Re: neech bhanga rajyoga
hariḥ oṁ
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namasté
It is best to first understand the terms so the reader will have an appreciation of what nīca bhaṅga rāja yoga is about.
- nīca - low, debilitated; it also means humble
- bhaṅga - breaking , splitting , dividing , shattering , breaking down
- rāja - a king , sovereign , chief or best of its kind ; note this is not raja which is the pollen of flowers , dust, and can also be emotion , affection as in the quality of passion as found in rajas
- yoga - union, combination, joining
We need to start with rāja yoga - what is this? There are various combinations ( yoga-s) that are formed by the graha-s ( some spell grāha¹), literally 100's are possible.
Say the sun and mercury are together, a union is created and a specific ravi yoga is formed. Yet what makes a union rāja or best?
In any chart śrī viṣṇu owns ( some says sits) in quadrants or kendra-s ( 1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th houses) and śrī lakṣmī sits in the trines ( trikona) 1st, 5th and 9th.
When viṣṇu and lakṣmī combine or are associated with each other a rāja yoga occurs. That still is 'jyotish speak', what is this 'associated'? When those rulers of kendra-s & trines become connected in some way, combine, co-mingle, etc. then this rāja yoga occurs. For me there are 3 important associations:
- Two graha-s are conjoined - say the ruler of the 9th house ( a trine) sits with and is resident with the 10th house lord ( a kendra) , we then have a rāja yoga.
- Two graha-s aspect or 'see' each other there is a rāja yoga i.e. one graha is in the 1st house the other is in the 7th house.
- Two graha-s exchange signs i.e. the 4th lord is in the 5th house and the 5th house lord is in the 4th house. This is called parivartana or 'exchange' , the turning around, inverting, and it is also protecting and defending.
This then is a good base-line to continue this idea of nīca bhaṅga rāja yoga in the next post.
Others are welcome to add their understanding of this yoga as they see fit.
praṇām
words
- graha - a planet ; 'anything seized ' as seizing or influencing the actions of man-kind and for those beings with births on this good earth.
Last edited by yajvan; 19 October 2015 at 04:49 PM.
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