalpa Sveta Varaha , in the 28^th Equinoctial Cycle, Chatur Yuga, Day of Week/ Vara being Thursday, in the Season/Rithu , Varsha, in the Solstice Dakshinayana, in the Lunar Saka Era 1945, Buddhist 2567, Masonic 6023, Malayalam 1198, in the NItya Yoga Parigha, in the Asterism Magha, Lunation First / Prathama, in the Lunar Month Bhadra, in the Solar Month SImha, in the planetary hour of Saturn  with elongation 6.5.

OF  WORLD PEACE

It is heartening to note,

That the Indian PM’s name,

Hath been recommended,

For establishing World Peace !

“My chariots shall not be bloody,
Till the earth records my name”,

Said the conscientious Buddha,

As he renounced War.

Milton averred ” Peace hath her victories,

No less renouned than War ” !

Man’s essential nature is Peace,

War is only an abnormality !

How can a Nation which declares Peace,

Aum Shanti, Shanti, advocate War ?  

From the ethical, moral angle,

Peace gets Fame, and War notoriety !

Love cognised is Truth

Love in action is Non VIolence

Love as pure Being is Wisdom

Love as Feeling is Peace.

Yet, many believe that war is a necessity biologic,

An outlet for the human desire to compete and excel !
Conquest by force is only half victory,

True victory is conquest by Love !

Harmony has to be established,

And perfection worked out.

We have to effectuate the Divine,

In a conflicting and contradicting world    !

We have been instructed,
To rise from Non Being to Being,

Asado Ma Sad Gamaya,

And to rise from Darkness to Light.

In other words,
From the Negative to the Positive.

But we have a big problem here,

As we are confronted by qualities negative !

We have seen Death,

But not Immortality !

Mrutyor Ma Amritam Gamaya,

Appears to be difficult !

Death, Non Being, Ignorance,

Darkness, adversity, disease,
All these we have seen,

But never experienced the Positive !

Qualties Negative,

Are merely the first terms of the Formula,

Unintellible to us,

Till we work out its esoteric terms !

These qualities negative,

Are merely initial discords

Of the Musician’s symphony,

Didnt He create a world miserable ?

That too deliberately flawing perfection,

Of His Own Creation ?

The discords of the world are Lord’s discords,

To unfold the Godhead within us?

The tormenting Evil is He,

As well as the Redeeming Grace !

Oru Kai Praharikkave

Maru Kai kondu thalodum Easwaran !

Only when we have an integral vision,

Can we see beyond all masks,

The serene and lovely face,

Of  the All Blissful Godhead !

His tests test our imperfection,

True friemd is He and Heart, the Teacher !

Mind is the greatest Guru,

And world, the true Book !

Let us be what the Seer Poets recommended,

What Lord Krishna recommended to Arjuna,

Realised souls viewing Becoming,

Under the metaphor of Being !

Let us rise from Death to Self Realisation,

From the Darkness of Nescience to Light Supernal,

From the mirage of Non Being to True Being,

Thus fulfilling that eternal Prayer Asato Ma Sadgamaya !

Did not Bhagavan Aurobindo,

Say that Strive and thou shalt have ?
Trust and thy trust shall be justified ?
That the Divine Crown is within our reach ?

That we have to overcome the Negative,

And reach the Positive !
And Implement Positivity,

Then only shall the world be redeemed !

The Kingdom of Heaven,

Is both worldly and transworldly

To implement this Rama Rajya,

India, US and Russia exist !

What is the esoteric.

Meaning of the above words,

Uttered by the divine Aurobindo,

Founder of Integral Yoga ? “Transcend Thyself,
Become Thyself !True nature of ManIs to be more than himself !

Man is a political animal,

He is influenced by factors five,

Education, Environment,

Exposure, Experience and the Genetic.

” These are the five intervening variables,

Which intermediate in the causal equation”,

Averred the  great Tolman,

Father of Motivational Psychology !

Transcend thyself means,

To transcend thy political self,

Political self is Mr Hyde or Diti,

As all men are Machiavellis !

Become Thyself means,

To become thy true self,

Self aligned to Conscience,

Self which is wholly Positive !

The whole nature of Man,

Is to be more than himself,

Evolution is forward oriented

From amoeba to Man Divine !

Man carries cultural baggage,

Ruled as he is by the ego function

Ego is Msn’s weakness.

And the  imperfect term in him !

Evil continues to be a formidable force,

In Man. Until Evil is destroyed,

And Light invades the inconscient base,

He will have to battle it out within himself !

Evil is the hidden foe lodged in humans,

Man has to overcome  this mighty adversary,

Or miss his Fate Divine,

This is the inner war ineluctable !

Never think the Way is easy,

Long, difficult, dangerous it is !

Thou shalt be tested,

By both Heaven and Earth !

Heaven will subject thee,

To pitiless trials and tribulations.

Hell will open its mouth,

To threaten and wound thee !

Spirituality develops only,

Under peculiar adversity

It seems He polishes his jewels

With the diamond dust of Adversity !

Like an Aurobindo having Universal Vision,

In the confinesof a jail !

Or like Jesus crying out loud,

” Father, why has thou forsaken me ?”

Or like, Melpathur, unable to move,

When he worked on his magnum opus.

Or like, Poonthanam writing Jnanappana,

After the death of his son !

Or like Dante, disappointed in love,
When he composed Divina Comedia !

Or like the great TIlak,

When he composed Gita Rahasya in jail !

Shloka, verse, arises from Shoka, sorrow,

Tasso’s was a sorrowful life.

So was Keats’ and all the greats,

Suffered more than commoners !

Wise Poets defined it as the Razor’s Edge,

Maugham wrote a book about it !

We have to walk on Razor’s Edge alone,

Lean is the path and way unknown !

Enlightenment is Release,

From Ego’s tutelage !

This can only be effected,

By aligning with Self Divine

Divine alchemy is Yoga,

Human is transmuted to Divine

From Animal Man to Human Man

And finally to Divine Man.

Date of inception of this blog is auspicious indeed ! Was Independence Day.  Today is a New Moon day, AMAVASYA..