हर्ष

सरल

विमल

Viparita Raja Yoga

[Harsha Yoga]

[हर्ष - excitement, arousal]

prevents crushing harm from criminal or polluted exploitations, instead reinterpreing the mistreatment into harmless useful service.

[Sarala Yoga]

[सरल - straight, direct, easy]

prevents unrecoverable harm from catastrophic upheavals, instead energizing the crisis into transformative rebirth.

[Vimala Yoga]

[विमल - stainless, nothing-wrong]

prevents permanent harm from imprisonment or isolation, instead expanding the inner guidance in contemplative peace.

QUOTATION - Vocabulary for Raja Yoga

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

rAja

• a king, sovereign, chief

• best of its kind

viparIta

• turned round, reversed, inverted inverse or reverse motion
• going backwards or in a reverse direction
• being the reverse of anything acting in a contrary manner, opposite, contrary to
• going asunder or in different directions, various, different
• perverse, wrong, contrary to rule
• adverse, inauspicious, unfavourable
• false, untrue
• a perverse or unchaste woman
• acting in a contrary manner or perversely
• contrary-minded, having a perverted mind or impaired mental faculties
• contrariety, inversion, counterpart
• inverted sexual intercourse
• contrary Ayanaor progress of the sun from solstice to solstice

Harsha

• excitement, joy, pleasure, happiness

• literally, 'erection'

Sarala

• straight [not crooked]

• upright, sincere, candid, honest

Vimala

• stainless, spotless,

• clean, bright, pure

Rules for Viparita Raja Yoga

Ruler of 6, must occupy bhava-8 or bhava-12

Ruler of 8 must occupy bhava-6 or bhava-12

Ruler of 12 must occupy bhava-6 or bhava-8

VRY does not apply

• rogesha-6 in 6

• randhresha-8 in 8

• vyayapati-12 in 12

Other Traditions [not used by BPL]

Some authorities apply exceptions and exclusions

the rogesha-6 cannot be also lagnesha-1 , vidyapati-5, or dharmesha -9 .

• Thus according to these authorities, neither Shukra, budha, nor Shani can form a viparita raja yoga for the Urisha indriya-lagna.

the randhresha-8 cannot be also lagnesha-1 , vidyapati-5, or dharmesha -9

• Thus according to these authorities, neither Mangala, chandra nor Guru can form a viparita raja yoga for the Vṛścika indriya-lagna.

the Ruler-of-12 cannot be also lagnesha-1 , vidyapati-5, or dharmesha -9 .

• Thus according to these authorities, neither Shani, budha, nor Shukra can form a viparita raja yoga for the Kumbha indriya-lagna .

According to some authorities [not used by BPL]

in the dushthamsha wherein the Viparita Raja Yoga occurs [it can occur in 6, 8, or 12] no temporal pleasure-giver subhagraha can be present [no lagnesha-1 + vidyapati-5+ dharmesha -9]

According to some authorities ...

VRY does not work properly when there is a Parivartamsha yoga between rogesha-6 and randhresha-8

Note: this interpretive principle is not used by BPL

See the below examples who rose to leadership in highly conflicted situations

• Institutes 1509-1564 theology John Calvin + [uchcha-Chandra-6 swap Shukra-8-Karkata] . [uchcha-Chandra-6 swap Shukra-8-Karkata] violent religious conflict, enduring Euro-cultural legacy. both attacked and attacker = harrassment, torture, killings

• POTUS-12 California Statehood 1784-1850 Zachary Taylor [Guru-Kumbha-8 exchange Shani-Dhanus-6] Invading Euro-settler-farmers make war upon indigenous hunter-gatherer culture

• POTUS-pair-30 Deaf Schools 1878-1957 Grace G. Coolidge [Meena-Shani-8 exchange Makara-Guru-6-nīcha] Teapot Dome bribery scandal

• USA Black Power 1925-1965 Nation of Islam Malcolm X [Budha-6-Mesha exchange Kuja-8-Mithuna] racial bigotry, protest against mistreatment

between rogesha-6 and vyayapati-12

• POTUS-46 Pandemic 1942- Joe Biden [Mangala-12 parivartamsha Shukra-1] political corruption, disregard for law

between randhresha-8 and vyayapati-12

• Gitanjali 1861-1941 lyrical poet Rabindranath Tagore = double parivatamsha

  ] Mesha-Budha-9 ++ Mithuna-Kuja-11] ++ ++ + [Chandra-8 + ++ Guru-12-uchcha]

In the opinion of these authorities [not used by BPL] the parivartamsha reinforces the rogesha-6 + randhresha-8 + Ruler-of-12 so that the dusthamsha-pati gets its negative powers restored.

QUOTATION

from B.V. Raman,Three Hundred Important Combinations. [10th ed., delhi, 1991). Originally published 1947. "

Definition. lords 6th, 8th, 12th occupying

will give rise to Harsha Sarala Vimala Yogas respectively.

Results.

Harsha makes one fortunate, happy, invincible, physically strong, wealthy, famous and afraid of sinful deeds.

One born in Sarala becomes long-lived, fearless, learned, aterror to enemies, celebrated and prosperous.

Vimala renders the person frugal, happy, independent and possessed of ennobling qualities.

Remarks.

These three yogas furnish us with a clue as to how lords of dushthamshas by occupying dushthamshas can overcome the evil due to such malefic Ownership.

Even though the author of the above yogas has ascribed very pleasant results to these three combinations, Yet, in actual practice, quite the contrary have been the results.

Parashara and Lomasa do not seem to favour the conception that the sting arising from an evil lordship can disappear entirely as a result of the lord occupying another dushthamsha.

On the other hand, the intensity will be somewhat modified .

This is evident from the fact that according to Parashara,

when the 6th lord is in the 6th,

• the Learner's relatives become enemies while he would befriend outsiders

And when the 6th lord is in the 8th or 12th ,

• "the person becomes sickly,

• hates learned men,

• goes after others' women and

• takes pleasure in causing violence" .

therefore, in interpreting the three yogas given above, one should have an eye on the intrinsic evil nature of the ownership and comforts while there are others who, in spite of meager earnings, will look after their body with the utmost care."

[end quote]

Viparita Raja Yoga = in the right place at the right time when things go wrong.

• Viparita Raja Yoga gives a sudden opportunity to gain worldly power through an unfortunate or negative situation.

• For example, upheaval [8] in organizational ranks caused by the death or shaming-scandal [6] causing the loss [12] of a corporate officer, could provide the window of opportunity for sudden promotion.

• When VRY applies, the obstacles which normally prevent one from obtaining benefits, such as enemies [6] , conditions

Like Cinderella's magic pumpkin carriage and unlike normal Raja Yoga, VRY = situational and not constitutional.

VRY benefits do not sustain past the immediate occasion of the occurrence.

Other, deeper personality strengths must arise to sustain the moment of opportunity .

• To maintain a VRY-type sudden, power-vacuum promotion, one must have the genuine skills to do the job.

• The Viparita Raja Yoga only provides the shocking change in a fixed environment which opens the door to power but to keep the power, one must have a genuine Raja combination somewhere else in the nativity -- else the pretender soon will be deposed.

• sometimes the Viparita" crooked" Raja Yoga implies a degree of schadenfreude

  But normally the VRY native is not a malicious person at all.

  Rather, some event which harms others through no fault of oneself may happen to create a positive opportunity in one's life. And as always the Learner must possess the necessary assets - assets, character, alliances -- to develop and continue the Viparita Raja Yoga window of opportunity.

  Otherwise, the moment of privilege will soon expire.

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