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See also: BPL page pancha-maha-purusha yoga

Aadityaaya somaaya mangalaaya budhaaya cha |

guru Shukra Shanibhyashcha raahaveketave namah ||

Maha-pranama to Jyotiṣika Shri B. V. Raman

in deep respect to his lifetime of devoted service

to Jyotishavidya Vedanga

पञ्चमहापुरुषाः

pańca mahā puruṣāh

Panchmahapurusha Yoga

Five Great Persons

from B.V. Raman, Three Hundred Important Combinations. (10th ed., Delhi, 1991). Originally published in 1947.

Yoga 19-23

Supplementary comments, examples, vocabulary notes, and text formatting for elucidation of Shri Raman's key points - supplied by BP Lama

VOCABULARY from

Koeln Sanskrit Lexicon - www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de

QUOTATION from

B.V. Raman. Three Hundred Important Combinations. (first ed. 1947, 10th ed 1991)

" The Panchmahapurusha Yogas can be said to exist only when the planets concerned are strong and are full of vitality .

The meaning implies five types of great men .

Naturally, a really powerful Yoga would be a rare phenomenon.

Emphasis is laid on the word halishta so that if a planet is weak by debilitation, association or aspect the Yoga does not operate in its real sense, though nominally, it may exist.

Here importance is attached to the de facto rather than de jure presence of the Yoga. ..."

[end quote, 300-BVR]

19. Hamsa Yoga =

EXAMPLES - PUBLIC FIGURES

[Guru in lagna-1] = [Hamsha Yoga]

[Guru-Karkata] = [uchcha] = [dikbala]

[Guru-Dhanus] = [svakshetra] = [dikbala]

[Guru-Meena] = [svakshetra] = [dikbala] = [Hamsha Yoga]

[Guru in bhava-4] = [Hamsha Yoga]

[Guru-Karkata] = [uchcha]

[Guru-Dhanus]

[Guru-Meena]

hamsha_gold5.jpg19. Hamsa Yoga हंस

VOCABULARY

√ हन् ?

  • हंस haṃsa = swan, white-feather bird symbolizing spirit

QUOTATION from

B.V. Raman 300 Important Combinations (10th ed, 1991). p 43, #19

[begin quote] "Definition.

Results

  • His legs will have the markings of a conch, lotus, fish and ankusa.
  • He will possess a hand some body
  • he will be liked by others
  • he will be righteous in disposition and pure in mind.

Remarks.

This and the following four Yogas go under the special distinction of Panchamahapurusha Yogas producing five kinds of great men.

Varahamihira has extolled these five combinations in his Brihat Samhita.

Hamsa Yoga is caused if Jupiter is in a Kendra which should be identical with his own sign or the sign in which he gets exalted.

In other words, Hamsa Yoga is possible in respect of all common and the movable signs Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn.

The assumption here is that Lagna is also a Kendra or quadrant.

Those born in fixed signs (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius) cannot possess Hamsa Yoga, inasmuch as neither Jupiter's exaltation sign nor own house can be identical with his situation in a Kendra.

The strength of the Yoga is dependent as usual on the strength of Lagna and Jupiter and in which Kendra he is disposed. Obviously, the tenth Kendra is the most powerful.

The ownership of Kendra by Jupiter is not desirable but when Hamsa Yoga is present the general principle loses its significance.

As between the situation of Jupiter in a Kendra identical with svakshetra and a Kendra identical with his uchcha, Hamsa Yoga caused by the latter is preferable inasmuch as even the trace of evil due to Jupiter's quadrangular ownership disappears.

Hamsa Yoga should be very carefully interpreted, as it is supposed to produce a man of sterling character and immense moral fibre."

[end quote - 300 BVR]

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[Guru in bhava-7] = [Hamsha Yoga]

[Guru-Karkata] = [uchcha]

  • Knowledge of Higher Worlds 1861-1925 Rudolf Steiner [imaginative-guided Aśleṣa-4]

  • POTUS-46 Pandemic 1942- Joe Biden [protective-customary Punarvasu-4] = [navamsha Guru-Karkata-uchcha] = double-uchcha [vargottamsha]

***

  • Cleopatra 1932-2011 AIDS activist Elizabeth Taylor [governing-regulatory Aśleṣa-2] = [navamsha Guru-Makara-nīcha] + + [Vaishva-Shani-1 mutual-drishti Aśleṣa-Guru-7] + + [Andromeda-Rahu-3 mutual-drishti Aśleṣa-Guru-7] = Deha-pushti Yoga

[Guru-Dhanus]

[Guru-Meena]

[Guru in bhava-10] = [Hamsha Yoga]

[Guru-Karkata] = [uchcha]

[Guru-Dhanus] = lagnesha

[Guru-Meena]

  • NASCAR 1951-2001 motorsports Dale Earnhardt [calculating-analyzing Uttarabhādra-2]

  • Faith 1963-2016 singer-songwriter George Michael [corporate-organizational Revatī-2] = [navamsha Guru-Makara-nīcha]

  • Golf 1975- champion Tiger Woods [governing-organizational Revatī-2] = [navamsha Guru-Makara-nīcha]
20. Malavya Yoga Malavya Yoga

EXAMPLES

[Shukra in lagna-1] + [Shukra-Urisha]

***

[Shukra in lagna-1] + [Shukra-Tula]

[Shukra in lagna-1] + [Shukra-Meena -uchcha]

***

  • POTUS-01 American Revolution 1732-1799 George Washington [calculating-strategic Uttarabhādra-2] = [navamsha Shukra-Kanya-nīcha] + [uchcha-Uttarabhādra-Shukra-yuti-Shani-Uttarabhādra]

  • Raag Khamaj 1920-2012 sitarist Ravi Shankar [transformative-customary Pūrvābhādra-4] + [uchcha-Pūrvābhādra-Shukra-yuti-Surya-Revatī]

[Shukra in bhava-4] [Shukra-Urisha]

[Shukra in bhava-4] = [Shukra-Tula]

[Shukra in bhava-4] = [Shukra-Meena] = [uchcha] = [dikbala]

Malavaya_5sita.jpg20. Malavya Yoga = Maidlaya

VOCABULARY

√

  • माला mālā = garland, circlet, diadem, necklace
  • मालाव्य = mālāvya = wreathed, garlanded, crowned

QUOTATION from

B.V. Raman 300 Important Combinations. (10th ed, 1991). p 48, #20

[begin quote] "Definition.

  • Venus should occupy a quadrant which should be his own or exaltation sign.

Results.

The person will have

  • well-developed physique,
  • will be strong-minded,
  • wealthy,
  • happy with children and wife,
  • will command vehicles,
  • endowed with clean sense-organs
  • and renowned
  • and learned.

Remarks.

Malavya Yoga can come into existence if Venus is exalted in a Kendra or occupies a Kendra which should be his own house.

Malavya Yoga cannot occur with reference to every sign of the zodiac.

Consistent with the nature of Venus, Malavya Yoga will make one resolute, immensely rich and give him happiness from wife and children and fame and name.

Venus is the indicator of conveyances, sensual pleasures, music, dancing, fine arts, luxury and material comforts.

Naturally Malavya Yoga renders one inclined towards all the indications of Venus, with the result that his spiritual advancement and outlook will be in inverse ratio to his material comforts and pleasures.

In other words, while both Hamsa and Malavya are Raja Yogas, the former makes one more idealistic, spiritual, broad-minded and selfless, while the latter indicates love of pleasure, and a predominantly materialistic outlook of life.

Malavya Yoga can manifest in reference to the various Bhavas as given hereunder for persons born in different Lagnas.

  • First house Seventh house Tenth house

  • Taurus, Libra and Pisces
  • Aries, scorpio and Virgo
  • Gemini, Leo and Capricorn
  • Sagittarius, aquarius and
  • Cancer ... Fourth house"

[end quote, 300-BVR]

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[Shukra in bhava-7] = [Shukra-Urisha]

  • USA Black Power 1925-1965 Nation of Islam Malcolm X [champion-innovative Rohiṇī-1] + [Rohiṇī-Shukra-yuti-Surya-Kṛttikā ]

  • USA-Sen-Tenn VPOTUS Climate Change 1948- Al Gore [populist-profitable Kṛttikā-3]

***

  • UK-Princess 1961-1997 Diana Spencer [governing-regulatory Kṛttikā-2]

[Shukra in bhava-7] = [Shukra-Tula]

[Shukra in bhava-7] = [Shukra-Meena -uchcha]

***

[Shukra in bhava-10] = [Shukra-Urisha]

[Shukra in bhava-10] = [Shukra-Tula]

[Shukra in bhava-10] = [Shukra-Meena] = [uchcha]

***
21. Sasa Yoga = Shasa Yoga = Shāsana Yoga

EXAMPLES

[Shani in lagna-1] = [Shani-Tula-uchcha]

***

[Shani in bhava-1] = [Shani-Makara-Draco]

[Shani in bhava-1] = [Shani-Kumbha]

***

  • Das Kapital 1818-1883 economics Karl Marx [financial-heritage Pūrvābhādra-2]

  • Memories Dreams Reflections 1875-1961 Carl Jung [counseling-advising Dhaniṣṭha-3 [navamsha-Shani-Tula-uchcha] = [mulatrikona]

[Shani in bhava-4] = [Shani-Tula-uchcha]

  • Cuba-Dictator 1926-2016 Fidel Castro [publicizing-explaining Viśākha-3] [4, basic infrastructure]

[Shani in bhava-4] = [Shani-Makara-Draco]

[Shani in bhava-4] = [Shani-Kumbha]

***

[Shani in bhava-7] = [Shani-Tula-uchcha]

  • Esoteric Astrology 1925-2005 Jyotiṣika Bepin Behari [pioneering-initiating Viśākha-1] = [navamsha Shani-Mesha-nīcha] + + [Shani-7 parivartamsha Shukra-10]

  • Apple Computer 1955-2011 Steve Jobs [collaborative-instructional Viśākha-3] ?

[Shani in bhava-7] [Shani-Makara-Draco]

  • Avant-gardiste 1933- Beatle-pair Yoko Ono [collaborative-teamworking Śrāvaṇa-3] + [Śrāvaṇa-Shani-yuti-Shukra-Śrāvaṇa]

***

[Shani in bhava-7] = [Shani-Kumbha]

***

Shasaya_5purpl.jpg21. Sasa Yoga = Shasa Yoga = Shāsana Yoga

VOCABULARY

√ शास् shās = regulate, discipline

  • शास śāsa shasa = command, ruler, order
  • शासन śāsana shasana = correction, dominion
  • shasya = having command, governor

QUOTATION from

B.V. Raman 300 Important Combinations. (10th ed, 1991). p 49, #21

[begin quote] "Definition.

Sasa Yoga is given rise to

Results.

One born in this Yoga

  • will command good servants.
  • His character will be questionable.
  • He will be head of a village or a town or even a King,
  • will covet other's riches
  • and will be wicked in disposition.

Remarks.

Here Saturn comes into the picture. He should be exalted in a Kendra or occupy a Kendra being his own house. Birth in movable or fixed signs can give rise to Sasa Yoga by a certain disposition of Saturn.

naturally, common signs are exempted.

Saturn's inherent nature seems to play a large part in giving rise to the Yoga. Saturn is cruel, mean, undignified and sinful and consistent with these characteristics, the results of Sasa Yoga should be depicted.

The man no doubt becomes famous and happy but his sexual outlook would be perverse. He would be sporting with other men's wives and he would employ every unscrupulous means to gain other's money. Most of our 'war contractors' would perhaps be having Sasa Yoga otherwise they could not have minted millions at the cost of the poor man.

In interpreting the Sasa Yoga, due consideration should be bestowed on The disposition of the Moon.

If this luminary is free from affliction, then the person having Sasa Yoga will not covet other's wealth nor will he be unscrupulous.

Where the Moon is not afflicted, the evil results attributed to Sasa Yoga can have an only 'restricted play'."

[end quote - 300 BVR]

BPL comment

  • in 7 or 10, supplies empowerment for lawful structures and institutional governance

excellence in matters of age, maturity, stamina, endurance, respectability, bones, stones, orderliness, social hierarchies, rank and status, rule-governed systems, lawful structures, governance

Shasa Yoga can occur for these eight indriya-lagna

  • Mesha indriya-lagna

  • Urisha indriya-lagna
  • Karkata indriya-lagna
  • Simha indriya-lagna
  • Tula indriya-lagna
  • Vṛścika indriya-lagna

  • Makara indriya-lagna

  • Kumbha indriya-lagna

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[Shani in bhava-10] [Shani-Tula] = [uchcha] = [svabhava] = [Shasa Yoga]

***

[Shani in bhava-10] = [Shani-Makara-Draco]

  • Homeopathy 1755-1843 Dr. Samuel Hahnemann [conceptual-imaginative Uttarāṣāḍha-4]

  • USA-Sen-Mass 1932-2009 Teddy Kennedy [visionary-guided Uttarāṣāḍha-4]

[Shani in bhava-10] = [Shani-Kumbha]

22. Ruchaka Yoga रुचक

EXAMPLES - PUBLIC FIGURES

[Mangala in lagna-1] [Mangala-Mesha]

***

[Mangala in lagna-1] = [Mangala-Vṛścika]

***

[Mangala in lagna-1] = [Mangala-Makara-Draco-uchcha]

***

[Mangala in bhava-4] = [Mangala-Mesha]

***

[Mangala in bhava-4] = [Mangala-Vṛścika]

[Mangala in bhava-4] = [Mangala-Makara-Draco] = [uchcha] = [Ruchaka Yoga]

ruchaka_5hibiscus.jpg22. Ruchaka Yoga रुचक

VOCABULARY

√ रुच् ruch = bright, radiant, splendorous [latin = lux, english = light]

  • रुचक ruchaka = golden ornament or necklace, talisman to bring good luck

QUOTATION from

B.V. Raman 300 Important Combinations (10th ed, 1991). p 51, #22

[begin quote] "Definition.

  • Mars should be exalted in a Kendra
  • or occupy a Kendra which should be his own sign.

Results.

The person born in Ruchaka will

  • have a strong physique,
  • famous,
  • well-versed in ancient lore,
  • King or an equal to a King,
  • conforming to traditions and customs.

He will

  • have a ruddy complexion,
  • attractive body,
  • charitable disposition,
  • wealthy,
  • long-lived
  • and leader of an army.

Remarks.

The Panchamahapurusha Yogas can be said to exist only when the planets concerned are strong and are full of vitality. The meaning implies five types of great men.

Naturally, a really powerful Yoga would be a rare phenomenon. Emphasis is laid on the word halishta so that if a planet is weak by debilitation, association or aspect the Yoga does not operate in its real sense, though nominally, it may exist.

Here importance is attached to the de facto rather than de jure presence of the Yoga. ...

Ruchaka Yoga is caused by the strong disposition of Mars in a Kendra identical with his own or exalted sign.

Ruchaka Yoga makes one martial, a leader of men, a great Commander, an aggressive but a patriotic ruler or an equal."

[end quote - 300BVR]

[Mangala in bhava-7] [Mangala-Mesha]

[Mangala in bhava-7] = [Mangala-Vṛścika]

[Mangala in bhava-7] = [Mangala-Makara-uchcha]

[Mangala in bhava-10] = [Mangala-Mesha] = [dikbala]

[Mangala in bhava-10] [Mangala-Vṛścika] = [dikbala]

[Mangala in bhava-10] = [ Mangala-Makara-Draco] = [uchcha] = [dikbala]

23. Bhadra Yoga भद्रा

EXAMPLES - PUBLIC FIGURES

[Budha in lagna-1] = [dikbala] = [Budha-Mithuna]

[Budha in lagna-1] = [Budha-Kanya] = [uchcha] + [svakshetra] + [mūlatrikoṇa if within 16-20 deg]

[Budha in bhava-4] = [Budha-Mithuna]

[Budha in bhava-4] - [Budha-Kanya] = [uchcha] + [svakshetra] + [mūlatrikoṇa if within 16-20 deg]

[Budha in bhava-7] = [Budha-Mithuna]

[Budha in bhava-7] - [Budha-Kanya] = [uchcha] + [svakshetra] + [mūlatrikoṇa if within 16-20 deg]

Bhadra_5SilverMaple.jpg23. Bhadra Yoga भद्रा

VOCABULARY

√ भा bhā = to shine, to shimmer, to seem

  • भद्रा bhadrā = blessed, auspicious, fortunate
  • भद्र bhadra = prosperity, happiness

QUOTATION from

B.V. Raman 300 Important Combinations (10th ed, 1991). p 51, #23

[begin quote] "Definition.

Bhadra Yoga is caused by the disposition of

Results.

The person born in Bhadra Yoga

  • will be strong,
  • will have a lion-like face,
  • well-developed chest,
  • well-proportioned limbs,
  • will be taciturn,
  • will help relatives and
  • will live up to a good old age.

Remarks.

Mercury is the planet of intellect and in consonance with the inherent nature of Mercury, Bhadra Yoga will manifest.

Mercury must be very powerful as otherwise the presence of the combination will be simply de jure."

[end quote - 300BVR]

BPL: power to influence others by instruction, explanation, logical argument

[Budha in bhava-10] = [Budha-Mithuna]

[Budha in bhava-10] = [Budha-Kanya] = [uchcha]

***

Maha-pranama to Shri B. V. Raman in respect to his lifetime of devoted service to Jyotishavidya Vedanga.

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